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Attorney Gives Rep. Jim Jordan A Scathing Personal Lesson In HearsayAttorney Gives Rep. Jim Jordan A Scathing Personal Lesson In Hearsay

An attorney on Twitter clapped back at an account closely linked to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that suggested Tuesday’s shattering testimony before the House select committee investigating the US Capitol riot was “all hearsay.”

The House Judiciary Committee Republicans’ account ― which names Jordan as its ranking member in its Twitter bio ― labeled the astonishing testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as hearsay.

“It’s literally all hearsay evidence. What a joke,” the post on the GOP account said of Hutchinson’s testimony about Donald Trump’s last days as president.

Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of

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AZ Appeals Courtroom Finds Real Difficulty of Materials Reality Existed as to Validity of 93 Signatures on Referendum PetitionAZ Appeals Courtroom Finds Real Difficulty of Materials Reality Existed as to Validity of 93 Signatures on Referendum Petition

This put up was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Electors filed a criticism for injunctive reduction towards neighborhood organizations and numerous county officers difficult the validity of neighborhood organizations’ referendum petition, which sought to incorporate poll query as as to whether a portion of land ought to have been rezoned for the aim of creating a medical marijuana cultivation facility , as permitted by the county board of supervisors. Following a bench trial and supplemental movement for abstract judgment, the Superior Courtroom, Graham County, denied electors’ request for injunctive reduction.

On enchantment, Jones first argued the trial court docket dominated

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IA Appeals Court docket Affirms Zoning Board of Annulment’s Choice that Particular Use Allow Was Affordable and Supported by Substantial ProofIA Appeals Court docket Affirms Zoning Board of Annulment’s Choice that Particular Use Allow Was Affordable and Supported by Substantial Proof

This put up was authored by Anna Kim, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Legislation Middle

The appellant, Donald, and Judith Brinkley, appealed and argued that the Metropolis of Milford Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) illegally granted the particular use allow to Okoboji Group Faculty District (OCSD) with out substantial proof. The District Court docket held that the Board’s resolution to approve the particular allow with a situation to delay the vegetative screening was authorized and supported by substantial proof. The Court docket of Appeals affirmed.

In Might 2021, the OCSD submitted a particular use allow to assemble a brand new

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Alabama woman confesses to fabricating kidnappingAlabama woman confesses to fabricating kidnapping

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.

Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis said Carlee Russell’s attorney, Emory Anthony, provided a statement on Monday saying there was no kidnapping.

“There was no kidnapping on Thursday July 13. My client did not see a baby on the side on the road,” the statement read, according to Derzis, who read it at a news conference. She did not leave the city, and

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David Weiss: US attorney leading Hunter Biden probes refutes whistleblowers’ politicization claimsDavid Weiss: US attorney leading Hunter Biden probes refutes whistleblowers’ politicization claims

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US Attorney David Weiss, who is overseeing the Hunter Biden criminal probe, says in a letter obtained by CNN that he did not ask to be named as a special counsel and was never refused authority to bring charges anywhere in the country, refuting two key allegations from IRS whistleblowers.

Weiss’ comments, in a letter sent Monday to GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, went against claims from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley and one of his deputies, who said they witnessed political interference in the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son.

They testified to Congress that during

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NY Appellate Court Affirms Decision to Grant Area Variances Due To Lack Of Standing and The ZBA’s Proper Consideration of Facts and AlternativesNY Appellate Court Affirms Decision to Grant Area Variances Due To Lack Of Standing and The ZBA’s Proper Consideration of Facts and Alternatives

This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq.

Petitioner owns property on one side of a road. Respondent owns roughly 6.8 acres across the road from Petitioner that contains a two-story 97 room hotel. Both properties are located within a Highway Commercial zoning district which exists “to encourage a full range of commercial activity along major highways.” The two properties are surrounded by other commercial properties.

In 2015 Respondent applied to the ZBA for an area variance to construct two new hotels on its property. In a determination dated January 28, 2016, the ZBA granted the variances. In a CPLR

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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Selective Enforcement and Equal Protection Claims in Treehouse Permitting CaseSecond Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Selective Enforcement and Equal Protection Claims in Treehouse Permitting Case

This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq.

in Lepper v. Scordinothe Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of selective enforcement and class-of-one equal protection claims involving a treehouse that was built without a permit.

The court first explained that on a selective enforcement claim, a plaintiff must show that “(1) the person, compared with others similarly situated, was selectively treated, and (2) the selective treatment was motivated by an intention to discriminate on the basis of impermissible considerations, such as race or religion, to punish or inhibit the exercise of constitutional rights, or by a malicious

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Michigan AG charges 3 in signature fraud scandal involving governor’s race | Politics & Elections | DetroitMichigan AG charges 3 in signature fraud scandal involving governor’s race | Politics & Elections | Detroit

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges Thursday against three people accused of submitting thousands of forged nominating signatures that ended the candidacies of five Republican gubernatorial candidates last year.

Willie Reed, 37; Shawn Wilmoth, 36; and Jamie Lynn Wilmoth, 36, were each charged with more than two dozen crimes, including conducting a criminal enterprise, forgery, and false pretenses.

They face up to 20 years in prison.

At a news conference, Nessel said the Wilmoths, who are married, and Reed were “the worst actors,” but additional signature collectors could be

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