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A Washington, D.C., judge rejected Rudy Giuliani’s request to overturn the nearly $146 million defamation penalties that he owes to two former Georgia election workers over his claims following the 2020 presidential election. Giuliani, who after his time as mayor served as a personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, was ordered by a jury …
A state appeals court judge has denied Donald Trump’s 11th-hour attempt to delay his New York hush money case while the former president makes a series of last-ditch efforts to indefinitely stall his first-ever criminal trial, less than one week before it is set to begin. An appeals court docket on Monday indicated that the …
New York Attorney General Letitia James is questioning whether the surety company covering former President Donald Trump’s $175 million bond is capable of fulfilling its obligation. On April 1, Trump posted a $175 million bond to prevent James from seizing assets after an appeals court ruled the former president could post the bond amount to cover a …
Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis reportedly cited the incident involving members of the New York City Fire Department booing state Attorney General Letitia James and chanting in favor of former President Trump last month in suggesting that a racist culture persists at the FDNY. Garaufis recently ordered FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and the city’s Corporation Counsel, …
Berman Jackson was also the judge who ruled that a president can declassify materiel just by action when she ruled in Judicial Watch vs DOJ. That was the case where Bill Clinton took cassette tapes from the WH and kept them in his rock drawer. Funny how a Democrat president is allowed to take classified …
Trump's full post on Truth following his victory in New York court today. https://t.co/fxlHQULFOn pic.twitter.com/JJCbQLMkGV — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 25, 2024
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday announced President Trump and his co-defendants can appeal the Fani Willis disqualification decision. Judge Scott McAfee last Friday ruled District Attorney Fani Wills can continue her RICO case against Trump and his associates. In his 23-page decision, Judge McAfee ordered Fani Willis to address the “appearance of impropriety” …
Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz denounced Canada’s decision to suspend future arms exports to Israel, saying “history will judge” the Western nation for reneging on its support for Israel amid the ongoing war with Hamas. Canadian foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly announced Tuesday that the Trudeau-led government would stop sending weapons to Israel, Israeli newspaper …
The Second Amendment protects people’s ability to own a gun even if they’ve entered the country illegally. That’s the ruling handed down by US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman on Friday. She found the federal prohibition on illegal immigrants owning guns is unconstitutional, at least as applied to Heriberto Carbajal-Flores. She ruled the ban did …
Now he can only dream about Fawneeeeee..https://t.co/MDOfqPjq56 — 🇺🇸 Pismo 🇺🇸 (@Pismo_B) March 15, 2024
Donald Trump has not shown that he has enough cash to cover the full amount of a $464 million civil fraud judgment if he loses on appeal, New York Attorney General Letitia James warned. Trump’s attorneys have tried to stay the enforcement of the fraud judgment by offering to get a $100 million bond. Trump’s …
"Texas has prevailed." ~@KenPaxtonTX pic.twitter.com/OcTUKaR0bq — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 12, 2024 A federal judge has ordered President Joe Biden to continue building border wall along the United States-Mexico border with funds allocated under former President Donald Trump. Late last week, Judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Biden administration to halt diverting …
A judge appointed by former President Donald Trump sided with one of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies in a surprise ruling on Friday. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton ruled against Texas and 20 other Republican-led states challenging a Biden administration program that allows as many as 30,000 migrants who are seeking asylum from four countries …
A judge has ordered the US government to hand over Prince Harry’s visa application as he considers whether it should be made public. Judge Carl Nichols told the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) that its arguments were “insufficiently detailed” amid a court battle over the release of the documents, stemming from revelations about the Duke …
In a legal drama that seems straight out of a suspense thriller, Judge Cannon has given the nod to two amicus briefs filed by Trump’s legal team in the ongoing classified documents case. This unexpected turn of events injects fresh energy into an already intense legal battle. One of the amicus briefs takes a hard …
“𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 – Georgia Judge is expected to disqualify Fani Willis from President Trumps Case Following a Tense Hearing. In a dramatic conclusion to the three-day hearing, Judge Scott McAfee is expected to expel Fani Willis from Donald Trump’s election interference case due to her romantic ties with a deputy. McAfee aim to issue the final …
by Chris Black I’m so sick of conservatives lionizing Greg Abbott. This guy did nothing about the invasion for 3 years as Mayorkas was spitting on his face; now all of a sudden he’s hell on wheels. His floaties and his barbed wire haven’t stopped a single invader. Nothing is stopping Abbott from simply disobeying …
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Tracie Porter (age 55, born in 1968) is an American judge serving as a Circuit Court Judge for Cook County, Illinois. She took office on November 12, 2021. Currently, she presides over cases in the Traffic Division at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, focusing on minor traffic violations and Class A Misdemeanor matters. …
A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, rejecting the former president’s request that he be allowed to post a bond covering just a fraction of what he owes. Judge Anil Singh of the state’s mid-level appeals court ruled that Trump …
President Donald Trump has appealed the politically motivated ruling by radical Judge Arthur Engoron in the civil “fraud” case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump’s legal team appealed Engoron’s ruling finding the 45th president liable for more than $350 million in so-called “damages.” With interest, the total amount Trump is currently on …
Defense attorneys believe Terrence Bradly could share more about Wade and DA Fani Willis’ relationship.
…Judge McAfee made clear that his patience was running out because Bradley was given advance notice of his need to appear. John Floyd, the retired lawyer who has experience on racketeering cases. — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) February 16, 2024 BREAKING: The judge just went off on Nathan Wade's friend and former business partner Terrence Bradley …
District Attorney Fani Willis testified in her misconduct hearing, former President Trump’s criminal trial in the Stormy Daniels hush money case was set for March 25 and a beloved Kansas City radio DJ was killed in the parade shooting.
NEW: Judge in the Georgia criminal case against President Trump says "I think it's possible that the facts alleged could result in disqualification [for Fani Willis]. I think an evidentiary hearing must occur to establish the record on those core allegations" pic.twitter.com/TkP2nDQAxX — Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 12, 2024 Judge Scott McAfee on Monday said …
Remember, Trump was never found guilty of any form of sexual misconduct. There was never a trial to establish his guilt. Instead a corrupt judge ruled that his guilt was predetermined and the case was only to determine how much he had to pay. h/t Qplus17
A Delaware judge voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The plan was the largest-ever compensation package in corporate history. Tesla’s share price slid about 3% in after-hours trading following news of the decision. “The plaintiff is entitled to rescission,” Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen McCormick wrote in her ruling agreeing …
E. Jean Carroll praised her legal team and called the jury’s decision “a huge defeat” for anyone who has tried to keep down women. “This is a great victory for every woman who stands up when she’s been knocked down, and a huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down,” …
A New York court has denied Daniel Penny’s request to drop involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who threatened subway passengers before being subdued by the Marine veteran. Penny, 25, was charged in the May 2023 death of Neely after putting him in a chokehold on a …