Author: Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner

Hunter Biden‘s indictment on felony gun charges should be “barred” by a previous agreement made with federal prosecutors, his attorney argued Thursday. Attorney Abbe Lowell responded to the three-count indictment related to President Joe Biden‘s son purchasing a revolver while he was addicted to cocaine in 2018, accusing U.S. Attorney David Weiss of “bending to…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito paused an order restricting the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies after lower courts ruled officials engaged in censorship practices. Alito’s temporary hold on a federal judge’s July 4 ruling comes after the Justice Department asked the high court to stay the decision, arguing it infringes on the First…

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to pause an appeals court ruling that found key officials “coerced” Big Tech companies to conduct online censorship. The Justice Department asked the high court to stay the injunction by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which upheld part of a July 4…

The Fulton County, Georgia judge presiding over former President Donald Trump‘s 2020 election subversion case rebuffed prosecutors on Thursday on their bid to try all 19 defendants together. “The Court joins the skepticism expressed by several federal courts that denying severance always ensures efficiency, especially in ‘mega trials’ such as this,” Fulton County Judge Scott…

Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit against a former Trump administration aide in California federal court Wednesday, alleging he illegally posted contents of his infamous “laptop from hell.” The lawsuit accuses Garrett Ziegler, his company, and 10 unnamed defendants of improperly “accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging computer data that they do not own”…

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the New Mexico governor’s executive order barring concealed and open carry of firearms in the state’s most populous county. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham spurred bipartisan backlash last week when she announced her executive order barring open and concealed carry of guns in public in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) raised his concerns about Supreme Court ethics to Chief Justice John Roberts‘s face during a closed-door conference on Tuesday. Durbin was invited to the biannual meeting for the 26-member Judicial Conference, the policymaking body for the federal judiciary, and sat next to Roberts, sources told several outlets on…

Prosecutors charging former President Donald Trump and 18 others over an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia are calling for defendants to be tried in a joint trial, citing a need for fairness and efficiency. The request comes as Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee could decide as soon as this week…

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday rejected a gun shop-owning couple seeking to block New York’s background check law for ammunition purchases one day before it goes into effect. In a paperless order, Sotomayor rejected an application for a stay of several measures under the Empire State’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which was signed…

Former President Donald Trump‘s federal criminal trials won’t be televised under new rules released Tuesday regarding remote access to federal courtrooms. The Judicial Conference, the policymaking body behind U.S. federal courts, effectively rejected calls by nearly 40 House Democrats on Tuesday after they asked it to consider allowing live broadcasts of Trump’s two upcoming federal…