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☆ These redistricting fights could determine which party controls the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Before the court action, Alabama – which is 27% Black – had only one Black-majority congressional district out of seven seats. The case is expected to land before the all-Republican state Supreme Court, where DeSantis appointees hold most seats. A separate federal case in Georgia challenges the congressional map on constitutional grounds and is slated to go to trial next month. UtahThe state Supreme Court, in a case it heard in July, is considering whether it even has the authority to weigh in on map-drawing decisions by the GOP-controlled state legislature. Advocacy groups and a handful of voters are challenging a congressional map that further carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County between four decidedly Republican districts.

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☆ Trump Fined for Violating Gag Order in New York Civil-Fraud Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jacob Gershman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoThe New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil-fraud trial on Friday fined the former president for disobeying a gag order forbidding him from making public comments about the judge’s staff, and threatened him with other sanctions including imprisonment if it happens again. State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued a two-page order that reprimanded Trump for failing to delete a baseless rumor about the judge’s law clerk from Trump’s campaign website.

Persons: Donald Trump, Annie Zhao, Donald Trump’s, Arthur Engoron, Trump Locations: York

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's long-running legal case against the thrift store chain Savers Value Village turned out to be no bargain, as the state has been ordered to pay the company nearly $4.3 million in legal fees. King County Superior Court Judge David Whedbee issued the award on Tuesday, eight months after the state Supreme Court unanimously rejected the attorney general's claims that marketing practices by the thrift store chain were deceptive. “Defending and fully prevailing in this lawsuit was burdensome and costly,” Richard Medway, Savers Value Village general counsel, said in an emailed statement. Savers Value Village paid $580 million to charitable partners globally in the five years ending in 2022 and kept 3.2 billion pounds of goods out of landfills, the company said. Two of the major charities it works with in Washington — Northwest Center, which supports people with disabilities, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound — had urged the attorney general’s office to drop the case.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday pitched new maps for the state's congressional districts starting in 2024 that appear to threaten the reelection of at least three current Democratic U.S. House members. Senate redistricting committee leaders introduced two proposals that would rework the boundary lines for the state's 14 U.S. House seats. The state House and Senate want to enact a final plan by the end of the month. He said House leaders “worked with Senate leadership on the congressional plan,” but he didn't say which Senate plan the House supported. House and Senate redistricting committees also filed separate legislation Wednesday that would rework their own districts — the House for its 120 seats and the Senate for its 50 seats.

Persons: Roy Cooper’s, Asher Hildebrand, David Price, Jeff Jackson, Charlotte, Wiley Nickel, Kathy Manning, Valerie Foushee, Hill, Don Davis, Greene County —, you’ve, ” Hildebrand, Republican —, “, Cooper, they've Organizations: — North Carolina Republicans, Wednesday, Democratic U.S . House, Republican, General, Democratic Gov, U.S . House, Duke University, Democratic Rep, Current, Democratic, Republicans, GOP, Greensboro —, Destin, Senate, Democrat, Legislative Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, U.S, Cary, Greensboro, Greene County, Wednesday's, Charlotte, Raleigh

☆ Trump fraud judge cracks 'what's sauce for the goose...' joke in response to complaint about Michael Cohen's anti-Trump tweets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Cohen canceled this week's Trump fraud trial testimony due to a brief illness. A Trump lawyer complained in court that sick or not, Cohen continues to attack Trump online. "Well, talk about sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," the judge quipped in response. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "Well, we don't have a medical excuse," Trump attorney Christopher Kise responded, irritation in his voice.

Persons: Michael Cohen, Trump, Cohen, —, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron, Christopher Kise, levity, Letitia James, Banks, Allen Weisselberg, Kise, Donald, 1713709490925670484 Cohen, general's, podcaster Drew Grimaldi Organizations: Trump, gander, Service, New York, Trump Organization Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Trump told Trump Org executives to make him look richer each year in annual net worth statements, testimony shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump's Manhattan civil fraud trial began week 3 on Monday with testimony by a Trump Org finance VP. He said CFO Allen Weisselberg told him, "Mr. Trump" wants his net worth numbers to go up each year. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Did Allen Weisselberg ever tell you that Mr. Trump wanted his net worth on the Statements of Financial Condition to go up?" Testimony by Patrick Birney, a assistant finance vice president at Trump Organization, helps link Donald Trump to what the New York attorney general calls a fraud conspiracy. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Allen Weisselberg told me Donald likes to see it go up in that period you just said," meaning 2017 - early 2020, Birney had told the AG's office in his deposition.

