Federal judge rejects Donald #Trump's bid for new #EJeanCarroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment
The judge said Trump delivered "malicious and unceasing attacks" against her. #legal
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Former #NewYork Rep. George #Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York’s 1st District.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/george-santos-ends-independent-bid-new-york-1?cid=ios_app
#Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-retreats-next-generation-gigacasting-manufacturing-process-2024-05-01/
Via Kyle Griffin:
Breaking: An appeal's court has denied #Trump's request to delay the hush money [election interference] trial.
Trump sought a delay because Merchan refused to recuse, because he couldn't invoke an immunity defense and because the judge made his team file motions with a delay to allow for redactions. #legal #TrumpTrial
A seventh Native American tribe in South Dakota has banned Gov. Kristi #Noem (R) from its reservation after she commented earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels.
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in central South Dakota voted Tuesday to ban Noem from its reservation, citing her cartel comments…just two of her state’s nine reservations have not banned Noem from visiting.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4664938-noem-banned-by-seventh-native-american-tribe/
#WompWomp Federal appeals court upholds Steve #Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/politics/steve-bannon-appeal-denied/index.html
Via Kyle Cheney:
BREAKING: Judge MERCHAN has just quashed #Trump's effort to subpoena Mark Pomerantz, former prosecutors in Bragg's office. https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/DM-PomerantzSubpoena.pdf
A video filmed during Donald #Trump's New Jersey rally on Saturday has shown "thousands" of people leaving while the former president was still talking.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-new-jersey-rally-crowd-walks-out-speech-video-1899832
#WompWomp Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f
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Via Aaron Rupar who has the video:
#Trump is getting booed at the Libertarian National Convention
#Trump’s Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/
“Arraignments of #Giuliani & 10 other allies of #Trump were underway on Tues in #Arizona criminal case that charges them with trying to keep Trump in power after he lost pres election.
A total of 50 people — incl Trump — now face charges related to election interference in four states. A number of Trump allies have already pleaded guilty or reached cooperation agreements in cases in Georgia and Michigan.”
#Florida voters resoundingly reject candidates backed by book banners Moms for Liberty and Gov. DeSantis. https://floridapolitics.com/archives/691801-ron-desantis-school-board-picks-sputter-on-election-night/
Elon #Musk has had another legal blow as his lawyers failed to get a defamation suit filed against him thrown out.
Ben Brody, a Jewish college student, sued the billionaire in October after Musk, Tesla's CEO and the owner of the social media platform X, incorrectly identified him as a member of a neo-Nazi group in Oregon who took part in a violent street brawl.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-lawyers-face-defeat-trying-dismiss-defamation-suit-1906229
“The professional responsibility board in Washington, DC, recommended Friday that [#Giuliani] lose his law license because of his involvement in a bogus 2020 election fraud lawsuit.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/politics/rudy-giuliani-election-fraud-disbarment?cid=ios_app
Via Kyle Cheney:
Ken CHESEBRO charged with forgery in Wisconsin. (h/t
@mattsmith_news)
Jim TROUPIS and Mike ROMAN also charged
“Some of #Tesla's institutional shareholders are getting out, convinced that the electric carmaker's days of dizzying growth are in the rear-view mirror.
The company's shares are down nearly 30% this year and have fallen by more than 50% since their 2021 high, wiping out some $600 billion in market value as CEO Elon #Musk has struggled with fierce competition and falling sales. Tesla's first-quarter results missed analyst expectations…”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/these-early-tesla-bulls-are-giving-up-stock-2024-06-04/
“SpaceX and its chief executive, Elon #Musk, have been sued on Wednesday by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women, their lawyers have said.” #legal https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/12/elon-musk-spacex-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke #Trump’s license to carry a gun
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/trump-gun-nypd-revoke?cid=ios_app
”#Trump Media and Technology Group's shares dropped nearly 10% on Tuesday, bringing the stock's total slide to nearly 40% since Trump -- the company's majority shareholder -- was convicted last month.
In addition to falling 9.8% Tuesday to close at $31.31 on high trading volume of 7.52 million shares, Trump Media shares plummeted more than 17% in after-hours trading to close at $27.08”
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/06/18/trump-media-shares-drop/2071718752386/
FINALLY! ! Belated #WompWomp
Judge rules #Bannon must go to prison by July 1 while appealing contempt case
The former #Trump adviser is challenging a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating #Jan6
#legal
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