Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:24:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Federal judge says Trump does not have absolute immunity, denying bid to dismiss election subversion case https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2023/12/02/federal-judge-says-trump-does-not-have-absolute-immunity-denying-bid-to-dismiss-election-subversion-case/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:26:02 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (CNN) — The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s election subversion case in Washington, DC, has refused to dismiss the charges against the former president, saying he does not enjoy absolute immunity for what he said and did after the 2020 election. “The court cannot conclude that our Constitution cloaks former Presidents with absolute immunity

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]]> The US Justice Department is facing a tougher climb trying to keep Capitol rioters locked up https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2021/02/24/the-us-justice-department-is-facing-a-tougher-climb-trying-to-keep-capitol-rioters-locked-up/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:30:42 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= The US Justice Department is facing a tougher climb as it argues Capitol riot defendants should stay in jail — with federal judges pressing prosecutors to explain possible inconsistencies in their arguments in some of the most high-profile cases related to the insurrection this week. (FILE PHOTO)

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