Houston Matters discusses former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial beginning, the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other developments in politics in our weekly roundup.
Despite parading through the halls of the Capitol as a handsome group to deliver their articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, they appear to have fallen short again of producing the kind of political stunt that can boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses the Republican disarray as they try to find issues they can rally around that don't also push away voters.
Hunter Biden's legal defense suffered a blow in court Friday after a federal judge in Delaware ruled that the federal gun case against the president's son would continue. Biden is accused of lying about his drug abuse on a background check in Oct. 2018 when he applied for a gun permit. He is facing two counts of lying about drug abuse when seeking to buy a weapon and one charge of unlawful possession of a firearm while addicted to a controlled substance. His attorneys argued that the case...
Judge refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden's gun case, rejecting claim it's politically motivated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the prospect that Biden could face trial in the case […]
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate held a "trial" regarding the Articles of Impeachment directed at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. I've got "trial" in quotation marks because the trial never really got off the ground. As detailed in the overview of the proceedings, while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) started out with a show of allowing the Republicans to have a say in the proceedings, it would all be for naught, and the Republicans exposed that, beginning...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge berated the Justice Department on Friday for instructing two of its employees not to appear for depositions as part of a Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “The rules apply to you all too,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told Justice Department lawyers during a hearing to discuss the DOJ tax attorneys who defied congressional subpoenas. The House Judiciary Committee sued the two attorneys last month in an effort to compel their testimony in...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika denied defense efforts […]
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — It sounds shocking, but a top Israeli journalist says that Iran informed President Biden that they were going to attack Israel. According to some reports, Biden (allegedly) gave Iran his permission, and they even arranged the timing and location. Why? So that Biden could (allegedly) warn Israel about the attack, […]
Elon Musk stated that his social media platform will likely be forced to shut down operations in Brazil as a result of non-compliance with the court order, but argued that ‘principles matter more than profit.’
Elon Musk is facing an inquiry by Brazilian Supreme Court for obstruction of justice, after he called for impeachment of Alexandre de Moraes. read more
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