Lawyers for Hunter Biden asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to throw out nine tax-related charges, arguing that the president's son is being vindictively prosecuted by the Justice Department and had his rights trampled by two IRS agents who publicly revealed his confidential tax records. At a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi appeared skeptical about Biden's eight motions to dismiss the criminal charges, pointing out that his lawyers had little evidence to bolster some of...
A Georgia judge has set a Thursday hearing to consider dismissing a conspiracy case against Donald Trump on First Amendment grounds. On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ordered the hearing for March 28. McAfee is expected to consider motions from Donald Trump and other defendants in an election interference case. Trump's motion asked the court to dismiss the case based on his First Amendment right to free speech. McAfee has dismissed two similar motions by...
Alec Baldwin is fighting his charges. Almost two months after a grand jury reinstated his indictment over the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Baldwin's legal team has
Judge McAfee is "losing control," according to one former prosecutor.McAfee, the jurist overseeing the case in which Fani Willis is prosecuting Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to subvert the 2020 election, on Friday ruled that Willis couldn't keep her former boyfriend, Nathan Wade,- on the high-profile case. McAfee has been under a steady assault from conservatives who think Willis should already have been booted.Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu weighed in via an opinion piece for The...
Abbe Lowell, attorney for Hunter Biden, appeared in a Los Angeles federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon to argue that all of the criminal charges filed against his client in California should be dismissed. Hunter Biden did not attend.
Hunter Biden's attorneys were seeking to convince LA federal judge Mark Scarsi to dismiss the nine-count tax crimes case filed against him. Hunter's team expressed outrage at what they claim is the Justice Department reneging on a plea agreement that would have let him off with no jail time
Lawyers for Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and other codefendants noted Judge McAfee's statement about the 'odor of mendacity' even as he allowed Willis to stay on the case if her former lover left it.
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...
Joann, the 81-year-old fabric and craft retailer, has filed for bankruptcy as it struggles with customers cutting back on discretionary spending.
As per PTI, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case against Kerala CM's daughter Veena, IT firm owned by her, others in 'illegal' payments case.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had earlier ordered the investigation into the complaints of financial transactions between a private minerals company and Veena's IT firm, which had triggered a huge political controversy in the southern state recently.A controversy erupted in Kerala recently over some financial transactions...
The fabric and crafts retailer operates 800 stores and a website.
The sewing and fabric retailer JOANN has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced Monday by the company.