In one of the few highlights for Democrats in what is now a bright red Sunshine State, voters in the Orlando area reelected a progressive prosecutor that Gov. Ron DeSantis had previously suspended. Democrat Monique Worrell received about 57% of the vote over Independent Andrew Bain, the man DeSantis picked to replace her with in...
While Democrats pore over their electoral failures and Republicans look to count their newly-won treasures, coalition, and power, many political players will be jockeying for position come January 2025. One woman is situated — perhaps higher and better than most — as a bright star-ascendant: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the lone Article II judge...
A Marine Corps veteran and self-proclaimed member of a Virginia militia group called the “Boys” was sentenced for entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots. Li Duong, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 months of probation by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman, a Bill Clinton appointee. Duong will also...
A man convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol complex sought to briefly delay proceedings in his case in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory. That effort quickly fell short by Wednesday afternoon. Christopher Carnell, 21, of Cary, North Carolina, wore a red backpack with his last...
Grammy award-winning musician Dr. Dre will no longer be required to stay away from the prominent “celebrity shrink” who sought a permanent restraining order against the music mogul after counseling him and his ex-wife during their divorce proceedings. A California judge on Tuesday ruled that Dr. Charles Sophy failed to provide sufficient evidence that the...
A Florida judge accused of ethics violations for inappropriately sentencing people to criminal contempt defended her actions by saying she had not yet gone to Florida Judicial College. The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed a 21-page complaint against Judge Anne Marie Gennusa Oct. 21, alleging violations of ethics rules that include conducting “improper or legally...
A federal jury has found a New Jersey man guilty of scuffling with cops as they tried to clear the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots. A jury found Brian Glenn Bingham, 38, guilty of assaulting an officer, trespassing, disorderly conduct and picketing in a Capitol building, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in...
A federal judge in Georgia gave an angry and demeaning lecture to Republican Party attorneys late Tuesday afternoon during a hearing over a lawsuit challenging last-minute efforts by Democratic-leaning counties to allow more people to vote in the Peach State. On Friday, as the in-person early vote period ended in Georgia, numerous counties said they...
There was much discussion about a woman’s mental state in the federal district on Monday morning as a convicted Jan. 6 defendant aimed to prove that her riotous behavior was somehow unduly influenced by then-President Donald Trump‘s false claims of a stolen 2020 election. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, however,...
Rudy Giuliani cleared all of the valuable items out of his Manhattan apartment in the weeks before he was required to turn over control of the residence and its valuables to the mother-daughter pair of Georgia election workers he defamed, the duo’s attorney said in a letter filed in federal court on Monday. Lawyers for Ruby...