He admitted making false statements in 2017 to a Senate intelligence committee about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Cohen said he lied about the timing of the tower negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump’s“political message.” In August, Cohen ple...
The case against Sussmann is just the second prosecution brought by Durham in two and a half years of work. Both involve false statements, yet neither undoes the core finding of an earlier investigation by Robert Mueller that Russia had interfered in sweeping fashion on behalf of Donald Trump...
Mueller’s investigation could make money for the government Cohen is due to be sentenced Dec. 12 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on charges of tax evasion, making false statements to a bank, and the two campaign contribution violations. When he pleaded guilty, he did so without an e...
A federal prosecutor can pursue multiple federal charges if they suspect someone is involved in a federal Ponzi scheme. For example, criminal charges can be filed for securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, making false statements, perjury...
New York lawyer convicted of Diet Pepsi hoax.Reports on the conviction of lawyer Nanci Walter. Charges of making false statements and extortion attempts with her claim in 1993 of finding a dead mouse in a can of Diet Pepsi; Prison term and fines....
Last week, Cohen, who has been in discussions with Mueller's team for months, reached a plea deal with the special counsel to a single count of making false statements to Congress about an aborted Trump Tower development project in Moscow, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from the pres...
The jury deliberated for less than a day before clearing Craig, a White House counsel in the Obama administration, of a single count of making false statements to federal investigators. The swift verdict was a setback to the Justice Department’s crackdown on lobbyists who do unregistered work ...
During a surprise appearance in federal court in New York Thursday morning, Cohen pleaded guilty to a single count of making false statements to Congress about a Trump Tower development project in Moscow, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan. ...
the profession—should nonetheless be unacceptable. I strongly favor moot-court judges who hold advocates to account, force advocates to use law and fact to support their arguments, chastise advocates for making false statements of misrepresentations, and prevent advocates from evading difficult ...
the false statement cannot be an opinion but must be a statement of fact. If the statements are libelous per se, there is a presumption of harm, so an employee will not need to establish actual damages. Statements are considered libelous per se in Florida if they falsely accuse someone else...