Celebrity tailor and Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield died at the age of 95 last week. “Holocaust survivor, American icon, beloved by his congregational family, his abiding faith was a source of inspiration and blessing,” an online obituary from Hampton Synagogue rabbis published by the New York Times reads. “To his dear wife Arlene, children, Jay and Tod and to the …
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Letitia James had to 'eat every single tweet' after appeals court slashed Trump's bond, says Alina Habba
Trump legal spokesperson Alina Habba argued New York Attorney General Letitia James will have to “eat every tweet” she posted after a judge ordered former President Trump to pay $454 million bond in the civil fraud case, saying the decision will ultimately be reversed. Habba reacted to an appeals court slashing the bond to $175 million during “Jesse Watters Primetime,” …
Read More »New York woman charged with 5-year-old daughter's fatal beating
A New York woman was charged Monday with beating her 5-year-old daughter to death nearly three months ago and hiding the body, which has not been found. Latasha Mott, 29, of Syracuse, was arraigned on charges of manslaughter and disposal of a corpse in the death of her daughter, Nefertiti Harris. Prosecutors said Mott hit Nefertiti with a belt multiple …
Read More »Former New York residents reveal reasons for blue state exodus: 'I stopped loving it'
Ex-New Yorkers are speaking out on being among the thousands who have left the Big Apple in recent years. “I think everybody’s noticed a little bit of a shift in the city over the last year or so in terms of safety and cleanliness,” 31-year-old Samantha Pillsbury told the New York Post. According to a report released in December by …
Read More »Deadline arrives for Trump to post $454 million bond in New York AG Letitia James case
Former President Trump was ordered to post $454 million by the end of Monday following his months-long, non-jury civil trial. But what the 2024 GOP presumptive nominee will do remains unclear amid his ongoing appeal to the state. The deadline for Trump to post the bond, according to New York Attorney Letitia James’ office, is the end of the day …
Read More »Trump to renew push for delay in New York hush money trial as $454M fraud bond comes due
Former President Trump will appear in a Manhattan court on Monday, where he is expected to renew his push for a delay in his hush money payments trial. The trial is currently scheduled for April 15, a date that was already delayed 30 days thanks to the discovery of new evidence material in early March. In a separate case, Trump …
Read More »'Sending tremors across this country': Eric Trump defends father against 'legal lawfare' in NY fraud case
Eric Trump railed against the massive half-billion dollar bond his father must secure in the New York civil fraud case by Monday’s deadline or risk having his Empire State assets seized by state Attorney Gen. Letitia James. “This is legal lawfare,” he said during a discussion with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. “This entire case is crazy. You had …
Read More »Trump blasts 'Biden trials,' says president is weaponizing DOJ to 'try to knock out' his 'political opponent'
Former President Trump blasted his legal challenges as “election interference” on Monday, accusing President Biden of “weaponization of our government to try to knock out” his “political opponent,” while vowing to continue to fight to push off the trial date in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against him. Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, held a press conference Monday …
Read More »We still need a COVID reckoning about how Cuomo bungled the crisis
“The nursing homes have seen in many ways the most intense issue here. And when you think about where this even started, it started in a nursing home in state of Washington. The vulnerable population, our senior citizens, people with comorbidities, compromised immune systems, and a nursing home is a aggregation of those people. And that’s how it started. And …
Read More »MSNBC guest melts down over judge slashing Trump's $454m bond payment: 'Private system of justice'
A guest on MSNBC Monday became infuriated by the judges’ ruling in decreasing former President Trump’s bond payment in the New York civil fraud case, and claimed Trump had his “own private system of justice.” Tristian Snell, the former New York assistant attorney general, was asked during MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” about what the process might have looked like in …
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