Новости за 14.01.2023

Now that the special grand jury in Georgia has wrapped up their work and submitted a final report to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, it will be up to her to choose from a wide array of laws to indict Donald Trump if the report suggests prosecution, according to one legal expert.

A 2019 video clip of Republican congressman-elect from New York, George Santos, has been making the rounds over the weekend as it introduces further questions regarding his credibility.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, journalist Michael Schmidt, author of "Donald Trump v. The United States" which includes a biography of General John Kelly, explained that Kelly -- while serving as White House chief of staff -- was forced to mediate squabbles between first lady Melania Trump and her step-daughter Ivanka.

According to a report from the New York Times's Charlie Savage, attorneys for President Joe Biden have upped the number of government documents for his eight years as vice president under President Barrack Obama that have been discovered at his Wilmington home from one to six.

According to portions of Donald Trump's deposition that are part of a lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll, the former president was combative when questioned and made more defamatory comments about the writer which should be cause for concern for his lawyers.

When former Donald Trump official Mike Flynn's "ReAwaken America" Tour touches down for its next stop outside of Nashville next weekend, it will no longer feature a speaker who rocketed to fame as the "Iowa Mama Bear," railing about Covid-19 mask mandates.

Former President Donald Trump was not pleased with the line of questioning he was confronted with by a lawyer representing one of the women accusing him of sexual assault. Now, details about his intense interaction with a lawyer during the deposition are coming to light.

A Michigan Republican Party co-chair, who is under the cloud of a possible investigation over attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, is reportedly stepping aside but her GOP colleagues fear she is not done sowing seeds of discontent after she is gone.

Donald Trump's hopes of running for president in 2024 could suffer a fatal blow later this month when a judge in Georgia hears arguments regarding the release of a grand jury report over his involvement into possible election tampering that one legal scholar predicted could be "momentous."

Freedom was short-lived for Nova, a clouded leopard who escaped her enclosure at the Dallas zoo... only to be discovered hours later on Friday near her usual habitat.

Donald Trump was up bright and early on Saturday morning ranting about the Department of Justice's investigation into the sensitive documents he took to his Mar-a-Lago resort and refused to give back which eventually led to the FBI serving him with a warrant and seraching the premises.

One of the first bills filed ahead of Louisiana’s 2023 legislative Session would require all public schools and universities to put a new sign in every classroom: “In God We Trust.”

The Trump Organization was ordered by a Manhattan State Supreme Court judge on Friday to pay $1.6 million, the maximum fine allowed under the law, after it was convicted on felony tax fraud and other charges.

As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Friday that the United States is likely to reach its arbitrary borrowing limit next week, progressives denounced congressional Republicans for threatening to use a debt ceiling standoff to force cuts to popular federal programs including Medicare and Social Security.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aimed a slapshot at the National Hockey League yesterday with a display of outrage over its plans to hold a South Florida summit promoting careers to members of “underrepresented communities.”

A graphic and comic book artist from Texas was convicted by a federal judge Friday of three felonies and three misdemeanors in connection with his assault on Capitol Police officers at the January 6 riot.

Federal prosecutors are "crushing" it in the January 6 Capitol riot cases, said CBS News' Scott MacFarlane in a video report on Friday explaining the state of the current trials — and it is catching some of the defendants by surprise, and forcing them to display some humility.

A week after Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had to give in to the demands of the House Republicans' Freedom Caucus, the Washington Post reports that he agreed to engage in a fiscal showdown that at least one former GOP Senate staffer thinks would be a "disaster."

Staffers for George Santos became "alarmed" upon running a background check on him ahead of his 2022 campaign for Congress, and some even resigned rather than work for him when he refused to own up to what they had found, reported The New York Times on Friday.

The veil is now lifting on former President Donald Trump's behind-the-scenes behavior during his legal proceedings regarding the defamation lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll.

Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is now claiming that America will "turn into a Venezuela" unless she is installed as governor.

When Glenn Youngkin won Virginia’s gubernatorial race in November 2021, it was a major disappointment for Democrats. Virginia, once dominated by Republicans, has evolved into a swing state and is arguably the best state for Democrats in the South. Virginia has two Democratic U.S. Senators (Tim Kaine and Mark Warner), and a Republican hasn’t won Virginia in a presidential race since George W. Bush in 2004.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was exposed in yet another lie this week, after CNN revealed he was aware of, and took to Twitter to defend against, allegations in 2020 that a company he worked at, Harbor City Capital Corp., was fraudulent. This contrasts with his claims in 2022, after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint that it was a "classic Ponzi scheme," that he is "as distraught and disturbed as everyone else" to be first learning about the allegations now.

By Andrew Goudsward and Trevor Hunnicutt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is turning to a longtime Democratic problem-solver, lawyer Bob Bauer, to manage his response to a U.S. special counsel's investigation into his handling of classified material after the discovery of documents at his private office and home.

Bauer will serve as Biden's personal lawyer during a probe by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland who was tapped by Attorney General... Читать дальше...

A judge on Friday unsealed a transcript of former President Donald Trump's deposition in the defamation lawsuit he's facing from E. Jean Carroll, and it shows him getting tripped up on the very first question.