BOSTON (AP) — Former mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, convicted of participating in 11 murders during the 1970s and '80s, will not get a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that Bulger had not shown his right to a fair trial was violated when a judge barred him from testifying about his claim that he received immunity for his crimes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said a lawsuit he is fighting over fraud claims involving Trump University is an attempted shakedown by a "sleazebag" law firm and a "horrible, horrible" lead plaintiff.
Neither the plaintiff, Tarla Makaeff, nor her lawyers have responded publicly, but in new court papers filed earlier this week they effectively offered a rebuttal. Though Trump, as a Republican presidential contender, has cast himself as a meticulous businessman, the transcripts sometimes showed he was unaware or uncaring about problems at Trump University.
