NEW YORK (AP) — After hearing from 40 witnesses over 2½ months, Judge Arthur Engoron sounded almost wistful as he presided over the last day of testimony in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. “In a strange way, I’m gonna miss this trial,” he said Wednesday. Things aren’t over yet in the case, in which […]
WASHINGTON — Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, who was part of the team investigating Hunter Biden, broadly defended her work in a closed-door deposition with congressional investigators Thursday as she faces claims by IRS whistleblowers that she slow-walked parts of the investigation. In a copy of her opening remarks obtained by NBC News, Wolf […]
Testimony concludes in Trump civil fraud trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Closing arguments for Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial are expected to happen Jan. 11 with testimony wrapped and the case adjourned for the holidays. Trump and his company have already been found liable of falsely inflating their net worth. The judge will […]
Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks about antisemitism on campus during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks about antisemitism on campus during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill on Dec. […]
Harvard faculty members and alumni voiced their support for the university’s president, Claudine Gay, in the wake of her controversial House testimony last week about antisemitism on college campuses. Harvard faculty members submitted a letter to the Harvard Corporation, which oversees the institution’s academic and financial resources, opposing calls to remove Gay. The petition, which has over […]
The White House refused to answer questions on Monday regarding what it claimed were “conspiracy theories” of corruption within the Biden family. The refusal came as deputy press secretary Andrew Bates spoke with reporters aboard Air Force One ahead of a likely House vote this week to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Biden […]
The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. The chairman of the Ivy League school’s board of trustees, Scott Bok, […]
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her post Saturday after facing intense criticism from the White House, lawmakers and alumni for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. “I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of the University of Pennsylvania,” […]
An expert witness in the $250 million civil fraud trial against Donald Trump said in court Friday that the former president’s political action committee has paid for a portion of his fees to testify on behalf of the defense. Eli Bartov, an accounting professor at New York University, said that his $900,000 in compensation was […]
BEIRUT (AP) — A British Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in the Gaza Strip during the current Israel-Hamas war as part of a Doctors Without Borders medical team said he has given testimony to a British war crimes investigation unit. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a plastic surgeon specializing in conflict medicine, has volunteered with medical teams […]
On Wednesday, the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania testified before the House on antisemitism on college campuses. All three are facing calls to resign. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Tension has been building this week since the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania testified on Capitol Hill about the steps […]
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil business fraud trial as a spectator Thursday, after a month of assailing the proceedings from afar. With testimony winding down after more than two months, the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner showed up to watch an accounting professor testify about financial topics important to the […]