How Trump’s trial will go well beyond the charges against him
The scheme at the heart of the charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known: To keep allegations of an affair with the adult-film…
Trump’s hush money case: Opening statements begin today
NEW YORK — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they…
Key players: Who’s who at Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. A jury of seven men and…
Petition to remove progressive Texas DA to proceed under ‘rogue prosecutor’ law
The Travis County, Texas, district attorney in Austin, Jose Garza, is the subject of a petition seeking his ouster under the provisions of the state's…
Jury selection could be nearing close in Trump’s hush money trial
NEW YORK — Lawyers worked Friday to round out the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates who will hear Donald Trump’s hush money trial, as…
First 7 jurors chosen for Trump hush money criminal trial in New York
NEW YORK — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were chosen Tuesday after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their…
1 in 3 adults thinks Trump acted illegally in hush money case
WASHINGTON — The first criminal trial facing former President Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new…
AI-generated child pornography is circulating. This California prosecutor wants to make it illegal.
SACRAMENTO — After several reports of artificial intelligence-generated child pornography surfaced in California, Ventura County Dist. Atty. Erik Nasarenko advocated for a change to state law…
Trump’s New York hush money trial faces further political antics
After a pretrial period replete with juvenile tantrums, nonstarter attempts to delay the proceedings, and savage attacks on prosecutors, the presiding judge and New Yorkers…
Trump’s history-making hush-money trial begins with jury selection
NEW YORK — Donald Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush-money trial, marking a singular moment…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and what it takes to build a sex-trafficking case
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was once worth hundreds of millions of dollars but is now serving what amounts to a life sentence in federal…
Documents to be unsealed in L.A. city attorney and DWP corruption case
More than 1,000 pages of confidential documents from a federal criminal investigation into the Los Angeles city attorney’s office and the Department of Water and…
Former Trump executive sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying
NEW YORK — Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath…
California Assembly Democrats unveil plan to curb retail theft
SACRAMENTO — Two approaches are gaining traction as California confronts the issue of retail theft, which was propelled to the top of the state’s political agenda…
What to expect during Trump’s hush-money trial in New York
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be pulled from the campaign trail for at least two months starting next week…
Why death sentences of 15 men might be stopped by Santa Clara D.A. Jeff Rosen
Capital punishment in California exists in law, but in practicality ended in 2019 when Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered death row to be dismantled. Still, 625…
Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss classified documents prosecution
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has refused to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted…
Jack Smith just called out Trump records Judge Aileen Cannon
Jack Smith has had enough. Late Monday, the special counsel responded to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s bizarre recent order in the classified records case…
Former L.A. Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan found guilty in corruption case
Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan was found guilty Wednesday of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to investigators in a sprawling corruption…
Judge issues gag order on Trump in hush money case
NEW YORK — A New York judge issued a gag order Tuesday barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors…