WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Donald Trump faces criminal cases in Georgia and Washington stemming from his attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, many of his allies have also faced legal repercussions for participating in that effort. Here is a summary of the criminal charges, lawsuits and other legal woes that …
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By Joseph Ax and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Three Tacoma, Washington, policemen were acquitted of homicide charges on Thursday in the 2020 killing of Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose dying pleas for breath during a struggle with officers bore grim parallels to the murder of George Floyd weeks later. Officers Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins …
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(Note graphic language in paragraph 7) By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A former assistant to the actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday alleging that he sexually battered her in 2010 and that she was fired from her job just hours later. In the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles court, the …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Thursday detailed its plan for granting access to new data about shell company ownership to certain government agencies, law enforcement and financial firms. FinCEN in 2024 will begin requiring certain companies to report beneficial ownership data, part of an effort by lawmakers and …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned consumers not to use counterfeit versions of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic that have been found in the country’s drug supply chain. The health regulator said it will continue to investigate counterfeit Ozempic 1 milligram injections and has seized thousands of units, but flagged that …
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By Valerie Volcovici and David Stanway WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and China have delivered big wins in climate diplomacy through the unique relationship of their chief climate envoys, but the two countries are bracing for change as the Chinese envoy retires and the U.S. readies for an election. In an interview with Reuters, U.S. …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The company that owns and operates adult entertainment websites including Pornhub.com will pay $1.8 million to the U.S. government to resolve a probe into its ties to an alleged sex trafficking operation, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Under a deferred prosecution agreement, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn charged …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington does not see any change in China’s tone on Taiwan, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNBC on Thursday when asked about media reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China. THE TAKE NBC News and other media outlets reported …
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By Luc Cohen and Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, just days after he was ordered to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud following Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss. Guiliani, who was known as “America’s mayor” for his leadership of …
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By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a lawsuit accusing the rock band Nirvana of publishing child pornography by using a photograph of a naked four-month-old baby on the cover of its hit 1991 album “Nevermind.” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s decision that Spencer Elden, …
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