Though much of the proceeding was carefully scripted and choreographed, a significant point of tension immediately emerged: How soon will Trump stand trial?
Thomas Windom, the prosecutor helming the trial team for Smith, said the case should move quickly.
“This case will benefit from normal order, including a speedy trial,” Windom told the magistrate judge overseeing the arraignment.
Donald Trump said he was being ‘persecuted’ because he lead of his polls and ripped into the ‘filth’ and ‘decay’ in Washington D.C. after pleading not guilty to conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
‘This is a very sad day for America and it was also very sad driving through Washington D.C. and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti,’ he said at Reagan National Airport after his third arraignment
The U.S. Department of Justice arrested two U.S. Navy sailors on national security charges relating to China on Thursday.
It is unclear whether the two cases are connected in any way. The first sailor, a 22-year-old assigned to a vessel in San Diego, was arrested on an espionage charge relating to a conspiracy to share intelligence with a Chinese official.
The second sailor, based near Los Angeles, is charged with conspiracy and receipt of a bribe from a Chinese official.
Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday (1 August) for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the third time in four months that the former US president has been criminally charged even as he campaigns to regain the presidency next year.
The four-count, 45-page indictment charges Republican Trump with conspiring to defraud the US by preventing Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory and to deprive voters of their right to a fair election.
Then-President Trump pushed fraud claims
More than two and a half years after Donald Trump attempted to steal the 2020 presidential election, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted the former president on four felony counts related to the plot.
This is the third time that Trump has been charged with felonies in 2023, but it is also the most significant case against him. Although other charges allege serious misconduct, this cuts to the gravest act he committed: his lengthy, concerted effort to subvert
Former President Donald Trump’s legal woes deepened after he was hit with federal criminal charges linked to his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.
Trump is facing four counts including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and obstruct the electoral count for trying to overturn the 2020 election. The 45-page indictment says he was ‘determined to remain in power’ despite ‘having lost.’
He is already facing 40 federal charges in Florida relating to his handling of
Martin Lewis is urging anyone in the UK who is struggling with debt to carry out a two-minute “check” on their credit card.
The personal finance expert is recommending those dealing with debt apply for a zero percent balance transfer credit card.
According to Mr Lewis, someone applying for this card could save people hundreds of pounds in cash.
This is because balance credit cards are suited for people who have debt spread across multiple cards or when interest rates
Judge Kimberly Small of the 48th District Court dismissed the case against Louis-Victor after the prosecution could not produce any witnesses at his latest hearing, the Detroit Free Press reported.
At the hearing, Allison Krueger, an Oakland County assistant prosecutor, told Small that county officials were unable to contact Soo Louis-Victor and that a subpoena compelling her to appear to testify could not be served, the Free Press reported.
Following the incident, Soo Louis-Victor had issued a statement to the
Carlee Rusell could be charged with multiple crimes including making a false report and misdemeanor theft, in addition to possibly being forced to pay the cost of the investigation, according to former law enforcement officers and a lawyer.
Russell, 24, dialed 911 on July 13 at around 9:34 p.m. to report a toddler walking along the southbound side of Interstate 459 near Birmingham, Alabama, according to the Hoover Police Department.
She would return home on July 15 at around 10:45
Hunter Biden’s plea deal has appeared to collapse in a stunning twist during his appearance in front of a judge in a federal court in Delaware.
The president’s scandal-hit son said ‘yes, your honor’ when asked by the judge if he was going to plead guilty, and admitted he’s been to rehab six times in 20 years for addiction to drinking and drugs.
But then the Judge demanded a recess when an agreement between prosecutors and attorneys for the president’s
