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☆ Wait, is America actually banning TikTok now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —House lawmakers are moving with dizzying speed with a plan that could ban TikTok from the United States. But could a TikTok ban really happen? A man walks past the headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing. They allege TikTok poses a national security threat because the Chinese government could use its intelligence laws against ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of US TikTok users. By that precedent, it would be unconstitutional for the government to ban TikTok even if it were blatantly a direct mouthpiece for the Chinese government, Jaffer said.

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☆ Superseding indictment in Trump classified documents case could delay trial several months. But thinking about the election date is not a 'legitimate line of inquiry' for a prosecutor, legal expert sa
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The superseding indictment adds a third defendant and additional charges. On Thursday, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the classified documents case, adding more charges, including two obstruction counts, and a third defendant. De Oliveira is expected to appear in a Miami federal court on July 31, the DOJ wrote in a press release of the superseding indictment. In a notice, Jack Smith, the special counsel leading the DOJ's case, wrote that the additions in the superseding indictment "should not disturb the Court's scheduling order." Trump's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ The new charges in the Trump classified documents case could delay the trial 'a couple of months', a legal expert says. That could push it closer to the 2024 election.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The superseding indictment adds a third defendant and additional charges. A new defendant may push the trial date "a couple of months," a former federal prosecutor says. On Thursday, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the classified documents case, adding more charges, including two obstruction counts, and a third defendant. De Oliveira is expected to appear in a Miami federal court on July 31, the DOJ wrote in a press release of the superseding indictment. Trump's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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