• Another ex-State Department official alleges Israeli military gets 'special treatment' on abuses

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A former senior U.S. official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel receiving “special treatment” from U.S. officials when it came to scrutiny of allegations of Israeli military abuses of Palestinian civilians. The allegation comes as the Biden […]

  • 'Oops': Ex-prosecutor flags flaw in Trump's 'latest defense' in criminal hush money case

    Donald Trump's current defense to allegations in the criminal business records falsification case he's facing undermines his original arguments, a legal expert said on Sunday.Trump is set to begin his trial in the case, in which the former president has been charged with more than 30 felonies in connection with purported "hush money" payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels and then allegedly covered up. Trump's first argument was that the $130,000 paid to his former attorney and fixer,...

  • Trump visits bodega where worker was cleared of murder for stabbing ex-con to death in self-defense: Harlem crowd chants 'four more years' and little kids cry 'we love you' as ex-president gets hero's welcome

    Trump visited a Harlem bodega where a worker killed an ex-con in self-defense. The former president made the stop after the second day of his criminal trial. Trump received a raucous reception as he arrived at the bodega on Tuesday

  • Prosecutors begin laying out case against Trump to jury

    (The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors on Monday began laying out what they say is election fraud in 2016 by former President Donald Trump. Trump, 77, is the first former U.S. president to be charged with a felony. Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their opening statements to the jury of five women and seven men. Prosecutors said Trump corrupted the 2016 election, The Hill reported on Monday. "This case is about a criminal conspiracy...

  • Ex-prosecutor ‘worried’ about Trump jurors’ safety

    Ex-prosecutor worried about Trump jurors' safety (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Increasing court outbursts come with risks -- for allDon demands cut of candidates' fundraising when using his name and likeness

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    Special Coverage: Trump's Immunity Case Before the Supreme Court

    On today's show: Melissa Murray, NYU law professor, co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast and the co-author (with Andrew Weissmann) of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), previews the oral arguments the Supreme Court will hear on former President Trump's immunity case. Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

  • 'This is unseen': Ex-prosecutor stunned by Trump's disrespect for judge

    Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig was flabbergasted by the sheer number of times former President Donald Trump appears to have violated Judge Juan Merchan's gag order in his Manhattan criminal trial — and emphasized on a CNN panel on Thursday that in all his years of trying cases, he had never seen anything like it.Trump, who is charged with felony business fraud for trying to conceal alleged hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to effectively defraud the 2016 presidential...

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    The Latest: Special counsel's team is up before the Supreme Court in Trump case

    The team under Special Counsel Jack Smith is up before the Supreme Court in Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

  • Trump Jurors May Be 'Outed' and Endangered, Ex-Prosecutor Warns

    Jurors serving in former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial are at risk of being "outed" and put in harm's way, according to former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori.Trump's trial began with the start of jury selection on Monday in New York City, where the former president has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records tied to hush money paid to former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Seven jurors had been...

  • Trump is being forced into a 'huge disadvantage for his defense' at trial: ex-prosecutor

    Donald Trump is being forced to be in court every day as his first criminal trial unfolds, and that is a "huge disadvantage" for his defense, according to a former prosecutor Sunday. David Henderson, a legal analyst described by CNBC as "a seasoned trial lawyer, civil rights attorney, and communications consultant," appeared on MSNBC's Ayman to talk about Trump's upcoming criminal trial. Specifically, the host asked asked if the former president will be able to use the mandatory court...

  • Potential Donald Trump Jurors' Politics Not Disqualifying—Ex-Prosecutor

    Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday that potential jurors' politics will not be disqualifying in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.On Monday, jury selection will begin in the Manhattan criminal case against Trump, who is the presumed GOP presidential nominee. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, Trump was indicted in March 2023 on charges of falsifying business records relating to hush money payments made to adult...

  • Ex-prosecutor highlights Trump's odd reaction to witness hanging him out to dry

    Donald Trump has spent the past several years lashing out at his former lawyer. Michael Cohen went to prison after pleading guilty to crimes surrounding the hush money scheme that Trump now faces in court. The first two days of the trial, former AMI chief David Pecker revealed details about the so-called "catch and kill" operations that he and Trump cooked up as early as the fall of 2015 to help aid him in the run for president. Pecker's details confirmed that the actions taken were about the...