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Britain and Greece on Tuesday disputed claims about why a prime ministerial meeting was cancelled, in a diplomatic row against a backdrop of ownership claims to ancient sculptures...
2023-11-29 01:48

Prosecutors ask judge to restrict Trump’s ‘inflammatory’ attacks surrounding election subversion case
Federal prosecutors are asking the judge overseeing a case targeting Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election to help stop his wave of “inflammatory” attacks. Following a grand jury’s indictment in the case, the former president has “repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements” attacking Washington DC residents as well as members of the court, prosecutors and prospective witnesses, according to a filing in US District Court on 15 September. His statements threaten “to undermine the integrity of these proceedings and prejudice the jury pool,” prosecutors warned. Prosecutors with US Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith have asked US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to take “immediate” steps to ensure a fair trial and an impartial jury, including drafting a “narrowly tailored order” that restricts “certain prejudicial extrajudicial statements” from Mr Trump. An unsparing assessment of Mr Trump’s remarks charts the former president’s ongoing and baseless narrative casting doubt on the integrity and veracity of US elections, his remarks targeting his perceived political opponents, including family members of the judges and prosecutors overseeing the criminal cases against him, and how his bullhorn dog-whistle statements are heard among his supporters who elevate those threats. “The defendant has an established practice of issuing inflammatory public statements targeted at individuals or institutions that present an obstacle or challenge to him,” including bogus statements surrounding US elections that have “engendered widespread mistrust in the administration of the election, and the individuals whom he targeted were subject to threats and harassment,” according to prosecutors. Mr Trump knows that “when he publicly attacks individuals and institutions, he inspires others to perpetrate threats and harassment against his targets,” according to the filing, and that he continues those attacks “precisely because he knows that in doing so, he is able to roil the public and marshal and prompt his supporters.” The filing includes several posts from Mr Trump’s Truth Social account, which the former president has used as a bully pulpit to his supporters to direct the narratives surrounding the criminal cases against him while casting himself as a victim of political prosecution. Mr Trump has “posted publicly about individuals whom he has reason to believe will be witnesses in this trial,” and his “relentless public posts marshaling anger and mistrust in the justice system, the Court, and prosecutors have already influenced the public,” according to prosecutors. The special counsel’s office has also faced “multiple threats,” according to the filing. In a separate filing on Friday, prosecutors have warned a judge that people connected to the case have faced “threats and harassment” fuelled by the former president’s “inflammatory public statements.” Judge Chutkan has allowed prosecutors to seal those names, according to the nine-page order on 15 September. Prosecutors asked to court to withhold the names and other identifying information of “certain individuals” targeted by Mr Trump with “inflammatory” statements, as well as excerpts from witness interview transcripts that describe the alleged threats and harassment they received, according to the filing. “The government seeks to establish that Defendant has publicly criticized his perceived adversaries and is aware that this criticism has led to their harassment,” the judge wrote. This is a developing story Read More Trump’s Twitter DMs handed over as special counsel asks for narrow gag order in Jan 6 case – latest
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US Army no longer has Senate-confirmed leader, joining Marines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army on Friday became the second branch of the U.S. military to no longer have a
2023-08-05 00:19

All 3 candidates approved for Indonesia's presidential election in February
Indonesia’s Election Commission has approved all three presidential candidates for next February’s election, including a former special forces general whose running mate is the son of the outgoing president
2023-11-14 11:23

British novelist Martin Amis has died, according to his agent. Amis was 73.
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2023-05-21 04:19

Republican 2024 hopefuls converge on DC under the shadow of Trump
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2023-06-23 17:19

Factbox-Silvio Berlusconi death: who will take over former Italian PM’s business empire?
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2023-06-12 17:55

Who is the highest-paid actor in Hollywood? Barry Diller wants A-list actors to take 25% pay cut as 'good faith' gesture
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2023-07-17 16:55

Sister Wives' Janelle Brown takes a sly jab at Meri Brown as she avoids staying at co-star's BNB
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2023-09-17 09:59

Is Tori Spelling's RV life a 'stunt'? 'Beverly Hills, 90210' alum shares pictures from her getaway with children
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2023-08-12 12:57

Florida laws targeting LGBT community stoke Pride energy, organizers say
By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta Organizers of some LGBT Pride events in Florida are limiting access by
2023-05-25 21:54

Yellen says June 1 is 'hard deadline' for raising debt ceiling
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said June 1 remains a "hard deadline" for raising the
2023-05-21 21:54
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