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Source: DA to Drop Charges Against DSK

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:30:52 CDT

Prosecutors will ask a judge to drop all criminal charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a court hearing on Tuesday, which could allow him to go free immediately, a source tells the New York Post . The Manhattan DA will seek dismissal because Nafissatou Diallo, the maid accusing Strauss-Kahn of rape, faces...

Letterman to NYPD, Prosecutors: Thank You

M. Morris — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:29 CST

The David Letterman blackmail case ended with a guilty plea today, and the Late Night host wasted little time thanking the prosecutors and investigators who nailed Robert Halderman. "I’d never been involved in anything like this in my life, and I was concerned and full of anxiety and nervous and...

On His Way Out, Manhattan DA Zings Bloomberg

M. Morris — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:10:00 CST

In 35 years as Manhattan DA, Robert Morgenthau has gotten along with every mayor of New York—except the current one. Mike Bloomberg, says Morgenthau, "doesn't want anybody around who doesn't kiss his ring, or other parts of his body." In a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal , the...