El Paso Mass Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 22 Deaths
The 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief initial hearing.
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Atlantic City Mayor Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Wire Fraud
The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, resigned Thursday after pleading guilty to wire fraud for stealing donations he collected for a youth basketball team.
Read moreCoast Guard Officer Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
A Coast Guard lieutenant and self-proclaimed white nationalist accused of plotting an attack on high-profile Democrats and journalists pleaded guilty Thursday to gun and drug charges.
Read moreEx-Congressman’s Son, Father of the Bride Join Fall
His political future is far from certain, but the son of ex-Congressman Chris Collins followed in his father’s footsteps Thursday by pleading guilty to securities fraud.
Read moreSan Diego Synagogue Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Appearing before San Diego Superior Court’s presiding judge Thursday, the 20-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a synagogue congregant during the sacred Jewish holiday of Passover this past spring pleaded not guilty to murder and hate crime charges.
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Ex-Rep. Collins Pleads Guilty in Stock-Tips Case
The first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s candidate for president pleaded guilty Tuesday in an insider trading case.
Read moreTrump’s First Congressional Fan to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading
Representative Chris Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump for president, is expected to plead guilty to insider trading Tuesday, averting a trial where his private emails would be disclosed.
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A professional drummer who was music director of the nonparty Arsenio Hall Show, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Wednesday: “embezzling $750,000 from a charity concert for homeless children and using the stolen money to pay alimony to his ex-wife and buy cars for his mother and son.”
Read moreMeek Mill Pleads Guilty, Won’t Serve More Time in Prison
Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge on Tuesday to resolve a case that’s kept him on probation for most of his adult life.
Read moreFormer Ohio Judge Changes Plea, Admits to Killing Ex-Wife
A disgraced former Cleveland judge faces life in prison following his guilty plea Tuesday to the murder of his estranged ex-wife, after denying the charge last year.
Read moreNaughty, Naughty
An Internal Revenue Service staffer pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaking confidential details about former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti, the former attorney of adult film star Stormy Daniels who claims to have had an affair with Trump before he became president.
Read moreMan Charged With Assault in National Anthem Flap With Teen
A U.S. Army veteran who choked and threw a 14-year-old boy to the ground for not removing his hat during the national anthem at a small-town Montana rodeo pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of assault.
Read moreDowntrodden R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to New York Indictment
In front of a packed courtroom for his New York arraignment Friday, R. Kelly sat slouched in his chair with a pained look on his face and pleaded not guilty.
Read moreUS Rapper A$AP Rocky Pleads Self-Defense at Assault Trial
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault at his trial in Sweden Tuesday over a street brawl, saying he acted in self-defense in a case that has stirred diplomatic tensions and outraged fans.
Read moreHealth Care Fraud
Former U.S. Marine Bradley White, 31, of Oakley, Calif., faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to conspiring to defraud the military health care program Tricare out of more than $65 million, from which he got $195,000.
Read moreDC Circuit Affirms Conviction of Capitol Gun-Toter
A year and a half after his victory at the Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected an argument from a self-proclaimed “constitutional bounty hunter” that his 2014 guilty plea should be invalidated because a ban on guns on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol is a violation of the Second Amendment.
Read moreAlex Acosta Resigns as Secretary of Labor in Shadow of Epstein Case
Two days after a press conference where Alex Acosta defended his former handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, President Trump’s cabinet member stepped down from his post as secretary of labor.
Read moreAcosta Unrepentant as New Epstein Accuser Goes to Court
President Trump’s Labor Secretary Alex Acosta blamed Florida. He blamed how trauma distorts the memories of the victims of sexual assault. He blamed a pre-#MeToo society that viewed women accusing powerful men of sexual assault with a jaundiced eye.
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Trump Defends Acosta Despite Epstein’s Sweetheart Deal
President Trump says he’ll look “very closely” at Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of a sex trafficking case involving jailed billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, but he stood by his Cabinet official, praising Acosta’s performance on the job and saying he felt “very badly” for him.
Read more‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producer Charged in Malaysian Scandal
“The Wolf of Wall Street” producer and stepson of Malaysia’s former prime minister pleaded not guilty on Friday to laundering $248 million from a state investment fund, becoming the third person in his family charged in the 1MDB scandal that helped end Najib Razak’s government last year.
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