Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Trump allies over laptop
A lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that a computer repair shop owner says was dropped off at his Delaware store in 2019.
Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Trump allies over laptop
Lawyers for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, have asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who they say accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that he dropped off at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019. In a separate letter, Biden’s attorneys have also asked Fox News host Tucker Carlson to retract and apologize for what they say are false and defamatory claims made repeatedly about him on-air, including implying without evidence that he had unauthorized access to classified documents found at his father’s home. The request for a criminal inquiry, which comes as Hunter Biden faces his own tax evasion investigation by the Justice Department, has no practical impact and does not commit federal prosecutors to take any action.
news.yahoo.comRudy Giuliani filming himself as his voice is drowned out by a cover band playing 'Footloose' is the highlight of Trump's New Year's event at Mar-a-Lago
The video was taken during former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party, during which Trump ignored questions from the media.
news.yahoo.comTrump hits back at House Jan. 6 committee for saying he knows he lost 2020 election: ‘Total LIE!’
Former President Donald Trump blasted the House Jan. 6 committee Tuesday — but not for calling him a criminal. A day after the congressional panel recommended charges against him for his role in the Capitol riot, Trump angrily denounced the lawmakers for asserting he knew all along that he lost the 2020 election to President Biden. “This is a total LIE!” Trump wrote on his social media site. ...
news.yahoo.comGiuliani avoids jail in dispute over payments to ex-wife
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani beat a contempt order and avoided jail Monday in an ongoing dispute over money he owes to his third wife, Judith Giuliani, as part of a divorce settlement reached three years ago. At a brief court hearing, Giuliani said he's making progress in paying the debt, though he and Judith remain far apart on how much he still owes for things like her country club memberships, condominium fees and health care. Judge Michael Katz lifted the contempt order he issued after Giuliani missed a September court date.
news.yahoo.comRudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges in foreign lobbying case, prosecutors say
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges in an investigation related to his efforts in Ukraine to help former President Donald Trump politically, federal prosecutors told a judge Monday. The grand jury was looking into questions about whether he violated the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act, and his attempts to oust the American ambassador there. Williams asked the judge in the same letter to terminate the appointment of former federal judge Barbara Jones as a special master, or watchdog, to review documents seized from Giuliani. Giuliani's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, told CNBC, "It's very rare for the Southern District of New York to make such a definitive comment" about declining to press criminal charges. Giuliani, along with Trump, still faces an ongoing criminal probe by a grand jury in Georgia, which is investigating interference in that state's presidential election in 2020.
cnbc.comProsecutors: No criminal charges expected from Giuliani raid
Prosecutors in New York do not plan to bring criminal charges against Rudy Giuliani in connection with a probe into his interactions with Ukrainian figures, they revealed in a letter to a judge Monday. Federal prosecutors ware investigating whether Giuliani’s dealings with figures in Ukraine in the run-up to the 2020 election required him to register as a foreign agent. Prosecutors said a grand jury probe that led to the issuance of warrants that resulted in the seizure of Giuliani’s electronic devices had concluded.
news.yahoo.comRudy Giuliani suggests Michigan’s Upper Peninsula should belong to Wisconsin
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula should belong to Wisconsin, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani suggested on his latest podcast which came out this morning. Giuliani was discussing the midterm elections and the tight race between Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson and his opponent, Democrat Mandela Barnes. “And I may say to my colleague, Ted, it really looks like the northern part of Wisconsin should belong to Wisconsin and not Michigan.”Giuliani appeared to misspeak when he said it looks like the northern part of Wisconsin should belong to Wisconsin and not Michigan, meaning to say the Upper Peninsula. “I wonder if they ever had a land dispute about that, Michigan and Wisconsin,” he said. As compensation, Michigan received the Upper Peninsula, which many Michiganders saw as a bad deal at the time.
mlive.comJudge won't dismiss election workers' suit against Giuliani
A federal judge on Monday declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by two women who served as election workers in Georgia in November 2020. In the lawsuit filed last December, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss accused Giuliani of defaming them by falsely stating that the pair had engaged in election fraud while counting ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The lawsuit says Giuliani repeatedly pushed debunked claims that the mother-and-daughter pair pulled out suitcases of illegal ballots and committed other acts of fraud to try to alter the outcome of the presidential election in Georgia.
news.yahoo.comPence: Post-2020 election meeting with Trump, lawyers ‘a new low’
Former Vice President Mike Pence reportedly writes in a forthcoming book that a meeting between former President Trump, campaign lawyers and outside attorneys after the 2020 election was “a new low.” Pence describes a “contentious back-and-forth” between Trump campaign lawyers and outside attorneys in November 2020 while discussing legal issues associated with challenging the election,…
news.yahoo.comMeadows trying to avoid testifying in Georgia election probe
Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, is trying to avoid having to testify before a Georgia special grand jury that’s investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the state’s 2020 election.
