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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 22h
“Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes as well as to practitioners and defenders of international justice whose passion and courage continue to ensure that impunity will not be allowed to reign.” Navi Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The ICC is the cornerstone of the international criminal justice system. It prosecutes individuals responsible for the most serious crimes under international law.
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some people think a sign is equivalent to legislating. Worrying, but also illuminating
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/10/2026
🚨 This isn't a good sign. "Trump Just Banned the Election Referees. Only Russia & Belarus ban OSCE election observers. Now the United States does too, 28 days before the midterms. “Refusing election observers is what countries in a position of weakness do.” deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Just Banned the Election Referees. Only Russia and Belarus Have Ever Done That.
Only Russia and Belarus ban OSCE election observers. Now the United States does too, 28 days before the midterms. “Refusing election observers is what countries in a position of weakness do.”
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 06/10/2026
The Supreme Court emergency docket — aka the shadow docket — is being used more than ever to settle important cases. The Brennan Center’s Alicia Bannon breaks down the implications on this week’s episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4i6pIRD
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
With about one month until Election Day, Democrats are within reach of flipping Republican-held governorships, according to new polls by The New York Times and Siena University. nyti.ms/47xCYJ0
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/10/2026
There are risks associated with attending a protest, and taking steps to mitigate them can go a long way in ensuring you—and the data you value—are kept safe. ssd.eff.org/en/module/a...
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Attending a Protest
For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest. Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and...
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Is the current plan to remove data privacy by hacking and devaluing privacy laws to the point of pointlessness. Time to criminalise privacy breaches and attach custodial sentences to c-suite members. That might focus their minds and help them respect fundamental human rights
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@mancity.com Don't give up. The Premier League and its lawyers are wrong on all counts. www.mancity.com/news/club/ma...
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Club Statement
Manchester City FC is both disappointed and surprised by the opinion of the Premier League Commission, that has been published today.
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OECD Statistics @oecdstatistics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🆕 From wartime logistics to AI, governments have found new ways to put data to work. But a dashboard can only track what we choose to measure. Who decides what counts? A new paper explores the role and limits of official statistics. 🔗Read more: shorturl.at/iF8x1 #OECDStats
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
LISTEN: EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social joins the @legalafmtn.bsky.social podcast to discuss the turbocharged surveillance state and what EFF is doing to make sure your constitutional rights survive.
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Trump DESPERATE As His Spying Programs using Big Tech Increasingly BLOCKED by Federal Courts!!!
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hey all-a new episode is out: Roman & I talk about why you can't mail lottery tickets or infernal machines, but you CAN mail back your vote-by-mail-ballot for the 2026 midterms: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Nonmailable Matter
Podcast Episode · What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law · September 26 · 48m
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Matthew Hoppock @hoppock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EOIR quietly issued a new 5-page policy on public observation of immigration court hearings this week. It contains some significant new limitations, most notably for people trying to observe hearings remotely on WebEx. Here are the changes I've noticed. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
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Fact Sheet September 2026 | United States Department of Justice
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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A new episode is out! @romanmars.bsky.social & I talk about free pianos, ripe cases, and how we nearly had a midterms mail disaster—listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Nonmailable Matter
Podcast Episode · What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law · September 26 · 48m
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@mancity.com Khaldoon dignified in the response to gossip pedalled by the UK's national and, supposedly, unbiassed news reporting entity. Let's face it, the footballing authority broke its own rules and competition law and City remained dignified and did not seek statutory fines by the CMA
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Online behavioral advertising has always been creepy. AI makes it worse.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did. We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly. I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today!
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When businesses do not respond to applicants for jobs after coercing the setting up of a profile on the businesses SaaS platform it is a breach of GDPR. That means companies are also breaching human rights. It's time for a group litigation against some of the top 100 companies in the world
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Alice-Mary Higgins @aliceeire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesterday I demanded answers from the Minister about the Irish Government position on shocking proposals to give AI companies access to our personal data which are being negotiated right now on Ireland's watch. The public across EU want rights protected & more regulation of AI and big tech not less!
