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Judge sets deposition deadline in defamation suit against Trump by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant

A New York judge on Tuesday set a Jan. 31, 2019, deadline for the parties to give depositions in a defamation suit against President Donald Trump by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos. Judge Jennifer Schecter refused to put the case on hold while lawyers for Trump ask New York’s top…

Jun 5, 2018 3:17 PM CDT

Prosecutors claim Paul Manafort tried to tamper with witnesses while under house arrest

Updated: The special counsel’s office has accused President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of trying to tamper with potential witnesses while awaiting trial on charges of money laundering, illegal lobbying, and tax and bank fraud.

Jun 5, 2018 9:01 AM CDT

Can a president obstruct justice? Trump says he has the power to pardon himself as experts weigh in

President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday stood by broad assertions of executive power in a memo written in January by two other lawyers for the president. Trump also weighed in, tweeting that he has the absolute right to pardon himself, though he won’t need to do it because…

Jun 4, 2018 9:15 AM CDT

Prosecutors drop charges against inauguration protesters after judge says they withheld videos

Federal prosecutors dismissed all charges against seven inauguration protesters and reduced charges against three others after a Washington, D.C., judge criticized the government for withholding undercover videos recorded by an activist group.

Jun 1, 2018 7:05 AM CDT

Trump pardons conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza; are Martha Stewart and Rod Blagojevich next?

Updated: President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to using straw donors to make campaign contributions to a Republican Senate candidate.

May 31, 2018 10:28 AM CDT

Forcibly separating families ‘violates basic standards of human decency,’ ABA president says

Separating immigrant children from their parents at the southern border is "unnecessarily cruel" and the ABA "strongly opposes" the policy, ABA President Hilarie Bass said in a statement Wednesday. “Separating children from their parents not only violates due process, it is antithetical to the very human values on which this country was founded and sets a terrible example for the rest of the world,” the statement says. “It should be stopped immediately.”

May 30, 2018 3:13 PM CDT

Trump reportedly asked Sessions to unrecuse himself; special counsel is said to be investigating

President Donald Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reverse his decision to recuse himself in the investigation of Russian influence in March 2017 during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump’s request—rejected by Sessions—is being investigated by the special counsel, along with Trump's efforts to get the attorney general to resign, the New York Times reports in a story based on anonymous current and former administration officials.

May 30, 2018 11:41 AM CDT

Trump questions need for immigration trials, says system is ‘corrupt’ and will be changed

President Donald Trump said the immigration system is “corrupt” and questioned the need for trials. In an interview with Fox News that aired Thursday,” Trump said the United States has “the worst immigration laws in the whole world” and he wanted to get rid of the system of “catch and…

May 24, 2018 4:30 PM CDT

Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson, convicted for transporting white woman across state lines

President Donald Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to the first black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, in a case in which he was convicted of transporting a white woman across state lines more than 100 years ago. Trump pardoned Johnson on Thursday, report the Associated Press, the New York…

May 24, 2018 12:39 PM CDT

Federal judge rules Trump can’t block Twitter users because of political views

A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled the First Amendment bars President Donald Trump from blocking people from his Twitter account because of their political views.

May 23, 2018 1:09 PM CDT

How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency (podcast)

After losing both the 1960 presidential election and the 1962 California governor’s race, Richard Milhous Nixon vowed at a press conference: “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore” and seemed to have written the epitaph to his political career. He left for New York and became a partner in a white shoe law firm. Yet six years later, he would win the White House, in no small part because of that firm.

May 23, 2018 8:00 AM CDT

Judge sets deposition deadline in defamation suit against Trump by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant

Prosecutors claim Paul Manafort tried to tamper with witnesses while under house arrest

Can a president obstruct justice? Trump says he has the power to pardon himself as experts weigh in

Prosecutors drop charges against inauguration protesters after judge says they withheld videos

Trump pardons conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza; are Martha Stewart and Rod Blagojevich next?

Forcibly separating families ‘violates basic standards of human decency,’ ABA president says

Trump reportedly asked Sessions to unrecuse himself; special counsel is said to be investigating

Trump questions need for immigration trials, says system is ‘corrupt’ and will be changed

Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson, convicted for transporting white woman across state lines

Federal judge rules Trump can’t block Twitter users because of political views

How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency (podcast)

Business partner of Michael Cohen reportedly agrees to cooperate with prosecutors

Justice Department to examine Trump’s claim of FBI surveillance of campaign

Trump tweets about possible campaign informant, while Giuliani isn’t sure

Appeals court refuses to stay defamation suit against Trump by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant

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