Results for: Defense Department official charged

CNN’s Top Legal Analyst to Jack Smith: You Violated the Cardinal Rule of a Federal Prosecutor
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/10/05/cnns-legal-analyst-just-torched-special-counsel-jack-smith-n2645753
– Honig isn’t Scott Jennings, but he’s also not going to play along with these laughable political games being carried out by the Department … is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official … Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one," the…
Judge Won't Move Trump's Hush Money Case to Federal Court
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/09/03/judge-wont-move-trumps-hush-money-case-to-federal-court-n2644273
– Supreme Court’s ruling granting ex-presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts.Hellerstein, who denied Trump’s request last … United States that the office of the president was immune from criminal prosecution when it comes to official acts.Trump's team … was unwilling to get involved in such a pressing issue, pointing to how it's a matter for other courts:Hellerstein sidestepped a defense
Fani Willis Handed 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card...for Now
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– declared that they do not have jurisdiction over the ethics complaints because Willis is a state constitutional officer, not a county official … pic.twitter.com/WBXc9lA4Vi— Josh McKoon 🇺🇸 🇹🇼 🇮🇱 (@JoshMcKoon) February 22, 2024Kramer suggested Willis herself could be chargedDepartment of Justice (DOJ) grant on "swag," Macbooks, and travel.…
Trump Lawyers Put Final Nails in Fani Willis's Coffin
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– delivered final arguments Friday, each arguing where the bar should be set for the judge's looming disqualification decision.The defense … staffer, Wade's cellphone data depicting late-night shenanigans, and texts sent by Wade's ex-divorce attorney say otherwise.Trump defense … "Can you think of anything more that would heighten public condemnation of the defendant than alleging that the defense counsel and…
Meet 'White Chocolate,' the Transgender 'Vampire'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/04/19/transgender-vampire-convicted-n2637815
– aliases "White Chocolate" and "Black Dragon," according to his "non-compliant" lifetime registration status on the Wisconsin Department … His defense attorney additionally requested a competency evaluation, which determined Hetke was "currently competent." … Two months later, Hetke was eventually charged — thanks to the investigative work of the slain man's mother, who heard that witnesses…
Dem Official Says It's 'Not a News Story' Would-Be School Shooter Identifies As Trans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/04/20/marc-elrich-snaps-transgender-question-n2638032
– Throughout the televised event, each official, including Elrich and Montgomery County Police Department Chief Marcus Jones, used the … Alex Ye."18-year-old Rockville high school student Andrea "Alex" Ye, a biological female who identifies as male, was charged this week … A tentative trial date has already been scheduled for June 3 after Ye's criminal defense attorney filed a motion seeking a speedy trial…
Democrats Nuke the 'Norms'
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2024/05/31/democrats-nuke-the-norms-n2639827
– In August 2023, Trump was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First … "Astounding," "unprecedented" and "highly unusual" were just some of the ways legal experts, constitutional scholars, criminal defense … In fact, no state prosecutor – in New York, or Wyoming, or anywhere – has ever charged federal election laws as a direct or predicate…
On the Trump Verdict
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/31/how-might-voters-react-to-a-trump-conviction-n2639727
–  The federal Department of Justice looked at the same facts and chose not to pursue a case. …  The defense was not able to defend against them. … serving as the third highest-ranking official.…
Anderson Cooper Stunned by Michael Cohen's Implosion Under Cross Examination
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/17/devastati…by-michael-cohens-implosion-under-cross-examination-n2639177
– in Joe Biden's Justice Department in order to join a local prosecutor's office and try to put Trump behind bars. …  But in a dramatic turn of events yesterday, Cohen's cross-examination by a member of Trump's defense team appeared to shred - …  And the defense just chewed up an important component of the story he's told to try to sink his former boss.…
Why Is the Judge in Trump's New York Trial Muzzling a Key Defense Witness?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/08/why-is-th…york-trump-trial-muzzling-a-witness-for-the-defense-n2638747
– That’s where one of the critical witnesses to be called by the Trump defense comes in. …  The Trump defense plans to call Smith as a witness. … Colangelo, formerly the third-ranking official in President Biden’s Justice Department, joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg…
X-Files: We Had Another Night of Drones Flying Everywhere in New Jersey
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/another-night-of-drones-flying-everywhere-in-new-jersey-n2648940
– drones could be from China or Putin pic.twitter.com/ZwhI4hC9D7— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 11, 2024🚨 JUST IN: FBI Senior Official … The Pentagon denied those reports, but this is Joe Biden’s Defense Department. … Dead battery.”New Jersey man tries intercepting mystery drone with his fully charged drone then his battery… pic.twitter.com/2NdvylgHHA…
Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia in High-Profile Assassination
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2024/12/17/ukraine-kills-russian-general-using-bomb-in-scooter-n2649166
– Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s nuclear, biological, and chemical defense forces, was killed in a massive bomb explosion in Moscow … use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces.This act marks the most high-profile assassination of a Russian military official … given by Russia.The bombing came the day after Ukrainian Security Services charged the general with various crimes, including the…
'Never Say You've Seen It All': Judge Hands Down Sentences to Men Convicted of Abusing Their Adopted Sons
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/12/27/zulocks-sentenced-n2649379
– children, who are biological brothers, reportedly came from a broken home of heroin addicts.Inside the judge's chambers on the official … We're here today asking for hope," Zachary's court-appointed defense attorney, Reginald L. Winfrey, said. … As for William's tactic, his private-hire defense attorney, John E. Haldi, emphasized that he's a first-time offender.…
Joe Biden Secretly Releases First Guantanamo Bay Detainee
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/04/joe-bid…ietly-releases-the-original-guantanamo-bay-detainee-n2649974
– Administration released the original Guantanamo Bay Detainee in Cuba, returning him to his home country of Tunisia with the approval of Defense …  “On Jan. 31, 2024, Secretary of Defense Austin notified Congress of his intent to support this repatriation and, in consultation … The former state department official Ian Moss attributed the delay to diplomatic challenges with Tunisia and Yazidi’s reported unwillingness…
Court Temporarily Blocks Plea Deals for 9/11 Terrorist Mastermind
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/10/appeals-court-on-911-n2650317
– base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.In an unusual move, the Biden administration is pushing to throw out a plea agreement that its own DefenseDepartment had negotiated with Mohammed and two 9/11 co-defendants....The appeals panel stressed that its order would hold only as … Circuit Court rules on whether the pre-trial agreements were lawfully withdrawn by the Secretary of Defense.…
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