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Man who used legal loophole to live rent-free for years in NYC hotel found unfit to stand trial
Read full article: Man who used legal loophole to live rent-free for years in NYC hotel found unfit to stand trialA man charged with fraud for claiming to own a storied Manhattan hotel where he had been living rent-free for years has been found unfit to stand trial.
Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigatorHarvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the case.
NY prosecutors want to combine Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases into a single trial
Read full article: NY prosecutors want to combine Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases into a single trialProsecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to consolidate the two sex crime cases that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces in New York into a single trial.
Vegas man charged with threats to officials including judge, prosecutor in Trump hush money trial
Read full article: Vegas man charged with threats to officials including judge, prosecutor in Trump hush money trialA Las Vegas man has been charged with threatening to injure and kill government officials in three states and Washington, D.
NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
Read full article: NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted himProsecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the Republican former president from criticizing jurors, court staff, or members of the prosecution that convicted him.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and Trump prosecutor Matthew Colangelo will appear before Congress July 12
Read full article: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and Trump prosecutor Matthew Colangelo will appear before Congress July 12Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to testify before Congress on July 12, a day after former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money trial.
Manhattan district attorney agrees to testify in Congress, but likely not until Trump is sentenced
Read full article: Manhattan district attorney agrees to testify in Congress, but likely not until Trump is sentencedManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to testify before a Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until after former President Donald Trump is sentenced in July.
Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
Read full article: Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trialDonald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order barring the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’
Read full article: Republicans who see Trump conviction as politically motivated vow to ‘indict the left’Republicans who view Donald Trump's felony conviction by a Manhattan jury as politically motivated are calling on GOP prosecutors to start charging Democrats with crimes.
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
Read full article: Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdictDonald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week from the same Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history that he had a part in.
Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his job
Read full article: Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his jobWhen Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned his own staff by pausing an investigation into Donald Trump that appeared to be heading toward an indictment.
Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict
Read full article: Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdictRepublicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict.
Answers to your questions about Donald Trump's historic hush money trial conviction
Read full article: Answers to your questions about Donald Trump's historic hush money trial convictionThe first criminal conviction of a former American president is raising a host of legal and political questions: Will Donald Trump go to prison.
The Latest | Following Trump’s conviction in hush money case, he holds morning-after news conference
Read full article: The Latest | Following Trump’s conviction in hush money case, he holds morning-after news conferenceA day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has delivered a fiery but rambling response to the conviction at a press conference at Trump Tower.
Judge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand
Read full article: Judge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on standThe judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial because of his behavior on the stand, a court transcript shows.
Kai Cenat's riot charges dropped after he apologizes and pays for Union Square mayhem
Read full article: Kai Cenat's riot charges dropped after he apologizes and pays for Union Square mayhemCharges of inciting a riot will be dropped against streamer Kai Cenat after he agreed to pay restitution and apologize for luring thousands of fans to New York’s Union Square last year.
Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial
Read full article: Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trialDonald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand as the prosecution’s star witness in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometown
Read full article: Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometownDonald Trump has visited New York’s Harlem neighborhood after spending his second day in a lower Manhattan courtroom as a criminal defendant.
Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidate
Read full article: Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidateA search committee previously sued for gender discrimination over its hiring process has announced its pick for the next senior pastor of a prominent New York City congregation.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump's hush money criminal trial isn't about politics
Read full article: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump's hush money criminal trial isn't about politicsManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finds himself at the center of a political firestorm as he prepares to bring the first of Donald Trump’s four criminal prosecutions to trial.
Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time, sentenced to counseling for assaulting ex-girlfriend
Read full article: Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time, sentenced to counseling for assaulting ex-girlfriendJonathan Majors has been ordered to complete a yearlong counseling program but avoided jail time for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case
Read full article: Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal caseDonald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.
Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case
Read full article: Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money caseA New York judge has issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial.
Man charged with attacking police in Times Square, vilified in Trump ad, was misidentified, DA says
Read full article: Man charged with attacking police in Times Square, vilified in Trump ad, was misidentified, DA saysA Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police officer in Times Square, then flipping off news cameras on his way out of court, was cleared of wrongdoing on Friday.
Suspect in New York hotel killing remains in custody without bond in Arizona stabbings
Read full article: Suspect in New York hotel killing remains in custody without bond in Arizona stabbingsA suspect in the killing of a woman at a New York City hotel has been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona's most populous country in the subsequent stabbing attacks of two women in the Phoenix area.
Manhattan DA wants gag order for Trump, seeks to play 'Access Hollywood' tape at hush-money trial
Read full article: Manhattan DA wants gag order for Trump, seeks to play 'Access Hollywood' tape at hush-money trialProsecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case have asked a judge to impose a gag order on the former president.
Republican prosecutor in Arizona takes swipe at New York district attorney prosecuting Trump
Read full article: Republican prosecutor in Arizona takes swipe at New York district attorney prosecuting TrumpThe Republican prosecutor of Arizona’s most populous county says she opposes the extradition of a suspect in the death of a woman who was fatally bludgeoned in a New York City hotel room.
Body-camera footage shows chaotic lead-up to Times Square brawl between police and migrants
Read full article: Body-camera footage shows chaotic lead-up to Times Square brawl between police and migrantsNewly-released body-camera footage shows the chaotic lead-up to a brawl between migrants and police in Times Square.
