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The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Thursday instructed the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to dismiss Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lawsuit over a challenge to her congressional candidacy. Green maintained her candidacy eligibility and is presently on the Georgia ballot, making the dispute moot. In March, a group [...]

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary…: Rabbi Hillel, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a Israel’s continuous support for Donald J. Trump represents a grim irony of Jewish history. Even before the latest revelations concerning this former president’s anti-Semitic outbursts (that is, his [...]

Following a unanimous vote on October 13, the US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the Capitol Committee Friday issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump regarding his potential involvement in 2021 attack. The subpoena, signed by Chairman Bennie Thompson, discusses Trump’s false assertions of election fraud and their contribution to [...]

US District Judge David Carter Wednesday ordered the release of emails exchanged between former President Donald Trump and his attorney Dr. John Eastman regarding the January 6 Capitol Attack. The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack originally subpoenaed the documents in January 2021. Eastman assisted Trump with legal and political strategies regarding [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday urged the District Court of Columbia to sentence Steve Bannon, former strategist to former President Donald Trump, to six months in prison and a $200,000 fine. The request comes after a federal jury convicted Bannon of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena. The US [...]

The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the Capitol Thursday held its first hearing since July and voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump to sit for testimony and produce documents. The committee recognized that issuing a subpoena to a former president of the US is an extraordinary step. Members believe [...]

US federal prosecutors Tuesday began jury selection in the seditious conspiracy trial against the founder of the far-right group the Oath Keepers and four other associated individuals. The Department of Justice (DOJ) first charged the individuals in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot in January of this year. As of the time of [...]

Marisa Wright is a US national staff correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School.  Last week, a federal judge agreed with Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review records seized by the FBI during its search of his estate. Judge Aileen M. Cannon also ordered the Justice Department to [...]

Nicholas Ochs, founder of the Proud Boys Hawaii chapter, Friday pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Ochs and fellow defendent Nicholas DeCarlo of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty to only one of seven charges in their [...]

Steve Bannon, former strategist to former President Donald Trump, Thursday surrendered to New York authorities on financial fraud charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the charges against Bannon, claiming the former strategist wrongly collected more than $15 million from US political donors under a “We Build the [...]