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26Nov

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Judge throws out cases against two of Trump’s political enemies

A US federal judge has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge found that President Donald Trump's appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid. Trump handpicked Halligan for the role amid increasing pressure to bring criminal cases against his political enemies, including Comey and James. Former FBI director James Comey. (AP) "The Attorney General's attempt to install Ms Halligan as Interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid," Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her Monday order. According to Currie, "all actions flowing from Ms Halligan's defective appointment" including the indictments against Comey and Jame...

19Nov

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US Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein files bill to Trump’s desk once it’s received from House

The US Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release its Epstein case files, as soon as it is received from the chamber. The Senate, having adopted it by unanimous consent, will not have to take any further action, and the bill will be transmitted to President Donald Trump's desk as soon as it arrives to the Senate. It was not immediately clear when the legislation would be received in the Senate. In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, centre, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) Donald Trump had a long-running friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. (AP) It generally takes a bit of time — sometimes a few hours — to transmit legislation from one chamber to another. And House Speaker Mike J...

7Oct

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US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. On Monday (early Tuesday AEDT), the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual-abuse saga after President Donald Trump's administration sought to tamp down criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files from Epstein's case. Lawyers for Maxwell, a British socialite, argued that she never should have been tried or convicted for her role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein, a New York financier. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. (Nine) She is serving a 20-year prison term, though she was moved from ...

11Jan

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Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday morning (2am Saturday morning AEDT) in a New York courtroom for his hush money conviction but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump's conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine. Trump's sentence of an unconditional discharge caps a norm-smashing case that saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies, put on trial for almost two months and convicted on every count. US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday morning (2.30am Saturday morning AEDT) in a New York courtroom for his hush money conviction but the judge declined to impose any punishment. (Brendan McDermid ...

11Jan

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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

A sharply divided Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency. The court's 5-4 order allows Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence on Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a US$130,000 (A$209,000) hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any liaison with Daniels or any wrongdoing. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the court's three liberals in rejecting his emergency motion. Donald Trump is due to be sentenced tomorrow, a week before he is sworn in as president. (AP) The majority foun...

23Oct

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Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules

A US federal judge has ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $US150 million ($224 million). Judge Lewis Liman of the federal court in Manhattan said Giuliani must turn over his interest in the property to the women in seven days, to a receivership they will control. The judge's turnover order of the luxury items is swift and simple, but the penthouse apartment will have its control transferred so Freeman and Moss can sell it, potentially for millions of dollars. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the US District Courthouse after he was...

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