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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Mike Pence has decided not to appeal a federal judge's order to testify in the special counsel's probe of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. This decision will provide the special counsel access to key evidence related to Trump's actions leading up to and during the Capitol riot. Judge James Boasberg's ruling largely dismissed efforts by Pence and Trump to limit his testimony and avoid handing over documents.
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been ordered by a federal judge to comply with a grand jury subpoena and testify in the investigation into Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump had argued executive privilege, but the judge's ruling shut down this argument. Pence was partially successful in his argument that he was shielded from testifying about Jan. 6 due to his constitutional role as part of the legislative branch. This ruling could have implications for other members of the Trump administration who may be called to testify in the investigation.
Billionaire Elon Musk is facing a new security challenge after Twitter's source code was leaked online. Twitter has filed a legal document with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California and asked GitHub to take down the code. This is the latest in a series of security issues for Twitter, which has since implemented new measures to protect user accounts. The source code leak is a reminder of the importance of cybersecurity for companies, and Twitter is now taking steps to ensure its source code is secure.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of four publishers in a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization that offers free access to millions of copyrighted works. The Archive was found to be producing derivative works without permission of the copyright holder, and the Association of American Publishers welcomed the decision as a victory for authors, publishers, and readers. The case is expected to have implications for other digital libraries and archives that offer free access to copyrighted works.
Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, a Russian intelligence officer, has been charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for acting as an illegal agent of a Russian intelligence service. He had been living in the US under the alias Victor Muller Ferreira since 2018, and was gathering information on U.S. foreign policy before his cover was blown. The Justice Department has warned that foreign intelligence services are increasingly targeting the U.S. and its allies.
Donald Trump's lawyers have filed a motion in court to block testimony from previous accusers and to ban the infamous 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape from being used in the sexual battery lawsuit filed against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. The tape features Trump boasting about grabbing women, and Carroll is claiming that Trump defamed her by denying her allegations and accusing her of lying. The motion is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle between Carroll and Trump.