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UB alum Judge John Sinatra has a consistent answer for New York’s gun laws: show the history
The federal judge behind last week’s body armor ruling earned both of his degrees at UB. Since 2022 he has applied the same historical test to New York’s gun laws, and the…
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On the Oneida Indian Reservation, Tammy Mahoney’s killers still walk free
Four decades of silence in the unsolved 1981 murder of Tammy Mahoney on the Oneida Reservation involved allegations of a cover-up by the highest echelons of the Tribal government. By Staff Reporter…
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Stefanik’s reckless rhetoric could expose her to millions in damages
By Staff Reporter In an escalating feud that’s captivated New York politics, sources close to New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani reveal he’s seriously weighing a $20 million defamation lawsuit against U.S.…
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Supreme Court ingests Java as Google-Oracle copyright spat boils over
BY MICHEAL ROSEN Last week, the long-simmering software dispute between Google and Oracle boiled over, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in the tech giants’ copyright fight. The story began in federal court in San Francisco…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants Trump to appoint a Native American woman to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants President Donald Trump to select a Native American jurist as his next nominee to the United States Supreme Court, she has told close legal colleagues…
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NYSERDA must reveal secret study, Judge rules
Ruling in favor of the Empire Center, a state Supreme Court judge in Albany has ordered the Cuomo administration’s energy and environmental agencies to release a supposedly incomplete “comprehensive study” of how…
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The CIA is being sued for Eric Ciaramella’s White House communications
WASHINGTON, DC – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against both the DOJ and CIA for communications of CIA employee Eric Ciaramella, who reportedly worked on…
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Schiff’s subpoenas of journalist’s phone records are subject of a lawsuit
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced it today filed a lawsuit against Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the House Intelligence Committee for the controversial subpoenas issued for phone records, including those of Rudy…
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Court hearing Thursday on Clinton email and Benghazi documents
Judicial Watch Seeks Clinton Testimony and Key Document on Clinton Email Destruction (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing was ordered to be held in federal court before U.S. District Judge Royce…
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Strzok-Page emails show FBI’s special accommodations of Clinton email witnesses
Judicial Watch announced today it received 35 pages of records of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page that show the attorney representing three of Hillary Clinton’s aides…
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Obama official was in contact with Russian Embassy a month prior to Trump inauguration
Documents also reveal State Department officials continued use of unsecure BlackBerrys to transmit classified material long after Clinton email scandal revelations Judicial Watch released eight pages of State Department documents this week revealing that…
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After denying records exist, DOJ releases communications between Strzok and Ohr
Judicial Watch announced today it received through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit 13 pages out of 42 responsive pages of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and Department of Justice official…
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MORRISON: The left loses its mind in prison debate
BY MICAH MORRISON Ideas have consequences and yesterday in New York City arrived more evidence that progressive forces in Gotham have lost their collective mind. The New York City Council voted to…
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Watchdog sues for CFIUS investment records involving Ukraine, Hunter Biden
Judicial Watch announced today it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the State and Treasury Departments seeking documents related to consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
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Ruling strikes down California’s attempt to require candidates to disclose tax returns
This week a federal judge had enjoined a California law requiring presidential candidates to publicly disclose their tax returns. The injunction had been requested by Judicial Watch, President Donald Trump, and other challengers to the law. California’s Presidential Tax…
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Rosenstein advised Muller that ‘the boss’ doesn’t know about their communication, DOJ documents show
Rosenstein docs also show ‘off the record’ leaks to 60 Minutes, The New York Times and The Washington Post around and on the date of Mueller’s appointment. Judicial Watch released 145 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s communications that include…
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Federal Judge orders FBI to search for Steele documents
U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the FBI to conduct a search within 60 days for records of communications with former British spy and dossier author Christopher Steele post-dating Steele’s service as an…
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Clinton role suspected in 47 deaths, as critics call for a special prosecutor
In the aftermath of billionaire Jeffery Epstein’s jailhouse death, critics of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton are identifying 47 deaths in which they suspect the couple to have played a driving role. Attorney…
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County Legislator who was shot at East Side bar threatens former Democrat official for ‘politicizing’ politics
Democrat Chairman Jeremy Zellner’s handpicked County Legislator Howard Johnson, who has held the District 1 seat for the past two months threatens a former State Democratic Party official for ‘politicizing’ the Erie County…
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County Legislature candidate was involved in shooting at an East Side bar, but circumstances remain unclear
Howard Johnson is a candidate for County Legislature in District 1 — the seat that former City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams vacated upon her appointment by Mayor Byron Brown to become City Comptroller.…
