A federal judge on Monday canceled Paul Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing date. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III said he was postponing Manafort’s sentencing on charges of bank and tax fraud, Politico reports. He said the sentencing will be postponed until Manafort resolves a dispute with Robert Mueller’s prosecutors over charges he lied in … [Read more...]
Roger Stone Arrested And Indicted For Crimes Related To Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections, according to Reuters. In a Justice Department filing on Thursday, Stone was charged with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. At … [Read more...]
Senate Intel Panel Subpoenas Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer
The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in mid-February, according to Reuters. The subpoena comes a day after Cohen said he planned to postpone an appearance next week before Congress, saying Trump and lawyer Giuliani had threatened his family. News of … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson, U.S. States Settle Hip Implant Claims For $120 Million
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company’s metal-on-metal hip implants. Attorneys general of 46 U.S. states announced the settlement agreement in statements on Tuesday. They alleged DePuy engaged in unfair and deceptive … [Read more...]
Giuliani Addresses Alleged Conversation Trump Had With Cohen Over His Testimony
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's top attorney, said Monday that Trump did not talk to Michael Cohen before the former lawyer's testimony to Congress. Speaking to the New York Daily News, Giuliani said Trump "never" spoke with Cohen, a day after he said he "didn't know" if Trump had spoken to him about the testimony. Cohen has … [Read more...]
Michael Cohen Says He Was Ordered By Trump To Rig Polls
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, revealed that he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data “at the direction of and for the sole benefit of” Trump. Cohen paid the data firm RedFinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign. The news was first … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Consumer Protection Bureau
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Texas bank’s constitutional challenge to the structure of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, passing up a case that could have led to more presidential power over an independent agency that President Donald Trump’s administration already has weakened, According to Reuters. The decision … [Read more...]
Former Insys CEO Pleads Guilty to Opioid Kickback Scheme
The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics pleaded guilty on Wednesday to engaging in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication and has agreed to become a government witness, according to Reuters. Prosecutors allege that from 2012 to 2015, Babich and others conspired to bribe doctors in exchange for prescribing … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg To Miss Monday’s Oral Arguments
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be working from home and will not participate from the bench during the two scheduled oral arguments on Monday after undergoing surgery for lung cancer last month, a court spokeswoman said. Ginsburg, 85, will instead use the case briefs and transcripts to participate in the cases, court … [Read more...]
U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Trump On Transgender Military Ban
In a legal victory for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, a federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that blocked a policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. armed forces, which the government said is important for military readiness, according to Reuters. The U.S. Court of Appeals for … [Read more...]
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