Author: Russ Choma

E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyers Promise to Show Trump’s Pattern of Abuse

A civil lawsuit accusing former president Donald Trump of sexually assaulting and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll opened in New York City on Tuesday with attorneys for both sides signaling they’re prepared for a brutal fight. Carroll’s attorneys told jurors they would have witnesses—Carroll herself and two other women with similar stories—testify in graphic detail […]

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan to Block Meddling in Trump Case

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a lawsuit against Congressman Jim Jordan, telling the Ohio Republican to back off the DA’s case against Donald Trump. Even before a New York grand jury officially indicted Trump, Jordan and other top House Republicans were threatening Bragg with an investigation of their own, apparently aimed at helping […]

What Happens If Donald Trump Simply Refuses to Disclose His Finances?

Former President Donald Trump has missed the deadline to file a personal financial disclosure—a requirement of all presidential candidates shortly after they announce their campaigns. It’s a simple document in which politicians are supposed to make public their assets, their liabilities, and their sources of income. The idea is to give voters some transparency about […]

Here Is the Full Indictment Against Donald Trump

New York prosecutors on Tuesday released the formal indictment against Donald Trump, detailing 34 felony counts related to Trump’s alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Pundits have been speculating for weeks about the exact nature of the allegations against the former president, but this is the first time the full details have been made available. Trump […]

Trump Pleads Not Guilty

Former president Donald Trump was formally arrested, fingerprinted, and charged with 34 felony counts related to hush money payments from 2016 that he allegedly made to cover up an extra-marital affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts.  Trump arrived at the New York Supreme Court in lower […]

A New York Grand Jury Voted to Indict Trump

A grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict former president Donald Trump on charges related to his 2016 payoff of adult film star Stormy Daniels, as part of an effort to keep an alleged affair between the two of them quiet in the run-up to the presidential election, according to multiple media reports. The state […]