The job of the prosecutor is to hold the public accountable. But when the tables are turned—when the prosecutor is the one who allegedly flouted the law—it is, paradoxically, enormously difficult for victims to achieve recourse. Lawyers yesterday sparred at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit over one such barrier preventing someone […]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is demanding documents from the New York attorney general related to the hiring of a lead prosecutor in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Jordan, R-Ohio, accused Matthew Colangelo, who is a former high-ranking official in Attorney General Letitia James’ office, of assisting in what he called Manhattan District Attorney […]
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., abused his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to “put greed first,” a federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during opening statements in the senator’s bribery trial. Asst. U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in New York that the senior senator from […]
The Idaho prisoner charged with planning and staging a violent escape while at a Boise hospital, after which he evaded law enforcement for 36 hourse, pleaded guilty to some — but not all — of his charges Wednesday afternoon. Skylar Meade, 31, appeared before 4th District Judge Nancy Baskin at the Ada County Courthouse wearing […]
NEW YORK — The sitting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey and a former state attorney general are among the witnesses expected in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. The group of expected witnesses will be part of the evidence federal prosecutors promised in court would tie New Jersey’s senior […]
By Gram Slattery WILDWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked the Manhattan judge and prosecutor in his New York criminal trial, while hinting at a range of possible economic policies at a sizable rally in New Jersey on Saturday. Speaking before tens of thousands of supporters on a chilly beach on […]
A former felony prosecutor in Eastern Kentucky has admitted soliciting sex and methamphetamine from people and using his authority to help them in court. Scott Blair, who resigned as commonwealth’s attorney for Perry County after he was arrested April 12, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in London to a charge of honest services wire […]
Three attorneys are vying for the top prosecutor’s job in three central Kentucky counties, including the incumbent who was once a victim of crime herself. Kelli Kearney and Keith Eardley are vying for the top spot against Sharon Muse Johnson, the incumbent commonwealth’s attorney who is seeking reelection. The office covers the 14th Judicial Circuit, […]
Campaign yard signs and Facebook posts are at the center of a legal battle between two candidates running to become the top prosecutor in Scott, Woodford and Bourbon counties. Commonwealth’s Attorney Sharon Muse Johnson is being sued by her opponent in the Republican primary over allegations that outdated, now false, campaign signs and materials that […]
Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County special prosecutor involved in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, spoke exclusively to ABC News’ Linsey Davis for the first time Sunday since resigning from the case after a public disqualification battle over his relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis. After Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling, stipulations […]
CHARLEVOIX — Charlevoix’s prosecuting attorney, Kit Tholen, and his team are pursuing a grant to create comic-book-style booklets aimed at explaining the legal process to young victims of sexual abuse. These graphic novels, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, are part of a federal initiative to tackle this issue in a more accessible way for […]
A repeat sex offender in Platte County was found guilty after a three-day trial Wednesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old girl multiple times between 2016 and 2017. Joseph E. Ginn was found guilty by a jury of second degree statutory rape, two counts of second degree statutory sodomy and second degree child molestation, according […]