WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday raised the bar for prosecuting Donald Trump, ruling that he has immunity for some of his conduct as president in his federal election interference case, but maybe not for other actions, adding another obstacle for special counsel Jack Smith taking the case to trial. In a novel and […]
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
John Eastman, a former Trump attorney and one of 18 people criminally charged in Arizona in connection with an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, moved to dismiss the indictment against him, citing Arizona’s anti-SLAPP law, according to a motion filed Friday. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” The law […]
An associate pastor at St. Philip Catholic Church who was indicted earlier this year on sexual abuse charges is facing more charges in a new indictment. A Williamson County grand jury returned a superseding indictment on June 5 charging Rev. Juan Carlos Garcia- Mendoza with two additional counts of sexual battery. Garcia- Mendoza was originally […]
An Alabama man pleaded guilty this week for threatening phone calls against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Arthur Ray Hanson II for the phone calls he made a week before a special grand purpose jury indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The two 18-year-old brothers who police said lit a firework blast injuring four people at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints face indictment. According to police, on March 27 at approximately 8 p.m. Caden and Connor Renard entered the LDS church and threw an incendiary device on the floor damaging […]
One of America’s most deeply entrenched political machines is finally coming apart. New Jersey political insiders struggled to come up with big enough words Monday morning morning to describe what they were hearing: The state attorney general was about to indict South Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross, one of the most formidable and fearsome […]
New Jersey’s attorney general on Monday charged one of the state’s most powerful Democrats and his allies in a sweeping indictment alleging a long-running corruption scheme. The charges against George Norcross are groundbreaking. He has long been the subject of scrutiny by law enforcement and a political task force, but has never been charged. The […]
Given U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s slow handling of Donald Trump’s classified documents case and the backlog of motions holding up a trial, it’s always notable when she makes decisions that might let a trial take place someday. That happened Monday, when she rejected a defense motion that sought to dismiss charges for “pleading deficiencies,” […]
The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution on charges of retaining classified documents agreed on Monday to expunge from the indictment a paragraph about an episode where the former president waved around a classified document at his Bedminster club in New Jersey. The US district judge Aileen Cannon ruled she would strike the paragraph because […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates denied a request Monday to dismiss some of the charges in the indictment. The defendants had sought to throw out more than a half-dozen of the 41 counts in the indictment, which accuses […]
Trinity Poague, an 18-year-old whose pageant title was stripped after Jaxton Dru’s death, has been accused of murdering the boy Facebook; Gofundme Trinity Poague (left), Jaxton Drew Content warning: This article contains disturbing details of alleged child abuse. An indictment against a former Georgia pageant winner accused of murdering an 18-month-old boy reveals disturbing allegations […]