Bernard Cohen in a 1970s campaign poster when he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates. As a lawyer he successfully argued the Supreme Court case that established the legality of interracial marriage. He died this week at age 86. Cohen family hide caption toggle caption Cohen family Bernard Cohen in a 1970s campaign poster when he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates. As a […]
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Jerry Harris, the breakout star of Netflix’s Cheer who has been accused of coercing nearly a dozen young boys into sending him explicit photos and videos, is a victim of the competitive cheerleading world “where sexual predators were largely unchecked with children of all ages,” his lawyers said in a Wednesday motion arguing for his release on bail. Harris, 21, has been in federal custody since […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080659215_0:144:3001:1832_1200x675_80_0_0_01cb5e21ea469d1f65c954f8bf82ed50.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080659183-toronto-lawyer-annamie-paul-becomes-new-leader-of-canadas-green-party/ Paul’s victory was mostly predicted because she has raised the biggest sum of money ($206,000) and has been endorsed by several former candidates for the post. Human rights lawyer Annamie Paul has been elected the new leader of Canada’s Green Party, replacing Elizabeth May in the post. When we started this campaign, we set out to make the @CanadianGreens the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080626970_0:269:3071:1997_1200x675_80_0_0_94a0bdc1a9ded6bb17757575300a4cf7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010011080626959-lawyer-of-kenosha-shooter-threatens-to-sue-biden-over-white-supremacist-remarks/ 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has been charged with fatally shooting three people during an anti-racism and anti-police protest in Wisconsin in August. The Kenosha shooter’s lawyer, Lil Wood, has accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of falsely claiming his client is a “white supremacist”. Wood posted on his Twitter on Wednesday that a legal complaint is being prepared for the […]
A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with murder for shooting three people last month during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has threatened to sue Joe Biden’s campaign for calling the teen a “white supremacist.” “Formal demand for public retraction is being prepared for Biden-Harris campaign on behalf of Kyle Rittenhouse,” the lawyer, Lin Wood, said Wednesday on Twitter. “I also hereby demand that Joe […]
Justin Clark is the Trump campaign lawyer who got his first taste of politics as part of Al Gore’s 2000 Democratic presidential campaign, when the Supreme Court settled a fight over counting ballots. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Justin Clark is the Trump campaign lawyer who got his first taste of politics as part of Al Gore’s 2000 Democratic presidential campaign, when the […]
Wisconsin authorities announced earlier that a probe by the state Department of Justice into the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake from Kenosha by a white police officer in August would soon be turned over to a retired police chief serving as an independent consultant for review. A lawyer representing Rusten Sheskey has stated that the police officer was not only defending his own life when […]
The Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times feared the man was trying to kidnap a child seated in his SUV, the officer’s lawyer said, also claiming Blake had brandished a knife at police. Officer Rusten Sheskey opened fire on Blake during the August 23 encounter in Kenosha after hearing a distressed woman on the scene shout “He’s got my kid. He’s got […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Juan Guaido’s legal team argued on Wednesday before the UK Court of Appeals that the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela has the right to claim the Venezuelan gold reserves held in the Bank of England following his recognition by the UK government. “What M. Guaido wants from this court is to examine a clear statement of recognition”, lawyer Andrew Fulton said during the presentation […]
The district attorney’s office for the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, has suggested in new court filings that US President Donald Trump could be the subject of a tax fraud probe, as “mountainous” public allegations of misconduct exist regarding 45 and his businesses. Lawyers working for the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. issued a new filing in the US […]
Investigating the journalism produced by Voice of America is one of the tasks lawyer Sam Dewey has taken on since joining the broadcaster’s parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Investigating the journalism produced by Voice of America is one of the tasks lawyer Sam Dewey has taken on since joining the broadcaster’s parent agency, the U.S. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080316830_0:100:3072:1828_1200x675_80_0_0_c15d25c6af69533e24126669ba9ee129.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008301080316801-jacob-blake-to-get-court-hearing-will-plead-not-guilty-to-3-charges-lawyer-says/ On 23 August, an African-American man, Jacob Blake, was shot by a white policeman seven times in the back in the US city of Kenosha, as officers attempted to take him into custody. Video of the shooting triggered a wave of protests and riots in the city. The victim is alive but paralyzed as a result of […]
On late Tuesday, protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, turned deadly after three people were shot, two fatally. Later, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested after fleeing to his home state of Illinois and charged with first-degree murder. Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer, L. Lin Wood, is claiming that his teen client, who was arrested after murdering two people and injuring one with a semit automatic rifle, was defending himself. The lawyer […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Lawyers for the Kenosha, Wisconsin police shooting victim Jacob Blake said they were filing a civil lawsuit to seek financial remedy for the man that a video clip showed being shot at least seven times from behind by police officers apprehending him. “He has a long road to recovery. We are going to hope and pray for as good a recovery as we […]
A Democrat super-PAC is airing ads during the Republican National Convention featuring Michael Cohen, once a personal lawyer to President Donald Trump and now a Resistance darling eager to slate his former boss. Trump “can’t be trusted” and Americans “shouldn’t believe a word he utters,” Cohen tells in a short video clip that appeared Monday evening. “Virtually everyone who worked for his campaign has been convicted […]
Larry Johnson: FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Lied About Carter Page’s CIA Background in 4th FISA Warrant Application – Comey, McCabe and Others Likely Lied About It In Prior Applications Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
