FTX Sam Bankman-Fried former partner Ryan Salame seeks to void guilty plea

FTX Sam Bankman-Fried former partner Ryan Salame seeks to void guilty plea

Ryan Salame, former co-chief executive officer of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., exits federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ryan Salame, a former top lieutenant at FTX under founder Sam Bankman-Fried, asked a judge to void the deal he reached with the government and his … Read more

Former New York Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud

Former New York Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud

Former New York Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Long Island to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Santos, a Republican, had been set to begin trial next month on a 23-count superseding indictment accused him of wire fraud, identity theft, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. … Read more

Trump seeks hush money sentencing delay until after election

Trump seeks hush money sentencing delay until after election

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid … Read more

Trump’s Harris attacks must pivot to policy, Republican allies say

Trump’s Harris attacks must pivot to policy, Republican allies say

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump is facing a wave of calls from Republican supporters to focus his political attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on policy critiques, … Read more

Trump promotes false Harris AI crowd size conspiracy

Trump promotes false Harris AI crowd size conspiracy

U.S. Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Romulus, Michigan, U.S., August 7, 2024.  Rebecca Cook | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Sunday accused his November election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, of using AI technology to fabricate images of the crowd sizes at her … Read more

Arizona grand jury was interested in indicting Trump: Attorney general

Arizona grand jury was interested in indicting Trump: Attorney general

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump participates in a question-and-answer session at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, July 31, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images An Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 allies of former President Donald Trump on criminal charges related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss … Read more

Judge orders DOJ to return QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley spear, helmet

Judge orders DOJ to return QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley spear, helmet

Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” screams “Freedom” inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley will regain possession of the … Read more

Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis cooperating in Arizona election case

Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis cooperating in Arizona election case

Jenna Ellis, right, and Sydney Powell, attorneys for President Donald Trump, conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with … Read more

Short seller Andrew Left surrenders on securities fraud charges

Short seller Andrew Left surrenders on securities fraud charges

Andrew Left, founder and CEO of Citron Research Adam Jeffery | CNBC The activist short seller Andrew Left surrendered in Los Angeles on Monday to face federal criminal securities fraud charges, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office there said. Left, 54, is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Rozella Oliver in U.S. District Court … Read more

Richard Behar exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff for a decade

Richard Behar exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff for a decade

Richard Behar Courtesy: Lizzie Cohen You probably haven’t heard Bernie Madoff’s name in awhile, but that doesn’t mean the infamous fraudster’s story is over, or the pain he inflicted. Irving Picard, an 83-old court-appointed trustee, still spends his days trying to claw back money from the those who benefitted from Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, and to … Read more