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Wisconsin Court OKs Acceptance of Absentee Ballots w/ Errors
(Headline USA) Wisconsin election clerks can accept absentee ballots that contain minor errors such as missing portions of witness addresses, a court ruled Tuesday in a legal fight that has pitted conservatives against liberals in the battleground state.
Dane County Circuit Court ruled in favor of the League of Women...
Trump Ex-Lawyer Cohen Can’t Sue Boss for His Prior Convictions
(Headline USA) Michael Cohen can’t hold his former boss, ex-president Donald Trump, liable because he was jailed for what he claimed was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said Tuesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said in an order that it would not revive a lawsuit...
Shooting at Colorado Supreme Court Unrelated to Trump Case
(Headline USA) A man leaving the scene of a car wreck Tuesday shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building and inflicted “extensive damage” to the building before being arrested by police, authorities said, adding the incident seems unrelated to the court's recent ruling banning former President Donald Trump from the...
Bill Clinton’s Alias in Epstein Court Docs Revealed
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Former President Bill Clinton is among the hundreds of frequent visitor to Jeffrey Epstein's private island---colloquially known as "Pedophile Island"---who will be identified in publicly unsealed records as of Monday.
The records identify the former president under the alias "John Doe 36," ABC News reported.
U.S. District...
DOJ to Let Ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Skate on Political Donations
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Last Friday, federal prosecutors announced that they would not bring further charges against disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, letting him off the hook for his alleged conspiracy to make unlawful political donations and bribery of foreign officials, Fox News reported.
Despite his laundry list of wrongdoings,...
Huh? DOJ Claims Trump Immunity Could Exonerate Murder and Bribery
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal prosecutors invoked extreme hypothetical scenarios to convince an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s defense in the criminal case linked to the 2020 presidential election.
In a dramatic 82-page court filing, first reported by ABC News, Special Counsel Jack Smith told the Appeals Court...
Maine Republicans Push for Bellows’s Impeachment as Activist Roots Resurface
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Republican members of the Maine House of Representatives are preparing to file articles of impeachment against the infamous secretary of state who unilaterally blocked former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot.
State Rep. John Andrews, leading the impeachment threat, said Secretary of...
Another State Boots Trump from Ballot, This Time w/ No Trial
(Headline USA) Maine’s leftist secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to continue his campaign.
The decision...
Judge OKs Maricopa Election Official’s Defamation Suit against Kari Lake
(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) An Arizona judge has greenlighted a lawsuit by a Maricopa County election official alleging that MAGA superstar Kari Lake engaged in what might amount to libel or slander against him.
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer sued Lake in June for defamation in connection with her criticism...
Colorado Republicans Appeal Trump Ballot Ban to U.S. Supreme Court
(Headline USA) The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed a state supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump was ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation's highest court over the meaning of a 155-year-old constitutional provision that bans from office...
Whitmer Kidnap Inmates Sue Michigan over Constitutional Rights Violations
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two men convicted in the 2020 conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have sued for being placed in out-of-state federal prisons, where their ability to communicate with lawyers or prepare their appeals has effectively been eliminated.
The men—Joe Morrison and Paul Bellar—are all incarcerated in federal prisons outside of...
Jan. 6 Defendant Given Sweetheart Plea Deal to Snitch on Other Protestors
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Capitol Hill rioter Samuel Lazar pepper-sprayed police and urged protestors to “take their guns” during the Jan. 6, 2021, event.
Despite his violent actions, Lazar received a much lighter punishment than numerous other Jan. 6 defendants—receiving a 30-month sentence that he has fully served by now.
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