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Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other being his protection under the Presidential Records Act — that his lawyers used to argue dismissing the case. Judge Aileen […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York declined to dismiss bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez, ruling his conduct is not protected by the nature of his job as a United States senator or as then-chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. “[T}he Court finds that none of the allegations at […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump is in a Florida courtroom where his attorneys are arguing for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the charges against Trump, is also in attendance. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon began the hearing without making any mention […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge on Wednesday quashed multiple counts contained in the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants. The order from Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six counts related to a specific charge: Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer. That charge specifically […]
In this April 26, 2023, file photo, E. Jean Carroll departs the Southern District of New York Court on Pearl Street after a long day of testimony, in New York. (NY Daily News via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Judge Lewis Kaplan has approved Donald Trump’s $91,630,000 bond in the defamation case brought by columnist […]
Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Former President Donald Trump’s escalating legal penalties are a little larger after a judge in the United Kingdom ordered him to pay more than $380,000 to a firm run by Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who penned the infamous 2016 dossier accusing Trump of harboring close ties […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Less than two months after the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up the case of convicted murderer Scott Peterson, a judge in San Mateo County, California, has scheduled a status hearing. The court confirmed Peterson will be represented by the LA Innocence Project, and it is believed the status […]
David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to temporarily prevent one of the strictest immigration bills in the country from going into effect in Texas on March 5. The law, known as SB 4, would authorize local and state law enforcement to arrest migrants they suspect […]
Jefferson Siegel via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial received an envelope containing a white powder Wednesday, prompting an emergency response from police and fire officials, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The envelope was addressed to Justice Arthur Engoron, who imposed […]
Witness Terrence Bradley looks on from the witness stand during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on Feb. 16, 2024 in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images) (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge has ruled that special prosecutor Nathan Wade’s former law partner and […]