Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has asked a federal judge to grant summary judgment and throw out Hunter Biden‘s defamation lawsuit against him — saying Biden’s recent court filings have been little more than an effort to paint Byrne as “a right-wing nutjob.” In a 21-page memorandum in support of the motion for summary judgment...
The judge overseeing the Arizona fake electors case recused himself late Tuesday night in response to a defense request over emails in which he urged his colleagues on the bench to defend Vice President Kamala Harris against political attacks. As Law&Crime previously reported, defense attorneys recently asked Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen to...
The Kentucky man who prosecutors say stole then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop from her office during the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in the case. David Slinker is believed to have taken Pelosi’s laptop with the help of other rioters that day from the Speaker’s Conference Room and stashed it...
Doubly indicted and facing disbarment, California attorney John Eastman reportedly lent his expertise to another Republican Party candidate who lost an election — though the lawyer himself quickly disputed this claim. In the 2024 general election, incumbent Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, bested her GOP rival, bank executive Eric Hovde, by a small but...
Rudy Giuliani is pleading for cash in the form of public donations, claiming he cannot afford to feed himself as a result of the $148 million judgment against him for defaming two Georgia election workers following Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. The former New York City mayor has asserted twice in the...
Special counsel Jack Smith will be wrapping up his investigations into Donald Trump and resigning from his post before the president-elect takes office, effectively thwarting Trump’s pledge to fire the appointed prosecutor “within two seconds” of moving back into the White House. The New York Times on Wednesday reported that Smith and his team are...
An Illinois man wearing a Donald Trump hat is accused of facing off against cops, giving them the middle finger and entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots. Emil Kozeluh, 41, faces charges related to the insurrection. He’s named along with codefendant Michael Mollo Jr., 44, in a federal complaint alleging disorderly...
High-octane partisan emotions from the 2024 election have the potential to inject some formal chaos into the Arizona criminal case against 11 “alternate” or fake electors and several lawyers linked to President-elect Donald Trump. A motion to disqualify recently filed by one of the defendants takes aim at the judge overseeing the case for emails...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by a Jan. 6 defendant who challenged a charge for “parading, picketing or demonstrating in a Capitol building,” making the lower court’s decision the final ruling on the matter. The case centers around John Maron Nassif, 57, of Florida, who was arrested in 2021 and then...
Drivers with some sticky fingers dashed out of their cars to grab cash that was fluttering along a Rhode Island highway after an SUV struck and killed a driver who had bolted out of his car to run across the highway while carrying a bunch of loose money, according to cops. According to Rhode Island...