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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik met with prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith Monday as part of the investigation into the 2020 election plot, CNN reported on Monday.

By David French (Reuters) - U.S. stocks finished higher on Monday, regaining some of the ground lost last week, as investors added positions ahead of Thursday's highly awaited U.S. inflation report. The main stock indexes ended last week lower as investors took profits after months of gains due to worries over economic data, mixed earnings and rising Treasury yields. U.S. stocks have sharply rallied in 2023, with the benchmark S&P 500 rising 17.7% this year, fueled by optimism around artificial... Читать дальше...

John Eastman’s path to extremism began with his promotion of election lies, columnist Philip Bump wrote for The Washington Post Monday in an in-depth look at the election denier identified as "co-conspirator 2" in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 indictment.

Former President Donald Trump has made his most prominent public defense of his behavior charged in the 2020 election plot based on the First Amendment — claiming that his political speech in asserting the election was stolen is being criminalized.

Former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer Tou Thao was sentenced to fifty-seven months in prison on Monday "for his role in the killing of George Floyd," CBS News reported.

The white supremacist group Patriot Front is suing a left-wing activist for allegedly infiltrating the group and revealing the identities of members, USA Today reported.

A Fox News daytime anchor is under fire for defending Donald Trump by declaring his allegedly illegal efforts to stay in office are not crimes. One legal expert says not only is what he did a crime, it was a coup.

Orange barricades and metal fences erected last week around the Fulton County Courthouse where a possible indictment of Donald Trump looms has slowed down activity in the area, resulting in less foot traffic and more police presence, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

John Eastman, the attorney who is awaiting potential indictment for his alleged role in leading Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has sought the postponement of disbarment proceedings that are ongoing against him, Politico reports.

Podcaster Joe Rogan was roundly mocked after he used his popular program to push election conspiracies created by losing Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

Former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle and fiancee of Donald Trump Jr. revealed her future father-in-law does not intend to participate in the first Republican primary debate.

Former President Donald Trump is pushing a legal strategy that his own attorneys believe is unwise – again.

Former employees of a North Carolina home repair company say that prayer gatherings at the company, usually led by the company's owner, became "cult-like," The Washington Post reported.

Three people died after two firefighting helicopters collided in the US state of California, causing one to crash into a hillside killing everyone on board, emergency officials said early Monday.

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Rudy Giuliani listed his Manhattan apartment for sale shortly before Donald Trump was indicted for trying to subvert the 2020 election.

With Donald Trump facing three concurrent criminal indictments with a fourth in Georgia expected soon, Politico's Erica Orden is reporting that prosecutors across the country -- as well as attorneys representing civil suits filed against the former president -- are benefiting from information being turned up in cases that are not their own.

Trump is facing a tax fraud case in Manhattan, federal charges in Florida over obstruction of justice related to stolen government documents the FBI had to retrieve from his Mar-a-Lago resort... Читать дальше...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell predicted Donald Trump would "have more votes than people in the United States" in the next election because he has faced so many indictments.

A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump's defamation counterclaim against journalist E. Jean Carroll and will allow her lawyers to give prosecutors a copy of a video deposition he gave last year in a rape lawsuit.

Fox News anchor Julie Banderas on Monday struggled to understand why it would be illegal for former President Donald Trump to attempt to stay in office even after losing an election to President Joe Biden.

Former Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) argued on Monday that Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis would not be successful at resetting his campaign because it would not change his personality.

A stunning new ruling on Monday by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon that would expose secret grand jury testimony is grounds for the Department of Justice to call for her removal from overseeing the 40-count indictment filed against Donald Trump.

That is the opinion of former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance after Cannon questioned "the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding" and struck two sealed motions filed by prosecutors... Читать дальше...

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, was challenged by a Fox News host on Monday after she suggested Fulton County DA Fani Willis was "corrupt."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was swiftly shot down by NBC News correspondent Dasha burns in an excerpt from an interview that will be aired soon, when he tried to push false claims about abortion politics.

STAR Guides Wilderness Therapy bills itself as "the country's premier wilderness treatment program for teens with technology, pornography and sexual addictions." But some say the camp the program offers have been havens for abuse, Reason reported.