Presidents should have immunity for acts taken in office, they say – including attempts to overturn 2020 election resultsLawyers for Donald Trump urged the US supreme court to find that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts they take in office and, therefore, dismiss the federal criminal case against Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The arguments from Trump came in a brief submitted to the court Tuesday before oral...
The U.S. and U.K. imposed travel ban on Ugandan officials involved in violating human rights and undermining democracy. Ugandan rights activists also accuse Among of gross corruption.
The Albanese government tried to rush through legislation in the final sitting week before the Easter break which could have banned tourists from up to five nations.
A New York court had asked the Republican leader to pay the amount after finding him guilty of fraudulently overstating his wealth and duping investors.
The Albanian government’s proposed “Trump-style travel ban” has sparked international uproar. The Russian embassy criticized the move and Iraqi officials were surprised by the possible changes.The federal government tried to push legislation through parliament this week that would ban visitors from some other countries, including tourists, from entering Australia.Countries expected to be blacklisted include Iran, Iraq, Russia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. These countries are not accepting...
March 25 (UPI) — New York Attorney General Letitia James may soon seize the properties of Donald Trump if he does not pay a $454 judgment against him for civil fraud Monday. The former president’s prized Trump Tower, the Trump Building — both in New York — and more than a dozen golf and social clubs, including the Mar-a-Lago resort […] The post Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago among Donald Trump properties at risk in fraud case first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Donald Trump is expected in court today for a New York hearing related to his criminal hush money trial. He also faces a deadline to secure a bond for the multimillion-dollar New York civil fraud judgment against him. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
For this episode of Trump's Trials, host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's Andrea Bernstein. An appeals court has cut the bond former President Donald Trump has to post from $454 million to $175 million in his civil fraud trial. The news came the same day as the deadline before the New York Attorney General could start seizing Trump properties to pay off the massive judgement. And in a separate New York court, a judge sharply rebuked Trump's lawyers in his hush money criminal case and set a trial...
A Georgia judge's ruling Friday declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants on conflict of interest grounds could allow the prosecution to get back on track and quickly, but there are potential roadblocks. One potential obstruction was removed Friday afternoon when Willis accepted the resignation of Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she appointed to lead the case. Fulton...
The former president’s bond was reduced to US$175-million in a civil fraud case. Separately, he will stand trial in April over alleged hush-money payment
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump file an emergency appeal challenging Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute Trump and 18 others on election interference charges now that lead prosecutor Nathan Wade has stepped down.
A year ago, I visited TikTok’s US headquarters to preview its new “transparency center,” a central piece of its multibillion-dollar effort to convince the US its meme factory isn’t a national security threat. That effort has failed. The company’s negotiations with the government stalled out and the company is now facing its most serious threat to a future in the United States yet. Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that, if passed into law, would force...