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A New York man, Robert Chapman, has been charged with entering the Capitol on Jan 6. The FBI began investigating Chapman after they got a tip from one of his Bumble matches. The FBI included the Bumble screenshot in the charging documents.
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BREAKING: Guy Reffitt, the first Jan. 6 defendant to be convicted at trial, has been sentenced to 7.25 years in prison.
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BREAKING: The 11th circuit has ruled that Judge Aileen Cannon's order appointing a special master and blocking the gov from using classified docs seized from Mar-a-Lago in their investigations was incorrect. The order has been vacated with instructions to dismiss the entire case.
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BREAKING: A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit has granted DOJ's motion for a partial stay, allowing them to continue using classified materials seized from Mar-a-Lago as part of their criminal investigation.
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NOW: Members of Jack Smith’s DC federal grand jury have started arriving at the Prettyman courthouse
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Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, is currently appearing before a grand jury inside the DC federal courthouse. At least one prosecutor from special counsel Jack Smith's office is present.
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Spotted this afternoon at the DC federal courthouse: Trump lawyers Evan Corcoran, John Rowley and Timothy Parlatore. Also in the building was prosecutor Thomas Windom. It's unclear why all were in attendance - Corcoran, Rowley and Parlatore did not respond to questions.
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AG Garland announces that 4 current and former LMPD officers have been federally charged in connection with Breonna Taylor's death
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Trump lawyers Jim Trusty, John Rowley and Lindsay Halligan leave the Justice Department after spending nearly two hours in a meeting with law enforcement officials. AG Garland was NOT part of the meeting, per
@KenDilanianNBC
h/t
@bacallaooo
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NOW: Trump aide Dan Scavino and his legal team have left the federal courthouse in DC where a grand jury is hearing evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's investigations. Scavino arrived shortly before 9am and had been inside all day.
h/t
@victoria_ebner
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BREAKING: The Justice Department has asked the 11th circuit for a partial stay of Judge Aileen Cannon's order restricting their use of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago in a criminal investigation.
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"For our part, we cannot discern why Plaintiff would have an individual interest in or need for any of the one-hundred documents with classification markings"
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BANNON GUILTY ON COUNT 1 (Contempt of Congress – Willful Failure to Appear for Testimony)
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"In sum, given the long-recognized 'compelling interest in protecting . . . the secrecy of information important to our national security,' we conclude that the United States would suffer irreparable harm from the district court’s restrictions"
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BANNON GUILTY ON COUNT 2 (Contempt of Congress – Willful Failure to Provide Records)
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NEW: Rep. Jamie Raskin announces that the Jan 6 committee is referring Donald Trump and John Eastman for obstruction of an official proceeding.
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Reffitt will be on probation for 3 years after he gets out of prison and will also have to pay $2000 restitution. He'll get mandatory mental health treatment and has to stay away from any militia members while he's on probation.
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"Plaintiff has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents. Nor has he established that the current administration has waived that requirement for these documents."
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BREAKING: A verdict has been reached in Steve Bannon's trial
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NEW: A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s initial authorization of the abortion pill Mifepristone was improper and has suspended the pill’s FDA approval. The ruling will take effect in 7 days if not stayed by the 5th circuit or SCOTUS
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Justice Barrett, on her first day of work, is already facing a call to recuse herself from the Pennsylvania ballot deadline case. The Luzerne County Board of Elections has filed a motion saying Barrett should recuse because her “impartiality might reasonably be questioned"
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Flynn appeared before the Jan. 6 committee today and took the 5th in response to their questions, his lawyer confirms in a statement.
The
@January6thCmte
spoke to a major player in their investigation today. multiple sources familiar tell
@NBCNews
: former Trump NSA Michael Flynn appeared virtually.
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The Justice Department is suing Peter Navarro (civilly this time) to compel him to produce emails subject to the Presidential Records Act that he sent using a personal ProtonMail account during his time in the Trump White House. Full complaint is here:
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The full opinion
Here's the 11th Circuit order in the Trump stolen docs case.
