Short seller Andrew Left charged with fraud by prosecutors, SEC

Short seller Andrew Left charged with fraud by prosecutors, SEC

Andrew Left, founder and CEO of Citron Research Adam Jeffery | CNBC Federal prosecutors have criminally charged the activist short seller and analyst Andrew Left with securities fraud related to allegedly using his public platform to illegally profit to the tune of at least $16 million from manipulating stock market activity contrary to positions he … Read more

Sen. Bob Menendez will resign seat Aug. 20 after bribery conviction

Sen. Bob Menendez will resign seat Aug. 20 after bribery conviction

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at federal court for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City on May 21, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Reuters Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat convicted last week in a federal bribery case, will resign … Read more

Hunter Biden cites Trump ruling in seeking tax, gun cases dismissal

Hunter Biden cites Trump ruling in seeking tax, gun cases dismissal

Lawyers for Hunter Biden on Thursday asked federal judges in California and Delaware to dismiss the criminal tax and gun cases against him in their courts, citing a recent opinion by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the related dismissal this week of the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Biden’s lawyers … Read more

Special counsel Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump classified documents case

Special counsel Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump classified documents case

Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters about the 37 federal charges returned by a grand jury in an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice as Smith speaks at his offices in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2023. Leah Millis … Read more

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro to speak at RNC hours after leaving jail

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro to speak at RNC hours after leaving jail

Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro holds a press conference before turning himself into a federal prison on March 19, 2024, in Miami, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Peter Navarro, the former Trump trade advisor who was convicted of defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is set … Read more

Trump classified documents case dismissed by judge over special counsel appointment

Trump classified documents case dismissed by judge over special counsel appointment

A federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as prosecutor for the case violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. Trump was accused in the case of illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving the White … Read more

Judge dismisses Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ manslaughter case

Judge dismisses Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ manslaughter case

US actor Alec Baldwin participates in a pretrial hearing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 8, 2024.  Ross D. Franklin | AFP | Getty Images A New Mexico judge on Friday dismissed the criminal involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on the third day of the actor’s trial, after ruling that prosecutors improperly kept … Read more

Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case dismissed

Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case dismissed

Rudy Giuliani speaks to members of the media where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was scheduled to host a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 21, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A New York federal bankruptcy judge on Friday in a scathing ruling dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection case of Rudy Giuliani, … Read more

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani disbarred in New York

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani disbarred in New York

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the U.S. District Courthouse after he was ordered to pay $148 million in his defamation case in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2023. Bonnie Cash | Reuters Rudy Giuliani’s New York law license was revoked on Tuesday amid allegations that he assisted former President Donald Trump’s failed effort to … Read more

Trump sentencing date in hush money case postponed to Sept. 18

Trump sentencing date in hush money case postponed to Sept. 18

Former U.S. President Donald Trump comments as he leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters A New York judge on Tuesday delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing date in his criminal … Read more