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Oct
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Judge temporarily lifts Trump gag order in federal 2020 election case

Judge temporarily lifts Trump gag order in federal 2020 election case

WORLD
 A U.S. judge temporarily lifted a partial gag order she had imposed limiting Donald Trump's public statements about the federal criminal case in which the former president is accused of illegally attempting to undo his 2020 election loss. Acting on the same day that a New York state judge fined Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order in a civil trial, U.S. District Tanya Chutkan in Washington put on hold the order she issued earlier in the week while she considers the former president's request for a longer pause while he challenges it. Lawyers for Trump on Friday asked Chutkan to lift…
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Jul
20
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. judge gives Florida man 8 months in prison in Capitol attack

U.S. judge gives Florida man 8 months in prison in Capitol attack

WORLD
MARK HOSENBALL  A federal judge has handed down an eight-month prison sentence to Floridian Paul Hodgkins for his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, making him the first among hundreds of accused rioters facing prosecution to be incarcerated. Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty on June 2 to obstruction of an official proceeding, as Congress was in the process of formally certifying Joe Biden's election last November as U.S. president when supporters of former President Donald Trump rampaged through the building. At a sentencing hearing on Monday, prosecutor Mona Sedky told U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss that Hodgkins,…
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