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The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week this month raising allegations of her handling of the case, a top appeals court judge revealed in an order. And "many of the complaints against Judge Cannon also question the correctness of her rulings or her delays in issuing rulings in the case," Pryor wrote. "Although many of the complaints allege an improper motive in delaying the case, the allegations are speculative and unsupported by any evidence," Pryor wrote. "The Complaints also do not establish that Judge Cannon was required to recuse herself from the case because she was appointed by then-President Trump." "Some of those complaints have been acted upon, and others will be acted upon in due course," Pryor wrote, without revealing the nature of those actions.
Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, William Pryor, Judge Cannon, Pryor, Jack Smith's, Trump, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Trump, 11th Circuit U.S, Public, White Locations: Florida, Florida , Georgia, Alabama, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, New York, Fort Pierce , Florida
Supreme Court rules against Warner Music in copyright damages case
  + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The 6-3 ruling, authored by liberal Justice Elena Kagan, affirmed a lower court's decision that favored producer Sherman Nealy, who sued a Warner subsidiary and others in Florida federal court in 2018. Nealy has said that his label Music Specialist owns rights to the electronic dance song "Jam the Box" by Tony Butler, also known as Pretty Tony. Warner artist Flo Rida, whose given name is Tramar Dillard, incorporated elements of "Jam the Box" into his 2008 song "In the Ayer." The producer requested damages for alleged copyright infringement dating back to 2008. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision and said there was "no bar to damages in a timely action."
Persons: Flo Rida, John Shearer, Elena Kagan, Sherman Nealy, Nealy, Tony Butler, Tony, Warner, Dillard, Warner Chappell, Butler Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Warner Music, Warner, Circuit, Appeals Locations: Universal City, Calif, Miami, Florida, Ayer, Atlanta
Nauta testified to a grand jury two months before the August 2022 search about boxes he took from Mar-a-Lago’s storage room in January 2022. Nauta grand jury testimony could be used at trial against TrumpThe newly unredacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit and Nauta’s grand jury testimony were included in court filings as part of several challenges Trump and Nauta are making against Smith’s case. 03:33 - Source: CNNNauta’s grand jury testimony could become a notable part of an eventual trial against Trump. Even if Nauta refuses to testify, prosecutors could seek to use his grand jury statements about Trump in their presentation to a jury. According to the affidavit, the Justice Department sought from the Trump Organization Mar-a-Lago’s surveillance footage in the immediate days after Nauta’s grand jury testimony.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Walt Nauta, Nauta, ” Nauta, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, vindictively, Lago, FPOTUS, , Stanley Woodward, Aileen Cannon, pushback, CNN’s Hannah Rabinowitz Organizations: CNN, National Archives, Mar, FBI, Trump, Archives, Justice Department, Trump White House, NARA, Trump Organization, US Locations: Lago, Florida, Mar, Nauta, United States
Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon lost two separate attempts to dismiss criminal charges against him in his Florida and Georgia cases. In Florida federal court, Judge Aileen Cannon rejected Trump's bid to drop charges against him related to his alleged mishandling of hundreds of classified documents after he left the White House. In a brief order, Cannon wrote that Trump's argument, which hinged on his interpretation of the Presidential Records Act, was an insufficient basis for dismissal. That ruling came about two hours after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied Trump's attempt to dismiss his Georgia election interference case on the grounds that it violated his free speech rights. The twin losses came one day after New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan denied a request by Trump to delay his upcoming criminal hush money trial.
Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Trump's, Cannon, Scott McAfee, Juan Merchan, Trump, Cannon's, Jack Smith, Smith Organizations: White, Presidential Records, Fulton, New York, Records Locations: New York City, Florida, Georgia
Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board chairman Martin Garcia, right, delivers remarks as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at CFTOD headquarters at Walt Disney World on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Disney agreed Wednesday to end litigation in state court involving a Florida special tourism district that the entertainment giant effectively controlled for more than five decades until last year after Gov. The lawsuit was originally filed in state court by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District to void agreements the old district board had signed with Disney right before it was dissolved at DeSantis' behest after Disney opposed Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill backed by the governor. Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle, in a statement, said "We are pleased to put an end to all litigation pending in state court in Florida between Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
Persons: Martin Garcia, Ron DeSantis, Disney, Jeff Vahle, Vahle, DeSantis Organizations: Florida Gov, Walt Disney, Disney, Gov, Central, DeSantis, Republican Locations: Florida, Lake Buena Vista , Florida, Orlando, Central Florida
A vehicle carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump is driven to the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse on March 01, 2024 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Friday urged a Florida federal court judge to schedule his criminal trial on charges related to retaining classified documents for after November's presidential election, saying it would be "unfair" to have earlier. Trump's lawyers, at a hearing, called the new proposal by prosecutors for a July 8 start date for that trial "completely unworkable" and "an impossibility" for Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, according to NBC News. Lawyers for Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting Trump, argued to Judge Aileen Cannon that the former president has known about the hush money trial date for months, but only now is calling for a lengthy delay of the Florida case.
Persons: Donald Trump, Lee Adams Sr, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon Organizations: Courthouse, Trump, Republican, NBC News . Defense, Department of Justice Locations: Lee Adams Sr ., Fort Pierce , Florida, Florida, Fort Pierce, New York
U.S. President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters on classified documents as he delivers remarks on the economy and inflation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. Neither President Joe Biden nor anyone else is expected to be criminally charged in an investigation into how classified documents ended up in Biden's Delaware home and a private office, NBC News reported Tuesday. A senior law enforcement official told NBC that a report on that probe by Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur will be made public in the coming days. By law, such documents should have been sent to the National Archives after Biden ceased being vice president in early 2017. The White House declined to comment when contacted by NBC News, as did a spokesman for the president's personal attorney Bob Bauer.
Persons: Joe Biden, Robert Hur, Hur, Biden, Bob Bauer, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Washington , D.C, NBC News, NBC, Department of Justice, D.C, National Archives, Lago, White, Republican, Democrat, CNBC PRO Locations: Washington ,, Biden's Delaware, Wilmington, Washington, Palm Beach , Florida, Florida
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has blocked Florida from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese nationals who were in the process of buying property when the law was adopted. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday the individuals were likely to prevail on claims that Florida's ban violates a federal law governing real estate purchases by foreign nationals. A Florida federal judge in August had declined to block the law, prompting an appeal by the plaintiffs. Lawmakers in several Republican-led states including Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama are considering similar restrictions on Chinese citizens owning property. It also bars most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia and North Korea from owning property near military installations and infrastructure such as power plants and airports.
Persons: Daniel Wiessner, Ashley Moody, Bethany Li, Li, Ron DeSantis, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Circuit, Appeals, Republican, Constitution, Asian American Legal Defense, Education Fund, Chinese Communist Party Locations: Florida, Atlanta, Texas , Louisiana, Alabama, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Albany , New York
A U.S. appeals court has blocked Florida from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese nationals who were in the process of buying property when the law was adopted. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday the individuals were likely to prevail on claims that Florida's ban violates a federal law governing real estate purchases by foreign nationals. A Florida federal judge in August had declined to block the law, prompting an appeal by the plaintiffs. Lawmakers in several Republican-led states including Texas, Louisiana and Alabama are considering similar restrictions on Chinese citizens owning property. It also bars most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia and North Korea from owning property near military installations and infrastructure such as power plants and airports.
