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☆ ‘Saturday Night Live’ star Colin Jost selected as White House Correspondents Dinner headliner
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Colin Jost will be live from Washington, DC — not New York — on the final Saturday night of April. The “Saturday Night Live” comedian, featured in the “Weekend Update” segments, was selected by the White House Correspondents’ Association as the entertainer for the press organization’s 2024 dinner, set to take place on April 27. “Colin Jost knows how to make Saturday nights funny, and I am thrilled Colin will be live from the nation’s capital as the headline entertainer for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” said Kelly O’Donnell, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association and NBC News senior White House correspondent. Throughout his career he has nabbed five Writers Guild Awards and two Peabody Awards, in addition to 14 Emmy Awards nominations. After Wolf ignited controversy for a joke she made about then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House Correspondents’ Association pivoted to a non-comedian headliner, inviting presidential biographer Ron Chernow to helm the dinner.

Persons: Colin Jost, Donald Trump, “ Colin Jost, Colin, ”, Kelly O’Donnell, Jost, Jamie McCarthy, PEN America “, ” O’Donnell, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Michelle Wolf, Wolf, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Ron Chernow, Roy Wood Jr Organizations: CNN, White, ’ Association, NBC News, White House, Peabody, PEN America, ’ Locations: Washington, New York

☆ House rejects Israel aid bill amid fight over bipartisan border package
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Megan Lebowitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The House failed to pass a standalone bill to provide aid to Israel amid congressional infighting over a bipartisan Senate border bill that also included foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. The Senate released the text of the bipartisan border bill Sunday, which combines Israel and Ukraine with a package of stricter border security and asylum laws. The standalone Israel bill includes $17.6 billion in military aid to the country "as well as important funding for U.S. The Israel aid bill comes as Republican hard-liners try to thwart the $118 billion bipartisan Senate border bill. House Democratic leadership came out against the stand-alone Israel bill Tuesday morning.

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Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. Here's a look at how voting districts have changed — or could change — before the November elections and what affect that could have on the battle for control of Congress. Perhaps the most notable is Florida, where a trial judge in September ruled that U.S. House districts pushed by Republican Gov. Litigation over congressional districts also is lingering in Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin. The reshaping of voting districts matters, but doesn't necessarily pre-determine the outcome of elections.

Persons: George Santos, Ron DeSantis, “, ”, Chris Warshaw, Warshaw, Jeffrey Wice Organizations: Republicans, GOP, George Santos of New, Supreme, Republican, Assembly, Democratic, New, New York Legislature, Republican Gov, Florida Supreme, George Washington University, Voters, New York Law, Redistricting Locations: November’s U.S, Alabama , Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina . New York, New, George Santos of, George Santos of New York, U.S, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Florida, Arkansas , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Utah, Wisconsin

☆ A Top College Reinstates the SAT
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dartmouth College announced this morning that it would again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, starting next year. Training future leadersLast summer, Sian Beilock — a cognitive scientist who had previously run Barnard College in New York — became the president of Dartmouth. After arriving, she asked a few Dartmouth professors to do an internal study on standardized tests. Like many other colleges during the Covid pandemic, Dartmouth dropped its requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score. With the pandemic over and students again able to take the tests, Dartmouth’s admissions team was thinking about reinstating the requirement.

Persons: It’s, Sian Beilock —, New York —, Beilock, ” Organizations: Dartmouth, Barnard College Locations: New York

☆ She traveled every New York City subway line — and photographed every first and last stop
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It wasn’t until after photographer Rita Nannini left New York that she grew fascinated by the city’s subways. Rita Nannini Exiting the A train station at Far Rockaway—Mott Avenue in Queens, the easternmost subway station in New York City. Rita Nannini Escalators at the 96th Street stop at the end of the Q line in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Rita Nannini A flight of stairs ascends to the A train station at Ozone Park—Lefferts Avenue in Queens. Rita Nannini A decade-long photo project documenting every New York City subway line Prev Next“It’s often said it’s that (my images show) the end of the lines — the ‘last stops,’” she said.

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Police said Wednesday that they charged Justin Mohn, 32, with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after he beheaded his father, Michael, in their Bucks County home and publicized it in a 14-minute YouTube video that anyone, anywhere could see. YouTube, which is owned by Google, did not attend the hearing despite its status as one of the most popular platforms among teens. Major social media companies moderate content with the help of powerful automated systems, which can often catch prohibited content before a human can. Despite the obstacles, social media companies need to be more vigilant about regulating violent content, said Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “The reality is that social media has become a front line in extremism and terrorism,” Ware said.

