A court of appeals supported a lower court ruling that “double jeopardy” protected Paul Manafort from prosecution in New York state after his pardon by former President Donald Trump.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. told a federal court Monday that his office was pursuing a broad inquiry into possible fraud by President Donald Trump and his private businesses, based on reports that had appeared in the media.
President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday filed a lawsuit against an accounting firm and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. over attempts to gain access to the president’s personal and corporate tax returns.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed Trump’s accounting firm, demanding eight years of personal and corporate tax returns.
Harvey Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman.
Harvey Weinstein was charged with a sex crime by a third woman who claims the Hollywood mogul performed a forcible sex act on her in 2006.
