The First Amendment is no barrier to arresting Donald Trump and JD Vance over their highly-publicized comments about the alleged eating habits of Haitian communities in Springfield, Ohio, a group representing some Haitians says. So far, that theory has not convinced a judge in the Buckeye State — but the plaintiffs are looking to leapfrog...
Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday rubbished the latest efforts by former President Donald Trump to have the Jan. 6 prosecution against him dismissed as both “untimely and without merit.” Earlier this month, Trump’s attorneys ventured forth with a reprise of arguments that secured a dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago documents case over the summer. Namely:...
A motorcycle helmet-wearing man from West Virginia is accused of clashing with cops inside the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots, pressing his head and an American flagpole against officers as they ordered rioters out of the building. Joseph Michael Adams, 41, was arrested on Wednesday and charged in federal court with assaulting...
Donald Trump this week filed a lawsuit against CBS News over the network’s October interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, claiming the aired footage was deceptively “doctored” to “confuse, deceive, and mislead the public” to “tip the scales” in favor of Democrats, in what the former president alleges to be unlawful “election and voter interference.”...
A Jan. 6 rioter and hunting guide from Colorado is going to prison after admitting to wrestling an officer to the ground for his baton and kicking the officer in the chest with his boot during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Patrick Montgomery, 51, was sentenced Thursday to 37 months — or more than...
Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign on Wednesday won a lawsuit against a Pennsylvania county after officials sent voters home well before an early vote deadline the day before. On Tuesday, at around 2:45 p.m., voters in line at the Bucks County administration building were told they could no longer request on-demand mail-in ballots. The line was...
A Tennessee man facing federal charges for plotting to kill FBI employees investigating him for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol allegedly was carrying a gun that day, according to new testimony revealed at trial. The details came out on Tuesday during the bench trial for Edward Kelley before U.S....
The high-dollar economic woes of Mike Lindell and his small-town Minnesota-based company MyPillow continue apace. So does the litigation. Last week, the pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theorist and his once-lucrative business sued several lending companies over the eye-popping repayment terms of a $600,000 merchant cash advance. Under the terms of the agreement signed in September, Lindell...
A woman who claims Rudy Giuliani harassed, sexually assaulted her, and subjected her to a hostile work environment while she was an employee, only to fire her and “never paying her for the work she performed,” finally returned to court after lengthy delays in the case, as a judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether various...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that a Catholic hospital in Eureka has agreed to provide emergency abortion care to its patients while a lawsuit against it proceeds. Bonta sued Providence St. Joseph Hospital in state court in California in September for violating state law by refusing to provide emergency abortions to people experiencing...