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They say a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, but the criminal cases brought by the prosecutors at President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice are ending up toast with embarrassing frequency.

Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith sat for a closed-door deposition Wednesday with the House Judiciary Committee, defending his conclusion that President Donald Trump engaged in a criminal ...

The charges stem from three separate police incidents involving Lieutenant Matthew Furman that investigations by 7 News Detroit first revealed. The first incident, occurring during the summer of 2024, ...

The final criminal charges against President Trump have been dropped after a Georgia prosecutor moved to dismiss the election interference case. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports. I want ...

In a stunning setback for President Trump, a judge on Monday dismissed federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey — finding the ...

The New York attorney general says she's the victim of vindictive prosecution. The criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James is nothing more than a "garden variety mortgage fraud ...

Nov 13 (Reuters) - A California federal judge has dismissed a criminal case after finding that the defendant's constitutional right to counsel was violated by a funding shortfall that left private ...

Several criminal cases in Sarasota and Manatee counties have recently concluded with sentencings and a verdict. A Naples man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a 2023 fatal hit-and-run in Venice.

(TNS) — Northern California prosecutors used artificial intelligence to write a criminal court filing that contained references to nonexistent legal cases and precedents, Nevada County District ...

The Justice Department’s request to drop criminal charges against Boeing tied to two fatal plane crashes was granted on Thursday, despite objections from some victims’ families who wanted the case to ...

NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said Donald Trump deserves another chance to show his New York state hush money criminal case belonged in federal court, providing a ...