Tag: Law

Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former New York congressman, will report to prison Monday. Weiner, husband to longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Anthony Weiner to report to prison by Monday

Caitlin Yilek · November 4, 2017 2:44 am

Manafort and Gates both pleaded not guilty on Monday to the 12 charges. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge proposes May 7 trial date for Paul Manafort, Rick Gates

Kelly Cohen · November 3, 2017 6:42 pm

The Benghazi attack began at a State Department consulate, before a second onslaught at a CIA annex nearby. The assault led to the deaths of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, foreign service officer Sean Smith, and CIA contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

National Security

Terrorist suspect in Benghazi attack to appear in court Friday

Joel Gehrke · November 3, 2017 6:26 pm

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility as the judge deliberates during a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The judge ruled that Bergdahl to get dishonorable discharge, lose rank, forfeit pay in addition to getting no prison time. Bergdahl, walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

National Security

Bowe Bergdahl to get dishonorable discharge, lose rank, forfeit pay in addition to getting no prison time

Associated Press · November 3, 2017 3:48 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller's legal team predicted it would require 15 days in court to lay out the case against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, both of whom are facing charges ranging from conspiracy to money laundering to tax evasion based on their work for a pro-Russia leader in Ukraine.

National Security

Robert Mueller lays out timeline for trial of Paul Manafort, Rick Gates

Sarah Bedford · November 3, 2017 3:40 pm

The Justice Department wants there to be a precedent for all lower courts to follow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to hear illegal immigrant abortion case

Kelly Cohen · November 3, 2017 2:04 pm

The judge also put a gag order on Manafort's attorney's involved in the case. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Paul Manafort’s attorneys say he is not a flight risk, but judge resists lifting house arrest right away

Diana Stancy Correll · November 2, 2017 9:32 pm

Traffic passes a Planned Parenthood sign in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beltway Confidential

Texas wanted to protect living fetuses from being dismembered — of course, an abortion provider sued

Margot Cleveland · November 2, 2017 8:00 pm

Before the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Bibas' nomination last week, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin spoke against him as "outside the mainstream of American legal thinking" because of Bibas' legal writings on enhanced interrogation techniques. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Senate votes to confirm Stephanos Bibas to 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

Ryan Lovelace · November 2, 2017 6:17 pm

Senate votes to confirm Allison Eid to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

Ryan Lovelace · November 2, 2017 4:29 pm

After being appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court, Joan Larsen landed on Trump's short list for potential Supreme Court nominations, before Neil Gorsuch filled it. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Sorry not sorry: Two female judges that Democrats hated just got confirmed

Nicole Russell · November 2, 2017 3:19 pm

Sam Clovis, Trump's controversial choice to become the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, had already faced opposition in the Senate due to incendiary comments he had made in the past. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump agriculture nominee Sam Clovis withdraws amid ties to Russia probe

Sarah Bedford · November 2, 2017 3:18 pm