Backpage.com co-founder released on $1 million bond in prostitution case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A co-founder of now-shuttered Backpage.com charged with helping mastermind a scheme to use the website to sell sex was freed from an Arizona jail on Friday after posting a $1 million bond secured by real estate.
Stormy Daniels’ lawyer joins fight over Trump lawyer’s files
(Reuters) – A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels argued in a court hearing on Friday that materials seized by federal investigators from U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer may concern his client, who claims the president slept with he…
Trump pardons ex-Cheney aide Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former George W. Bush administration official Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who years ago was convicted of lying in an investigation of the unmasking of a CIA agent, in a step that Democrat…
Victim in Cosby trial says he drugged, sexually assaulted her
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The woman at the center of a sexual assault case against Bill Cosby testified on Friday he gave her three blue pills at his home near Philadelphia in 2004 that rendered her incapable of fending off an attack by the man once …
Wells Fargo CFO says government, not banks, should set gun policy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co believes the U.S. government, rather than banks, should set rules to promote gun safety, its finance chief said on Friday.
Trump, called an unethical liar in book, blasts ex-FBI chief as ‘slime ball’
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump attacked James Comey as a “weak and untruthful slime ball” on Friday after the fired former FBI director castigated him as an unethical liar and likened him to a mob moss in a searing new memoir.
Wells Fargo has no plans to halt business with gunmakers: CFO
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co, the No. 3 U.S. lender by assets, has no plans to stop doing business with gunmakers in light of steps outlined by rival banks, Chief Financial Officer John Shrewsberry said on Friday.
Aruban official pleads guilty to laundering bribe money in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Aruban official living in Florida pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to laundering bribe money, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
Lawmakers question FBI over San Bernardino suit against Apple
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray questioning the law enforcement agency’s decision to take Apple Inc to court to force the company to help unlock a…
Trump expected to pardon ex-Cheney aide ‘Scooter’ Libby-official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former George W. Bush administration official Lewis “Scooter” Libby, who was convicted of lying in an investigation of the unmasking of a CIA agent, a source said on Friday, in a …
