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Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday criticized the Obama administration’s decision to try five men linked to the Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian court in Manhattan. His comments made him one of a few Democrats to take that stand and underscored his schism with the White House. “This is not a decision that I would have made,” the governor said. “New York was very much the epicenter of that attack; over 2,700 lives were lost.” “It’s very painful,” he added. “We’re still having trouble getting over it. We still have been unable to rebuild that site, and having those...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is "recovering well" after being released from the hospital following his involvement in a car crash in New Hampshire, his business associate told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. Ted Goodman made the remark as New Hampshire State Police continue to investigate the accident that happened Saturday night on Interstate 93 in Manchester. "Mayor Giuliani is recovering well following a motor vehicle accident in which his car was struck from behind. The incident occurred shortly after the mayor and I stopped to assist a person in urgent need of help," Goodman said. "He has...

Rudy Giuliani was hurt badly in a car crash last night (Saturday) and is currently in a trauma center. Rudy’s medical provider and business partner, Dr. Maria Ryan, shared the following update on Rudy: Dear Friends, My apologies for the delay in responding. I wanted to make sure I personally communicated with his family members. The mayor was involved in a MVA late Saturday evening. He was flagged down by a woman who claimed she was being abused by a boyfriend. He called the police and waited until they arrived. Of course the state troopers wanted a picture with him!...

Giuliani fractured his vertebrae and had multiple lacerations and contusions after his rental car was hit from behind, according to his spokesman Michael Ragusa. The 81-year-old former mayor had injuries on his left arm and lower leg.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a freak car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday night, a rep said. Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and multiple cuts and bruises, including injuries specifically to his left arm and lower leg, after his rent-a-car was hit from behind, spokesman Michael Ragusa said Sunday. “Mayor Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was a victim of domestic violence prior to the accident. He rendered assistance and contacted 911, remaining on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety,” said Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of...

Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in car accident in New Hampshire, hospitalized with fractured vertebrae & multiple cuts - NYP "Mayor Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was a victim of domestic violence prior to the accident. He rendered assistance and contacted 911, remaining on scene until responding officers arrived to ensure her safety," a spokesperson said. "The accident occurred after he re-entered his vehicle, which was then hit from behind at high speed."

Sections of a so-called whistleblower’s complaint alleging President Donald Trump was “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country” in the 2020 presidential race relies upon a self-described investigative journalism organization bankrolled massively by billionaire activist George Soros. The complainer admits, “I was not a direct witness to most of the events described.” Still, the so-called whistleblower goes on to allege that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The transcript of the phone call authorized for release by President Trump evidences no such pressure or quid pro...

A Turkish businessman whose criminal case became a controversy at the highest levels of U.S. and Turkish government looks like he'll never make it to trial. Even a co-defendant's lawyer last week labeled Reza Zarrab the "stealth" defendant after he and his lawyers skipped a pretrial conference a few weeks before the scheduled date of his trial on charges that he conspired to process hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of financial transactions for Iranian businesses or Iran's government through U.S. banks. Authorities say those transactions are banned by U.S. and international sanctions. Prosecutors and the judge made no mention...

In a bombshell interview with Eric Bolling on The Balance, former New York City Mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani stunned conservatives by publicly expressing deep frustration with key decisions made under the Trump-era Department of Justice and FBI. Giuliani — long viewed as a stalwart ally of the MAGA movement — admitted he is “very upset” with recent actions by officials at the Department of Justice and FBI. This comes after FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly appointed Steven Jensen to lead the coveted FBI Washington Field Office. According to the New York Times, Jensen “played a key role in...

A veteran FBI agent who blew the whistle on what he saw as political meddling in the bureau’s work was arrested this week by federal authorities while attempting to board an international flight at New York City’s JFK Airport. Jonathan Buma, who had worked for the bureau for 15 years, stands accused of illegally disclosing classified records in his upcoming tell-all book about his career. He drew scrutiny during Trump’s first term for reportedly saying during a presentation that he believed Rudy Giuliani may have been compromised by a Russian counter-influence operation—concerns that were immediately shut down by his superiors....

