By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 4, 2020
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said his colleague Emmet Sullivan could find that "the wording of the pardon is too broad, in that it provides protections beyond the date of the pardon."
By Nate Robson | December 1, 2020
The judge sidestepped the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege in clearing the way for federal investigators to read several emails seized during their investigation.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | C. Ryan Barber | November 25, 2020
The pardon followed a pattern for Trump, who broadly has used the clemency power of the presidency to help allies and associates.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | November 16, 2020
Lisa Montgomery's attorneys say they contracted covid while visiting her after her federal execution date was announced.
By Jane Wester | November 6, 2020
His lawyers did not give a reason for their departure, but Bannon made headlines Thursday after posting on social media the suggestion that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should have their "heads on pikes" outside the White House "as a warning to federal bureaucrats."
By Tom McParland | October 23, 2020
The scenario, triggered by Audrey Strauss' appointment as acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney in June, would kick in Jan. 16, at the end of her 210-day temporary term under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
By Tom McParland | October 22, 2020
Some potential candidates are already jockeying behind the scenes for consideration in the event of a Democratic win, ex-prosecutors told the Law Journal. But the slate of potential prospects under a second Trump term was less clear.
By Jane Wester | October 7, 2020
Trump lawyers arguments that the criminal investigation applied only to alleged "hush" payments—the "linchpin" of their bid to set aside the grand jury subpoena—was not supported by facts, a unanimous panel of the appeals court said.
By Tom McParland | September 16, 2020
U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said that the actions of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office had eroded public trust in the criminal justice system by making "countless" belated disclosures to lawyers. While their client's conviction was vacated, Steptoe & Johnson attorneys have pursued evidence they suspected the government had withheld.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | September 14, 2020
Judge Amul Thapar wrote that "despite our binding holding, the district judge refused to follow the law and impose an appropriate sentence."
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