The DOJ indicted Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday for allegedly taking almost $600K in bribes from foreign entities.

Dem Leader Jeffries > Cuellar will “take leave” as ranking member of a Homeland Security subcommittee while this plays out.

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News: Henry Cuellar says he’s innocent as NBC News reported he’s about to be indicted by DOJ.

“I’m running for reelection and will win this November”

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Justice Merchan finds Trump in contempt on all but one of the first 10 alleged violations of the gag order.

Trump must pay $1,000 per violation, and he faces a hearing later this week on the last four.

NEW: Michael Cohen is cashing in on the Trump trial with TikTok livestreams - and it could be a problem

ABC News watched hours of his nightly streams and found the star witness discussing the trial & blasting Trump to viewers' donations

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NEWS: OAN retracts false report about Cohen having an affair with Stormy Daniels, with apology nytimes.com/2024/04/29/nyr…

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The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Elon Musk in his “Twitter sitter” case, leaving intact his agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to have an in-house lawyer pre-approve his social media posts about Tesla Inc. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/su…

After Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, his mother hadn't heard his voice or seen video that proved he was alive for more than 200 days. But that changed this week, when Hamas released a propaganda video showing Hersh – an Israeli-American – alive with…

NEW: Trump calls on Biden to debate outside the New York criminal courthouse tonight, per Truth Social. 'I'll wait around!' Trump posts.

'Hersh, we heard your voice today for the first time in 201 days and if you can hear us, we are telling you, we love you, stay strong, survive.'

Hersh's parents released this message in response to the hostage video of Hersh.

As a prosecutor, this isn't something you want to see one of your witnesses doing.

NEW: NY Courts will release daily transcripts of Donald Trump's criminal trial.

Good morning from 100 Centre Street for DAY 3 of jury selection in Trump’s NY criminal trial.

Here’s where we stand: 7 jurors, 11 to go. This morning we’re starting fresh with the second panel of 96 jurors, who were already been sworn in on Tuesday.

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'While [Michael] Cohen has been outspokenly criticizing Trump, the former president is restricted by a gag order from speaking about Cohen and other known witnesses in the case.' From Ashley Oliver washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/2…

.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA): 'My philosophy is you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may. If I operated out of fear of a motion to vacate, I would never be able to do my job.'

My colleague Breccan F. Thies’ tireless scrutiny of DEI has made its way into The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/a-pawn…

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Trump inside the court. (Photo by Angela Weiss - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump has arrived at the New York criminal court for the start of jury selection. Trump travelled to 100 Centre St with his lawyers, including Todd Blanche and Emil Bove