What legal woes does former US president Donald Trump face? Trump, who said on Monday night the FBI was at his home in Mar-a-Lago, faces a string of lawsuits and investigations. Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2022
What lawsuits and investigations is Donald Trump facing? As FBI agents search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, here’s a recap of legal turmoil facing him on several fronts The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2022
Trump testimony expected soon in NY civil investigation Former President Donald Trump is expected to be questioned under oath in the coming days in the New York attorney general’s long-running investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Editorial: Bragg’s bad choice: A prosecutor shines new light on Manhattan DA's Trump decision As Attorney General Merrick Garland and Justice Department professionals ponder charging Donald Trump with felony charges for his apparent crimes related to his failed putsch at the Capitol during the electoral vote count as documented in detail by the Jan. 6 committee, the great grifter has no such fears about… Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022
Neurologist guilty on 12 counts of sexually abusing patients A once-prominent neurologist has been found guilty on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022
A 6th teenager charged in the 1989 Central Park jogger case is exonerated A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in the notorious rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned. WEKU · Jul 26, 2022
‘6th man’ in Central Park Five jogger case exonerated NEW YORK — A long-forgotten sixth suspect in the notorious 1989 Central Park Five rape case was exonerated Monday, more than 30 years after he pleaded guilty to a related crime, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced. Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022
Co-defendant in Central Park jogger case is exonerated A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five has had his conviction on a related charge overturned The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
Manhattan DA Drops Murder Charge Against Jose Alba. It Never Should Have Been Filed. The initial decision to pursue prosecution runs contrary to the campaign promises of Alvin Bragg, who claims to understand that, so often, the process is the punishment. Reason · Jul 19, 2022
Man charged with hate crime for dousing Asian women with liquid and hurling racist slurs Woman suffers ‘substantial pain and swelling to her head and jaw’ as well as ‘significant bruising’ to her arms and legs The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022
New Footage Shows Bodega Clerk Trying To Avoid Deadly Fight. Will Manhattan D.A. Drop the Murder Charges? Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba. Reason · Jul 11, 2022
Charging a Bodega Worker Who Stabbed His Attacker Isn't Criminal Justice Reform The case of Jose Alba reminds us that progressive prosecutors don't always apply their principles when they're inconvenient. Reason · Jul 8, 2022
A deadly bodega row and the shocking video that may help shopkeeper walk free A criminal defense attorney tells Rachel Sharp it is ‘unfathomable’ that prosecutors have charged Jose Alba with murdering Austin Simon under New York’s self-defence law The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022
NYPD Special Victims unit faces Justice Department probe into allegations cops ‘re-traumatizing’ sex assault victims The Justice Department on Thursday said it will investigate the NYPD’s scandal-plagued Special Victims Division due to rampant allegations that detectives are “retraumatizing” sex assault victims. Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022
Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022 In GOP bid for NY governor, Andrew Giuliani attempts to emerge from his father’s long shadow NEW YORK — On a recent spring day, just steps from New York’s City Hall, Andrew Giuliani stood with his father, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and the former Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, inveighing about crime and the district attorneys elected to prosecute criminals.
Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022 NY Republicans pitch recall proposal that would let voters remove Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican lawmakers are taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with a proposed constitutional change giving voters the power to remove prosecutors from office.
Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022 Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg hires top lawyer as NY tax case gets closer to trial NEW YORK — Longtime Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg has hired a seasoned lawyer as the criminal case accusing him and the company of tax fraud gets closer to trial.
Tribune News Service · Jun 5, 2022 Michael Cohen overstated role in Manhattan DA’s Trump Organization investigation, prosecutors say NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen has made misleading statements overstating his role in the Manhattan district attorney's case against the Trump Organization and its top financial executive, Allen Weisselberg, prosecutors say.
Salon · May 26, 2022 Court orders Trump and kids to testify Trump was held in contempt and fined over $100,000 for trying to stonewall New York Attorney General investigation
Salon · May 24, 2022 Manhattan DA moves ahead with Trump case “This might be the right time for Weisselberg to think about cooperating," says former Trump fixer Michael Cohen
The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022 The grand jury investigating Trump appears set to expire – what’s next? Special panel in New York reportedly investigated discrepancies in the Trump family’s valuation of real estate, but charges look unlikely
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022 Trump, fighting contempt fines, says he doesn't have records Donald Trump’s lawyers have provided a New York judge with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022 Trump election probe in Georgia to seat special grand jury When potential grand jurors show up at an Atlanta courthouse Monday, they’ll find a television camera in the room and streets closed outside
Salon · Apr 28, 2022 DA to let Trump grand jury expire: CNN Prosecutor who quit case in protest warned it would be "a grave failure of justice" not to hold Trump accountable
Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022 Trump in unsealed deposition defends 2015 violent exchange between his security guards and ‘troublemaker’ protesters NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump believed a violent exchange between Trump Tower security guards and protesters denouncing his anti-immigrant rhetoric in 2015 was “very well handled” by his staff, according to a newly unsealed deposition.