A group of former Republican legal officials filed an amicus brief Monday in support of a January 2024 trial date in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference criminal case. The amicus brief cites the Speedy Trial Act and Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution to justify the need for a speedy resolution. The brief [...]
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US federal judge dismisses Trump counter-defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll
US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed former President Donald Trump’s counter-defamation suit against author E. Jean Carroll on Monday. Carroll has accused Trump of sexual assault, with a jury finding that Trump did sexually assault Carroll and defamed Carroll by accusing her of lying. Trump claimed that Carroll’s statements on CNN after the verdict [...]
US prosecutor in January 6 case files order to block publication of some evidentiary materials
Jack Smith, the Special Prosecutor handling former President Donald Trump’s case related to the January 6th Insurrection and alleged election interference, filed a motion Friday requesting a protective order to prevent Trump from making public some evidentiary materials due to statements made on Trump’s social media. In the motion, Smith argued that “f the defendant [...]
US ex-president Trump pleads not guilty to 4 criminal counts in 2020 election interference case
Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges on Thursday in a federal courthouse in Washington D.C. The charges stem from an indictment unsealed on Tuesday which alleged that Trump conspired to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Trump appeared with his private counsel before federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya for [...]
Former US President Donald Trump indicted for conspiracy in 2020 election interference case
US federal prosecutors indicted former President Donald Trump on four criminal charges Tuesday in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal investigation into interference with the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces four obstruction charges for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. The 45-page indictment accuses the former president of “pursu unlawful means of [...]
Financial filings reveal Trump-aligned PAC spent millions on legal fees
The Trump-aligned Save America Leadership political action committee (PAC) spent over $20 million on former President Donald Trump’s legal fees out of its total of about $30 million in spending according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings made public Monday. The filing comes as legal woes continue to mount for Trump. The filings reveal that [...]
General Abdourahamane Tiani installed as Niger leader following coup
Niger’s national broadcaster identified Army General Abdourahamane Tiani as President of Niger’s new military government on Friday following a coup that deposed former President Mohamed Bazoum. The country’s ruling council, called the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland, was formed out of Niger’s presidential guard, which carried out the coup. In a televised [...]
Peter Stager of Arkansas was sentenced Monday to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution in a District of Columbia courtroom for beating a police officer with a flag pole during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. In the criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of [...]
New York federal court denies Trump bid to move falsified business records case out of state court
A New York federal judge denied on Wednesday former US President Donald Trump’s effort to move Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against him from a New York state court to a federal court. As a result, Bragg’s criminal case against Trump, in which Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business [...]
Former US President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that he received a letter on Sunday from Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney leading two criminal investigations into the former president, that indicated he was the subject of an investigation into attempted 2020 election interference and the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Trump [...]