MariaDB’s potential take-private deal is an indictment of 2021’s SPAC mania

The potential sale of MariaDB to K1 Investment Management for $37 million is a capstone on the failed era of SPAC mergers that gained prominence for a brief time in venture circles during the last startup boom. Remember SPACs? Special purpose acquisition companies, also known as blank-check companies, were used heavily in 2021 and 2022 … Read more

Man accused of killing 4 university students in Idaho loses bid to have indictment tossed

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The grand jury indictment of a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students was conducted properly and will stand, a judge has ruled. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves at … Read more

Colin Jost Makes A ‘Super Embarrassing’ Discovery In Hunter Biden’s Recent Indictment

“Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost made a wicked swipe at former President Donald Trump over news that Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday. ″A federal indictment issued this week against Hunter Biden alleges that he evaded paying over $1 million in taxes between 2016 and 2020. And they’re only … Read more

In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump had a “good faith” basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence related to voting irregularities and potential foreign interference in the contest won by Democrat Joe Biden. A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in … Read more

Two days after an indictment, North Carolina’s state auditor says she’ll resign

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced on Thursday that she will resign from her elected post next month, a decision coming two days after she was indicted on charges that she misused her state-owned vehicle for personal activities. Wood, a Democrat who was first elected auditor in 2008, had already … Read more

MSNBC Anchor Recuses Herself From Covering Dad Sen. Bob Menendez’s Indictment (Video)

MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez opened the network’s “American Voices” on Saturday with a promise to stay away from covering the indictment of her father, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. But, she promised, her colleagues at NBC and MSNBC will continue to aggressively cover the story. Her father allegedly aided the government of Egypt and was … Read more

Trumpworld is roiling over the likelihood that extra of their soiled secrets and techniques may very well be revealed if the 6 co-conspirators named in Trump’s newest indictment get hauled up too: NYT’s Haberman

Donald Trump.Scott Olson through Getty Photos Journalist Maggie Haberman advised CNN that Trumpworld has been rattled by Tuesday’s indictment. “He’s very upset. Of us round him are very upset,” Haberman advised CNN. Haberman believes extra particulars may very well be revealed if Trump’s co-conspirators are charged. Former President Donald Trump and his inside circle are … Read more

Trump indictment is ‘very, very damning,’ his former lawyer basic says

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he attends the North Carolina Republican Occasion conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023.  Megan Varner | Reuters After a 37-count legal indictment towards Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, Trump’s former Lawyer Common Invoice Barr mentioned there’s hassle forward for the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful. “If … Read more