For years now, Uber has been the leader in the ridesharing industry, with Lyft nipping at its heels for a couple of years, but Uber has certainly seen its fair share of difficult times. In fact, Uber has been under fire frequently for harassment of employees, creating a hostile work environment, endangering passengers by not checking the … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Rejects Limits to Partisan Gerrymandering
According to Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to the practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power by turning away challenges to political maps in Maryland and North Carolina. The justices ruled in a decision with nationwide implications that judges do not have the ability to … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Paul Manafort
Even before his relatively brief tenure as manager of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort was one of the more infamous behind-the-scenes players in American politics. Manafort, who had worked for multiple Republican presidential campaigns in the 80's and 90's, was primarily known as a high-priced political consultant with a taste for life's finer … [Read more...]
Columnist E. Jean Carroll Won’t Bring Rape Charge Against Trump
Columnist E. Jean Carroll said she wouldn't bring a rape charge against President Donald Trump based on her allegation of an assault from the mid-1990s. In an interview with MSNBC after the account was revealed, Carroll recounted the allegations and said it took years of experience reading other women's accounts of mistreatment for her advice … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Covering Up the Attempts to Fire Robert Mueller
In a previous post, American Legal News examined one of the most troubling stories in the Mueller Report: the President's attempts to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and, having failed in that, to impede the Special Counsel's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. These are two cases where the evidence, as laid out in … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice In The Mueller Report: Jeff Sessions and The Russia Investigation
Jeff Sessions speaking to supporters at an immigration rally hosted by Donald Trump. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) Jeff Sessions, at the time a Republican Senator from Alabama, was one of the Trump campaign's most frequently deployed surrogates in 2016. Sessions was the first GOP Senator to endorse Trump during the primaries – the … [Read more...]
Self-Help Guru And Sex Trafficker Keith Raniere Found Guilty On Seven Charges
A leader of a sex-slave ring was found guilty Wednesday of seven charges against him. Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was was convicted of sex trafficking and forced labor conspiracy. Prosecutors say Raniere, known by his followers as "Vanguard," kept a ring of 15 to 20 women sex slaves branded with his initials. Former members say that leaders … [Read more...]
Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Attorney No Longer Wants To Represent Him
According to CNN, Harvey Weinstein's defense attorney doesn't want to represent him anymore. Attorney Jose Baez has reportedly filed to withdraw from Weinstein's case. In the filing, Baez states, "Mr. Weinstein has engaged in behavior that makes this representation unreasonably difficult to carry out effectively." One source told CNN that … [Read more...]
Kamala Harris Takes Off the Gloves with JPMorgan/Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) This is not the first time California Senator and Presidential contender, Kamala Harris, has taken off the gloves with JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon. In her January, 2019 book, “The Truths We Hold: … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice In The Mueller Report: The Trump Tower Meeting
Trump Tower New York, New York where the "Trump Tower Meeting" takes place. (Photo Credit: Bin im Garten. CC 3.0) The second volume of the Mueller Report is filled with behavior from the President and his aides that would likely qualify as obstruction of justice if the Special Counsel had decided it was appropriate for him to make that … [Read more...]
Is My Aged Loved One Being Overmedicated?
It can be a heart-wrenching decision to seek outside care for an aged loved one when the time comes that more care than you can provide as a family member is needed. Choosing an assisted living facility or nursing home for your elderly family member is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. We’d like to think that the people we … [Read more...]
Trump May Encourage Foreign Governments To Attack Political Opponents
President Donald Trump recently said he doesn’t see anything wrong with foreign governments giving him information. According to CNN, this comment may encourage foreign government to attack political opponents. In 2016, Russia targeted Hillary Clinton with various tools to obtain information and spread it around. Trump suggested … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice In The Mueller Report: Impeding the Special Counsel’s Investigation
Don McGahn speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) From the very moment former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel with a mandate to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, Donald Trump has made clear that he … [Read more...]
3M Facing Lawsuits from Veterans over Defective Earplugs
It's a standard sight at firing ranges – individuals wearing heavy ear protection while firing their weapons. Even small, light-weight guns can pose a serious danger to the user's hearing, which is why even amateur firearm users make sure to wear the proper equipment. Members of the military who wield heavy-duty weapons day in and day out face a … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: James Comey
https://youtu.be/kbYdH7k2ewc?rel=0 In early 2017, FBI Director James Comey was a man without many friends. His decision, made in the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign, to announce in a letter to Congress that the FBI was re-opening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as Secretary … [Read more...]
Opioid Manufacturer Insys Caught In A Kickback Probe Files Bankruptcy
According to Reuters, Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday amid mounting expenses driven by a U.S. Justice Department probe into claims it paid doctors bribes to prescribe a powerful opioid medication. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing marked a first for a drugmaker accused in lawsuits of helping fuel the … [Read more...]
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