Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. The United States district judge in charge of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago prosecution has ordered the unsealing of numerous documents. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team unsuccessfully argued they had concerns about disclosing the government’s intentions to erase classified information. Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed the judgment and expressed her concern for the public’s right to access court records in a succinct, paperless order. Smith sought permission to submit two motions, according to MSN: one to file the motion under seal and another to exceed page limits (for the judge’s sole…
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Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments on Tuesday concerning former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution regarding the 2020 election. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed charges against Trump in a federal court in Washington, D.C., and Trump was present at the arguments. In response to the four counts against him, Trump has entered a not guilty plea: conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to obstruct the right to…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. Every major poll shows that former President Donald Trump all but has the 2024 GOP nomination locked up, barring something unexpected. Now, a larger question looms: if he wins the nomination, who will Trump select as his running mate? According to a report from The Messenger, which conducted interviews with twelve prominent Republicans, including some Trump advisors, the list of possible running mates for Trump in 2024 has been pared down to a select few. There have been rumors that Trump is interested in a female candidate for…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. Former First Lady Michelle Obama led political analysts to predict, once again, that she will become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee with remarks she made during a podcast this week. Appearing on Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast, the host asked her what keeps her up at night. “What keeps me up are the things that I know: the war in the region, in too many regions. What is AI going to do for us? The environment, you know, are we moving at all fast enough?” she began.…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. A co-defendant in former President Donald Trump’s RICO case in Fulton County, Ga., has made a stunning claim about District Attorney Fani Willis, according to a report published on Monday. A court filing claimed that Nathan Wade, a private attorney who is acting as a special prosecutor in the case, paid for vacations he allegedly took with Willis using money the county paid his law firm as compensation for work on the case. The report said that his firm has been paid around $650,000. According to the Atlanta…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. Former Phoenix-area newscaster Kari Lake’s campaign for the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that she has raised millions in the first quarter following her filing. According to the campaign, the 2022 Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate has pulled in $2.1 million after launching her campaign on Oct. 10, Politico reported. “Her fundraising total includes the period from mid-October to Dec. 31. Her cash-on-hand amount was not immediately available,” the outlet noted further. Lake is running for former Democrat-turned-Independent Kyrsten Sinema’s seat, the latter of whom has yet to announce…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. A prominent legal analyst believes that former President Donald Trump’s RICO case in Fulton County, Ga., could be in jeopardy as his legal team continues to appeal various court rulings and seek delays in other cases. In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, analyst John Malcolm, who is a former federal prosecutor, said that if the appeals court in Washington, D.C., rules that Trump is protected by presidential immunity for actions taken about opposing the 2020 election results, the case in Georgia “largely collapses.” Malcolm, who currently serves…
Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk’s X of a ban on disclosing the number of times federal authorities sought to put Americans and foreign nationals under surveillance using the platform. Formerly known as Twitter, X attorneys argued that the federal government’s ban on the company’s bid at transparency in revealing the number of times the platform received national security-related requests for surveillance of users was unconstitutional and should only be provided in rare, exceptional cases. The nation’s highest court did not explain why…
Fox News host Jesse Watters recently noted Donald Trump’s dalliance with a woman who is half-Black as evidence that the former president is not racist via Mediaite. On Friday’s installment of The Five, the co-hosts reacted to President Joe Biden’s speech in Pennsylvania, where he slammed Trump and his failed attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which he lost.His remarks were meant to coincide with the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which Trump helped inspire by falsely claiming the election was rigged against him.“I am so tired of Joe Biden running on January 6th,” Watters said.…
In a recent submission to the Fulton County Superior Court addressed to presiding Judge Scott McAfee, legal representatives of Donald Trump contended that the former president was not sufficiently warned that his actions could be deemed criminal. The argument posited that the United States has a longstanding tradition of vigorous political advocacy concerning widespread allegations of fraud and irregularities in numerous presidential elections throughout its history. Consequently, Trump’s legal team asserted that he lacked fair notice that his advocacy in the context of the 2020 Presidential Election could be subject to criminalization. Citing legal precedent, the filing emphasized the importance…