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ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Ashleigh Merchant, the lead attorney pushing for the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, provided new testimony to a Georgia Senate panel Wednesday about how she says she uncovered the romantic relationship between Willis and […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn inside the courtroom during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Andrew Kelly-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday lost an experienced defense attorney from his legal roster. Joe Tacopina […]
Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images (MIAMI) — One of former president Donald Trump’s current attorneys told special counsel Jack Smith’s team that, within days of the Justice Department issuing a subpoena last year for all classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, she “very clearly” warned Trump that if he failed to fully comply — but then swore he […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation has launched an inquiry into the death of two teens after an incident with an Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) official early Wednesday morning, according to state officials. A sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of “suspicious vehicles” at an […]
James Devaney/GC Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has set former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis’ bail at $100,000 in District Attorney Fani Willis’ election interference case. The arrangement, which makes Ellis the eight of 19 defendants in the case to have bail set, comes a day after McAfee set former President […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — David Weiss, the U.S. attorney leading the investigation into Hunter Biden, on Monday directly refuted key allegations put forward by an IRS whistleblower who has made claims of political interference in the yearslong investigation. The Justice Department last month approved a plea deal with Biden, the son of President Joe […]
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks after the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges. Garland, taking questions at an event on combating violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss particulars of the case but offered general praise for special counsel […]
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday made his first public remarks on the historic indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal criminal charges. Garland, taking questions at an event on combatting violent crime, said he couldn’t discuss particulars of the case but offered general praise for Smith […]
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts leaked information to help her preferred candidate for the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, district attorney, among other “egregious” violations of DOJ policy, two government watchdogs announced Wednesday. Rachael Rollins, the first African American U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, announced her resignation Tuesday after being […]
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York attorney is charged in a scheme to make nearly $4 million in payments to maintain six properties in the United States that were owned by a sanctioned oligarch. The attorney, Robert Wise, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiring to […]
