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American judges say they and their relatives have been receiving anonymous pizza deliveries in what appears to be a novel intimidation tactic. Judges in at least seven US states have now reported the unexplained deliveries to their homes and the homes of their family members, The Washington Post rep

Lawyers have been urged to resign from a law firm after it made a deal with Donald Trump. A former lawyer at A&O Shearman, Olivier Fréget, called on his ex-colleagues not to each be an “accomplice” in Trump’s crackdown on the legal sector as the firm came to an agreement

US Chief Justice John Roberts has rebuked President Donald Trump in response to his call for a judge who ruled against the administration to be impeached. "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decis

The American Bar Association (ABA) has accused the Trump administration of undermining the courts and the legal profession by attacking and intimidating judges, lawyers and firms. In a blistering statement issued this week, the ABA said there was a "clear and disconcerting pattern" of "escalating go

Elon Musk's X is to pay $10 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit over his suspension in 2021 from what was then Twitter. Mr Trump was banned from most major social media platforms after hundreds of his supporters stormed the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021 in a bid to ove

The US is to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Donald Trump accused it of having "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel". The court issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders in November 2024 – which Tr

Meta is to pay $25 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit against the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building in 2021. The settlement agreement, which does not include any admission of liability by Meta, was signed by

Donald Trump would have been convicted in relation to his "criminal efforts to retain power" after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden if not for his re-election last year, according to a report released by the US Department of Justice. The 130-page document, authored by special counsel Jack Smith

Rudy Giuliani, former federal prosecutor, New York City mayor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, has been disbarred in the state after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Mr Trump's 2020 election loss. The decision, handed down by a New York Appeals Court in Manhattan, states tha

The US Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents enjoy a degree of immunity from criminal prosecution in a case revolving around former president Donald Trump. The court's conservative majority voted 6-3 that presidents were protected from prosecution for official actions that extended to the &

Donald Trump will be permitted to appear on the ballot in all 50 US states after the Supreme Court ruled he was wrongly removed from Colorado's primary ballot last year. The decision of the court, which was unanimous, overturns a 4-3 rulung from Colorado's Supreme Court that the former president cou

Donald Trump has been barred by Colorado's Supreme Court from running for the US presidency in 2024 because of his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. In an unprecedented ruling, judges held by a 4-3 majority that Trump was necessarily disqualified by the 14th amendment to the US C

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed in relation to his baseless claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Among his public claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were that t

Donald Trump has won a legal case over the use of his name at his Scottish golf resorts. The former president has trademarked the name 'Trump' for various services linked to his Turnberry and Menie golf courses.

Donald Trump has accused his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of causing him reputational harm for discussing hush-money payments and is suing him for more than $500 million. Filed in Miami, the lawsuit features arguments that will likely appear in Mr Trump's defence to charges that he falsifie