Tag: Donald Trump
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Judge in Pensacola terrorist shooting case asks U.S. to declare whether families’ lawsuit against Saudi Arabia should be barred
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The judge in the Pensacola Naval Air Station terrorist shooting case has asked the Biden administration to declare whether victims of the 2019 attack should be barred from suing Saudi Arabia because of “serious and sensitive matters of foreign policy and military affairs.” -
Trump’s legal defense fund should prove lucrative for ex-Republican Party of Florida chairman Gruters
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When The New York Times reported Sunday that ex-President Donald Trump’s team was creating a legal-defense fund expected to be called the Patriot Legal Defense Fund Inc., its reporters missed the fact that the fund was actually set up and named two weeks earlier. -
Judge Cannon beat the odds to draw new Trump case; She also got free trip to posh Yellowstone resort from right-wing law school
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Twice in her short tenure as a federal judge in South Florida, Aileen Cannon has drawn two of the most historic cases in American history, both involving the man who appointed her to the court, former President Donald Trump. -
Despite criminal pardon, ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort agrees to pay big to settle civil penalties
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Former Trump campaign manager and Palm Beach Gardens resident Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle federal charges that he failed to disclose foreign bank accounts he used to funnel “millions of dollars” to himself without paying income taxes. -
Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Many shed a tear when Miami federal judge Marcia Cooke died after a bout with cancer on Jan. 27. Not only was she the first black woman to become a judge in the Southern District of Florida, Cooke was also widely respected for her evenhandedness in court. Yet for ex-congressman David Rivera, Cooke’s departure is an opportunity. -
Pension fund says FL Panthers owner Viola used control of Virtu to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from public investors
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, Vincent Viola, is at the center of a Delaware lawsuit that alleges he’s used his control of a large publicly traded financial services company to improperly divert hundreds of millions of dollars to himself, his family and his cronies.
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