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Stephen Bannon indicted in alleged private border wall funding scheme

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2020 54 Comments

Steve Bannon has been indicted on an alleged private border wall funding scheme through We Build The Wall group. The announcement from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY alleges:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd9sHB6WMb0

Judge Emmet Sullivan to Appeals Ct in Flynn Case: It’s Premature To Order Me To Dismiss The Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2020 103 Comments

The last we checked in on the Michael Flynn court proceedings, The Appeals Court Orders Judge Emmet Sullivan To Explain His Actions In Michael Flynn Case:

George Floyd Autopsy: “no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2020 138 Comments

The video of George Floyd pinned down on his stomach, hands cuffed behind him, with Officer Derek Chauvin pinning him down with a knee to the neck, is hard to watch. Among other things, Floyd pleads with the officers that he can't breath.

Appeals Court Orders Judge Emmet Sullivan To Explain His Actions In Michael Flynn Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2020 101 Comments

Michael Flynn has asked the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to order the district court to dismiss the criminal prosecution as requested by the government, and to remove Judge Emmet Sullivan from the case.

Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Suing Netflix and Filmmaker Over Central Park Five Documentary

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2020 25 Comments

Linda Fairstein was the Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor in the 1980's when a woman was attacked in Central Park. She claims that a documentary about the case released last year is full of falsehoods, and now she is suing Netflix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXR5hFeJDO0

Sen. Ben Sasse on Michael Avenatti conviction: “Avenatti is a D-list attorney but a Grade-A scumbag”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2020 25 Comments

Michael Avenatti was convicted today of extortion against Nike. Avenatti represented discredited accuser Julie Swetnick in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. Among the many enemies Avenatti made in going after Kavanaugh was Sen. Ben Sasse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-HsoCsVVaU

Michael Avenatti found GUILTY in Nike Extortion Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2020 33 Comments

Infamous anti-Trump lawyer, and one-time possible Democrat presidential candidate, Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in the Nike Extortion case.

“Handicap Spot” Trial Triggers #FakeNews Tsunami

Posted by Andrew Branca on August 19, 2019 102 Comments

The Florida “handicap parking spot shooting” trial of Michael Drejka starts this week, and accordingly news coverage of the case—by which, of course, I mean “media lying” about the case—can be expected to spike. An excellent example of such media lying is found in CNN. In today's post we step through that "news" report and fisk out the many lies within.

Fifth Person Found Guilty in 2007 Christian/Newsom Torture Murders

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 14, 2019 62 Comments

On January 7, 2007, Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were kidnapped, beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered in one of the most heart-wrenching and purely evil crimes in my memory. The fifth person to be tried in relation to these heinous crimes was found guilty Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

Famed Sex Crimes Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Being Purged After Netflix Program About ‘Central Park Five’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 05, 2019 28 Comments

Linda Fairstein was the sex crimes prosecutor in New York City in 1989 when a young woman was attacked and raped in Central Park. The case drew national attention and a group of minority teens who were allegedly "wilding" in the park were convicted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFEoyIGbRBg

Indictment: Michael Avenatti screwed Stormy Daniels (financially)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2019 30 Comments

We're losing track of all the indictments against Michael Avenatti.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-police-officer-found-guilty-shooting-death-unarmed-woman-who-n999706

Former Cop Mohamed Noor Convicted of Murdering Justine Damond

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 01, 2019 41 Comments

This Case of the Week covers Somali refugee Mohamed Noor, who while a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed Justine Damond. Yesterday a jury convicted Noor of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for that killing, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune and other news sources. (Noor was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree murder.)

Palestinian terrorist Vallmoe Shqaire, who lied to gain U.S. citizenship, gets 9 months in prison, will be deported

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2019 17 Comments

In a case reminiscent of Rasmea Odeh, another Palestinian terrorist who concealed his terrorist past was indicted for obtaining naturalization by fraud. In the September 28, 2018, Indictment (pdf.), Vallmoe Shqaire was charged with one Count based on the following false statements:

Massachusetts: Woman who attacked MAGA hat man now in ICE custody, was in country illegally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2019 40 Comments

We previously covered another incident in which a person wearing a MAGA hat was physically attacked in public, Woman Arrested for Attacking Man in MAGA Hat at Massachusetts Restaurant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrjiaf7ibo

Harvard Students Call for Firing of Law Prof for Representing Harvey Weinstein

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 14, 2019 27 Comments

Harvard Law School professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. has taken a role on the defense team of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Now some students are protesting and calling for his firing.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon Bomber Argue He Shouldn’t Have Been Tried in Boston

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2018 30 Comments

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are appealing and trying to reverse his death sentence. They claim that he shouldn't have been tried in Boston because the crime was too traumatic for everyone in the city to be objective.

Trial date set for one of suspects in 2007 Christian/Newsom Torture Murders

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 16, 2018 40 Comments

The heart-wrenching, tragic final hours of Channon Christian (21) and Christopher Newsom (23) haunt me even today, almost twelve years after they endured an almost incomprehensible level of abuse, rape, and torture before finally dying at the hands of their brutal killers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9vlxtH0A7g#action=share

‘License To Kill: The Murder Of Erik Scott’

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 15, 2018 18 Comments

Erik Scott's murder and subsequent cover-up are an unbelievably horrifying story and one you probably haven't heard. Scott was murdered in a Costco parking lot by Las Vegas Metro cops. Scott's senseless murder and surrounding events are blood boiling. It's an unfortunate example of government corruption, of the perversion of the justice system that has afflicted far too many locals, and of bureaucrats who will do whatever is necessary to cover and conceal the deplorable acts of their employees.

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