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“Puts Trump in a box”: Experts say Judge Chutkan just forced Trump to “put up or shut up” on defense

Smith in a filing last month noted that several Trump lawyers have said in media interviews that Trump was acting on the advice of his lawyers.

Chutkan gave Trump until January 15 to disclose whether he plans to use the defense after Smith’s team requested notification by December 18.

“If Trump plans to use advice of counsel defense at trial in election interference case, he waives attorney-client privilege and must turn over documents to prosecution.

The judge’s order “puts Trump in a box on one of his main defenses,” tweeted CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen.

“She's requiring that he disclose private communications” with the attorneys, Eisen explained, “or else he can’t advance the defense.

The order means “Trump has to put up or shut up on this well in advance,” wrote former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman.

“Among other things, because you can't rely on the advice of your co-conspirators, even if they're lawyers,” she wrote. »

Michigan just passed one of the country’s most…

Authored by canarymedia.com

Michigan’s Democrat-controlled legislature has passed a package of clean energy bills that includes one of the most aggressive state-level clean energy targets in the nation.

Michigan state Republicans opposed the bills, saying they would increase energy costs.

The bills closely match a plan put forward by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D), who is expected to sign them. »

Snoop Dogg and His Son Are Launching Death Row Games

Authored by hypebeast.com

Snoop Dogg and his son, Cordell Broadus, are officially launching Death Row Games.

According to reports, the new arm of Death Row Records will focus on giving minority creators and artists a platform to develop and publish for Fortnite using the game’s Unreal Editor.

“We’ve been creating games, and none of them has been published anything on a huge scale, but on a very amateur level,” Broadus told AFROTECH. »

Emmanuel Macron breaks ranks to call for Gaza ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

Authored by telegraph.co.uk

Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a ceasefire in Gaza as he opened a conference on aid for the enclave.

To do that, we need a humanitarian pause very quickly and we must work towards a ceasefire,” he said.

Israel is not attending the talks on aid for civilians in Gaza, which is home to 2.4 million people. »

Donald Trump Moves Closer to Losing Mar-a-Lago

Authored by newsweek.com

Donald Trump has placed himself at further risk of losing control of properties such as his Mar-a-Lago resort following his testimony in the New York civil fraud trial, according to an attorney.

Former President Donald Trump on November 6, 2023, in New York City.

Trump testified in the civil fraud trial that alleges that he and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump conspired to inflate his net worth in financial statements. »