Stephen Miller privately fears ‘prison cell’ awaits him despite Trump pardons: reportsStephen Miller has privately voiced a fear that pardon power won't be enough to protect him once President Donald Trump leaves office. A new Zeteo profile of the White House deputy chief of staff, highlighted Wednesday by emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler, reported that Miller has told people he believes local and state prosecutors are out to put him in a…Raw Story4d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticetrump pardon concerns
Howard Lutnick’s push to evict elderly widows from iconic hotel blows up: NYTA plan championed by President Donald Trump's commerce secretary to clear longtime residents out of a famed Manhattan building has fallen apart. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was a driving force behind a proposed $2 billion sale of the Pierre, a combination hotel and co-op on Fifth Avenue near Central Park, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The…Raw Story4d agoWhole story →Buildpierre hotel sale collapse
'Can't live': Tearful ICE agent says he was 'forced' into Trump crackdown after chargesA tearful federal agent facing assault charges tied to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown told a judge he “can’t live” because of a job he was “forced” to do. Gregory Morgan Jr., an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, made the remarks while testifying at a federal court hearing, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported Tuesday. U.S.…Raw Story4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentice agent assault case
Trump DOJ cornered as judges treat it like misbehaving ‘children’: ex-prosecutorA former federal prosecutor believes judges fed up with President Donald Trump's Justice Department are using a tactic every parent knows. Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said on Wednesday's episode of "Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance" with legal expert Katie Phang that courts start treating the government with…Raw Story4d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticetrump doj controversies
Trump shoots himself in the foot as his own posts hand him court loss: attorneyPresident Donald Trump's own social media posts undercut his lawyers in court and helped hand him a loss, a free speech attorney said. Conor Fitzpatrick, chief supervising attorney for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, told CNN's Laura Coates on Tuesday that Judge Timothy Kelly , a Trump appointee, ruled against Trump's White House…Raw Story5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticewhite house press ban ruling
Supreme Court slaps down Trump ally's attempt to overturn sanctionsThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to overturn hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal sanctions against lawyers who represented failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and made baseless claims about election fraud in her bid to upend how Arizona conducts elections. The high court released a list of cases it will hear and those it…Raw Story5d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesupreme court sanctions ruling