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Two of the three judges in this panel were appointed by Donald Trump:
Judge Robin Rosenbaum (appointed by Obama)
Judge Britt Grant (appointed by Trump)
Judge Andrew Brasher (appointed by Trump)
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BREAKING: JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS TERM,
@PeteWilliamsNBC
REPORTS
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Scavino was part of a group of aides who have been ordered to comply with subpoenas from the special counsel’s office after Trump lost legal battles to block them from having to testify on executive privilege grounds. More background on that here:
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Good morning from the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse where I found two dead roaches in a urinal this morning and also Donald Trump and Peter Navarro have hearings in their respective criminal cases
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In a separate order the panel clarifies that the mandate will be issued in 7 days, barring any stay from SCOTUS. An appeal and request for an emergency stay seems likely.
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NOW: The jury in Rudy Giuliani's civil defamation trial has reached a unanimous decision about the amount of damages he will have to pay two Georgia election workers for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Turns out this guy was on shrooms
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot has been charged with over 80 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly attempted to shut off a plane's engines mid-flight on Sunday, causing the flight to divert to Portland.
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NOW: Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS contractor who leaked Donald Trump's tax returns and those of thousands of wealthy Americans, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and will have to pay a $5,000 fine.
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The grand jury appears to have left for the day
NOW: Members of Jack Smith’s DC grand jury are once again gathering at the Prettyman federal courthouse. Today makes 16 days since Donald Trump received a target letter from Smith in his investigation into 2020 election interference
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DC’s hottest club is the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse. This place has everything! Cockroaches, a leaky roof, broken vending machines, surprisingly good curly fries and yes, Donald Trump
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Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone walked out of DC federal court a few minutes ago after he was spotted this morning entering the area where grand juries meet. His former deputy, Patrick Philbin, is still inside the building. w/
@FionaGlisson
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NOW: Members of Jack Smith’s DC grand jury are once again gathering at the Prettyman federal courthouse. Today makes 16 days since Donald Trump received a target letter from Smith in his investigation into 2020 election interference
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NEW: Pras Michel has been found guilty on ALL 10 charges - conspiracy, acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China, witness tampering and lying on FEC filings
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BREAKING: Judge Tanya Chutkan has partially granted Jack Smith’s motion for a gag order in Donald Trump’s DC case, prohibiting him from making statements about potential witnesses/their testimony. Trump will also be prohibited from attacking prosecutors and courthouse staff.
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While being led out of the courtroom post-sentencing Pezzola turned, raised one fist and shouted "TRUMP WON!"
BREAKING: Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
Reporting with
@dnlbrns
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No verdict today in Rudy Giuliani's civil defamation trial. The jury will continue deliberating tomorrow at 9am.
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BREAKING: Jack Smith is going straight to SCOTUS and asking them to immediately take up the question of whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution
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NOW: Enrique Tarrio, former national chairman of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison
Judge Kelly is back on the bench preparing to issue Tarrio's sentence. Tarrio just delivered an contrite statement, apologizing to members of law enforcement, the citizens of Washington, D.C., lawmakers and his family for the events of Jan. 6 and his actions.
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Here's all 21 names that the Fulton County special purpose grand jury recommended for indictment BUT WEREN'T INDICTED:
1. Cleta Mitchell
2. David Perdue
3. Jacki Pick
4. William Ligon
5. Kurt Hilbert
6. Alex Kaufman
7. Joseph Brannan
8. Vikki Consiglio
9. Carolyn Fisher
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The jury was deliberating for just under 3 hours (including lunch)
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Add Michael Flynn to the list of people suing Nancy Pelosi and the January 6 select committee over subpoenas. This time, Flynn has claimed the issue is time sensitive and asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order by Thursday of this week.
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Judge Cannon has ordered Smith and Nauta to be ready to argue their positions on the unsealing of Walt Nauta’s grand jury interview transcript during Friday’s hearing in the classified docs case
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NEW: Trump lawyers Evan Corcoran, Jim Trusty and Lindsey Halligan spotted entering a sealed hearing before Chief Judge Beryl Howell in DC federal court. None responded to questions.
w/
@FionaGlisson
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The Justice Department has moved to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. AG Garland is currently announcing this move. Their motion to unseal is here:
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US Capitol Police formed a guard to escort Brian Sicknick’s family to their car after the sentencing hearing for Julian Khater and George Tanios
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We never saw Fitton leave the building but he likely testified for roughly 4.5 hours, judging by the time all the prosecutors and grand jurors left.
