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Witness testimony in the trial regarding former President Trump’s hush money is set to kick off for a third week on Monday. So far, the jury has received testimony from key players involved in the investigation, such as ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, attorney Keith Davidson, and Hope Hicks, who was once a close political confidante of the former president.…
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his spouse were charged Friday with accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and moving the money illegally. The legal document brought by the Justice Department (DOJ) describes payments Cuellar purportedly received from an oil business owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. “The bribe payments were purportedly laundered,…
The judge handling former President Trump’s hush money case clarified Friday that Trump is allowed to testify during the trial, correcting the former president’s assertion a day earlier that a gag order prevented him from doing so. Judge Juan Merchan at the start of Friday’s proceedings in the case said it had come to his…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the disqualification of a New Mexico official who founded Cowboys for Trump and participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner, is the only known elected official to be disqualified under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban in connection with…
The Supreme Court explained when government officials can prevent important constituents from their personal profiles without breaking their constitutional rights in a united decision Friday. After listening to appeals of two different decisions — one brought against school board members in Southern California and another brought against the city manager of Port Huron, Mich. — the…
The judge and district attorney in the previous President Trump's Georgia election criminal case this week faced opponents in their reelection races. Even though Judge Scott McAfee and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) are still strong contenders, their opponents create the possibility that either of them could be removed from office before Trump's involvement in…
Former President Trump has put up a bond of about $91 million on Friday while he appeals the recent decision in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case. Trump had tried to postpone or decrease the amount of his bond as he seeks a new trial and continues fighting the recent decision. However, Trump has now posted the entire $91.63 million bond, which is 110 percent of the damages, following the judge's rejection of his latest attempt to delay the Monday deadline.
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