Russia
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Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is facing the possibility of spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars for bank and tax fraud, and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office said Friday it didn’t see “any mitigating factors” that the Virginia federal court should consider when handing down a final sentence… Read this piece in its
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Roger Stone told a D.C. federal judge on Friday that his First Amendment rights would be violated if the judge imposes a gag order in the case alleging the conservative political operative acted as a middle man between Donald Trump’s election team and WikiLeaks… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Russia-linked website shared manipulated and leaked discovery materials turned over to a defendant in a case stemming from Robert Mueller’s probe into interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Special Counsel’s Office said in a Wednesday filing in D.C. federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump campaign and WikiLeaks asked a New York federal court to toss the Democratic National Committee’s suit over a pre-election email hack, saying Friday that the suit runs counter to the First Amendment and doesn’t sufficiently allege they violated privacy and intellectual property laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings According to a recent article by Tico Times journalist Larry Luxner, “Opponents of Nicaragua’s dubious plans to build a $50 billion interoceanic canal are trying to rally U.S. help in fighting the controversial project. But it’s not clear if official Washington is listening.” While the U.S. government has expressed some concern over a lack of publicly available information
Mike LaSusa 