Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a number of cases questioning whether state court juries must have a dozen members when they are weighing serious criminal charges.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an appeal from disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti who argued that his extortion conviction was based on a vague anti-corruption law that shouldn’t apply to lawyers making settlement demands.
The Biden reelection campaign has enlisted three police officers – all of whom were working at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when rioters overtook the building – to stump for Biden across battleground states in the coming weeks, the campaign told CNN.
Arrivals at Chicago O’Hare International were temporarily halted Monday afternoon after a United Airlines flight aborted takeoff due to a reported engine fire, according to a statement from the FAA.
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Monday to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in the classified documents case and to find the federal prosecutors who wrote the request in contempt.