Tag: Attorney General

Australians Hand in Almost 18,000 Weapons in First Year of National Gun Amnesty

Australians handed in almost 18,000 weapons, including a Vietnam-era flamethrower, automatic firearms, and a crossbow, to police during the first year of a national firearms amnesty. A total of 17,543 firearms weapons and 606 weapons components, including suppressors and magazines, were surrendered between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022, according to the Permanent National…


GOP Attorney General Candidate’s Election Challenge Can Go to Trial: Arizona Judge

An  Arizona judge on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by Republican Abraham Hamadeh challenging the results of the election for attorney general can proceed. Hamadeh lost to Democrat Kris Mayes by 511 votes out of 2.5 million ballots. Along with the Republican National Committee, Hamadeh filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County court on Nov. 22 against his opponent alleging “errors…


Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Appoints New Attorney General

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced on Nov. 23, the appointment of his former general counsel Andrew Bailey to succeed state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who was elected to the U.S Senate earlier this month. Bailey will complete Schmitt’s term, which ends in 2024. Schmitt won the Senate seat after defeating his Democrat rival, Trudy Busch…


Meta’s ‘Arrogance’ Results in Washington Court Fining Company Nearly $25 Million for Disclosure Violations

A Washington state court fined Meta $24.66 million for intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law—the largest-ever such penalty in U.S. history—which was imposed on the company for repeatedly violating state law. The parent company of social media behemoth Facebook was fined the maximum allowed under the Fair Campaign Practices Act for 822 violations. Washington State…


Politicians Behind COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Should Be Brought to Justice: Maryland AG Candidate

Politicians who enacted strict COVID-19 measures including lockdowns and vaccine mandates should be brought to justice, says Republican Maryland Attorney General candidate Michael Peroutka. “Nothing could be more on the point that all these lockdowns, mandates, orders, edicts, proclamations, declarations, whatever you want to call them, none of them were lawful. They were all violation…


New South Wales to Strengthen ‘No Body No Parole’ Laws

Convicted killers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) who refuse to disclose the whereabouts of their victim’s remains will not be granted parole under new laws, which will bring NSW into line with other state jurisdictions. While currently, the ‘no body no parole’ law is an option for the State Parole Authority…


New Guidance to Curb ‘Anti-Western’ Gender Ideology in British Schools: Attorney General

The British government’s top legal advisor says she will issue new guidance to prevent schools from practicing what she called “anti-Western” gender dogma. “Anti-Western pseudo-scientists have spawned a new category in which our characteristics form a hierarchy of oppression,” Attorney General Suella Braverman said in a speech today. Braverman said that the rise in transgenderism…


Former Attorney General to Hear Appeal of Watson Suspension

CLEVELAND—NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has handed off Deshaun Watson’s discipline case to a lawyer with league connections and expertise in domestic violence and sexual assault. Goodell chose former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey on Thursday to hear the league’s appeal of the six-game suspension without pay given to Cleveland’s quarterback, whose playing status…


UK Attorney General Refuses to Rule out Withdrawing From ECHR

Attorney General Suella Braverman has refused to rule out Britain withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after a flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda was halted at the last moment. Braverman said “all options are on the table” and said many people would be “frustrated” about a court in Strasbourg giving a ruling…


Facts Matter (June 6): 2 Days After ‘2000 Mules’ Presentation, Former Mayor Pleads Guilty to Ballot Harvesting in AZ

A woman in Arizona officially pled guilty to using her position within the Democratic Party to illegally harvest ballots in what was described by the attorney general’s office as a “sophisticated” ballot harvesting scheme. This guilty plea came right on the heels of two separate events:  The first is a ballot fraud investigation launched by…