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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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The US Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on Donald Trump's "presidential immunity" defence until an appeals court reviews the case. The refusal from the nation's highest court follows a request from special counsel Jack Smith to make a swift and "definitive" ruling on whether the former president can claim "immunity" from prosecution for crimes allegedly committed while in office. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on the "immunity" defence on 9 January. Follow live updates here. |
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| United States abstains from voting after week of delays on resolution language |
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| 'Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach,' president says |
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| Dale Mooney, 53, died at Gillette Stadium in September during Patriots-Dolphins game |
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| Eighties pop duo landed the top spot on the Christmas charts 39 years after the song's original release |
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It may be "the end of Rudy Giuliani," according to the former New York mayor and Trump attorney's lawyer Joseph Sibley. That's because a federal jury ruled that he owes nearly $150m to Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss after he defamed them, falsely claiming they had been committing voter fraud to aid Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The women described being harassed, receiving death threats, and having to flee their homes due to the conspiracy theories pushed by Mr Giuliani. Before the ruling, Mr Sibley said awarding the women tens of millions would be "the civil equivalence of a death penalty" for Mr Giuliani. But how much is the former New York mayor actually worth? Read the full article here |
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The Supreme Court could upend Trump's campaign and reshape 2024 Read more |
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"I think I killed my mommy" |
- Four months before her mother's murder, Hend Bustami hit headlines for another brush with the law – where she claimed that she was too 'good looking' and 'pretty' to be arrested at a Las Vegas airport. Read more |
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