Britney Spears’ lawyer filed court papers Thursday asking a judge to expedite a hearing on the singer’s request to have her father removed as the conservator of her estate. In a 14-page filing, attorney Matt Rosengart argues that every day Jamie Spears remains the conservator is “another day of avoidable harm.” Rosengart last month filed […]
Following Britney Spears’ dramatic testimony demanding an end to the conservatorship she’s been living under for 13 years, a financial-management company that was appointed to act as co-conservator of her estate petitioned Thursday to drop out of the case. Bessemer Trust Co. was appointed in November to act as co-conservator of Spears’ estate, along with […]
(CNN) — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be released from jail after being held for 10 months because testimony she refused to give to a secret grand jury is no longer needed, a federal judge said on Thursday. Manning’s release comes because “the business of (the grand jury) had concluded,” Judge Anthony Trenga […]
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, is delaying his public testimony before Congress “due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump” and members of his legal team, Cohen attorney Lanny Davis said in a statement Wednesday. Cohen, 52, was set to appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee, chaired […]
An admitted former Mexican cartel member first met the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman when he helped him evade a manhunt, he said in court testimony Wednesday. Taking the witness stand for the government at Guzman’s U.S. trial, Jesus Zambada identified Guzman in the courtroom and told jurors he “was one of the […]
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said he was very troubled by the tone of Judge Kavanaugh’s remarks during his testimony and added, “we can’t have this on the court.”
