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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, a witness in the Donald Trump New York trial, has been attacking his former boss publicly, calling him “Von &**^zInPants” as recently as Monday as Trump faces a hearing on Tuesday on whether he has violated gag orders on attacking witnesses like Cohen. “Hey Von *&*&zInPantz…your attacks of me stink of desperation. We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense,” Cohen posted on X. Hey Von &^&^zInPantz…your attacks of me stink of desperation. We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense. pic.twitter.com/FVsWbRnNkB — Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) April...

Special counsel Robert Mueller has abruptly reversed course on a bail agreement his office struck with Paul Manafort's legal team last week that would have allowed him to be released from GPS monitoring. Manafort evidently failed to tell the government that he was ghost-writing a draft op-ed about his work in Ukraine as late as November 30. He was working on it with "a longtime Russian colleague" who is "assessed to have ties to Russian intelligence," according to the special counsel's court filing. That colleague was likely Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian-Ukrainian citizen and longtime protege of Manafort who he had...

Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney for a Benghazi whistle-blower get a security clearance — but the clearance is at such a low level that it will probably slow the congressional probe of how the administration handled last year’s terrorist attack on the embassy in Benghazi, Libya. Victoria Toensing represents an unnamed government official who can help explain the reaction of top government officials to the jihadi attack on the U.S diplomatic site in Benghazi and killed four Americans last Sept. 11. The official may also be able to explain if officials rewrote intelligence reports and took other...

A member of the U.S. military whose suspicions about Barack Obama's eligibility to be president prompted him to sign onto a legal demand being sent to Attorney General Eric Holder has now been silenced. Attorney Orly Taitz, the California activist who through her DefendOurFreedoms.us foundation is assembling the case, told WND today she's been informed one of the members of the military has been ordered by commanding officers not to speak with media.

LONDON (AFP) - The BBC on Friday said it had been prevented from broadcasting a news item about allegations of corruption in party political funding after losing an emergency hearing at London's High Court. The broadcaster said its lawyers had been locked in legal argument with representatives of the government's most senior legal advisor, Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith, for about two hours about the right to air the item. But Goldsmith was successful in obtaining an injunction. The BBC said in a statement that their reporting of the so-called "cash for honours" affair was an "legitimate matter of public...

EMPHIS — Prosecutors in the Tennessee Waltz public corruption cases are seeking a gag order to prevent public comments or release of evidence before the cases are concluded. Prosecutors cited a recent news story by The Commercial Appeal based on videotaped evidence in the case that had not been publicly released. The gag order is needed to ensure the defendants receive a fair trial, prosecutors said in making the request. The lawyer for indicted former state Sen. John Ford said being unable to talk about the case is a disadvantage for those who have been charged. "We will fight a...

After hearing reports that American tech giants like Microsoft and Yahoo are abiding by Chinese law mandating Internet censorship, some irritated U.S. politicians are threatening to pass laws restricting such cooperation. Rep. Christopher Smith, a New Jersey Republican, said Thursday that the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights, which he heads, will hold a hearing in early to mid- February. Smith has invited representatives from the U.S. State Department, Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco Systems, Google, and the international watchdog group Reporters Without Borders to speak. The effort is designed to determine what can be done, either by legislative mandate...

In 2004, Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) took out newspaper ads. They urged Badger State citizens to contact their U.S. Senators, Herb Kohl (D) and Russ Feingold (D). WRTL wanted citizens to appeal to the senators not to filibuster qualified Bush judicial nominees. Stop, cried the Federal Election Commission! You mentioned Feingold and he's a candidate for re-election. You can't do that; the McCain-Feingold law bars most nonprofits from mentioning a federal candidate from August 15 through election day. Now, WRTL is going to court to fight for their right to speak on policy issues in a political year. Isn't...