“Anyone surprised by this, at this point, can only be a willful denier of what Black people have said—and continue to say—about the broken culture of policing in America.” Six former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies from a self-described “Goon Squad” pleaded guilty Thursday to subjecting two Black men to racialized torture and shooting one of the […]
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that the federal judge randomly picked to oversee the trial accusing him of conspiring to overturn his 2020 reelection defeat wouldn’t be fair to him and should be replaced. He also said that the case should be moved out of Washington, where residents overwhelmingly voted against him, […]
The request came after Trump posted on Truth Social, “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” The Department of Justice asked the Washington judge presiding over the latest criminal case against former President Donald Trump to issue a protective order for evidence Friday after Trump made an apparently threatening post on social media. […]
“Given the historic nature of the charges brought forth in these cases, it is hard to imagine a more powerful circumstance for televised proceedings.” Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged the policy-setting body of the federal judiciary to authorize live broadcasts of former President Donald Trump’s upcoming court proceedings as he faces charges stemming […]