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate passed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump and more than a dozen people to seek compensation for legal bills stemming from an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The bill passed unanimously by state legislators Thursday would enable compensation from counties for attorneys’ fees and other legal costs in criminal cases in which a district attorney has been disqualified if the case gets dismissed, or compensation for the cost of arguing the district attorney should be disqualified. Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023....

Manifest Destiny met luxury cosmetics when makeup billionaire and Republican donor Ronald Lauder mentioned buying Greenland to the president. President Donald Trump was reportedly convinced to try annexing Greenland by cosmetics billionaire and college friend Ronald Lauder. Greenlanders, meanwhile, are not sold on the idea.Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP; Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance/Getty The United States has been trying to annex Greenland for centuries. The massive island in the Arctic—which is home to 56,000 people and holds vast oil and mineral reserves—is currently an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward planned to...

An election worker runs the same ballots through the counting machine several times. (video)

Ex-attorney Rudy Giuliani’s trial against the Georgia election workers he’s been forced to turn over his assets to has been called off after the two sides reached a settlement that the parties say allows Giuliani to keep his personal belongings , after a trial over several of the former mayor’s assets was slated to begin Thursday but was postponed after Giuliani never showed up to court. Key Facts Giuliani said in a statement Thursday that he and the plaintiffs have reached a settlement that allows him to keep “all of my personal belongings,” after the former mayor had been in...

US District Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court on Friday for violating a court order in a case related to two Georgia election workers. “A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for violating a court order that barred him from making false and defamatory statements against two Georgia election workers after they secured a $148 million defamation judgement against him in 2023,” ABC News reported. Giuliani was held in contempt for statements he made about the Georgia election workers on a recent podcast interview.

A federal judge on Friday found Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt of court for continuing to make false claims about two Georgia election workers after being ordered to pay them $148 million in a defamation case, hinting Giuliani could face jail time if he does not stop.U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington, D.C., on Friday blasted the former New York mayor and Trump attorney for continuing to falsely claim that former Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss manipulated the 2020 vote count in Atlanta. A jury found in December 2023 that he had...

Rudy Giuliani was held in contempt of court Monday and accused of trying to “run out the clock” to avoid paying his $148 million defamation verdict — which may now cost him his $3.5 million Florida condo. Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Liman found the former Big Apple mayor in contempt twice for blowing through deadlines and not turning over key information ahead of a Jan. 16 trial over whether he has to give up the Florida abode and his prized Yankees World Series rings. Giuliani owes the multi-million dollar tab to Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter...

What happens when the face of a country’s anti-corruption movement suddenly is investigated for the sort of bribery he once condemned? Ukraine, a U.S. ally and neighboring foe of Russia, is soon to find out. And it’s a case with implications in the United States, where the fallout from the unproven Trump-Russia collusion scandal has engulfed several Ukrainians. The country’s chief corruption prosecutor on Thursday opened an investigation into “suspicions” that Serhiy Leshchenko, a crusading anti-corruption member of Ukraine’s parliament and former investigative journalist, accepted bribes in 2016 from a Russian source that enabled him to buy a luxury condo...

On a fateful night in April 2019, John Paul Mac Isaac was working at his store, The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., when a customer walked in who would upend his life. In his forthcoming book, “American Injustice: My Battle to Expose the Truth,” Isaac will tell his story — and here, in an exclusive first look, he describes the moment he met Hunter Biden. It was a Friday night, 10 minutes before the shop’s closing time. I was checking out a website about CNC machines and woodworking. I had no intention of working late; I was ready to go...

“Today was about re-introducing the people to Rudy Giuliani…introducing them to his new legal team that will not relent. We are not going to relent!” Rudy Giuliani’s new lawyer told The Gateway Pundit after a press conference in Manhattan, New York. Giuliani’s new attorney, Joseph Cammarata, held a press conference today in front of 787 7th Avenue in New York City. The building is home to the legal office of the firm persecuting Rudy Giuliani. See our exclusive interview with Giuliani’s new attorney here on X: What about justice for Rudy Giuliani? “Rudy Giuliani definitely got screwed the hardest with...