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☆ Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing DOJ's Trump cases, is a former war crimes investigator who prosecuted election crimes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Since 2018, Smith had served as the chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague where he investigated war crimes in Kosovo. Since 2018, Smith had served as the chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague where he investigated war crimes in Kosovo. Smith's prosecutorial career began nearly three decades ago when he started as an assistant district attorney with the New York County District Attorney's Office in 1994. Smith served with the International Criminal Court from 2008 to 2010 and it was there where he supervised all war crimes investigations conducted by the Office of the Prosecutor. Smith served as the vice president of litigation for the Hospital Corporation of America — the nation's biggest non-governmental healthcare provider — from 2017 to 2018.

☆ University of Idaho students, community members are 'getting out of Dodge' after 4 classmates were killed in a 'targeted attack,' police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

University of Idaho students are leaving town after the shocking off-campus killings of four classmates. Latah County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Mikolajczyk told the Idaho Statesman people were "getting out of Dodge." Police stressed that "there is no imminent threat to the community," but no suspects are in custody. Many people in the Idaho town of Moscow, where the college is located, are "getting out of Dodge" after the Sunday off-campus massacre, Latah County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Mikolajczyk told the Idaho Statesman in a report published on Wednesday. The Moscow Police Department recognized the community's safety concerns on Tuesday, saying, "We hear you, and we understand your fears."

☆ Elon Musk — who said Twitter would be the 'most accurate' — apparently snubs Jimmy Fallon's plea to stop #RIPJimmyFallon from trending
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jimmy Fallon pleaded for Elon Musk to stop the false #RIPJimmyFallon from trending on Twitter. Musk tweeted back to Fallon on Wednesday morning as the hashtag was still trending. #RIPJimmyFallon," Fallon tweeted Tuesday night as the hashtag began trending like wildfire. It was not immediately clear how #RIPJimmyFallon began trending, but some Twitter users said it started with a tweet showing fellow late-night TV host James Corden with the words: "Gone but not forgotten. Early Wednesday, it sent out another tweet, saying: "Since this is seriously blowing up, thought I'd just comment that this is satire.

☆ Trump Org's ex-CFO says Eric Trump will decide if he'll get his annual $500,000 bonus after his testimony in the criminal trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Weisselberg testified in court that Eric Trump will decide if he gets his annual $500,000 bonus. Weisselberg is the prosecutors' key witness in the criminal tax-fraud trial of Donald Trump's company. When asked by a prosecutor whether he still expects to receive his annual $500,000 bonus this year, Weisselberg replied, "I don't know yet." prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Weisselberg in the lower Manhattan courtroom, prompting him to reply, "Eric Trump," who is one of Donald Trump's three sons. Hoffinger asked Weisselberg, who then answered, "Yes."

☆ J.D. Vance — who Trump once joked was 'kissing my ass' — comes to his defense as GOP points fingers for their disappointing midterm results
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vance has come to the defense of former President Donald Trump. Vance, the Republican senator-elect from Ohio, defended Donald Trump for the GOP party's losses in the 2022 midterm elections as critics place the blame largely on the former president. Vance was one of the many Republican candidates endorsed by Trump, who also quipped that Vance was "kissing my ass" for support. Vance declared that the Republican Party "more than ever" needs Trump who is expected to launch a 2024 presidential run on Tuesday. "Our party has one major asset, contra conventional wisdom, to rally these voters: President Donald Trump," the senator-elect said.

☆ Ukrainian special forces commander says Russia doesn't like waging war at night, so his troops need gear to fight in the dark
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces don't like waging their war against Ukraine at night, said a Ukrainian commander. The commander said on a podcast that Ukrainian troops need gear to fight in the dark. Gen. Viktor Khorenko said his troops need gear while appearing on an episode of the "War on the Rocks" podcast published on Monday. But Khorenko said that Ukrainian troops could use advanced technology like night vision devices from the West to increase their night fighting capabilities. "Night vision capability is a precious commodity, further exacerbating the unwillingness to fight at night," British intelligence noted.

☆ Pennsylvania state lawmaker won big in the midterm elections despite being dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A state lawmaker in Pennsylvania won re-election by a landslide — even though he died last month. Late Rep. Tony DeLuca crushed Green Party challenger Zarah Livingston in Tuesday's midterm elections. Rep. Tony DeLuca, who died at the age of 85 on October 9 from lymphoma, crushed Green Party challenger Zarah Livingston in Tuesday's midterm elections. By the time DeLuca died, it had been too late for officials to change the election ballots, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. DeLuca was the longest-serving lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and served the 32nd Legislative District for 39 years.

