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How might Trumps campaign be affected if hes acquitted in his hush money trial?

Wednesday, May 29 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump has been making history these past few months, running a third straight presidential campaign while under multiple criminal indictments.His legal fate is now in the hands of a jury in New York, where he's charged with falsifying...

O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76

Thursday, April 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, according to his family. He was 76."On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed...

Former Massachusetts prosecutor, criminal justice reform advocate acquitted of charges in rape case

Wednesday, November 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Criminal justice reform advocate Adam Foss has been acquitted of rape and sexual abuse charges, more than a year after he was charged by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a 2022 indictment.Foss had met his 25-year-old accuser in 2017 at...

Elijah McClain’s death: Officer acquitted in 2nd trial of police officers

Monday, November 6 by ABC News

(AURORA, Colo.) -- The jury has acquitted Nathan Woodyard on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the second trial concerning the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain following an altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police.Woodyard was the first police officer on the scene in...

Texas AG Ken Paxton faces other legal troubles after being acquitted in impeachment

Monday, October 2 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but the state's top lawyer still has multiple legal battles ahead.Paxton has been under an ongoing federal investigation in Texas since the fall of...

Texas AG Ken Paxton acquitted on 16 articles of impeachment

Saturday, September 16 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The jury, consisting of Texas senators, has acquitted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on 16 articles of impeachment he faced in a rare Texas Senate impeachment trial after Paxton was suspended by the Texas House in May.The 16 articles were rejected overwhelmingly,...

Fiancé acquitted in murder-for-hire plot speaks out

Friday, March 10 by ABC News

(ARLINGTON, Va.) -- For nearly 25 years, Chris Johnson has been entangled in a deep mystery that he said has wrecked his family and his life.It began in 1998, when Johnson found his fiancée Andrea Cincotta, 52, dead inside their Arlington, Virginia, apartment. She had...

Two acquitted, two mistrials in Michigan governor kidnap plot

Friday, April 8 by ABC News

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- A jury found two men not guilty Friday on charges connected to an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a mistrial was called on two remaining suspects after the jury was deadlocked on their charges.Adam Fox, Barry...

Former cop acquitted in deadly Florida theater shooting speaks out

Wednesday, March 9 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A police retired officer who was acquitted last month for shooting and killing a fellow moviegoer who threw popcorn in his face during an argument said he stands by his actions, saying he was defending himself.Curtis Reeves, 79, told ABC News'...

Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all charges

Friday, November 19 by ABC News

(KENOSHA, Wisc.) -- A Wisconsin jury has acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges in his homicide trial.The 18-year-old fell to the ground after hearing the verdict.Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree intentional...