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☆ Atlanta Prosecutors Drop Effort to Remove Defense Lawyer in Trump Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Richard Fausset | Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The Georgia investigation could potentially result in another state-level criminal indictment of Mr. Trump, following his indictment in New York in early April. Ms. Willis indicated late last month that any indictments, initially anticipated in May, would not come until mid-July at the earliest. Ms. Willis also said at the time that Ms. Debrow was representing people who were making accusations against another one of her clients, amounting to an untenable conflict. He was, for a time, Ms. Debrow and Ms. Pierson’s client, but is now represented by Ms. Pierson and another lawyer. Both Ms. Pierson and Ms. Debrow have been paid by the state Republican Party.

☆ E. Jean Carroll says verdict in Trump abuse case is a victory for all victims of sexual assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Shawna Mizelle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —E. Jean Carroll said Wednesday that a Manhattan federal jury’s finding that Donald Trump sexually abused her in the spring of 1996 – awarding her $5 million for battery and defamation – is a victory for all women who are victims of sexual assault. “The old view of the perfect victim was a woman who always screamed. Now this verdict is for all women.”Asked by Harlow what she was thinking when the jury did not find that Carroll proved Trump raped her, Carroll said, “Well, I just immediately (said) in my own head, ‘Oh, yes, he did. Oh yes, he did.’” When she shook hands with Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina, she said to him, “he did it. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and does not face any jail time as a result of the civil verdict.

The jury found that Ms. Carroll had not proved, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Mr. Trump had raped her, as she had long claimed. Jury members had the option of finding Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse or for forcible touching, which are less serious charges than rape under state law. Ms. Carroll sued the former president last year. Its findings are civil, not criminal, meaning Mr. Trump has not been convicted of any crime and faces no prison time. Sexual abuse is defined in New York as subjecting a person to sexual contact without consent.

☆ DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly all of the 27 states that allow the death penalty require unanimous juries. The new Florida threshold will be lower than the 10-to-2 majority required in Alabama. At least 30 inmates who were sentenced to death in Florida have since been exonerated, more than in any other state, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit research organization that opposes capital punishment. “It should be hard to send someone to the death penalty,” said Randolph Bracy, a former Democratic state senator from Orlando, who sponsored legislation in 2017 to require a unanimous jury vote to impose a death sentence. Sparing the life of the Parkland high school gunman last October outraged many victims’ families, who felt that suffering through a grueling trial would at least result in a near-certain death sentence.

What they alleged: Election fraud, algorithm flips, Venezuela ties, kickbacks. What they alleged: Election fraud, algorithm flips, Venezuela ties. #MAGA @realDonaldTrump #AmericaFirst #Dobbs,” Dobbs wrote. #MAGA #AmericaFirst #Dobbs,” Dobbs wrote. Key false quote: “Every outlet in the country, they go, ‘Mike Lindell, there’s no evidence, and he’s making fraudulent statements.’ No.

“Dominion’s defamation claim has nothing to do with the Capitol riot,” Fox’s lawyers argued in the court filings. Depending on how the judge rules, the outcome of these motions could significantly shape the trial, potentially giving one side an advantage. Both Fox and Dominion filed a slew of these pretrial motions last month, but they were under seal. “Fox’s motions attempt to narrow Dominion’s kitchen sink legal approach and return focus to the core issues,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a Thursday statement. Fox has argued that a loss will eviscerate press freedoms, and many scholars agree that the bar should remain high to prove defamation.

Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates' ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison. The First Step Act, signed into law by former President Donald Trump in 2018, expanded compassionate release criteria for sick and elderly federal inmates. Requests for compassionate release then surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 7,014 motions filed in fiscal year 2020. The new compassionate release guidelines approved on Wednesday expanded the criteria for what can qualify as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to grant compassionate release, and it will give judges more discretion to determine when a sentence reduction is warranted. Among the new categories that could make an inmate eligible for compassionate release is if he or she becomes the victim of sexual assault by a corrections officer.

☆ Donald Trump Indictment Sets Historical Marker
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Jacob Gershman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Manhattan grand jury’s indictment of former President Donald Trump represents an extraordinary moment for America: the first time a former U.S. president has ever been charged with criminal wrongdoing. Other presidents have been impeached or left office in disgrace under the shadow of scandal or criminal suspicion. But none of the other men who previously occupied the nation’s highest office ever found themselves in the legal jeopardy that now imperils Mr. Trump.

