May 17—PRESTON, Minn. — The twin sisters who face multiple felony charges related to a crash that claimed the lives of two Amish children last year, have filed motions to have their cases dismissed. Samantha Petersen, 36, of Spring Valley faces 21 charges including eight felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide, eight counts of felony […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003, saying it was a “false and hideous claim” that was filed too late under the law. The legal move is the latest piece of […]
Hunter Biden‘s federal gun case is set to go to trial early next month after an appeals court denied his request to dismiss his charges. In a ruling Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court’s rejection of his motions to dismiss is not appealable before […]
A federal judge in Delaware denied Hunter Biden’s bid to throw out his felony gun charges on Thursday, rejecting arguments from the president’s son that the federal prohibition on owning guns while using illegal drugs is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Separately, a federal appeals court panel ruled against Biden earlier Thursday in another bid […]
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A federal appeals court panel rejected a bid by U.S. President Joe Biden‘s son to dismiss criminal gun charges, clearing the way for Hunter Biden‘s June 3 trial, a first for the child of a sitting president. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims in a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred. The motion filed in a New York court claims Combs cannot be sued because certain laws did not exist when Joi […]
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims in a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred. The motion filed in a New York court claims Combs cannot be sued because certain laws did not exist when Joi […]
Attorneys representing the Maryland State Board of Elections are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges voter roll irregularities and other election law violations in the state. Two groups — Maryland Election Integrity LLC and Missouri-based United Sovereign Americans — filed suit in March against the state board for maintaining inaccurate voter […]
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied motions by two of former President Donald Trump‘s co-defendants to dismiss charges in the classified documents case. Trump aide Walt Nauta‘s lawyers asked this month for five charges against him to be dismissed, while lawyers for Carlos De Oliveira, who was the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats successfully voted to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, just hours after the trial formally opened. The speed of the impeachment trial was an embarrassing blow to Republicans who had threatened to gum up the Senate and delay the proceedings in a bid to […]
Rudy Giuliani has lost his bid to dismiss the $148 million defamation judgment against him from late last year. The judgment was won by former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. “Giuliani’s renewed motion urging this Court to reverse its prior findings and rulings and to override the jury’s considered verdict on […]
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 […]