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Paramount Skydance’s hiring of Makan Delrahim was the easy part. Now the media giant’s CEO David Ellison is hoping his new super lawyer can entice David Zaslav to sell most if not all of Warner Bros. Discovery.  The Post has learned that since taking the job last week, Delrahim — who was the Justice Department’s antitrust chief during the first …

Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones is facing widespread criticism for text messages he sent in 2022 suggesting a colleague should be shot. In a private exchange between Jones and Republican Virginia Delegate Carrie Coyner, Jones griped about how the then Republican speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert was paying tribute to a former moderate Democratic …

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general has apologized for widely condemned text messages from 2022 that revealed him suggesting that a prominent Republican get “two bullets to the head.” The texts put the Democratic challenger, Jay Jones, on the defensive in what has been a hard-hitting campaign. Early voting is well underway in Virginia ahead of …

Jay Jones’s 2022 text messages roil race for Virginia attorney general  The Washington Post Dem AG Nominee Jay Jones Fantasized About Shooting Former Virginia GOP Speaker: ‘He Receives Both Bullets’  National Review Va. attorney general nominee apologizes for violent text messages about former GOP House Speaker  WTOP Virginia AG candidate once referenced putting ‘two bullets to the head’ of GOP leader, texts show  Fox …

Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general faced bipartisan backlash Friday night after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he suggested the top Republican in the state House of Delegates “gets two bullets to the head.” The messages by Jay Jones, who did not hold elected office at the time, were directed at then-speaker of the House Todd Gilbert. “Three …

More than three months after Justin Baldoni‘s $400 million defamation suit against Blake Lively, the New York Times, Ryan Reynolds and others was tossed out, the Gray Lady wants the It Ends With Us director to cough up some cash. Around $150,000 in attorney’s fees, damages and more, actually. “The District Court’s opinion makes clear that Wayfarer and its affiliates …

A Trump-backed top federal prosecutor in Nevada has been disqualified from handling criminal cases after a federal judge ruled that she is “not validly serving as Acting U.S. Attorney.” U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell ruled that Sigal Chattah, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, should no longer oversee criminal cases. Campbell ruled that because Chattah was …

Tyrese Gibson has broken his silence about an alleged incident in which neighbors say his dogs attacked and killed another dog. The singer-turned-actor posted a lengthy statement from his attorney to his verified Instagram account, along with a video. “Mr. Tyrese Gibson wishes to extend his deepest condolences to the family who lost their beloved dog in this tragic incident,” …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge disqualified Nevada acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell disqualified Chattah from supervising the criminal prosecutions, siding with defense lawyers who argued that her authority expired in July. …

Judge Disqualifies Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney From Handling Cases  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link