The charges were among the most severe levied against participants in last year’s pro-#Palestinian #demonstrations on #college campuses. >3k people were arrested at college #protests & encampments in spring 2024, but they generally faced misdemeanor charges or saw their charges dropped.

Jeff Rosen, the DA for Santa Clara County, which includes the #Stanford campus, charged 12 protesters w/ #felony #vandalism & felony #conspiracy to #trespass.

Bloomington Police led #JustinEichorn 40, to believe he was talking to a 16-yr old girl & then met the senator & arrested him Monday…, acc/to a Bloomington PD press release.

…Eichorn was booked into the Bloomington PD jail & will be transported to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center, the release said. #Felony charges of #SolicitingAMinor to practice #prostitution are pending, Bloomington police said.

The stmnt said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree #felony since the state’s near-total #AbortionBan took effect in 2022. She was also charged w/practicing #medicine without a license.

Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked w/Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested & charged w/the same offenses.

Until recently, #EmilBove was one of #Trump’s #defense lawyers, representing him in his NY criminal trial last year. The trial led to Trump’s #conviction on 34 #felony counts for falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that had threatened to derail his 2016 campaign.

#SDNY has long been viewed as the nation’s most prestigious US atty’s office, & has a reputation for guarding its independence & fending off interference from DC, winning it the nickname “the Sovereign District.”
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The 7 were each #convicted of a #felony #conspiracy against rights & a Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (#FACE) Act offense, the #DOJ said. 2 defendants, Idoni & Edl, were also convicted of 2nd FACE Act offenses arising out of a blockade of a clinic in Saginaw in 2021.
Under the FACE Act, 1st-time offenders can be fined or imprisoned for up to 1 yr & subsequent offenders can be fined or imprisoned for up to 3 yrs, or both. #Conspiracy against rights is punishable by up to 10 yrs in #prison.

Angela Benander, a spox for the #Michigan SoS’s office, said, “It speaks to the efforts that we are not going to tolerate any attempts to circumvent the #law.”

Election ofcls across the country are worried about effectively an insider threat—that elected ofcls steeped in #Trump #disinformation could disrupt the process.

Already in MI, the state has taken over supervision of elections in Shelby Twp, where a #Republican clerk was charged w/a #felony for his role in the 2020 #FakeElectors scheme.

In Monday's 2nd lawsuit, another male accuser said he was a 17-yr-old auditioning for the reality TV show "Making the Band" when #SeanCombs & a bodyguard sexually assaulted him in 2008.

Combs, 54, has also pleaded not guilty to #criminal #SexTrafficking charges in federal court in Manhattan, where he faces #felony counts of #racketeering #conspiracy, sex trafficking & transportation to engage in prostitution.

Kelly, 60, was arrested on Tues night by #Tempe Police & charged w/multiple #felony counts, including unlawful discharge of a #firearm, #shooting at a non-residential structure & committing an act of #terrorism, & 3 misdemeanor counts of #criminal discharge….

#FBI agents searched his home Wed morning & found ≥120 #guns, 250k rounds of #ammunition, #BodyArmor, a #GrenadeLauncher & dummy #grenades. They also found #guns in his car, including a fully automatic weapon….

One week earlier, #Trump was #convicted of 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records to suppress a sex scandal. The day the verdict came down, #ShaunMaguire, a #SiliconValley #VC from #SequoiaCapital, announced…that he was giving $300k to Trump. But the real money was about to flow. The cheapest ticket to the fundraiser was $50k, & it was $300k to attend a smaller dinner w/Trump after the reception. The money would go directly to the campaign via Trump’s joint fund-raising cmte w/the #RNC

#Trump’s unruly behavior at the NY trial makes him a candidate for #jail time, as does his #felony #crime of falsifying business records: Over the past decade in #Manhattan, >⅓ of these convictions resulted in defendants spending time behind bars. Across NY State, the proportion is even higher — about 42% of those convictions led to jail or prison time.

“She’s a criminal. She’s a criminal,” said #Trump, who was found #guilty of 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records in his NY hush money trial. “She really is, if you think about it.”
It’s a pattern of messaging that has long been part of Trump’s stump speeches but has escalated significantly in his 2024 candidacy. In the final stretch to the Nov 5 #election, Trump has developed a tendency to claim that speech he disapproves of is illegal, even if it is protected by the #FirstAmendment.

#KamalaHarris is untainted by #corruption, let alone a #felony record or a history of #SexualAssault. She doesn’t embarrass her compatriots w/her language & behavior, or pit them against one another. She doesn’t curry favor w/dictators. She won’t abuse the #power of the highest office in order to keep it. She believes in #democracy. These, & not any specific #policy positions, are the reasons The #Atlantic is endorsing her.