Justice Juan Merchan denies former President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss charges in a New York criminal case alleging he paid off two women to keep them from disclosing alleged extramarital affairs in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
The United States Supreme Court gives government prosecutors on Jack Smith’s team until Feb. 20 to respond to Trump’s appeal to pause the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that presidential immunity does not protect Trump from being prosecuted over his attempts to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.
After settling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Genesis Global has reportedly reached an agreement to settle with the Office of the New…