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The US authorities move with unprecedented speed to draw up a criminal indictment for FTX founder → Read More
Florida targets ice cream maker, supports state businesses despite governor's calls to keep politics out of investment decisions → Read More
Musk has revived his bid to buy Twitter at his original offer price, but the court has not yet received word to put the case on hold → Read More
The National Rifle Association has cancelled what is usually the largest event on its annual calendar for the second year in a row because of the pandemic. → Read More
Rock-and-roll guitarist and gun enthusiast Ted Nugent is resigning from the board of the National Rifle Association after 26 years. → Read More
The National Rifle Association took what might have been the biggest legal gamble of its life and lost. Now, it faces a potential outcome that progressive U.S. politicians have long desired -- a complete dismantling of the most powerful gun lobby. → Read More
A legal fight shows the symbiotic relationship between the superwealthy and their money whisperers. → Read More
Former National Rifle Association President Oliver North accused the group’s leader, Wayne LaPierre, of defaming him, forcing him out of the gun rights group and retaliating after North raised questions about lavish spending and financial mismanagement. → Read More
One juror in the trial of Paul Manafort may have started weighing evidence too soon, prompting a call for a mistrial. Another said Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman could have been convicted on all 18 counts he faced, were it not for a sole holdout. → Read More
Court transcripts made public after Paul Manafort was convicted of tax and bank fraud this week reveal that the judge considered a mistrial before the case went to the jury because one juror complained that others on the panel had improperly discussed the case. → Read More
The jury in the Paul Manafort case enters its fourth day of deliberations Tuesday with questions about the panel’s conduct that will be answered only when U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III unseals transcripts after the trial. → Read More
Jurors in the Paul Manafort trial resumed deliberations on their third day as they weigh 18 counts of bank and tax fraud against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. → Read More
Some are simple. Others are mind-numbingly complex. → Read More
Jurors are weighing the evidence for a second day in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort after the judge responded late Thursday to four written questions they posed. → Read More
Jurors in the Paul Manafort fraud trial are hearing closing arguments summarizing the dramatic testimony over the last two weeks. Witnesses said he made $60 million as a political consultant in Ukraine but was desperate for cash by the time he became Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016. Manafort’s case is the first to go to trial for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating… → Read More
Jurors at Paul Manafort’s trial heard of his appetite for luxury – the ostrich jacket, the Hamptons estate, and the New York Yankees seats near the dugout. They saw extensive documentation of false statements that prosecutors say prove he engaged in bank and tax fraud. Given this damning portrait of Manafort, how will his lawyers convince jurors that he’s not guilty? → Read More
Paul Manafort’s legal team rested its case on Tuesday, setting the stage for closing arguments before the judge hands the case to jurors for a verdict. → Read More
Paul Manafort and his legal team face a choice on Tuesday of whether to present defense witnesses in his trial on fraud charges. Manafort, 69, may simply elect to offer no witnesses and is unlikely to testify in his defense. Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller offered 27 witnesses over two weeks. They say that Manafort omitted foreign bank accounts and income from his tax returns,… → Read More
Paul Manafort turned to Jared Kushner for help in an attempt to secure a Trump administration job for a Chicago banker at the center of Manafort’s fraud trial. → Read More
Financial advisers counting on an industry pact to switch jobs safely with clients in tow could run into obstacles after a ruling by a Georgia state court last week. → Read More