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What Happened in the Trump Trial Today: Guilty On All Counts

The jury has found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. By Nia Prater

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Michael Cohen Finally Talks Back to the Boss

As Trump touted the polls, his former fixer tried to put him away. By Andrew Rice

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This Isn’t the Same Stormy Daniels

The night she met Donald Trump changed both their worlds. By Olivia Nuzzi and Andrew Rice

trump on trial David Pecker and Keith Davidson, the Gossip Racketeers At the heart of the Trump trial is a sleazy caper gone wrong. By Andrew Rice
trump on trial Inside Todd Blanche’s Plan to Keep Donald Trump Out of Jail Twelve jurors seated. He just needs one. By Andrew Rice
trump on trial Trump Had a Good Day in One Court Forced to listen to David Pecker in Manhattan, the Supreme Court offered hope in Washington. By Andrew Rice and Nia Prater
trump on trial The Who’s Who of Trump’s Trial A president, a porn star, a tabloid king, and more. By Nia Prater
trump on trial Free the Trump Trial Transcripts The New York court system’s maddening lack of transparency is about to be a national embarrassment — unless the state’s chief judges intervene. By Errol Louis
trump on trial A Porn-Star Payoff or a Threat to Democracy? Trump goes on trial for the least of his offenses. By Andrew Rice
just asking questions The Reporter Behind the Trump Hush-Money Trial The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Palazzolo, who broke the story that started it all, on what he’s looking for in court this week and beyond. By Nia Prater

Previously in Court Appearances: Our Coverage of the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

sam bankman-fried SBF’s New Plan to Win in Court: Adderall Does the fallen crypto CEO actually need his meds, or is this another game? By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game Is Sam Bankman-Fried Still Trying to Intimidate Caroline Ellison? A peek inside the sidebar talks as the crypto fraud trial gets testy. By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances The Unbreakable Caroline Ellison The star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried was untouched by the defense. By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game The Revenge of Caroline Ellison, Part 2: ‘$150 Million for the Thing’ Her testimony featured an insane data dump about how her ex-boyfriend Bankman-Fried operated — and a tearful moment at the end. By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances Caroline Ellison’s Revenge After Sam Bankman-Fried blamed her for his company’s fraud, she spent hours on the witness stand implicating him in crime after crime. By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances SBF’s Discount Suit In his first appearance on trial for fraud in New York, Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unfamiliar profile. By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game The 3 Most Important Things to Know About Michael Lewis’s SBF Book Here’s the best of what is in the book — and the biggest things Lewis missed. By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances Sam Bankman-Fried’s Way to Win His trial begins Monday. Is the prosecution a slam dunk? We think not. By Kevin T. Dugan

Our Coverage of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump

Watch Video of Trump’s Deposition in E. Jean Carroll Civil Rape Case He was grilled about his alleged sexual assault of the writer in the 1990s. By Victoria Bekiempis
Donald Trump Gets Last Chance to Testify in Rape Trial He has until Sunday to ask the judge to let him appear. By Victoria Bekiempis
Another Woman Testifies That Donald Trump Assaulted Her At Mar-a-Lago for People magazine, a journalist says Trump kissed her and pinned her to a wall. By Victoria Bekiempis
Jessica Leeds Testifies About Alleged Trump Assault on Plane In court today, Jessica Leeds testified that Donald Trump assaulted her in first class. By Victoria Bekiempis
How Should a Rape Victim Behave? E. Jean Carroll questioned by Donald Trump’s lawyer. By Victoria Bekiempis
‘More People Would Believe Me If I Screamed’ A fairly typical courtroom treatment of a rape accuser. By Victoria Bekiempis
Judge to Trumps: Shut Up Even while his case for rape and defamation goes on in lower Manhattan, Donald Trump — and his son — are posting through it. By Victoria Bekiempis
‘I’m Here Because Donald Trump Raped Me’ E. Jean Carroll testifies in court today against Donald Trump. By Victoria Bekiempis
Jurors in E. Jean Carroll v. Trump Warned to Stay Anonymous The ex-president is going on trial for rape and defamation. By Victoria Bekiempis
Donald Trump Is Going on Trial for Rape E. Jean Carroll is suing him for sexual assault and defamation. By Victoria Bekiempis

