Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, at right, stands waiting to approach the microphone. The lawmakers joined progressive groups to urge Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, […]
Many things about Donald Trump’s Supreme Court immunity appeal are incredible (in a bad way). There’s the alleged scheme that prompted the election subversion charges at issue. There’s the former president’s equally subversive bid to avoid those charges. There’s the high court’s leisurely scheduling of the appeal, which could function as its own form of […]
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s blockbuster case accusing Apple of unlawfully monopolizing the smartphone market was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in New Jersey on Wednesday after another judge said he could not hear it due to a potential conflict of interest. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz, who had […]
Donald Trump’s lawyers are making another attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan remove himself from the New York hush money trial. As they did the first time around, attorneys for the former president point to political work by the judge’s daughter. But they also argue that a recent gag order against Trump is a factor. […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump is again seeking to get the judge overseeing his upcoming New York criminal trial off the case, arguing the judge’s daughter’s work for a political consultancy with Democratic clients poses a conflict of interest. The Republican presidential candidate last year made a similar request for Justice Juan Merchan to recuse […]
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to grant them access to a Justice Department filing on classified details in the case that special counsel Jack Smith wants removed from discovery proceedings. “Given the security clearances that have been extended to President Trump and counsel, and the volume of classified discovery […]