Manhattan District Attorney Says Trump Trial Can’t Wait for Publicity to Simmer Down

Published on April 3, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says that trying former President Donald Trump can’t wait until media publicity passes. Mr. Bragg filed an April 1 opposition motion made public on April 3. “An indefinite adjournment is inappropriate,” the prosecutors argued, noting that it was the defense’s eighth attempt at delaying the trial. Defense attorneys had argued that the publicity surrounding the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president—set to start April 15—would make seating an impartial jury impossible. Prosecutors countered that the jury questioning process is meant to seat an impartial jury and that President Trump’s “own incessant rhetoric is generating significant publicity.”...

Continue reading on website
Other news

White House Has ‘No Plans’ to Investigate Israeli Strike That Killed American

April 3, 2024
The Biden administration does not have any plans to investigate an Israeli strike in Gaza that killed seven humanitarian workers including an American citizen, the White House has said.The White House does not intend to independently investigate or verify Israel’s inquiry into its operations, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.“I’m not prepared at this point to speculate about

New Hyperbaric Treatment Center in Texas Aims to Cut Veteran Suicide Rate

April 3, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Texas—After his father-in-law, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Marines as a sniper, committed suicide in 2015, Mikel Burroughs felt driven to take action.So Mr. Burroughs, himself a retired Army Colonel, started Warriors for Life, which raised money for veterans and offered a peer-to-peer support group for veterans, first responders, and caregivers alike through online meetings.It’