Credit Suisse conviction in 2022 cocaine cash laundering case is overturned
Switzerland's highest court on Wednesday acquitted Credit Suisse, now part of UBS, of failing to stop money laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficking ring, overturning a 2022 conviction. The Federal Criminal Court's original decision was seen as a test for bank prosecutions. A former employee of the bank was found guilty of money laundering, and […]
Jack Smith still has Trump’s allies in legal crosshairs, despite dropping case against president-elect
President Joe Biden's Justice Department is still targeting co-defendants in Donald Trump's classified documents case, even though it has closed its case against the president-elect. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led two federal indictments against Trump, on Tuesday requested that the case be dismissed “only against Trump.” “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” […]
Conor McGregor removed from Hitman video game after losing sexual assault case
Conor McGregor has been removed from the popular online game Hitman. Found responsible for sexual assault By a jury in a civil case. McGregor plans to appeal the decision, but must pay more than $262,000 (€250,000) to his victims. Nikita Hand filed a civil lawsuit in early 2021 alleging McGregor and another man, James Lawrence, […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin makes the case for his state to incoming Trump admin employees: ‘Make Virginia your home’
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday encouraged future Trump administration officials and staff to choose “our great commonwealth” as their home instead of Washington, D.C. or Maryland. “I would like to personally encourage all new members of President Trump's administration moving to the region to make Virginia their home,” Youngkin said in a statement. […]
Mississippi asks for execution date of man convicted in 1993 killing, lawyers plan to appeal case to SCOTUS
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) is seeking an execution date for a convicted murderer who has been on death row for 30 years, but his lawyers say the man plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Therefore, they argue that this request is premature. Charles Ray Crawford, 58, was sentenced to death for […]
Trump demands NY AG Letitia James drop $454M civil fraud case ‘for the greater good of the country’
Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump are asking New York Attorney General Letitia James to dismiss a civil fraud lawsuit against him, his family and his companies “in the greater good of the nation.” Found out on Fox News Digital. “In order to proceed with discussions with your office, we completely dismiss the above-mentioned lawsuit against […]
Trump demands New York AG Letitia James drop civil fraud case ‘for the greater good of the country’
Exclusive: Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump are asking New York Attorney General Letitia James to dismiss a civil fraud lawsuit against him, his family and his companies “in the greater good of the nation.” Found out on Fox News Digital. “In order to proceed with discussions with your office, we completely dismiss the above-mentioned lawsuit […]
Texas reports first locally transmitted case of dengue fever this year
Texas has recorded its first local case of dengue fever this year, state public health officials announced this week. The case was reported in Cameron County, a county on the Texas-Mexico border that includes the city of Brownsville and has a population of about 425,000. Mosquitoes carry potentially deadly viruses. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Last year, the […]
Rudy Giuliani erupts at NYC federal judge as January trial date set in $148M defamation case
Rudy Giuliani whined in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday that the judge was unfairly “favoring him” after he failed to fudge a January trial date in his $148 million defamation lawsuit. There was a big fuss. “Everything you suggested is against me!” Giuliani, the disbarred former Southern District attorney, yelled at Judge Louis Lehman during a […]
Sheriff’s defense in judge murder could depend on deposition in separate case: report
Former Letcher County, Kentucky, Sheriff Sean “Mickey” Stines on Monday pleaded not guilty to murdering District Court Judge Kevin Mullins in the same courthouse where a court officer fired on a lawman in September. Attorney Jeremy Bartley said Monday that Stines has prepared a “compelling defense” to justify the shooting of his longtime office colleague. […]