Adam Klasfeld

The court-appointed monitor overseeing Trump’s business empire added new intrigue on Friday to the Chicago loan amid disputes over its size, the parties to the agreement, or whether it even exists The mystery surrounding a purported eight-figure loan…

A direct descendant of former President Theodore Roosevelt urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold a ruling disqualifying Donald Trump from the White House ballot under the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause. Kermit Roosevelt III, a law…

E. Jean Carroll's lead attorney on Tuesday threatened to seek sanctions against her Donald Trump lawyer counterpart Alina Habba over her "utterly baseless" claim that a federal judge may have had an undisclosed conflict of interest. In the early…

The Donald Trump family's lawyer went on the offensive against the court-appointed monitor in the New York state civil fraud case on Monday, comparing her to the overzealous police inspector of Victor Hugo's novel-turned-musical "Les Miserables."…

Former President Donald Trump has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, in addition to a separate $5 million sexual abuse and defamation judgment issued against him last year. Before the jury entered the room, senior…

The court-appointed monitor overseeing Donald Trump's businesses told a judge on Friday that the former president's financial information has contained "incomplete" or "inconsistent" disclosures containing "errors." "I have identified certain…

A federal jury needed about three hours on Friday afternoon to reach a verdict that determines how much more in damages former President Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll in addition to the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation penalty he paid…

A federal judge issued another warning Thursday to Donald Trump's lead attorney, moments after she began her closing arguments in the second defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll — and just hours after the judge had threatened to incarcerate…

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer had been in the middle of telling jurors that Trump acts like he's above the law when the former president walked out Donald Trump stormed out of a federal courtroom on Friday in the middle of closing arguments, as E. Jean…

A federal judge threatened Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba with jail time on Friday, after the former president's lawyer kept contesting a ruling after it had been issued. "You are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup," senior U.S.…

Tightly constrained in his testimony, Trump was cut off before every attempted speech and complained on the way out: 'This is not America' Donald Trump's long-anticipated testimony on Thursday in the second defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean…

Trump’s expected testimony has faced repeated delays, building dramatic tension for another turn on the witness stand on Thursday afternoon Donald Trump lost another bid to throw out a defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, as the former…

For three decades, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan has tolerated little disorder in his court, whether terrorists, royalty or a president are on the docket Long before Donald Trump’s current trial for defaming journalist E. Jean Carroll, tensions have…

Hours after a federal appeals court affirmed Martin Shkreli's lifetime ban from the pharmaceutical industry, New York Attorney General Letitia James told a Manhattan judge on Tuesday the newfound precedent fits another case she brought. The one…

Former President Donald Trump’s second trial in a lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll will stand in recess on Tuesday, as New Hampshire voters head to the polls for the Republican primary. The postponement will allow Trump to take the witness…

The former president and writer E. Jean Carroll were in court Monday when senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan announced a juror had fallen ill and postponed proceedings The second week of Donald Trump’s trial to determine how much more he owes in…

A jury of Trump's peers only must decide how much more he must pay E. Jean Carroll — but other questions hover over the trial Former President Donald Trump effectively lost his second defamation lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll before a…

'I don't think you make them happy,' a Columbia University law professor said of the potential consequences from the former president's constant attacks on the legal institution Donald Trump’s five-minute courtroom tirade on Thursday against the…

Carroll's legal team on Friday questioned whether Trump can even testify — and showed his five-minute courtroom tirade in his fraud case to argue he wants to 'sow chaos' Writer E. Jean Carroll's attorney warned a federal judge on Friday that Donald…

Counsel for Letitia James substituted Trump for Nixon on Thursday in a new spin on the famous question: 'What did the president know, and when did he know it?' Roughly half a century ago, the top Republican on the Senate committee investigating the…