Persons: Ashley Moody, Bethany Li, Li, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Circuit, Appeals, Republican, Constitution, Asian American Legal Defense, Education Fund, Republican Gov, Chinese Communist Party Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, Florida, Atlanta, Texas , Louisiana, Alabama, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, North Korea
CNN —Disney is appealing a major setback earlier this week in its ongoing legal and political battle with Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis. On Thursday, Disney filed a notice of appeal, challenging a Florida federal judge’s decision to throw out its case accusing DeSantis of punishing Disney for exercising its right to free speech. The judge ruled that Disney lacked standing to sue DeSantis and that the company’s claims against the governor’s oversight board failed on merit — a win for DeSantis. On Wednesday, a Disney spokesperson said the company was undeterred, despite the initial dismissal. The board has threatened to hike taxes, raise utility rates and develop the land around the entertainment giant’s Central Florida theme parks.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Disney, DeSantis, Disney’s, Bob Chapek, Organizations: CNN, Disney, Republican, Florida federal, DeSantis, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Walt Disney World, Central, Locations: Florida, Central Florida
Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy
  + stars: | 2023-12-20 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
A banner for electric scooter rental company Bird is displayed outside of the New York Stock Exchange as the company goes public via a SPAC on Nov. 5, 2021. The electric scooter company Bird , once valued at $2.5 billion by investors, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida federal court Wednesday. The company went public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company in 2021, but its share price tumbled. Bird's bankruptcy proceedings come after the New York Stock Exchange delisted the company in September. Bird Canada and Bird Europe are not part of the company's Wednesday filing and will "continue to operate as normal," according to the release.
Persons: Bird Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Bird, CNBC PRO Locations: Florida
A prosecutor asked a judge to Friday to schedule the Georgia election interference criminal trial of former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to begin on Aug. 5 — exactly three months before the 2024 presidential Election Day. "The State clearly retains the logistical and prosecutorial capabilities to try all of the remaining Defendants together," Willis said in her motion. Trump's campaign spokesman said, "Radical Democrat Fani Willis has again proven that her case is purely political, designed to interfere with President Trump's re-election by demanding a trial date in the most vital time in President Trump's winning campaign." "Crooked Joe Biden knows he can't beat President Trump and this corrupt step by Fani Willis is just further proof of that fact," the spokesman said. The Manhattan Supreme Court judge in that case has said he will willing to re-schedule it to avoid a conflict with Trump's trial earlier that same month in Washington.
Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Steven Sadow, Trump, Judge Scott McAfee, Joe Biden, Wills, Willis, Trump's, President Trump, Kenneth Cheesbro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Scott Hall, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, Washington , D.C, Biden, Manhattan, White Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, Atlanta, Washington ,, New York, Washington, Florida
Luckily, there are a few ways judges can stop his delay tactics, if they are willing to apply them. Cannon is the Florida federal judge presiding over the case examining whether Trump mishandled classified documents at his Florida home. In this way, if judges apply the usual court process, Trump can keep the cases marching in place for years — until after the 2024 election in particular. It used to be that you would appeal after you lost a case in the trial court. They have the tools in the Trump cases to rectify the problem.
Persons: Thomas G, CNN —, Aileen Cannon’s, Donald Trump, Thomas Moukawsher, Thomas Moukawsher It’s, Cannon, Trump, Trump hasn’t, , can’t, don’t, hasn’t, Tanya Chutkan Organizations: American Bar, CNN, Trump Locations: Connecticut, Florida, Washington, Georgia
Trump has pleaded not guilty in the case, arguing that he had the right to take whatever he wanted from the White House. On Friday, Trump went a step further and acknowledged that "various people" in and around the club saw the "papers and boxes" that he took with him, which prosecutors say contained 1,545 pages of classified material. that were openly and plainly brought from the White House, as is my right under the Presidential Records Act," Trump posted on social media. "Under the PRA, the official records of the President and his staff are owned by the United States, not by the President," the site says. The Archives is required under the law to take custody of these records when a president, including Trump, leaves office.
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Aileen Cannon Organizations: White, Presidential Records, Records, United, NARA, Trump, Washington , D.C Locations: Florida, United States, Lago, Washington ,
CNN —Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s office have accused former President Donald Trump’s legal team of seeking to manipulate the courts in their bid to delay his trials past the 2024 presidential election. Currently, the 2020 election federal trial is set to begin in early March, and the Florida documents case is set to go to trial in late May. The request may be a long-shot before Chutkan of the DC federal District Court, who has indicated she wants the March trial date to hold. Prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office – which is prosecuting both federal cases against Trump – seized on Trump’s request in DC as they argued to keep the Florida federal trial in the spring. Neither judge has said if Trump’s federal trial dates will stay as is.
