Giuliani Faces Contempt Threats Amid Defamation Battle with Election Workers
Rudy Giuliani's new lawyer is adopting a public-facing strategy to defend him, taking the case to the streets and media to influence public opinion.
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Families Sue Aircraft Makers Over Fatal 2022 Marine Osprey Crash
The families of four Marines who died in a V-22 Osprey crash in California in June 2022 have filed a lawsuit against Bell Textron, Boeing, and Rolls-Royce, alleging negligence and failure to disclose safety issues. The lawsuit claims that mechanical failures, including a recurrent clutch problem and a defective Interconnect Drive System, contributed to the crash. The military has grounded and then gradually returned the Osprey fleet to service, citing identified issues, but investigations into recent crashes continue.
"Trump Battles Special Counsel in Court Amid Jan. 6 Defense Strategy and Contempt Claims"
Former President Donald Trump's potential defense in the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot is constrained by the fact that he cannot credibly claim ignorance or gullibility like other defendants have. Legal analysts suggest Trump will likely argue he genuinely believed he won the 2020 election, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. His lawyers are attempting to discredit the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's statement on the election's security, which Trump had previously rejected by firing the agency's head. Meanwhile, other January 6 defendants have admitted to being misled by Trump and his allies' false claims, with some acknowledging their gullibility and others citing various personal vulnerabilities to disinformation.
US Navy shipbuilding contractor Austal hit with accounting fraud charges.
Three executives at Austal USA, a Navy shipbuilding contractor, have been indicted for allegedly orchestrating a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud scheme from around 2013 through at least July 2016. The trio allegedly sought to artificially reduce cost estimates for Navy shipbuilding projects by tens of millions of dollars, resulting in a false overstatement of the company’s reported earnings in public financial statements. The DOJ claimed that they did this in part to maintain and increase the share price of the company’s stock, and when the higher costs were eventually disclosed, the stock price fell significantly and Austal USA’s parent company, Austal Limited, wrote down more than $100 million.