The #Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says it's appealing Judge Scott McAfee's order that dismissed six counts from the 2020 election interference indictment — including three of #Trump's charges. #Georgia#legal
New York's Appellate Division has upheld Judge Juan Merchan's decision not to recuse himself from Trump's criminal trial case.
The panel of judges ruled that Trump failed to prove the judge overstepped his authority by denying a defense motion for recusal. #TrumpTrial#legal
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#Senate#Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [#bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS#Biden’s #climate#regulations.
The investigation is the 2nd congressional inquiry into the April 11 fund-raising dinner…. Trump told ~20 oil & gas execs that they would save far more than $1B in avoided #taxes & #legal fees after he repealed #environmental regulations….
JUST IN: DC Circuit denies en banc review to Peter #Navarro, former #Trump aide currently serving 4-month sentence for contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas.
No judge asked for a vote on his en banc petition. Katsas, who worked in Trump WH, recused. #legal
It’s been clear for some time that #Alito was the #FoxNews (or an even further right-wing channel) justice on #SupremeCourt bench. The past 2 weeks have helped to cement that into the public consciousness for those who don’t hear him at oral arguments or read his opinions — particularly his concurrences and dissents. He doesn’t have a #legal#philosophy beyond counting to 5, and he doesn’t write opinions for the ages. He writes for now and, almost always, for #republicanshttps://www.lawdork.com/p/sam-alito-is-a-problem
The #LAPD is not expected to like the existence of “#FuckTheLAPD merchandise. But their sole remedy is to not do things that result in people wanting to buy and wear “Fuck the LAPD” merchandise. I understand that would be a difficult task. But I promise you that it would still be easier than trying to get a court to rule that “Fuck the LAPD” shirts violate the LAPDF’s #IntellectualPropertyRights.
Boosting for #legal and #tech friends. Important and underreported issue.
Black taxpayers were between 2.9 and 4.7 times more likely to be audited by a data-driven audit algorithm. The IRS' response is that they're making tweaks.
This is insufficient.
Answers. Accountability. What happened? How did an algorithm exhibit decidedly human biases?
"Special counsel Jack Smith appears to have suspected additional efforts by former President Donald Trump to obstruct the government's investigation of his handling of classified documents, a newly unsealed court filing revealed Tuesday."
“At one point the judge cut #Giuliani off as started going into a meandering story about the history of alleged threats that have been made against him. "I don't want to have to mute you," the judge said.”#legal#Arizona
Special counsel #JackSmith appears to have suspected additional efforts by #Trump to obstruct the government's investigation of his handling of classified #documents, a newly unsealed court filing revealed Tuesday. #legal#TrumpIndictment
Plz remember to use NFL (Not For Laffy, no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies while live-posting. TY!
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Trey Gowdy again...
Per Trump's campaign, this is today's Greek chrous: Don Trump, Jr., Matt Whitaker, Pam Bondi, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Daniel Webster, Rep. Dan Meuser, Rep. Ronny Jackson, Rep. Troy Nehls, Rep. Dale Strong, Rep. Maria Salazar, Sebastian Gorka, Chuck Zito, Joe Piscopo, Bill White
Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand
Tues afternoon, the #TrumpTrial will go into some dry legalities, as prosecutors & defense present to Justice #Merchan how they want the court to instruct the #jurors as they deliberate.
The 2 sides will lay out their arguments for #JuryInstructions as it prepares to weigh the charges against #Trump — 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records.
#Jury instructions are meant to translate #legal doctrine into intelligible language for the 12 laypeople who will decide the case.
LA City Hall, 1995, with a post-Northridge earthquake “band aid” around it’s upper floors. Across the way - a KCAL satellite truck beaming (not streaming…its 1995) the ongoing OJ Simson trial from the LA County Courthouse. #losangeles#architecture#legal#photography#BlackAndWhite#tv
#ScarlettJohansson is threatening #legal action against #OpenAI for copying her #voice for its latest #AI model, GPT-4o, which will be accessible through #ChatGPT.
In a statement provided to The Washington Post by Johansson’s publicist, she claimed that she received an offer from OpenAI CEO #SamAltman in Sept to be the voice of its AI system. Johansson… declined….
On Sun… #OpenAI suspended the #Sky#voice & posted… how the company trained voices used for the audio capability in its more advanced #AI. The company said it paid #VoiceActors “above top-of-market rates” to participate in recording sessions that were used to produce the voices.
…In her statement, … #ScarlettJohansson said #SamAltman tried to contact her 2 days before the demo. But before they could communicate, OpenAI demonstrated the product, forcing her to take #legal action.
#Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, legal adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.
#Blanche introduced an email #MichaelCohen sent to #RobertCostello, the lawyer who was informally advising Cohen & serving as a back channel to the #Trump legal team.
In the email, Cohen said “we will advance our conversations” about formalizing that #legal relationship, after Costello wrote to Cohen lamenting that he had “failed to communicate with me despite several text messages & emails.”
#Hoffinger returns to what prosecutors say are #crimes. She asks if the $420k that #MichaelCohen received in 2017 — the reimbursement for the #HushMoney, additional money to cover taxes, a reimbursement for the payment to the tech company, RedFinch, & a bonus — had anything to do w/ #legal services.
Cohen: “No.”
Hoffinger emphasizes that the financial documents connected to the payments were false, because they said the payments were in exchange for legal services.
Susan #Hoffinger is a former defense lawyer & therefore is comfortable w/ cross-examination unlike [#Blanche]. She grills #RobertCostello about what he told #MichaelCohen as he was seeking to provide #legal advice. She says that Costello extolled his famous clients in an email to Cohen.
Costello insists that it was his partner, Jeff Citron, who had the relationship w/Cohen, & he met w/him because his partner made the arrangement. “It was Jeff Citron’s client, not mine,” he says.
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