Prosecutors say Cohen was then reimbursed by Trump in a series of 12 monthly payments from the Trump Organization that were logged and characterized as checks for ongoing legal services, as opposed to repayments for the hush money. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business r...
This chapter outlines an account of prosecutors and prosecutorial action, providing a rough basis for understanding what we consider when we consider prosecutors and prosecution, by attempting to identify the rationally salient features of this role and practice. The account provided herein is grounded ...
Prosecutors are split along party lines, with Democratic Pima County Attorney Laura Conover saying she will not prosecute providers under the new law, and Republican Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell saying she may. On June 27, officials with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said Mitchell...
former President Donald Trump and some of his allies have repeatedly mischaracterized a law known as the Presidential Records Act, according to legal experts and the federal agency charged with preserving White House records."Under the Presidential Records Act, I'm allowed to do all this,...
Former prosecutors say the trove of records could give investigators new tools to determine whether Trump lied to lenders or tax officials. The former president has argued for years that he broke no laws and has been unfairly targeted by Democrats for political reasons. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin ...
While in police custody on May 25, Floyd repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe,” as a white officer in Minneapolis pressed his knee into the black man’s neck for what prosecutors say was nearly nine minutes. “George wasn’t hurting anyone that day,” his brother, Philonise Floyd, ...
Smith's team is trying to make the case that Trump's prosecution is not off limits because he was acting as a private candidate for office — not a commander in chief — when he schemed to overturn the will of voters. Prosecutors say Trump “must stand trial for his private crimes as...
Prosecutors say the investigation into Combs's alleged criminal activity is still ongoing. They say they have interviewed more than 50 victims of and witnesses to Combs's alleged abuse, but that they expect more people to come forward with their accounts. ...
What are prosecutors saying? Prosecutors have argued that the calls are just their starting point. They have also disputed the notion that the phone calls were solely about legislative issues, saying that Graham was seeking to make changes to the way Georgia handled absentee ballots ahead...
What exactly did prosecutors say Trump did? Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said Trump met with former National Enquirer publisherDavid Peckerand ex-fixer Michael Cohen in his Trump Tower in August 2015, and that the trio hatched a conspiracy to identify, purchase...