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E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Appeals panel questions why ‘presidential immunity’ argument wasn’t pursued years ago in Trump case
A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump didn’t try years ago to deflect a defamation lawsuit from a woman who accused him of sexual assault with a presidential immunity claim.
 
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at Manhattan federal court, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. Menendez is returning to a New York City federal court to enter a not guilty plea to a conspiracy charge alleging he acted as an agent of the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has returned to a New York City federal court and entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government.
 
Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez who is charged with bribery, leaves federal court, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Sen. Bob Menendez’s co-defendants, including his wife, plead not guilty to revised bribery charges
Four defendants in the criminal bribery case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, including his wife, have pleaded not guilty in New York City to a revised indictment. The senator is not due to enter his plea until next week.
 
Ex-FTX exec was ‘horrified’ last year when he learned of $13 billion shortfall
A former FTX executive and onetime billionaire has testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, at his New York City federal fraud trial.
 
FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, leave federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials. The superseding indictment was filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, Oct. 12. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment
Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
 
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, exits Manhattan federal court after testifying, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out
Sam Bankman-Fried’s former top executive has blamed the FTX founder of corrupting her values so that she could lie and steal and create false balance sheets.
 
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, exits Manhattan federal court after testifying, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Star witness Caroline Ellison says FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried hoped to be US president someday
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial has taken a star turn. His former fellow top executive and ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison testified against him on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange's earliest days, FTX's co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, as prosecutors pressed their case that Bankman-Fried was the mastermind behind one of the biggest frauds in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning of FTX, exchange’s co-founder tells jury
Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers’ funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange’s earliest days, FTX’s co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, as prosecutors pressed their case that Bankman-Fried was the mastermind beh
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, July 26, 2023, in New York. Jury selection begins Tuesday, Oct. 3 in a case in which the 31-year-old crypto mogul faces the possibility of a long prison term if convicted. Prosecutors say he cheated thousands of people who deposited cryptocurrency on the FTX exchange by illegally diverting massive sums of their money for his personal use, including making risky trades at his cryptocurrency hedge fund. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FTX co-founder testifies against Sam Bankman-Fried, saying they committed crimes and lied to public
FTX’s co-founder has begun to tell a New York jury that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed financial crimes and lied to the public before the cryptocurrency trading platform collapsed last year.
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, July 26, 2023, in New York. Jury selection begins Tuesday, Oct. 3 in a case in which the 31-year-old crypto mogul faces the possibility of a long prison term if convicted. Prosecutors say he cheated thousands of people who deposited cryptocurrency on the FTX exchange by illegally diverting massive sums of their money for his personal use, including making risky trades at his cryptocurrency hedge fund. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Jury sees FTX ads with Tom Brady, Larry David, as fraud case is rolled out against Sam Bankman-Fried
Splashy advertising featuring football star Tom Brady and comedian Larry David was shown to jurors as prosecutors launched a historic fraud case against cryptocurrency maven Sam Bankman-Fried.
 
In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, right, sits at the defense table next to his attorney Christian Everdell as jury selection began in his fraud trial, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Jury selection begins in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial on charges that he defrauded thousands of customers and investors in his FTX digital coin exchange began with a full day of jury selection. The jury was to be seated Wednesday before opening statements begin.
 
Judge rejects an 11th-hour bid to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during his trial
A judge has closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his trial. But he extended the hours that the 31-year-old cryptocurrency peddler can meet with his lawyers in a federal courthouse. Judge Lewis A.
 
Sen. Bob Menendez leaves federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Menendez pled not guilty to federal charges alleging he used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out favors for local businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey will address his Democratic colleagues on Thursday as calls grow for Menendez to resign over federal bribery charges.
 
Arguments to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried get rough reception from federal appeals panel
A federal appeals court in Manhattan seems unreceptive to arguments that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should be released before his trial starts in two weeks. The 2nd U.S.
 
Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading
A former U.S. congressman from Indiana has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information while working as a consultant after he left office. Former U.S. Rep.
 
