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Trump trial shows the ominous evolution of our criminal justice system. Who's next?

If you don’t care about the criminal justice system, just wait until the criminal justice system cares about you or someone you love. Anestimated70 million to 100 million Americans – roughly 1 in 3 – have a criminal record and many, like former President Donald Trump, are at the mercy of acrimonious justice. Any law officer or prosecutor can target …

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Hunter Biden's wife lashes out at former Trump aide during court appearance: 'Piece of s—'

Melissa Cohen Biden – the wife of Hunter Biden – lashed out at a former Trump White House aide during a Tuesday appearance in court to support her husband, who has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase. Her remarks were directed at Garrett Ziegler, who was sued by Hunter Biden last year for publishing the …

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Federal judge shoots down ‘orchestrated campaign’ to remove Trump-appointed judge in classified documents case

A federal judge derided an apparent effort to get the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal classified documents case removed, arguing the Florida judge appeared to be the victim of an “orchestrated campaign.” Judge Aileen Cannon was the target of more than 1,000 complaints in a single week last month, with critics accusing her of intentionally stalling the criminal case …

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'Corrupt criminal': Maxine Waters receives backlash over vitriolic response to Trump's guilty verdict

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., received backlash on social media in response to her reaction to the criminal conviction of former President Trump in a post where she mocked the former president. “Trump shut your mouth!” Waters posted on X following Trump’s conviction. “You talk about saving the Constitution? You’re the one who has disrespected the Constitution and you have supporters …

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Bush appointee hit and killed in car accident outside Nevada federal courthouse: police

U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks, who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001, was killed in a crash in Nevada, officials confirmed. “Today’s news regarding the Honorable Judge Larry R. Hicks who served Nevada for over 53 years is tragic,” Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said in a X post. The Reno Police Department and the Washoe …

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Hunter Biden loses last-minute appeal to dismiss gun charges

A federal appeals court denied a request by Hunter Biden’s legal team to throw out gun charges he is facing in federal court next month. Biden had appealed a pretrial order to dismiss the charges on Second Amendment grounds, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed the appeal. “The defendant’s Second Amendment defense does not …

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Suspected Mexican cartel leader and 'El Chapo' henchman suspected in American deaths faces slew of US charges

An alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader and assassin was extradited to the U.S. from Mexico over the weekend to face a litany of charges between indictments in southern New York and Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release Tuesday that 32-year-old Mexican national Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini,” faces charges such as conspiring …

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Judge refuses to gag Trump in classified docs case, says special counsel motion failed 'basic' requirements

A federal judge on Tuesday denied Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his classified documents case after defense attorneys called it “unconstitutional censorship.” In an order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found that Smith’s prosecutors failed to properly confer with Trump’s lawyers before filing the motion in violation of court rules. …

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Hunter Biden defense team questions who actually filled out the key gun form

Hunter Biden’s defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, seemed to telegraph a key element of his defense strategy in a Delaware federal court Friday about who exactly filled out the key federal gun form in question in the case. The heart of the government’s case is Hunter Biden checking a box on a government form, specifically Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …

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Trump trial’s biggest issue is whether jurors embrace the Lawrence O’Donnell strategy

With closing arguments scheduled for Tuesday, May 28, the prosecution of former President Donald Trump will finally head to a jury. Judge Juan Merchan has refused every opportunity to bring an end to this politically manufactured prosecution. Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere …

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