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eared another hurdle in the Manhattan district attorney s long quest to obtain former President Donald Trump s tax records, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by the former president to shield his financial records from prosecutors.The court denied Mr. Trump s request to issue a stay on lower-court rulings in an unsigned order with no noted dissents, meaning the justices will not hear arguments for the second time in the case. The Supreme Co
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urt ruled in July that the subpoena of the Republican president s records was constitutional, but their release was held up by an appeal arguing the subpoena is a bad faith overreach borne from political animus.The order clears the way for a New York grand jury to obtain Mr. Trump s tax records. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a Democrat, first began investigating Mr. Trump in 2018, and initially targeted hush-money payments made during the Republican s 2016 campaign to adult film star Stormy Daniels by former Trump attorney Mi
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chael Cohen. Vance s office has since indicated in court filings that the investigation has widened to look at possible crimes as wide-ranging as fraud and tax evasion.Vance issued a one-line statement in response to the Supreme Court s move, saying, The work continues. His office indicated in a September court filing that it would move to enforce a previously issued subpoena of Mr. Trump s accounting firm if the Supreme Court denied the form Uhqk Video captures man falling off cruise ship near Bahamas
NEW YORK -- More than 50 years after a wrongful conviction in a New York City killing, and more than 40 years after being released from prison, a Virginia man returned to a courtroom to be fully exonerat
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ed, CBS New York reported.At the request of a prosecutor, a judge exonerated 81-year-old Paul Gatling for the 1963 shooting death of Lawrence Rothbort in his Brooklyn home. In doing so, the judge apologized and Gatling hugged his crying ex-wife and a friend. There s a lot of water gone under the bridge, but the bridge is still standing, Gatling said after the court proceeding. Gatling, a retired landscaper, had asked the prosecutor s Conviction Review Unit to look into his case, which led to the decision to ask for the exoneration over how the investigation had been handled and the fairness of the trial.Brooklyn District Attorney Ke
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n Thompson said Gatling was a remarkable man. We re here because Mr. Gatling would not let go of his demand to be deemed innocent. Paul Gatling repeatedly proclaimed his innocen
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ce even as he faced the death penalty back in the 60s, Thompson said. He was pressured to plead guilty and, sadly, did not receive a fair trial. Gatling, who walked with a cane as he entered the court, said he came from a civic-minded family and this has stopped me from voting on every level. Rothbort was shot in his Brooklyn home. His wife told police that a man with a shotgun had entered the apartment and demanded money,