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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against former President Donald Trump’s adviser Peter Navarro on charges of contempt of Congress after calling three witnesses, urging jurors to convict him for spurning a committee that subpoenaed him in its probe into the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack. The prosecution delivered …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday found Donald Trump liable for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll by denying in 2019 that he had raped her, and said jurors will decide only how much the former U.S. president should pay in damages. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan …

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(Reuters) – A Washington-based ethics watchdog filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to try to block Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot in Colorado next year if he wins the Republican presidential nomination, arguing that his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, disqualify him from office. The nonpartisan group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Donald Trump. Meadows and lawyers John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark all waived formal arraignment, which had been scheduled for Wednesday in Fulton County Superior …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Dominic Pezzola, a member of the far-right Proud Boys, to 10 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, after a jury convicted him of several felonies including assaulting police. (Reporting by Makini Brice; editing by Susan Heavey)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Friday said House Republicans would be to blame if lawmakers are unable to reach a deal to keep the government funded past Sept. 30, triggering the fourth partial shutdown of federal agencies in a decade. KEY QUOTE “We cannot afford the brinkmanship or hostage-taking we …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers who were the target of vote-rigging conspiracy accusations following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued the order as a sanction against Giuliani for …

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