by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Aug 22, 2018 | Articles, Law
Why is there even a question about President Trump submitting to a Mueller interrogation? Are political calculations controlling here? Legal complications surely disturb and pollute political decisions, and the obverse is definitely true. Reports about some...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Aug 21, 2018 | Articles, Politics, Trump Administration
Michael Cohen just pleaded guilty in federal court to numerous crimes. On the big question of whether this means he will furnish evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Donald J. Trump to the feds and co-operate with them against him – the answer seems to be no. That...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Aug 14, 2018 | Narrated News, Politics
Paul Manafort’s defense team rested its case late morning on August 14, declining to call a single witness or introduce any of its own evidence. The arguments before the first of at least two federal criminal trials for Paul Manafort will conclude August 15 after...
by Joe Schaeffer | Aug 11, 2018 | Deep State, Narrated News
From the beginning, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III let special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutorial team on the Paul Manafort trial know that they were on a short leash. Allowing the case to move forward on June 26, Judge Ellis sternly warned...
by Tim Donner | Aug 7, 2018 | Crime & Punishment, Narrated News
The prosecution in the first trial resulting from the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation sure is lucky that the verdict will be handed down by a jury instead of Judge T.S. Ellis III. Ellis, a Ronald Reagan appointee, clashed with government Prosecutor Greg...
