WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether a suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge’s family in New Jersey is also responsible for the killing of a fellow men’s rights lawyer in California, a law enforcement official said. The federal agents are trying to determine whether Roy Den Hollander, who...
North Carolina Lawyer Cheslie Kryst Named Miss USA 2019
RENO, Nev. — A 27-year-old lawyer from North Carolina who represents prison inmates for free won the Miss USA title Thursday night, describing herself as a "weird kid" with a "unibrow" who's now part of the first generation of truly empowered women. Asked in the final round to use one...
Free Speech Means I Don't Have to Be Nice to Devin Nunes on Twitter. So Why's He Suing Me?
[aggregation-styles] USA Today Free Speech Means I Don't Have to Be Nice to Devin Nunes on Twitter. So Why's He Suing Me? Last month, Rep. Devin Nunes announced plans to sue Twitter, me and two parody Twitter accounts for several purported torts — fancy lawyer speak for “unlawful” actions as...
Cohen Admits Rigging Polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's estranged former lawyer acknowledged Thursday that he paid a technology company to rig Trump's standing in two online polls before the presidential campaign. Michael Cohen tweeted that "what I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump. "I truly...
Judge Gives Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen 3 Years in Prison
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would "take a bullet" for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he...
Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump's behalf during the heat of...
Cohen's Holocaust-Survivor Father Urged Him To Turn On Trump
The saying "blood is thicker than water" certainly holds true in the modern age as President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer pleaded guilty last week to campaign-finance violations and other charges, according to Haaretz. According to a new report, Michael Cohen was compelled to turn on Trump after a...
Ex-Trump Lawyer Cohen Pleads Guilty in Hush-Money Scheme
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer," pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election. Under a plea bargain...