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Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — As prosecutors push to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction, his lawyers urged a judge Wednesday to ignore them and scrap the case before he takes office in January. Echoing their stance since Trump's win, his lawyers argued in a...
Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay
NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, but they expressed openness Tuesday to delaying sentencing until after his second term. The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a court filing that...
What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s election victory created a conundrum for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. Can he go ahead and sentence the president-elect, or would doing so potentially get in the way of Trump's constitutional responsibility to lead the nation? ...
Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country. The postponement...
Federal appeals panel says suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti should be resentenced
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels against former President Donald Trump and was later convicted of bilking his California clients. A...
Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the brief,...
Election Day in the US is approaching fast. Early voters have already started casting their ballots
The voting window for the Nov. 5 presidential election is now open. Early in-person voting started Friday in three states, after absentee ballots began going to voters last week. Here is a look at some key developments in the roughly six weeks remaining until Election Day. ...
