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Shooting of man standing at door not covered under ‘Make My Day’ immunity, Colorado Supreme Court rules
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Shooting of man standing at door not covered under ‘Make My Day’ immunity, Colorado Supreme Court rules

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics A defendant cannot avail himself of the immunity Colorado law affords those who use lethal force against home intruders, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday, because his victim was not inside any "dwelling" when he fired the shots. Joseph M. Howell stands accused of attempted murder and other charges. In February 2023, a man allegedly came to the ground-floor apartment in Denver where Howell lived with his mother. The man was reportedly acting "wild" and "threatening." At one point, the man stepped onto the concrete pad separating apartment complex's yard from Howell's door. From the apartment, Howell shot the man in the face through a barred, closed security door. In response to the criminal charges, Howell invoked Colorado's "Make My Day...
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Judge blocks Biden’s transgender student protections in 6 more states
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Judge blocks Biden’s transgender student protections in 6 more states

By BROOKE MIGDON  | The Hill A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ students.  The decision by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves halts enforcement of changes to Title IX — the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding — that were finalized in April by the Education Department in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The new rule, which covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time, had been set to take effect later this summer.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
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Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts by Delaware jury in gun trial
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Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts by Delaware jury in gun trial

By JEFF MORDOCK | The Washington Times A federal jury convicted Hunter Biden Tuesday of three felony counts stemming from the purchase of a gun in October 2018 while in the throes of a crack addiction, making him the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. The panel of six men and six women, all Delaware residents, deliberated for three hours over two days before rendering the guilty verdict which could have political implications for President Biden. Republicans have sought to tie his son’s legal problems to him in the midst of a tough reelection campaign against former President Donald Trump. The defendant’s wife Melissa and his uncle, James Biden, were in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. First lady Jill Biden, who attended most of the weeklon...
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Steve Bannon, one time Trump advisor, will be in prison on Independence Day as he appeals contempt case
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Steve Bannon, one time Trump advisor, will be in prison on Independence Day as he appeals contempt case

By ZACH SCHONFELD | The Hill A federal judge ordered Steve Bannon, the one-time adviser to former President Trump, to begin his four-month prison sentence in July as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.  U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols agreed with prosecutors at a Wednesday hearing, ordering Bannon must self-surrender by July 1 since his bid to overturn his conviction was rejected by a three-judge appeals panel last month.  “The government’s motion is granted,” said Nichols, a Trump appointee. Bannon had opposed the move, insisting he will appeal all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, and arguing he should remain free in the meantime. Bannon was found guilty in 2022 of failing to appear for a deposition ordered by the now-disba...
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Sloan: After DA Alvin Bragg’s unorthodox case against Donald Trump, now what?
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Sloan: After DA Alvin Bragg’s unorthodox case against Donald Trump, now what?

By Kelly Sloan | Contributing Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice It is pretty much universally accepted, at least quietly and with furtive glances, that Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump was… er… unorthodox, to say the least.  The legal gymnastics required to take a misdemeanor for which the statute of limitations has long since expired and transmogrify it into 34 felonies are almost disturbingly impressive. They are similar, in reverse, to the circumlocutions that liberal DA’s go through to reduce charges and keep real criminals out of jail. It’s nearly impossible, for instance, to get convicted of a felony and get sentenced to prison in Denver, the local appetite being more geared towards pleading down to misdemeanors whatever crimes the Colo...
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Hunter Biden was using drugs around the time he bought a gun, ex-partner and sister-in-law Hallie says
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Hunter Biden was using drugs around the time he bought a gun, ex-partner and sister-in-law Hallie says

bY BEN FEUERHERD and BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN | Politico  Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law and former romantic partner, Hallie Biden, took the stand at his trial on gun-related charges Thursday and told jurors she believed he was using crack cocaine around the time he bought a pistol in the fall of 2018. Federal prosecutors asked Hallie about a series of text messages she exchanged with Hunter in the days after he bought a Colt revolver on Oct. 12, 2018. In the texts, Hunter said he was “waiting for a dealer named Mookie” and said he was “sleeping on a car smoking crack.” The texts, along with Hallie’s testimony, are pivotal evidence as prosecutors try to prove that Hunter was an active drug user when he purchased the firearm. Special counsel David Weiss has charged the president’s son ...
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Ex-girlfriend testifies Hunter Biden smoked crack ‘every 20 minutes’
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Ex-girlfriend testifies Hunter Biden smoked crack ‘every 20 minutes’

By Jeff Mordock | The Washington Times A former girlfriend of Hunter Biden who met him while working as a stripper testified Wednesday that the president’s son smoked crack cocaine “every 20 minutes” and gave drug dealers the access code to his bank account to supply his addiction.  Zoe Kestan told the court that she met Hunter Biden while she was working part-time at a gentleman’s club in New York in December 2017. She detailed their drug-fueled relationship for a federal jury, saying Hunter Biden failed at several attempts to get sober, including an experiment with frog venom. She testified that Hunter Biden “would want to smoke crack as soon as he woke up.” Ms. Kestan was a key witness for the prosecution on the second day of testimony in the federal criminal gun trial ...
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‘Laptop from hell’ among evidence facing Hunter Biden in gun trial
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‘Laptop from hell’ among evidence facing Hunter Biden in gun trial

By Anders Hagstrom, Kyle Morris, Brianna Herlihy, Michael Lee and Emma Colton | Fox News Prosecutors presented evidence that Hunter Biden attempted to buy and smoked crack in the days after he purchased the gun. Prosecutors shared a text message exchange from October 13, 2018 that featured Biden sending a message to Hallie Biden indicating that he was "waiting for a dealer named Mookie." The next day, two days after the gun purchase, prosecutors presented evidence that Biden sent another text message to Hallie Biden that said he was recently sleeping on a car while smoking crack. READ MORE UPDATES AT FOXNEWS.COM
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Opening statements expected today in Hunter Biden federal gun trial
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Opening statements expected today in Hunter Biden federal gun trial

By ELLA LEE AND ZACH SCHONFELD  | The Hill Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected in the first of what could be two federal criminal trials involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, according to The Associated Press.  The panel of Delaware residents was selected after just one day, where prospective jurors were questioned over their views on gun rights, political prosecutions and whether the defendant’s father could influence their ability to be fair and impartial.  Hunter Biden will stand trial on federal gun charges involving his purchase of a firearm in 2018. Federal prosecutors contend the president’s son made false statements regarding his use of illegal drugs when obtaining the gun and then unlawfully possessed it for 11 days.   He has pleaded...
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Trump says trial, conviction ‘very hard’ on wife Melania
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Trump says trial, conviction ‘very hard’ on wife Melania

By NICK ROBERTSON | The Hill Former President Trump said Sunday that his weeks-long criminal hush money trial in New York City and conviction Thursday have been “very hard” on his wife, Melania, amid testimony recounting his alleged infidelity. Trump was convicted Thursday of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents, the first time a former president was ever convicted of a crime. He has appealed the ruling. The charges were connected to hush money payments made in the weeks before the 2016 election intended to cover up alleged past affairs between Trump and an adult film star, which he has denied. The alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels occurred in 2006, just a year after Trump had married Melania and months after the birth of their son, Ba...
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