The Federal Emergency Management Agency and a former employee engaged in a conspiracy “to violate the civil rights of Florida citizens” who supported President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sued FEMA in the Southern District of Florida over...
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‘If you voted for Trump … you disgust me’: Deputy prosecutor fired for bashing GOP voters on Facebook
A deputy prosecutor in Indiana has been fired for voicing her disdain with Donald Trump voters on social media — writing on Facebook after the election that they “disgust” her and “clearly don’t respect” human beings — in addition to sharing posts about them being Nazis, according to her boss. “If you voted for Trump,...
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‘Foolish continued prosecution of these cases’: Defiant Jan. 6 defendant scores trial delay victory from Obama-appointed judge in light of Trump election win
A Barack Obama-appointed federal judge has agreed to delay the trial for a Jan. 6 defendant as Donald Trump, who has vowed to pardon some of the rioters, is set to take office in January. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras agreed on Thursday to delay William Alexander Pope‘s trial until late February, online court records...
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‘A state cannot ensnare free speech just because it means well’: Dissenting judge slams majority for upholding Indiana transgender medical ban
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 Wednesday to uphold Indiana’s transgender medical ban. In April 2023, Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, whose term ends in January, signed SB 480 into law, which bans most forms of gender-affirming care for minors including hormone treatments, puberty blockers and surgeries. Under the law, any physician or other practitioner who...
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‘Should not be any limitation’: GOP senator looks to pry open shelved ethics report on Matt Gaetz after AG announcement
Florida man Matt Gaetz was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the next attorney general on Wednesday — prompting his immediate resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives. Almost as soon as Gaetz hit the exit doors of the U.S. Capitol Complex, however, a whisper campaign about the four-term lawmaker began. The abrupt...
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Alex Jones promises ‘injunctions’ after The Onion wins auction to buy Infowars with help of Sandy Hook families
The Onion has won the bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars from embattled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who has been repeatedly skewered by the well-known satirical news outlet. Jones on Thursday morning announced that Infowars was being shut down and promised to file legal challenges over the manner of the sale. “I just got word 15...
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Rudy Giuliani’s attorneys try to quit defamation case — without telling the former NYC mayor
Two of the defense attorneys for Rudy Giuliani have asked a federal judge if they can quit representing the former New York City mayor as the two Georgia election workers he defamed attempt to collect on the $148 million judgment levied against him last year. The development comes as Giuliani had recently been seeking public...
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Ex-Overstock CEO says Hunter Biden is basically just calling him ‘a right-wing nutjob’ in order to keep his Iran-themed defamation lawsuit afloat
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...
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Judge recuses from Arizona fake electors case after urging colleagues to defend Kamala Harris from political criticism, but insists his comments were ‘not reflective of bias’
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...
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‘Who’s gonna hack it?’ Jan. 6 rioter who stole Nancy Pelosi’s laptop now facing charges, feds say
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...