‘It can happen again’: Judge set to preside over Trump trial delivers her toughest Jan. 6 sentence to date
by POLITICO
POLITICO— U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced a Maryland man to five-and-a-half years in federal prison.
MSNBC—After Supreme Court immunity hearing, don't bank on a Trump Jan. 6 trial before the election. Even before Thursday’s immunity hearing, the Supreme Court had already given Donald Trump a win of sorts. The court had decided to hear the appeal when it didn’t have to and then scheduled the hearing on the very last argument day of the term. So a question heading into the argument was whether there’d be any indication of the justices coalescing around a unanimous theory that might lend itself to a speedy ruling, such that a pre-election trial might be possible. But after the lengthy hearing,...
SiliconBeat—Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez shooting trial start date set by judge. Velasquez, a former UFC mixed-martial arts champion who fought out of San Jose, is charged with trying to kill a man accused of molesting his child, and instead wounding the man’s stepfather.
MSNBC—Why Judge Merchan set another gag order hearing at Trump’s hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt on Tuesday for nine gag order violations in his New York criminal case. The state judge imposed the maximum fine of $1,000 per violation and warned Trump of possible incarceration for further defiance. While imposing the punishment, such as it was, even Merchan acknowledged its relative weakness against this wealthy defendant. But it was nonetheless a historic ruling against the former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Yet, that...