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Attorney for billionaire at center of Clarence Thomas controversy offers to meet with Judiciary staff

June 7, 2023 by quemari

An attorney for GOP megadonor Harlan Crow offered to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee staff as Democrats push to investigate undisclosed, luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from the real estate developer.

Crow’s attorney, Michael Bopp, has

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Texas doctors department as attorney general investigates hospital’s gender-affirming care | Texas

June 3, 2023 by quemari

An investigation led by Republican Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has sent doctors at an Austin hospital into a panic, causing all the physicians in its adolescent medicine department to depart.

Earlier this week, Dell Children’s clinic, which provides gender-affirming

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Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to impeach FBI director, US attorney for DC

June 1, 2023 by quemari

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Tuesday that she will move to introduce articles of impeachment against FBI Director Christopher Wray and Matthew Graves, the US attorney for the District of Columbia.

Greene alleged in a release that Wray

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Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe

May 30, 2023 by quemari

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday.

The Justice Department’s watchdog

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Seattle city attorney wants to prosecute drug cases after state law passes

May 28, 2023 by quemari

Seattle elected officials are considering whether the city should take on the responsibility of prosecuting public drug use and possession charges, amid a new state law and a rising substance use crisis.

City Attorney Ann Davison is asking the City

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Transgender graduation student attitude lawsuit

May 26, 2023 by quemari

JACKSON, Miss. –

Opposing attorneys clashed Friday over whether a Mississippi school district can require a transgender girl to abide by a boys’ dress code as she and her classmates graduate from high school this weekend.

The 17-year-old girl, listed

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Thank the Maricopa County attorney for not being a MAGA Republican

May 24, 2023 by quemari

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell will not prosecute two Phoenix police officers who shot and killed a man who was hurling rocks at them.

Arizona Republicans should pay heed to what happened this week at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

Rachel Mitchell, the Republican elected to the job in 2022, announced she would not prosecute two Phoenix police officers who shot and killed a

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Ben Crump, Attorney for Malcolm X’s Family: “We Refuse to Let Anybody Exterminate Black History”

May 22, 2023 by quemari

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AMY GOODMAN: this is Democracy Now!democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.

We continue to look at the life and legacy of

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Attorney for woman in viral Citi Bike fight video says argument has nothing to do with race

May 20, 2023 by quemari

NEW YORK — A fight over a Citi Bike last week has exploded on social media, and now an attorney for the woman in the video is fighting the claims circulating online.

Her attorney says she’s been unfairly branded, as

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On Hunter Biden, US Attorney David Weiss said to be close to charging decision

May 16, 2023 by quemari

corrections

An earlier version of this article misstated the year of a gun purchase by Hunter Biden that has become part of the criminal investigation. It occurred in 2018.

Prosecutors are nearing a decision on

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