A federal judge declared on Tuesday that the new president should not pardon everyone who trespassed, clashed with police, rioted, or damaged property during the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Federal prosecutors claimed that defendant Edward Jacob Lang enthusiastically shared his role in the violence on social media, and U.S. District Judge...
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‘Attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech’: Trump demands Central Park Five ‘legally deficient’ defamation suit be tossed
Donald Trump has requested that a federal judge in Pennsylvania dismiss the Central Park Five members’ defamation lawsuit against him because of remarks the president-elect made about them during the presidential debate earlier this year, arguing that his remarks are protected by state law. According to the petition, the lawsuit against Trump is only an...
‘Made false statements’: Ex-Wisconsin supreme court justice who led investigation into 2020 election slapped with professional misconduct charges
A former justice of the state supreme court who questioned the Badger State s2020 election procedures was the target of a disciplinary complaint filed by legal regulatory authorities in Wisconsin on Tuesday. In 2021, Republican Michael Gableman was appointed by Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to head one of several inquiries investigating the 2020...
‘This secrecy has masked responsibility’: ACLU sues ICE for failing to respond to records requests about Trump’s ‘mass deportation and detention’ plans
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, alleging that the agency neglected to answer open records requests about what it claims are President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation and detention plans. ACLU officials have requested additional details about the government’s ICE Air Operations program, which is...
‘Is this a Fourth Amendment violation?’: Judge presses Diddy prosecutor to explain how government obtained defense legal notes
Hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs’ lawyers informed a federal judge in lower Manhattan on Tuesday that they had gathered sufficient proof to claim that their client’s constitutional rights had been violated. An October sweep of the defendant’s jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park area caused a commotion that prompted the...
‘We’ll break you motherf—–!’: Army vet court-martialed for shooting handcuffed Iraqi in the head is going to prison for fighting cops guarding the Capitol on Jan. 6
A Louisiana Army veteran who was sentenced for the murder of an unarmed Iraqi civilian while serving abroad will be sent to jail for attacking Capitol security officers on January 6. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release that U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, sentenced Edward Richmond...
‘He is not going to back off’: Trump holds Federal Vacancies Reform Act, threat of recess appointments, over Senate’s head to get Matt Gaetz in as AG
The president-electAs he attempts to have Matt Gaetz approved as attorney general, Donald Trump is allegedly holding the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, a legislation that permits a legal strategy utilized numerous times during his first presidency, over the heads of U.S. Senate members. During the past week, Trump has been calling Senate members...
‘Pardon…is almost a certainty’: Lawyer tries to name-drop Trump get-out-of-jail-free card in failed bid to delay Jan. 6 defendant’s case
An accused Jan. 6 rioter fromFloridawho allegedly harbored a member of the Proud Boys extremist group while they were on the run from police has tried and failed to get theDonald Trump treatmentthis week, unsuccessfully filing to postpone his federal trial after claiming a high member of the future president s administration had promised him...
Trump will be president by the time Steve Bannon faces ‘We Build The Wall’ jury
A state judge inNew Yorkhas postponed the trial of former White House chief strategistSteve Bannonwho is facing charges for allegedly conspiring to hoodwink donors of asupposed charityaimed at privately building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and laundering the loot. Judge April Newbauer on Monday said that jury selection in the case will begin on...
Kari Lake settles defamation lawsuit brought by election official she claimed ‘sabotaged’ her 2022 race
Failed Republican U.S. Senate candidateKari Lakehas reached a settlement agreement with a localArizonaelection official she falsely claimed rigged the 2022 election and caused her loss in the state s gubernatorial election. The agreement brings an end to thedefamation lawsuitbrought against Lake by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer last year. Two people familiar with the mattertoldThe...