Aaron Katersky

Correspondent || @ABCNewsRadio, @ABC News Investigative Unit

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

NEW - The Trump administration is pulling back its enforcement of crypto regulations, disbanding a unit dedicated to cryptocurrency enforcement, @AaronKatersky, @alex_mallin & I are told.

DOJ instructed federal prosecutors to “no longer target virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, and offline wallets for the acts of their end users or unwitting violations of regulations,��� according to a memo from the deputy attorney general reviewed by ABC News.

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

James Dennehy has been forced to resign as Assistant Director-in-charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Judge Merchan orders Trump to appear for sentencing January 10

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Steve Bannon enters FCI Danbury to begin serving a four month prison sentence for contempt of Congress

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Steve Bannon arrives outside federal prison in Danbury, CT where he will begin serving a four month sentence for contempt of Congress

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Law Department said it retained Spiro “to serve as co-counsel to assist us in representing the city and the mayor in this case to ensure the Law Department can maximize its existing resources on our numerous other matters.”

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

The New York City Law Department is bringing on Alex Spiro of @quinnemanuel to defend Mayor Adams against a sexual harassment charge, sources told @ABC Spiro also represents Elon Musk and Alex Baldwin

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

To prove his case, ⁦@ManhattanDA⁩ expected to call current, former members of Trump’s inner circle, sources told ⁦@ABC⁩ w/ ⁦@KFaulders⁩ and ⁦@PCCharalambous⁩ https://t.co/iAuON9ue1Q

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother left court without comment after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Donald Trump is now under a partial gag order in his New York criminal case. Judge Juan Merchan just imposed restrictions on Trump’s remarks about witnesses and others tied to the case set for April 15 trial

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Former President Trump will stand trial for allegedly concealing a sex scandal from voters in 2016 by falsifying business records starting April 15 with jury selection. Judge Juan Merchan rejected Trump's attempts at additional delay

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

New York appeals court allows Trump to post a smaller bond to guarantee civil fraud judgment. Trump must guarantee $175 million

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Judge Merchan has just delayed Trump’s hush money case 30 days. Hearing over discovery issues March 25 instead

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

The Manhattan district attorney’s office seeks 30-day postponement of Donald Trump’s trial, citing newly disclosed evidence from federal prosecutors

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Sen. Menendez arrives for arraignment on a fourth superseding indictment

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Allen Weisselberg, former CFO of the Trump Organization, is pleading guilty today to perjury charges sources tell @KFaulders and me
https://t.co/3Ac86UoCo1

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

The hearing in former President Trump’s classified documents case has concluded here in Fort Pierce, FL with no ruling from the bench on a trial date

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

.@ManhattanDA seeks gag order on former President Trump, citing Trump’s “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” in his court cases

[Aaron Katersky @AaronKatersky]

Judge Juan Merchan has set former President Trump's first criminal trial for March 25