Articles by Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Wife of Former US Sen. Bob Menendez Convicted in Bribery Scheme

Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business …

Ex-TV Host Charlie Rose Resolves Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show. In settling, the …

NRA’s Ex-CFO Agrees to Nonprofit Ban; Avoids Second Trial; Still Owes $2 Million

The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar, Wilson “Woody” Phillips, has been banned for a decade from managing money for any nonprofit company in New York, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday. Phillips agreed to the ban in May, three …

New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens

The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told …

Defense Expert at New York Trump Trial Testifies He Sees No Evidence of Fraud

Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial last Thursday to spotlight his defense, renewing his complaints that the case is baseless and heaping praise on an accounting professor`s testimony that backed him up. With testimony winding down …

Trump Lawyers Focus on Accountants in Fraud Trial

Donald Trump blamed his accountants. So did the two sons he entrusted to run his company. Now, as they mount their defense in the civil fraud trial threatening the former president’s real estate empire, his lawyers are too. Trump’s lawyers …

Trump Siblings to Testify in New York Civil Trial

Ivanka Trump’s testimony at her father’s New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until next week so there is sufficient time for her to be questioned, a judge said Monday. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter had been set …

Trump Trial on Business Fraud Charges to Begin Today in New York

An appeals court Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial in a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, allowing the case to proceed days after a judge ruled the former president committed years of fraud and …

Rudy Giuliani Denies Woman’s Claims of $2 Million in Unpaid Wages, Forced Sexual Acts

A woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani during his stint as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer alleges in court papers that the former New York City mayor coerced her into sex and owes her nearly …

Trump Firm’s Longtime CFO, Still on Payroll, Testifies on Tax Scheme at Fraud Trial

Donald Trump’s jail-bound longtime finance chief is still a company man, collecting a hefty salary from the former president’s namesake Trump Organization even as he makes his long-awaited turn as the prosecution’s star witness in a criminal tax fraud trial …