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Ethics complaint against Trump 'hush money' judge over $15 Biden donations dismissed

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan was cleared last July, according to his spokesman, but the panel warned that the grievance could be an issue in the event of future...

Homeowner claims squatter who sold furniture in yard sale was repairman hired off TikTok as lawmakers blame police

“She didn’t want him to be homeless over the holidays which left me homeless over the holidays.” 

Karen Read rolls her eyes, snaps at her own defense team as she stands trial in murder of Boston cop beau

What garnered the sour reaction from the once smiling, bubbly murder suspect came after the court hearing testimony from Allison McCabe.

Mom, daughter of John Gotti Jr. want LI assault case dismissed as lawyer claims infamous last name hurt duo

The mother-daughter duo are accused of punching and pulling the hair of the victim during the melee, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office has said.

Ex-Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer to be resentenced, fed judge rules

Archer provided testimony to the House Oversight Committee last July implicating Joe Biden, 81, in many of his son’s overseas relationships.

Are burritos and tacos considered sandwiches? Judge makes polarizing decree

An Indiana judge has seemingly settled the highly-disputed sandwich definition debate after ruling that tacos and burritos fit the bill during a recent legal case.

NJ police chief pleads guilty to lying about affair with subordinate, leading to courtroom confrontation with PBA: report

Andrew Kudrick, the 50-year-old former chief of the Howell Police Department, pleaded guilty to obstruction — leading the department's PBA head to mock him as a "felon" in court.

Utah judge to decide if children's grief author, will face trial in husband's death

The book could play a key role for prosecutors in framing the crime as a calculated murder with an elaborate cover-up attempt.

Arizona mother who poisoned Air Force husband’s coffee with bleach dodges jail

Melody Felicano Johnson, 40, has been sentenced to three years probation in Arizona after pleading guilty to attempting to poison her husband.

Harvey Weinstein appears in court just days after being transferred to Rikers Island

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was wheeled into a Queens courtroom Thursday morning for a brief appearance before a judge – just days after he was transferred back to Rikers...

Billionaire's ex 'humiliated' by offer of hundreds of millions in divorce

Jenny also wrote in the 2022 email that Paulson's offers to her of hundreds of millions, "is just disrespectful, shameful and humiliating to me."

Dems use the legal system to target the right — yet give the left a pass

Laws that hamper Democrats are ignored. Laws that might be used to hurt Republicans are enforced to — and often well past — the limits of the law.

Trump ordered to pay $9K for 'repeated' breaches of gag order in hush money case

The former president had been accused of violating the order 11 times by the prosecution for talking about those associated with the trial.

Karen Read's defense claims investigator hoped she'd 'kill herself,' searched her phone for 'nude photos' as trial opens over cop boyfriend's death

Read's legal team claim she is being set-up by an influential family who lived in the Canton home outside of which O’Keefe's body was found, as part of an elaborate...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit

Last month, Combs' properties in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal authorities in a sex trafficking investigation.

Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, all he needs now is a crime

We’ve never seen a case like this one where a dead misdemeanor from 2016 could be revived as a felony just before the 2024 election

This is the moment CNN anchors watched man set himself on fire outside Trump trial

"We can smell the air, I can smell the burning of some sort of flesh," CNN's Laura Coates said.

Children of Todd, Julie Chrisley hope court hearing is step toward bringing convicted TV reality stars home

Lawyers for reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley challenged aspects of their convictions and sentences in a federal appeals court on Friday.

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel's husband's paternity results revealed at dramatic court hearing

Former army medic Joshua Bowling, 34, was recently revealed to have married Hensel — who shares a body with twin sister Brittany — in 2021, but almost two years later...

Don't expect to see Ivanka Trump at her dad Donald Trump's 'hush-money' NYC trial: source

The former White House advisor was seen flashing a smile as she left the ritzy Aman hotel in Midtown, while jurors were chosen in to her dad's trial.