Collusion
Top federal prosecutor, DOJ official quit after refusing order to toss Eric Adams case
Danielle Sassoon, assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, exits court in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images A top federal prosecutor in New York and a senior Department of Justice official resigned Thursday after refusing a DOJ order to dismiss the pending […]
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Former Trump aide Steve Bannon pleads guilty in New York ‘build the wall’ case
Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Steve Bannon, a former top White House aide to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York in connection with the defrauding of […]
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Ex-senior Federal Reserve advisor charged with economic espionage to benefit China
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., Jan. 26, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters A former senior advisor for the Federal Reserve was arrested Friday on charges that he conspired to steal Fed trade secrets for the benefit of China. The data that the advisor John Harold Rogers allegedly shared with […]
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Short seller Andrew Left seeks to dismiss U.S. fraud case, filing shows
Andrew Left of Citron Capital on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Prominent short seller Andrew Left is pressing a judge to dismiss U.S. charges that he manipulated the market and defrauded investors with his negative reports about companies, according to a document filed in federal court on Monday. U.S. authorities charged Left, the […]
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Fired Disney employee will plead guilty to hacking menus to hide peanut content
File: Guests eat at Great Maple Restaurant at the Pixar Place Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. Paul Bersebach | Medianews Group | Getty Images A former Disney employee agreed to plead guilty in a federal criminal case where he is accused of hacking into menu-creation software for the company’s restaurants, to falsely […]
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Trump to be sentenced in New York for hush money case conviction
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday morning in his New York criminal hush money case, more than eight years after events […]
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Supreme Court rejects Trump hush money sentencing delay bid
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Via Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request […]
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Yakuza leader pleads guilty to nuclear materials trafficking, narcotics in New York
The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American weapons to ethnic militias in Myanmar in exchange for heroin and meth. Ebisawa is charged with narcotics importation, money laundering and conspiracy to acquire surface to air missiles. NBC News A Japanese Yakuza […]
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Trump loses appeals court bid to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig | Via Reuters A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump to delay his criminal sentencing Friday for his conviction in a case related to paying hush money to a […]
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Trump lawyers seek to block sentencing in New York hush money case with appeal
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court on April 26, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump sought to block his scheduled sentencing later this week in a New York criminal hush money case, according […]
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