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Grand jury indicts Luigi Mangione, 26, the suspected assassin of CEO Brian Thompson, on ‘act of terrorism’
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National, National Review

Grand jury indicts Luigi Mangione, 26, the suspected assassin of CEO Brian Thompson, on ‘act of terrorism’

By James Lynch | National Review A New York grand jury has indicted the suspected assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on charges of murder as an “act of terrorism” for the cold-blooded killing, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg (D) announced Tuesday. The grand jury charged 26-year-old Luigi Mangione with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism and two counts of second-degree murder, including one count for killing in the act of terrorism. Mangione is also facing an assortment of weapon possession charges and one count of carrying a forged document for the point-blank assassination of Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel earlier this month. “We allege that Luigi Mangione carried out the brazen, targeted and fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Bria...
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Sloan: After DA Alvin Bragg’s unorthodox case against Donald Trump, now what?
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Commentary, National, Rocky Mountain Voice

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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Judge Merchan won’t allow prosecutors to play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial
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National, The Washington Times

Judge Merchan won’t allow prosecutors to play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial

By Tom Howell Jr. | The Washington Times A New York judge on Friday rejected prosecutors’ attempts to enter a 1999 interview between Donald Trump and Larry King into evidence in the ex-president’s hush money trial. State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said the clip, which focused on Mr. Trump’s knowledge of campaign finance laws, was too inconsistent with the facts in the case and was taped decades before relevant events. Prosecutors wanted to introduce the tape because they’re trying to prove that Mr. Trump quashed negative stories about him in 2016 in a way that could have violated election laws. The defense said playing the clip would be unfair, in part because election laws had changed. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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