Showing posts with label prosecution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prosecution. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Smartmatic says Trump's 'campaign of retribution' is driving criminal prosecution | PBS News

But when Trump returned to the White House, the Justice Department reversed course and decided to press charges against Smartmatic. Attorneys for the company said the decision was prompted by Trump's demands to prosecute his perceived enemies and his "mantra" that Smartmatic helped rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election won by Joe Biden — allegations that are at the heart of a $2.7 billion lawsuit filed by Smartmatic against the president's allies in the media...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/smartmatic-says-trumps-campaign-of-retribution-is-driving-criminal-prosecution 


 

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Trump says individuals will soon be prosecuted for 2020 election - POLITICO

Though Trump has claimed that there was widespread voter fraud, federal judges and election officials have refuted the claim. In 2022, Trump-appointed Attorney General William Barr also said there was no evidence of the alleged massive voter fraud...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-2020-election-prosecutions-00738778 


 

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Trump’s new demands on Justice Department raise alarm among prosecutors - The Washington Post

Trump's message was "shocking to anyone who has worked at the Department of Justice," said Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney in Detroit under President Barack Obama. 

"Trump says they are 'guilty as hell,'" she said, referring to the president's post. "Of what crime? What evidence does he have? Trump doesn't seem to care as long as his enemies are punished."…



Thursday, July 17, 2025

Family of US citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers calls on Trump administration to prosecute killers

"This is not an isolated tragedy. There's a devastating pattern of Americans being killed in Israel, brutalized and murdered with impunity by Israeli forces and settlers." 

Musallet's death is part of a growing wave of violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the territory and injured at least 9,000 since the Hamas attacks on Israel in October 2023…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/sayfollet-musallet-citizen-killed-israeli-settler-west-bank


 

Thursday, March 20, 2025

SEC drops case against crypto firm with ties to Trump, CEO says - ABC News

The move, which was not confirmed by the SEC, prevents Ripple from potentially facing a $125 million fine -- and comes less than two weeks after Garlinghouse was at the White House for President Donald Trump's crypto summit…

https://abcnews.go.com/US/sec-drops-case-crypto-firm-ties-trump-ceo/story


 

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Karl Rove: Donald Trump's claims of DOGE 'fraud' discoveries will backfire

Republican strategist Karl Rove said President Trump's claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has discovered "hundreds of billions" in government "fraud" will backfire when Democrats seek prosecutions of those involved...

Friday, January 31, 2025

Trump backs yet another former GOP lawmaker accused of corruption

The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal prosecution of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican who resigned last year after a conviction on charges that he lied to the FBI. Fortenberry's conviction by a federal jury in Los Angeles in 2022 was subsequently overturned by an appeals court that ruled he should have been tried in Kansas or Washington, D.C…







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