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Trump Abruptly Delays Jay Clayton's DNI Hearing In Bid to Secure US Attorney Position

President Donald Trump abruptly postponed the confirmation hearing for his nominee for Director of National Intelligence, in the hopes of securing the position of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for his pick.

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Trump keeps Bill Pulte in acting intelligence role while attacking ‘Dumocrats’ on Truth Social over FISA and Save America Act

The move also hinges on the approval of James McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a position of significant influence

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Ex-DOJ Prosecutor Charged With Stealing Jack Smith Report On Trump Case

Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, who worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, has been charged with theft of government property and concealment of government records.

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Trump’s threats turn real as U.S. strikes Venezuela and capital erupts in explosions

AG Pam Bondi has announced that the Venezuelan president will be arraigned in the Southern District of New York.

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US Attorney Jay Clayton approved by judges to remain as top prosecutor in New York

The judges of the Southern District of New York have approved Jay Clayton to remain as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan

The Independent UK

Hate Crimes Charges for Attacks on Pro-Israel Protesters

From a Justice Department press release last week: An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York… The post Hate Crimes Charges for Attacks on Pro-Israel Protesters appeared first on Reason.com.

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Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?

Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office’s corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

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Charges Against Sean 'Diddy' Combs To Be Revealed Following Arrest

Details of the charges against superstar rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs are expected to be revealed Tuesday, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said following the music mogul's arrest in Manhattan.

International Business Times

A multitude of publishers slam Microsoft and OpenAI with a copyright infringement suit, but Sam Altman already admitted tools like ChatGPT couldn't exist without copyrighted content

Eight US-based news publishers recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the companies over copyright infringement issues.

Windows Central

Expert blasts SDNY for Trump trial delay

Federal prosecutors may have wanted "to undermine what looks like a successful prosecution of Trump," expert says

Salon

New York Jury Convicts 2 Promoters Of 'Large-Scale Cryptocurrency Ponzi' IcomTech

Two promoters of defunct crypto mining and trading company IcomTech were found guilty of fraud last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said.

International Business Times

Feds investigate Browns owner Jimmy Haslam after Berkshire Hathaway accused him of bribery

Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York investigate Jimmy Haslam over Berkshire Hathaway's bribery accusations.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Is Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand

A former FTX developer, a French commodities trader, and Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, all came to court.

Fortune

Senate confirms Mississippi US Attorney, putting him in charge of welfare scandal prosecution

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s day in court is nearly here. Who are the key players in the blockbuster trial of the former CEO of FTX?

From Bankman-Fried to his parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, meet the cast of the crypto news event of the decade.

Autosport

ROKiT set to refile Williams F1 legal case in California after Florida dismissal

The case was dismissed after the judge ruled that ROKiT’s lawyer was not allowed to practice in the US District court of the Southern District of Florida, where it was filed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gun rights group files lawsuit against newly signed law aimed at ‘unsafe marketing practices’ by firearms makers and sellers

The National Shooting Sports Foundation filed the lawsuit Monday in the Southern District of Illinois, citing both the First and Second amendments to the U.S. constitution.

The Independent UK

Trump pleads not guilty to new charges in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Mr Trump pleaded not guilty to more charges against him in the Southern District of Florida less than a day after he appeared in a Washington DC courtroom to plead not guilty to another four-count indictment

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The Conversation

Trump's trial will soon be underway in Florida – here's why prosecutors had little choice in selecting any other courthouse location

Special Counsel Jack Smith may have wished he could indict and try former president Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where Trump is disliked, rather than in southern Florida, where Trump is popular.

Roll Call

Senate confirms voting rights lawyer as New York federal judge - Roll Call

The Senate confirmed Wednesday voting rights lawyer Dale Ho to be a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Axios

Special counsel on Trump indictment: "We have one set of laws in this country"

"This indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the Southern District of Florida."

Reason

A Judge Who Understands Firearms

Judge Stephen McGlynn of the Southern District of Illinois asks probing questions about the state’s new rifle ban.

Salon

Ex-DA: Trump DOJ told us to "stand down"

Legal expert says it was an "odd request" because DOJ "did not indict Trump or anyone else after that point"

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS hears the first arguments of its March sitting

Welcome to the March 20 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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