Appearing in court virtually from his Mar-a-Lago home Friday, President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced for his crimes in the New York “hush money” case, to unconditional discharge for his 34 felony counts, released with no restrictions. Justice Juan Merchan had indicated in his Jan. 3 ruling that he was inclined to give Trump unconditional discharge, a sentence
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An Indiana man who fled the United States to avoid serving a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol was arrested in Canada this week on the fourth anniversary of the mob’s attack. Antony Vo was arrested “without incident” in Whistler, British Columbia, on Monday, said Canada Border Services Agency spokesperson Rebecca Purdy. Vo
1m ago Who will be arguing before the Supreme Court? Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar will be arguing on behalf of the federal government. Noel Francisco, who was solicitor general in Trump’s first administration, will present on behalf of TikTok and ByteDance. Jeffrey Fisher, co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law, will
Rudy Giuliani is set to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom Friday as a federal judge considers a request from two Georgia election workers to hold the former New York City mayor in contempt for allegedly continuing to defame them in violation of a court order. A jury in 2023 awarded Ruby Freeman and
Appearing in court virtually from his Mar-a-Lago home Friday, President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced for his crimes in the New York “hush money” case, in a moment unlike any other in American history. Trump and his lawyers fought Manhattan prosecutors at every turn, dating back to the beginning of the “hush money”
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday morning on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. in the coming days. The law is set to take effect on Jan. 19, nine months after it swiftly passed Congress with bipartisan support