All posts tagged "Attacks"

Trump's "go to HELL" post-Christmas wish to special counsel Jack Smith is likely safe free speech as he marches along a thin legal tightrope.

"...these particular statements probably fall within the allowable side of things and, certainly not surprising, we all know Trump's stance on him at this point, but there's always that opportunity that he could cross that line and there could be action taken," said former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky, appearing on CNN's "Out Front."

Touting a Breitbart column penned by a 92-year-old lawyer in Republican Party politics, Trump further attacked the special counsel, claiming he was operating on behalf of President Joe Biden, captioning the post: "Biden’s Flunky, Deranged Jack Smith, should go to HELL." ...

Former President Donald Trump is doing his best to manipulate, intimidate, and scare away witnesses in the leadup to his federal 2020 election charges going to trial, argued former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on Friday.

This comes as a federal appeals court upheld the gag order placed upon Trump by Judge Tanya Chutkan.

"I think this is a court masterfully dealing with the defendant, who is so unique," said Mariotti, speaking on MSNBC. "Here's a defendant who can actually send a message directly to a witness just by, you know 'truthing,' I guess, not tweeting anymore. But if Trump had made these statements directly to witnesses, of course he would run afoul of any gag order. Any court would essentially revoke his bond."...

Donald Trump's recent Thanksgiving attacks on court staff show just how much damage he can do, a former prosecutor said on Friday.

Joyce Vance, the former federal prosecutor who recently said she doesn't anticipate Donald Trump will do well before the panel of Washington, D.C., judges as he appeals the gag order issued in one of his four top cases, said Friday that "the former guy" had intruded upon her holiday plans.

"My idea of a vacation would be a long weekend where Donald Trump didn’t threaten a federal prosecutor, a judge’s law clerk, or democracy itself," Vance wrote on her Substack newsletter. "But we are not there yet. I hope we will be there, or close, by this time next year. But now is not the moment to ignore Donald Trump’s rants and threats."
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New York (AFP) - Americans on Sunday marked the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, with President Joe Biden visiting the Pentagon and New Yorkers honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes destroyed the Twin Towers. Relatives of victims, police officers, firefighters and city leaders gathered at the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, where the names of those who died were read aloud -- as they have been every year since the deadliest single attack on US soil.  They rang bells and held moments of silence at 8:46 am and 9:03 am (1246 and 1303 GMT), the precis......

New York (AFP) - America marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with pleas for unity at solemn ceremonies given added resonance by the messy withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and return to power of the Taliban. At the 9/11 memorial in New York, relatives wiped away tears, their voices breaking as they read out the names of the almost 3,000 people killed in the Al-Qaeda attacks, the deadliest in history. "We love you and we miss you," they said as somber violin music played at the official ceremony, attended by President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton......

Shanksville (United States) (AFP) - President Joe Biden, speaking unexpectedly during a visit to the Pennsylvania site of one of the 9/11 plane crashes, again defended the widely criticized withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying the US could not "invade" every country where Al-Qaeda is present.  "Could Al-Qaeda come back (in Afghanistan)?" he asked in an exchange with reporters outside a Shanksville fire station. "Yeah. But guess what, it’s already back other places. "What’s the strategy? Every place where Al-Qaeda is, we’re going to invade and have troops stay in? C'mon."   Biden said it had alw......