Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller, who discarded his USA team jacket after participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to six months of home detention. His actions caused significant devastation to American democracy. Standing at 6-foot-6, Keller stood out among the Donald Trump supporters who breached …
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney suggested Friday that his client becoming the Republican presidential nominee while on trial in Georgia would count as “election interference.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee considered requests to delay pretrial deadlines and trial timing requests, while District Attorney Fani Willis last month pushed for the trial to begin …
Unidentified former Virginia police officer is convicted of a rape in his patrol car A 17-year-old girl was involuntarily sexually assaulted in 2019, after a Virginia police officer followed her home in his patrol car while on duty. Cleshaun A. Cox, 31, spent around 4.5 years in state custody and has been sentenced to 18 …
Former President Donald Trump plans to use prosecutors’ words in criminal cases against his fellow Jan. 6 defendants to undermine the special counsel’s case against him, according to court filings submitted late Monday. The filings from Trump’s attorneys come ahead of the first of his four pending criminal cases to go trial, with jury selection …
Donald Trump’s Legal Battle Over Election Conspiracy Case Continues Legal proceedings regarding a gag order imposed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on former president Donald Trump are set to be argued in federal appeals court. The gag order restricts Trump from making comments about court officials, prosecutors, and potential witnesses. For Donald Trump, this …
Shakira, a pop star who has maintained her innocence for nearly five years, struck a last-minute deal to avoid the risk of going to prison on the opening day of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona. According to the agreement reached with prosecutors, Shakira acknowledged six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 …
A shocking murder case involving a Canadian man accused of targeting a Muslim family in London, Ontario, and leaving behind a message that was meant to spread fear among the Muslim community has sparked intense debate. Prosecutors have alleged that Nathaniel Veltman orchestrated the attack with the purpose of sending a “brutal message” and making …
Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard has been acquitted of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died after an encounter with first responders while walking home at night. Woodyard’s trial spanned several weeks, and the jury reached their verdict on Monday afternoon after deliberating …
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, given the other criminal cases faced by the former president and the extensive evidence review required by his attorneys. Trump’s trial, scheduled for May 20, 2024, pertains to charges …
When Judge Tanya Chutkan of the federal district court for D.C. was assigned the trial of Donald Trump for his attempt to steal the election, according to the journalist Robert Draper, she asked a friend to pray for her. Chutkan’s decision today to impose a gag order on the former president, her most consequential pronouncement …