Rep. Elise Stefanik called on New York Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself from Donald Trump’s hush money case for having a “clear judicial bias” against the former president. “Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, who donated to Biden’s campaign and another anti-Trump cause in 2020, has a clear judicial bias against President Trump. Merchan’s adult […]
Federal prosecutors aired their frustration late Tuesday with the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s documents trial in Florida, saying her recent order seeking jury instructions leaned on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” Special counsel Jack Smith says a recent order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, which sought draft language on jury instructions, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump‘s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In an unusual order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to file proposed jury instructions […]
While 16-year-old Kaylee Gain has shown some slight improvement, according to her family, a hearing will be held next month to determine if a 15-year-old girl seen in a viral video beating Gain will be tried as an adult. KPLR-TV reported, after having her head repeatedly slammed against concrete, Gain remains hospitalized with brain injuries […]
When I wrote “A Death on His Own Terms” last month, I did so knowing that it was going to be controversial, particularly among conservatives. The story dealt with political strategist Hal Malchow, who traveled to Switzerland to submit himself to voluntary euthanasia after he began losing his cognitive abilities to Alzheimer’s disease. (As an […]
Following an appeals court decision that reduced the $454 million bond imposed in his New York fraud case, former President Donald Trump posted the lower amount — much to the dismay of his detractors, of course. The lower $175 million bond payment means that New York Attorney General Letitia James will now not be permitted […]
The state of Vermont did not provide adequate oversight to prevent the massive fraud that occurred in ski area and other development projects funded by foreign investors’ money through a special visa program, a state audit has found. The financial scandal first revealed in 2016, which became the state’s largest fraud case, shook Vermont and […]
Former President Donald Trump and eight co-defendants have formally challenged a Georgia judge’s decision to let Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis remain on the election subversion case despite her romantic relationship with a taxpayer-funded prosecutor. Mr. Trump’s attorneys say Judge Scott McAfee got some things right in his decision, including a finding that Ms. […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to imprison Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents have hit a few snags recently, and the latest snag is, indeed, a big one. “Special Counsel Jack Smith could be blocked from using evidence against Donald Trump contained in grand jury investigation files, which were […]
NEW YORK — A Texas federal judge on Thursday accused the major banking industry groups and U.S. Chamber of Commerce of venue shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a major win for the federal regulator. The bureau had argued the only reason banks filed their lawsuit in Texas was to increase […]
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