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Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'
Read full article: Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members says it would be “frightening” if the anti-government group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
Read full article: US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishmentU.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.
US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case
Read full article: US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust caseThe U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.
Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopoly
Read full article: Judge gives US regulators until December to propose penalties for Google's illegal search monopolyA federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Justice Department until the end of the year to outline how Google should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market and then prepare to present its case for imposing the penalties next spring.
A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
Read full article: A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet searchA federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors.
Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
Read full article: Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rulesA judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
Read full article: Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopolyThe government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly.
Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google, Justice during closing arguments
Read full article: Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google, Justice during closing argumentsThe judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge.
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
Read full article: Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election caseDonald Trump has lost a bid to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.
Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades
Read full article: Google's search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decadesThe U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine.
Justice Department to challenge length of prison sentences for Rhodes and other Oath Keepers
Read full article: Justice Department to challenge length of prison sentences for Rhodes and other Oath KeepersThe Justice Department is appealing the 18-year-prison sentence handed down to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Orlando actor representing himself against Capitol riot charges acquitted
Read full article: Orlando actor representing himself against Capitol riot charges acquittedAn Orlando actor arrested and charged in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol has been acquitted of all charges after representing himself in court Wednesday.
Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers' Rhodes
Read full article: Officers describe chaos, fear on Jan. 6 as judge weighs prison time for Oath Keepers' RhodesPolice officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and public servants who fled the mob’s attack have told a judge that they are still haunted by what they endured, as the judge prepares to hand down sentences in a landmark Capitol riot case.
Sedition trial win bolsters Justice Dept. in Jan. 6 probe
Read full article: Sedition trial win bolsters Justice Dept. in Jan. 6 probeThe seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those who schemed to subvert the 2020 election.
Jan. 6 sedition trial of Oath Keepers founder goes to jury
Read full article: Jan. 6 sedition trial of Oath Keepers founder goes to juryHundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy.
Feds: Oath Keepers sought 'violent overthrow' of government
Read full article: Feds: Oath Keepers sought 'violent overthrow' of governmentA federal prosecutor says Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates discussed using violence to overturn the results of the 2020 election for weeks and saw an opportunity to do it when rioters started attacking the Capitol.
Judge nixes Oath Keepers leader's bid to delay Jan. 6 trial
Read full article: Judge nixes Oath Keepers leader's bid to delay Jan. 6 trialThe high-profile seditious conspiracy trial for the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group will begin later his month after a judge rejected a last-minute bid by Stewart Rhodes to replace his lawyers and delay his case.
Judge won't delay Oath Keepers' trial over Jan. 6 hearings
Read full article: Judge won't delay Oath Keepers' trial over Jan. 6 hearingsMembers of the far-right Oath Keepers’ extremist group charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will face jurors this fall after a judge denied defense attorneys’ bid to delay the high-profile trial until next year.
Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
Read full article: Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trialA federal judge has refused to free Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits
Read full article: Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuitsA federal judge has rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol Police officers that claim his actions led to the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jan. 6 trials slowed by mounting evidence in US Capitol riot
Read full article: Jan. 6 trials slowed by mounting evidence in US Capitol riotNearly nine months have passed since the riot at the U.S. Capitol, and federal agents have arrested more than 600 people across the country believed to have joined in the Jan. 6 attack.
Justice Dept. probing prosecutor's Capitol riot interview
Read full article: Justice Dept. probing prosecutor's Capitol riot interviewThe flap over the interview highlights the Justice Department’s challenges in handling the sprawling case that involves hundreds of defendants from across the country. The criminal division chief, John Crabb, said the “60 Minutes” matter has been referred to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility for investigation. “We understand and we share the court’s concerns about the media contacts and disclosures that have been made,” Crabb said. Also on Tuesday, a federal judge ordered pretrial detention for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, a man described by prosecutors as a white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer, charged with storming the Capitol. Ad____Associated Press reporters Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo in Washington and Michael Kunzelman in College Park, Maryland contributed to this story.
Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023
Read full article: Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, set a tentative trial date of Sept. 12, 2023. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday set a tentative trial date of Sept. 12, 2023 for the landmark case that the Justice Department filed two months ago. He estimated that once the trial begins it will last about 5 1/2 weeks in his Washington, D.C., courtroom. Another antitrust case filed Thursday is seeking to preempt Google's dominance in other still-emerging fields of technology such as voice-activated devices in the home and internet-connected cars.
Meet Amit Mehta, the judge for Google's antitrust case
Read full article: Meet Amit Mehta, the judge for Google's antitrust caseThe Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google has a judge: Obama appointee Amit Mehta, who was assigned the case Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He went to elite U.S. universities, clerked for an appellate court judge and worked for both a D.C. law firm with high-profile clients and as a public defender attorney for low-income clients. As a judge, he’s ruled that lawmakers should get the president’s financial records and has sprinkled his music appreciation into opinions. The Supreme Court sent that case back to a lower court and it is ongoing. He earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1993 and graduated from the University of Virginia’s law school in 1997.
In ruling, judge throws lifeline to diversity visa lottery
Read full article: In ruling, judge throws lifeline to diversity visa lotteryTo be clear, there is no statutory requirement that every available diversity visa be issued each year, Mehta wrote in an 85-page ruling Friday in Washington. Diversity visa lottery winners are people who have come to this nation, like millions before, to seek a better life for themselves and their families, and to pursue the American Dream, he wrote. The judge told the administration to undertake good-faith efforts ... to expeditiously process and adjudicate" diversity visas for 2020 but stopped short of extending the Sept. 30 deadline. Attorneys for visa applicants welcomed the order but expressed disappointment that other visa categories were denied. Diversity visa applicants can finally exhale today, said Karen Tumlin, director of Justice Action Center "The diversity visa lottery has allowed for substantial diversification of legal immigration, especially from Africa, and were thankful the court is protecting that."