Новости за 15.08.2023

The latest indictment of Donald Trump details the alleged theft of voting system software from a Georgia election office – a security concern that still exists and could pose a threat to the security of the next presidential election, Politico reported.

The premature filing that suggested Donald Trump was indicted before the Fulton County grand jury had even voted on Monday was a "mishap," the county clerk explained Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is promoting legislation he says would codify the right to pray in public schools, which already exists, in the hope of drawing “people into more empathy and kindness.”

The Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia is considering whether to charge Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in regards to the effort by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election's results, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

NEW YORK — Almost 40 years ago, one of the most effective crusaders against organized crime in New York City urged state legislators to arm local prosecutors with laws to take down double-dealing politicians and the mob. “New York State is not a bad place to be, if you want to break the law,” then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Rudy Giuliani told attendees at an April 1986 luncheon, the Daily News reported. Calling for a package of reforms in the Empire State targeting corrupt... Читать дальше...

"Prove it," was the message former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal told Donald Trump after his latest rant claiming innocence on Truth Social.

Chris Christie is catching up with Ron DeSantis, at least in New Hampshire. The former New Jersey governor has jumped past DeSantis into second place in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race in a new poll, although both remain way behind former President Trump. Christie, who is struggling in national polls, scored 9% support in the Emerson College poll of the Granite State, edging ahead of the fast-fading DeSantis at 8%. Trump remains far and away the front runner with the backing of 49%... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A quick tick-tock:

Last night at 10:54 p.m. EST, former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, in a fourth jurisdiction.

Seventeen minutes after the 13 new felony charges were released, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) took to social media and declared it a “WITCH HUNT.”

And before the clock struck 11:30 p.m., House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) declared the two-plus-year investigation a “sham,” even as a sworn grand jury in Fulton County... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump's supporters in "MAGA World" are already urging that Georgia law be changed so the former president – who is loudly declaring his innocence – can be pardoned.

By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) - A week after a ferocious wildfire ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina, anxious residents were still awaiting news of hundreds of missing loved ones on Tuesday, as teams with cadaver dogs conducted a painstaking block-by-block search of the ashes. Local, state and federal rescue workers have urged patience. The teams were proceeding as fast as possible, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier said, but there was a "reverence" that encumbered the task of finding more of the dead... Читать дальше...

The party of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has rejected the charges of treason brought against him by the coup leaders. The accusations against Bazoum are a childish and grotesque fabrication of lies that have no basis in facts, the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) party said on Tuesday. It called on its supporters and "all democrats" to demonstrate. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened violence if the president were not to be reinstated, calling... Читать дальше...

Tennessee attorney and juvenile court judge Daniel Boyd turned himself in on Tuesday after he was indicted on charges of forgery and bribery, according to a press release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

A suspect accused of stabbing a fellow homeless man to death after loaning the victim cardboard to sleep on in a park in Manhattan’s Chinatown was upset the victim was crowding in on his space, prosecutors say. Feng Huang Yu confessed after he was arrested Sunday for allegedly knifing a sleeping Chang Qing Huang in the neck in Columbus Park on Bayard St., according to authorities. The accused killer regularly sleeps inside the park’s pavilion, Assistant District Attorney Mathew Fontanez said during... Читать дальше...

When he was a federal prosecutors in New York City back in the 1980s, Rudy Giuliani was praised for using the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act to break the back of the East Coast mafia.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has filed a lawsuit accusing the trustees of her late husband's estate of financial elder abuse.

Indiana public school administrator Jenny Oakley and her husband, Justin — featured recently in an exclusive Raw Story investigation — filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging a Georgia man sent Jenny a violent and threatening email soon after a report on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime.

Former President Donald Trump has dominated the GOP presidential race this summer, and political observers believe that won’t change despite the latest legal challenges Trump is now facing.

A federal magistrate judge in Florida rejected a request to order special counsel Jack Smith's office to produce periodic updates stating whether additional details can be disclosed from the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday unveiled 13 charges against former President Donald Trump related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Georgia. The 41-count indictment, which implicates 19 defendants in a Georgia racketeering charge, “brings the total number of criminal charges this year against” Trump to 91, the Washington Post reports.

In an analysis published Tuesday by the Washington Post, reporter Aaron Blake details 4 revelations from the Trump Georgia indictment ... Читать дальше...

Efforts to deny the legitimacy of the votes of the people of Michigan were noted in a new indictment against former President Donald Trump’s “criminal organization” that a grand jury in Georgia said Monday used lies and intimidation to attempt to usurp the 2020 presidential election.

Any hope that Hunter Biden and his attorneys had of reviving their plea deal with the United States Department of Justice is officially dead.

Iranian authorities have re-arrested a journalist who interviewed the father of the woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, just two days after her release from jail, activists said on Tuesday

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp smacked down Donald Trump's continuing claims of fraud in his state's 2020 presidential election.

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in July as Americans boosted online purchases and dined out more, suggesting the economy continued to expand early in the third quarter and keeping a recession at bay. The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed consumers splurging on hobbies, sporting goods and clothing, underscoring their resilience despite the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation. It prompted... Читать дальше...

Pedro de la Cruz stands beside his stranded boat and supplicates his God, lifting his arms and praying anxiously for rain to replenish Lake Titicaca, the massive body of water at a breath-sapping altitude in the Andes on the border between Bolivia and Peru.