Persons: Allen Weisselberg, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Patrick Birney, –, Letitia James, Eric R, James, Birney, Allen, Donald Trump, bombshells, Birney hadn't, Donald, Arthur Engoron Organizations: Trump Org, NY, Service, Monday, New York, New, Trump Organization, Trump Locations: New York

Would some deny the results of the last presidential election? But since then, election conspiracy theories have taken root in the rural, heavily Republican county in northeastern Wisconsin. When she’s defended the election process, Pytleski, a lifelong Republican, has been called a RINO — a Republican in Name Only. The group's efforts come as distrust in elections has gained a persistent foothold across the country, especially in rural areas. Even with that level of local trust, the false belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen permeates the community.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ban on electronic skill games in Virgnia went back into effect Friday after the state Supreme Court vacated an injunction that allowed thousands of the betting machines to remain in gas stations, bars and conveniece stores. The injunction was issued by a lower court in an ongoing lawsuit that argues the ban is a violation of free speech. But a panel of three Supreme Court justices found that the suit is unlikely to succeed. The games look and play like slot machines, though manufacturers say there is an element of skill involved. The General Assembly passed legislation outlawing skill games in 2020, but former Gov.

Persons: Virgnia, Ralph Northam Organizations: Court, Commonwealth, Alcoholic Beverage Control Locations: RICHMOND, Va

☆ Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg testifies it's a 'coincidence' that Trump is paying him $2 million severance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg, a key fraud witness, resumed his trial testimony in NY on Thursday. His $2 million severance matches a fine he paid after keeping Trump safe in a 2022 tax-fraud trial. The witness, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, is almost half-way through collecting the installments of a two-year, $2 million severance package, testimony has already shown. after a New York trial in which a prosecutor accused him of shading the truth on Trump's behalf. The attorney general is seeking to bar Trump and Trump Organization from ever running a business in New York again.

Persons: Allen Weisselberg, Letitia James, Trump, —, general's, Donald Trump, Weisselberg, Louis M, Solomon, James, Jeffrey McConney, Arthur Engoron Organizations: Trump, Service, Trump Organization, Trump Org Locations: NY, York, Manhattan, Trump, New York

“No, absolutely not,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said when asked at a news conference if impeachment of Justice Janet Protasiewicz was off the table. Impeachment has drawn bipartisan opposition and two former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, asked by Vos to investigate the possibility, told him in the past week it was not warranted. Protasiewicz refused to recuse from the redistricting lawsuit last week and sided with the liberal majority in accepting the lawsuit. Protasiewicz last week rejected those arguments, noting that other justices have accepted campaign cash and not recused from cases. Oral arguments before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the redistricting challenge are set for Nov. 21.

Persons: —, Robin Vos, Janet Protasiewicz, ” Vos, Protasiewicz, Vos, haven’t Organizations: Republican, U.S, Supreme, Wisconsin Supreme, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Senate, Republicans, Associated Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s, Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Republican attorney general will oppose a proposed amendment protecting the right to an abortion if it makes next year's ballot, she told the state Supreme Court when she advised justices Monday that a petition has reached enough signatures to trigger a language review. Attorney General Ashley Moody notified the court of its responsibility and said she will eventually argue the language isn't valid, though she didn't explain why. DeSantis approved last year banning abortion after 15 weeks is being challenged in court. DeSantis, who is running for president, has said he would support a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks. If the amendment makes the ballot and is approved by at least 60% of votes cast, it would protect the right to an abortion up to the point the fetus can survive outside the womb.

Persons: —, Ashley Moody, DeSantis, — DeSantis Organizations: Republican, Republicans Locations: TALLAHASSEE, Fla

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor's ability to oversee elections and other state regulatory bodies on Tuesday by overriding Democratic Gov. But Cooper and his allies contend the election legislation is an attack on voting that will give Republicans the upper hand on close results. The state elections board has been five members, with the governor’s party historically holding three of the seats. The law says the new state board also would have barely a week to decide whether to keep current state elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell on the job or hire someone else. And an energy bill designed to encourage nuclear energy production and the legislature’s annual “regulatory reform” measure also are now law.

Persons: Roy Cooper's, Cooper, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Critics, Karen Brinson Bell, Phil Berger, Brinson Bell —, —, Marc Elias, Tuesday’s Organizations: — North, — North Carolina Republicans, Democratic, State Board, Republican, Democrat, Republican Party, White, Trump, North, North Carolina GOP, Republicans Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, — North Carolina, North Carolina, U.S, Carolina

Medical instruments are sterilized following a surgical abortion at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Circuit Court of Appeals last month allowed the state to enforce its ban, reversing a lower court order that had partially blocked it. Idaho in 2020 passed a so-called "trigger" law that would go into effect and ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that had established a right to abortion nationwide. The law includes a narrow exception for abortions that are necessary to prevent the mother's deathThe Supreme Court overturned Roe in June 2022. It also said that any conflict had been eliminated since Hendrix's decision because the state legislature and state Supreme Court had since clarified the law.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Biden, Donald Trump, Raul Labrador, Roe, Wade, Joe Biden's, James Wesley Hendrix, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Trust Women, REUTERS, Circuit, Republican, Democratic, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S, Supreme, Idaho, Labor, District, Thomson Locations: Oklahoma City , U.S, San Francisco, Idaho, U.S, New York

