Elon Musk must testify in SEC probe of his Twitter takeover

An effigy of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile device with the X and Twitter logos in the background in this photo illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.  Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. Securities and … Read more

Trump may testify in sex abuse defamation trial, but the court has limited what he can say

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told the public for years what he thinks of E. Jean Carroll, the writer who claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Now he has a chance to talk to a jury about her — but within limits he might well test. Trump could testify … Read more

YouTuber Ruby Franke Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse, Agrees To Testify Against Therapist Jodi Hildebrandt

A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke was originally charged with six counts of child abuse in September, … Read more

What to know about Trump’s decision to not testify again in New York civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump was supposed to testify again at his New York civil fraud trial on Monday, but he made a surprise announcement Sunday that he would not be appearing. Trump has already testified once in the trial, repeatedly barreling past questions from the New York attorney general’s office to instead attack the judge … Read more

Trump says he won’t testify again at his New York fraud trial. He says he has nothing more to say

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he has decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial, posting on social media that he “VERY SUCCESSFULLY & CONCLUSIVELY” testified last month and saw no need to appear again. Trump had been expected to return to the witness stand Monday … Read more

Republicans don’t want Hunter Biden to testify publicly because truth is scary

Hunter Biden surprised Republican investigators Tuesday by offering to cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry and testify publicly about foreign business deals he was involved in while his father, President Joe Biden, was vice president. Many GOP officials recoiled at this idea, so I have prepared a sensible statement they can release explaining why hearing … Read more

Russia held these Ukrainian teens captive. Now they could testify against Putin.

November 25, 2023 at 3:41 p.m. EST Rostyslav Lavrov shows the selfie he and his friend, Denys Berezhnyi, took after arriving in Kyiv. (Alice Martins for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KYIV — The Russian missing child poster went up in Crimea soon after Rostyslav Lavrov escaped last month. … Read more

Wray, Mayorkas testify on homeland threats amid Israel-Gaza war

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that the ongoing Israel-Gaza war could inspire violence in the United States, a warning that comes as agents are tracking an increase in threats to Jewish, Muslim and Arab people in this country. “This is not a time … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried Will Testify in His Own Trial. It’s a Legal Hail Mary

Sam Bankman-Fried will take the stand at his own trial, his legal counsel has confirmed. The founder of stricken crypto exchange FTX has endured three weeks of bruising testimony in federal court from ex-colleagues, peers, and other witnesses. But Bankman-Fried will now take the opportunity to relay his own version of events to the jury. … Read more

Kenneth Chesebro takes last-minute plea deal, agrees to testify in Georgia election case

Kenneth Chesebro, a key co-defendant in former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, has taken a last-minute plea deal in which he has agreed to testify in the case. Chesebro will plead guilty to a single felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing of false documents and receive five years’ probation and a $5,000 … Read more