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First Published: Mar 21 2023 | 11:50 AM IS
This Thursday, a New York grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in a case related to paying porn actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence. With this indictment he became the first former president of the United States to face criminal charges.
The 76-year-old former president, a candidate for the presidency of the United States once more in the 2024 elections, is being investigated for paying $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to allegedly buy her silence for an alleged ten-year extramarital affair before, denied by Trump.
Prosecutor Alvin Bragg is believed to be considering filing charges in the bribery case, and recently offered Trump a chance to testify before a jury. Local police chiefs are bracing for potential public safety consequences as a result of an unprecedented indictment of a former US president.
But no deadline was publicly announced for the grand jury’s work, which is done in secret. Testimony is awaited from at least one other witness, indicating that a possible indictment has not been put to a vote, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to do so publicly.
Separately, the grand jury in Manhattan has been listening to witnesses, including former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who alleges he arranged payments in 2016 to two women to stop talking regarding sexual encounters they said they had with Trump over a decade ago. before.
Trump denies any such encounters occurred, maintains he did nothing wrong and that the investigation is actually part of a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor hell-bent on sabotaging the Republican’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Prosecutor Bragg was apparently looking into whether state laws were violated in connection with the alleged payments or how Cohen was compensated by Trump’s company for his work to silence the two women.
Cohen said that, under Trump’s orders, he arranged payments totaling $280,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. According to Cohen, the payments were to stop them from talking regarding their relationship with Trump, who was in the midst of his first presidential campaign.
Daniels and at least two former Trump aides, former political adviser Kellyanne Conway and former spokeswoman Hope Hicks, are among witnesses who have met with prosecutors in recent weeks.
*News in development
For the past 13 years, the Apple has been fighting in court in the United States with a company called VirnetXwhich sued the Cupertino giant more than a decade ago over a series of patent infringements related to FaceTime, iMessage and the VPN capabilities of its devices.
Described as a patent troll, that is, a company that develops or buys patents just to try to make money on top of other brands, VirnetX, unlike other names in the area, achieved some success in its endeavor. Since the beginning of the case, in 2010, she has managed to extract from Maçã no less than US$454 million — amount that was paid in 2020.
The company’s attack once morest Apple, however, did not stop there. In the same year, a jury in the US state of Texas determined that VirnetX should receive more US$503 million — totaling impressive $1.1 billion to the coffers of patent troll. Apple, of course, tried to reverse the decision, but without much success… until now.
According to new information from the Archyde.comApple managed to convince yesterday the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the USA to comply with a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, its acronym in English) of the country, which invalidated, last year, two patents that VirnetX had accused the company of infringing. More specifically, they were considered invalid given the existence of “previous publications describing the same inventions”.
That turnaround might end up freeing Apple from having to pay the $503 million in compensation stipulated by the Texas state court two years ago. However, as the company chose to appeal the decision separately, it still has to await the decision of the Federal Circuitwhich has yet to comment on the case.
The court heard both parties in September, and both understood that, if the Federal Circuit actually confirms the USPTO’s decision, the fine would likely be revoked. VirnetX’s lawyer, Jeff Lamkencommented on this possibility at the time:
If the court upholds the decision [do USPTO], we are going to have a big problem. I don’t think we have an enforceable sentence.
Let us wait, therefore, for the next chapters of this (never-ending) soap opera.
via 9to5Mac
Republican Donald Trump is criminally charged in a case of buying the silence of a porn actress dating back to 2016, report several American media, including the “New York Times.”
A first in the history of the United States. For the first time, a former president, Donald Trump, was charged with criminal charges on Thursday, indicate several American media, including CNN and the New York Times.
This decision was taken by a vote of a grand jury (panel of citizens with investigative powers that works in concert with prosecutors and votes on indictments) which has met several times since March 20.
The Republican, tenant of the White House between 2017 and 2021, will have to answer before the justice of the State of New York and his attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, $130,000 payment to porn actress and director Stormy Daniels. Donald Trump is accused of using funds from his presidential campaign. Which would be illegal, and which he strongly denies.
Donald Trump denounces “fraud” and “electoral interference” orchestrated by “thugs” before the presidential election of 2024, in which he declared himself a candidate. The former president predicted his arrest a few days ago and called for protests across the country.
According to New York Times, if the former White House tenant is arrested, “his fingerprints will be taken, he will be photographed and may even be handcuffed.” Like any American citizen, he will be told that he has the right to remain silent and to have an attorney.
The Washington PostPolitician et al New York Daily News said once more on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that justice should not decide before April 24.
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