The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case handed federal prosecutors a partial victory Tuesday in a monthslong dispute by granting their request to keep the names of government witnesses sealed. U.S. District Judge Aileen issued the 24-page order in response to special counsel Jack Smith's request to reconsider a previous order that the government said could lead more than two dozen potential government witnesses in the Florida case to be publicly identified....
Previous coverage shown above DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The case of a Dayton police sergeant has been referred to a Butler County special prosecutor. 2 NEWS previously reported in 2023 Ohio BCI was contacted to investigate Dayton Police Sergeant Joseph Setty. According to Steve Irwin, spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's Office, the []
Judge Aileen Cannon appears to "resent" having to take steps to protect witnesses against former President Donald Trump from threats in his Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday.This comes after Cannon, a South Florida judge appointed by Trump himself, agreed to protect the names of certain government witnesses against Trump — after special counsel Jack Smith demanding protection for several witnesses he warned would be...
Just days before his hush money trial is set to begin, former President Donald Trump is seeking Judge Juan Merchan’s recusal from the case once again. In a motion filed Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys attempted a similar line of argument as in their first request for Merchan’s recusal last May. This time, they suggest that because Trump is now the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, he is sure to be a “political target” in Merchan’s daughter’s work. “President Trump is now the presumptive...
Prosecutors Friday filed their objection to a request by a former city police officer and high school track coach on probation to be allowed to travel to a high school football all-star game.
Criminal Court Judge Boyd Patterson on Monday declined to allow a bond for former EMT Justin Whaley in the case in which he was convicted of vehicular homicide.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance claimed it is too risky for special counsel Jack Smith to try Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom, so drastic measures need to be taken immediately.Speaking with fill-in host Ali Vitali, Vance said now is the time for the Department of Justice to file paperwork demanding the Trump-appointed jurist recuse herself and then make her defend her actions in writing."What do you...
Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...
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...
Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia said its executive director, Pete Skandalakis, will handle matter
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A judge is expected to rule "in the next few days" on a request by prosecutors to again revoke the bond of a woman accused in the October 2020 killing of a man in Horry County. Meagan Jackson and Chris Dontell, who was an Horry County deputy coroner at the []
Fining Donald Trump $1,000 per gag order violation is a joke, key trial witness Michael Cohen and former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner agreed on Cohen's "Mea Culpa" podcast, which aired Friday.Prosecutors have proposed the punishment if a judge finds Trump broke the order with social media posts aimed at witnesses — including Cohen.Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a Tuesday hearing after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Trump of contempt for what he said were multiple...