Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s ...

Why it took Seneca leader and Civil War general Ely S. Parker 176 years to be admitted to the NY bar

At the start of the Civil War, Parker’s offer to enlist was rejected outright by another New Yorker, Secretary of State William H. Seward, who – according to historians – told the Seneca leader the ...

A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second

We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No ...
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Georgia election case against Trump proceeds with new prosecutor after Willis’s removal

Peter J. Skandalakis has been appointed as the new prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump, ...
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How Trump changed the rules —from prosecuting to pardoning

In President Donald Trump’s first term, his Justice Department actively pursued those accused of fraud and corruption. P.G. Sittenfeld, a rising Democratic star on Cincinnati’s City Council, was ...