Wizards made the best of a bad situation with Kristaps Porzingis trade
The Wizards didn't get any first-round picks for Kristaps Porzingis. But they did salvage value from a player they didn't want to keep.Last night, the Wizards agreed to trade Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics in a three-team deal with the Grizzlies that includes Tyus Jones going to the...
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Prosecutors have recordings of multiple Trump interviews, documents show
Federal prosecutors have given former president Donald Trump’s legal team access to much of the unclassified evidence against him, including multiple recordings of Mr Trump made during interviews of him since the end of his presidency. Attorneys working under the supervision of Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith revealed the existence of the recordings in a late Wednesday court filing which detailed what has been turned over to Mr Trump’s lawyers thus far as part of the legally-mandated “discovery” process, in which the government reveals what evidence it intends to use against a criminal defendant at trial. Specifically, the document says the government has turned over copies of “any written or recorded statements” made by Mr Trump or his co-defendant, Walt Nauta. Prosecutors said that category of evidence includes multiple “interviews” of Mr Trump by “non-governmental entities,” such as the 21 July 2021 interview referenced in the indictment of the ex-president. During that interview, Mr Trump spoke to two people who were assisting his ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, with the writing of a book about his former administration, and discussed a document which the ex-president claimed to be a war plan for attacking a foreign country. At the time, Mr Trump described the document as “secret information” and noted that he was not able to declassify it because he was no longer president. The batch of documents provided to Mr Trump’s defence team also includes transcripts of testimony given by witnesses to grand juries in Washington, DC and Florida during the government’s investigation into his alleged mishandling of national defence information, as well as other materials obtained by the government by way of subpoenas and search warrants, such as surveillance footage from his Mar-a-Lago property. Prosecutors wrote that the tranche of evidence made available to the ex-president’s attorneys “includes the grand jury testimony of witnesses who will testify for the government at the trial of this case”. Under the terms of a protective order issued last week by Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, Mr Trump is barred from viewing the evidence against him outside the presence of his attorneys. The order states that Mr Trump “shall only have access to Discovery Materials under the direct supervision of Defense Counsel or a member of Defense Counsel’s staff,” and prohibited either of them from retaining copies of the materials themselves or taking any notes with them after viewing any of the materials. The protective order and the restrictions it places upon Mr Trump are meant in part to prevent him from directing his followers to harass any witnesses against him or any FBI or DOJ personnel involved in the case. Magistrate Judge Reinhart also ordered that the discovery materials be kept only by Mr Trump’s legal team and stored securely on premises controlled by them. Read More Ivanka and Jared split over attending Trump 2024 launch – follow live Why was Donald Trump impeached twice during his first term? Four big lies Trump told during his 2024 presidential announcement
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'Succession' star Sarah Snook to play 26 characters in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' stage show
After playing Shiv Roy in "Succession," the critically acclaimed TV series that satirically portrayed the uber-rich but morally bankrupt Roy family grappling for control of a media empire, Sarah Snook will star in another production that skewers society.
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'And Just Like That...' again comes up short as it tries bringing 'Sex'-y back
To those wide-eyed romantics who dared hope that a second season would fix all the things wrong with the first one of "And Just Like That...," the "Sex and the City" sequel returns with its abundant flaws intact. Awkward, unconvincing and only sporadically funny, the show remains a kind of streaming Frankenstein, stitched together from a jumbled assortment of parts.
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Red Rocks Amphitheater hail storm injures nearly 100 ahead of planned Louis Tomlinson concert
Nearly 100 people attending a planned concert Wednesday evening at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver were injured after being pelted with large hail during severe storms that moved across the area, the West Metro Fire Department said.
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Former Texas House Republican Will Hurd launches long-shot bid for White House
Former Texas Representative Will Hurd has launched a long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination. The ex-CIA officer was strongly critical of then-President Donald Trump while serving in the US House before leaving at the end of his final term in January 2021. The 45-year-old served three terms in the House, becoming the only Black Republican in the chamber in his last two years, the AP noted. Mr Hurd appeared on CBS Mornings on Thursday, pitching himself as a moderate alternative in the growing field of GOP candidates. “We need common sense,” he said. “I believe the Republican Party can be the party of the future, not the past.” More follows... Read More Ivanka and Jared split over attending Trump 2024 launch – follow live Why was Donald Trump impeached twice during his first term? Four big lies Trump told during his 2024 presidential announcement
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Jordi Cruyff explains reason behind Barcelona departure
Jordi Cruyff explains the reason behind his departure from Barcelona this summer.
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Scientists Marvel at the First ‘Virgin Birth’ Documented in a Crocodile
The baby croc was the product of a mother who has spent her entire life in captivity.
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5 Ways to Define a Sandwich, According to the Law
Is a hot dog a sandwich? What about a burrito? It depends on whom you ask—and what state you live in.
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Biden’s Ethanol Plan Rattles an Industry Already Under Pressure
The US ethanol industry, already under pressure from rising corn costs and weak gasoline demand, saw its long-term
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El Clasico: When do Barcelona and Real Madrid play each other in 2023/24?
Here are the dates of Barcelona and Real Madrid's La Liga matches for the upcoming 2023/24 season.
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Dee Snider — rocker, actor, DJ and now writer — draws on Long Island childhood in 1st novel 'Frats'
Dee Snider has been a heavy metal singer, a Broadway actor, a radio DJ, and a TV voice-over artist
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