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Second D.C. man accused of posing as a federal agent pleads guilty
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Good morning from what is hopefully the first day of opening statements in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. All lawyers are present, but the five defendants - Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola - are not yet in the courtroom.
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Multiple law enforcement officials say that a man was arrested overnight near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, per
@PeteWilliamsNBC
. The man reportedly had a gun, a knife and pepper spray and told authorities he was there to kill Kavanaugh.
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Mark Meadows has lost his bid to remove the Fulton County charges against him to federal court. Judge Steve Jones rules that Meadows failed to prove his actions, as laid out in the indictment, fell under his role as WH chief of staff
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Opening statements are starting now in the second Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial. On trial this time are Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo. AUSA Troy Edwards is delivering the opening for the government.
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Steve Bannon’s sentencing hearing starts at 9am today and DC’s biggest celebrity is here at the courthouse.
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“No other defendant would be allowed to do so and I’m not going to allow it in this case,” Chutkan said.
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Judge Mehta has arranged for the latest group of Oath Keepers going to trial tomorrow to have two tables for the defense.
“By adding a second table, hopefully, the court has avoided serious constitutional error,” he writes in an order dripping with sarcasm
JUST IN: The Oath Keepers preparing to face trial tomorrow for their Jan. 6 actions are deeply concerned they won't get a fair trial because ...
They're being asked to squeeze into a single table.
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JUST IN: Enrique Tarrio has been arrested and indicted on new federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot. He's scheduled to make his initial appearance today in the southern district of Florida, according to DOJ
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NOW: Proud Boy Ethan Nordean is sentenced to 18 years in prison, tying the record for longest Jan. 6 sentence currently held by Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. Prosecutors had sought 27 years
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The FBI has now issued a wanted poster for missing Jan. 6 defendant Christopher Worrell
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GIULIANI ORDERED TO PAY $148.169 MILLION IN TOTAL DAMAGES
NOW: The jury in Rudy Giuliani's civil defamation trial has reached a unanimous decision about the amount of damages he will have to pay two Georgia election workers for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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All three of the men who led the Proud Boys on the ground during Jan. 6 have now received their sentences:
18 years for Ethan Nordean
17 years for Joe Biggs
15 years for Zachary Rehl
Enrique Tarrio, who was in Baltimore during the riot, will be sentenced on Tuesday.
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NEW: The longtime partner of Brian Sicknick has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Trump and the two men who were charged with his assault. A copy of the complaint is here:
NEWS ALERT:
We just filed new fed lawsuit against
#Trump
& two criminal defs for wrongful death of
@CapitolPolice
Ofc
#BrianSicknick
arising from
#January6th
insurrection/coup attempt.
#Accountability
Our legal team is:
@PhilAndonianEsq
@mattkaiser
@noahbrozinsky
@BradMossEsq
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Good morning from day 9 of the Oath Keepers trial. Before the jury enters we're hearing from Kelly Meggs' lawyer, Stanley Woodward, who is arguing to exclude an image Meggs posted on Facebook which read: "Apparently Home Depot sells everything we need to build a guillotine."
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BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a “narrow” order limiting Trump's “extrajudicial statements that present a serious and substantial danger of materially prejudicing this case.”
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Paschall emphasizes the importance of deterrence. "Don't think that the justice system will sit idly by while you attempt to end that peaceful transfer of power," she says.
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NEW: Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino is about to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy, which would make him the first Proud Boy to be convicted of planning to oppose the US government.
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Two more Missouri lawyers - former federal prosecutor/current candidate for Missouri AG Will Scharf and former Missouri Deputy Solicitor General Michael Talent - are joining Trump's appellate team in DC, according to a campaign spokesperson.
New Trump attorney files appearance in DC case: Dean John Sauer, former solicitor general of Missouri.
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Dozens of Capitol Police officers have arrived by bus for the sentencing hearing of Julian Khater and George Tanios, the two men who were charged with assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick. Tanios pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting officers
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Guy Reffitt's sentencing has started. Guy's son, Jackson, has sent a letter to be read as his victim impact statement. Jackson reported his father to the FBI before Jan. 6 and also testified against him at trial. Guy's daughter Peyton will speak on her father's behalf.
