Tag: Law

Michael Cohen, formerly a lawyer for President Trump, leaves his hotel in New York.

Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case

Byron York · December 13, 2018 4:02 pm

Police do a security sweep at the Supreme Court before the arrival of President Donald Trump to attend a ceremony for new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

Cautious after Kavanaugh furor, Supreme Court braces for controversy

Melissa Quinn · December 13, 2018 3:32 pm

Stormy Daniels speaks outside federal court in New York.

Dime versus dime as Stormy Daniels balks at paying Trump

Steven Nelson · December 12, 2018 11:29 pm

A Honduran migrant chants slogans during a demonstration outside the U.S. consulate in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Migrants want U.S. authorities to speed up the asylum application process for members of migrant caravans seeking to enter the U.S., including accepting more applications per day.

DHS tells migrants to go home after extortion attempt

Anna Giaritelli · December 12, 2018 10:10 pm

Attorney Michael Cohen walks down the sidewalk in New York on Wednesday. Federal agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal attorney, were looking for information about payments to a former Playboy playmate and a porn actress who claim to have had affairs with Trump, two people familiar with the investigation said.

Beltway Confidential

Michael Cohen’s sentencing could make it harder for Nancy Pelosi and Democrats to stave off impeachment

Philip Klein · December 12, 2018 8:00 pm

This July 12, 2017, file photo shows the cover of an issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Donald Trump at a store in New York. Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with President Donald Trump, settled her lawsuit Wednesday, April 18, 2018, with a supermarket tabloid over an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship publicly.

National Enquirer publisher gets immunity for cooperation in Karen McDougal hush-money scheme

Kelly Cohen · December 12, 2018 7:42 pm

President Trump holds a meeting at the White House in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Trump says he might intervene in Huawei case for political ends. That’s not how law enforcement works

Erin Dunne · December 12, 2018 7:22 pm

In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony in Washington. The disgraced former Texas Congressman will serve 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education. Stockman was convicted in April on 23 of 24 counts, including mail and wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. He was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Houston.

Ex-GOP staffer sentenced to 18 months behind bars for involvement in fraud case

Diana Stancy Correll · December 12, 2018 6:33 pm

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, leaves federal court after his sentencing in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Cohen 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 says was done at the direction of Trump.

Trump defense could hinge on whether he used Cohen as a lawyer or a fixer

Melissa Quinn · December 12, 2018 6:10 pm

Freedom Watch attorney Larry Klayman speaks to reporters outside the Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after appealing the dismissal of a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records from the State Department about Israeli war plans and its cyber warfare techniques to New York Times reporter David Sanger when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.

Beltway Confidential

Why Joe Arpaio and Larry Klayman’s media defamation lawsuit will fail

Tom Rogan · December 12, 2018 4:59 pm

Democratic elected Attorney General New York Letitia James, center, speaks during her election night party in Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Incoming NY attorney general vows to go after ‘anyone’ linked to Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 12, 2018 3:50 pm

A girl waves to a young man watching from Mexican territory who said he was her cousin, as a group of Honduran asylum seekers is taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents after the group crossed the U.S. border wall into San Diego, California, seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce asylum policy

Melissa Quinn · December 12, 2018 3:28 pm