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Cohen's book foreword: Trump 'wouldn’t mind if I was dead'
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen's memoir about President Donald Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news Thursday to The Associated Press. The book is called “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.”...
Mexico probing alleged bribes in ex-president's campaign
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico Attorney General's Office said Tuesday it is investigating allegations that former President Enrique Peña Nieto partially funded his 2012 election campaign with bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which has admitted to involvement in widespread...
Lawyer: Michael Cohen has offer to be a political consultant
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer has been offered work as a consultant and to make media appearances for a political action committee, his lawyer said Wednesday. Michael Cohen hopes to accept the offer to work on the committee’s behalf, attorney Danya Perry told...
Parson PAC fined $2,000 for campaign finance violations
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A political action committee formed to support Gov. Mike Parson has been fined $2,000 for violating state campaign finance laws. The Missouri Ethics Commission on Monday fined United Missouri PAC for failing to report the fair-market value of two flights Parson took to Washington...
US government drops effort to silence Trump's ex-lawyer
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government dropped its effort to silence President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying it will no longer demand that Michael Cohen not speak with the media in the weeks before his book critical of his former boss is released. An agreement between...
Government defends imprisoning ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was returned to prison because he refused to sign an agreement over terms of his home confinement, not because he planned to publish a book critical of Trump, prosecutors said Wednesday. The written arguments came in advance of a court...
Ohio House speaker, 4 others arrested in $60M bribery case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four associates were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery case connected to a taxpayer-funded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants. Hours after FBI agents raided Speaker Larry Householder’s farm,...
ACLU and lawyers sue to free ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer sued Attorney General William Barr and the Bureau of Prisons director Monday, saying he’s being unjustly held behind bars to stop him from finishing a book that criticizes Trump. The lawsuit on behalf of Michael Cohen was filed...
Kentucky Democratic party stalwart sentenced to prison
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan was sentenced on Thursday to 21 months in prison for making illegal contributions to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of his daughter, former Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. Prosecutors said Lundergan, 73,...
Ethics Committee clears Rep. Trahan in campaign finance case
BOSTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee has cleared U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan following an investigation into allegations that the Massachusetts Democrat accepted excessive campaign contributions and reported them as personal loans even though they may not have been sourced from her personal funds. The...
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