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Trump Org Lawyers Make Last Pitch Against Prosecution
Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment.
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Seagram's Heiress Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years in Prison in NXIVM Branded Sex Cult Case
A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves who were branded with his initials, was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison Wednesday in the federal conspiracy case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heir Clare Bronfman will spend 81 months behind bars after her sentencing in…
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Bail Denied for Epstein Confidante Accused of Recruiting Girls for His Sexual Abuse
Jeffrey Epstein’s former confidante pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited girls for the financier to sexually abuse a quarter century before he killed himself in a Manhattan jail. The hearing in Manhattan federal court also included bail arguments by attorneys for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who asked for her to be released on a $5 million bond. In…
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Week 3 of Weinstein Trial: Fake Names and Raw Emotions
In the third week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, the prosecution rested, the defendant dozed off and there was the most intense testimony yet, with jurors being sent home early one day after a key accuser started sobbing uncontrollably. After several witnesses described explicit details of Weinstein’s anatomy, jurors Tuesday were shown nude photographs of him that...
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Week 2 at Weinstein Trial: Four Accusers and a Chihuahua
The second week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial ended on a bit of a cliffhanger. The woman he’s charged with raping testified Friday, giving an often vivid account of fraught interactions with this once revered Hollywood producer and a much talked-about description of his genitalia. But court adjourned for the weekend before Weinstein’s lawyers got a chance to...
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Weinstein Back in Court as Jurors Winnowed for Rape Trial
Jury selection resumed Monday at the trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has pleaded not guilty to charges he raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulted another in 2006. The initial screening process, now on its fifth day, has been stymied by a host of challenges and distractions, including repeatedly denied requests from…
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Police Face Dilemma Over When to Take Suicidal Officer's Gun
A law enforcement think tank wants police departments dealing with a suicide crisis in their ranks to rethink how they make one of their toughest decisions: when to take guns away from troubled officers.
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Make El Chapo Pay for a Border Wall? Don't Count on It
After El Chapo’s conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord’s billions in ill-gotten gains and make him pay for a border wall?...
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‘El Chapo' Tells Judge He Won't Testify at US Trial
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a judge Monday that he won’t take the witness stand in his own defense at his U.S. drug-trafficking trial, ending speculation that he might go for broke and build on a notorious reputation already cemented by the sprawling government case against him. “Your honor, me and my attorneys have spoken about this,...
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Witness: ‘El Chapo' Shooting Victim Was Buried Alive
Notorious Mexican kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took a hands-on role in the grisly deaths of three kidnapped enemies of his drug cartel, including one who was buried alive, a witness testified Thursday at Guzman’s U.S. trial.
