As Donald Trump‘s historic criminal trial nears an end, everyone is wondering if jurors will convict him of the felony charges. But Trump’s lawyers could try a long-shot move to give them another option: convict him of misdemeanors instead. Here’s how it would work and why the defense would — or wouldn’t — try it. […]
FILE – A lengthy stretch of sandy Lake Michigan beach is deserted on a sunny afternoon, June 29, 2011, at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Mich. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, Andrew Howard, who is accused of using a shovel to divert a river within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, was convicted of two […]
Jan. 7—The Andrew County Circuit Clerk has been charged with five misdemeanor counts of failing to perform an act or duty required by law. On Dec. 8, Christy Porter was charged with five counts of misdemeanor in office. She is alleged to have routinely and intentionally failed to train and supervise her employees, resulting in […]