All posts tagged "Plea Deal"

The New York Attorney General’s office urged Arthur Engoron Wednesday not to delay ruling on the $370 million civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump after the judge raised questions about possible perjury during the trial, court records show.

Engoron Monday demanded information about a New York Times report on Allen Weisselberg’s possible perjury plea deal with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which the report suggested was linked to testimony the former Trump Organization chief financial officer gave on the stand.

“We are not involved in any negotiations and are unaware of what specific trial testimony may be the subject of the plea negotiations,” prosecutors wrote in response. ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis never wanted to prosecute 19 people for a massive conspiracy to overturn Georgia's presidential election, experts say. She wanted 18 witnesses and just one defendant – former President Donald Trump.

"This has been Willis’ strategy the whole time,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon on Thursday. “She wanted 18 guilty pleas and one trial against Donald Trump.”

Considering that Willis has already secured deals with three Trump attorneys and a bail bondsman, news that she's also discussed pleas with six more defendants shows that the strategy is working, Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman told Salon....

Donald Trump’s best chance at avoiding time behind bars gets slimmer and slimmer as more of his co-defendants reach out and grab it, legal experts told the Huffington Post Wednesday.

His best chance? A plea deal.

“Pleas are like fish, and not like wine,” former White House lawyer Norm Eisen told the Huffington Post. “They do not get better with the passage of time.”...

Now that former President Donald Trump's one-time legal adviser Sidney Powell has taken a plea deal in the Georgia election racketeering case, her former boss' key legal defense is in grave jeopardy, argued MSNBC anchor Ari Melber on Thursday.

"I talked before about how this is vintage Powell and Powell now," said Melber, himself an attorney by training. "This is the most cooperative she's been. We also know how she sounded when she did provide testimony, which is different, of course, than some Trump aides ... she did provide testimony in the Jan 6th House probe." He played a clip of her providing that testimony.

"He asked Pat Cipollone if he has the authority to name me special counsel, and he said yes," said Powell in the clip. "Then he asked him if he had the authority to give me whatever security clearance I needed. Cipollone said yes. Cipollone and [Eric] Herschmann and whoever the other young man was said, you can name her whatever you want to name her, and nobody's going to pay any attention to it."...

Donald Trump reportedly vowed Saturday he will never accept any plea deal in any of the criminal cases against him, as prosecutors in Georgia are expected to hand down another indictment against the former president.

Trump, who reporting suggests could be hit with an indictment out of Georgia as early as Tuesday of next week, has ruled out the potential for taking a deal from prosecutors, according to Forbes.

"Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he would not take a plea deal in a 2020 election interference case he faces in Georgia that is expected to be presented before a grand jury early next week, affirming 'we don’t ever take a plea deal' as he faces a potential fourth indictment," it reported....

Hunter Biden’s plea agreement puts an end to his legal troubles, but the circumstances surrounding the accord has ignited new questions over whether the president’s son got what Republicans have described as a “sweetheart” deal, Politico reports.

Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax offenses and has accepted a diversion program on a felony gun charge over his false claim that he didn’t have a drug problem on a gun-purchase application in 2018.

Experts interviewed by the political news outlet are split over whether Hunter Biden got preferential treatment. The president’s son could avoid a prison sentence if the deal is accepted by the court. ...