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Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case is confident he ‘committed the crimes'
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned after refusing a DOJ order to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Before quitting, Danielle Sassoon told President Trump’s new attorney general that she was “confident” Adams had committed the crimes.
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Trump Ally Says He Told Grand Jury ‘Truth' About ‘Totally Unreliable' Michael Cohen
The Manhattan district attorney’s office gave a Donald Trump ally — a former lawyer who once represented Michael Cohen — the chance to testify before a New York grand jury Monday. Robert Costello was asked to appear by DA Alvin Bragg ‘s office after he claimed he had information undercutting the credibility of Cohen, a key witness in the investigation,…
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Barricades Go Up at Trump Tower, Manhattan Court as NYC Readies for Possible Protests
All eyes are on Manhattan this week for the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted by a grand jury investigating hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. The NYPD was seen erecting barricades Monday outside Trump Tower and Manhattan Criminal Court following the former president’s weekend claim that his arrest is imminent — and...
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Tax Law Experts See ‘Strong' Case Against Trump Org. CFO
An indictment unsealed on Thursday revealed that Weisselberg had accepted perks worth $1.8 million from the Trump organization for over 15 years.
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Inside the Case Against ISIS Militants Charged in Americans' Beheadings
As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles,” an incongruously…
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Senate Considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as New Intelligence Chief Amid Shakeup, Pandemic
A Senate panel is considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe’s nomination for director of national intelligence, holding the in-person hearing amid President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the intelligence community and under drastic new distancing rules to protect Capitol Hill from the coronavirus.
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Fact Check: Trump Wrong on Bolton, More Claims From Trial
President Donald Trump stated falsely Monday that House Democrats never called his former national security adviser to testify in their impeachment inquiry. Actually they did.
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Trump Lawyer Argues Dems Want to ‘Overturn' Last Election
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have opened their impeachment trial defense in a rare Saturday session by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the results of the 2016 election. They say the Democrats’ investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine was not a fact-finding mission but rather a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House. The legal team arguments...
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Trump Impeachment Trial to Begin With Rules Fight, Long Days
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding to render judgment on his Ukraine actions as Americans form their own verdict at the start of an election year.
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House Outlines Impeachment Case, Trump Team Has Fiery Answer
House Democrats are preparing to outline their case for removing President Donald Trump from office with the filing of a legal brief due by 5 p.m. Saturday. The submission follows new revelations in the case and Trump’s naming of nationally known lawyers Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz to the team that will defend him.
