WORCESTER – Lawyers for Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents, filed an appeal Monday of a magistrate judge’s order to keep him in jail. They say other defendants accused in national security cases, like former President Donald Trump, have not been ordered held like the 21-year-old from North Dighton. Teixeira has been behind bars since his April arrest on charges stemming from the most consequential intelligence leak in years. A judge ruled in May that Teixeira must remain in jail while the case plays out, saying that he was “disloyal to the US” and releasing him would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the country or obstruct justice.…
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Gal Luft ‘willing to testify’ about Biden claims, attorney says
(NewsNation) — A man who some GOP leaders are claimed to be going to help bring down the Biden family is himself wanted by authorities. In May, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said a key informant for the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Biden family had disappeared. He said on Fox Business that House Republicans couldn’t “track down the informant.” Now, it turns out that the previously unknown informant, Gal Luft, has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil. Luft, 57, has vehemently denied the charges against him and claims it’s revenge from the Department of Justice.…
Ivanka Trump dismissed from New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit against her father
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court dismissed Ivanka Trump on Tuesday from a wide-ranging fraud lawsuit brought against her father and his company last year by the state’s attorney general. The civil lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused former President Donald Trump of padding his net worth by billions of dollars and misleading banks, insurance companies and others about the value of his assets, including golf courses and the Mar-a -Lago estate. It named his three eldest children — Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump — as defendants, along with multiple Trump Organization executives.…
Attorney General Merrick Garland to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee in September
CNN —Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee on September 20, a source familiar with the plans told CNN.The attorney general’s appearance before the panel will be for a standard oversight hearing. It’s routine for top-level executive branch officials to provide general testimony before congressional committees.But when he testifies, Garland will be facing a number of House Republicans who are his toughest critics, and some have called for his impeachment.Punchbowl News was the first to report on the date of Garland’s appearance before the committee.Speaker Kevin McCarthy has also recently started floating the possibility that the House could open an impeachment inquiry into Garland over the Internal Revenue Service whistleblower alleging that Justice Department leadership improperly interfered in the Hunter Biden probe, which Garland has denied.…