Josh Russell
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New York City courts reporter, chiefly SDNY, @courthousenews.bsky.social
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NY AG Tish James statement on her federal case being dropped Monday: "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country.
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NY AG Tish James statement on her federal case being dropped Monday: "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country.
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
RULING in Smartmatic Fox News case: NY state judge DENIES Fox's motion to stay Smartmatic 2020 election fraud defamation case while voting machine company's federal bribery indictment in Florida is resolved.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RULING in Smartmatic Fox News case: NY state judge DENIES Fox's motion to stay Smartmatic 2020 election fraud defamation case while voting machine company's federal bribery indictment in Florida is resolved.
The three-judge appeals panel presses the U.S. government for clarity on exactly how SBF's $11 billion forfeiture order weighs toward FTX customer victims' losses.
Judge Barrington Parker – “This is an important issue to us, so you have to please stop bobbing and weaving on it.”
Judge Barrington Parker – “This is an important issue to us, so you have to please stop bobbing and weaving on it.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The three-judge appeals panel presses the U.S. government for clarity on exactly how SBF's $11 billion forfeiture order weighs toward FTX customer victims' losses.
Judge Barrington Parker – “This is an important issue to us, so you have to please stop bobbing and weaving on it.”
Judge Barrington Parker – “This is an important issue to us, so you have to please stop bobbing and weaving on it.”
2nd Circuit Appeals Judge Barrington Parker bristles at Sam Bankman-Fried's advice-of-counsel defense: "The fact that an attorney drafted a certificate of incorporation or drafted an agreement between two of the subsidiaries, help me understand how that is evidence relevant to any of the counts?"
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2nd Circuit Appeals Judge Barrington Parker bristles at Sam Bankman-Fried's advice-of-counsel defense: "The fact that an attorney drafted a certificate of incorporation or drafted an agreement between two of the subsidiaries, help me understand how that is evidence relevant to any of the counts?"
The Second Circuit court of appeals will hear Sam Bankman-Fried's bid for a retrial this morning, on his claim that SDNY District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan gravely prejudiced him at trial by "putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense."
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Second Circuit court of appeals will hear Sam Bankman-Fried's bid for a retrial this morning, on his claim that SDNY District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan gravely prejudiced him at trial by "putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense."
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued Melania Trump in New York state supreme court last night, pushing back under New York's anti-SLAPP law against the First Lady's billion dollar defamation threat over Wolff's Jeffrey Epstein reporting,
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued Melania Trump in New York state supreme court last night, pushing back under New York's anti-SLAPP law against the First Lady's billion dollar defamation threat over Wolff's Jeffrey Epstein reporting,
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NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere is challenging his criminal conviction at the 2nd Circuit court of appeals this morning, claiming feds fabricated and planted digital forensic evidence in racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere is challenging his criminal conviction at the 2nd Circuit court of appeals this morning, claiming feds fabricated and planted digital forensic evidence in racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
"Good luck George, have a great life," Donald Trump writes in social media post on Friday evening announcing the commutation of the federal prison sentence of ex-Congressman George Santos.
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Good luck George, have a great life," Donald Trump writes in social media post on Friday evening announcing the commutation of the federal prison sentence of ex-Congressman George Santos.
NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
NEWS: Jose Uribe, the only cooperator in the federal bribery prosecution of ex-NJ senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, sentenced to no prison time on his guilty pleas to seven felonies related to the Garden State corruption case.
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEWS: Jose Uribe, the only cooperator in the federal bribery prosecution of ex-NJ senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, sentenced to no prison time on his guilty pleas to seven felonies related to the Garden State corruption case.
To be self-congratulatory for a moment, I had guessed the Sean "Diddy" Combs sentence would be 51 months.
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
To be self-congratulatory for a moment, I had guessed the Sean "Diddy" Combs sentence would be 51 months.
NEWS: Sean "Diddy" Combs sentenced to FIFTY MONTHS in prison on federal prostitution convictions, with the judge finding Combs abused women "physically, emotionally, and psychologically."
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
NEWS: Sean "Diddy" Combs sentenced to FIFTY MONTHS in prison on federal prostitution convictions, with the judge finding Combs abused women "physically, emotionally, and psychologically."
SDNY Judge Arun Subramanian reopens one of the several Jeffrey Epstein victims civil cases against Epstein's estate, and directs parties, including Boies Schiller, to propose trial dates for an early 2026 trial.
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SDNY Judge Arun Subramanian reopens one of the several Jeffrey Epstein victims civil cases against Epstein's estate, and directs parties, including Boies Schiller, to propose trial dates for an early 2026 trial.
MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed the state-level first-degree murder charges against Luigi Mangione, finding the evidence to support them “legally insufficient.”
100 Centre Street scene report:
100 Centre Street scene report:
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed the state-level first-degree murder charges against Luigi Mangione, finding the evidence to support them “legally insufficient.”
100 Centre Street scene report:
100 Centre Street scene report:
The wife of disgraced ex-NJ Sen. Bob Menendez, Nadine Menendez, was sentenced Thursday to 54 months (4.5 years) in prison for her role as backchannel conduit in the "Gold Bar Bob" Menendez federal bribery and corruption case.
(My guess for the sentence was 50 months)
(My guess for the sentence was 50 months)
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The wife of disgraced ex-NJ Sen. Bob Menendez, Nadine Menendez, was sentenced Thursday to 54 months (4.5 years) in prison for her role as backchannel conduit in the "Gold Bar Bob" Menendez federal bribery and corruption case.
(My guess for the sentence was 50 months)
(My guess for the sentence was 50 months)
Smiles but no comment from Bahi leaving court on Tuesday afternoon after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy related to illegal donations to the Eric Adams 2021 mayoral campaign.
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Smiles but no comment from Bahi leaving court on Tuesday afternoon after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy related to illegal donations to the Eric Adams 2021 mayoral campaign.
Bahi says he was instructed by a volunteer of the Eric Adams 2021 election campaign to collect employee's straw donor campaign contributions that would be reimbursed by their companies' owner, so that the Adams campaign would collect public matching funds.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bahi says he was instructed by a volunteer of the Eric Adams 2021 election campaign to collect employee's straw donor campaign contributions that would be reimbursed by their companies' owner, so that the Adams campaign would collect public matching funds.
Former NYC community affairs aide Mohamed Bahi, the first person other than Mayor Eric Adams to be charged in one of Adams' then-several ongoing corruption probes, is back in Manhattan federal court today, to plead out in case brought by the SDNY U.S. Attorney's office.
August 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Former NYC community affairs aide Mohamed Bahi, the first person other than Mayor Eric Adams to be charged in one of Adams' then-several ongoing corruption probes, is back in Manhattan federal court today, to plead out in case brought by the SDNY U.S. Attorney's office.
Masked federal agents apprehending people as they leave mandatory immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday morning.
August 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Masked federal agents apprehending people as they leave mandatory immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday morning.
DIDDY RULING: Sean "Diddy" Combs's motion for release from a federal jail on bail to await his October sentencing has been DENIED.
August 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
DIDDY RULING: Sean "Diddy" Combs's motion for release from a federal jail on bail to await his October sentencing has been DENIED.