[ad_1] “At the risk of asking a stupid question, what is it you do for a living?” prosecutor Nicole Lockhart asked after DiCaprio, 48, finished spelling his name for the court reporter. “I am an actor,” DiCaprio replied nonchalantly. To the uninitiated, the Hollywood heartthrob’s presence at the trial couldContinue Reading
[ad_1] “The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable – indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference,” Trump continued. The only former president to have been indicted, Trump sought to tie theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Prosecutors are examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a $130,000 payment that was made to adult entertainer Stormy Daniels, who said she had an affair with the former president. | Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo NEW YORK — The Manhattan grand jury examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush moneyContinue Reading
[ad_1] Pence has indicated he’s open to answering certain categories of questions related to Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election despite losing the race to Joe Biden. But he has argued that the vice president’s unusual role — both a top member of the executive branch and president ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Monday was the first time in a week that the grand jury heard evidence in the Trump case. The panel was called off Wednesday and then examined an unrelated matter Thursday. The delay prompted a fiery response from Trump, leading some Democrats to rally around Bragg on Monday morning.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Neither Carroll nor Trump asked Kaplan, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, to block access to the jurors’ names, addresses and similar information. Kaplan raised the idea on his own and announced Thursday he will impose the secrecy despite objections from two news outlets: the Associated Press and theContinue Reading
[ad_1] It wasn’t immediately clear why the grand jury wouldn’t hear evidence in the Donald Trump case on Thursday. | Karsten Moran for POLITICO NEW YORK — The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence in the criminal investigation of Donald Trump’s alleged role in hush money payment to Stormy Daniels isContinue Reading
[ad_1] “The D.A.’s office didn’t tell the court why the day off, [they] just said, ‘I don’t want them today, maybe tomorrow,’” the official added. A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, “We can’t confirm or comment on Grand Jury matters.” The delay was first reported by Insider.Continue Reading
[ad_1] “Today, after giving all those materials to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, out of 321 e-mails they cherry-picked six e-mails to ask me about,” Costello said in a news conference following his testimony on Monday afternoon. “And of course they took them out of context. When they took themContinue Reading
[ad_1] In her latest six-page ruling, Howell said revealing any of the records publicly would invade grand jury secrecy. “Responding to petitioners’ request would be infeasible without disclosing grand jury material because, if the government asked to hold the former president in contempt, as petitioners allege, that request would haveContinue Reading