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Defendant slapped with serious jail time after telling famed judge to 'kiss my a--'
Judge Cedric Simpson first made headlines in May when a man busted for driving with a suspended license appeared before him in a courtroom Zoom call — while driving a...
Feds ordered to return spear, helmet to 'QAnon Shaman'
Jacob Chansley, 37, of Arizona effectively became the poster boy for the riots after images of him went viral showing off his painted face as he wore what the government...
Judge in Trump’s federal election subversion case rejects defense effort to dismiss the prosecution
The ruling from US District Judge Tanya Chutkan is the first substantive order since the case was returned to her following a Supreme Court opinion last month that conferred broad immunity for former...
Woman claims judge’s son filmed steamy sessions during affair: lawsuit
Daniel McAvoy demanded the victim send him “intimate” images and videos of herself “as a test of obedience and loyalty,” she claimed in a lawsuit.
Giuliani threatened with return to bankruptcy court over unpaid fees: judge
A judge warned he might have to force Rudy Giuliani to come to Manhattan federal court to testify and prove how broke he is.
Judge bars former CEO Wayne LaPierre from working for NRA for 10 years, but declines to appoint monitor for group
A New York judge on Monday banned Wayne LaPierre, the former head of the National Rifle Association, from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade, but he...
Hunter Biden's lawyers: Don't fine us -- we just misused this one word!
The lawyers were forced to explain their flub this week when a California judge called them out over it and threatened to impose sanctions as a result.
Judge threatens sanctions against Hunter Biden's lawyers for 'lying' in court papers
A judge is threatening to sanction Hunter Biden's lawyers for lying in court papers seeking to use Donald Trump's dismissal to get Hunter's tax case tossed.
Trump could use court ruling in Mar-a-Lago case to try to get Jan. 6 charges tossed, too: experts
Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the documents case arguing that special counsel Jack Smith was appointed to prosecute it without Congress’s OK -- the same situation as in...
Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case tossed out, judge says ex-NYC mayor was evasive with assets
A judge tossed out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case Friday, ruling that the former New York City mayor has repeatedly been evasive about his assets.
Dental office worker and alleged dealer nabbed with fentanyl freed by soft-on-crime NYC judge
A Manhattan judge ignored prosecutors’ bail request for a woman who had a half pound of cocaine and fentanyl delivered to the office where she worked, court documents show.
Cheer the Supremes' Grants Pass ruling that lets states clean up homeless encampments
In cities plagued by street living, the negative ripple effects are constant.
Ga. Supreme Court removes judge accused of pushing cop in foul-mouthed scuffle outside club
The high court found that Peterson showed a “flagrant disregard for the law, court rules, and judicial conduct rules” — as well as a “pattern of violations" of judicial rules.
Trump gag order tweaked by judge, allows ex-prez to unleash on witnesses, jury after ‘hush money’ conviction
A judge modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial.
Courts block Biden from canceling any more student loan debt
President Biden’s latest student loan bailout was blocked Monday by federal judges in Kansas and Missouri following a lawsuit from several Republican-led states.
Foul-mouthed Georgia judge arrested after allegedly pushing Atlanta cop outside nightclub
A foul-mouthed Georgia probate judge allegedly pushed an Atlanta cop twice outside a nightclub and then refused to identify herself after she was arrested, according to police and bodycam footage.
Bankruptcy judge warns Rudy Giuliani he has 'reasons to be extremely concerned' in ominous hearing
A federal judge Monday said he has reason to be "extremely concerned" with Rudy Giuliani's alleged lack of compliance in his bankruptcy case.
Tesla renews legal fight to reinstate Elon Musk's $56B pay package after shareholders back deal
Tesla launched a fresh bid to secure legal reinstatement of Elon Musk’s controversial $56 billion pay package on Monday – days after the company’s shareholders voted to ratify the record-setting...
Deranged suspect who stabbed toddler to death outside supermarket was freed from jail just days earlier as judge defends decision
Bionca Ellis, 32, was arrested after she allegedly butchered the toddler, Julian Wood, with a kitchen knife at a Giant Eagle grocery store in North Olmsted on June 3 in...
Judge in Hunter Biden trial once gave stiff sentence in similar gun case
Judge Maryellen Noreika sentenced a defendant -- in a case similar to the first son's -- to double the amount of time prosecutors had asked for.