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Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin
NPR
Courts & Law

DC’s acting US attorney calls scope of Capitol investigation ‘unprecedented’

In an exclusive interview with NPR, the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia describes how investigators are building their case.

6 years ago

Merrick Garland walks into Federal District Court
Politics & Policy

Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general

In picking Garland, Biden is turning to an experienced judge who held senior positions at the Justice Department decades ago.

6 years ago

The Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

ACLU, civil rights attorneys accuse Montco court of overcharging defendants

According to the ACLU, from 2008 to 2018, Montgomery County Court overcharged defendants by hundreds of dollars in nearly 13,000 cases.

6 years ago

Roger Stone
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

President Trump and the power to pardon

Trump flexes his pardoning power on the way out of office, including a controversial move to pardon the private military mercenaries responsible for civilian deaths in Iraq.

Air Date: December 30, 2020 10:00 am

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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One
Politics & Policy

A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations

The list includes people whose pleas for forgiveness have been promoted by those supporting the president throughout his term in office.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy

Presidential election hostilities in Pa. may fuel fight over courts

Republicans could use the first weeks of 2021 to fast-track a constitutional amendment that would remake the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed
Politics & Policy

Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results

President Trump’s campaign says it has filed a new petition with the Supreme Court as it continues its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the election.

6 years ago

A sign pointing to a side entrance is pictured outside district court.
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Piles of records and months of reporting lead to eye-opening report on Pa. district judges

In 2019, many of the state’s roughly 500 district judges only had courtroom appearances scheduled a few days a week.

6 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health

Nursing home industry: Pennsylvania illegally withheld COVID-19 funds

Across Pa., about 40,000 residents of more than 1,300 nursing and personal care homes have contracted the virus to date. About 7,000 have died, more than 60% of Pa.'s total.

6 years ago

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

6 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

Supporters say the pot bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long “war on drugs.”

6 years ago

Ivanka Trump holds out her arms in front of a mic
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ivanka Trump deposed In inauguration fund lawsuit

The District is suing the Trump inaugural committee, charging it with "grossly overpaying" for event space as a way of funneling money to the Trump family.

6 years ago

The Justice Department building in DC
NPR
Politics & Policy

Justice Department investigating possible bribery-for-pardon scheme

A document filed in federal court seems to show a probe into lobbying for a pardon and a related scheme to offer payment. Large swaths of the document are redacted.

6 years ago

Photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Ending Trump’s Pa. legal challenges; restarting US-Iran relations

We discuss the end of Trump's election challenges in Pa. Then, we look at the future of U.S.-Iran relations after the assassination of their top nuclear scientist.

Air Date: December 1, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Key question in Cosby appeal: Does defendant’s past matter?

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

6 years ago

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