Politics Mar 14 Judge rejects Sen. Menendez’s claims that legislative immunity protects him from bribery charges A New York judge has rejected Sen. Bob Menendez's attempt to toss out four charges against him on grounds that he has legislative immunity.
Politics Mar 11 E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer says new suit possible after Trump’s recent attacks An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally.
Politics Mar 11 Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court. The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned last week against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court.
Politics Mar 08 Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation trial.
Politics Mar 07 Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment The federal judge who oversaw a defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s is refusing to relieve the ex-president from the verdict's financial pinch.
Politics Mar 05 New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Menendez in rewritten indictment The new charges enlarged an indictment that already says the couple conspired with three businessmen to accept bribes of gold bars, cash and a luxury car in return for the senator's help in projects pursued by the businessmen.
Politics Mar 04 Judge rejects Sen. Menendez’s claims that search warrants in bribery case were unconstitutional A federal judge has rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's claims that search warrants leading to corruption charges and the discovery of gold bars and cash at his New Jersey home were unconstitutional.
Politics Feb 29 Writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers urge judge to reject Trump’s request to postpone $83.3 million jury award Attorneys wrote in a Manhattan federal court filing Thursday that Trump was offering the equivalent of a paper napkin to promise he'd pay the award to the 80-year-old longtime advice columnist.
Nation Jan 26 Trump ordered to pay additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.
Politics Jan 26 Trump walks out of court during closing arguments of E. Jean Carroll defamation trial Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan interrupted the closing argument that the lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, was making on behalf of writer E. Jean Carroll to note for the record that Trump "just rose and walked out of the courtroom."…