Let’s be clear: Michael Cohen is a great witness against Donald Trump in the latter’s ongoing Manhattan trial — and a terrible person to rely on for the prosecution’s case. As Trump’s onetime lawyer and “fixer,” Cohen was in the middle of the alleged scheme undergirding the case against the former president. At the same time, he’s also a known liar, having gone to federal prison in 2019 for, among other things, lying to Congress. Trump’s defense lawyer Todd Blanche tried to seize on this...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisor Steve Bannon attends a hearing in New York City, Jan. 12, 2023. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Tuesday
Text messages, audio recordings, notes and more have all been introduced or shown to jurors in recent
The Public Prosecution Service said on Monday that it does not consider a statement left-wing party leader Frans Timmermans made about far-right leader Geert Wilders to be criminally punishable. The GroenLinks-PvdA leader said, "We will stop at nothing to prevent Wilders from coming to power in this country."The PVV leader argued that this suggests violence would also be an appropriate method to prevent Wilders from rising to a powerful position in the Netherlands. Wilders then pressed charges...
Frans Timmermans will not be prosecuted for inciting violence against Geert Wilders after the prosecution service decided his conference speech did not constitute a veiled threat. The PVV leader filed a formal complaint with police after Timmermans vowed to “stop at nothing” to prevent Wilders gaining power in the Netherlands. Wilders responded with a Tweet asking: “Stop at nothing? Including violence?” and urged his followers to report the GroenLinks-PvdA leader’s statement to police. But on...
Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley and UC Berkeley Law professor John Yoo joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss their take on the latest developments in the NY v. Trump trial as Michael Cohen takes the witness stand.
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to set a date for an arraignment of two Bartholomew County men who have been charged with assaulting law enforcement officers and storming in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Continue reading at The Republic News.
U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
A prosecutor described what may have occurred during the moments of terror that ended the trip,
Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions, according to The Baltimore Sun. In a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus expressed support for her cause, repeating claims made by Mosby and her attorneys that […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office told KRQE News 13 that they have filed a motion asking a judge to reconsider the release of the suspect in a graduation shooting. Cristian Bencomo is accused of shooting his stepmother in the neck at the Albuquerque Convention Center last week. During a hearing on []
The Utah grief author accused of killing her husband with a poisoned Moscow Mule was making plans with her lover before and after the murder, this according to a new court filing by prosecutors. In a doc laying out the evidence prosecutors plan to present at a preliminary hearing in Kouri Richins' murder case, her behavior leading up to and following the suspicious death of her husband Eric Richins from a fentanyl overdose on March 4, 2022 is detailed -- painting a portrait of why the...