Former President Donald Trump visits the Alpha Gamma Rho, agricultural fraternity, at Iowa State University before an NCAA college football game between Iowa State and Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Appeals court to quickly consider Trump’s presidential immunity claim in sex abuse case
A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump’s claim that presidential immunity protects him from a New York writer’s assertion that he defamed her by saying she fabricated her claim that he sexually attacked her in the 1990s.
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried said Friday, Aug. 25, that prosecutors have delivered another four million pages of documents for the FTX founder to examine six weeks before trial, making it impossible for the former cryptocurrency executive to adequately review the evidence for an October trial from behind bars. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers renew claim that the FTX founder can’t prepare for trial behind bars
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried say prosecutors have delivered another four million pages of documents on the FTX founder six weeks before trial.
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. Bankman-Fried can't adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter, his lawyers told a magistrate judge Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say
Defense lawyers say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can’t adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter.
 
FILE - New York Knicks owner James Dolan, front right, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game March 6, 2020, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Knicks are suing the Toronto Raptors, and a former Knicks employee Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, saying the worker stole thousands of videos and other scouting secrets to give to his new Canadian employer. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Knicks sue Raptors, accusing rival of using ex-Knicks employee as ‘mole’ to steal scouting secrets
The New York Knicks are suing the Toronto Raptors, the Raptors head coach and a former Knicks employee, saying the worker stole thousands of videos and other scouting secrets to give to his new Canadian employer.
 
FILE - Actor Michael K. Williams poses for a portrait at the Beverly Hilton during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, July 30, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. A drug dealer who sold fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams shortly before "The Wire" actor's fatal overdose was sentenced Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, to 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams
A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams.
 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Des Moines International Airport after a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Judge won’t delay Trump’s defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president’s appeal frivolous
A New York federal judge has expressed growing impatience with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump’s “repeated efforts to delay” a defamation lawsuit, saying he won’t stop a January trial for the “frivolous appeal” of one of his rulings.
 
2 men arrested, accused of telemarketing fraud that cheated people of millions of dollars
Federal authorities say two men have been arrested in Nevada and Wisconsin on charges that they carried out separate telemarketing scams that cheated people out of tens of millions of dollars.
 
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives to Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in a New York. He admited that he helped a Russian oligarch seek dirt on a wealthy rival, in violation of U.S. sanctions on Russia.
 
FILE — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Prosecutors said Monday, Aug. 14, they'll use testimony from Bankman-Fried's “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Testimony from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trusted inner circle will be used to convict him, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say they’ll use testimony from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial.
 
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in New York. Bankman-Fried returned to New York City for a bail hearing Friday that could decide whether the fallen cryptocurrency wiz must go to jail while he awaits trial. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sent to jail after a bail hearing in New York City. Federal Judge Lewis A.
 
Former City College professor charged with raping multiple victims from El Salvador, prosecutors say
A former City College chemistry adjunct professor has been charged with plotting to rape and sexually assault three women from El Salvador after convincing them to travel to the U.S. for a better life.
 
FILE - Ed Mullins leaves the courthouse in New York, Feb. 23, 2022. The former president of one of the nation's largest police unions was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, for stealing $600,000 from a fund made up of contributions from members of the Sergeants Benevolent Association. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Ex-police union boss gets 2 years in prison for $600,000 theft
A former president of one of the nation’s largest police unions has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing $600,000 from a fund consisting of contributions from members of the Sergeants Benevolent Association. U.S. District Judge John G.
 
Veterans sue U.S. Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to get access to infertility treatments
New lawsuits claim that the U.S. Defense Department and the Department of Veteran Affairs are making it difficult and sometimes impossible for veterans to get infertility treatments.
 
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Federal court, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for FTX founder Bankman-Fried said Tuesday, Aug. 1, that prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are built on “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts.” The written submission in Manhattan federal court was a response to the prosecution’s claim last week that no bail conditions can stop the onetime cryptocurrency powerbroker from trying to improperly influence the potential jury pool for his Oct. 2 trial. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say attempt to jail him before trial is wrong
Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried say prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are based on “innuendo, speculation, and scant facts.”
 
Appeals court reinstates lawsuit by Honduran woman who says ICE agent repeatedly raped her
A New York federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a Honduran woman who says she was repeatedly raped and impregnated by an immigration agent who threatened to get her deported if she didn’t obey him. The 2nd U.S.
 
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