Hearing Monday on moving Jeffrey Clark’s Georgia case to federal court
A hearing wrapped without a ruling Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on whether former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark can move his Georgia 2020 election racketeering case to federal court. Clark is one of five defendants seeking to move his case to federal court. The same U.S. District Judge, Steve Jones, who late last […]
Kremlin says it has no info on health of Chechen leader Kadyrov
The Kremlin on Monday said it had no information on the health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, Kadyrov is in critical condition. “There is information that the war criminal Kadyrov is in a serious condition and the diseases that were there have worsened and caused such a serious condition,” said […]
Texas State Senate votes to acquit Ken Paxton in impeachment trial
A jury of 30 Texas state Senators voted Saturday to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton following a more-than weeklong impeachment trial. A conviction required a two-thirds majority, or 21 votes. Republicans hold a 19-12 Senate majority. Democrats would have needed nine Republicans to join all of them in securing a guilty verdict. However, only two […]
3 men acquitted in plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
A jury acquitted three men on Friday in the last trial connected to the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D). Eric Molitor and twin brothers William Null and Michael Null were found not guilty of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge. Their trial was the final of those […]
Jack Smith hands over first batch of classified material in Trump documents case
Special Counsel Jack Smith has turned over the first batch of classified materials to former President Trump and his attorneys in the classified documents case. According to a filing on Thursday, Smith’s team notified U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that they’d made first production of classified discovery on Wednesday—the same day that Cannon had issued […]
Biden urges automakers to fairly share “record profits” with UAW workers
President Biden on Friday commented on the United Auto Workers strike, urging the Big Three automakers to ensure that “record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW.” Some 13,000 of the UAW’s 145,000 members officially went on strike just after midnight Friday morning, in the union’s first-ever nationwide strike to be called simultaneously at […]
U.S. hits Iran with more sanctions one year after Mahsa Amini’s death
The White House announced new sanctions against Iran Friday, marking one year since the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. On September 16, 2022 the 22-year-old Amini died in custody three days after she was arrested by Iran’s morality police for not properly wearing a religious head covering called a hijab. Amini’s death sparked […]
Jury deliberations begin in Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
A jury of 30 Texas state Senators began deliberations Friday afternoon in the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton. ( LINK: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/deliberations-begin-texas-ag-paxtons-impeachment-trial/story?id=103221639 ) Deliberations began just hours after closing arguments took place. The trial began on Wednesday, September 6 after the GOP-led state House voted in May to impeach Paxton on 16 articles unanimously […]
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to resume abortion care
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) announced that it’s set to resume abortion care on Monday at clinics in Madison and Milwaukee, following a recent court decision. In a video statement PPWI president and CEO Tanya Atkinson said that when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, her organization “made the agonizing decision […]
Jack Smith responds to Trump request for Judge Chutkan’s recusal
Special Counsel Jack Smith responded Thursday to Trump’s request for Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the former President’s federal trial related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a 20-page motion filed in U.S. District Court for Washington DC, Smith wrote, “There is no valid basis, under the relevant law and facts, […]
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