Tag: Frauds and Swindling

5 Moments That Have Defined Trump’s Hush-Money Trial So Far

The initial six days of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, the first for an American president, were a high-intensity spectacle. A jury was seated, opening statements made and the first witness began testifying. Mr. Trump, who faces up to four years behind bars if convicted, is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records for […]

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George Santos Said He Was Running for Congress Again. (He’s Not.)

In the litany of lies and half-truths told by George Santos in a fanciful journey in which he was first elected to and then expelled from Congress, the one he told about his nascent campaign for a different House seat on Long Island was not exactly a lie. It just wasn’t true for very long. […]

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Prosecutors in Trump Hush Money Trial Debut Their Case in Opening Statements

Manhattan prosecutors delivered a raw recounting of Donald J. Trump’s seamy past on Monday as they debuted their case against him to jurors, the nation and the world, reducing the former president to a co-conspirator in a plot to cover up three sex scandals that threatened his 2016 election win. Their opening statement was a […]

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5 Takeaways From Opening Statements in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial

Monday marked another key moment in the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump: opening statements, during which the former president listened quietly to the prosecution’s allegations of crimes, and the defense’s counterargument that he was a simple man, wrongly accused. The jury that will decide Mr. Trump’s case concentrated intently on the statements, which began […]

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How Scam Calls and Messages Took Over Our Everyday Lives

You open your eyes and grope for your phone. You check your inbox and discover dozens of spam emails that made it past the filter. Tapping over to Instagram, you find a request for a supposed brand collaboration in your DMs. Your WhatsApp notifications, meanwhile, consist solely of strangers asking you to invest in a […]

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‘Catfish,’ the TV Show That Predicted America’s Disorienting Digital Future

Since its first episode aired in 2012, “Catfish: The TV Show” has held up a mirror to our online lives, reflecting how we present ourselves and make sense of love, lust, trust, companionship and loneliness in an increasingly digital world. Each episode unfolds like a detective show, with the host Nev Schulman summoned to untangle […]

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Trump Election Inquiries Gain Ground in Swing States

The chairman of the Nevada Republican Party has been indicted. So has the former chairman of the Georgia G.O.P. In Michigan, a former co-chairwoman of the state party is facing charges. As Donald J. Trump goes on trial in the New York criminal case, other investigations and prosecutions in five crucial swing states are continuing […]

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How Trump’s Failures in New York Are Prelude to His Presidency and Trial

With jury selection underway in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Lower Manhattan, the former president’s chickens have finally come home to roost. It feels uniquely appropriate that Mr. Trump will have to endure the scrutiny on his old home turf. New York City residents have been subjected to his venality and corruption for much longer […]

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How One Family Lost $900,000 in a Timeshare Scam

The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Mike Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle Bonja, Diana Nguyen, Marion […]

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How the Renovation of a House Rocked a Famous Church

Abyssinian Baptist Church is one of the oldest Black churches in America, and certainly one of the most storied. As a college student at Columbia University, Barack Obama often lingered in the back pews during Sunday services, taking in the sermon and the choir. Hundreds of mourners have gathered at the 216-year-old institution in recent […]

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