NYC to pay $28 million in Rikers suicide attempt case
The city has agreed to pay $28.7 million to the family of a Rikers Island inmate who suffered severe brain damage after attempting suicide while prison guards watched, according to court records. The incident left Nicholas Feliciano in need of lifelong care, led to criminal charges against four security guards, and his family filed suit […]
Judge tells key witness in Madigan corruption case he handed defense ‘a gift’
(The Center Square) – A key witness in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s upcoming corruption trial was caught lying on a federal form to buy a gun, a major blow for prosecutors and a surprise boon for Madigan’s defense team. Fidel Marquez, the former ComEd executive who cooperated with federal investigators in the corruption […]
Trump wants judge off hush money case
Jury selection is expected to begin soon to determine whether Trump falsified business records. cover up criminally A 2016 hush-money payment to a porn actress who claimed to have had sexual contact with President Trump. Trump has denied having an affair with her and maintains her innocence. President Trump is trying again to force the […]
TIM MURTAUGH: Swing Hard in Case You Hit It — My Escape from Addiction And Shot At Redemption On The Trump Campaign
I’ve written a book that’s probably unlike any political book you’ve ever read. It’s got a lot of politics in it, yes, and it includes stories from my two years as communications director on Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. But it also describes my decades-long battle with alcoholism, an addiction I finally escaped in May […]
Retired Philadelphia detectives ordered to stand trial in perjury case
Three long-retired Philadelphia police detectives will go on trial after being accused of lying under oath in the 2016 retrial of a man a jury acquitted of a 1991 rape-murder case. If this case goes to trial in November, it will be an unprecedented situation in which police and prosecutors face criminal charges for flawed […]
CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform doctors about bird flu case
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday informing clinicians, state health departments, and the public that a person in Texas who came into contact with dairy cows has been infected with avian influenza, also known as avian influenza. A farm worker at a commercial dairy farm in Texas […]
Meta asks judge to dismiss FTC antitrust case
Mehta announced Friday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has failed to prove that its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp harmed consumers in an antitrust case against the social media giant. asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit. “From the outset, the FTC has not stated a plausible case and has done nothing to […]
Trump mounts new push to recuse judge in hush money case
Former President Trump on Friday asked a hush money judge to recuse him from an upcoming trial in less than two weeks over his daughter’s company’s digital marketing efforts for prominent Democrats. Last summer, Judge Juan Mercian denied an earlier motion to dismiss that also mentioned the daughter’s employment. Mr. Trump’s second attempt came after […]
Letitia James challenges Trump’s $175 million bond in fraud case
New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging former President Donald Trump again by raising questions about the $175 million bond he posted in his New York civil fraud case. Trump filed his bond Monday after a New York appeals court lowered the amount from $464 million to $175 million. Now James is questioning the […]
‘Fundamentally Flawed Legal Premise’: Jack Smith Fires Warning Shot At Judge Overseeing Trump Documents Case
Special Counsel Jack Smith rebuked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case on Tuesday for making a request he said rests on “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” Judge Aileen Cannon instructed both parties to file proposed jury instructions engaging with two scenarios involving the Presidential Records Act and its distinction between personal and […]