NY Grand Jury Votes to Indict Trump, Who's Expected to Surrender to Authorities
The former "Apprentice" star also served as President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.A New York grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump, the former "Apprentice" star, who also served as President of the United States from 2017-2021.The charges stem from Trump paying adult film actress and director Stormy Daniels a six-figure sum as hush money over a one-night stand he had with her in 2006, when his wife Melania was pregnant with their only child, Barron.
The Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump plans to take a break in April
The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush money scheme plans to take a break.Evan Vucci/AP The Manhattan grand jury considering evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush money scheme may not take any action until the latter half of April.
Before he represented Trump, defense attorney speculated Stormy Daniels saga was true and payment could be seen as an in-kind campaign contribution | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump's defense attorney repeatedly speculated as a legal pundit that Trump's alleged affair with Stormy Daniels likely happened and that the $130,000 payment made to Daniels days before the 2016 election could be seen as an in-kind campaign contribution, contradicting his recent legal and public defense of Trump.
Michael Cohen Used Artificial Intelligence to Feed Lawyer Bogus Cases
Michael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, said in newly unsealed court papers that he had mistakenly given his lawyer bogus legal citations after the artificial intelligence program Google Bard cooked them up for him.
Former Trump Fixer Michael Cohen's Latest Brief Filled With Fake Cases And We All Know Where This Story's Going
Former Trump Fixer Michael Cohen's legal team made a mistake by referencing non-existent cases in a motion to terminate his supervised release arrangement.
The cases mentioned in the motion were not found by the Clerk of the Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Trump hush money probe goes quiet after chaotic week
The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump is not concluding this week, with questions swirling over how close the grand jury is to bringing an indictment or if it actually will at all.While there's been radio silence from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the past several days about the status of the investigation amid widespread media and political speculation, the district attorney's office reiterated that the public will know when the investigation has reached its conclusion.
Legal Experts Unimpressed as Trump's Mystery Witness Is Revealed
Trump's surprise witness is former Rudy Giuliani lawyer Robert Costello.Robert J. Costello (left), lawyer to Steve Bannon (2nd from right) and Rudy Giuliani, appears outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 15, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee / Getty Images / Edited: Truthout Legal experts raised doubts about the value of former President Donald Trump's surprise mystery witness in the Manhattan DA probe after he was revealed to be a former Rudy Giuliani attorney.
Michael Cohen testifies again before grand jury probing hush money scheme
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to ex-President Donald Trump, testified Wednesday afternoon in front of a New York grand jury as part of an investigation into hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.This isn't a question of vindication.It's not a question, as I stated before, about revenge My position is that, at the end of the day, Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds, if in fact that's the way that the facts play out, Cohen told reporters after wrapping up his testimony.
Manhattan DA says focus is on the evidence and the law' in probe of Trump hush money scheme
New York City prosecutors probing former President Donald Trump's alleged role in a hush money scheme and cover-up are focused on the evidence and the law, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said this weekend.Speaking on MSNBC's PoliticsNation, Bragg did not go into detail about what he called the active investigation but instead praised the professionalism of his prosecuting team.
What is the Fifth Amendment, and how has it been used?
Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to New York Attorney General Letitia James, saying in a later statement that "I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question.
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A person only has to answer to a grand jury The Fifth Amendment creates a number of individual rights for both civil and criminal legal proceedings.
As a nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues worry: Could I be next?
RaDonda Vaught, left, with her attorney, Peter Strianse, right, is charged with reckless homicide and felony abuse of an impaired adult after a medication error killed a patient.
Former President Donald Trump did not need to mention Stormy Daniels when he claimed, in an all-caps post on his social media site TRUTH Social on March 18, that he will be arrested on Tuesday.It was clear that Trump was referring to the percolating reports that Manhattan prosecutors were ready to take the historic step of criminally indicting a former President for the first time, following a grand jury investigation into whether he paid the adult film star hush money in 2016 to cover up an affair.
Evan Corcoran: You're the Next Contestant on Trump's Crime-Fraud Reality Show - emptywheel
Multiple outlets are reporting that Judge Beryl Howell, in what may be her last ruling as Chief Judge, has ruled that Evan Corcoran must testify about his conversations with Trump.And thus we end up where it was clear we were going to end up in September, with another of Trump's lawyers whose communications with him are found to be crime fraud excepted.
Microsoft's Bing plans AI ads in early pitch to advertisers
The new Bing is a potentially lucrative opportunity for Microsoft that could earn the company $2 billion for every percentage point of market share it gains in the search advertising market Microsoft has started discussing with ad agencies how it plans to make money from its revamped Bing search engine powered by generative artificial intelligence as the tech company seeks to battle Google's dominance.
Avenue East Cobb Lands Two Restaurants Serving Southern Pizzas and Belgian Liege Waffles
A pizzeria serving Southern riffs on pizza and a restaurant serving Belgian Liege waffles are headed to the Avenue East Cobb later this year.Peach State Pizza, from brothers David and Michael Cohen, opens this summer, followed by a franchise location of Shark Tank success story Press Waffle Co. in the fall.
Where Alina Habba Didn't Personally Search - emptywheel
Given the news that Alina Habba appeared before the grand jury investigating Trump's stolen documents, I wanted to go back to the declaration she submitted in the NY State investigation pertaining to diligent searches for documents in that investigation back in May 2022.Politico reported on it before the public release about details of the stolen classified documents, and as such was taken as a claim that Habba conducted a search of the locations where documents were known to have been stored.
Senators form bipartisan Colorado River caucus as tensions rise in West over water crisis
(CNN)As the Colorado River sinks further into crisis and tensions rise between Western states over how to divvy up painful water cuts, a bipartisan group of senators are formalizing a new caucus to examine how Washington could help.What began as an informal group convened by Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado has grown to a council of senators that represent seven Colorado River basin states -- Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California and Nevada, according to Hickenlooper's office.
New York subpoenas Trump's longtime assistant in business dealings inquiry
The New York attorney general's office has subpoenaed Donald Trump's longtime executive assistant and plans to question her under oath next week as part of its civil investigation into the former president's business dealings.
NYC Russian Restaurants Face Backlash and Vandalism Despite Supporting Ukraine
Despite publicly signaling support for Ukraine in the ongoing invasion, Russian restaurants in Manhattan are getting hit with vandalism, canceled reservations, and negative Yelp reviews, the New York Times reports.
UC Taking Steps to Boost Transfers from CA Community Colleges
The University of California is planning to expand outreach at more than half of the state's community colleges in an effort to increase the number of students who successfully transfer from those colleges.The 65 community colleges identified by UC serve a high proportion of low-income students and already have partnerships with UC, and UC plans to deepen those partnerships, according to a report provided Thursday to the academic affairs committee of UC's board of regents.
New trailer for Harry and Meghan series appears to use unrelated press footage
A new trailer for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's upcoming Netflix docuseries has appeared to use footage of the press filming events unrelated to the couple to depict how they were hounded by the paparazzi.Harry & Meghan, which is to be an unprecedented and in-depth documentary series, is set to debut on the streaming platform on Thursday.
Trump Organization's accountants cut ties, calling years of filings unreliable
Donald Trump's longtime accountancy firm cut ties with his business last week, saying that nearly a decade's worth of Trump's filings should "no longer be relied upon".