Gerald Shargel, Criminal Defense Lawyer for the Mob, Dies at 77
He coupled legal scholarship with courtroom wit to decimate the prosecution’s cases against Mafia bosses.
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He coupled legal scholarship with courtroom wit to decimate the prosecution’s cases against Mafia bosses.
Defense lawyers have argued that Ghislaine Maxwell became the primary target in the sex-abuse case only after Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
The Justice Department has charged the suspect with 26 counts of hate crimes and weapons violations, and could seek the death penalty for some charges.
<b> </b>The fallout from an illegal foreign lobbying probe into former U.S. officials continued over the weekend, with former Marine Gen. John Allen announcing his resignation as president of the Brookings Institution amid a federal investigation into whether he violated FARA.
It’s the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York’s first legal role since he was fired by Donald Trump in 2017.