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PHOENIX (AP) — Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey was convicted Thursday on a single count of money laundering and acquitted on another. But the Arizona jury deadlocked on 84 other counts against him, leading the federal judge to declare a mistrial. Lacey had been charged with participating in a scheme to sell sex ads. It marked the second time a mistrial has been declared in the case against the founder of the lucrative classified site. U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa in Phoenix declared the mistrial after jurors deliberated for six days.
Persons: — Backpage.com, Michael Lacey, Lacey, Diane Humetewa, Lacey’s Organizations: PHOENIX, District, Associated Press Locations: Arizona, U.S, Phoenix
The committee on Oct. 22 sent Trump himself a subpoena to testify under oath and provide documents. Trump, who is considering another run for the presidency in 2024, has accused the panel of waging unfair political attacks on him. Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 22 declined to put the subpoena on hold while Ward appealed. Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, both signed their names on one of the slates of alternate electors for Trump. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had temporarily put the subpoena on hold on Oct. 28 while the full court decided how to proceed.
Kagan issued an order effectively putting the litigation on hold and preventing enforcement of the subpoena pending a further order by her or the full court. Kagan is the justice designated to handle emergency appeals from a group of states including Arizona. The panel sought the records as part of its investigation into events surrounding the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters who sought to block Congress from certifying his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump, who is considering another run for the presidency in 2024, has accused the panel of waging unfair political attacks on him. The panel had already been in the process of seeking records concerning Ward, who the panel said participated in multiple aspects of the attempts to interfere with the electoral count.
Then-U.S. Rep. Kelli Ward (R-AZ) greets then-U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives at Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Arizona, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward to block a subpoena by the congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, clearing the way for the committee to access her phone records. Ward, a former Arizona state senator and chair of the state Republican Party, was among them. She has previously said the demand for the phone records violated her constitutional rights. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kanishka Singh in WashingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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