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Judge Merchan ruled Monday that prosecutors can question Trump on past misconduct if he takes the stand

The Justice Department took the legally and politically momentous step of lodging federal criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, multiple people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The charges come after a lengthy investigation of his handling of classified documents that he took with him upon leaving office and into whether he obstructed the governments efforts to reclaim them.

The River Project is trying to bring back oysters, which thrived in the Hudson at a time when New York was known as “the Big Oyster.”

If Letitia James files a lawsuit against him, Trump’s decision to keep quiet could be held against him at trial. Read more at Boston.com.

The New York attorney general can interview Donald Trump as part of a civil inquiry into his business practices.

Alvin Bragg and Tali Farhadian Weinstein both have had dealings with President Donald J. Trump’s administration that Mr. Trump could try to use against them.

Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne. Sheldon Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker, was convicted twice on corruption charges and sentenced to prison last summer.Credit...Gregg Vigliotti for The New York Times Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former New York Assembly speaker, and the rapper ...