IMMACULATE EXCEPTION
Donald Trump’s lawyers made a laughable request at the start of his bank fraud trial. Then they did it again. Now they’ve done it a third time.
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ROGUE ONE
A lawyer at the New York Attorney General’s office just got fired for going rogue and trying to expose alleged “misconduct” by the head of the AG’s criminal division.
SHUT UP, MAN
An appeals court decided that Trump's gag order, which was lifted on appeal, should actually be reinstated.
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HIGH WIRE TRANSFER
Trump wasn't supposed to be moving significant amounts of money around without notifying a court-appointed auditor. He just got caught paying himself so he could pay his taxes.
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REDACTED
We all know about Donald Trump paying Michael Cohen to cover up the Stormy Daniels sex affair. But the Manhattan DA insists Cohen’s name must be redacted in court docs.
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CHECK MY CALENDAR
The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial won’t even consider pushing it back, especially after prosecutors accused defense lawyers of delay games.
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GUESS WHO
Trump's lawyers and prosecutors at the Manhattan DA’s office are battling over Trump’s team naming who they plan to call to the stand in the upcoming hush money trial.
SAY DISGRACE
Stuart Seldowitz, whose racist threats against a New York City halal cart vendor led to his arrest, was released pending trial for hate crime stalking.
THANKS FOR THE EVIDENCE
Federal prosecutors are scrambling to keep a gag order on Donald Trump. Appellate judges demanded fresh evidence of his dangerous rhetoric. They found it in New York.
IT GETS WORSE
Jason Miller has been dogged by allegations that he preyed on former fellow 2016 Trump campaign employee A.J. Delgado—and left her alone with their kid. Now she says he raped her.