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LIVE STREAM: Judge Brett Kavanaugh & accuser Christine Blasey Ford testify on sexual assault allegations

 LIVE STREAM: Judge Brett Kavanaugh & accuser Christine Blasey Ford testify on sexual assault allegations
Politics and Crime

On Thursday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and address multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. One of his three accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, will also testify. The psychology professor has alleged that Kavanaugh groped her and attempted to remove her clothes when they were in high school …

Rosenstein to meet Trump Thursday as job hangs in balance
Politics and Crime
September 24, 2018

Rosenstein to meet Trump Thursday as job hangs in balance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet later this week with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the White House said Monday amid indications that Rosenstein was about to lose his job. The meeting will be Thursday, said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. That’s the same day as an extraordinary Senate hearing that …

Kavanaugh sexual assault accuser Christine Blasey Ford says she is getting death threats, asks for FBI probe before Senate testimony
Politics and Crime
September 19, 2018

Kavanaugh sexual assault accuser Christine Blasey Ford says she is getting death threats, asks for FBI probe before Senate testimony

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week, her lawyers said in a letter sent Tuesday to the panel. The lawyers …

Mayor, wife found slaughtered in home
Murder
September 8, 2018

Mayor, wife found slaughtered in home

The mayor of a North Carolina town and his wife were fatally gunned down this week, and two men police believe responsible for the killings are in custody. Multiple news organizations are reporting that the bodies of Gary and Jackie Dawn Skelton were discovered in their home Thursday, according to the New York Post. Gary …

Michael Cohen pleads guilty in hush money scheme
Politics and Crime
August 21, 2018

Michael Cohen pleads guilty in hush money scheme

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election. Under a plea bargain …

John Hinckley Jr.: Reagan shooter could be completely free man following psychiatric evaluation
Politics and Crime
August 20, 2018

John Hinckley Jr.: Reagan shooter could be completely free man following psychiatric evaluation

John Hinckley Jr.—the man who attempted to kill sitting President Ronald Reagan in 1981—will undergo a psychological evaluation which could determine whether he’ll be given unconditional freedom after nearly four decades. Reuters reported that psychologist Mitchell Hugonnet will evaluate Hinckley, 63, at the request of the U.S. District Court. Hugonnet’s findings will influence the court in deciding …

Charges against Stormy Daniels dropped hours after arrest
Politics and Crime
July 12, 2018

Charges against Stormy Daniels dropped hours after arrest

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Charges were dropped Thursday against porn actress Stormy Daniels, just hours after she was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club and charged with letting patrons touch her in violation of a state law. Her attorney said she was set up in a Columbus police sting operation, something police deny. …

Stanford rape case judge who gave perp slap on the wrist is kicked off bench
Politics and Crime
June 6, 2018

Stanford rape case judge who gave perp slap on the wrist is kicked off bench

Judge who sentenced swimmer recalled amid #MeToo movement By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The beginning of the end for the first California judge recalled since 1932 began almost exactly two years ago, when Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault to six months in …

Judge suspended for courthouse affair with social worker
Politics and Crime
May 24, 2018

Judge suspended for courthouse affair with social worker

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge who engaged in sexual acts with a social worker in his courthouse chambers will be suspended indefinitely, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday, setting in motion the judge’s possible removal from the bench. The Supreme Judicial Court said Judge Thomas Estes’ “grave, willful and …