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Allegra Kirkland | June 29, 2018 6:00 am
... Acknowledging that people are busy, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla denied the request, saying she had cleared her calendar to handle the Trump Foundation case. Scarpulla set the next conference in the case for Oct. 11 ...
... There are also defamation suits from two women whom the President denied having sexual contact with: former Apprentice star Summer Zervos, who says Trump groped her without consent, and former adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims they carried on a months-long affair. Trumps longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen is under federal criminal investigation for his business dealings. Then theres the biggie: special counsel Robert Muellers sprawling investigation into whether Trumps 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to win the White House ...
Major developments in the Mueller probe are expected over the next few months. Criminal trials for Trumps 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort will begin in Virginia in July and in Washington, D.C. in September. Former campaign aide George Papadopoulos will be sentenced for lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts that same month ...
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