Persons: Jack Smith’s, Donald Trump’s, Trump, , Aileen Cannon, Trump’s, Tanya Chutkan, , Trump –, Cannon, Jay Bratt Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Justice Department, DC, Court, Trump, Justice Locations: Florida, Washington ,, Ft . Pierce , Florida
CNN —Former President Donald Trump will be in attendance Monday in a New York courtroom for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump Organization executives. What’s the impact of the fraud ruling? While Trump can opt to waive his presence at the civil trial, attorneys for the former president have indicated that he is eager to testify in court. Two criminal cases against Trump are scheduled for trial in March in New York and Washington, DC. Smith’s case alleging Trump mishandled classified documents is slated to go to trial in Florida federal court in late May.
Persons: Donald Trump, Judge Arthur Engoron, Trump, Letitia James, Engoron, James ’, Chris Kise, , Kise, Donald Bender, general’s, Allen Weisselberg, Ivanka Trump, Michael Cohen, Weisselberg, who’s, E, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Jack Smith, teeing Organizations: CNN, Trump Organization, New York, Trump, Mar, longtime Trump Organization, Yorkers, Unified Court System, New, DC Locations: New York, York, Rikers, Manhattan, Washington, DC, Florida, Fulton County , Georgia
President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans are "determined to destroy democracy." Biden blasted former president Trump at a fundraiser in New York City on Monday night. "Let there be no question: Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy," Biden said. "Crooked Joe Biden is the one who has weaponized his Justice Department to go after his main political opponent — President Trump," Cheung said. "He has directed these illegal witch-hunts to interfere in an election where President Trump is leading him in the polls."
Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, MAGA, Biden, Trump, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Steven Cheung, Crooked Joe Biden, President Trump, Cheung, Jack Smith, General Merrick Garland, Stormy Daniels Organizations: White, Marine, Washington , D.C, MAGA Republicans, Department, White House Locations: Washington ,, New York City, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, New York
McAfee’s order shuts down the effort by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to have all 19 defendants tried together in October. Smith took more streamlined approach than Willis against Trump, and charged him by himself, without any co-defendants. Additionally, several of the Georgia case defendants have parallel proceedings in federal courts underway. If any of those requests are successful, it is still unclear what that would mean for the rest of Willis’ case. Meadows will continue to fight in federal court to move the proceedings out of state court.
Persons: Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, Fani Willis ’, Trump, , “ Willis, McAfee, Trump’s, Trump won’t, Jack Smith, Smith, Willis, – Trump, , codefendants, Willis ’, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, they’ll, Meadows Organizations: Washington CNN, Fulton, “ Fulton, Trump, New, GOP, Fulton County Superior Court, White House, Justice, US, Circuit, Appeals Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, , “ Fulton County, Fulton, Washington ,, Manhattan, Florida, New York, Meadows
The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. Some analysts' estimates of the company's potential liability from the earplug litigation had been as high as $10 billion. The Combat Arms earplugs were made by Aearo Technologies, a company 3M acquired in 2008. The lawsuits were consolidated before U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers in Pensacola, Florida federal court in 2019. Aearo filed for bankruptcy in July 2022, with 3M pledging $1 billion to fund its liabilities stemming from the earplug lawsuits.
Persons: Nicholas Pfosi, M, Casey Rodgers, Aearo, Rodgers, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Aearo Technologies, 3M, U.S, District, Thomson Locations: Maplewood , Minnesota, U.S, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pensacola , Florida, New York
The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. The Combat Arms earplugs were made by Aearo Technologies, a company 3M acquired in 2008. They were used by the U.S. military in training and combat from 2003 to 2015, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. Aearo filed for bankruptcy in July 2022, with 3M pledging $1 billion to fund its liabilities stemming from the earplug lawsuits. 3M argued that the mass tort litigation was unfair because Rodgers had kept scientific evidence favorable to the company out of trials and allowed thousands of "unvetted" claims to swell the court's docket.
