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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s Trump Investigation Is Heating Up [Updated]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is presenting evidence against Donald Trump to the grand jury. Will this spell the end for the former-NYC big shot?
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Another Trump Ally Charged With Contempt
Peter Navarro defied a subpoena to appear before Congress.
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Lawyer Michael Avenatti Indicted on 36 Charges, Including Embezzling Settlement Money From a Paraplegic
Michael Avenatti at one point was looking like a young Jon Snow, posed to take down the Trump administration. And now he’s out here looking like Ramsay Bolton. A federal grand jury in California has indicted the former attorney for Stormy Daniels on 36 counts, including embezzling from a paraplegic client, court documents released Thursday…
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Michael Avenatti Charged With Extortion Against Nike: Report
I assure you that I never talk like this but, “Ohhhhhh, bitch!” On Monday, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office charged attorney Michael Avenatti with trying to extort more than $20 million from Nike “by threatening to issue damaging allegations against the company unless it paid his client millions,” The Washington Post reports. According to the…
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#ThemToo: Michael Avenatti Says R. Kelly's Employees and Managers May Also Face 'Criminal Liability'
It was the top of the year 2019, and Surviving R. Kelly evoked an array of emotions from its viewers: sadness, disgust, anger … to name a few. Other than the ire directed at the self-proclaimed “Pied Piper,” many heavily side-eyed the people in his inner circle. They were complicit, too. Most notably was Kelly’s…
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R. Kelly Indicted on 10 Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse, No-Bail Arrest Warrant Issued [Updated]
There were decades of allegations. There was a criminal trial on charges of child pornography. There were hashtag campaigns and open letters. There was a high-profile series documenting the stories of his alleged victims. Now, there is a no-bail warrant out for Robert “R.” Kelly on 10 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse, approved by…
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Lawyer Michael Avenatti Confirms Existence of Third R. Kelly Tape with Underage Girl
When he’s not preoccupied with being a thorn in Donald Trump’s side, celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti occupies his time by attempting to bring embattled crooner R. Kelly to justice. On Saturday, he took to Twitter to confirm the existence of a third tape featuring the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer sexually abusing an underage…
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A New and Eerily Similar R. Kelly Sex Tape Has Reportedly Surfaced. Let's See What Happens This Time
Deja vu—a new sex tape involving R. Kelly and an underaged girl has reportedly surfaced. And it’s been turned over to the police. It was 2002 when news of a leaked sex tape unleashed into the world, with commentary further exacerbated by three things: R. Kelly was accused of being on the tape. The other…
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As New Accusations Emerge, It's Time for Brett Kavanaugh to Sit His Ass Down Somewhere
White male privilege is an intoxicating drug and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is high as a giraffe’s ass. On Wednesday, Julie Swetnick came out to claim that during the 1980s, she witnessed Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge attempting to get teen girls “inebriated and disoriented so they could then be ‘gang-raped’ in a…