☆ Breakingviews: Trump charges could leave important fish unfried
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Money markets and currencies were unmoved on Friday morning after a grand jury’s decision to press criminal charges was announced on Thursday night. While pressing charges against a former leader can amount to a dangerous political tool if used frivolously, it also shows that future American leaders are not immune to criminal charges, creating an extra incentive for them to behave. But moments of high political drama make politicians run to their corners of the boxing ring. Follow @thereallsl on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSFormer U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30 and is expected to face criminal charges next week. The poll found 46% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters support Trump, while 32% support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

☆ Premarket stocks: How big of a problem is greedflation?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Executives at SVB and Signature [Bank] took wild risks and must be held accountable for exploding their banks,” Warren said. Republican Senators say the Fed’s focus on climate change led to banking turmoilRepublican Senators repeatedly insinuated on Tuesday that the recent US banking turmoil came as a result of the Federal Reserve’s focus on climate change. In his opening statement, Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the ranking member of the banking committee, called the Fed’s focus on climate change a waste of time. It’s what our supervisors do all the time.”In an interview with Montana Public Radio in 2014, Daines said that “the jury’s still out” on whether climate change is real. The public reasonably expects supervisors to require that banks understand, and appropriately manage, their material risks, including the financial risks of climate change.”

A pedestrian walks past the Federal Reserve Headquarters on March 21 in Washington, DC. Daines also accused the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco of prioritizing addressing climate change over the risks presented by higher interest rates. In an interview with Montana Public Radio in 2014, Daines said that "the jury’s still out" on whether climate change is real. These responsibilities are tightly linked to our responsibilities for bank supervision. The public reasonably expects supervisors to require that banks understand, and appropriately manage, their material risks, including the financial risks of climate change.”

[1/3] Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to attend her fraud trial at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva/File PhotoNEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - A key prosecution witness whose testimony helped convict Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes of fraud sued Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Thursday over a recent Hulu miniseries that he says defamed him by portraying him as corrupt. Rosendorff said the character, Mark Roessler, covered up Theranos' fraud by ordering the destruction of damaging lab results, falsifying records and engaging in other dishonest and unethical conduct. "At the time of the trial, (Rosendorff) was considered a heroic whistle-blower, a witness who was instrumental in the jury’s verdict convicting Holmes," the filing said. The case is Rosendorff v Hulu LLC et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

☆ The House GOP Takes Alvin Bragg’s Bait
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump, the Beltway press corps and Democrats don’t agree on much, but they do all want Mr. Trump to dominate the nation’s political news and conversation. The puzzle is why House Republicans seem eager to fall into this trap by investigating Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg ’s potential prosecution of Mr. Trump. We’ve said that Mr. Bragg’s indictment of the former President would be misguided and is likely to take U.S. politics into a deeper polarized hole. Perhaps the DA is rethinking this himself, as he delayed his grand jury’s consideration of more evidence until Monday at the earliest. Perhaps cooler heads are warning him that bringing what the public evidence suggests is a weak case will forever mark his career.

☆ Donald Trump Grand Jury to Reconvene as Potential Indictment Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Traffic was heavy around a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday amid preparations for a potential indictment of Donald Trump. The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s role in a hush-money payment to a porn star is set to meet Wednesday as it comes closer to voting on a potential indictment of the former president. The grand jury’s activities have been closely watched as the hush-money investigation into Mr. Trump, run by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr., nears its end. On Wednesday, jurors could hear from additional witnesses or prosecutors could formally present charges, which is the final step before the jurors vote whether to indict.

☆ Manhattan Bike Path Terrorist Avoids Death Penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Corinne Ramey | Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A courtroom sketch shows Sayfullo Saipov using headphones to listen to the reading of the jury’s verdict on Monday in New York. Convicted Manhattan bicycle-path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will serve life in prison without the possibility of release after jurors couldn’t agree on whether to sentence him to death, a blow to the Justice Department. Jurors said Monday that they were unable to reach the unanimous verdict needed to sentence Saipov to death, according to a spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, which prosecuted the case.

☆ Former Goldman Sachs Banker to Be Sentenced for 1MDB Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( James Fanelli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Roger Ng, in blue shirt, says he isn’t guilty but has accepted the jury’s verdict. A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker is set to be sentenced Thursday for helping to loot billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund in a global financial scandal that tarnished the Wall Street bank. Roger Ng , a 51-year-old Malaysian national, was convicted last year in a New York federal court in Brooklyn of conspiring with a well-connected financier and a former Goldman partner to pay off officials to win lucrative business deals with 1Malaysia Development Bhd., a state-controlled economic-development company known as 1MDB.

☆ Former Goldman Sachs Banker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for 1MDB Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( James Fanelli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Roger Ng, in blue shirt, says he isn’t guilty but has accepted the jury’s verdict. A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for helping to loot billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund in a global financial scandal that tarnished the Wall Street bank. Roger Ng , a 51-year-old Malaysian national, was convicted last year in a New York federal court in Brooklyn of conspiring with a well-connected financier and a former Goldman partner to pay off officials to win lucrative business deals with 1Malaysia Development Bhd., a state-controlled economic-development company known as 1MDB.

