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A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed efforts to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified documents after prosecutors decided to withdraw their appeal against the president-elect. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order, effectively ending both federal cases against Trump as he prepares to return to the…
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Damian Williams, the federal prosecutor for Manhattan who gained national attention for securing convictions against high-profile figures like U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried, announced on Monday that he will resign ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. Williams, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, will step down on December…
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The Justice Department directly accused Alphabet’s Google of illegally dominating online advertising technology, seeking another antitrust victory against the tech giant. Closing arguments in the Alexandria, Virginia, trial concluded a 15-day September session where prosecutors argued that Google monopolized markets for publisher ad servers, advertiser ad networks, and ad exchanges. “Google rigged the rules of…
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A U.S. judge dismissed the federal criminal case against Donald Trump on Monday, highlighting the collapse of what many see as a politically charged attempt to criminalize the former president. Prosecutors, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, moved to drop the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, along with a…
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President-elect Donald Trump is moving to dismiss the controversial criminal case in which he was convicted in May on 34 felony counts tied to hush money payments. A New York judge on Friday ruled in favor of allowing Trump to file for dismissal and postponed his sentencing indefinitely, citing the implications of his overwhelming victory…
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A federal judge in Texas struck down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent overhaul of Treasury dealer rules on Thursday, ruling that the agency exceeded its legal authority when issuing the regulations, according to court records. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas found that the SEC’s rule violated…
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Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a late-night agreement on Wednesday, enabling votes on a group of President Joe Biden’s nominees for federal trial courts while halting efforts to confirm four appellate court nominees. This arrangement leaves those appellate court vacancies for Republican President-elect Donald Trump to fill. A spokesperson for Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
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A federal judge rejected an attempt by the parents of a Massachusetts high school senior to force his school to erase his disciplinary record and increase his history class grade. School officials had accused the student of using an artificial intelligence program to cheat on a class assignment. On Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Levenson…
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Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang received an 18-year prison sentence on Wednesday for the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which caused more than $10 billion in losses for Wall Street banks. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein handed down the sentence in Manhattan after a jury convicted Hwang in July on 10 criminal charges,…
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Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge to dismiss the Republican’s conviction for illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star, arguing that his U.S. presidential election victory makes sentencing a threat to government stability. In a letter filed Tuesday and released Wednesday, Trump’s legal team requested permission from New York State Supreme Court…
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