US 02:15 GMT 26.03.2020Get short URL WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will slow down the legal processes of detainees at Guantanamo Bay because the measures undertaken to combat the virus will most likely cause scheduled hearings to be postponed, attorney Stephen Truitt, who represents a detainee, said. The US Navy said on Tuesday that a sailor stationed at the Guantanamo Bay naval station […]
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Famous Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon has been admitted to a hospital in Madrid after testing positive for Covid-19. He has provided legal counsel to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, among other things. Garzon, 64, was admitted to the Ruber clinic in Madrid on Tuesday, after five days of high fever at home. He tested positive for the coronavirus and was given the prognosis of respiratory failure, Spanish […]
French medics are seeking the prosecution of top officials over their allegedly negligent response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the evidence is an interview with an ex-health minister, who called government action a masquerade. Three French medics filed a legal complaint this week against Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and former minister of solidarity and health, Agnes Buzyn. The two senior officials, the complaint alleges, failed to […]
Daniel Goldman, an attorney who served in the House impeachment proceeding as counsel for the Democratic side against President Donald Trump, has tested positive for coronavirus. But the process of actually getting a test, he says, was “very difficult” and “very frustrating.” Appearing on Morning Joe, Goldman — a former MSNBC commentator — sought to dispel the notion that coronavirus tests are easy to come by. […]
Amid concerns that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents an increasing threat to courts, attendees, court officials and lawyers, an unidentified Department of Justice lawyer is presumed to have contracted the virus. According to NBC News, which cited U.S. officials, a DOJ building in Washington, D.C. was shut down Wednesday night in order to disinfect the premises. The lawyer in question recently traveled to California, where […]
Clearview is the newest company in the surveillance space we love to hate. The app, an “after-the-fact research tool,” allows thousands of government and corporate agencies to match photos of suspected criminals against a catalogue of 3 billion images culled from the internet. A New York Times report found more than 600 police agencies have started using Clearview last year, and Buzzfeed expanded that list to […]
A newly-revealed document proves Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aware that business intelligence firm CGI Group “had been hired to spy” on Blue and White chair Benny Gantz. The document, obtained by Haaretz’s business daily the Marker, reveals that “Netanyahu’s lawyer Yossi Cohen promised the prime minister that the company would try to gather material on alleged ties between Gantz and a [fellow Blue and […]
A Manhattan lawyer who contracted the 2019 novel coronavirus was in critical condition on Wednesday, and his wife, son, daughter, and even the neighbor who drove him to the hospital were infected, too. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the four new cases—bringing New York’s total number of confirmed cases to six—were all linked to the Westchester County-based man. The infected lawyer checked into a suburban […]
Roger Stone lashed out under questioning from a conservative lawyer as part of an hours-long deposition in South Florida, just days before he was sentenced in his criminal case in Washington D.C. The grueling questioning came as part of a case unrelated to the high profile D.C. trial: A slew of civil libel lawsuits filed by conservative lawyer Larry Klayman against Stone and his associates. Klayman […]
The US government plotted to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a UK court was told yesterday during the WikiLeaks publisher’s extradition hearing. What do we know so far? Assange’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald told Judge Vanessa Baraitser that the US wanted to make the WikiLeaks founder’s death look like an accident and that US intelligence agencies […]
Day two of Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing saw his lawyers argue he made great efforts to ensure his leaks endangered no lives and even warned the White House when media outlets were about to dump unredacted files. The day began with a furore over WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson being kicked out of the courtroom’s public gallery without explanation. The drama was short-lived, however and proceedings […]
World 07:02 GMT 24.02.2020Get short URL Spanish media reported last year that a security firm contracted to protect the Ecuadorian Embassy had spied on the WikiLeaks founder and possibly handed over its findings to the CIA. The owner of the firm claimed he had been asked to do so by Ecuadorian authorities. A lawyer has suggested that Julian Assange’s secret recordings at the Ecuadorian Embassy could […]
A Yemeni lawyer has won the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for 2020 in recognition of her efforts to uncover a network of secret prisons run by the UAE in southern Yemen where prisoners are held and tortured without legal grounds. Huda Al-Sarari, 42, received her award in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. “Being a human rights defender in Yemen is extremely challenging, and being a woman makes […]
Attorneys for Julian Assange told a London court on Wednesday that they will provide evidence that the Trump administration offered to pardon the WikiLeaks founder if he was willing to say that Russia had nothing to do with leaks of Democratic Party emails, according to Bloomberg. At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Assange’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald asked the court to allow more witness statements during the extradition […]
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of all three charges related to his efforts to extort up to $25 million from athletic apparel giant Nike. The verdict, following a two-week trial, could lead to a long prison sentence for the lawyer.Developing… Source
Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, Most Americans say the Constitution is important. Most Americans say it’s crucial for the government to stay within its constitutional bounds. But what exactly are the constitutional limits on federal power? How do we know? Well, whatever you do, don’t ask a lawyer. Most of them know very little about the Constitution. I can already hear you protesting. Lawyers know […]