Supreme Court leaves in place Avenatti conviction for plotting to extort up to $25M from Nike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike.
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US vows more returns of looted antiquities as Italy celebrates latest haul of 600 artifacts
ROME (AP) — Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S., including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at 60 million euros ($65 million), that were looted years ago, sold to U.S. museums, galleries and collectors and recovered as a result of criminal investigations.
Can Trump still run for president if he is convicted?
A jury will soon weigh Donald Trump’s fate in the New York hush-money trial that could culminate with him becoming the first US president to be convicted of a crime.
E Jean Carroll’s lawyer hints new lawsuit is ‘on the table’ after Trump attacked her again
E Jean Carroll’s lawyers have hinted that a new defamation lawsuit could be “on the table” after Donald Trump attacked her yet again in one of his latest Truth Social rants.
‘The third man in the room’: Is Allen Weisselberg the ‘missing piece’ in Trump’s trial?
As Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial enters its final phase with closing arguments on Tuesday, the jury’s verdict is expected to largely hinge on their opinions of the prosecution’s star witness: Michael Cohen.
Trump trial closing arguments to begin in New York hush money case
Closing arguments in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump are set to begin in New York on Tuesday, with jurors on track to begin deliberations in the historic case the following day. Trump's defense team will go first in arguing to jurors that they should find the former president not guilty of falsifying business records related to reimbursements paid to his then-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payout Cohen gave porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. A prosecutor from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office then will urge the 12-member jury to convict Trump of the 34 felony counts he faces relate
Trump trial live: Closing arguments set to begin in former president’s hush money case
Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial enters its final stages on Tuesday as the prosecution and defense prepare to deliver their closing arguments in Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom.
The Untold Story of the Network That Took Down Roe v. Wade
It happened almost by accident, over cocktails. Exactly the kind of accident that Leonard Leo intended to happen at his Federalist Society’s annual conference — a three-day gathering of the conservative tribe and a strategy session for right-wing lawyers, officials and judges that drew both big names and those who had lower profiles but were no less ambitious.