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12:30 Report — Trump avoids jailtime, fine in hush money case

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Fani Willis says getting booted off Trump case will ‘infect’ law

Scandal-plagued Georgia district attorney Fani Willis said President-elect Trump's decision to immunize her from election interference lawsuits would “impact” the state's case law if not overturned. Willis, Fulton County's top prosecutor, ruled last month against continuing to prosecute Trump because his affair with ousted chief prosecutor Nathan Wade “created a grossly unwarranted impression.” They are […]

Trump sentenced in New York case just days before his inauguration

Just 10 days before the inauguration, Judge Juan Melchan declared President-elect Donald Trump was indicted Friday morning in a New York criminal case in which a jury previously found him guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump received “unconditional release.” This means no jail time, fines, or probation. The ruling does not […]

Trump to be sentenced in NY hush money case

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a hush-money case in Manhattan, allowing him to finally appeal a conviction he claims stems from a political “witch hunt.” . The 78-year-old is scheduled to appear via video feed for a hearing at 9:30 a.m. in Manhattan Supreme Court, where Judge Juan Melchan will […]

Donald Trump to Be Sentenced in Business Records Case

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday in a business records case in which a Manhattan jury found him guilty of falsifying business records. New York County Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchand sentenced Trump, who is expected to attend the trial virtually. As reported by Breitbart News, President Trump made the 11th-hour decision after the […]

Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors and investigators tied to ‘Rust’ case

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the western movie “The Last.” The case was filed Thursday in state district court in Santa Fe, where a judge in July dismissed manslaughter charges against Baldwin in the […]

Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case

In a statement Thursday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump's hush money criminal case. In his claim, Raskin said that Alito “just hours” before Trump's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene to halt the criminal conviction […]