Persons: Nicholas Pfosi, M, Casey Rodgers, Aearo, Rodgers, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Aearo Technologies, 3M, District, Thomson Locations: Maplewood , Minnesota, U.S, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pensacola , Florida, New York
A Florida federal judge on Thursday said she would hold a hearing sealed from the public to discuss prosecutors' request for an order to protect classified material at the heart of a criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The hearing "will take place at a designated time and place to discuss sensitive, security-related issues concerning classified discovery," Judge Aileen Cannon said in a written order. Cannon did not say in the order where and when that hearing will occur. But she said that Trump and his co-defendants in the case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, did not have to attend the hearing. Trump is charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with crimes related to retaining classified government records after leaving the White House and trying to cover up the fact that he was keeping those documents in boxes at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.
Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira Organizations: Southern, Southern District of, White House Locations: Florida, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Lago, Palm Beach
An ex-mobster called it "disgusting" that Donald Trump is facing a RICO charge like the one he pleaded guilty to. Trump and allies like Rudy Giuliani have been indicted on RICO charges famously used against the mafia. If the former president or his co-defendants are convicted of the RICO charges in Georgia, they could face between five and 20 years behind bars. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File"The reason why I am speaking up for Giuliani and Trump is because they're not me.
Persons: Donald Trump, Gambino, John Alite, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, turncoat, Alite —, , Donald Trump Alex Brandon, Giuliani, Alite, Patrick Semansky, they're, They're, he's Organizations: Service, Trump, AP, New York City, Prosecutors, Former New York City, Giuliani Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Florida, Queens , New York, Trump's Georgia, Brazil, New York
Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, also waived his right to be present in Florida federal court for his arraignment on the three additional charges on Aug. 10. The action came a day after Trump appeared in federal court in Washington to plead not guilty to separate charges that he orchestrated an illegal plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump now faces 40 charges in the documents case after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month. He was indicted for the third time on Tuesday in Washington federal court regarding his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss. That case and the documents case are being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Persons: Donald Trump, Read, Trump, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, Nauta, De Oliveira, Jack Smith, Katharine Jackson, Doina, Will Dunham, Tim Ahmann Organizations: U.S, White House, Trump, Mar, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Florida, Washington, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, New York, Fulton County , Georgia
Donald Trump showed up to court to plead not guilty to crimes — again. This time, it's for the DOJ indictment over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In Washington, DC, federal court on Thursday afternoon, Trump entered a not-guilty plea for the latest indictment, alleging he broke criminal laws by trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On Tuesday, a DC-based federal grand jury overseen by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith brought four charges against Trump. "Not guilty," Trump said at Thursday's arraignment, overseen by US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya.
Persons: Donald Trump, , It's, he's, Trump, Jack Smith, Joe Biden, Moxila Upadhyaya, Tanya Chutkan, Barack Obama, Prosecutors didn't, Smith, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Stormy Daniels, Stephanie Clifford, Trump . Trump Organizations: Service, Justice, Trump, US, US District, Attorney, Trump ., Republican Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington, DC, Florida, Mar, Manhattan
REUTERS/Marco Bello/File PhotoAug 2 (Reuters) - Prosecutors who charged Donald Trump and two aides with mishandling classified documents asked a judge on Wednesday for a hearing over potential conflicts of interest with one of the men's lawyers. Trump is accused of taking troves of classified documents with him upon leaving the White House in 2021 and storing them haphazardly at Mar-a-Lago. Nauta and Oliveira are accused of helping him try to hide the documents from investigators seeking their return. Prosecutors said in a July 27 filing that they are not aware of any case where a defendant was granted permission to review classified documents at home. Trump’s lawyers have argued that forcing them to only review and discuss classified documents in a secure location would be too inconvenient.
Persons: Walt Nauta, Donald Trump, Stanley Woodward, James Lawrence King, Marco Bello, Woodward, Nauta, president’s, Carlos De Oliveira, Trump, Oliveira, ” Nauta, De Oliveira, Prosecutors, Jack Queen, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: James Lawrence King Federal, REUTERS, Prosecutors, Trump, White House, Mar, Thomson Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, Florida, Miami, Lago
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