Persons: Justin Mohn, Michael, —, Pete Feeney, ”, Alix Fraser, Brian Fishman, it’s, Mohn, Michael Jensen, Jacob Ware, ” Ware, “ That’s, ” Nora Benavidez, Beatrice Dupuy, Mike Balsamo, Mike Catalini Organizations: YouTube, . Police, Islamic State, Meta, Google, Buffalo , New York —, Halle . Middletown, Halle . Middletown Township Police, Council, Responsible Social Media, Global, Counter, Twitter, University of Maryland, Foreign Relations, Free Press, Associated Press, AP Locations: Pennsylvania, Bucks, Louisville , Kentucky, Memphis , Tennessee, Buffalo , New York, Christchurch , New Zealand, Halle ., Halle . Middletown Township, Gaza, Ukraine, U.S, New York, Levittown , Pennsylvania

The pilots of the London-bound American Airlines Boeing 777 took a wrong turn on a taxiway alongside two perpendicular runways. Instead, they crossed 4L just as a Delta Boeing 737 began its takeoff roll down the same runway. A controller warned the American crew about a “possible pilot deviation," and gave them a phone number to call, which the captain did. The cockpit voice recording from inside the American plane was taped over during the six-hour flight to London and lost forever. Investigators said they tried several times to interview the American pilots, but the pilots refused on advice of their union, which objected to the NTSB recording the interviews.

Persons: John F, “, Michael Graber, ”, Graber, Traci Gonzalez, Jeffrey Wagner, — Organizations: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, National Transportation Safety, Kennedy International Airport, U.S, Federal Aviation Administration, American Airlines Boeing, Delta Boeing, Delta, London, NTSB, Allied Pilots Association, FAA Locations: New York, London

☆ At the Defense Table, Trump Uses the Courtroom as a Stage
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Kate Christobek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He spoke to his lawyers, his words sometimes quite audible to the packed courtroom. He wrote instructions for his defense team that he shoved their way. He walked in late at one point, and at another, while a lawyer suing him was speaking to the jury, he stalked out. His use of the defense table as a stage also provided clues to the public, and a reminder to his own legal team, of how he might handle himself if and when any of the four criminal cases he is facing go to trial. And in recent months he sat for many days of the trial a few blocks away at 60 Centre Street, where Justice Arthur F. Engoron of State Supreme Court oversaw the fraud trial against Mr. Trump and his company.

Persons: Donald J, Jean Carroll —, New York —, Carroll, general’s, Trump, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, Arthur F Organizations: New, Republican, Court, Mr Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ More tech grads are applying to jobs in Boise, Madison, and other small cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Young workers are applying to cities outside traditional tech hubs, according to a new report. AdvertisementForget Silicon Valley, Austin, or even Miami — young workers are hunting for tech jobs in smaller cities across the country. Handshake determined which US cities saw the biggest increase in job applications between 2021 and 2023, based on the number of full-time job applications submitted on its platform. Tech workers of all ages are gravitating to mid-size cities in search of lower cost of living and a more laid-back lifestyle. Handshake found these 10 cities had the biggest year-over-year increase in job applications on its site:

Persons: —, Handshake's, it's, Christine Cruzvergara Organizations: Service, Google, Big Tech, Tech Locations: Columbia , Maryland, El Paso , Texas, Valley, Austin, Miami, Boise , Idaho, Fairfax , Virginia, California , Washington, New York —

"When you see the news of a Wall Street employee or any highly paid professional dying this way, it obviously wakes you up." Wall Street is all about relationships, which often means spending big money to show people a good time. "That's been the Wall Street playbook for many, many years, and I don't think it has changed." On the other side of the coin is Wall Street, where a history of drug use can haunt working professionals for years. AdvertisementLaird thinks Wall Street firms could learn a thing or two from other industries when it comes to their response to addiction.

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☆ 105 Democrats declined to vote for a resolution declaring 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

105 Democrats voted no or "present" on a resolution that declared "anti-Zionism is antisemitism." Advertisement105 House Democrats on Tuesday declined to vote for a resolution condemning antisemitism, pointing to language that equates it with anti-Zionism. Nadler on Monday introduced his own resolution on anti-Semitism, arguing it goes further in mitigating the problem than the Republican-proposed resolution. Rep. Nadler: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. That's intellectually disingenuous or factually wrong…The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was + is expressly not antisemitic."

