Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of the disgraced blood-testing company Theranos, has been denied bail while she appeals her fraud conviction, and must report to prison later this month. Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California cast doubt on her appeal, noting that the portion of the conviction she is challenging is not likely to be overturned. Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison last November after being exposed as a fraud for promising to revolutionize the blood-testing industry.
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Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones was reinstated this week after being expelled from the House of Representatives for protesting gun violence in response to a school shooting in Nashville. His reinstatement has garnered national attention, and he has vowed to continue fighting for stricter gun laws. Jones referenced the students who motivated his and fellow Democrats’ call for action on guns when he was expelled, saying “It was students walking out of classes and taking to this Capitol that led us into the well that day, calling for common sense gun laws.”
The Gang of Eight, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders, has been granted access to classified documents found in the possession of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence. The documents are expected to provide insight into the activities of the three former officials, and the handling of the documents is under federal investigation. It is unclear what the documents contain, or if they will be made public.
On Monday morning, five people were killed and several more were wounded, including a police officer, in a deadly rampage at a Louisville bank. The gunman, Connor Sturgeon, had worked at the bank and was livestreaming the attack on Instagram. Police exchanged gunfire with the shooter and killed him at the scene, and are now asking anyone with information about the attack to contact them.
Lori Vallow is on trial in Boise, Idaho for the murder of her two children and a romantic rival. Prosecutors allege that Vallow used money, power and sex to get what she wanted and that she was involved in a complicated plot to cast out evil spirits. The defense is expected to argue that there is no physical evidence linking Vallow to the deaths.
A federal judge in New York is seeking to determine whether former President Donald Trump will attend a trial this month stemming from a rape allegation made by writer E. Jean Carroll. The trial is set to begin on March 22nd and will address the allegation that Trump raped Carroll in the early 1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan has asked Trump’s lawyers to provide an answer to the question of whether or not he will be present at the trial and has rejected a request to release the names of anonymous jurors. The trial is expected to last for two weeks and will have major implications for Trump and his reputation.
On Monday morning, five people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky bank. The suspect, 25-year-old bank employee Connor Sturgeon, had written a note to loved ones before the attack and livestreamed the shooting. Police returned fire, killing the suspect, and the motive for the attack is still unknown. The local community is in shock, and police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has called on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas for failing to disclose 20 years' worth of lavish gifts and luxury travel from a GOP megadonor. The Committee, chaired by Dick Durbin, is also planning to hold a hearing on the need to restore public confidence in the Supreme Court. The ProPublica report revealed that Thomas had failed to disclose the gifts and trips as required by law, sparking the latest development in a long-running controversy surrounding the Supreme Court's ethics standards.