Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind's dramatic downfall. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan court hearing after rejecting Bankman-Fried's claim that FTX customers did …
NEW YORK — A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store. Testifying at his civil fraud trial last November, Trump boasted, “I …
Neither Alina Habba nor Hercules could ensure Donald Trump as a client will obey rules. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin appearing on MSNBC's "The Reid Out" explained how difficult it is to represent a massive figure like former President Donald Trump while still trying to keep to the court strictures. "I think that's really telling because Alina Habba herself knows full …
The only question for the nine-person jury to decide was how much in damages Trump should pay. During their closing arguments Friday, Carroll’s lawyers encouraged the jury to order an “unusually high” punitive damages award, both because of Trump’s wealth and because he has continued to disparage Carroll, including during the trial. After the verdict on Friday, Kaplan told the …
According to longtime conservative political observer Andrew McCarthy, Donald Trump's attempt to bait the judge overseeing the E. Jean Carroll rape and defamation trial fell flat, which led to the former president's attorney being put on the spot. Writing for the National Review, McCarthy — who recently wrote he sees no path for Trump to return to the Oval Office …
