Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #Michigan appeals court refuses to expedite Republican National Committee appeal after its bid to disqualify some overseas voters fizzled. Chances of relief this cycle fade further.
wompwomp
"Judge Kaplan on Wednesday denied Trump's motion for a mistrial following #Trump's conviction for defaming #EJeanCarroll.
Trump's attorney Alina Habba moved for a mistrial after Carroll testified she had deleted some messages she received that contained threats to kill her" #legal https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-defamation-trial/judge-denies-trumps-motion-for-mistrial-107040181?id=106403966
#WompWomp 🇨🇦
“In a victory for nurses, teachers and 1000s of unionized public sector workers, Ontario's top court has upheld ruling that Premier Doug Ford's wage restraint legis is unconstitutional.
..capped wage increases for most public sector workers at 1% annually for 3 years & has been blamed for an exodus of health-care workers during the COVID pandemic” #Canada
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Ilhan Omar wins #Minneapolis primary after AIPAC stays out of race - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/13/ilhan-omar-primary-don-samuels-00173935
via Pagliery!
Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast
Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.
He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.
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“He found that the #Trump-branded buildings collapsed in value by 25 percent compared with similar properties from their peak in 2013. “It’s huge,” he said.”
Why yes, I am rubbing it in.
Via Klasfeld:
Notable passage:
“Defendants all but concede that Mr. #Trump has insufficient liquid assets to satisfy the judgment amount; defendants would need ‘to raise capital’ to do so.”
“Bipartisan ethics regulators in #Wisconsin have recommended felony charges against one of #Trump’s fundraising arms and other Republicans in a scheme that they say was meant to circumvent campaign finance laws to take out a powerful GOP lawmaker who has turned against Trump” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/23/wisconsin-ethics-trump-fundraising-charges/
#SupremeCourt declines to undo sanctions on pro-#Trump 2020 campaign lawyers - #SCOTUS #legal https://apple.news/A13Ge5nVdSHGokro653BsSQ
#SupremeCourt turns away Greene, Massie, Norman appeal over mask rule violations 😷 #SCOTUS #legal https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4478298-supreme-court-turns-away-house-gop-lawmakers-appeal-over-mask-rule-violations/
The judge who hit Donald #Trump with a $355 million verdict in New York state’s civil fraud suit against him said the former president owes $99 million in interest - Bloomberg #legal
ADDED, via Kyle Griffin:
Total engorgement and interest for Trump is $454,156,783.05.
[I sure hope he can come up with that nickel!]
MORE: DAILY interest on his fraud fine = $111,000.
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Lordy, more tapes. #WompWomp
"Kenneth #Chesebro, atty who helped devise #Trump campaign fake electors plot, concealed secret Twitter acct from #Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in election subversion scheme..
Chesebro denied using #Twitter/#X, or having any “alternate IDs” when directly asked by MI investigators last year during his cooperation session, according to recordings" #legal https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/kenneth-chesebro-secret-twitter-account-kfile/index.html
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Jury finds #NRA liable for mismanagement, says Wayne #LaPierre violated duties
The verdict follows a six-week trial in New York. #legal
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#WompWomp 1/…
Feb 23: Trump Docket: Habba Asks to Stay #EJeanCarroll $83.3 Million Judgment or Not Require Bond for Appeal to 2d Circuit
Today:
Via Inner City Press:
#Trump trial update: docketed Sunday, SDNY Judge Kaplan "declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff an opportunity to be heard. Any response by Feb 29, '24. Any reply by March 2." #legal
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Via Lisa Rubin:
Important for folks to understand that the entire judgment (not just the parts #Trump himself’s on the hook for) keeps generating interest each day at 9 percent annually.
NY AG James
@NewYorkStateAG:
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+$114,553.04 = $464,805,336.70
Via Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: 11th Circuit rejects #MarkMeadows' request to reconsider whether his #Georgia election subversion charges can be moved to federal court. A three-judge panel on the circuit and a lower court ruled his case must stay in state court. #legal
Via Kyle Griffin:
#Pennsylvania's highest court has ruled that Republican state lawmakers can no longer enforce a subpoena for election records issued in 2021 that was inspired by Trump's election lies. #legal
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Jeff Clark loses bid to block key #Trump officials from testifying in disciplinary trial
The ruling clears the way for high-level figures, like former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, to testify in Clark’s disbarment proceeding. #legal
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/28/jeff-clark-trump-officials-testify-disciplinary-trial-00143844
#WompWomp 1/... MORE IN NEXT TOOT.
Via Kyle Griffin:
Reuters: DONALD #TRUMP LOSES BID TO DELAY ENFORCEMENT OF $454.2 MLN JUDGMENT IN NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE WHILE HE APPEALS - COURT RECORDS
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“Former #Trump WH aide Peter #Navarro has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a 4 month sentence for defying a subpoena from Jan6 select committee.
Navarro, who is urging a federal appeals court to stay the sentence while he attempts to overturn his conviction, faces the prospect of becoming the first top adviser to Trump to serve jail time for offense related to the effort to subvert election.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/peter-navarro-prison-march-19-00146225
ICYMI—“That was quick! Despite Donald #Trump's attempt to delay the enforcement of the $350+ million civil fraud judgment, Judge Arthur Engoron has denied Trump's request in a short email to his attorney Clifford Robert.” #legal https://www.meidastouch.com/news/judge-engoron-denies-trumps-attempt-to-stay-350-million-judgment
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Via Kyle Griffin:
A federal judge is giving election denier #MikeLindell 30 days to pay a $5 million arbitration award for losing his 'Prove Mike Wrong' 2020 election challenge. #legal
“#California state judge has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue #Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker's alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant.” #legal
https://www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-must-face-class-action-claims-by-6000-workers-race-bias-case-2024-02-29/