Court decisions
Justice Department investigating Trump’s actions as part of Jan. 6 probe
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the America First Policy Institute America First Agenda Summit in Washington, July 26, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump’s actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as part of its criminal probe of […]
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Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis disqualified from investigating Trump ‘fake elector’ in criminal probe
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. Ben Gray | AP A judge Monday effectively barred a Georgia prosecutor from investigating one of 16 Republican “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump, ruling that a recent campaign fundraiser she hosted for that man’s political opponent disqualified her. […]
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Tesla is under scrutiny by the federal agency that enforces workplace civil rights laws
Signage is displayed on the Tesla Inc. assembly plant in Fremont, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal agency responsible for enforcing civil rights laws against workplace discrimination issued a cause finding against electric vehicle makers Tesla in June, according to a financial filing out Monday. […]
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SEC charges former GOP Rep. Stephen Buyer with insider trading
(File 1988) House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Stephen Buyer (R/IN) carries his research materials away at the conclusion of the impeachment proceedings December 12. Reuters WASHINGTON — Former Indiana Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer has been charged with insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday. Buyer, who left Congress in 2011, is accused of […]
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Tesla gets second SEC subpoena over Musk’s 2018 go-private tweet
A Tesla service and sales center is shown in Vista, California, June 3, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Tesla on Monday disclosed it has received a second subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its Chief Executive Elon Musk’s tweets in 2018 about taking the electric automaker private. Tesla said in a filing […]
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Trump aides at heart of explosive Jan. 6 claims have hired private lawyers, committee member says
U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) speaks during the second public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, at Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Presidential security officials at the center of an explosive allegation about then-President Donald Trump’s […]
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Jury starts deliberations in contempt trial of former Trump aide Steve Bannon
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House chief strategist Steve Bannon arrives following his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A […]
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Coinbase blasts SEC over insider trading case, says none of the tokens it lists are securities
Coinbase signage in New York’s Times Square during the company’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq on April 14, 2021. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images Coinbase pushed back on claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it offers unregistered securities, following fraud charges against a former employee of the company. An ex-Coinbase product manager […]
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If Trump was ‘Joe Blow from Kokomo,’ he would have been charged with crimes, former New York prosecutor says
Former President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges at the time said that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.” “I believe that Donald […]
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Former Coinbase manager and two others charged in crypto insider trading scheme
The logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron and others at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Three people have been charged in the first-ever crypto insider trading tipping scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
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