#evidence-suppression

#evidence-suppression

It looks increasingly likely that because someone snuck a peek into Jim Comey's privileged communications - or, because Tyler Lemons cares enough about his bar license that he disclosed that someone snuck a peek into Comey's privileged communications - Comey may get a ruling that the government violated his Fourth Amendment rights, throwing out some of the material used in the government's filing laying out the theory of their case.

The Biden administration dismissed and publicly contradicted an internal finding by a longtime military policeman that Israeli soldiers intentionally shot at and killed prominent Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, the former official has said in his first public interview. Col. Steve Gabavics was a top official in the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which conducted the U.S.'s investigation into the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist. Gabavics, a military policeman with three decades of experience, was the chief of staff to the office's head, Lt. Gen. Michael Fenzel, at the time of the probe, The New York Times reports.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers said prosecutors should also be prevented from using at trial his statements to law enforcement officers and his backpack where a gun and ammunition were found.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione are seeking to dismiss some of the criminal charges brought against him in a federal indictment following the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including the only count eligible for the death penalty. In documents filed at a Manhattan federal court on Saturday, defense attorneys for Mangione sought to dismiss a count of murder through the use of a firearm.

Nearly four years after their alleged involvement in a killing, two men accused of a fatal 2021 shooting in Vallejo are still waiting to learn the date of their trial.