Meisel: Day in court postponed for former lawmaker who checked into hospital on eve of corruption trial
Sam McCann, charged with misusing campaign funds, set for trial next week By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – On what was supposed to be the third morning of a weeklong corruption trial of former
Hancock: Board of Elections allows Trump’s name to stay on ballot
Hearing officer says constitutional challenges should be decided by courts By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Former President Donald Trump’s name will appear on the March 19 Republican primary election ballot in Illinois, barring
AP: Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing him from the horde of U.S. Capitol
AP: Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it. The dynamic was on full display
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore faces fraud charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore has been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. She was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy, bribery, and willfully falsifying the company’s books. This new set of charges from
AP: Trump plans to meet with striking autoworkers in Michigan instead of attending second GOP debate
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate. His Sept. 27 trip
AP: Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case
By ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former
AP: Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in DC presiding over federal election subversion case
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself. They say her past public
Special grand jury report in Georgia clarifies indictments in Trump-fake-electors investigation
The special grand jury report released Friday shows that Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis was quite conservative in issuing indictments last month. The grand jury recommended that charges be brought against 39 people, including Sen. Linsey Graham,
AP: Mar-a-Lago worker struck cooperation deal with prosecutors in Trump documents case, ex-lawyer says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An information technology director at Mar-a-Lago struck a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors last summer in their investigation of Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at the former president’s