Новости за 05.09.2023

Former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro, criminally-indicted on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to hand over documents and testify before the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, is now complaining about the cost of his trial after claiming initially he would represent himself.

Right-wing news outlet One America News Network (OAN) and its star correspondent Chanel Rion have settled a defamation suit with a former executive of Dominion Voting Systems, The Daily Beast reported Tuesday.

John Eastman, a former attorney for Donald Trump, has asked Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee to sever his case from co-defendants seeking a speedy trial.

Former Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark moved to delay pre-trial motions in the Georgia election conspiracy case until after his efforts to move his case to federal court have concluded, according to court documents obtained by Lawfare correspondent Anna Bower.

The judge overseeing the fraud case of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has agreed to delay trial so he can have more time to "discuss possible paths forward." The request had been made by prosecutors earlier in the day, causing speculation that they could be nearing a plea deal.

A polling firm working with the Wall Street Journal has also been on the payroll of former President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign and received more than $600,000 from his campaign, legal analyst Allison Gill first reported.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Local attorneys and lawmakers gathered at the Orange County Courthouse to demand that suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell be reinstated a month after she was removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Tuesday’s press conference in the courthouse courtyard held in solidarity with Worrell, who wasn’t present, happened at the same time as others organized in Tampa and Miami. Though few supporters attended, those who did spoke out against Worrell’s removal and called it “unconstitutional.”... Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A panel of judges heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether to uphold or overturn the convictions of a former Kansas City police detective who in 2019 fatally shot a Black man. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, was sentenced to six years in prison after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the killing of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, who was shot while in his pickup truck at his home. The first Kansas City officer to be convicted in the death of a Black man... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — The NYPD gang database violates the civil rights of Black and Hispanic young people much like the department’s much-maligned “Stop and Frisk” policy, a new report released Tuesday shows. The gang database, which the NYPD’s own inspector general found fault with, “typecast minority youths as gang members without evidence, putting them at risk of false arrest and wrongful deportation,” according to the new report “Guilt by Association” by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. Читать дальше...

Former members of ex-President Donald Trump's legal team who were indicted along with Trump by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for the alleged racketeering scheme to steal the 2020 election are crowd-sourcing money to pay for their defense expenses, Forbes Sara Dorn reports.

(Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ailing and a request for an outside physician to see her has been denied by the country's military rulers, a source familiar with the matter and the shadow government loyal to her said on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate instead has been treated by a prisons department doctor. "She was suffering swelling in her gums and could not eat well and is feeling light-headed along with vomiting," said the source, who declined to be identified due to fear of arrest. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize, failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said Tuesday.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday handed what appears to be a partial victory for Rep. Scott Perry in the Pennsylvania Republican's effort to block special counsel Jack Smith from investigating data on his phone that was seized by the FBI, Politico reports.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell complained on Tuesday that he has been forced to borrow millions of dollars over the past few months.

Donald Trump has raised a fortune by putting his mugshot taken at the Fulton County jail on merchandise hawked by his campaign – but it could come back to cost him.

One of the most prominent Proud Boys members feels confident that Donald Trump will pardon him and other Jan. 6 rioters if he gets re-elected next year.

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros($5.35) for day trippers next year to try to manage the flow of tourists drawn to its historic canals, the city council said on Tuesday. The fee will be applied on a trial basis on 30 days next year, focusing mainly on spring bank holidays and summer weekends when tourism numbers are at their peak. All visitors over the age of 14 will have to pay it. The aim was to find "a new balance between the rights of those who live... Читать дальше...

The New York Attorney General's Office has asked a judge to sanction former President Donald Trump and others for repeatedly using failed legal arguments.

Fendi, the 3-year-old golden retriever who can't get enough cuddles, stared at the expanse of Mullica Hill, New Jersey, lawn where she does her business. There in the grass, which she's been using as her personal privy, walked an intruder — Emily LaBeaume, a professional poop scooper and co-owner of Big Business Scoopers of Pitman. Using a rake and a bucket with a long handle, LaBeaume was picking up what Fendi had been putting down. Is Fendi offended that the territory she'd marked is being cleared out? Читать дальше...

(Reuters) - United Airlines has issued a nationwide ground stop due to a computer issue, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh have accused a South Carolina court clerk of tampering with the jury and have demanded a new trial and a federal investigation.

Activists behind the effort to stop the construction of Atlanta’s Cop City, a planned public safety training center in DeKalb County, have been indicted on RICO charges, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Criminal gangs behind a surge of bombings and shootings in Sweden in recent years are using fake Spotify streams to launder money, a Swedish newspaper reported Tuesday.

Supporters of Donald Trump are mobilizing a plan to get him elected as president even if states successfully use the 14th Amendment to get him removed from the ballot, Newsweek reported Tuesday.

Disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has issued a statement decrying the treatment of former President Donald Trump at the hands of officials in Fulton County, Georgia.