For years, New York attorney Jason Kurland was the “go-to” lawyer for lottery winners. Having represented dozens of lucky people across the country—whose total winnings estimated $3 billion—the attorney appeared on CNN and CNBC as a “lottery law expert,” offering advice on how winners can protect their sudden infusion of cash. “The biggest mistake people make is doing it on their own,” Kurland said in a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008161080184460-snowdens-lawyer-calls-for-termination-of-his-persecution-as-trump-mulls-pardon-for-whistleblower/ Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he would seriously consider the possibility of pardoning ex-National Security Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden. All persecution of former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden should be stopped, the lawyer representing his interests in Russia, Anatoly Kucherena, said on Sunday following Trump’s statement on a possible pardon for the whistleblower. According to Kucherena, […]
As his political support withers away along with his prospects for re-election, Donald Trump is declaring his intention to try governing as a dictator. Trump, who bashed Obama for relying on executive orders and boasted that he’d get legislative deals done, long ago gave up on getting bills through Congress. Now, relying on advice from the lawyer who told George W. Bush that torture is legal, […]
A former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to falsifying a key document that was part of the initial investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, several news outlets reported on Friday. Kevin Clinesmith, a 38-year-old lawyer assigned to the FBI probe into foreign election meddling, is expected to plead guilty to altering an email from the CIA that investigators used to seek a wiretap […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079986414_0:45:3072:1773_1200x675_80_0_0_71671032e40788c01571d5f2158bb036.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007261079986466-asylum-seeker-from-rwanda-confesses-to-setting-nantes-cathedral-on-fire/ An asylum-seeker from Rwanda who has reportedly been living in France for several years was arrested on 18 July after it was determined that arson was the likely cause of the blaze. However, the volunteer at the diocese was released a day later, as there were “no direct ties” between the fire and the detained individual. A 39-year-old migrant […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079969213-us-prison-authorities-have-not-resolved-yaroshenkos-medical-problems-lawyer-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, jailed in the United States, continues experiencing health issues and has not received appropriate treatment, his lawyer Alexey Tarasov said on Thursday. “Yaroshenko has major dental problems. He feels pain, it is really bothering him”, Tarasov said. “It has not been resolved, the dental problems are still outstanding”. Prison authorities offered Yarohenko […]
News media set up in front of the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas’ 20-year-old son Sunday evening. investigators say there could be a connection between this attack and one in California earlier this month. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP News media set up in […]
The attorney suspected of shooting Judge Esther Salas’ son and husband is being portrayed as a misogyny-crazed “anti-feminist,” but there seems to be more to the story, including links to the Deutsche Bank case Salas was hearing. Roy Den Hollander, found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car in the New York Catskills on Monday, has been fingered by authorities as the primary […]
In a screed against cancer doctors, “men’s rights” attorney Roy Den Hollander saved some venom for a particular woman judge. “All of this was a nice stressful addition since it occurred in the middle of preparing for oral argument in a federal case before a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama,” he wrote. Den Hollander did not name the judge, but he might as […]
GEO Group’s ICE Jail Lies To Immigration Lawyer By Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. July 19, 2020 GEO Group’s ICE Jail Lies To Immigration Lawyer2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/unicornriot-e1595171042130.png200px200px Aurora, CO — On the morning of June 30, 2020, Pablo Mackleen Grijalva’s lawyer tried to contact him at the GEO Group’s ICE jail where he is detained, but to her shock, the officer on the phone told her he was not […]
As Jihad Watch reported, the Armenian Christian refugee Kevork Almassian was attacked on the street in Berlin on July 6, by what he called „two Islamists with a knife.“ Almassian had to run for his life and was chased by one of the terrorists for about 10 minutes until the assailant gave up. Almassian works for the conservative AfD party in the German Bundestag. Ever since […]
Guardian: Andrew Weissmann, an attorney who played a leading role under Robert Mueller in the investigation of Russian election interference, will release a book about the special counsel’s near two-year examination of links between Donald Trump and Moscow. Time to put Roger Stone in the grand jury to find out what he knows about Trump but would not tell. Commutation can’t stop that. — Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) […]
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein confidant accused of helping him sexually abuse underaged girls, had not been hiding from prosecutors since the pedophile billionaire’s jailhouse suicide in August—but from an “unrelenting and intrusive media,” her lawyers claimed in a Friday memo. “She did not flee, but rather left the public eye, for the entirely understandable purpose of protecting herself and those close to her from […]
The judge overseeing the trial of four Minneapolis cops accused of killing black security guard George Floyd has placed a gag order on the defendants and their lawyers after pieces of somewhat exculpatory evidence were released. Citing the risk of “tainting a potential jury pool” and “impair[ing] all parties’ right to a fair trial,” Hennepin Country District Judge Peter Cahill slapped a gag order on “all […]
Coinbase has hired Paul Grewal, former U.S. magistrate judge and Facebook legal alum, to lead the cryptocurrency exchange giant’s legal team. Source link
Ghislaine Maxwell, former confidante of the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been indicted for the alleged recruitment of women and girls for trafficking and sexual abuse, and awaits an upcoming remote appearance in a Manhattan federal court, set for 14 July. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, indicted for allegedly scheming with her former boyfriend and close associate, the late Jeffrey Epstein, to groom young women and […]
Spc. Vanessa Guillen, seen here in a poster released by U.S. Army investigators, was last seen alive at Fort Hood in April. Her family is demanding answers. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command hide caption toggle caption U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command Spc. Vanessa Guillen, seen here in a poster released by U.S. Army investigators, was last seen alive at Fort Hood in April. Her family is […]