[ad_1] Breonna Taylor (File photo) A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department appeal for clemency on Monday and handed down a 33-month prison term to a former officer for breaching the civil rights of a Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, whose 2020 death sparked extensive demonstrations.The Kentucky jury found Brett Hankison, a previous Louisville police […]
[ad_1] The US justice department on Wednesday fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, as reported by the news agency AP.Comey was a veteran lawyer in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She had worked on several high-profile cases, including […]
[ad_1] US House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on the Justice Department to release all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal custody in 2019 while facing sex-trafficking charges.In an interview on Tuesday with podcaster Benny Johnson, Mike said: “It’s a very delicate subject, but we should put everything out […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (left) (AP image) and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (right) (Official website image) Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced heavy criticism on Friday after calling US President Donald Trump a “rapist” in a social media post.“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein […]
[ad_1] new video loaded: Why the U.S. Brought Back Kilmar Abrego Garcia Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was flown back to the United States on Friday to face federal criminal charges. Devlin Barrett, who covers the Justice Department, explains the charges and what may come next for Garcia. Recent episodes […]
[ad_1] Kelly Ortberg President and CEO of Boeing speaks next to President Donald Trump during a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar (Image: AP) The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing for allegedly misleading US regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to […]
[ad_1] In January after assuming presidency, Donald Trump passed an executive order to end birthright citizenship (Image: AP) The US Supreme Court hears a case Thursday that could result in a radical reversal of constitutional interpretation and sharply curb the judiciary’s ability to rein in Donald Trump — or future American presidents.The case before the […]
[ad_1] In an unusual move, Mr. Bove insisted that the prosecutors appeal the ruling to a district court judge, these people said. After weighing the request, Judge John G. Koeltl of Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York instructed the chief magistrate judge, Sarah Netburn, to reconsider the application, the people said. […]
[ad_1] Continuing a pattern of stonewalling, the Justice Department has defied a judge’s order to explain what the Trump administration has done, and plans to do, to seek the release of a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month, according to court papers filed on Tuesday. In refusing to reveal much […]
[ad_1] The Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but after recent documentaries and TV shows, new evidence has been introduced, and some are pushing for the case to be revisited. Matt Stevens and Tim Arango, reporters for The New York Times, explain the Menendez brothers’ legal avenues to […]