Persons: Jerry Nadler, —, Nadler, cjTReBocKW, Prem Thakker, David Kustoff, Mark Pocan, Thomas Massie, Rashida, Massie, Greg Landsman, Landsman Organizations: Jewish House, Service, Democrats, Democratic, New, Defamation League, Israel, Jewish Voice, Peace, Monday, Republican, Rep, Republicans, House, Republican Rep, Jewish Locations: New York, Israel, Brooklyn, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio

☆ These 105 Democrats declined to vote for a resolution declaring 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

105 Democrats voted no or "present" on a resolution that declared "anti-Zionism is antisemitism." Advertisement105 House Democrats on Tuesday declined to vote for a resolution condemning antisemitism, pointing to language that equates it with anti-Zionism. Nadler on Monday introduced his own resolution on anti-Semitism, arguing it goes further in mitigating the problem than the Republican-proposed resolution. Rep. Nadler: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. Nonetheless, 95 Democrats voted for the resolution anyway, including Rep. Greg Landsman of Ohio, one of more than two dozen Jewish House members.

Persons: Jerry Nadler, —, Nadler, cjTReBocKW, Prem Thakker, David Kustoff, Mark Pocan, Thomas Massie, Rashida, Massie, Greg Landsman, Landsman, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Gerry Connolly, Raul Grijalva, Pramila, Summer Lee, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Delia Ramirez, Bonnie Watson Coleman Organizations: Jewish House, Service, Democrats, Democratic, New, Defamation League, Israel, Jewish Voice, Peace, Monday, Republican, Rep, Republicans, House, Republican Rep, Jewish, New York Rep, Missouri Rep, Virginia Rep, Illinois Rep, Arizona Rep, Washington Rep, Pennsylvania Rep, Cortez of New York Rep, Minnesota Rep, Massachusetts, Michigan Rep Locations: New York, Israel, Brooklyn, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, Chuy García, Alexandria, Cortez of, Minnesota, New Jersey

☆ John Fetterman defends giving money to George Santos on Cameo: 'Get over it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. John Fetterman paid George Santos $343 for a Cameo video trolling Sen. Bob Menendez. He's not the only Democrat giving Santos money for Cameo, and some say it's wrong. In the Cameo video, Santos urges "Bobby from New Jersey" to "stand your ground" and not "get bogged down by all the haters out there." "I don't think Mr. Clickbait's donors would appreciate him enriching George Santos," Menendez told NBC News. AdvertisementThe Pennsylvania senator isn't the only Democrat who's forked money over to Santos since he fired up a Cameo account on Monday.

Persons: Sen, John Fetterman, George Santos, Bob Menendez, He's, Santos, —, Fetterman, Democratic Sen, Bobby, Menendez, @BobMenendezNJ, y8iX55EyNi, I'm, isn't, who's, Bernie Moreno Organizations: Service, Republican Rep, George Santos of New, Democratic, Bob Menendez of New, NBC, Santos, The Ohio Democratic Party, Republican Senate Locations: Pennsylvania, George Santos of, Bob Menendez of, Bob Menendez of New Jersey, New Jersey, Jersey

☆ Why this investor thinks most founders should try ayahuasca
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That's the assessment from one venture capitalist, who recently tried ayahuasca for the first time. Investor Eddy Vaisberg, 33, told Business Insider ayahuasca could help founders gain better insights into themselves and others — and boost their creativity. It wasn't ayahuasca on its own that shifted Vaisberg's compass, he said. Evans, 46, got into the work after he first tried ayahuasca about a decade ago at a yoga studio in Brooklyn. AdvertisementThat was around the time he first tried ayahuasca.

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☆ Why are real estate commissions 6%? – and why that’s about to change
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Many thought the internet would eventually kill the 6% real estate commission. Even as the ranks of stockbrokers and travel agents have dropped in recent years as commissions petered out, the number of real estate agents has grown and their typical commissions are bigger than ever as home prices have risen. That is largely because of the power of the National Association of Realtors, an influential lobbying group that represents 1.5 million real estate agents. How real estate commissions workHome sellers are usually on the hook for their real estate agent’s commission as well as for paying the agent that represents the buyer. Real estate agents will tell you commissions are negotiable — and they are.

