Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors and investigators tied to ‘Rust’ case

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the western movie “The Last.” The case was filed Thursday in state district court in Santa Fe, where a judge in July dismissed manslaughter charges against Baldwin in the […]

Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case

In a statement Thursday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump's hush money criminal case. In his claim, Raskin said that Alito “just hours” before Trump's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene to halt the criminal conviction […]

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid To Halt Sentencing In Manhattan Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's ruling in New York. Judge Juan Melchan had previously scheduled sentencing for Friday morning, deciding it would be better to impose a sentence before Trump's term begins rather than after it ends. In an emergency motion Wednesday, President Trump urged the justices to halt the sentencing, […]

UK Judge dismisses $770M Bitcoin landfill hard drive case – Cointelegraph

Updated January 9, 2:20 PM (UTC): This article has been updated to include Howells' response and a photo of his Bitcoin address. James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, lost his legal battle to recover a hard drive containing $770 million worth of Bitcoin. A hard drive containing Bitcoin (BTC) mined in 2009 was […]

Donald Trump Files Emergency Petition to Block Sentencing in Business Records Case

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court seeking to halt sentencing in a business records case in which a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records. After the verdict, New York County Supreme Court Judge Juan Marchand set sentencing for Trump for Friday, January 10th at […]