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After more than four weeks of often sordid testimony, accusations of lying and even a warning from Judge Juan M. Merchan to a witness to stop giving him the side-eye, lawyers in the hush-money case involving former President Donald Trump are expected to make their closing arguments on May 28,…

The Independent has been covering the former president’s criminal trial every day from the Manhattan courthouse. We answered your questions about the case during a Reddit Ask Me Anything forum

A former federal prosecutor offers one nuts-and-bolts approach to the Manhattan DA’s closing argument

Did Trump falsify business records? And did he do it to conceal or commit another crime? And which ones?

With the first criminal trial of a current or former president nearing its end, here’s what to expect

From an adult film actress and a Playboy model to a supermarket tabloid publisher – by way of a lawyer-turned-felon – the cast of characters in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president could not have been more colorful. Ariana Baio reports

Former President Donald Trump attributed his decision not to testify in his hush money trial to "unfavorable" rulings from Judge Juan Merchan, concerns over potential cross-examination topics, and his belief that the prosecution's case was weak.

Republican presidential contender is the first former US president to be convicted of felony charges

To convert a hush payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are relying on a chain of assumptions with several weak links.

Donald Trump has complained nonstop for weeks about being gagged. The hush money trial, involving an alleged pay-off to porn star Stormy Daniels, has been monstrously unfair, he wailed repeatedly outside court. According to his own version of events, his prosecution was a horrible witch hunt, built on lies, because…

Don Jr. is getting so desperate he now claims people give him a "thumbs up hidden under their jacket"