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Abigail Jo Shry of Texas was arrested last week and charged with sending a threatening and racist voicemail to the federal judge assigned to the Justice Department's election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The voicemail included threats to kill the judge, who is Black, as well as other Democratic leaders. Shry faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of making a threat against a federal judge. The case is being investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty of 12 charges, including four counts of murder, stemming from a high-speed car crash in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in July 2022. During the four-day bench trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Shirilla had been using drugs prior to the crash and had been in possession of criminal tools. Shirilla is currently being held in the Cuyahoga County Jail and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 14, with potential life in prison if convicted.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FDA failed to address safety concerns when it made the abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain in 2016. The ruling is a win for abortion opponents, who argued that the FDA’s alterations to the drug’s disbursement regime in 2016 qualified as “reopening” the question of its initial approval. The court said that mifepristone should remain available under the rules that were in place from 2000 to 2016, which will likely have a significant impact on the availability of the drug.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed a March 2024 trial date for the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his co-defendants. The 19 defendants are accused of operating a "criminal enterprise" while pursuing their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Willis has given Trump and his co-defendants until August 25 to turn themselves in for booking. The proposed trial date of March 2024 would mean the trial would start just before the Georgia presidential primary, and the case will be closely watched by many.
Key takeaways: Donald Trump and his allies may soon face trial in Georgia for alleged crimes related to the 2020 election. Trump’s lawyers are expected…
A Texas woman has been awarded $1.2 billion after her ex-boyfriend allegedly shared intimate material of her online and in emails to her family, friends and colleagues. Marques Jamal Jackson reportedly hacked into the woman's accounts and shared the material on multiple social media sites, in a publicly accessible Dropbox folder, and on an impersonation page of a porn website. The case serves as a reminder of the potential consequences of revenge porn and the importance of seeking legal recourse for victims.
A federal appeals court has upheld parts of a decision limiting access to the widely used abortion pill, mifepristone. The ruling agreed with a lower court that the Food and Drug Administration's moves since 2016 to relax the rules for mifepristone's use should be reversed, but declined to suspend the underlying approval of the medication. The decision is a victory for abortion opponents, but the Justice Department is expected to appeal the decision and the case is expected to continue to make its way through the courts.