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A Georgia appeals court will hear arguments in October to determine whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat, a schedule likely to postpone the trial until after the Nov. 5 election. The court will examine whether Willis’ past affair with her former…
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On Monday, a jury began the trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, marking a historic criminal prosecution of a sitting president’s son that could impact the 2024 presidential election. Hunter Biden, 54, faces trial at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. This event occurred four days after Republican Donald Trump, the Democratic president’s rival…
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A former partner at U.S. law firm Locke Lord, Mark Scott, argued that prosecutors failed to prove he knowingly participated in a $400 million fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. On Wednesday, Scott urged the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse or vacate his November 2019 conviction, asserting that the government’s case relied heavily on a…
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A black woman and her daughters are currently detained in Turks and Caicos after she unintentionally traveled to the island with ammunition in her duffel bag. Sharitta Grier admitted that the duffel bag in question is typically used for storing her firearm and bullets. She had cleaned out the bag for their trip to Turks…
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader and lead sicario, or assassin, Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as El Nini, 32, of Mexico, was extradited on May 25 from Mexico to the United States to face charges contained in two indictments. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated: “Today [May 28, 2024] El Nini joins the growing list…
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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected prosecutors’ request to issue a gag order barring Donald Trump from making inflammatory comments about law enforcement. Trump’s campaign had falsely claimed the FBI had authorization to assassinate him when it searched his Florida resort for classified U.S. documents. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, based in Florida, rebuffed Special…
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On Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a federal judge to reject prosecutors’ request for a gag order limiting what the former president can say about law enforcement officers involved in his sensitive documents case. Trump’s team also requested that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce, Florida, impose sanctions and pursue civil contempt findings…
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Authorities arrested 18-year-old Edan On on Thursday for allegedly attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) last month. Police booked him on a felony charge and are holding him on $30,000 bail, according to UCLA Police and jail records. The media first identified On and other counterprotesters by reviewing hundreds…
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Thirty-four charges, 12 jurors, one often exasperated judge, and a parade of witnesses After nearly five weeks, both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases in Donald Trump’s history-making hush-money trial. Closing arguments will begin on Tuesday, after which the jury will start deliberations. The timeline and outcome of their decision remain uncertain. However,…
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Authorities extradited Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as El Nini or the Slacker, from Mexico to the US. Prosecutors claim that El Nini served as a “lead assassin” for the sons of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The US seeks him on drug trafficking and weapons charges, which he denies. US officials had offered…
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