• Los Angeles Prosecutor on Election Software Firm Case Claims Charges Dropped over DA's Political Concerns

    A lead prosecutor on a case involving the CEO of an election software company has filed a government tort complaint against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón for allegedly dismissing criminal charges improperly against the company executive for political purposes. The prosecution of the head of an election software company used by election offices across the country that began in October 2022 was ended about a month later because of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s...

  • Prosecutor won't bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor said Friday that she won't bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade state campaign finance laws in order to unseat the powerful speaker of the Assembly. Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper said she would not be filing felony charges against Rep. Janel Brandtjen as was recommended by the bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission. NEW WISCONSIN LAW REQUIRES TEACHING OF HMONG, ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN SCHOOLS She is...

  • Alec Baldwin: 'Rust' Prosecutor Charging Me to 'Humble' an 'Arrogant' Celebrity

    Actor Alec Baldwin has claimed that the prosecutor charging him for the Rust shooting simply wants to "humble" an "arrogant" celebrity.

  • Toxic: China clamps down on politically-charged COVID origin research

    Special Report: The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months.

  • In first, Antifa members face charges from prosecutors in San Diego

    by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2024 Two So Cal Antifa members are currently on trial in San Diego for attacking supporters of Donald Trump in January 2021. Jeremy Jonathan White, 41, and Brian Cortez Lightfoot Jr., 27, both of Los Angeles, are the first Antifa members in the U.S. to go on trial for “serious […]

  • NPR needs a serious critique not a politically charged parting shot

    How Uri Berliner went about his complaint made it clear he was not interested in constructive criticism, but a viral momentGet Margaret Sullivan’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxIt took only days from Uri Berliner’s publishing his fiery essay about his employer, NPR, to his suspension, to his resignation in a blaze of bad-faith glory.“You knew the martyrdom was coming,” was how journalist Issac Bailey put it.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading

  • Pras Denied First Attempt At Overturning Political Conspiracy Conviction

    According to several confirmed reports, the first attempt to have the federal conspiracy conviction overturned for Pras of The Fugees was denied in federal court on Friday(April 12) by a judge who has presided over cases involving Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush and Microsoft. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied the motion, saying there was more than […] The post Pras Denied First Attempt At Overturning Political Conspiracy Conviction first appeared on The Source.

  • Potential Donald Trump Jurors' Politics Not Disqualifying—Ex-Prosecutor

    Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday that potential jurors' politics will not be disqualifying in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.On Monday, jury selection will begin in the Manhattan criminal case against Trump, who is the presumed GOP presidential nominee. Following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, Trump was indicted in March 2023 on charges of falsifying business records relating to hush money payments made to adult...

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    Prosecutor targets Georgia lieutenant governor in fake elector case

    It’s not every day that a sitting lieutenant governor faces a criminal investigation, which makes the latest developments in Georgia awfully interesting. The Associated Press reported: If it seems as if this story has been percolating for a long while, it’s not your imagination. My MSNBC colleague Ja’han Jones noted last summer, for example, that Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor had reportedly been identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2020 fake electors scheme, but a state...

  • Former Michigan House leader and wife charged with misusing political funds

    Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday.

  • Sarnia man facing manslaughter, child porn charges denied bail

    A 25-year-old Sarnia-area man recently charged with child pornography offences while awaiting his trial for manslaughter has been denied bail. Brandon Gilbert from Aamjiwnaang was initially charged with aggravated assault linked to what Sarnia police said was a fight during a gathering on Maness Court in the First Nation south of the city on Aug. […]

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    Political Analyst: Stoney dropping out of governor’s race is good news for Democrats

    Less than five months after it began, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s campaign for governor is over. Stoney announced today that he’ll abandon his bid for governor in an effort to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next year.