Made hanging my head out the window and risking severe electrocution, not with AI
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A lengthy statement from Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton, which acknowledges “sex trafficking and other federal sex offenses are present in many walks of life and we have not done enough to root it out.”
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Or rather, the *MDC… The MCC was shuttered after the death of a different Florida man jailed on sex trafficking charges
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The Israeli-American brothers have been jailed at the MCC since their Dec 2024 arrests, which were announced by former US Attorney Damian Williams at his last presser. They offered bail of up to $100M in a failed bid for release, a move Judge Caproni likened to trying to “buy a private jail.”
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Jurors heard testimony from 11 women who alleged they had been raped or sexually assaulted by one or more of the brothers, who often carried out the attacks after administering date rape drugs. Prosecutors spoke with more than 60 women during their investigation.
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Three of the counts involved minors.
Oren was represented by Marc Agnifilo and partners at his firm, who helped secure Diddy's acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the SDNY last year.
Oren was represented by Marc Agnifilo and partners at his firm, who helped secure Diddy's acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the SDNY last year.
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Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander have just been found GUILTY on all counts in Manhattan in one of the largest sex trafficking cases ever brought by the Justice Department. Tal and Oren were once among the US's highest paid real estate agents. They could face decades in prison.
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Of Balat's fam: "They're just good, hardworking, decent people who have no idea how this could be happening"
Essmidi walked Balat thru the complaint this AM, court decorum, possible indictment
Asked if he told him what the charges carry, Essmidi said no, “I didn't want to scare him too much today”
Essmidi walked Balat thru the complaint this AM, court decorum, possible indictment
Asked if he told him what the charges carry, Essmidi said no, “I didn't want to scare him too much today”
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After the hearing, atty Mehdi Essmidi said Balat was three classes away from graduating from high school and just turned 18. Essmidi said Balat and Kayumi weren’t friends, describing them as strangers to each other.
"When I say there is a lot to figure out about this young man, I mean it."
"When I say there is a lot to figure out about this young man, I mean it."
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Both looked shell-shocked, with Balat staring ahead and quietly saying something to himself before Stein took the bench, maybe a prayer. His atty wasn’t sure. Kayumi, shrinking into his seat, kept looking over at Balat, but Balat didn’t look back.
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Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were presented before Magistrate Judge Gary Stein wearing hazmat suits and handcuffs chained to their waists. Their attys reserved bail apps & Stein ordered them held for now. At their attys’ requests, he’ll recommend BOP put them in protective custody.
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The teens accused of bringing explosives to a protest outside Gracie Mansion have been charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, use of a WMD, and related offenses in an unsealed complaint. Emir Balat, 18, is about to appear for his presentment in the SDNY.
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“No fabrications, ideological attacks, or smear campaigns will change the fact that the government’s after-the-fact charges are retaliatory, baseless and have absolutely no support in the record,” Khalil said in a statement www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/03/columbia-grad-mahmoud-khalils-options-to-fight-trump-deportation-efforts-narrowing/
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Separately, Mayor Mamdani has personally asked Trump to end efforts to deport Khalil. Asked whether there was an update this morning, a mayoral spokesman said, “Made the ask and nothing to report.”
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His team is separately pursuing a decision from a full panel at the 3rd Circuit finding fed courts can hear constitutional challenges to unlawful immigration practices. That would get his habeas case sent back to NJ, where they hope he would ultimately be permanently protected.
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Mahmoud Khalil has filed a brief before the Board of Immigration Appeals, challenging orders by an executive-branch judge his team says were rushed, procedurally irregular, inaccurate, and disregarded the Trump admin's retaliation for 1A-protected activity www.nyclu.org/uploads/2025/03/2026.03.02-Opening-Brief-on-Appeal_Redacted.pdf
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The police union packed half the courtroom, a similar turnout to when cops have been killed in the line of duty.
Atty George Vomvolakis said it was outrageous of the NYPD to seek felony charges against a 22yo w no criminal record, that he’s grateful the DA didn’t pursue them.
Atty George Vomvolakis said it was outrageous of the NYPD to seek felony charges against a 22yo w no criminal record, that he’s grateful the DA didn’t pursue them.
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PBA President Patrick Hendry says the officer is off work recovering from a long list of injuries, including some we didn’t hear about in court. Prosecutors didn’t say anything about snowballs packed with rocks either.
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The young man arrested for throwing a snowball at cops was just arraigned on OGA and harassment charges in Manhattan. DA Bragg’s office said the cop suffered “redness, tenderness, and pain to the eye,” but they can’t yet prove this snowball thrower caused it, so will keep probing
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Accidentally left my bike locked up on a quiet street downtown last night and someone put a rotten banana in the basket, but it wasn’t stolen. Zohran Mamdani’s New York.
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre speaking about then-Prince Andrew outside Manhattan federal court in August 2019, after the case against Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed.
“I won’t stop fighting. I will never be silenced until these people are brought to justice…He knows what he’s done”
“I won’t stop fighting. I will never be silenced until these people are brought to justice…He knows what he’s done”
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The removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall “was no careless mistake,” but the latest attack by the Trump admin on the LGBT community, a new SDNY suit alleges
“The government has not removed other historical flags at other national monuments, most notably Confederate flags”
“The government has not removed other historical flags at other national monuments, most notably Confederate flags”
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Reposted by Molly Crane-Newman
Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee with senior status
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“…when it gets to Election Day, we’ve been proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country…”
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$30M has processed since my last tweet, Schumer tells @simko-bednarski.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/13/feds-send-30-million-to-gateway-for-hudson-river-tunnel-temporarily-ending-funding-freeze/
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Lawyers for the gov, appearing virtually before Judge Vargas, say the DOT sent payments to the Treasury but they'll take a business day to process—meaning the states won’t get paid out until Tues, after the holiday. Judge says gov appears compliant, no meaningful relief to grant.
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20+ hrs after the Trump admin was supposed to disburse $200M withheld from the Hudson River tunnel project, “there is no sign of a wire transfer of any money,” the NJ and NY AGs say in a new filing, requesting an emergency status conference this afternoon
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.657274/gov.uscourts.nysd.657274.58.0.pdf
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.657274/gov.uscourts.nysd.657274.58.0.pdf
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The gov must file a status report in 2 weeks, which may say it can’t meet the 4-week deadline.
AUSA Peter Aronoff represented that he was largely in the dark and hadn’t personally seen the docs. He said a limited # of people were going through them line by line, juggling w their regular duties.
AUSA Peter Aronoff represented that he was largely in the dark and hadn’t personally seen the docs. He said a limited # of people were going through them line by line, juggling w their regular duties.
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Engelmayer sounded skeptical about how long it’s taken the agencies that contributed to the memo to determine what’s classified. (The plaintiffs—ACLU & others—first sought the info in a FOIA request ~4 months ago.)
“What I’m trying to do is light a fire under the agencies to complete a review.”
“What I’m trying to do is light a fire under the agencies to complete a review.”
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