Courts & Law
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Trump's impeachment defense is weak but not nearly as wacko as it could have been
For a second there, it looked like former President Donald Trump would be stuck with Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell as his legal team. But just in the nick of time, he managed to find attorneys to file his response to the House of Representatives's article of impeachment against him.
84-year-old killed in San Francisco after daytime attack
An 84-year-old man was killed this weekend after a daytime attack on Thursday in San Francisco.
Bannon urging Trump to push stolen election claims during Senate impeachment trial
Advisers to former President Donald Trump are split on devising an impeachment defense, with Steve Bannon among those urging him to turn the Senate trial into a political bear fight by claiming once again that the election was stolen, according to a source familiar with discussions.Trump loses impeachment lawyers a week before trial
Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers a little more than a week before his trial, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. The change injects fresh uncertainty into the makeup and strategy of his defense team.'Expert witness list' released in Antrim County lawsuit involving Dominion voting machines
January 30, 2021 04:28 PM Proud Boys indicted on 'conspiracy' charges for role in Capitol riots
January 30, 2021 02:13 PM The repeal of Section 230 has broad ramifications beyond Big Tech
January 28, 2021 11:00 PM Man with handgun and 20 rounds of ammunition arrested near Capitol
January 28, 2021 02:17 PM Pakistani Supreme Court tosses charges against man convicted in murder plot against Daniel Pearl
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has tossed all charges against the man believed to be behind the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was captured and beheaded in 2002 as he investigated Pakistani terrorist groups in the wake of 9/11.
Trump cannot resist basing impeachment defense on election fraud claims
Former President Donald Trump’s choice of an impeachment lawyer suggests he may be preparing to relitigate his claims of a stolen election during his Senate trial, according to legal experts and former White House advisers.
Pro-Trump Twitter troll charged with spreading voter disinformation in 2016 election
A formerly anonymous pro-Trump Twitter troll has been charged for his alleged role in spreading disinformation during the 2016 presidential election, with federal investigators saying that he assisted in a misleading scheme to send thousands of texts falsely urging people to vote via text.One of six charged in plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleads guilty
One of the six men charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty on Wednesday.Revisiting evidence from the Nuremberg trials, 75 years later
January 27, 2021 01:41 PM Proud Boys leader was undercover informant for law enforcement: Report
January 27, 2021 11:51 AM Judge rules Virginia's late election law changes for mail-in ballots were illegal
January 27, 2021 10:43 AM Nicholas Sandmann fires Lin Wood from legal team
January 26, 2021 07:21 PM Iran executes second wrestler within months: Report
Months after Iran executed champion wrestler Navid Afkari and drew international outrage, the country reportedly put another wrestler to death.