Apr 10 Former Trump exec Weisselberg gets 5 months in jail for lying in civil fraud case By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Weisselberg admitted lying when he testified he had little knowledge of how Trump’s Manhattan penthouse came to be valued on his financial statements at nearly three times its actual size. Continue reading
Apr 08 New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay his April 15 hush money trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Donald Trump is asking a New York appeals court to move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan and reverse his gag order in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before the scheduled start. Continue reading
Apr 05 Earthquake centered near New York City rattles much of the Northeast By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Eastern Seaboard. Continue reading
Apr 04 New York state is demanding more information on Trump’s $175 million appeal bond in civil fraud case By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press New York state lawyers are demanding more information on the bona fides of the $175 million bond that former President Donald Trump posted to block the imminent collection of a huge civil fraud judgment. Continue reading
Apr 02 Biden wins New York primary, AP says By Associated Press Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in New York. Continue reading
Apr 02 Trump wins New York primary, AP says By Associated Press Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential primary in New York. Continue reading
Apr 02 New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 eclipse is an event significant to many religions and that the lockdown violates their constitutional rights to practice their faiths. Continue reading
Mar 29 What to expect from presidential and state primaries on April 2 By Robert Yoon, Associated Press Although multiple names remain on the presidential ballots in Wisconsin, Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face no major challengers and already have secured more delegates than they need to win their… Continue reading
Mar 27 Trump lashes out at judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush money case By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Donald Trump has lashed out at the New York judge who put him under a gag order that bars him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 5:11 Trump hush money trial set for April 15 as N.Y. court reduces fraud bond By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is set to begin in April after a judge rejected Trump’s claims of prosecutorial misconduct. That comes as a New York appeals court reduced the amount he needs to post in… Continue watching