Our Coverage of Twitter v. Musk

Elon Musk’s Big Win Over Twitter Is a Win for Twitter The deal is happening, and by Halloween, the social network should belong to the Tesla chief. By Kevin T. Dugan
Decoding Elon Musk’s Legal Surrender What was the strategy here? By Ankush Khardori
Elon Musk Is Losing Time to Not Buy Twitter Time isn’t on his side. By Kevin T. Dugan
Elon Musk Has So Many Lawsuits They’re Teaching a Whole Class in Law School Elon Musk’s legal history is just that informative. By Kevin T. Dugan
Elon Musk’s Got a New Plan to Not Buy Twitter In order to get out of buying Twitter, it appears the Tesla CEO is abandoning his old legal arguments about spambots. Now he’s alleging fraud. By Kevin T. Dugan
Elon Musk’s ‘Absurdly Broad’ Strategy Against Twitter Is Losing Twitter doesn’t need to supply absolutely everything to Elon Musk in court. By Kevin T. Dugan
Does the Twitter Whistleblower Help Elon Musk? Who could have seen this coming? (Elon Musk.) By Kevin T. Dugan
Twitter’s Legal Team Just Sucker Punched Elon Musk The social-media platform launched a sneak attack against the guy it wants to buy the company. By Kevin T. Dugan
Twitter Just Went Into Ludicrous Mode in Its Legal War Against Elon Musk In order to save the $44 billion takeover, the social-media company is blanketing Musk’s bankers and closest Silicon Valley supporters with subpoenas By Kevin T. Dugan
I Used to Work on Cases Like Twitter v. Musk. Here’s What Will Happen Next. Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk will head to court on October 17. Get ready to watch it with an insider’s eye. By Ankush Khardori

Our Coverage of the Larry Ray Trial

Larry Ray’s Enforcer Sentenced to Prison Isabella Pollok, Larry Ray’s girlfriend and enforcer, will serve more than four years in prison. By James D. Walsh
‘He Made Living So Painful’: Victims at the Larry Ray Sentencing Larry Ray’s victims embraced as the sex trafficker was sentenced to 60 years. By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
Why Do We Fail People in Cults? And why must victims save themselves? By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
Larry Ray, Accused Cult Leader, Found Guilty on All Counts The saga of the alleged cult leader of Sarah Lawrence students is over, for now. By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
The Story That Won’t Be Told in the Larry Ray Trial What happened to Iban Goicoechea? By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
A Disaster in the Larry Ray Trial The government releases confidential information, and the defendant leaves in an ambulance. By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
Accused Cult Leader Larry Ray Leaves Court in Ambulance Larry Ray, accused of controlling a group of Sarah Lawrence students, left the courthouse in an ambulance today. By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
What Did Larry Ray Do to These Kids? Santos Rosario was Larry Ray’s truest follower. Why is he now testifying against him? By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh
The Larry Ray Trial, Explained Accused of turning a Sarah Lawrence dorm into a cult, Larry Ray is now on trial. By Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh

Our Coverage of the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Ghislaine Maxwell Gets 20 Years Survivors of her and Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring spoke at the sentencing. By Choire Sicha
It Doesn’t Matter Why Ghislaine Maxwell Did It Her trial ended without narrative closure, but some semblance of justice was done. By Choire Sicha
Ghislaine Maxwell Will Spend Her 60th Birthday in Jail Her fate is still up in the air, and jurors have gone home for a long weekend. By Choire Sicha
The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Is Already Almost Over And we’re no closer to unraveling Jeffrey Epstein’s secrets. By Choire Sicha
The Jeffrey Epstein Mystery Roundtable Six experts on the most intriguing and dangerous unanswered questions about the case. By Andrew Rice
Drawing Ghislaine Maxwell Talking to courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg about her 40-year-plus career and what it’s like when a defendant illustrates you. By Choire Sicha
What We Learned From the First Ghislaine Maxwell Accuser to Testify “Jane” said she was instructed by Maxwell on how to give Jeffrey Epstein a massage. By Choire Sicha
The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial, Explained The close Jeffrey Epstein associate faces sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges. Who is she? By Choire Sicha
The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Begins On day one, the defense previewed its strategy of undermining the women who accused her of facilitating abuse. By Choire Sicha