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Arizona Supreme Court Sanctions ‘Krazy Kari’ Lake’s Unethical GQP Attorneys
May 4, 2023
The Arizona Mirror reports, Supreme Court sanctions Lake in election suit: The Arizona Supreme Court sanctioned the [unethical GQP] lawyers representing failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for making false statements in her lawsuit aimed at overturning her loss in last year’s election. Even though Lake, a Trump-endorsed election denier, continues to claim she actually
GQP Recycling Russian Disinformation Fed To Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine In Attempt To Smear President Biden With Innuendo (McCarthyism)
May 4, 2023
Politico reports, Republicans allege unspecified Biden ‘scheme,’ fire off new FBI subpoena: House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday dramatically escalated his investigation into President Joe Biden with a subpoena Wednesday to the FBI citing the broad outlines of a “highly credible” whistleblower complaint. The summons for documents is Comer’s most direct attempt to
Justice Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor Paid Private School Tuition For Relative Martin Thomas
May 4, 2023
Update to ProPublica Reports On How a Billionaire GQP Megadonor Has Bought And Paid For Access To Justice Clarence Thomas. The hits just keep coming on the unethical conduct of Justice Clarence Thomas. ProPublica reports, Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. In 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against New York Times, Orders Him To Pay Attorney Legal Fees For Failure To State A Claim
May 4, 2023
Huffington Post reports, Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against New York Times, Orders Him To Pay Legal Fees: A New York judge dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times on Wednesday, saying the newspaper’s reporting on his tax returns was protected by the First Amendment. Trump sued the paper, three of its
Special Counsel Wants Testimony About Possible Tampering With Surveillance Videos At Mar-A-Lago In Classified Documents Case
May 4, 2023
CNN reports, Exclusive: Special counsel probing Trump Organization’s handling of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage: Prosecutors for special counsel Jack Smith have been asking questions in recent weeks about the handling of surveillance footage from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort after the Trump Organization received a subpoena last summer for the footage, according to multiple sources
Defendant Trump At The 11th Hour Suggests He May Attend E. Jean Carroll Trial (Updated)
May 4, 2023
Defendant Donald Trump was eager to speak out about the E. Jean Carroll civil rape/defamation trial in New York on his social media account, but when it came time to testifying under oath, he could not be bothered, he flew off to Scotland. NBC News reports, Trump’s lawyers won’t present defense witnesses in trial over
Jury Convicts The Proud Boys Of Seditious Conspiracy And Obstruction Of A Congressional Proceeding
May 4, 2023
This should make Donald Trump’s big butt pucker. His private militia domestic terrorist group, the Proud Boys, have been convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury. In presenting their defense, they asserted that Donald Trump had invited them to Washington, D.C., and tried to subpoena him as a witness (which the judge rejected). The Department
MAGA Republicans Turn Serious Inquiry Into Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics Into A Shitshow Of Right-Wing Grievances For Right-Wing Media
May 3, 2023
Steve Benen reports, Senate Republicans flub an easy test on Supreme Court ethics: The U.S. Supreme Court was already struggling with its weakened reputation in the wake of a series of far-right rulings, but recent revelations have clearly made an unfortunate situation worse. As regular readers know, Justice Clarence Thomas is facing an intensifying ethics
