NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump to curtail “inflammatory” speech, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in his upcoming criminal hush money trial as liars. In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump called his former lawyer, … Read more
Combination of Former President Donald Trump (L), and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Reuters A New York appeals judge on Tuesday knocked down yet another long-shot bid by Donald Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial, this time by seeking a pause while he challenges his court-imposed gag order. The swift rejection marked Trump’s … Read more
A Brazilian court has announced that it will be opening an investigation into X owner Elon Musk for obstruction of justice, after Musk reactivated far-right accounts that the Brazilian government had flagged for removal. The announcement came after Musk called for Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who heads the country’s Superior Electoral Court … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on April 02, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Donald Trump on Saturday said he welcomed the prospect of going to jail for violating a gag order in his upcoming New York hush money trial. “I will gladly become a Modern … Read more
Christine Quinn won’t have to endure – for the time being – any more scary two-day rampages from her estranged husband, Christian Dumontet. A judge signed off on Christine’s request for a temporary restraining order, booting Christian from the L.A. home the couple once shared and requiring him to stay at least 100 yards away … Read more
Musician and “Euphora” star Dominic Fike had a scary encounter with a fan which resulted in the filing of a restraining order last week. In legal documents obtained by The Blast, Fike describes a harrowing incident in which an alleged stalker, Hannah Savas, 26, entered his home without permission and tried to meet him, claiming … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith is likely to appeal U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order after she asked both sides to submit a set of jury instructions that may favor former President Donald Trump’s legally dubious defense in the classified documents case. Cannon last month ordered Smith and Trump to submit proposed jury instructions around competing … Read more
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at 40 Wall Street on March 25, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Donald Trump on Wednesday again targeted on social media the daughter of the judge in his upcoming criminal hush money trial — one day after that judge imposed … Read more
STOCKHOLM — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. Salwan Momika, 37, has staged several burnings and desecrations of the sacred book of Islam in Sweden over … Read more
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian prosecutors said Saturday they ordered the arrest of the mayor of a seaside tourist town in the country’s south on corruption charges. The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime, which handles cases involving senior officials, ordered the arrest of Jorgo Goro, the mayor of Himare. He was charged with abuse … Read more