Starting in one hour: the sentencing of Guy Reffitt. For the first time in a Jan. 6 case, DOJ is seeking at terrorism enhancement.
Will have coverage with
@dnlbrns
and
@KenDilanianNBC
:
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NEW: Jack Smith files his brief before the 11th circuit in his appeal of Judge Cannon's order dismissing Trump's classified documents case
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We're entering the second hour of the sentencing hearing for Enrique Tarrio, the former national leader of the Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy earlier this year. Judge Timothy Kelly has just ruled that the terrorism sentencing enhancement applies to Tarrio
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BREAKING: Julian Khater sentenced to 80 months in prison for assaulting US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. He'll receive credit for time served (approximately 22 months)
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Trump is moving tonight to stay his DC case until Judge Chutkan rules on his motion to dismiss on presidential immunity grounds
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10. Burt Jones
11. Gloria Godwin
12. Mark Hennessy
13. Mark Amick
14. John Downey
15. Brad Carver
16. C.B. Yadav
17. Lin Wood
18. Lindsey Graham
19. Michael Flynn
20. Kelly Loeffler
21. Boris Epshteyn
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NEW: Donald Trump has filed an appeal seeking to block Mike Pence from testifying before a federal grand jury hearing evidence related to Jan 6, a source confirms to
@LauraAJarrett
.
@GaryGrumbach
spotted Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran at the DC federal courthouse this morning
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This was the maximum sentence for the charge to which Littlejohn pleaded guilty.
“The nature of this offence was an intolerable attack on our constitutional democracy,” Judge Ana Reyes said before issuing the sentence.
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Third time’s the charm for Trump? After two losses at the district level, the former president is asking an appeals court to temporarily block the National Archives from turning over certain White House records requested by the 1/6 committee
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Guy Reffitt's daughter Peyton just spoke.
"My father's name wasn't on all the flags that were there that day, that everyone was carrying. It was another man's name"
Peyton became emotion during her remarks and her father was visibly crying throughout.
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Looks like the four member of Congress mentioned by Raskin are:
- Leader Kevin McCarthy
- Rep. Jim Jordan
- Rep. Scott Perry
- Rep. Andy Biggs
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All three lawyers left the building just after 12:20pm and didn’t respond to questions
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The Judiciary Committee’s lawsuit against Merrick Garland to obtain the audio of the Biden/Hur interview has been assigned to US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson
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Man who stormed Capitol with father sentenced to 2 years
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BREAKING: Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury today for several hours, making him the highest ranking former member of the Trump administration to appear as a witness in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation
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NOW: The jury has reached a verdict in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial after nearly 3 full days of deliberation. The parties are starting to return to the courtroom now.
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Here Judge Kacsmaryk accuses the FDA of bowing to political pressure from the Clinton administration when they first approved mifepristone
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BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR THE ISSUE OF TRUMP'S CRIMINAL IMMUNITY IN APRIL
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Trevor McFadden, the judge in the trial currently occupying StanWoodward’s time, revealed today that Aileen Cannon’s chambers called him earlier to inquire about his trial schedule. He’s not sitting Tue/Wed next week so possible the Trump CIPA hearing could be delayed until then
According to the filing, the basis for the postponement request is that Nauta's out-of-town counsel, Stanley Woodward, is scheduled to begin a bench trial this week in D.C.--and thus would be unable to attend the pre-trial conference on July 14.
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Jan 6 related civil suits continue to chug along in 2024. Judge Mehta dismisses wrongful death and negligence claims filed against Trump, Julian Khater and George Tanios by Brian Sicknick's partner but allows lawsuit to proceed on conspiracy to violate civil rights claim
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Reyes described his actions as a deliberate multi-year criminal scheme, but said she believed he “sincerely felt a moral imperative” to act as he did. She also directly compared Littlejohn to January 6 defendants she recently sentenced, saying both presented a threat to democracy
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After roughly 2 hours of argument, Judge Cannon seems unlikely to grant motions from Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta to dismiss some or all of the charges against them in Trump's classified documents case.
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