Politics Jul 13 Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive release of classified information Schulte chose to act as his own defense attorney, calling himself a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. A mistrial was declared at his original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most…
Politics Jun 30 Following years of complaints, Justice Department to probe NYPD sex crimes unit The U.S. Justice Department has launched a probe of the New York Police Department unit that investigates sex crimes following years of complaints about the way it treats crime victims.
Nation Jun 29 Lev Parnas, Giuliani’s former Ukraine fixer, gets 20 months in prison An associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes.
Politics Jun 28 Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison The sentencing Tuesday was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them.
Nation Jun 28 Maxwell faces potential 30 years in sentencing for helping Epstein crimes Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a Manhattan federal courtroom, waiting to learn how many years a judge says she faces for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
Politics Jun 02 Michael Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for stealing book proceeds from Stormy Daniels Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds at the height of his famed clash with then-President Donald Trump.
Politics Apr 25 Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt of court in New York legal fight A New York judge has found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state's attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
Nation Apr 01 Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction despite concerns about juror A judge has declined to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction, despite a juror's failure to disclose he'd been a victim of childhood sexual abuse.
Politics Mar 25 Rudy Giuliani associate pleads guilty to conspiracy charge An associate of Rudy Giuliani has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge alleging that he defrauded investors in a company supposedly created to prevent people from being defrauded.
Politics Mar 11 Judge says Trump’s attempt to delay E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims is in ‘bad faith’ A judge says former President Donald Trump's moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser's defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and so far succeeding.