[ad_1] A defense attorney argued on Tuesday at the close of a landmark trial over the January 6 insurrection that the US justice department is making the Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio a scapegoat for Donald Trump, whose supporters stormed the US Capitol. Tarrio and four lieutenants are charged withContinue Reading
[ad_1] “I don’t think it has any merit,” Barr said of the case. “I think it is transparently an abuse of prosecutorial power to accomplish a political end. I think it is an unjust case. That’s not say that every legal challenge that the president faces is unjustified. But thisContinue Reading
[ad_1] Blanche, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, has previously represented Trump ally Paul Manafort as well as Igor Fruman, a onetime associate of Rudy Giuliani who pleaded guilty in a campaign finance case brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office. In particular, Blanche’s representationContinue Reading
[ad_1] Following his indictment over alleged hush money payments, former President Donald Trump plans to fly to Manhattan to surrender on Tuesday morning. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images An attorney for Donald Trump opposed the former president’s imminent mugshot being released, saying that it’s “not going to help anything” as heContinue Reading
[ad_1] “I think that was an ill-advised post that one of his social media people put up, and he quickly took down when he realized the rhetoric and photo that was attached to it,” Tacopina added. Trump has not been indicated in the New York case, though he still couldContinue Reading
[ad_1] The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Howell’s order temporarily on Tuesday night, ordering an extraordinarily rapid series of filings in a matter of hours — including one from Trump’s team by midnight Tuesday. The appeals court’s order — from Judges Cornelia Pillard, J. Michelle Childs and Florence Pan,Continue Reading
[ad_1] Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain and owner of New York-based Duane Reade, confirmed last week that it would not dispense abortion pills either by mail or at brick-and-mortar locations in several states where they remain legal. The company announced the decision after nearly two dozen Republican state attorneysContinue Reading
[ad_1] Freeman, O’Neill and Stein are all Democrats. At Stein’s request, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles briefly blocked any prosecution, but she later withdrew the temporary order and allowed the prosecution to proceed. Stein appealed to the 4th Circuit, which granted an injunction pending appeal and in the newContinue Reading
[ad_1] A unit created under the former Republican attorney general of Arizona to investigate claims of election fraud will now focus on voting rights and ballot access under the newly elected Democratic attorney general. The Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, told the Guardian that instead of prosecuting claims of voterContinue Reading
[ad_1] The lawsuit was filed just weeks after James sued Trump, three of his adult children and his business empire for fraudulent financial practices. She is seeking up to $250 million as well as an order blocking Trump from real estate transactions in New York for five years. Trump hasContinue Reading