Prosecutors weigh perjury charge for ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg over civil fraud trial testimony
Read full article: Prosecutors weigh perjury charge for ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg over civil fraud trial testimonyManhattan prosecutors are weighing a potential perjury charge against Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief in connection with testimony he gave at the ex-president’s New York civil fraud trial last October.
Man arrested outside Taylor Swift's NYC home held without bail for violating protective order
Read full article: Man arrested outside Taylor Swift's NYC home held without bail for violating protective orderA Seattle man who police say has been stalking and harassing Taylor Swift has been ordered held without bail after he was arrested multiple times in recent days in front of the pop star’s home in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood.
Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure of statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
Read full article: Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure of statue believed to depict Marcus AureliusThe Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
Statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius seized from Cleveland museum in looting investigation
Read full article: Statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius seized from Cleveland museum in looting investigationA headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius has been ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes
Read full article: How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypesDonald Trump’s response this week to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has used for years against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to racists.
How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump
Read full article: How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald TrumpJust one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, district attorney Fani Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results.
Utah man killed after threats against Biden believed government was corrupt and overreaching
Read full article: Utah man killed after threats against Biden believed government was corrupt and overreachingFamily members of an armed Utah man who was killed by FBI agents after making threats against President Joe Biden are describing him as a gun enthusiast who was worried about “a corrupt and overreaching government.”.
Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant
Read full article: Utah man suspected of threatening President Joe Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrantAn armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities say.
Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs 'one more indictment to close out this election'
Read full article: Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs 'one more indictment to close out this election'Former President Donald Trump has delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster just a day after his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant.
6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor
Read full article: 6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayorSix people have been charged in an alleged scheme to divert tens of thousands of dollars in public funds to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign months before his election.
DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias
Read full article: DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of biasManhattan prosecutors say neither Donald Trump nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in the former president’s hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias.
House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry
Read full article: House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiryManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to let Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee question an ex-prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
Read full article: Appeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutorA federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office and the House Judiciary Committee.
Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry
Read full article: Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiryManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
House Republicans subpoena former prosecutor in Trump case
Read full article: House Republicans subpoena former prosecutor in Trump caseHouse Republicans have subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe.
At a glance: The three hush money cases in Trump indictment
Read full article: At a glance: The three hush money cases in Trump indictmentThe criminal charges that Donald Trump is now facing in New York stem from three separate instances in which the former president and his associates are accused of making hush money payments during his 2016 campaign.
Former Pres. Donald Trump, stone-faced, pleads not guilty in court appearance
Read full article: Former Pres. Donald Trump, stone-faced, pleads not guilty in court appearanceA stone-faced Donald Trump has been confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury allegations of extramarital affairs that arose during his first White House campaign.
In Trump probe, key witness as grand jury is back at work
Read full article: In Trump probe, key witness as grand jury is back at workThe Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments has returned to hear more evidence, with still no word on when it might be asked to vote on a possible indictment.
DA Bragg investigating Trump received a threatening letter with white powder
Read full article: DA Bragg investigating Trump received a threatening letter with white powderThe FBI and NYPD are investigating a letter containing a death threat and white powder that was mailed to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is investigating former President Donald Trump, law-enforcement sources told NBC News.
House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case
Read full article: House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump caseHouse Republicans are demanding testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe.
AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session
Read full article: AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury sessionManhattan prosecutors have postponed a scheduled grand jury session in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign.
What to know about Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney
Read full article: What to know about Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorneyA New York grand jury that voted to indict former President Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter has refocused attention on the Manhattan district attorney steering the case.
Trump indictment would be unprecedented in US history
Read full article: Trump indictment would be unprecedented in US historyThe decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks.
DA weighing Trump charges won't be intimidated by rhetoric
Read full article: DA weighing Trump charges won't be intimidated by rhetoricManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president.
Ex-prosecutor's new book details fight over indicting Trump
Read full article: Ex-prosecutor's new book details fight over indicting TrumpAs the Manhattan district attorney’s office again ramps up its yearslong investigation of Donald Trump, a new book by a former prosecutor who once led the probe details just how close the former president came to getting indicted — and laments friction with the new D.
Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Trump hush-money probe
Read full article: Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Trump hush-money probeDonald Trump’s long-estranged former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, says Manhattan prosecutors recently took his cellphones to preserve evidence related to a hush-money payment he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the waning weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Reports: New grand jury in NY examining Trump hush money
Read full article: Reports: New grand jury in NY examining Trump hush moneyMultiple news reports say Manhattan prosecutors have convened a new grand jury to hear evidence in a probe of payments made to keep two women quiet about alleged affairs with former President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s company found guilty of tax fraud in scheme hatched by top executives
Read full article: Donald Trump’s company found guilty of tax fraud in scheme hatched by top executivesDonald Trump’s company has been convicted of tax fraud for a scheme by top executives to avoid paying personal income taxes on perks such as apartments and luxury cars.
Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuing
Read full article: Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuingThe Manhattan district attorney says a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices is continuing, despite a recent shakeup in the probe’s leadership.
Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’
Read full article: Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’A prosecutor who had led a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations.”.
Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resigned
Read full article: Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resignedThe two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump have suddenly resigned, throwing the future of the probe into question.
Adams, Bragg win NYC election amid historic Black leadership
Read full article: Adams, Bragg win NYC election amid historic Black leadershipWhen New York City voters this week chose Eric Adams as the city’s next mayor and Alvin Bragg as the Manhattan district attorney, they elevated two Black men into two of the city’s most powerful elected offices.