Bed Bath & Beyond board members were concerned Ryan Cohen was getting insider information. Sue Gove, the company’s CEO, said in a deposition that she was concerned about Cohen’s relationship with board members. “I didn’t trust him. I didn’t trust what was taking place,” Gove said of Cohen in her testimony. Bed Bath & Beyond […]
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Judge temporarily suspends Alec Baldwin lawsuit deposition ahead of Rust trial
A judge has ruled that US actor Alec Baldwin will not have to give sworn evidence in a civil lawsuit until after his involuntary manslaughter trial. The lawsuit, filed by three crew members from the film set Rust, claims Baldwin and his production company El Dorado Pictures caused “emotional distress” as a result of negligence […]
Weisselberg pleads guilty to lying during deposition for Trump fraud trial
Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg surrenders to prosecutors Monday and pleads guilty later to lying in a deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office in former President Trump’s financial fraud trial. Weisselberg was fined $1 million by Judge Arthur Engoron as part of the massive judgment against Trump, his adult […]
Read the Hunter Biden deposition transcript from the GOP impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday released the full transcript of Hunter Biden‘s closed-door testimony from the previous day. The document, at 229 pages with some redactions, underscores the disconnect between what House Republicans have repeatedly alleged are criminal actions by Hunter Biden and his father and the documentation and testimony they […]
Takeaways from Hunter Biden’s combative deposition with Republican lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The transcript of the congressional deposition of Hunter Biden was released late Thursday, providing a full view of the contentious testimony that took place behind closed doors Wednesday as Republicans aggressively questioned the central figure in their impeachment inquiry. The nearly 230 pages of questioning laid bare the deep-seated hostility between President […]
Hunter Biden in defiant deposition tells House GOP he did not involve his father in his business
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill for a defiant, closed-door deposition with lawmakers, a critical moment for Republicans as their impeachment inquiry into his father and the family’s business affairs teeters on the brink of collapse. “I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should […]
Mayor says in deposition he received advice from Lujan Grisham on controversial monuments
Feb. 26—Before Mayor Alan Webber issued a proclamation calling for the removal of three controversial monuments in Santa Fe in summer 2020 amid a nationwide reckoning on racial justice, he turned to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for advice. “She advised me not to try to solve the problem,” Webber said in a deposition earlier this […]
A Tesla lawyer burst into tears during a deposition on Elon Musk’s compensation package because he admired Musk so much, judge says
Tesla’s former general counsel cried during his deposition on Elon Musk‘s compensation package. Delaware judge Kathelaeen McCormick said Todd Maron’s “admiration for Musk moved him to tears.” Maron joined Tesla in 2013 and left the company in 2019. You might be a fan of Elon Musk, but would you cry for him during a deposition? […]
Roberta Kaplan says Trump threw papers across table at Mar-a-Lago deposition because his legal team agreed to feed her lunch
Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lunch. Kaplan, who has represented clients in high-profile cases against Trump, including E. Jean Carroll, said on an episode of the “George Conway Explains […]
Ken Paxton again asks Texas Supreme Court to stop his deposition scheduled for this week
After another round of unsuccessful appeals to quash his testimony under oath and end a wrongful termination lawsuit that kick-started a Texas House investigation that led to his impeachment, a defiant Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court on Monday to again consider overturning his court-ordered deposition. Paxton, who has continuously tried to […]
Renowned forensic pathologist returns to Pittsburgh for deposition in high-profile case
Dr. Bennet Omalu was in Pittsburgh Monday to offer his expert opinion on the death of Jim Rogers. Rogers, 54, died the day after being tased by a Pittsburgh police officer, who was investigating a report of a stolen bicycle in Bloomfield. The city hired Omalu for $10,000 to testify at an arbitration hearing for officer […]
Georgia DA avoids deposition, for now, in divorce proceeding of embattled prosecutor
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will not have to immediately answer questions under oath in the divorce proceeding of a special prosecutor she hired to help lead the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump. In a short-term win for Willis, a judge ruled that she does not have to sit for a deposition that […]