☆ Ex-Trump aide says the Republican Party needs to finally see Donald Trump as a 'loser' in order to 'thrive'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An ex-White House aide branded Donald Trump as a "loser" amid GOP setbacks in the midterm elections. Alyssa Farah Griffin — who is now a co-host of "The View" — said that the Republican Party can only "thrive" without him. "If you want the Republican Party to thrive, we have got to just finally speak out and say, 'This man is a loser,' " Griffin said of Trump. "How could you look at these results tonight and conclude Trump has any chance of winning a national election in 2024?" Ron DeSantis, who won a historic re-election victory and solidified himself as a star of the Republican Party.

☆ A New York court's decision to block Democrats' gerrymandering has handed the GOP a lifeline to retake the House
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A New York court's decision on congressional maps has given the GOP hope to retake the House. New York's highest court rejected an attempt by state Democrats to redraw the congressional maps months ago. In the blue state, Republicans saw significant wins in Tuesday's midterm elections. New York's state constitution bans partisan gerrymandering, unlike other GOP-led states where redistricting maps were upheld. State Democrats had insisted that they did not engage in partisan gerrymandering with the redrawing of the maps.

☆ Trump Is 'Livid' and 'Screaming' After GOP Midterm Flops: Report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump "is livid" and "screaming at everyone" after GOP midterm setbacks, an advisor told CNN. Trump had endorsed more than 330 GOP candidates running for both state and federal office. Despite the losses, Trump will still probably announce his 2024 White House intentions, the advisor said. "Candidates matter," the Trump advisor, who was not named, told CNN on Wednesday, adding, "They were all bad candidates." DeSantis — whom Trump endorsed when he first ran for office — was one of the few GOP successes on election night, winning another term in Florida by historic margins on a night when Trump's endorsed candidates flopped.

☆ Ex-GOP strategist suggests Trump has no chance of winning the 2024 presidential election based on midterm election results
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An ex-GOP strategist suggested that former President Donald Trump has no chance of winning the 2024 presidential election. Scott Jennings made his prediction based on the early results of the 2022 midterm elections. Many Trump-backed Republican candidates underperformed in Tuesday's midterm elections. "How could you look at these results tonight and conclude Trump has any chance of winning a national election in 2024?" Results were still coming in from the midterm elections, which will determine the balance of power in both the House and the Senate, into Wednesday.

☆ Trump says he should 'get all the credit' if Republicans win big in the 2022 elections — and 'should not be blamed at all' if they lose
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President Donald Trump said that he should "get all the credit" for GOP wins in the 2022 midterms. But, the former president told NewsNation he shouldn't be blamed if the Republicans he has endorsed don't win. "I think if they win, I should get all the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all," he said. "So I'm prepared for anything, but we'll defend ourselves," said Trump during the interview, which will air in full on Tuesday night at 6 pm ET. Earlier Tuesday, Trump headed to the polls and said he voted to re-elect Republican Florida Gov.

☆ Arizona's GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters says he's going to 'grind' Biden's 'agenda to a halt' if elected: 'I'm not gonna vote for a single thing'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters said that he would "grind" President Joe Biden's "agenda to a halt." "I'm not going to vote for a single thing" if he wins the battleground state, Masters said Tuesday. The Republican Senate hopeful added, "I'm going to grind his agenda to a halt unless and until we get border security. That's the leverage that Mark Kelly has had for the last 20 months." "We're gonna' fire Mark Kelly.

☆ Trump says he voted to re-elect Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump said on Tuesday that he voted to re-elect Florida Gov. "No matter who you vote for, you have to vote," Trump told people outside a Palm Beach polling site. When asked whether he voted for DeSantis after he cast his vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump replied: "Yes, I did," according to a video shared on Twitter. "No matter who you vote for, you have to vote," Trump told reporters gathered outside the polling site. Speculation that Trump and DeSantis could both declare campaigns to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 has also ramped up in recent weeks.

☆ Howard Stern warns of 'another Civil War' ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections as he bashes Georgia GOP senate hopeful Herschel Walker
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Howard Stern warned of "another Civil War" ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. The radio icon made the comments as he bashed Georgia Republican US Senate hopeful Herschel Walker. "Some of these candidates that people are actually -- fucking Herschel Walker. Would you really vote for this fucking — I don't know what the fuck he is," Stern said of Walker. Walker, who has been backed by former President Donald Trump, is seeking to unseat Democratic rival Sen. Raphael Warnock in the tight Georgia Senate race in the midterm elections.

☆ The man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband is in the country illegally from Canada and could be deported, immigration officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi was in the United States illegally and faces possible deportation. He faces both federal and state charges in connection to last week's attack on Pelosi. David DePape, 42, faces federal and state charges over last week's attack on Paul Pelosi, which left the 82-year-old man hospitalized with a skull fracture and other injuries. ICE puts so-called immigration detainers on people who've been arrested on criminal charges and whom ICE believe could be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act. DePape faces 50 years in prison if convicted on both federal charges against him.

