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
The Fulton County district attorney’s office filed an emergency motion for a protective order following a leak of discovery materials in the Georgia election subversion case involving former President Donald Trump. The filing came mere hours after excerpts of video deposition of witness testimony from lawyers Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro were published by … Read more
As part of a plea deal, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys has told prosecutors in Georgia that she was informed in the wake of the 2020 election that Donald Trump was “not going to leave” the White House — despite the fact that he had already lost the election and most of his … Read more
At a pivotal moment during one of the Watergate hearings in 1973, President Richard Nixon’s counsel, John Dean, asked a question that still resonates: “How in God’s name could so many lawyers get involved in something like this?” In the aftermath of Nixon’s resignation, the issue posed by Dean’s bracing question triggered a revolution in … Read more
In the three weeks since his trial began, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX, has watched in near silence as a parade of ex-colleagues, peers and other witnesses have taken the stand. They have testified to his greed, recklessness, bullying and chicanery. His lawyers have offered relatively little in the way of riposte—and have … Read more
Allen Weisselberg, the former CFO of the Trump Org., testifies that the former president gave false information on bank and insurance forms about the size of his Manhattan penthouse apartment. Lawyers on Jack Smith’s team ask the judge in the election interference case to make Trump reveal his defense strategy and seek to keep the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to postpone his classified documents trial until after next year’s presidential election, saying they have not received all the records they need to review to prepare his defense. The trial on charges of illegally hoarding classified documents, among four criminal cases the … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX may have lost at least $8 billion in customer money, but he “didn’t intend to defraud anyone,” his defense team said Wednesday during the opening arguments of his highly anticipated trial. Though legal experts had long speculated that Bankman-Fried, or SBF for short, would take a “blame the lawyers” approach, … Read more
Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York, had to instruct attorneys to lower their voices after an outburst from Alina Habba, an attorney for the former president. Habba became incensed about a number of perceived issues with the judge, including the fact that he is holding a … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York choose peppered Donald Trump’s legal professionals with questions Friday as they tried to influence the courtroom to throw out a civil lawsuit introduced by New York’s legal professional common accusing the previous president and his firm of deceiving banks, insurers and others by exaggerating his wealth. At occasions, … Read more