The Daily Populous

Thursday September 26th, 2024 night edition

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Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to submit an “oversized” brief in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington D.C. by Thursday.

The briefing is, in the view of the judge overseeing the case, needed to respond to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.

This comes as a response to the Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this year, which found the president enjoys broad legal immunity for official “core constitutional acts.”.

“The Mueller report [was] 400 pages of we ‘didn’t find anything,’ this will be 180 pages of evidence and the evidence will be powerful, undeniable and persuasive,” Cobb said.

He added much of the evidence, like Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is already public.

“For Trump to claim presidential immunity for the actions described above is baseless and absurd.”.

He added that he sees the filing as violating Justice Department policy of not taking legal action against a candidate within 60 days of an election. »

Secret Service agent under investigation for alleged sex assault on Harris aide

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The U.S. Secret Service insignia is pictured on a wall at the Secret Service headquarters in Washington.

The local Secret Service field office was told about the alleged assault, and the agent's gun and badge were confiscated, one of the officials told NBC.

A Secret Service spokesman told CNBC, "The U.S. Secret Service Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a misconduct allegation involving an employee.". »

1,500 Hezbollah fighters lost sight and limbs to pager bombs, report says

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Hezbollah published a list of casualties over the past week, following the explosions, reporting 37 deaths from various regions across Lebanon.

3 View gallery First responders evacuate Hezbollah member hurt in pager blast in Beirut's Dahieh district ( Photo: AP /Hussein Malla ).

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had previously claimed the organization had 100,000 fighters. »

Shawn Stines: Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of judge in his chambers

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The judge expressed skepticism about whether Stines, who said he owns two homes and earns $115,000 as sheriff, was truly indigent.

What transpired in the judge’s chambers moments before the fatal shooting that afternoon is still being investigated, authorities said.

Police vehicles near the scene after a district court judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers , on Thursday September, 19. »