Politics Sep 27 Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to bribery charges Menendez will make his first court appearance Wednesday in Manhattan's federal court amid growing calls from colleagues that he resign.
Politics Aug 15 Former FBI official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch The 55-year-old told the judge that he carried out his crime in 2021, accepting over $17,000 to help Russian energy magnate Oleg Deripaska. Prosecutors say McGonigal was in negotiations along with co-conspirators to receive a fee of up to $3…
Nation Aug 11 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed after judge revokes bail in crypto fraud case FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
Politics Jul 21 Trump Organization, Michael Cohen settle former attorney’s lawsuit over unpaid legal bills Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president.
Politics Jul 19 Judge upholds the $5 million verdict against Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s sex abuse and defamation case Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Wednesday the jury's May award of compensatory and punitive damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil case was reasonable.
Politics Jun 08 Trump’s lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5 million to under $1 million The lawyers noted in a written submission Thursday that a Manhattan federal court jury last month rejected a rape claim made by the writer, E. Jean Carroll.
Nation Jun 06 Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case, averting trial right before it would’ve started Minutes after jurors were to begin assembling in a courtroom, a calendar entry in the official court record said: “TRIAL OFF.”…
Politics May 23 E. Jean Carroll adds Trump’s post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M E. Jean Carroll is seeking at least $10 million more in a court filing Monday that seeks to hold him liable for remarks he made after the verdict.
Nation May 15 Federal appeals court rules Elon Musk must abide by SEC settlement over Tesla tweets Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker's share price to jump and led to a…
Nation May 09 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of criminal charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues.