Erik Larson, Washington Post

Erik Larson

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Past articles by Erik:

What Trump’s Indictment Means for His 2024 Presidential Run

Former President Donald Trump latest run for the White House is being hampered by a slew of legal onslaughts, the latest being a federal indictment for mishandling classified information and lying about it. That’s in addition to a New York state felony indictment for falsifying business records and a jury’s verdict that he is civilly liable for sexual assaulting a woman. The cases could bring… → Read More

What Trump’s Indictment Means for His 2024 Presidential Run

Former President Donald Trump latest run for the White House is being hampered by a slew of legal onslaughts, the latest being a federal indictment for mishandling classified information and lying about it. That’s in addition to a New York state felony indictment for falsifying business records and a jury’s verdict that he is civilly liable for sexual assaulting a woman. The cases could bring… → Read More

What Trump’s Many Legal Troubles Mean for His 2024 Campaign

Former President Donald Trump embarked on another White House run while facing a slew of legal troubles, which thus far have produced a felony indictment and, most recently, a jury’s verdict that he is civilly liable for sexual assaulting a woman. The cases could bring further distractions and produce more unflattering revelations — not to mention adverse verdicts — that no presidential… → Read More

Trump May Face Anonymous Jury in High-Profile Defamation Trial

Donald Trump and the New York author who claims he raped her in the 1990s may get an anonymous jury at their upcoming defamation trial — an unusual scenario for a civil case with high-profile litigants. → Read More

Trump Prosecutors in NY Are After the Wrong Person, His Lawyer Says

New York state prosecutors investigating Donald Trump over hush money paid to a porn star are prosecuting the victim, the former president’s lawyer said. → Read More

The Murdoch Empire — and Fox News — Is at a Crossroads

Back in 2021, Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch was described by President Joe Biden as the “the most dangerous man in the world,” such was the raw power his cable news network had in shaping public opinion. → Read More

Trump’s DNA Proposal in Rape Accuser Suit Rejected by Judge

Donald Trump’s offer to provide a DNA sample to a New York writer who claims he raped her in the 1990s was rejected by a judge as too late and with too many strings attached. → Read More

Giuliani, Pirro Thrown Back Into 2020 Vote-Fraud Defamation Case

A New York appeals court reinstated defamation claims against Rudy Giuliani and Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro over false claims they made about voting fraud in the 2020 presidential election. → Read More

Trump’s Attack on NY Sexual Assault Law Called ‘Absurd’ By Judge

If the only thing you know about sports is who wins and who loses, you are missing the highest stakes action of all. The business owners that power this multibillion dollar industry are changing, and a new era of the business of sports is underway. → Read More

Trump Has Rough Legal Road Ahead Without Presidential Shield

A New York jury’s guilty verdict for two of Donald Trump’s companies on criminal tax fraud charges marked the latest blow to the former president, as he has watched his potential legal exposure grow since he left the White House. → Read More

Trump’s Niece Seeks to Revive Fraud Suit Over Family Fortune

Donald Trump’s niece Mary asked a New York appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit that accused the former president and his siblings of cheating her out of her share of the family fortune. → Read More

Trump Candidacy Will Complicate, But Not End, DOJ Investigations of Him

Donald Trump’s entry into the 2024 White House race adds a new degree of difficulty for federal prosecutors who’ve struggled for months to shield their investigations of the former president from accusations of political impropriety. → Read More

New Abortion Bans Put on Hold by Courts in Arizona and Ohio

Abortion bans in Arizona and Ohio were temporarily put on hold by judges, allowing procedures in the states to continue while the nonprofit Planned Parenthood challenges the new restrictions in court. → Read More

Sheryl Sandberg Donates $3 Million to ACLU for Abortion Causes

Sheryl Sandberg, who once sparred with the American Civil Liberties Union, is now one of its biggest benefactors, providing a $3 million grant to boost its political activities around access to abortion. → Read More

Trump Sued by New York Over ‘Fraudulent’ Asset Valuations

Donald Trump and three of his children were sued for inflating the value of his real estate company’s assets, the culmination of a years-long probe by the New York attorney general into the former president. → Read More

Juul Reaches $439 Million Settlement Over Marketing to Kids (2)

Juul Labs Inc. reached an agreement in principle to pay $438.5 million to 33 states to resolve a two-year bipartisan probe into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices, particularly claims that it marketed addictive nicotine products to children. → Read More

DOJ Says Documents Seized at Donald Trump’s Home ‘Do Not Belong to Him’

White House records held in a storage room at Donald Trump’s Florida home may have been concealed or removed before an FBI June search for classified documents, suggesting possible attempts to obstruct the investigation, the US Department of Justice said in a filing. → Read More

Trump’s Claim to Documents ‘Frivolous,’ Ex-Prosecutors Say

A group of former federal prosecutors and ex-New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman weighed in on Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking a third party expert to review documents seized by the FBI from his home in Florida, calling his executive-privilege claims unprecedented and “frivolous.” → Read More

Trump Search Was Unprecedented, But Records Case Will Be Tough

The search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida was unprecedented, but bringing a case will be difficult and -- if successful -- even the punishment would be open to legal fights. → Read More

Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena

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