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.
Nation Jun 23 Sean 'Diddy' Combs jury shown more 'freak-off' sex videos as prosecutors near end of case The over 20 minutes of recordings shown to jurors Monday by prosecutors and defense lawyers more than doubled the time the jury has spent viewing the explicit footage of two of Combs' former girlfriends sexually involved with male sex workers…
Politics Jun 17 Former Sen. Bob Menendez to begin serving 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that the New Jersey Democrat is in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania.
Nation Jun 16 Diddy juror axed for lack of candor about residency. Defense says the move hurts jury's diversity A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a…