US President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr to serve as US Attorney for Washington, DC, after facing bipartisan criticism over Martin’s lack of prosecutorial experience, inflammatory political stances, and vocal support for January 6 rioters. Instead, Trump announced Martin will take on new roles within the Justice Department…
Two men used a chain saw to deliberately cut down the celebrated Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England in a “moronic mission” a year and a half ago, and the felling was filmed on a cellphone, a prosecutor in northeastern England said on Tuesday. The tree, a beloved landmark that stood by Hadrian’s…
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures. Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of N.E.J.M., described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an…
NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer Dayan Krishnan, who was leading the proceedings for the extradition of 26/11 co-conspirator David Coleman Headley, will be spearheading the NIA‘s prosecution team which will make a watertight case against Tahawwur Rana. Krishnan will be assisted by a team including special prosecutor Narender Mann, an experienced criminal lawyer, who earlier represented…
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee (AP Photo) Kash Patel’s rise to the position of FBI director is nothing short of remarkable. With a Senate confirmation that came down to a nail-biting vote of 51-49, Patel now leads an agency…
An Israeli military prosecutor charged five reservist soldiers on Wednesday with abuse of a Palestinian detainee, saying it took place last year at a military base where thousands of Gazans have been held. The indictment accused soldiers at the Sde Teiman base in southern Israel of breaking the detainee’s ribs, puncturing his left lung and…
WASHINGTON: A senior federal prosecutor in Washington resigned on Tuesday, citing what she called an improper demand by appointees of President Donald Trump’s administration to launch a criminal probe of a government contract awarded under former President Joe Biden. Denise Cheung, who supervised criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, said she had…
NEW DELHI: The extradition of 26/11 attacks accused Tahahwwur Hussain Rana could give more information about the involvement of Pakistan’s security apparatus in the incident, said public prosecutor in Mumbai case advocate Ujjwal Nikam on Saturday.“By extraditing Tahawwur Rana, India will get more information and evidence of the involvement of some of the Pakistani people,…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban government and the country’s chief justice for their “unprecedented” persecution of Afghan women and girls. The prosecutor, Karim Khan, said in a statement that the Taliban’s leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the…
Luigi Mangione has retained former Manhattan prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo to lead his legal defense amid murder charges in New York. Mangione faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Karen Friedman Agnifilo was a high-ranking deputy in the Manhattan district attorney’s office for years before entering private practice. Friedman…