Politics Sep 11 Former Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife sentenced to 4½ years in prison for role in bribery scheme Former Sen. Bob Menendez is serving an 11-year sentence after his conviction last year on charges of taking bribes, extortion, and acting as an agent of the Egyptian government.
Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Bondi heralds former Sinaloa cartel leader’s guilty plea as ‘landmark victory’ Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges and saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and…
Politics Aug 22 Read and listen to Ghislaine Maxwell’s interviews with the Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financier.
Nation Aug 22 Justice Department releases transcripts of its interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of…
Politics Aug 21 Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty for exaggerating financial statements is thrown out by appeals court A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump over $515 million and rock his real estate empire, was “excessive.”…
Nation Aug 11 Judge won’t unseal transcripts of grand jury that indicted Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell The judge says releasing the transcripts would risk unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised.
Nation Jun 30 Jury begins deliberating in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial, quickly hits snag The panel of eight men and four women began their closed-door discussions Monday and barely an hour later the foreperson alerted the judge that a juror was having trouble following the judge's instructions.
Nation Jun 27 Sean Combs’ lawyer mocks sex trafficking case in closing argument Attorney Marc Agnifilo said prosecutors had “badly exaggerated” evidence of the swinger lifestyle and threesomes to combine it with recreational drug use and call it a racketeering conspiracy.
Nation Jun 26 As sex trafficking trial nears end, prosecutor tells jury ‘it’s time’ to convict Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments.
Nation Jun 24 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirms he won’t testify and praises the trial judge for an ‘excellent job’ The question was posed after the government rested after calling 34 witnesses, capping a more than six-week-long presentation of evidence against the hip-hop maven.