The Trump Docket: Was Cohen testimony on Trump a ‘blow on the chin’ or a knockout punch?

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media, while his lawyer Todd Blanche listens, after the day’s court session for his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. (Mike Segar/Pool Photo via AP) It was a roller coaster of a week in Manhattan as the government’s star witness Michael Cohen […]

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Mar-a-Lago judge gives Jack Smith a tight deadline to make redactions for releasing secret docs

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File). Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. Senate). Right: Special counsel Jack Smith (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) The judge overseeing the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case gave special counsel Jack Smith a Friday afternoon deadline to comply with a court order geared toward the public release of […]

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Trump asks for permission to skip upcoming Mar-a-Lago hearing so he can attend hush-money trial

Left: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci); Right: U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon (U.S. Senate) Former President Donald Trump, 77, asked for, and quickly received, permission to be excused from an upcoming motions hearing in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case on Friday. Early Friday afternoon, the 45th president’s attorneys filed […]

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Rudy Giuliani served with new indictment just after boasting online he would avoid the charges

Main image: Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani talks to reporters as he leaves after his defamation trial in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023 (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File); Inset top right: Social media post from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (X); Since-deleted social media post from Giuliani (X) Rudy Giuliani, 79, was served […]

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Husband beat ‘narcissist’ wife to death with unopened bottle of sparkling juice

John E. Berthold (Eau Claire County Jail) and deputies outside the home where he killed his wife (WEAU screenshot) An 81-year-old man in Wisconsin will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his 77-year-old wife last year, telling authorities that he beat her to death with an unopened bottle of sparkling […]

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Cousin put up ‘missing person’ fliers after killing and dumping teen’s body in dumpster

Jaylin Brazier pictured in October 2022 (Michigan Department of Corrections), Zion Foster (WDIV/YouTube screengrab) A 25-year-old man in Michigan is facing a possible sentence of life behind bars for killing his 17-year-old cousin despite the fact that her body has not been found since he admitted to throwing her remains into a dumpster in early […]

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