Closing arguments are due to wrap up in the high-profile corruption trial of Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, as lawyers for the congressman continue to claim that prosecutors have not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt.Mr Menendez, 70, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted brides, including gold bars, in exchange for helping […]
Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden could begin making their case on Friday that he did not break the law when he said that he was not addicted to drugs while buying a gun in 2018, as his criminal trial approaches its end.The jury in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president’s […]
Hunter Biden will appear in Delaware on Monday as a defendant for the first day of a trial in which he is facing felony charges over a 2018 gun purchase. Biden’s appearance will mark the first time the son of a sitting president has stood trial as a criminal defendant. Special counsel David Weiss, who […]
Judge Juan Merchan is expected to bring jurors back into court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in New York v. Trump from Manhattan prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Trump in his unprecedented criminal trial. The jury has been away from the courtroom for a week, after the evidentiary portion of the trial […]
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to […]
The stakes are high for Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he begins his historic prosecution of a former president today. Its success or failure seemingly hinges on an untested legal theory – whether a state prosecutor can invoke a federal crime that was never proven. Ambrosio Rodriguez, a former prosecutor who says he is […]
Judge Arthur Engoron banned Donald Trump on Friday from conducting business in New York for three years after he found the former president liable for business fraud. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump, his two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, the Trump Organization and two firm executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeff McConney, […]
Former President Donald Trump expects to attend at least the first day of the civil trial pitting him and his company against New York Attorney General Letitia James, sources with knowledge of Trump’s plan say. The trial begins Monday. Trump’s plan was first revealed in a court filing related to a separate court case, Trump’s […]
Former President Donald Trump is unlikely to face a jury trial in New York for at least a year, according to one former U.S. attorney. On Thursday, a grand jury indicted Trump following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office into an alleged hush money payment of $130,000 paid by his former lawyer, […]