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Tuta @tuta.com · 24/09/2026
🚨Canada is about to destroy #privacy with Bill C-22 — one of the worst surveillance laws. Because there's no such thing as "lawful access" for the good guys only. We've signed an open letter against Bill C-22, please join the fight! 👉 theccf.ca/stop-governm... 👉 Open Letter: fixc22.ca
Canada stop Bill C-22
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 23/09/2026
📰 "The campaign group which forced the EU's highest court to strike down past US-EU data sharing deals has slammed the latest changes to European data protection laws designed to accommodate AI." #DigitalOmnibus #EU #AI 🔍 Continue reading ▸ www.theregister.com/legal/2026/0...
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Privacy group slams EU for changing the data rules to cater to AI
Schrems campaign raises specter of another legal challenge as legislators propose changes to GDPR
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/09/2026
Five police forces who’ve been trying a Palantir surveillance tool are set to drop it: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/rev…
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I see Jim Ratcliffe, the Brexit backing Billionaire is crying about how his supporting Brexit hasn't worked out. Here's what he said in 2016 - www.ineos.com/inch-magazin...
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INEOS' vote of confidence after brexit
NEWS of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union earlier this year may have sent shockwaves around the world.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/09/2026
Instead of asking "can decentralized platforms replace Big Tech?" we're asking a better question: what would real choice over participation and data control actually look like? Join our livestream 9/17 at 11AM PT to find out. eff.org/livestream-...
EFFecting Change: How to build a decentralized web that truly works for all. Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:00 AM PT.

4 headshots of the speakers:
Babette Ngene, Public Interest Technology Director at EFF

Rory Mir, Director of Open Access & Tech Community Engagement at EFF

Bruce Schneier, PIT technologist & Author

Mallory Knodel, Executive Director of the Social Web Foundation
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Further ~ What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow @shnyblkfbishoes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled By Russian Oligarch Close To Putin
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why are none of the media spammers posting this increasing UK national security risk? www.reuters.com/business/med...
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EXCLUSIVE: UK deepens reliance on Musk's SpaceX, spending nearly $40 million on satellite services
Britain has spent nearly $40 million on SpaceX satellite services, deepening its reliance on Elon Musk's company for military communications despite growing European concerns about dependence on U.S. ...
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why is the right wing, fascism supporting propaganda machine not spamming my feed with this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
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UK police widen criminal probe into Reform UK over new allegations
British police said on Wednesday a criminal investigation ​into the populist Reform UK party would be widened to include allegations made in ‌a documentary that officials planned to break electoral la...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@mancity.com why not specify how negative Anderson's passing and touches are. No matter how much you lie on your website, people can see he is a waste of money
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ICDS Tallinn @icds-tallinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Europeanising NATO will mean a profound transformation—not only of planning, command structures and capabilities, but also of the political and strategic balance, as a stronger and more confident Europe seeks a greater role in shaping Alliance decisions.
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Europeanising NATO Brief Series - International Centre for Defence and Security
In response to the continuing threat from Russia and to US demands that they should assume primary responsibility for their own conventional deterrence and
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/09/2026
A federal judge ordered the US Justice Department to disclose the names of the people who came up with the structure for a controversial fund that could have been used to pay allies of President Donald Trump.
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Judge Orders US to Name Architects of Trump ‘Weaponization’ Fund
A federal judge ordered the US Justice Department to disclose the names of the people who came up with the structure for a controversial fund that could have been used to pay allies of President Donald Trump.
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apparently @apple does not understand licensing laws. "Content Not Found: There is a problem with loading the title or it is no longer available to play." There is a law in the UK of "Unlawful interference of a contract by a third party". @apple you have 30 days before court proceedings
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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NYT map illustrating how US Navy has lost its foothold in the Gulf as a result of Trump's war with Iran. Will the USN ever get it back? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Map of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean showing how Iran has rendered US Gulf bases unavailable during the US-Iran War of 2026.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/09/2026
⌛ HOURS LEFT MPs are debating TODAY on a vital amendment backing a hard limit on political donations to finally stop big money from drowning out regular voters. Email your MP right now and ask them to back it 📩 goodlaw.social/bmrd
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Stop billionaires influencing our politics
Tell MPs to back Stella Creasy's amendment
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/09/2026
Tehran calls for Washington to respect terms of MoU after attacks send tensions soaring in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran urges US to honour commitments under MoU
Tehran calls for Washington to respect terms of MoU after attacks send tensions soaring in the Strait of Hormuz.
