Новости за 11.08.2023

District Judge Tanya Chutkan is treating former President Donald Trump like a "truant child" — and her orders and warnings reflect her own distrust that the former president will comply with what she is asking, argued former federal prosecutor Harry Litman on MSNBC Friday.

Donald Trump should be paying attention to the recent development in another high-profile case, according to political and legal experts.

An Indiana man has been federally charged for threatening to kill former Michigan election official Tina Barton, who faced an onslaught of abuse from Trump supporters after RNC chair Ronna McDaniel falsely claimed that two thousand Trump votes were allotted to Biden during the general election, The Detroit News reported on Friday.

Veteran journalist Jake Sherman suggested that the appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation raises the likelihood that House Republicans will move to impeach President Joe Biden.

Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro is not going to a Friday hearing concerning the criminal case against him, instead choosing to cover for someone with a similar Trump affiliation, according to POLITICO's Kyle Cheney.

The protective order signed by Judge Chutkan in the criminal case brought against Donald Trump for purportedly attempting to overturn the election was made public.

Brian Hughes, a former political consultant for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, has confirmed that he will lead ex-President Donald Trump's campaign efforts in Florida, Politico reports.

Many of the state laws that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touts as major policy wins are being challenged in the courts, Axios reported.

Allegations of bias in the Hunter Biden probe "don't hold weight," a congressman who questioned whistleblowers on the subject said on Friday.

If you live in the Blue part of a Red state, Republicans don’t want you to vote. And their latest strategy is their most brute-force method: simply remove you from the voting rolls.

The Arizona Republican Party’s fundraising efforts so far this year have been dismal, with Democrats outpacing them seven to one, leaving political operatives wondering if the party’s new chairman can right the ship in time to mount any sort of meaningful campaign in 2024.

Early Friday afternoon Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he has granted U.S. Attorney David Weiss special counsel status to continue his current investigation into Hunter Biden, while officially affording him complete independence. Weiss, appointed as U.S. Attorney for Delaware by then-President Donald Trump, has been investigating the son of U.S. President Joe Biden for several years. President Biden did not replace Weiss when winning the White House to avoid any possible perception of interference in Weiss’ investigation. Читать дальше...

The El Nino weather phenomenon is just warming up, according to scientists, potentially paving the way for higher temperatures and extreme weather events in a year that has already seen plenty of both.

Former Donald Trump election fraud advocate Sydney Powell should expect a criminal indictment in the very near future because allies of the former president have been ratting her out to special counsel Jack Smith's investigators.

Despite at least 18 reports submitted to Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools by staff members, parents and union stewards since 2016, a school principal with an alleged history of sexually harassing subordinates was allowed to keep his job, The Washington Post reported.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the investigation into Hunter Biden -- but Rep. James Comer (R-KY) is still not happy.

The US government said Friday it will spend up to $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities to vacuum carbon out of the air, a technology to combat global warming that is not universally praised by experts.

While Judge Tanya Chutkan was still entertaining questions from lawyers for Donald Trump and Department of Justice prosecutors, former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman was on CNN praising her skills and claiming the former president should be receiving a loud and clear message that she will make every effort to get his trial up and going.

Speaking with hosts John Berman and Kate Bulduan, attorney Akerman gushed over how quickly the United States District Court for the District of Columbia judge entertains motions and makes rulings. Читать дальше...

Actor Tyrese Gibson and two other plaintiffs are suing Home Depot, seeking over $1 million in damages for what they call “outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling,” according to the lawsuit. The 44-year-old “Fast and Furious” star allegedly paid a visit to a store in West Hills, California, back in February, accompanied by two associates, Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez, who work for Gibson as construction contractors, reports People. Their lawsuit claims that Gibson left the store when fans began to notice him... Читать дальше...

Pink got more than just the party started at her recent Boston concert when a fan went into early labor during the show — and later named the baby after the Grammy-winning superstar. Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced the birthing journey of Angela Mercer, who attended the “Just Like A Pill” singer’s Summer Carnival tour stop at Fenway Park on July 31. The Albany, New York, resident is now the proud mother of a new baby boy she named in honor of Pink. “At only 31 weeks pregnant, Angela... Читать дальше...

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he was appointing prosecutor David Weiss as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.

NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit over millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was intended for people in poverty, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled.

An Ohio maker of firearms and warfare weaponry, which says its “notable customers” include the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy, has violated federal election law.

After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, swing voters across the United States have shown multiple times that they are opposed to strict bans on abortion rights.

The multiple motions from Donald Trump's lawyers being entertained by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon that will delay his Florida trial are having the unintended effect of speeding up the recent indictment and trial in Washington, D.C. which has a better chance of conviction thereby complicating his election prospects