Persons: Sellers, ”, Jordan Barry, “, Tiffany Hagler, won’t, Babiracki Barlow, “ we’ve, Vasi Organizations: DC CNN, Kansas City, Brookings Institution, stockbrokers, National Association of Realtors, University of Southern, National Association of Real, Exchanges, NAR, Association, Geard, Bloomberg, Getty, realtors, Agents, MLS, Department of Justice, DOJ, California Association of Realtors, New, Real, Board Locations: Washington, New York City, University of Southern California, Larchmont , New York, Boston, New York, New York —, York

☆ ‘Southern/Modern’: Rediscovering the Radical Art Below the Mason-Dixon Line
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Walker Mimms | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of the many strengths of “Southern/Modern,” a daring and revisionist show about the American South at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, the one that follows you out to your car is the alternate history of modern art it proposes. Southern art — or food or literature, for that matter — has long suffered a reputation of isolation. You would have to be born there,” says the tortured Quentin in William Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!” Ninety years later, Southern exceptionalism is over (mostly), and the area’s artists and curators and chefs now go to great, overcorrective lengths to be global, to be modern. But the artists of Faulkner’s day — they were still responding to an ancient, haunted South. These 100 or so paintings and prints suggest an invigorating direction that was there all along: a pungent pairing of social history with artistic experiment during the first half of the 20th century.

Persons: ”, Quentin, William Faulkner’s “ Absalom, Absalom ! ”, Mason, “ Organizations: Georgia Museum of Art, Dixon, Museum of Modern Art Locations: Athens, Southern exceptionalism, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, New York

The deals came with conditions about Trump’s net worth and, sometimes, liquidity, and they often required annual submissions of his financial statements. But, testifying for the defense, managing director David Williams said the bankers viewed clients' reports of their net worth as “subjective or subject to estimates” and took its own view of such financial statements. The attorney general's office, however, has maintained that such adjustments were never intended to account for the alleged fraud. He asserted in his own testimony this month that his lenders cared more about property locations and the parameters of the deals than they did about the financial statements. “Are you aware of any time Deutsche Bank didn’t adhere to its own guidelines in making loans to President Trump?” defense attorney Jesus M. Suarez asked.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Letitia James, Trump, baldly, David Williams, “, it’s, ” Williams, Williams, “ It’s, Nicholas Haigh, ”, Arthur Engoron, There's, Engoron, James, Jesus M, Suarez, James ’, haven’t Organizations: Deutsche Bank, D.C, New York, Democrat, Trump Locations: Florida, Chicago, Washington, New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executive testified Monday at the former president's civil fraud trial. Trump's 2014 to 2021 “statements of financial condition” are at the heart of state Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against him, his company and some of its key figures. The defendants deny wrongdoing, but James says they misled lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that greatly inflated Trump's asset values and overall net worth. Trump asserts that his wealth was understated, not overblown, on his financial statements. During cross-examination, Hawthorn acknowledged that Trump's financial statements could have been audited by the company, rather than just compiled, though he noted that auditing wasn't required.

Persons: — Donald Trump's, Letitia James, James, Mark Hawthorn, wasn't, ”, Clifford Robert, Andrew Amer, Trump, Arthur Engoron, Michael R Organizations: Trump Organization, Trump, Hawthorn, Republican, Democrat, ___ Associated Press Locations: York, spokespeople, New York, ___, Sisak

☆ A Final Wave of Sex-Abuse Lawsuits as One-Year Window Closes in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the year since a one-time window opened in New York State allowing people to file sex-abuse lawsuits even after the statute of limitations had expired, more than 3,000 civil suits have been filed. Before the deadline on Thanksgiving, a flurry of attention-grabbing suits were filed against politicians — like former Gov. At least 479 suits contain charges of abuse at Rikers Island. As the legislation to allow the civil suits, known as the Adult Survivors Act, approached its sunset date, the number of lawsuits filed — both in State Supreme Court and in the Court of Claims — steadily increased after a campaign to alert people to the deadline. The number of cases filed in State Supreme Court alone rose from 803 on Oct. 31 to 1,397 as of Nov. 22.

Persons: —, Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, New York —, Sean Combs Organizations: Court Locations: New York State, New York, Manhattan, Rikers

☆ How a Political Insider Spends Her Sundays
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Jackie Cooperman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tricia Shimamura spends her days crisscrossing the city as the director of community affairs for Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president. It’s a mission that resonates deeply with Ms. Shimamura, 34, who ran for City Council on the Upper East Side in 2021. She sits on the boards of several organizations that work with women to develop leadership skills and run for political office. On Sundays, Ms. Shimamura combines family time with community work, an exhausting and edifying balance. She lives with her husband, Dov Gibor, 44, who is a lawyer, and their two sons, Teddy, 4, and Oliver, 1.