☆ The Trump Grand Jury Media Tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Grand juries aren’t intended to be media spectacles, but add Emily Kohrs to the list of people who have lost their bearings in the vicinity of Donald Trump. Ms. Kohrs, age 30, was the foreperson of a Georgia special grand jury examining the possibility of criminal interference in the state’s 2020 election. The grand jury’s report hasn’t been released in full, and the public hasn’t been told whether it recommends charges against Mr. Trump, his aides, or both. Ms. Kohrs keeps teasing. As for Mr. Trump: “We definitely discussed him a lot in the room.”

☆ Shareholder lawsuit over Musk’s controversial ‘funding secured’ tweet heads to jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —A California jury on Friday began deliberations in a trial over whether Elon Musk is liable for losses experienced by Tesla shareholders following his controversial “funding secured” tweet from 2018. Musk had spoken to executives of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund about the funding he would need to take Tesla private. Tesla (TSLA) shares initially climbed 11% on the day of Musk’s original “funding secured” tweet, but they never reached that promised $420 level, reaching a high that day of $387.46. Elon Musk waiting for Court to begin in a California courtroom during the Tesla shareholder lawsuit trial on February 3. The lead plaintiff in the shareholder lawsuit, Glen Littleton, testified last month that he lost more than 75% of his investments following Musk’s “funding secured” tweet.

☆ Jury awards $1M to Oregon woman who was told ‘I don’t serve Black people’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.”The Multnomah County jury’s award this week to Portland resident Rose Wakefield, 63, included punitive damages of $550,000. When she tried to ask for assistance, he said, “I’ll get to you when I feel like it,” according to Kafoury. Kafoury said as she was leaving, Wakefield asked Powers why he refused to help her and that he said, “I don’t serve Black people.”Rose Wakefield. KGW“I was like, ‘What world am I living in?’ ” Wakefield told KGW. It was a terrible, terrible confrontation between me and this guy.”During the following week, Wakefield complained twice to managers, but her phone calls were largely disregarded, Kafoury said.

She said the special grand jury heard from a total of 75 witnesses during the course of the investigation. If McBurney ultimately decides to disseminate the recently completed report, as the special grand jury urged, he must also determine whether any parts of it should be redacted. The special grand jury did not have the power to issue indictments, and it will ultimately be up to Willis to decide whether to seek indictments from a regular grand jury. Willis called for the special grand jury last year because it has the authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses to testify. Because we won the state,” Trump said in the call.

☆ Jury convicts Kansas man of threatening to kill congressman
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Jurors found Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence, guilty of a single count of threatening a U.S. government official. The judge had Neill give his testimony Thursday as a narrative from the witness stand because he was representing himself. Neill admitted in court that he left the June 5 voicemail and others with more death threats the next day. Hunting told jurors that it was reasonable for LaTurner and his staff to take Neill’s words seriously as threats. “I’m really trying to explain how I interact with God, and it’s a difficult explanation,” Neill told jurors during his testimony Thursday.

☆ Tesla investors argue Musk can receive fair 'funding secured' trial in San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Tom Hals | Thomson Reuters | Award-Winning Reporter With More Than Two Decades Of Experience In International News | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Videos of an audience booing Musk during a surprise appearance at a Dave Chappelle show in San Francisco in December were circulated online. Tesla moved its headquarters from the San Francisco area to Texas in 2021. Musk tweeted in August 2018 that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private, sparking 10 days of volatile trading in its stock shares, bonds and options. Defendants, which also include Tesla and its board at the time, will make their case that Musk was not misleading investors in a material way. Additional reporting by Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The GOP-controlled House passes a rules package for 118th Congress with just one GOP defection, NBC’s Kyle Stewart reports. ... President Biden spends his final day in Mexico City at North American Leaders’ Summit. But first: The news that the Justice Department is reviewing Obama Era classified documents found at a think tank tied to President Biden is quite a political gift to Donald Trump. “When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. 6: The number of shootings recently at or near the homes of New Mexico Democratic political leaders, including the incoming state House speaker.

☆ The tech we couldn’t live without in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Bone conduction headphones, TV streaming devices and Bluetooth speakers are among the tech gadgets topping holiday wish lists this year. Other notable products – ahem, the new 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max – are near impossible to find. Since my move to New York, I’ve had to find all new favorite spots for good food and drinks. – Victor Blackwell, co-anchor of CNN NewsroomHBO MaxNow that I commute home at the ungodly hour of 1 a.m., I lean heavily on my HBO Max app (starts at $9.99 a month). – Samantha Kelly, CNN senior tech writerRev.comI remember being an intern over a decade ago logging half hour long interviews for producers.

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