DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both set free, his lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. An AP journalist saw his car waiting … Read more
Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Thursday delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s latest claims in the former president’s civil fraud trial in New York, which last month saw Trump slapped with a $455 million-plus penalty. They were simply “gibberish,” he argued. Habba said on Newsmax this week that Trump’s … Read more
Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years back when something dark appeared in front of him. He hit his brakes but he couldn’t avoid clipping the rear tail of a Black Hawk helicopter parked on the trail. The March 2019 crash almost cost Smith his life and is now … Read more
Today, Netflix revealed their slate of original TV shows that are expected to debut in 2024. However, after that list was released, we started to realize that so many TV shows were missing from the announcement…leading us to deduce that there are plenty of programs that won’t be released until 2025. We’ve gathered up the … Read more
You want your lawyer to be on your side. The more passionate they are, the better. If they’re so passionate they can’t control their emotions, though, you might be in trouble. That’s exactly what happened to Elon Musk in a recent court case. Todd Maron, former General Counsel for Tesla and the billionaire’s former divorce … Read more
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump said on Monday a possible conflict of interest involving the judge who oversaw E. Jean Carroll’s recent defamation trial may justify overturning the writer’s $83.3 million award. In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan, the lawyer Alina Habba cited a Jan. … Read more
TORONTO — The lawyer for a Canadian man accused of selling lethal substances on the internet to people at risk of self harm said he will be pleading not guilty to upgraded murder charges. Kenneth Law was charged in December with 14 counts of second-degree murder, and his lawyer, Matthew Gourlay, confirmed Friday those have … Read more
A lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Grammy Award-winning Fugees rap artist Prakazrel “Pras” Michél pleaded guilty Friday to criminal contempt of court for leaking confidential evidence, including grand jury materials to Bloomberg News, before Michél’s conviction last year in the largest foreign embezzlement scheme ever charged by the United States. David Kenner faced up to six … Read more
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday argued why Alina Habba is now “the current front-runner as worst Trump lawyer to appear in court so far.” The “Last Word” anchor pointed to Habba’s admission in court that, “I don’t know how to try this case, your honor.” Habba’s declaration came after the Trump legal team’s pre-trial objections … Read more
In her opening statement Tuesday, E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer Shawn Crowley tells the jury in former President Donald Trump’s second defamation trial that he “unleashed his followers to go after her” by continually denying her claim that he raped her in a department store changing room in the 1990s. Judge Lewis Kaplan tells prospective jurors … Read more