EXCLUSIVE — Avid fans know “Judge Judy” Sheindlin always had a knack for knowing when litigants were lying. It turns out she’s just as good at picking up on those hints outside the courtroom, too. In the 25 years she starred on “Judge Judy,” Sheindlin often caught plaintiffs or defendants in lies in the middle of awkward diatribes. One young …
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The judge presiding over former President Trump’s New York criminal trial is facing scrutiny for risking the credibility of his own jury after he sent a letter to the defense team about a comment posted to the court’s public Facebook page. It implied one of the jurors discussed the guilty verdict with family prior to the trial’s conclusion. The comment …
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A Yale Law professor suggests there is another strategy former President Donald Trump’s legal team could pursue to limit the impact of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case on the 2024 presidential election, after a New York jury found the former president guilty of 34 felony counts of falsified business records. In a newly-created podcast, titled Straight Down the Middle, …
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District Attorney Fani Willis had high hopes to take former President Trump to trial before the November election, but with the latest court decision on her scandalous relationship with a special prosecutor, that prospect has never appeared slimmer. Willis was accused in February of having an “improper” affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had hired to help prosecutor …
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Fiona Harvey, the purported real-life “Martha” in the Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer,” filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking $170 million in a California court. Harvey accused the streaming giant of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and violations of her right of publicity in documents obtained by Fox News Digital. She’s seeking $50 million in actual damages, $50 million in …
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A violent “third striker” with felony convictions has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a man after two of his previous convictions were dismissed by a California judge who allowed him to participate in a collaborative court program despite objections from prosecutors. A jury convicted Effrum Maland Burnett, 53, of Yorba Linda, of second-degree murder with a special enhancement for …
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In a major setback to the Fulton County District Attorney, the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday put a pause on any proceedings related to the 2020 election interference case against former President Trump and co-defendants until it hears the case to disqualify Fani Willis in October. The appeals court has tentatively scheduled a hearing date of Oct. 4 for …
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A progressive Texas district attorney plans to file a request to reverse a pardon issued by Gov. Greg Abbott to a former Army soldier who shot and killed a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester during a demonstration in 2020. Travis County District Attorney José Garza said his office will file a writ of mandamus with the Court of Criminal Appeals …
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The Georgia Court of Appeals has tentatively scheduled a hearing date of Oct. 4 for the case brought by former President Trump and his co-defendants to have embattled District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the case. “President Trump’s interlocutory appeal was docketed today in the Georgia Court of Appeals, and oral argument is tentatively scheduled for October 4, 2024,” Steve …
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A Michigan man who went viral last week in a video clip of a judge noticing him driving while calling into a virtual court hearing for his supposed suspended driver’s license was the victim of a clerical error, according to reports. Corey Harris, 44, attended the virtual May 15 hearing for an October traffic stop in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, USA …
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