Trial

Former president Donald Trump plans to use a pause in his ongoing hush money trial, to campaign in Michigan this week.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that delays caused by COVID-19 restrictions that closed courtrooms did not deprive a murder defendant of a speedy trial.

The trial is viewed as one that could set a national precedent, as the first time parents of a school shooter have been criminally charged.

A graphic designer. A nutritionist. A heavy equipment mechanic. A retiree who had to stop watching local news ("My wife says it makes me angry."). A first-year college student who'd planned to spend the rest of the summer visiting his mom in Mexico. A mom who said her own son was murdered, and the case is unresolved. A woman who said she'd almost been murdered herself ("I am against guns, totally against guns.").

Jury selection begins on Tuesday for the second federal trial for two men accused of plotting to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Another federal trial is scheduled to begin in two weeks for two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Former Governor Rick Snyder is expected to appear in court this week as part of a Flint water crisis lawsuit.

On Monday, a federal judge has decided former Governor Rick Snyder and four others will have to take the stand in a Flint water crisis civil trial.