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Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal bankruptcy court judge has dismissed Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, saying it is “in the best interests of creditors.” The decision exposes the former New York City mayor to lawsuits, foreclosures and other measures that allow creditors, including two defamed Georgia election workers, to collect what they’re owed. […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case in New York has postponed sentencing to Sept. 18, according to a letter sent to the parties. The move came after the Manhattan district attorney’s office said earlier Tuesday it would not oppose Trump’s request to file a […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (DEDHAM, Mass.) — The judge in the Karen Read murder trial has declared a mistrial after the jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous consensus on the fifth day of deliberations Monday. Read was charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, in January 2022. Prosecutors allege she […]

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — A New Mexico judge denied Alec Baldwin’s bid to drop his involuntary manslaughter charge over firearm evidence stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” before his trial starts next month. In their request to dismiss the indictment, Baldwin’s attorneys claimed the state “intentionally” destroyed […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case on Thursday ordered an additional hearing to determine whether prosecutors improperly used evidence protected by attorney-client privilege to secure their indictment against the former president. In an 11-page ruling issued Thursday, Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that an additional hearing was […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a two-hour hearing Monday morning, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case pressed government attorneys to provide more information about the funding of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, at one point remarking that the funding presents a “separation of powers concern.” The hearing, conducted by U.S. District […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A Clark County, Nevada, judge on Friday dismissed the charges filed by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford against six so-called “alternate electors” related to their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in favor of former President Donald Trump. The move makes the Nevada case the […]

seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case will kick off a series of hearings this week on motions to dismiss the case. One of the hearings is expected to focus on a legal theory pushed by conservative legal critics of special counsel Jack […]

Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — A federal magistrate judge in Chicago on Monday granted a request from families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash to provide the U.S. Department of Justice confidential documents and testimony obtained in their civil lawsuit against Boeing. The families contend the information they want […]