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NY district attorney supports 30-day delay in Trump hush money trial

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a court filing Thursday that his office doesn’t oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay his hush money trial — just days before the former president was scheduled to face his first criminal trial while simultaneously running to return to the White House House. The surprise move came after federal prosecutors began turning over tens of thousands of documents this month relating to their investigation and their prosecution in 2018 of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the trial. Bragg’s filing said that “although the People…
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New York attorney general is ready ‘each and every day’ to seize Donald Trump’s property

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Attorneys representing the New York attorney general’s office have issued a firm response to former US President Donald Trump’s assertions regarding his inability to furnish a bond to cover a substantial fine for business fraud, and signaling a potential escalation of legal actions against him. Donald Trump faces Monday’s deadline for fraud bonds as NYC Attorney General Letitia James threatens to seize every bit of his property.(Reuters/AP) The office of Attorney General Letitia James has already warned that action will kick off on Monday, which is Trump’s deadline to secure a bond of $454 million required in defending a civil…
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Attorneys describe ‘horrific’ conditions inside of Brave Cave, secretive police interrogation site

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Defense attorney, for the first time Friday, visited the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) interrogation facility known as the “Brave Cave where suspects were allegedly interrogated and illegally strip-searched by officers. “I got to see and relive exactly what my clients went through today. I’m shaken by it. I think the community should be shaken by it,” said Ryan Thompson, a defense attorney currently suing BRPD over claims that some of his clients were brutalized inside the building. “It hits differently being there. It hit differently,” said attorney Ron Haley, who is also suing BRPD…
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