During a Monday hearing related to the Georgia election interference and racketeering (RICO) case against Donald Trump, the judge overseeing the matter found the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office intentionally violated Peach State open records laws. Citing “a failure to timely provide the documents” and possibly one still outstanding document, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause...
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‘Does not cite any authority’: Federal prosecutors defend Judge Cannon as Trump assassination attempt suspect demands her recusal
While the Special Counsel’s Office and Judge Aileen Cannon’s sparring in Donald Trump’s since dismissed Mar-a-Lago case was well-documented and at times left some wondering whether Jack Smith would seek her disqualification, though that did not happen. Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old convicted felon charged with attempting to assassinate Trump as he golfed, has sought Cannon’s recusal, however, and...
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‘Go sit down’: Teacher denied menstruating middle-school student bathroom access, teen says
A middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a Washington middle schooler and her dad spoke up about the student’s being denied restroom access while menstruating and bleeding through her clothes. Byllie Eighinger-Lemm, 13, a student at Yelm Middle School, said that on Tuesday, Oct. 15, she told her teacher she was...
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‘Denied’: Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejects GOP efforts to revive controversial election rules passed by Trump allies
The highest court in Georgia put a lid on restrictive and otherwise controversial new voting rules passed by a GOP-majority state board earlier this year. Those rules will not take effect until after the upcoming general election, if ever. The ruling comes as a loss for the Republican National Committee, who sued to have the...
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Judge Cannon’s Mar-a-Lago dismissal apparently has Trump eyeing her to replace Jack Smith’s boss — and an accused would-be assassin noticed
If Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, will he reward Judge Aileen Cannon for throwing out his Mar-a-Lago classified documents prosecution by promoting her to U.S. attorney general and replacing special counsel Jack Smith’s boss Merrick Garland? The latest reporting says that Cannon is on the list of candidates for AG, and defense attorneys for...
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High school social studies teacher arrested for threatening Donald Trump Jr. and Charlie Kirk after receiving message about Turning Point rally: Cops
A 24-year-old high school social studies teacher in Arizona admittedly threatened Donald Trump Jr. and Charlie Kirk online and was arrested on multiple misdemeanor charges, police allege. The Tempe Police Department said Tuesday that the suspect was identified as Daniel Ashpes and that he was arrested last week for threatening Trump Jr. and Kirk as...
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Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC has reportedly been warned by the feds over $1 million lottery prize for registered voters
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly issued a warning to a pro-Donald Trump political action committee run by Elon Musk over the group’s daily $1 million lottery for registered voters in swing states. A letter from the DOJ’s public integrity section was recently sent to Musk’s America PAC about the lottery, CNN reported on...
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‘Breaching the restricted area suffices’: Court shuts down ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder’s Jan. 6 conviction appeal, rejects argument he didn’t know Pence was there
A federal court of appeals on Tuesday denied a prominent Jan. 6 defendant’s effort to overturn his misdemeanor trespass conviction. In March 2022, Couy Griffin, the founder of “Cowboys for Trump” and a former New Mexico county commissioner, was convicted on one count of entering a restricted area on the Capitol grounds and acquitted on...
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‘Bullets are expensive’: Jan. 6 rioters used man’s massive $700 ‘Trump’ sign ‘like a battering ram’ against police at the Capitol, feds say
An Ohio man is accused of bringing a massive “Trump” sign that rioters used as a “battering ram” against a line of officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Jeffrey Newcomb, 41, faces charges of assaulting officers, obstruction, trespassing and disorderly conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. Related...
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Trump-appointed judge cites basic ‘defect’ while ending Mark Meadows’ lawsuit against Jack Smith and US Archivist in search of Georgia RICO defense boost
Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows tried to sue the head of the National Archives (NARA) and special counsel Jack Smith to get his hands on records that may have aided his defense in the 2020 election-focused Georgia RICO case, but that effort came to an end Tuesday due to a basic “jurisdictional...