Politics Oct 12 Sen. Menendez charged with being unregistered agent of the Egyptian government Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
Nation Oct 07 FTX co-founder tells jury Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange's earliest days, FTX's co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday.
Economy Oct 03 Jury selection begins in trial of fallen FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried Jury selection started Tuesday morning after a prosecutor revealed that the 31-year-old crypto executive was not offered any plea deals, and there were no discussions about a possible plea since his arrest last December.
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.”…