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Who is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who could criminally prosecute Donald Trump?
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Who is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who could criminally prosecute Donald Trump?

The decision by Alvin Bragg to convene the grand jury early this year could result in the first criminal charge against a former US president. Following his election in November 2021, he became the first Black district attorney in Manhattan in 2022

Is Donald Trump going to be arrested today? What we know and what happens next
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Is Donald Trump going to be arrested today? What we know and what happens next

Donald Trump has claimed that he will be arrested today in New York City over hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges. Will he be handcuffed? And will this hurt his chances in the bid for the 2024 elections?

Explained: The Stormy Daniels hush payment case in which Donald Trump expects to be arrested
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Explained: The Stormy Daniels hush payment case in which Donald Trump expects to be arrested

Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen said he paid two women, including porn star Stormy Daniels $280,000 on the eve of the 2016 US election to buy their silence about alleged affairs at his behest. The question is whether the payments or the way Cohen was reimbursed violated state laws

Explained: The New York hush money probe against Donald Trump
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Explained: The New York hush money probe against Donald Trump

The Manhattan district attorney's office appears to be getting close to a decision on whether to charge Donald Trump over hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels during his 2016 US presidential campaign

Michael Cohen casts himself as star witness, Donald Trump as master manipulator in memoir; 'fan fiction', says White House
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Michael Cohen casts himself as star witness, Donald Trump as master manipulator in memoir; 'fan fiction', says White House

Trump’s former fixer likened his loyalty to the president to a mental illness and said he thought of himself as an alcoholic or drug user in need of an intervention

Michael Cohen, ex-lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, set to be released from prison due to coronavirus pandemic
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Michael Cohen, ex-lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, set to be released from prison due to coronavirus pandemic

Michael Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress. He will remain under quarantine for 14 days before he is released.

Donald Trump Jr subpoenaed by Senate intelligence committee for backing out of two interviews on Russia investigation
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Donald Trump Jr subpoenaed by Senate intelligence committee for backing out of two interviews on Russia investigation

Senator Richard Burr outlined the events at a GOP caucus luncheon after weathering fierce criticism for the subpoena of Trump Jr

Donald Trump aide Michael Cohen helped destroy Jerry Falwell's 'racy photos' months before Christian leader endorsed president, reports Reuters
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Donald Trump aide Michael Cohen helped destroy Jerry Falwell's 'racy photos' months before Christian leader endorsed president, reports Reuters

Jerry Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world’s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy personal photographs — the sort that would typically be kept between husband and wife, Michael Cohen said in the taped conversation.

Much to be told, says Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen as he heads to New York prison to serve 3-year sentence
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Much to be told, says Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen as he heads to New York prison to serve 3-year sentence

Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen entered federal prison to serve a three-year sentence on Monday for a crime he said was ordered by the US president, suggesting he still has more to tell about his former boss.

Robert Mueller probe into 2016 presidential election, collusion between Russia and Donald Trump inconclusive: What's in store for US president
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Robert Mueller probe into 2016 presidential election, collusion between Russia and Donald Trump inconclusive: What's in store for US president

The Justice Department says that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find evidence that Donald Trump's campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.

19 heavily redacted pages of Michael Cohen search warrant signal more legal peril for Donald Trump in Robert Mueller probe
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19 heavily redacted pages of Michael Cohen search warrant signal more legal peril for Donald Trump in Robert Mueller probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller began investigating President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for fraud in his personal business dealings and for potentially acting as an unregistered foreign agent at least nine months before FBI agents in New York raided his home and office, according to documents released Tuesday.

Search warrant from FBI-led Michael Cohen raid last year will be made public Tuesday in another blow to Donald Trump
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Search warrant from FBI-led Michael Cohen raid last year will be made public Tuesday in another blow to Donald Trump

A judge directed prosecutors Monday to publicly release documents related to the search warrant for last year's FBI raids on the home and office of US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, sentenced to 3.5 more years in jail; will serve 7.5 years total
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Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, sentenced to 3.5 more years in jail; will serve 7.5 years total

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to an additional three and a half years of prison as she questioned his remorse and criticized him for his crimes and years of lies. That makes seven and one-half years for Manafort, coming on top of the roughly four-year term he received last week in a separate case in Virginia.

'Presidential harassers': Donald Trump's legal woes spike as New York attorney general opens civil investigation into business deals
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'Presidential harassers': Donald Trump's legal woes spike as New York attorney general opens civil investigation into business deals

New York's attorney general has opened a civil investigation into US President Donald Trump's business dealings, acting after his former personal lawyer and fixer told Congress that he exaggerated his wealth to obtain loans. Trump tweeted an apparent response Tuesday night, decrying his home state and its governor as "PRESIDENTIAL HARASSERS."

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, sentenced to 'shockingly lenient' 47 months in jail in Robert Mueller case
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Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chief, sentenced to 'shockingly lenient' 47 months in jail in Robert Mueller case

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, 69, has gotten away with what legal pundits are describing as a "shockingly lenient" sentence of 47 months in jail for eight criminal counts of tax and bank fraud in the only case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller that has gone to trial so far.

Michael Cohen's lawyer says Donald Trump advisers were 'dangling' pardons after FBI raided Cohen in 2018
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Michael Cohen's lawyer says Donald Trump advisers were 'dangling' pardons after FBI raided Cohen in 2018

President Donald Trump's advisers dangled the possibility of a pardon for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year, Cohen's attorney said Thursday, as congressional investigators zero in on the president's pardon power.

Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization saying it owes him legal fees of at least $1.9 million
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Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization saying it owes him legal fees of at least $1.9 million

US president Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover the cost of his defense.

Michael Cohen twists knife deeper into Donald Trump White House, turns over Moscow project documents to House panel
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Michael Cohen twists knife deeper into Donald Trump White House, turns over Moscow project documents to House panel

Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, turned over documents to the House intelligence committee on Wednesday related to a Trump real estate project in Moscow — a subject under intense media glare about which he lied to the committee in 2017.

Donald Trump is encircled by investigations into abuse of power, corruption: Where things stand in March 2019
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Donald Trump is encircled by investigations into abuse of power, corruption: Where things stand in March 2019

Donald Trump is riding out his third year in power encircled by a rising list of investigations coming at him from multiple flanks. At this time, in March 2109, the Robert Mueller report is still not out in its entirety although the jigsaw has begun falling into place. We bring you a round up where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him.

Donald Trump accuses Michael Cohen of perjury after ex-lawyer slams him in testimony to House Oversight Committee
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Donald Trump accuses Michael Cohen of perjury after ex-lawyer slams him in testimony to House Oversight Committee

US president Donald Trump accused his former lawyer Michael Cohen of perjury on Friday, saying a manuscript Cohen wrote last year that complemented Trump contradicted his scathing testimony to Congress this week.