Новости за 21.12.2023

Donald Trump will not be given special sentencing treatment if convicted of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, says Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Former President Donald Trump has an "absurd" new plan to expand the rights of American police, even as he rages against those investigating him, legal experts told The New York Times Thursday.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges against Ann and Robert Minard, who served as staff fof former Republican Speaker Lee Chatfield.

The Democratic National Committee is flush with cash as the party gears up for what may be one of the most high-stakes presidential elections in U.S. history.

Public officials’ families should never benefit financially from that person’s political power, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said this week — and was immediately hit by a ferocious backlash.

University of Baltimore School of Law professor Kimberly Wehle wrote Thursday that a strict constitutionalist that follows the letter of the law would support the ruling from the state of Colorado this week to ban Donald Trump from the ballot.

Wisconsin voters rejected the MAGA agenda in April when liberal Janet Protasiewicz defeated far-right MAGA Republican Dan Kelly by double digits in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. That outcome wouldn't have been surprising in a deep-blue state like Massachusetts, California or Maryland, but Wisconsin is a state where Republicans gained a lot of ground during the Barack Obama years — and a state that Donald Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020.

Rudy Giuliani has filed documents certifying that he has received online credit counseling after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Billionaire boasting in one civil court trial might send former President Donald Trump to the poorhouse in another, an MSNBC legal expert says.

A decision as to whether Donald Trump should be on Maine's 2024 presidential ballot has been delayed by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, HuffPost reported.

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman thinks that both sides of the aisle are praying for his death, he told the New York Times.

Two of Fox News' top hosts are suggesting "the left" and "Democrat politicians" are trying to foment "violence" and "civil unrest," by using as a catalyst the Colorado Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling that found because he engaged in insurrection, the U.S. Constitution prohibits Donald Trump from serving as President.

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just one day after he was ordered to immediately pay defamed Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.

A legal defense fund set up by a Republican congressman to pay for expenses related to an ethics probe accepted a $5,000 donation from the same company that had caused the investigation to be launched.

Addressing a legal brief submitted by Donald Trump's lawyers to the Supreme Court requesting that the court not rush hearings on whether the former president is afforded presidential immunity, ex-U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance noted the inclusion of social media posts in lieu of citing case law.

Call it a case of the MAGA zoomies — they’re really upset over what appears to be nothing.

Special counsel Jack Smith responded on Thursday after Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to reject a petition to decide if he has presidential immunity from prosecution.

Republican Party organizations in Georgia are trying to impose purity tests to determine which candidates can run on the ballot with an "R" behind their name.

A law often touted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts the kinds of books that can be available in public schools has led teachers in the state's Orange County to remove hundreds of books from their shelves — including some that are widely considered literary classics.

Former United States Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark argued that Donald Trump could not be guilty of an insurrection because his efforts to stay in office ultimately failed.

The creator of Godwin's Law—an adage that says Adolf Hitler comparisons become increasingly likely as Internet arguments drag on—argued in a Washington Postop-ed Thursday that his rule in no way discredits efforts to draw parallels between the Nazi dictator and former President Donald Trump.

Disgraced former Congressman George Santos (R-NY) is reportedly participating in a documentary that's being made chronicling his saga of lies and alleged criminality, The New York Times reported.

A gunman killed 10 people and wounded dozens of others at a Prague university on Thursday, before the police "eliminated" him, authorities said.

The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is disqualified from the state's Republican primary ballot is being applauded by a variety of Trump critics and slammed by Trump's loyalists — including his son.

Former President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that he was not an insurrectionist despite inciting a riot against the U.S. government.