Persons: Tricia Shimamura, Mark Levine, Shimamura, Carolyn Maloney —, Dov Gibor, Teddy, Oliver Organizations: City Council, Democratic, Columbia Locations: Manhattan, It’s, Puerto Rican, New York

He said he never worked on the annual financial statements at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit. James alleges Donald Trump, his company and executives including Eric and Donald Jr. exaggerated his wealth by billions of dollars on financial statements given to banks, insurers and others. On Monday, Trump Jr. will be questioned first by the defense lawyers representing him, his father and other defendants. When he became president in 2017, Donald Trump handed day-to-day management of his company to Eric and Donald Trump Jr. and named Trump Jr. as a trustee of a trust he established to hold his assets while in office. “I had an obligation to listen to the people with intimate knowledge of those things,” Trump Jr. testified.

Persons: —, Donald Trump’s, Donald Trump Jr, who’ll, quizzed, Eric, Ivanka Trump, Letitia James ’, James, Donald Trump, Donald Jr, Judge Arthur Engoron, Michael Cohen, Engoron, Christopher Kise, ”, “, I’m, Trump, ’, ” Trump, Allen Weisselberg, Michael Organizations: Trump Organization, York, Trump, Democrat, New York, Trump Jr, ” Trump Jr Locations: New York, New, Michael Sisak, x.com

☆ Preet Bharara On Why Closing Cases Is a Vital Part of Prosecution - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Preet Bharara | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Common sense suggests that the next step would be to advise the persons under investigation that they are no longer targets. Prosecutors investigate crimes because people commit them, and those who break the law must be brought to justice. Maybe that means prosecutors are putting the final touches on an indictment. No news is good news, they’ll say, because silence at least means the indictment hasn’t been signed. And to pester the prosecutor about where you stand will achieve nothing other than irritating the person in whose hands your fate rests.

Persons: —, They’ve, hasn’t Organizations: Department of Justice, Southern, of Locations: United States, of New York

☆ Inside the Courtroom at Trump’s Fraud Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nicole Hong | Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump began his testimony Monday before a packed Manhattan courtroom, filled with onlookers. They had come to witness the spectacle of a former U.S. president taking the witness stand at trial to defend his family business and his reputation as a real estate mogul. Before the civil trial even began, the judge in the case, Justice Arthur Engoron, ruled that Mr. Trump had fraudulently misvalued his properties for years and revoked his licenses to operate those in New York — a ruling that has been appealed. The trial, which is in its sixth week, will determine how much more Mr. Trump should be penalized. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that his annual financial statements were merely estimates, and that differing valuations were standard in the real estate business.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Arthur Engoron Organizations: New Locations: U.S, New York

☆ Irked Trump trial judge blasts ex-president's lawyer for asking to criticize clerk again: 'It's a shame you've descended to this level'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The judge in Trump's fraud trial lashed out, again, at his lawyer. Trump's lawyer, on Friday, asked permission to criticize her. AdvertisementAdvertisementA baffled, irked judge overseeing Donald Trump's family company's fraud trial in Manhattan criticized one of his lawyers again for his repeated attacks on his law clerk. "It's a shame you've descended to this level," New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron told Trump's lawyer Christopher Kise. Asked by a lawyer from the New York Attorney General's office what reporting Kise was talking about, the Trump lawyer was unsure.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron, Christopher Kise, Trump, Kise, Engoron, who's, Allison Greenfield, I'm, Breitbart, Brock Fredin, Greenfield, Fredin ., Eric Trump, Dave Sanders, Eric, nodded, he'd, he's, Kevin Wallace Organizations: Trump, Service, New York Attorney, Breitbart, New, Democratic, Fredin, New York, Trump Organization Locations: Manhattan, Greenfield, Wisconsin, New York

☆ Judge Hints at a Delay in Trump Documents Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

She was responding to the latest request by Mr. Trump’s lawyers to delay the proceedings, part of a pattern in which they have sought to push his trial dates back as far as possible. Mr. Trump has made no secret of his hopes to postpone any legal reckoning until after Election Day. That could provide him a chance, should he win the presidency again, to order the federal charges against him dropped or to attempt to pardon himself in the federal cases if convicted. Mr. Trump’s legal team has repeatedly argued that the case should go to trial only after the 2024 election is over. They rarely mention in public, however, that if that were to happen and Mr. Trump were to win the race, he could dispose of the charges by having his attorney general simply drop them.

Persons: Trump, New York —, Jack Smith Organizations: Court Locations: Florida, Washington, Georgia, New York, Fort Pierce, Fla

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