• Trump lawyer slapped down after complaining to judge about deadline

    Donald Trump's lawyers have just 24 hours to hand over evidence to prosecutors or risk seeing it banned from the former president's criminal hush money trial, according to a reporter inside the courtroom. New York City Judge Juan Merchan set the deadline Monday after Assistant District Attorney Josh Steinglass said Trump's attorneys had failed to turn over any of the exhibits they plan to use in the former president's defense, according to Law 360 reporter Stewart Bishop. Trump's legal team was...

  • Lawyers for Nassar victims reach $100M deal with Justice Department

    The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

  • Kenyan Catholic bishop urges Parliament to reject LGBT ideology

    The Kenyan Catholic Bishops' Conference argued that the LGBT agenda threatens the 'basis of social order’ in the nation, urging legislators to protect marriage and the family in law.

  • Judge Rejects Trump Request To Dismiss Classified Documents Prosecution

    A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office. Lawyers for Trump had cited a 1978 statute known as the Presidential Records Act in demanding that the case, […]

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    Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department

    The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar.

  • 'I have accommodated you enough': Judge shuts down Trump lawyer for belittling trial

    New York Justice Juan Merchan blasted Todd Blanche, an attorney for Donald Trump, for suggesting his client should not have to attend his criminal trial next week. At the conclusion of the first day of Trump's hush money trial, Blanche sought permission for his client to be absent from the courtroom for Wednesday campaign events and to attend a Supreme Court hearing next Thursday.Merchan initially seemed open to the proposal."Blanche says that the campaign has taken pains to schedule events on...

  • "Nonsensical": Another Federal Judge Rejects All Of Hunter Biden's Claims For Dismissal

    "Nonsensical": Another Federal Judge Rejects All Of Hunter Biden's Claims For Dismissal Authored by Jonathan Turley, While some legal analysts continue to boost Hunter Biden’s legal claims, the reviews in actual courts are far less glowing. Recently, we discussed a federal judge rejecting all eight motions of Hunter Biden to dismiss his tax charges in a stinging opinion citing a conspicuous lack of actual evidence to support their claims. Now, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika...

  • Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s attempts to toss gun charges

    A federal judge in Delaware declined to dismiss gun charges against Hunter Biden Friday, rejecting several challenges from President Biden's son claiming he is being prosecuted for political purposes. The younger Biden filed a series of motions late last year, accusing special counsel David Weiss of buckling "under political pressure" in bringing the case against

  • Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss the federal gun charges against him

    The federal judge overseeing a case involving gun charges against Hunter Biden rejected efforts by the president’s son to have the case dismissed. Judge Maryellen Noreika denied all five of Biden’s motions, keeping the case on track for a June trial in Delaware. Biden was indicted in September on three counts tied to possession of a gun while using narcotics. Efforts to have the case thrown out included arguments of selective and vindictive prosecution and that special counsel David Weiss was...

  • Lawyers For Nassar Assault Survivors Have Reached $100 Million Deal With Justice Department

    (Associated Press) – The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims

  • Tesla asks shareholders to back $56bn pay for Elon Musk rejected by judge

    Delaware court in nullified compensation deal based on carmaker’s market value in January, calling it ‘unfathomable sum’Tesla on Wednesday asked its shareholders to once again approve CEO Elon Musk‘s record-breaking $56bn pay that was set in 2018. A Delaware judge rejected the pay package in January, calling it excessive and saying the company’s board failed to justify it.The compensation includes no salary or cash bonus, but sets rewards based on Tesla’s market value rising to as much as $650bn...

  • 'We can't go on like this': Judge chastises Trump lawyers for digging into jurors

    Donald Trump's lawyers returned from the lunch recess Tuesday to declare that they'd discovered a number of social media posts from potential jurors that contradicted answers given during questioning, and claimed that some showed "hostility" toward the ex-president. But Judge Juan Merchan hit back at Trump lawyer Todd Blanche."We can't go on like this," he said, talking about the nitpicking of potential jurors who disagree with Trump on policy issues. MSNBC host Katie Phang reported one...