Dupond-Moretti, who was made justice minister in July 2020, is being investigated after conflict-of-interest complaints were filed against him by France’s largest magistrates’ unions. They argue that some of his work as a high-profile lawyer prior to his government role makes him biased against certain judges. The minister has claimed …
Read More »‘We need a new govt’: Brits jeer after Justice Sec says he’s ‘confident’ Hancock didn’t bend hiring rules with aide-turned-lover
Hancock resigned as health secretary earlier this week after a leaked photograph showed him snogging aide Gina Coladangelo, a married lobbyist who he had promoted to a paid position last year. The kiss was seen as a breach of his own social-distancing guidelines, not to mention his marital vows. But …
Read More »Social justice crusader ACLU told black staff to ‘keep quiet’ about ‘systemic racism’ in organization – lawsuit
Robert Jackson, who worked as an associate director for the ACLU, alleges that he was demoted and eventually sacked for highlighting the lack of minorities in the organization’s senior ranks and proposing ways to increase diversity. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York District Court, Jackson said that the …
Read More »‘Once a corporation is involved, justice goes out the window’: Sarandon, Williamson rip into Chevron’s hounding of lawyer Donziger
Donziger is currently being tried for criminal contempt of court, and his defense has little doubt that he will receive a guilty verdict. Supporters of the lawyer see the case as little more than a revenge campaign by oil giant Chevron. A decade ago, Donziger helped 30,000 people in Ecuador …
Read More »Have we forgotten Nuremberg? Real justice would see Western leaders who start wars end up in jail too, not just Radovan Karadzic
“We should take pride in the fact that, from UK support to secure his arrest, to the prison cell he now faces, Britain has supported the 30-year pursuit of justice for these heinous crimes,” is how Raab announced the news that former Bosnian Serb president Karadzic is to serve the …
Read More »Emails show US Justice Dept THREATENED to subpoena MIT researchers who refuted claims of voter fraud in Bolivia’s 2019 election
Between October 2020 and January 2021, Angela George – a trial attorney at the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs – repeatedly mailed a group of analysts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to obtain their research – eventually threatening to compel them to do so, according to an email chain …
Read More »Jeffrey Epstein didn’t receive special treatment from Florida justice system despite controversial plea deal, probe concludes
In three separate reports that were part of a two-year probe, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded that Palm Beach County prosecutors and sheriff’s officials had correctly followed protocols while dealing with the high-profile criminal between 2005-2009. State officials were heavily criticized for the plea deal and cushy prison …
Read More »Locals demand justice after death toll in Rio de Janeiro’s most lethal police raid on favela rises to 28 (PHOTOS)
Rio’s Civil Police chief Allan Turnowski told reporters that the dead were drug dealers who “fired at the officers – to kill.” It was initially reported that Thursday’s police raid on the Jacarezinho community left 25 dead, including a drug unit officer who was shot in the head. It was …
Read More »Left-wing social justice collectives have captured Britain’s premier art prize. This ‘artivism’ is destroying the museums we love
The Tate, Great Britain’s national museum of art, today [Friday] announced the triumph of collectives over individual artists in the Turner Prize 2021 shortlist. For years, activist curators have been undermining the principle that great art is made by exceptional individuals. This week has seen the coup de grâce: social …
Read More »Detroit police chief calls George Floyd Justice Act a ‘veiled attempt at dismantling policing’
Craig, who has clashed with lawmakers critical of police like Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), told Newsmax in a Wednesday interview that the proposed legislation is destructive because it removes qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. “We know how important it is that police officers who engage in criminal misconduct should …
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