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Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York is calling for reparations from the federal government. Despite the massive price tag of reparations—$14 trillion—Bowman argued there’s a way to pay for it "without raising taxes on anyone.” “When COVID was destroying us, we invested in the American people in a way that kept the economy afloat,” Bowman told The Journal News. “The government can invest the same way in reparations without raising taxes on anyone.” “Where did the money come from?” he added. “We spent it into existence.” Bowman is among 14 Democrats supporting H.R. 414, a resolution introduced last year...

In a rare bit of good legal news for Donald Trump, the Westchester County district attorney's office has ended a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization without bringing any charges, a person familiar with the investigation told Insider. District Attorney Mimi Rocah closed the investigation earlier in June, the person said. Elliott Jacobson, a special prosecutor hired by Rocah, departed the office in late 2022. He found that the evidence collected in the investigation couldn't support criminal charges, regarded conduct outside the statute of limitations, or overlapped with investigations underway by other law enforcement officials, according to the source, whose...

The National Archives is claiming it has evidence that may undercut Trump’s claims that the presidential records he took to Mar-a-Lago were automatically declassified, according to a leak to CNN. Trump says the documents were declassified as soon as he took them to Mar-a-Lago. Acting Archivist Debra Steidel Wall however, claims there is evidence Trump and his advisors knew of a so-called declassification process. Steidel Wall sent Trump a letter informing him the National Archives are going to give Special Counsel Jack Smith 16 records which may prove the documents were not automatically declassified. And the witch hunt continues. CNN...

A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal charges.

A Manhattan grand jury will not hear testimony, deliberate or vote on the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump Thursday, a source has confirmed to Fox News. Since the grand jury does not sit on Fridays, a vote on the Trump case is not expected this week, according to the source. The grand jury will meet Thursday about a different case, the source said. This grand jury has been considering other cases and is also a special "investigative" grand jury.

For a second day in a row, the grand jury in Manhattan that is considering recommending charges against President Donald Trump will not be discussing the case on Thursday. They will be meeting to discuss a different case and will pick up the Trump case on Monday. According to ABC News: The grand jury hearing evidence of former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in hush money paid to Stormy Daniels will not meet about the case for the remainder of the week, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The grand jury is meeting Thursday to consider a different...

Michael Cohen claimed he was not reimbursed by Donald Trump or his organization for hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels in a 2018 letter to federal authorities, contradicting his recent grand jury testimony,The bombshell document, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, could throw a wrench in the works of prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against Trump over the payments.Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and the star witness in the case over which Trump reportedly faces imminent arrest, claims that Trump got him to pay $130,000 to Daniels to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with the real estate mogul, just days...

A source familiar with the proceedings exclusively told DailyMail.com on Tuesday: 'There will be no arraignment this week' Trump is expected to be indicted Wednesday, after which the DA office will reach out to his Secret Service detail to make arrangements for his surrender All 36,000 NYPD officers are in uniform and on notice for deployment after Trump called for his supporters to protest his imminent indictment

A Manhattan grand jury meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the Trump 'hush-money' case. Wednesday's grand jury session has been canceled, high-ranking law enforcement sources tell Insider. The panel is not expected to vote by week's end, even if they reconvene on Thursday, one source said.

Robert Costello, the former legal advisor to ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen, appeared before the grand jury in the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into former President Trump Monday, and testified that Cohen is a "serial liar." Costello said he testified to the grand jury Monday that Trump did not know about the payments made by Cohen to Stormy Daniels. "There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Michael Cohen has great difficulty telling the truth," Costello said. "He is, after all a convicted perjurer, and our track record with Mr. Cohen convinced us that he was a serial liar." Cohen's...

GENERAL WILLIAM BARR'S LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Mark Levin So, Mueller found NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION between the Trump campaign and Russia. Consequently, THE ENTIRE REASON for the appointment of a special counsel was baseless. Meanwhile, the Hillary Clinton campaign, the DNC, senior FBI officials, and DOJ officials, among others, conspired to push this narrative, and the mass-media gave it voice endlessly for the last two years. FURTHERMORE, Mueller was agnostic on the issue of "obstruction"; HOWEVER, the attorney general and deputy attorney -- the latter who oversaw the Mueller investigation -- concluded there was no criminal basis...

I am totally flabbergasted. Unbelievable! Napolitano is basically saying that they have nothing.

DENVER - With Kobe Bryant's sexual assault trial scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, speculation is mounting that prosecutors are looking for a way to dismiss the charge after a series of setbacks. The NBA star is due in court Monday in Eagle, his final court appearance before jury selection begins on Aug. 27. But events of the past two weeks suggest prosecutors might be seeking an avenue to dismiss the charge with minimal embarrassment, legal experts said. "We have too many things happening in this case that we just don't normally have," said Larry Pozner, former president...