Court Battles
John Dean, who was a counsel for former President Nixon, commented in a Saturday interview that the New York hush money trial against former President Trump is very strong, particularly with the awaited testimony from Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen. Dean stated in a CNN interview that he has reviewed the trial transcripts…
Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stuck by his attacks against the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case on Sunday, claiming she is a “political operative.” Scott was in New York City on Thursday to support Trump in his criminal case, where he faces over 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stated that it was very important for former President Trump’s case of interfering in the federal election to be tried before voters choose their next president in November. She urged the Supreme Court to see Trump’s appeal as a way to postpone the trial. “It must not be true that a president of the United States…
Conservative lawyer George Conway said he expects former President Trump to violate the gag order imposed by the New York judge overseeing Trump’s hush money trial. “At some point, I think, though, he can’t help himself,” Conway said of the former president Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He’s going to end up violating the gag…
A federal three-judge panel has decided that Republican state lawmakers in South Carolina should be permitted to use their congressional map for this year’s elections, while the Supreme Court considers whether the map is a racial gerrymander. The updated map strengthens the GOP advantage in Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-S.C.) district, which helps the Republicans keep the seat.
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Wednesday that the high court will likely experience a rise in abortion-related cases in the future. Breyer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the “harmful” decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade — ending the federal right to abortion access — would not reduce the number of abortion-related cases brought before…
A California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2023, to two counts of making threats against a federal official after a grand…
Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said Wednesday that the gag order recently imposed on former President Trump in his New York hush money trial is “so unusual.” “I think what the viewers have to understand is, this is so unusual,” Akerman told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield in an interview. “This never happens, in over 50 years…
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