Новости за 02.09.2023

Donald Trump and a former lawyer of his are likely to fail in their recent bids to sever their cases from those of more than a dozen codefendants in a criminal case in Fulton County, Georgia, a former prosecutor said on Saturday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fell and injured himself while out jogging on Saturday and has cancelled a planned campaign appearance in south-central Hesse state for Sunday, a government spokeswoman told dpa.

Those indicted alongside Donald Trump are about to start pointing the finger at one another, while Fani Willis is "sitting back," a MSNBC legal analyst said.

On Thursday, August 24th, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) announced that he would veto two pieces of legislation crafted by State Senate Republicans that, respectively, "make it harder for people, especially young people, college students away from home and people of color to vote and for their votes to count" and "would give legislative Republicans more power to influence how elections are run."

Donald Trump should be detained pending trial because he's a clear danger to juries, witnesses, and the community, an ex-federal prosecutor said.

Donald Trump actually once considered sending his political enemies to Guantanamo Bay, but didn't in part because it would be too expensive, according to a former Trump administration official.

According to SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah, there is a legitimate legal case to be made that Donald Trump is violating U.S. copyright laws by selling merchandise emblazoned with his Fulton County mugshot -- and that could lead to major financial difficulties for him.

According to the founding legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice, Donald Trump's belief that he will be saved by a hung jury in a Washington, D.C., courtroom, where he is facing federal charges, is grossly misplaced.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ali Velshi, Burt Nueborne stated the only way the former president can get around the DOJ taking him to court over and over again on conspiracy and obstruction charges is if a 12-person jury unanimously finds him innocent on all charges --... Читать дальше...

The Conservative Political Action Committee and its chairman Matt Schlapp have been accused of "racial discrimination and defamation" by a former female employee, The Washington Post's Maegan Vazquez and Beth Reinhard report.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday, Guardian correspondent Hugo Lowell revealed that Donald Trump had initially made plans to show up for his arraignment in Georgia but then decided he didn't want to get up so early in the morning to fly to Atlanta.

Like many of the defendants in the far-reaching RICO case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, on Thursday the former president pleaded not guilty and waived his right to appear in an Atlanta courtroom on Wednesday. Читать дальше...

During an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room on Friday, former Donald Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro asked for financial help and predicted he's looking at approximately $1.7 million in legal bills as he heads to trial on contempt of Congress charges.

The former Trump aide is currently facing two misdemeanor counts of contempt which could lead to two years of prison time if found guilty.

Navarro suffered a major legal setback earlier this week when Judge Amit P. Mehta swatted... Читать дальше...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for an equal partnership with the emerging states of Asia, Africa and Latin America ahead of the G20 summit of major economies in India.

According to former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut, the rule of law just had a very good week -- and Donald Trump and those caught up in his MAGA circle did not.

This past Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Beryl Howell of the District of Columbia ruled that "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, the erstwhile personal attorney to former President Donald Trump, is liable for defaming two Georgia poll workers by spreading rumors about them that he would later admit were "false."

Hours after a spokesperson for Ron DeSantis (R) denied the White House-seeking Florida governor never had plans to meet with President Joe Biden on Saturday and survey the recent hurricane damage, the top FEMA administrator said on CNN that a meeting had been agreed to.

According to spokesperson Jeremy Redfern, "We don’t have any plans for the Governor to meet with the President tomorrow. In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go... Читать дальше...

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance suggested 17 of the co-conspirators swept up in the Georgia RICO indictment related to the 2020 presidential election are likely keeping an eye on former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' legal maneuvering which could cause them to have a change of heart.

Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, Vance pointed to the grilling Meadows has endured as he attempts to get his case either dismissed or moved to a federal... Читать дальше...

Humans are not the only animals that go to war. Ants do so too, and on a similarly catastrophic scale.

In 1900 – some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen – British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In tomb KV42, Carter found the remains of a noblewoman called Senetnay, who died around 1450 BCE.

Dogs are important to a lot of humans, but what makes them so?

Apart from being warm, soft and capable of inspiring our unconditional love, there are a number of unique characteristics that set dogs apart from other animals.

As a dog researcher, animal behavior consultant and canophile (which means I love dogs), let me share five traits that I think make dogs so special.

Dogs are hypersocial

We all know those golden retriever-type dogs that appear absurdly delighted to meet any new social being. Читать дальше...

On an inflatable surfboard in prime California waters, first-time surfers Rebekah Abern and Elizabeth French paddle out to catch a wave under the watchful eye of their unusual instructor: Chupacabrah, a small black goat.

Donald Trump's venture into social media with the creation of Truth Social could come to a screeching halt in the near future if the merger with Digital World collapses and he faces ending up with nothing from the deal that has been pending for two years.

Former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Chris Christie swiped at Donald Trump on Saturday, telling MSNBC host Elise Jordan that the ex-commander-in-chief's legal battles are lowering the standards that voters should have for a person seeking to get elected to lead the United States.

n New York Attorney General Letitia James' ongoing $250 million fraud case against ex-President Donald Trump, Associated Press (AP) reporter Michael R. Sisak offers a peak into "some of the highlights" of the 2024 hopeful's newly released testimony.

Long before Coffee County, Georgia became a central focus of accusations of attempted election tampering in the 2020 presidential election, there have been accusations from locals claiming there have been problems with the election officials who were recently indicted.

Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis needs to be able to have numerous defendants in one case in order to properly pursue her conspiracy claims against Donald Trump and others who sought to overturn the 2020 election in the state, a former federal prosecutor said Friday.