All articles tagged with #legal proceedings
A federal judge in Virginia blocked the Justice Department's bid to search electronic devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson in a national-security leak investigation, instead ordering the court to conduct the search to ensure it is narrow and properly overseen.
Isabel Rose, a 25-year-old Briton who reported being raped in Hong Kong in 2024, is facing blackmail and perverting the course of justice charges after the alleged perpetrator was released; she remains on bail, unable to work or leave Hong Kong, with a March trial date and the potential for years in prison if convicted. The case has drawn NGO and UK official concern about survivors’ access to justice in Hong Kong.
A federal judge in Florida, Aileen Cannon, blocked public release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's extensive report on Trump's classified-documents case, keeping potentially damaging details under seal as the case moves forward.
Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office, prompting renewed scrutiny of the royal family. King Charles III said the law must take its course and pledged his full support, noting that unlike Charles I’s fate, Andrew will not be executed, though his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and ongoing legal troubles could damage the Windsors’ public image.
Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions in a closed‑door House Oversight Committee deposition about Jeffrey Epstein’s case, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Her attorney said she’d be willing to testify if granted clemency, noting Maxwell was Epstein’s longtime associate and was convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking.
Brendan Banfield, a Virginia man, was found guilty of aggravated murder in the 2023 killings of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan after a jury rejected his account of events; prosecutors said he plotted with the family’s au pair to impersonate his wife on a sexual fetish site to frame a stranger as her killer.
Kim Keon Hee, wife of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for bribery as her husband awaits a related verdict, highlighting ongoing high-profile prosecutions in South Korea since its transition to democracy.
Opening statements in a New York federal trial accuse three Alexander brothers—two prominent NY/Miami real estate brokers—of raping and trafficking multiple women after enticing them with lavish trips and invitations to celebrity parties.
Federal authorities arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen in Minnesota for their roles in organizing a Sunday church protest that became a flashpoint in the immigration crackdown; the arrests were announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
An autopsy by the El Paso County Medical Examiner classified the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, an ICE detainee at a Texas detention facility, as a homicide, released the same day a federal judge temporarily blocked deportation for two fellow detainees who say Campos was killed.
The House Oversight Committee voted to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after they refused to appear for closed‑door transcribed depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Two federal judges ordered replacements for Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and warned that lawyers who still refer to her by that title could face disciplinary action, signaling a rare, high-profile dispute over leadership of a key federal prosecutor’s office.
The Trump administration says it cannot comply with a federal judge’s order to provide hearings for dozens of deported Venezuelan migrants, arguing that Maduro’s ouster and the current political situation make such proceedings impossible and could disrupt U.S. foreign policy.
A bipartisan group of former Fed chairs and top officials publicly rebuke the Justice Department's investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, warning the move could threaten the central bank's independence, as financial markets digested the news with stocks wavering and the dollar slipping.
The article discusses a legal case involving allegations of drug-related activities against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, highlighting ongoing investigations and the political implications.