Hunter Biden asked the federal judges overseeing his criminal tax and gun cases to dismiss them after President Biden pardoned his son on Sunday. Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, filed a formal notice of the pardon on both case dockets […]
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President-elect Trump’s legal strategy of delay is paying off, with his election victory changing the trajectory of his four criminal prosecutions. Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss his two cases against Trump, and the former president’s team
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President-elect Trump’s sentencing in his New York criminal case will not go forward as planned next week as his attorneys push to dismiss the prosecution following his election victory. Judge Juan Merchan, who oversees the trial proceedings, announced the adjournment
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A Georgia appeals court canceled next month’s oral arguments in President-elect Trump’s bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from criminally prosecuting him. Monday’s one-sentence order from the Georgia Court of Appeals canceling the Dec. 5 argument
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At its best, a presidential biopic can delve into the monomaniacal focus—and potential narcissism—that might drive a person to run for the White House in the first place. That’s what Oliver Stone did in 1995’s Nixon, dramatizing the 37th president’s
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Addressing the Federalist Society’s annual dinner on Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch sought to use a recent example to prove his point that government overreach has swept up ordinary Americans in the law. “I’ve just seen too many cases like that.
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President-elect Trump announced Thursday he will nominate three of his personal criminal defense attorneys to serve in senior Justice Department roles. Todd Blanche will serve as deputy attorney general, and Emil Bove will serve as principal associate deputy attorney general,
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Rudy Giuliani’s attorneys on Wednesday asked to quit representing the former New York City mayor as he battles with two Georgia election workers over their efforts to collect a $146 million defamation judgment. Attorneys Kenneth Caruso and David Labkowski cited
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The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ appeal seeking to move to federal court his Georgia criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani
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The Arizona Supreme Court declined to extend the state’s deadline for voters to fix problems with their mail ballots after finding no evidence of disenfranchisement. The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Arizona arm and the Campaign Legal Center raised concerns
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