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Luigi Mangione scored a major legal victory on Tuesday with a judge dismissing the two top state charges against him: first-degree murder and second-degree murder, both of which prosecutors had argued were terrorism crimes. Mangione still faces an additional second-degree murder charge, as well as a federal murder charge, in the killing of United HealthCare executive Brian Thompson last December. …

A judge in New York state has dismissed two terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. However, Judge Gregory Carro during a hearing on Tuesday morning ruled a charge of second-degree murder against Mangione could stand. He said prosecutors had failed to establish that there was enough evidence to justify the terrorism-related murder charges …

(Reuters) – Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm dismissed concerns that Elon Musk‘s political activity had depressed sales at the electric-vehicle maker and said the billionaire was “front and center” at the company after several months at the White House. “What he does from a political perspective in terms of his political motivations is up to him,” Denholm said in an …

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A judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 Republicans who attempted to pose as members of the electoral college in order to swing the 2020 presidential election to Donald Trump. The group believed Trump’s false assertions that there was widespread voter fraud and attempted to install themselves in place of their Democratic Party opponents. According to prosecutors, they met in …

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certifying President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state, a major blow to prosecutors as similar cases in four other states have been muddied with setbacks. District Court Judge Kristen D. …

A federal judge has dismissed Newsmax’s high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Fox News, but the case is far from over. Judge Aileen Cannon, of the Southern District of Florida, threw out the complaint this week, ruling that Newsmax’s filing amounted to a “shotgun pleading.” The term refers to a legal complaint that improperly incorporates all previous allegations into each count, making …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A federal judge on Friday dismissed pro-Trump channel Newsmax’s lawsuit against Fox News just two days after it was filed, calling it a “shotgun” complaint. Newsmax’s lawsuit is a “shotgun pleading,” US District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled, using a term for disorganized complaints that fail to meet certain pleading standards. The lawsuit repeats its allegations in …

Facebook Tweet Email Link As she launched her media tour to promote a new memoir on Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the notion that the country could be on the brink of a constitutional crisis. “I think the Constitution is alive and well,” Barrett told journalist Bari Weiss, as they engaged in a conversation before a …

A federal judge excoriated the Justice Department over its handling of criminal cases during the Trump administration’s ongoing federal takeover of Washington, D.C., saying at a hearing Thursday that the department has brought “embarrassment and shame” on the government during its “rush” to charge individuals. U.S. District Judge Zia Faruqui apologized to Edward Dana, a man who was charged for …