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[ad_1] The jury has also watched lengthy excerpts from an October videotaped deposition in which Trump vehemently denied raping Carroll or ever really knowing her. Without Trump’s testimony, lawyers were scheduled to make closing arguments Monday, with deliberations likely to begin on Tuesday. After prosecutors rested their case Thursday, Trump attorney Joe Tacopina immediately rested…
[ad_1] “The time has come for a new public conversation on ways to restore confidence in the Court’sethical standards. I invite you to join it,” Durbin added. A Supreme Court spokesperson did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether Roberts plans to accept Durbin’s invitation. Asked by reporters Thursday if he planned a subpoena…
[ad_1] Under the Constitution, Pence as vice president also served as president of the Senate, entitling him to some measure of congressional immunity, Boasberg found. Although Pence and his allies felt that the ruling didn’t extend far enough, Pence opted not to appeal the decision. Trump’s executive privilege challenges to Justice Department subpoenas have not…
[ad_1] Trump and Pence had both challenged the subpoena — but on entirely distinct grounds. Trump contended that his conversations with Pence in the weeks preceding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol should be shielded by investigators because of executive privilege, which is intended to preserve the confidentiality of some presidential communications. Trump has…
[ad_1] Pence has indicated he’s open to answering certain categories of questions related to Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election despite losing the race to Joe Biden. But he has argued that the vice president’s unusual role — both a top member of the executive branch and president of the Senate — entitles him…
[ad_1] Washington: Two women who say they experienced and escaped Chinese “re-education camps” have provided first-hand testimony to members of the US Congress, giving harrowing detail while imploring Americans not to look away from what Washington has declared a continuing genocide of Muslim ethnic minorities. Testifying before a special House committee on Thursday, Gulbahar Haitiwaji,…
[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, all Democratic appointees — doesn’t…
[ad_1] “It’s just another example of them weaponizing the justice system against him. And it’s sort of unfair,” he said. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, declined to comment. Such an invitation to testify before a grand jury often indicates a decision on indictments is near. The invitation to testify was…
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[ad_1] Moderna on Wednesday said people in the U.S. will be able to access vaccines “regardless of ability to pay.” | Jon Cherry/Getty Images It “maybe was just a wild and crazy coincidence” drug company Moderna announced a plan to give free Covid vaccines to uninsured Americans right as a Senate committee asked them to…