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker had plans to target other 'prominent' politicians and their families, prosecutors allege
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi told cops he had plans to target other politicans, court documents say. Prosecutors allege that David DePape said he was "on a suicide mission" after he broke into the Pelosi's San Francisco home. DePape faces both state and federal charges for the last week's attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I came here to have a little chat with his wife," DePape told officers and medics at the scene, according to the Tuesday filing. Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, DC at the time of the incident.

☆ The Trump Org trial is suddenly derailed after DA's coughing witness tests positive for COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Prosecutors' 1st witness in the Trump Organization tax fraud trial has tested positive for COVID-19. The trial was adjourned to Monday after Jeffrey McConney, the company's controller, fell ill.McConney had coughed throughout his testimony Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. "It comes and goes," McConney, the trial's very first witness, apologized repeatedly as he sat unmasked in the witness stand and coughed throughout two days of testimony. The jury in the high-profile trial was brought into the courtroom and told by the judge that "someone in the well" had tested positive. Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization ran a 15-year scheme to trick tax authorites by giving top executives significant compensation in the form of untaxed "perks" like luxury cars and rent-free Trump-branded apartments.

☆ Trump Organization unveils its defense strategy: Keep any of the blame away from Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Defense attorneys in the New York criminal tax-fraud trial of former President Donald Trump's international real-estate company unveiled their strategy in the case on Monday — keep all blame off the former president and anyone else with the Trump name. Trump Organization lawyer Susan Necheles told the jury during opening statements on Monday that the fraud scheme "started with" former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg "and it ended with Allen Weisselberg." "So when the prosecutor said the Trump Organization did something illegal for Allen Weisselberg, what they really mean is that Allen Weisselberg did something illegal," Necheles told the 12-person jury. Necheles continued, "The evidence will show that it's all about Allen Weisselberg. But Allen Weisselberg does not own the Trump Organization."

Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Trump and his company have cases in 3 NYC courthouses this week — but only 1 could really hurt himSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesDonald Trump's lawyers will be in a New York state of mind this week, when they'll argue on behalf of the former president and his company before state judges in three courthouses within the city limits. Just one of the three cases could ultimately do Trump severe damage — New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million fraud lawsuit, which seeks to run him, his three eldest children, and his company, the Trump Organization, out of New York state. Opening statements in that trial will begin on Monday.

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker 'violently' hit him with a hammer in front of the cops who had just gotten to the house, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The home intruder who attacked Paul Pelosi early Friday beat him with a hammer in front of police. Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized as a result of the attack. Paul Pelosi was attacked while Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with her protective detail, authorities have said. The assault left Paul Pelosi hospitalized and the House speaker's office said that he is "expected to make a full recovery." at Paul Pelosi.

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker was searching for the House speaker and shouting 'Where is Nancy?': reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An assailant reportedly asked Paul Pelosi, "Where's Nancy?" during an early morning attack. A source briefed on the attack told CNN that the intruder shouted "Where is Nancy? Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked while Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with her protective detail, authorities have said. The attack left Paul Pelosi hospitalized with blunt force trauma to his head and body, per the AP.

☆ Assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi with hammer was searching for the House speaker and shouting 'Where is Nancy?': reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An assailant reportedly asked Paul Pelosi, "Where's Nancy?" during an early morning attack. at the speaker's husband, Paul Pelosi, after breaking into the home just before 2:30 a.m.A person briefed on the situation also told the Associated Press that the assailant was looking for Nancy Pelosi and shouted: "Where is Nancy?" Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked while Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, DC, with her protective detail, authorities have said. The attack left Paul Pelosi hospitalized with blunt force trauma to his head and body, per the AP.

Someone broke into Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home early Friday morning, her office said. Pelosi was not home at the time, and her husband was "violently assaulted," the office said. "The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time," Pelosi's office said. Pelosi has represented San Francisco for decades in the House, rising to become Speaker, the second in line to the presidency, twice. The San Francisco Police Department and the US Secret Service did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ A quarter of the jury in the Trump Organization criminal trial in Manhattan openly don't like Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A full jury has now been selected to sit on the criminal tax-fraud trial of Donald Trump's business. Trump's company, the Trump Organization, is facing multiple charges, including scheme to defraud. "This is not about Donald Trump," but about his business, said Hoffinger, who is chief investigator for the Manhattan District Attorney's office. Two women who were chosen to sit on the jury on Monday said in court that they didn't like how Trump ran the country. One man was excused from the jury pool on Thursday after saying that Trump made him sick to his guts.

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