(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan surprised many by allowing a Jan. 6 defendant to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Eric Peterson will be able to witness Trump take the oath of office for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025, after Chutkan, an Obama appointee,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal judge overseeing the Biden administration's prosecution of a Jan. 6 protestor threw a hissy fit on Wednesday after the defense called out his inexplicable haste to sentence a man before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Daniel Moss, an appointee of President...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Minnesota judge has disqualified a Democratic lawmaker from being sworn in, paving the way for Republicans to break the 67-67 tie in the state House of Representatives, MPR News reported.
On Friday, Ramsey County District Judge Leonardo Castro barred Minnesota Rep.-elect Curtis Johnson, a Democrat, from...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden was expected to secure the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency as soon as Friday, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor's total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump's far-reaching first term when he filled three seats...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department signaled Friday that it intends to keep classified information secret in the case of Asif Merchant, the Pakistani man who allegedly tried hiring two hitmen in an Iranian-sponsored assassination plot against Donald Trump.
As Headline USA has detailed, the notion that Iran conspired...
(Headline USA) A ruling by a Maricopa County judge has invalidated provisions of Arizona's elections manual, including one that said the secretary of state must canvass election results even if a county has not certified its ballots.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ruled this week that Arizona Secretary...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Barry Croft Jr., who was found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in late 2022 after his second trial, has filed a complaint from prison against the judge who wouldn’t let a jury learn about the unconstitutional actions of the FBI’s undercover...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) CBS 8 in California reported Wednesday that the FBI detained a 20-year-old man for plotting a mass shooting at a government building with the 15-year-old girl who would go on to attack the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday—killing another student and a teacher, and...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the heels of Russia invading Ukraine, the Justice Department announced in May 2022 that it seized a 348-foot luxury vessel owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov—touting the move as a major win against Russia’s corrupt oligarchy.
“This yacht seizure should tell every corrupt Russian...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An indictment was unsealed Wednesday against a former FBI agent who allegedly cyberstalked a victim for years—at one point promising her a $17,000 engagement in a sham marriage he never followed through with.
Paul Raymond Flood, 54, of Castro Valley, faces charges of cyberstalking, witness tampering,...
(Headline USA) Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday filed a legal notice that he intends to sue a woman who accused him of sexual harassment.
The filing accuses former aide Charlotte Bennett of defaming Cuomo in a Dec. 9 statement that said the former governor sexually harassed her.
Bennett...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In May, a U.S. judge ordered that alleged Satanic pedophile Angel Almeida be hospitalized for four months before she determines whether he has the mental capacity to stand trial for his role in the online abuse of children.
It took roughly six months before Almeida was transferred. During...