☆ Trump, fraud, and minding the GAAP: A guide to the accounting rules at the heart of his NY trial, courtesy of 2 standup comics who happen to be CPAs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Trump's $250M fraud trial hinges on whether he followed generally accepted accounting principles. AdvertisementAdvertisementTrying to follow the Trump Organization civil fraud trial but don't understand all the quacking about "GAAP, GAAP, GAAP" — those wonky, "generally accepted accounting principles" at the heart of the trial? Donald Trump leaves his civil fraud trial in New York on its third day of testimony. "I know Trump would like to see them 'wiggle, wiggle, wiggle' for sure," she added. AdvertisementAdvertisementTrump's civil fraud trial begins its second week on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director. A Georgia Republican called for impeaching the Fulton County prosecutor who brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump. None of the targets met the bar traditionally set for impeachment — credible allegations of committing a crime while in office. Over the past two years, Republicans also have sought to pry Democrats and nonpartisan executives from office through recalls, legislative maneuvers and forced removals, even when no allegations of wrongdoing have surfaced. They’re upset with her over a legal settlement as voting began in 2020 that eased some rules for mailed ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic beyond what state law permitted.

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☆ Former Trump Org exec testified he accounted for multi-million dollar mansions not yet built when valuing a company at the request of Eric Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He said Eric Trump directed him to account for unbuilt mansions to inflate the value of a property. McConney detailed other methods he used to make Trump properties appear more valuable. AdvertisementAdvertisementA former Trump Organization controller testified that Eric Trump asked him to take into account homes not yet built by the company in order to inflate Trump's property values. McConney said he did this after a phone conversation with Eric Trump, who now serves as Executive Vice President for the Trump Organization. Attorneys for Donald Trump and Eric Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.

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Alabama will have a new congressional map that gives Black voters more power and almost certainly, a pickup for Democrats, a federal court ruled Thursday. After a long legal battle that had the GOP-controlled state legislature repeatedly offering maps critics said diluted the Black vote and benefited Republicans, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama directed the state to adopt a map that will include a second Black opportunity district. After a September trial, Georgians are awaiting a ruling by a federal judge over whether that state's congressional district lines violate the Voting Rights Act, which has been invoked to thwart maps that dilute the Black vote. The Supreme Court is set to hear a voting rights challenge to congressional lines in South Carolina. In Florida, people are challenging district lines on state constitutional grounds, arguing that Florida Gov.

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☆ Trump returns to court for $250 million fraud trial after judge imposes gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in the courtroom with his lawyers for his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October 03, 2023 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump returned to New York court for the third day of his $250 million business fraud trial, a day after being slapped with a limited gag order for making comments about the judge's law clerk. Trump also called James, who is Black, a "political animal." On Tuesday, Trump on his Truth Social site had posted disparaging comments about Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron's principal law clerk. Engoron at the end of the day angrily called the attack on his staff unacceptable.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Letitia James, James, Arthur Engoron's, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Engoron Organizations: U.S, New York, Court, New, Manhattan Locations: New York City, New York

Judge Arthur Engoron is seen in the courtroom before the start of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in New York, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial pounded his fists in frustration with the former U.S. president’s lawyers on Wednesday for what he described as redundant and "ridiculous" cross-examination of a witness. He has already disciplined Trump’s lawyers for making what he said were "frivolous" arguments. "This is ridiculous," Engoron said on Wednesday as one of Trump’s lawyers repeatedly asked his onetime accountant the same questions for each year at issue in the case. Trump’s lawyers appealed the decision on Wednesday.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump’s, Mary Altaffer, Donald, Trump, Engoron, Letitia James, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Joe Biden's, Jack Queen, Grant McCool Organizations: Supreme, REUTERS Acquire, New, Trump, Democrat, Trump Organization, White, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan

In her suit, Ormond says she was a star on the rise when she met Weinstein in 1994. She accuses CAA, Disney and Miramax, saying that they knew Weinstein presented a danger to women but did nothing to stop him or to help her. Political Cartoons View All 1199 ImagesThe lawsuit marks the first time Ormond has publicly accused Weinstein of sexual assault. The Associated Press generally doesn't name the alleged victims of sexual assault, but is in this case because Ormond has spoken publicly about it, including in an interview with Variety. Weinstein, 71, was convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York in 2020 and is in prison in the state.

