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Superior Court of Fulton County (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants drew the newest judge on the Superior Court of Fulton County — Scott McAfee. Appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn in on Feb. 1, 2023, McAfee most recently served as the Georgia inspector general, where […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump issued a protective order against the former president following a hearing Friday in which she cautioned Trump against making “inflammatory statements” about the case and said that his First Amendment rights are “not absolute.” Judge Tanya Chutkan heard […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has had his bail revoked and he has been immediately remanded to custody of the U.S. Marshals. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the ruling to send Bankman-Fried to jail during a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in New York City. Bankman-Fried’s attorneys […]
James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images (STONY BROOK, N.Y.) — A judge has ordered suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to turn in a DNA swab. “The Court finds that contrary to the defendant’s contentions, there is probably cause to believe that the defendant committed the crimes charged and, therefore, a basis to compel the […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after the special counsel’s office and President Donald Trump’s legal team filed dueling motions regarding a proposed protective order in the Jan. 6 case, the judge in the case has scheduled a hearing on the matter for Friday morning. The order from Judge Tanya Chutkan, filed Tuesday afternoon, […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is raising questions about special counsel Jack Smith’s use of an out-of-district grand jury to conduct his probe. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is demanding answers from Smith on his office’s use of another grand jury to purportedly continue […]
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s counterclaim against former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. Trump accused Carroll of defaming him with statements she made in media appearances following her successful defamation and battery lawsuit against him, which resulted in a […]
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office via AP (SANTA FE, N.M.) — A New Mexico judge has denied “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez’s motion to dismiss the charges stemming from the fatal on-set shooting. Gutierrez was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot by actor Alec Baldwin on […]
ABC News (ATLANTA, Georgia) — A judge scheduled a hearing on former President Donald Trump’s motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. The motion also seeks to quash the special purpose grand jury report that gathered much of the […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday filed paperwork asking a judge to order Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to take action and have the floating barrier in the Rio Grande removed. In a 21-page filing, attorneys for the DOJ have asked for the court to order two things: that the state remove the […]
