A federal appeals court abruptly canceled expedited oral arguments set for Sept. 15 in an emergency motion by former Trump aide Mark Meadows aimed at staying a federal judge’s decision to remand a racketeering prosecution to a Georgia court. The … Continue reading 11th Circuit cancels Meadows’s emergency hearing after state ruling slows down prosecution

A federal judge has denied Mark Meadows’s motion to temporarily stay an order remanding a racketeering prosecution to state court, while the former Trump White House chief of staff appeals it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th … Continue reading Judge denies Meadows’s motion to prevent state conviction while federal appeal continues

Georgia prosecutors urged a federal judge to deny Mark Meadows’s motion to temporarily stay an order remanding a racketeering prosecution to state court while the former Trump White House chief of staff appeals it to the U.S. Court of Appeals … Continue reading Georgia prosecutors urge federal judge to deny Mark Meadows’s latest emergency motion

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has announced that the House of Representatives will begin conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Mr. McCarthy, who has been under pressure to start impeachment proceedings since he became speaker, said President Biden … Continue reading McCarthy opens impeachment inquiry into Biden as lawmakers eye expanded powers

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a federal judge to temporarily stay an order remanding a Georgia racketeering prosecution back to state court while he appeals it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th … Continue reading Former Trump White House Chief Meadows hopes to block possible state conviction pending federal appeal

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is appealing a federal judge’s refusal to hear state racketeering charges in federal court. The appeal comes after former President Donald Trump, Mr. Meadows, and 17 co-defendants were indicted by a … Continue reading Former Trump aide Meadows appeals loss in court to 11th Circuit

A federal judge rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s motion to hear state racketeering charges from Georgia in federal court. The ruling is a victory for Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, who … Continue reading Judge denies Meadows’s request to transfer state racketeering case to federal court

Lawyers for a pro-life campaigner jailed over a Washington abortion clinic protest filed an emergency appeal seeking her release, arguing that the trial judge was wrong to rule the disruptive activity was a “crime of violence.” Lauren Handy, who was … Continue reading Pro-life campaigner should be freed because abortion protest not ‘crime of violence,’ lawyer says

WASHINGTON—A federal jury in Washington has convicted former Trump aide Peter Navarro of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. The jury verdict in federal court came late in the afternoon of … Continue reading Former Trump adviser Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress

The Supreme Court has scheduled several controversial cases—including a domestic abuser gun ban and whether a critic can trademark an insult targeting former President Donald Trump—for oral argument after its new term begins on Oct. 2. Seven cases in all … Continue reading Supreme Court schedules several controversial cases

As his trial on congressional contempt charges was underway on Sept. 5 in Washington, former Trump aide Peter Navarro said the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) doesn’t want to offer him a plea bargain. “Let’s let the process play out … Continue reading Ex-Trump aide Navarro says government doesn’t want to offer plea deal in contempt case

A federal court on Sept. 5 struck down the Alabama Legislature’s congressional map that was drawn in July, finding that state lawmakers failed to follow an earlier court order requiring that they adhere to the federal Voting Rights Act. The … Continue reading Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional map after lawmakers defy court order

A federal judge threw out the city of Seattle’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit a white former city employee filed over mandatory cultural sensitivity programs he claims constitute anti-white racial indoctrination. The backlash against cultural sensitivity training sessions in both … Continue reading Federal judge refuses to dismiss white former employee’s racial discrimination lawsuit against Seattle

President Donald Trump has good defenses available to him but that doesn’t mean he will be treated fairly by the federal judge in Washington conducting his election interference trial, legal experts told The Epoch Times. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was … Continue reading Prosecution’s case in DC is weak but Trump may still have a hard time in election interference case, legal experts say

A federal judge denied pro-life campaigner Lauren Handy’s motion to be released from jail pending her sentencing hearing, saying the protest action at an abortion clinic for which she was convicted was a “crime of violence.” Ms. Handy, who was … Continue reading Federal judge refuses to release convicted pro-life protesters

Georgia prosecutors urged a federal judge to reject former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s motion to hear state racketeering charges in federal court even if the judge finds a single overt act the defendant committed was protected … Continue reading Georgia prosecutors say federal court should return Meadows case to state court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas filed a disclosure form on Aug. 31 detailing previously undisclosed gifts from his friend, GOP donor and billionaire Harlan Crow, as Democrats in Congress continue to criticize alleged ethical shortcomings at the nation’s highest … Continue reading Justice Clarence Thomas discloses gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow

Pro-life activist Lauren Handy, who was convicted this week of conspiring to obstruct access to an abortion clinic in Washington, will appeal her conviction and is asking the court to release her from pre-sentencing detention, her lawyers say. The government has … Continue reading Pro-Life protester jailed in DC to appeal, seeks to be released pending sentencing

The federal judge hearing former Trump aide Mark Meadows’s motion to have Georgia racketeering charges related to the 2020 presidential election heard in federal court has ordered attorneys in the case to provide an additional briefing on the state’s racketeering … Continue reading Federal court in Mark Meadows case orders extra briefing from attorneys