By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump said that his former attorney, Michael Cohen, isn’t a credible witness as another Trump-affiliated lawyer, Robert Costello, indicated that he testified before a New York grand jury to destroy Cohen’s credibility. “It is being said that disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen was put out to dry today after his […]
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Wisconsin Is the Most Important Race in the Country in 2023
By Selena Zito Commentary Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus tweeted seemingly out of nowhere last week about the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race coming up next month. In her breezy post, she listed fair maps, abortion rights, and control of Congress as the key reasons to get involved. For added measure, she embedded a cheerful video of […]
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Ahead of Potential Trump Indictment Manhattan DA Faces Questions Over ‘Tenuous and Untested’ Legal Theory
By Janice Hisle America’s 45th president, Donald Trump, appears poised to become the nation’s first president to be indicted on criminal charges. Such a prosecution could have grave consequences for the nation’s justice system and the democratic election process, scholars and political leaders say. After leaked information about the secret grand jury process made its […]
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House Republicans Demand Testimony From Manhattan DA Behind Potential Trump Arrest
By Joseph Lord House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is demanding answers from a New York district attorney reportedly planning to arrest former President Donald Trump on March 21. The district attorney in question, Alvin Bragg of Manhattan, is reportedly planning to arrest the former president over an alleged “hush money” payment during the […]
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Dershowitz: Manhattan DA Using ‘Made-Up Laws’ in Trump Case
By Gary Bai Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s reported impending prosecution of former President Donald Trump is based on “made-up laws,” according to prominent legal expert Alan Dershowitz. But even so, Dershowitz said he thinks that Trump would unlikely receive a fair trial in a city that leans heavily blue. The expert was responding to […]
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Trump Says a ‘Most Important Witness’ to Testify Before NYC Grand Jury
By Lorenz Duchamps and Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump praised recent reports that a lawyer who briefly acted as a legal adviser to Michael Cohen is expected to testify on Monday before a New York grand jury investigating whether to charge the former president over claims he paid hush money to an adult actress […]
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Trump Accuses Manhattan DA of ‘Prosecutorial Misconduct,’ Calls for Investigation
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of misconduct over his office’s investigation into an alleged hush money payment and called for an investigation into whether Bragg is interfering in the 2024 election. On Saturday, Trump said he would be arrested Tuesday on charges connected to the investigation […]
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Jonathan Turley: Manhattan DA’s Potential Case Against Trump ‘Legally Pathetic’
By Jack Phillips George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley panned reports of the looming potential case against former President Donald Trump after the former commander-in-chief announced he may be arrested in the next week. Alleged unnamed court sources have told multiple news outlets that Trump could be indicted in the near future, while Trump […]
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GOP Presidential Hopeful Responds to Possible Donald Trump Arrest: ‘Dark Moment’
By Jack Phillips Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that rumors and reports claiming former President Donald Trump could be arrested soon are a “dark moment” in U.S. history. “It is un-American for the ruling party to use police power to arrest its political rivals,” Ramaswamy, a tech entrepreneur who recently declared his GOP candidacy, wrote on […]
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Top Republican Orders Probe Into Whether Federal Funds Were Used in Potential Trump Indictment
By Zachary Stieber U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on March 18 ordered Republicans to investigate whether federal funds were used in the reported looming indictment against former President Donald Trump. “Here we go again—an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance […]
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Trump Conviction Would Probably Be Overturned on Appeal: Dershowitz
By Zachary Stieber If former President Donald Trump is indicted, he’ll probably be convicted but an appeal would likely lead to the conviction being thrown out, legal expert Alan Dershowitz said on March 18. “I don’t think there will be a motion to dismiss that succeeds. This is New York justice. In New York, of […]
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Billionaire Investor Ken Griffin Warns US Capitalism ‘Breaking Down’
By Jack Phillips Ken Griffin, the founder of hedge fund Citadel, said the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank shows the U.S. economic system is “breaking down before our eyes.” “The U.S. is supposed to be a capitalist economy, and that’s breaking down before our eyes,” Griffin warned when speaking with the Financial Times on Monday after federal […]