Persons: — Julia Ormond, Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Harvey Weinstein, Ormond, Weinstein, Imran Ansari, Julia Ormond, “ Sabrina ”, ”, Sean Connery, Richard Gere, ___ Dalton Organizations: Walt Disney Co, Miramax, Creative Artists Agency, CAA, Disney, Associated Press, Variety, Pitt, Ford Locations: Manhattan, British, New York, Los Angeles

Justice Arthur Engoron speaks during the trial of former President Donald Trump for Trump's civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday. Shannon Stapleton/Pool/Getty ImagesJudge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the New York attorney general’s civil case against Donald Trump, said Tuesday that the trial itself is not the venue for Trump’s attorneys to contest what he’s already ruled on. Leaving court Monday, Trump incorrectly claimed that the judge had agreed that 80% of the attorney general’s case was thrown out because of the statute of limitations. It’s one of several allegations contained in the attorney general’s civil case against Trump, but it could lead to stiff penalties for his business. The attorney general’s office is seeking to bar Trump from doing business in New York.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, general’s, he’s, Engoron, ”, Kevin Wallace, Mr, Wallace, Trump, ” Engoron Organizations: New York, New, Trump Locations: New York

☆ Donald Trump’s Fraud Trial in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former US President Donald Trump during a trial at New York State Supreme Court, New York, Oct. 2. Photo: Seth Wenig/Bloomberg NewsNew York’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump and his business empire started Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, and the great shame is that he and state Attorney General Letitia James can’t both lose. In comments at the courthouse, Mr. Trump called it a “witch hunt,” and he has a point. Yet the investigation also seems to have caught some typical Trumpian deception.

Persons: Donald Trump, Seth Wenig, Letitia James can’t, Trump Organizations: New York, Court, Bloomberg, New Locations: Court , New York, Manhattan

The announcement by the Colorado Supreme Court is the latest development in the yearslong legal saga involving Jack Phillips and LGBTQ+ rights. Political Cartoons View All 1196 ImagesEarlier this year, the Colorado Court of Appeals sided with Scardina in the case, ruling that the cake was not a form of speech. “We are grateful that the Colorado Supreme Court will hear Jack Phillips’ case to hopefully uphold every Coloradan’s freedom to express what they believe,” said Jake Warner, Phillips' Alliance Defending Freedom attorney. Phillips maintains that the cakes he creates are a form of speech and asked the state Supreme Court to consider his appeal in April. Scardina, an attorney, attempted to order her cake on the same day in 2017 that the Supreme Court announced it would hear Phillips’ appeal in the wedding cake case.

Persons: Jack Phillips, Phillips, Autumn, Scardina, didn’t, Jack Phillips ’, ”, Jake Warner, “ Jack, Lorie Smith Organizations: DENVER, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, U.S, Scardina, Alliance Defending, Creative, Alliance Defending Freedom, Colorado, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Denver, Colorado, Scardina

☆ Parents of Michigan teen school shooter to face trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

David Guralnick/Pool via... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreOct 3 (Reuters) - The parents of a teenage school shooter who killed four students and wounded six other people in 2021 at his Detroit-area high school will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court, in Lansing, Michigan, ruled that it would not hear the appeal of the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the Oxford High School shooting. His parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, are seeking to avoid trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter each. An Oakland County Circuit Court and a panel of three Michigan Court of Appeals judges have already ruled against the Crumbleys. The Crumbleys each face charges connected to the deaths of Oxford High students Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17.

Persons: Ethan Crumbley, David Guralnick, James Crumbley, Shannon Smith, Mariell Lehman, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St, Juliana, Justin Shilling, Rich McKay, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Oxford, Oakland, Michigan Supreme, Oxford High School, Prosecutors, Circuit Court, Detroit News, Oxford High, Thomson Locations: Oakland County, Pontiac , U.S, Detroit, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, Atlanta

☆ Attacked by Trump, New York judge to weigh ex-president's fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

James sued in September 2022, saying Trump, his adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric, the Trump Organization and others had orchestrated a "staggering fraud." Last year, Engoron held Trump in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena, and eventually imposed $110,000 in fines. And in a Sept. 22 hearing, Engoron pounded his fist on the bench while admonishing the defense about the importance of not making false statements in business. He spent more than a decade in private practice and 12 years clerking for a state judge, before becoming a civil court judge in 2003. At the Sept. 22 hearing, for example, he told the courtroom he tried to appear neutral as both sides made their arguments.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Letitia James, Donald Trump, Trump, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Engoron, Christopher Kise, John Low, Chico Marx, Marx, Beer, Jonathan Stempel, Karen Freifeld, Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis 私 Organizations: New York, Republican, White, Trump Organization, Trump, Marx Brothers, Columbia University, New, Voters, American Civil Liberties Union Locations: New, New York, U.S, Manhattan, Lago, Saudi Arabia

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