Former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton says Rudy Giuliani 'really wanted to be the police commissioner' during New York City mayoralty: book
"Giuliani watched with a wary eye as the media credited his commissioner for the remarkable turnaround," Andrew Kirtzman wrote of NYC's crime decline.
news.yahoo.comH.R. McMaster was so worried Rudy Giuliani was a foreign agent that he made sure he was in the Oval Office whenever Giuliani visited, book says
McMaster, Trump's one-time national security advisor, was deeply concerned that Giuliani was an "influence agent" for Turkey or other foreign interests, the book said.
news.yahoo.comWith more than 40 Trump lawyers singled out for ethics complaints and even more facing charges, legal experts joke MAGA now stands for 'Making Attorneys Get Attorneys'
"There's no way to adhere to your ethical integrity and keep your job," a law professor told The New York Times about attorneys working on Trump's legal team.
news.yahoo.comWith more than 40 Trump lawyers singled out for ethics complaints and even more facing charges, legal experts joke MAGA now stands for 'Making Attorneys Get Attorneys'
"There's no way to adhere to your ethical integrity and keep your job," a law professor told The New York Times about attorneys working on Trump's legal team.
news.yahoo.comJudge again denies Graham's effort to skirt Georgia subpoena
A federal judge has ruled constitutional protections don’t shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Judge again denies Graham's effort to skirt Georgia subpoena
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that constitutional protections don't shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May rejected Graham’s argument that all his calls with Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, were protected under the U.S. Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause, which shields members of Congress from questioning about official legislative acts. The ruling does push Graham — one of Trump's top congressional allies and a key figure in the former president's postelection activities — one step closer to testifying before the special grand jury empaneled this year by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
news.yahoo.comLawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
Lawyers for John Eastman say they advised their client to assert attorney-client privilege and invoke his constitutional right to remain silent when testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference in Georgia.
Former Trump official John Ratcliffe discusses release of affidavit in Mar-a-Lago search
John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence under former President Donald Trump, spoke to CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge about the release of the redacted affidavit in the FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
news.yahoo.comGiuliani used a tunnel under Mar-a-Lago to go back and forth from Trump's home, where he stayed while he was depressed and drinking heavily, book says
Rudy Giuliani's ex-wife in a forthcoming book said he and Trump are "protective" of each other: "We moved into Mar-a-Lago and Donald kept our secret."
news.yahoo.comTrump kept more than 700 pages of classified records at Mar-a-Lago
A newly revealed letter from the National Archives to former President Donald Trump's legal team details the alarm inside the agency about Trump's possession of highly classified material. In the boxes Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago estate were over 100 documents with classification markings -- including some identified as Top Secret. Robert Costa has the latest.
news.yahoo.comTrump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that’s looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump's campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that's looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Judge Gregory Lammons in Fort Collins, Colorado, made the decision after holding a hearing on a request from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to compel testimony from attorney Jenna Ellis. Prosecutors are interested in Ellis's role in helping to coordinate and plan legislative hearings in Georgia and others states where false allegations of election fraud were pushed, according to testimony in court.
news.yahoo.comGiuliani must go to Atlanta for election probe, judge says
A judge said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person next week to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Lawyer: Giuliani won't testify Tuesday in Ga. election probe
A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York mayor will not appear as scheduled Tuesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia.
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election.
Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe
The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand jury.
Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani and other members of Donald Trump’s legal team who filed bogus legal challenges to the 2020 election that fueled the lie that race had been stolen from the former president.
Giuliani lawyers: Feds treat him like drug boss or terrorist
Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani say a covert warrant prosecutors obtained for his iCloud account in November 2019 and raids last month show they are treating him more like a drug kingpin or terrorist rather than one of ex-President Donald Trump's lawyers.
'Borat,' 'Promising Young Woman' win at Writers Guild Awards
This image released by Amazon Studios shows Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." (Amazon Studios via AP)NEW YORK – Sacha Baron Cohen's “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards' top honors, best adapted screenplay. Best original screenplay went to the script for the feminist revenge thriller “Promising Young Woman,” by writer-director Emerald Fennell. “Thank you for this incredible award, though I can’t help thinking we won it because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this movie,” said Baron Cohen. The guild's awards came after the conclusion of a two-year battle with talent agencies over potential conflicts of interest as representatives of film and TV writers.