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Bobbi Sternheim, Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer, says her client "will appeal this case," after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York judge for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. "We are confident that she will prevail on appeal," Sternheim tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Former US president Donald Trump leaves Manhattan court after a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial. IMAGES
Former president Donald Trump says the "real verdict" would be the US election in November after a New York jury convicted him on all charges in his hush money case on Thursday. "This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5, by the people. And they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here," Trump says as he left the court. SOUNDBITE
Following the acquittal of French Justice Minister, his lawyer speaks of a "great satisfaction and (...) a great emotion". A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government. Eric Dupond-Moretti, a pugnacious former star defence lawyer, had in 2021 been charged with misusing his position to settle scores with opponents from his legal career. SOUNDBITE
Charlie Hebdo lawyer Richard Malka and Hyper Cacher hero Lassana Bathily arrive at the Paris court on the first day of the appeal trial of two alleged supporters of the 2015 attackers. Ali Riza Polat, a 37-year-old Franco-Turkish man who faces the heaviest charges and a life sentence, had marked the first "historic" hearing with his outbursts and invective. The second defendant, Amar Ramdani, received the maximum sentence of 20 years for criminal terrorist association. IMAGES