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Washington (AFP) - A majority of justices on the US Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Monday of efforts to impose restrictions on federal government efforts to curb misinformation online. Both conservative and liberal justices on the nine-member court appeared reluctant to endorse a lower court's ruling that would severely limit government interactions with social media companies. The case stems from a lawsuit brought by the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, who allege that government officials went too far in their bid to get platforms to combat vaccine and election mi...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Monday in a social media case involving free speech rights and government efforts to curb misinformation online. The case stems from a lawsuit brought by the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, who allege that government officials went too far in their efforts to get platforms to combat vaccine and election misinformation. A lower court last year restricted some top officials and agencies of President Joe Biden's administration from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their conten...
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In protest at the killing of a cook by an inmate, prison guards and other staff at several prisons in the Spanish region of Catalonia have stopped work. Some of the inmates have been locked in their cells around the clock since Thursday evening, Catalan Justice Minister Gemma Ubasart announced on Saturday. In addition, visits from relatives have been prevented. Around 1,200 inmates are affected, she said. According to reports from state TV station RTVE and other media, roadblocks were also set up. The Quatre Camins juvenile detention centre in La Roca del Vallès and the Wad Ras women's prison ...
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New York (AFP) - The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs ordered a delay Friday in proceedings that had been scheduled to get underway on March 25. "Trial on this matter is adjourned for 30 days from the date of this letter on consent of the People," Judge Juan Merchan said in a court filing that will push the trial to at least mid-April. The exact date will be determined at a hearing on March 25 which will also address complaints by the defense team about the disclosure of evidence ahead of trial, the ...
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Washington (AFP) - A Georgia judge on Friday rejected a bid to disqualify the top prosecutor who brought charges in the southern state against Donald Trump, clearing an obstacle to a trial of the former president for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the high-profile case, though if she does so the lawyer she hired to be her lead prosecutor, Nathan Wade, must step aside. Wade submitted his resignation just hours after McAfee's ruling. "I am offering my resignation in the interest of d...
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New York (AFP) - US prosecutors have requested that a court sentence disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years imprisonment for massive fraud that cost customers $8 billion, court documents showed Friday. The founder and CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange platform will face sentencing on March 28 after being found guilty in early November of seven counts including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. "A sentence of 40 to 50 years' imprisonment... is necessary to reflect the seriousness of the defendant's crimes," the prosecution's sentencing memorandum said. B...
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By Selim SAHEB ETTABA Washington (AFP) - Le juge au procès de Donald Trump dans l'Etat de Géorgie pour tentatives illégales d'inverser les résultats de l'élection présidentielle américaine de 2020 a rejeté vendredi la demande de dessaisissement de la procureure mais posé des conditions à son maintien. Cette décision lève un obstacle majeur à la tenue du procès de l'ex-président et de ses 14 coprévenus, pour lequel aucune date n'a encore été fixée. Visé par quatre procédures pénales distinctes, le candidat républicain à l'élection de novembre cherche par ses multiples recours à passer en jugeme...
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New York (AFP) - Prosecutors preparing to put Donald Trump on trial in New York for allegedly covering up hush money payments said they would accept a delay of up to 30 days Thursday after both sides received a deluge of case documents, court filings showed. Trump's side had previously sought a delay to the March 25 start of the criminal trial, the first ever of a former US president. Trump, again the Republican candidate for this year's election, is accused of covering up hush money payments related to his successful 2016 bid for the White House. The former president, in court separately in F...
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Washington (AFP) - Peter Navarro, a White House trade advisor to former president Donald Trump, lost his bid on Thursday to stay out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro, 74, was found guilty of two counts of contempt in September for refusing to testify before the congressional panel that investigated the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters. Navarro, a Harvard-educated economist, was sentenced to four months in prison after a two-day trial in Washington before a federal jury. He was ordered to report to a prison in Miami on March 19 ...
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Miami (AFP) - Donald Trump was in a Florida courtroom on Thursday as his lawyers argued for the dismissal of charges against the former president for alleged mishandling of classified documents. District Judge Aileen Cannon is holding a day-long hearing in Fort Pierce, north of Miami, to hear a pair of dismissal motions filed by Trump's attorneys. Trump, 77, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, pleaded not guilty in June to federal charges of unlawfully retaining national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements. He kept the classified files -...
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