A high court in Maldives overturned former president Abdulla Yameen's conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money laundering charges, paving the way for his release from jail. A three-judge bench in the archipelago nation held Yameen's 2022 trial as unfair and ordered the lower court to restart the criminal proceedings."The lower court ruling was not fair," judge Hassan Shafeeu said while reading out a lengthy decision that was broadcast live.Read: Maldives' opposition parties...
After three days of jury selection, 12 Manhattan residents were been selected to sit on the panel that will decide the fate of former president Donald Trump
Trump let loose outside court after the first day of jury selection as he became the first U.S. ex-president to stand criminal trial.
Álvaro Uribe, one of country’s most powerful figures, denies working with paramilitary death squads against leftist rebelsColombia’s ex-president Álvaro Uribe will face trial for witness tampering and fraud, prosecutors have announced, once again casting the spotlight on allegations that the former leader partnered with paramilitary death squads in his war against leftist rebels.Uribe has long been accused of committing a litany of crimes at the peak of Colombia’s six decades of brutal conflict,...
Former President Donald Trump might have to be removed from the courtroom in Manhattan if he exhibits his typical behavior — and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance has some thoughts on how that might work.This comes after Judge Juan Merchan gave Trump a standard defendant warning that outbursts at trial might lead to his detention — and after his own attorneys pleading with him to stay calm and not blow up."Judge Merchan tells Trump that if he disrupts the trial they will proceed without him...
A court in the Maldives has overturned the conviction of former President
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury allegations of marital infidelity that arose during his first White House campaign in 2016. TRUMP REQUEST TO DELAY HUSH-MONEY...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges […]
Monday is the beginning of Donald Trump's New York trial that will decide whether he is just as guilty as Michael Cohen was in the hush money scheme involving an adult film star. Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in the case, is accused of paying off Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her mouth shut about their purported affair. Despite three attempts this week to delay the trial, it is moving forward. All the while, a new poll shows that 64 percent of Americans see the matter as...
Second day of jury selection in New York criminal case sees former president hear how some New Yorkers feel about him as attorneys question prospective jurors
The former president was in court as jury selection got underway for his trial on 34 felony counts over payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels. The Biden campaign leapt on claims by the New York Times that he fell asleep in court: 'It doesn't speak to him as an engaged, energetic candidate'. But Trump's campaign team dismissed the claim as '100% Fake News coming from 'journalists' who weren't even in the court room'
The Former commander-in-chief faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia – all while campaigning to become president once again. Josh Marcus explains each one and the lengthy prison sentences that could be attached