Donald Trump is “innocent” and did not break the law, a lawyer for the former US president has told jurors during closing arguments as the landmark hush money trial moved closer to its conclusion. The arguments, expected to last the entire day, will give lawyers one last chance to address the Manhattan jury and to […]
Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifth Amendment continues: “…(n)or shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due […]
A Colorado man pleaded guilty to killing a family by setting their home on fire in 2020. He wanted revenge after his iPhone was stolen but targeted the wrong house, investigators said. Five people, including two young children, were killed in the blaze. A Colorado man set a house in Denver on fire in 2020, […]
Before President Joe Biden warned Israel that his administration would refuse to send more weapons, including 2,000-pound bombs that have killed so many innocent people, an Israeli spokesman sat down with broadcaster Piers Morgan. It turned into maybe the most revealing exchange since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel that triggered the unfolding […]
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar is claiming innocence ahead of a potential indictment against him, according to a statement released from his office on Friday. It is unclear what the charges are or when they could come down, but a source familiar with the situation told ABC News that he could be charged by federal […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claimed his innocence in court where he is on trial for the use of a banned Nazi slogan. “I am in fact completely innocent,” the AfD chairman in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, said on Tuesday during the second day of the trial. […]
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claimed his innocence in court where he is on trial for the use of a banned Nazi slogan. “I am in fact completely innocent,” the AfD chairman in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, said on Tuesday during the second day of the trial. […]
BERLIN (AP) — One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party said Tuesday at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.” Björn Höcke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle last week, months before a regional election in […]
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Mar. 31—About this time last year, someone left a faxed press release on my desk in the newsroom, announcing how, in a nearby county, a long-serving judge was retiring. Not exactly breaking news, no hot tip on what I usually cover for the paper — which tends toward investigative stories about people or institutions facing […]
Investigators determined the North Kansas City High School student injured in a shooting at the school’s campus Saturday was an innocent bystander, officials said Monday. The youth, who was initially said to be critically injured in the incident, has since been released from an area hospital and is recovering from their injuries at home, said […]
Ivan Cantu says he has insisted for more than 20 years that he’s innocent of the two murders that landed him on Texas’ death row. But with a week until his execution, he’s running out of time to make his case. “The clock is ticking,” Cantu said in an interview Wednesday, a week before his […]