Mar 13 Cohen to testify before grand jury investigating hush money payments made on Trump’s behalf By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Cohen’s testimony comes as the Manhattan district attorney’s office closes in on a decision on whether to seek charges against Trump. The former president has said he did nothing wrong. Continue reading
Mar 11 New York’s probe of Trump’s involvement in hush-money case, explained By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York prosecutors appear to be close to deciding whether Trump should face charges in connection with that payoff, in what could become the first criminal case ever brought against a former president. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 7:53 News Wrap: Trump faces possible indictment for alleged hush money payments In our news wrap Friday, former President Trump faces a possible indictment as he decides whether to testify before a grand jury in New York over his alleged role in hush money payments, China's President Xi Jinping was awarded a… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 10:18 Brooks and Capehart on Biden’s budget, Trump’s legal trouble, the GOP’s presidential field By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura, Saher Khan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the impact of former President Trump potential testimony before a New York grand jury, how President Biden’s… Continue watching
Mar 10 Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot, according to feds By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove that leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. Continue reading
Mar 10 Trump invited to testify on Stormy Daniels payments before NY grand jury, lawyer says By Michael Sisak, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify next week before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Mar 09 Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured for falsehoods about 2020 election By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Jenna Ellis acknowledged making 10 separate false statements on television and Twitter about the election. At the time, Ellis was a senior attorney for Trump's campaign. Continue reading
Mar 09 Lawsuit against Fox reveals push to influence elections for top Republicans By Nicholas Riccardi, David Bauder, Associated Press Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox News' top executives sometimes were actively involved in politics rather than simply reporting or offering opinions on it. Continue reading
Mar 08 Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in defamation lawsuit filings By David Bauder, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 07 Fox News star Tucker Carlson ramps up Jan. 6 lies with footage provided by House Republicans By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Continue reading