A Manhattan judge ordered Michelle Bond’s criminal trial to begin in November after rejecting a bid to dismiss the indictment. The motion had argued that prosecutors misled her husband about the charges against her.
A Manhattan judge ordered Michelle Bond’s criminal trial to begin in November after rejecting a bid to dismiss the indictment. The motion had argued that prosecutors misled her husband about the charges against her.
The development matters because it keeps another legal proceeding tied to figures around FTX moving forward. For crypto readers, the case adds to the continuing scrutiny surrounding people connected to the collapsed exchange and the broader political and legal questions that followed.
A Manhattan judge has ordered Michelle Bond’s criminal trial to begin in November, keeping campaign finance charges against her on track after denying a motion to dismiss the indictment.
The development matters because it keeps another legal proceeding tied to figures around FTX moving forward. For crypto readers, the case adds to the continuing scrutiny surrounding people connected to the collapsed exchange and the broader political and legal questions that followed.
Bond had sought to have the indictment dismissed based on claims that prosecutors misled her husband about the charges she faced. The judge rejected that argument, clearing the way for the case to proceed toward trial.
The order does not resolve the underlying campaign finance allegations. It sets the next major step in the criminal case: a November trial in Manhattan.
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