By Tim Reid, Gabriella Borter and Nathan Layne DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Donald Trump is the overwhelming favorite to push past his rivals and stake an early claim to the Republican presidential nomination when Iowans brave bone-chilling temperatures on Monday to cast the first votes in the 2024 campaign. The former president’s dominant position […]
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They’re not aliens. That’s the verdict from Peru officials who seized 2 doll-like figures
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts with Peru’s prosecutor’s office said the objects were made with […]
CNN Legal Analyst Spots Ego-Bruising Possibility For Trump In Fraud Trial Verdict
CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen said the verdict in Donald Trump’s fraud trial could ultimately strip his company of perhaps its most cherished asset: the Trump name. (Watch the video below.) The civil trial, in which the former president and his Trump Organization face severe penalties for overinflating assets to secure better loan terms, concluded […]
What we all forget about the upcoming Trump fraud verdict: It’s the chicanery, stupid
Trump’s New York fraud trial is often framed as a fight over whether he “exaggerated” his net worth. But the case is far more than a mere difference in opinion over the dollar value of Trump’s assets. Here are the four kinds of schemes New York officials say Trump used to hike his net worth. Donald […]
Emotions run high after Manny Ellis verdict
Three Tacoma Police officers are free men after sitting at a Pierce County defendant table for the last eleven weeks. Thursday afternoon, the jury came back with the not-guilty verdicts for Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, and Timothy Rainken. All three were charged with 1st degree Manslaughter, Burbank and Collins also faced 2nd degree Murder. The jury […]
Defense attorneys, judge in Manny Ellis trial speak about verdict, jury
Several of the Tacoma officers’ defense attorneys acknowledged the emotion around the not guilty verdicts in the Manuel Ellis trial and the difficulty of the situation. But they were also very clear that they felt the case should have never been brought to trial. Defense attorneys said the jurors made the right decision as they […]
Fulton County DA Fani Willis reacts to financially-crippling verdict
ATLANTA – The news of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani filing for bankruptcy was the talk of the political sphere on Thursday. Former President Donald Trump’s attorney says he is under severe financial strain, exacerbated by his pursuit of lies about the 2020 election. This week a jury found Giuliani was liable to […]
European Super League verdict set to be announced by European Court of Justice
A ruling which could shape European football for decades to come is set to be announced later this morning. European Court of Justice judges will confirm their verdict in the European Super League case. They have been asked to decide whether Uefa and Fifa acted against competition law by blocking the formation of the European […]
$148 million damages verdict adds to Rudy Giuliani’s financial woes as he awaits his criminal trial
A criminal trial awaits Rudy Giuliani in Georgia. He is an alleged unnamed co-conspirator in a federal indictment against Donald Trump. And now he’s been ordered to pay a sum he surely cannot afford. The $148 million verdict in a defamation case brought by two former Georgia election workers marks a new low point for […]