Courts & Law
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Former FBI informant at center of Biden impeachment inquiry indicted on tax charges
The new indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday and brought by a California grand jury, accused Smirnov of concealing more than $2 million between 2020 and 2022, which allegedly came from multiple sources.
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Appeals court agrees to drop Trump's classified documents case
The special counsel was challenging Cannon's dismissal of the case, who claimed Smith was unlawfully appointed. The case accused Trump of improperly taking classified documents back to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in 2022.
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Missouri judge upholds state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The law prohibits the use of gender-affirming care on minors, forbids state Medicaid funds from being used for any of gender-affirming procedures regardless of age, and threatens the licenses of doctors who violate the law.
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Rep. Greg Steube says if Democrats win in 2024, SCOTUS will be 'delegitimized'
Steube warned that packing the court would make the Supreme Court political.
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Hunter Biden’s tax trial set to begin this week as father’s political career fades into dust
Hunter Biden’s trial is set to officially begin September 5 with jury selection following an approximately four-month delay granted by a federal district judge. One thing is clear: His father no longer has the leverage to protect his son as he once did.
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Missouri files third lawsuit attempting to block Biden-Harris student loan plan
The lawsuit alleged the Education Department is attempting to "quietly" and illegally forgive some student loan debts as early as this week.
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Federal court calls filing 'deficient' in rejection of Trump's attempt to move hush money case
The federal court did not rule on the subject of the request, but claimed the filing was "deficient" because Trump's attorneys failed to attach written permission from New York Judge Juan Merchan, or prosecutors.
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Trump lawyers ask Merchan to indefinitely suspend hush money case until federal court weighs in
In the letter to the court, Trump's attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, also requested Merchan postpone the Sept. 18 sentencing indefinitely while waiting to hear from the federal court.
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Bannon’s lawyers want a hearing on alleged government misconduct in case, judge has yet to grant it
The accusations against the prosecutors were detailed in several court filings over a year ago and Bannon had previously invoked them in a failed attempt to have the charges against him dismissed.
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Georgia election workers suing Giuliani request federal court intervention in defamation case
Lawyers for the women are requesting Giuliani now hands over his two condos in New York and Florida, a Mercedes-Benz sports car, three New York Yankees World Series rings, and other sports memorabilia.
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Trump lawyers request federal court intervene in hush money case
The former president's legal team asked that the case be moved to a federal court, instead of state court where it currently resides, claiming that the move is warranted because the prosecution allegedly violated Trump's constitutional rights.
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Big Tech liable for breaking promises to users that led to suicide, death threats: appeals court
Ninth Circuit rejects 'free-wheeling' Section 230 immunity for Snapchat-integrated anonymous messaging app with 10 million users, overseen by 10 staff, that promised to ban and unmask users for bad behavior.
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'Holy S#@&!' TikTok may be held liable for girl's death, upending three decades of tech immunity
"The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet," Section 230, have been staggeringly misinterpreted by lower courts since its early days, Trump-appointed appeals judge says in fiery concurrence. Progressive Big Tech critic claims "the business model is over."