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So the truth is that the orange despot was behind Infantino and fifa's attempt to sell the World Cup. Sack faction and FIFA
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Tuta @tuta.com · 30/08/2026
Stop saying stupid stuff like: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." Start saying: "A free country doesn't track innocent citizens."
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 28/08/2026
📰 "When verifying their profile or age on platforms, users disclose sensitive biometric information to third-party companies. One such company is the #US-based firm #Persona […]" Includes quotes from noyb data protection lawyer Felix Mikolasch. Read more (in German): netzpolitik.org/2026/linkedi...
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Wer dein Gesicht scannt, wenn du dich online verifizierst
Beim Verifizieren des eigenen Profils oder Alters auf vertrauten Plattformen geben Nutzende sensible biometrische Informationen an dritte Unternehmen weiter. Eines dieser Unternehmen ist das US-amerikanische Persona, dessen Prüfungen weit über bloße Identitätskontrollen hinausgehen.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/08/2026
🙃 🙃 🙃 See how much you're paying for pollution... 👀👇 goodlaw.social/4rcc
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Bowl of Petunias @sunriseflight.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Please, Americans. If not for your own sake, for the sake of all of us
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Mugita tonchyai @marubisi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Buy Canadian Products. #SupportCanada🇨🇦
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The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We have responded after the Trump administration announced new sanctions against senior members of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read our full statement ➡️ bit.ly/3UeuK5a
A person with light hair is pictured on a pink background with the quote: "The independence of judges and prosecutors is a fundamental principle of the rule of law." The name Kirsty Brimelow KC, Bar Council Chair, is written below.A pink graphic featuring a quote: "At a time when respect for international law is under considerable strain, independent courts and the lawyers and judges who serve them must be able to perform their duties without fear or favour." Quotation marks are prominently displayed at the top and bottom.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 21/08/2026
🚨 If you've received an Apple Threat Notification → take immediate action. 🚨 1. Make sure it's a legit threat notification 2. Enable Lockdown mode on your iPhone 3. Contact the Digital Security Helpline www.accessnow.org/help/access-...  Find out more 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-to...
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R.I.P GDPR @rip-gdpr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Anybody in the EU wanting to share views on EU rules on data protection law enforcement and the use of personal data by law enforcement and criminal justice authorities for law enforcement purposes. You have until 14th September: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Bill @cws1958.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.samsung-news.com/articles/J5E.... All law abiding people of the world must stand up to the corrupt mafia out of washington D C ran by 🍊🤡 With 💩🩲 and Canada must not surrender To the taco no compromise until the state's do
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US to sanction the president and a prosecutor of international criminal court
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 18/08/2026
The ruling deals a blow to the Trump scheme of bypassing Senate confirmation to install poorly qualified loyalists as top federal prosecutors in blue states — a key element of Trump's campaign of retribution.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Scheme on US Attorneys
It’s All Part of Retribution on Blue States The 9th Circuit Court...
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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
judge denied Meta's request for spoliation sanctions against AGs that would've barred a Meta whistleblower from testifying in the upcoming social media addiction bellwether trial, ruling that Meta's request was an "obvious" "Hail Mary attempt to eliminate a strong witness."
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Meta Loses 'Hail Mary' Sanctions Bid On Eve Of AGs' Trial - Law360
A California federal judge Sunday denied Meta's request for spoliation sanctions against state attorneys general that would've barred a Meta whistleblower from testifying in the upcoming high-stakes social media addiction bellwether trial, ruling that Meta's request was an "obvious" "Hail Mary attempt to eliminate a strong witness" before trial.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/08/2026
US Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case reut.rs/4qmAk1r
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US Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump in $5 million E. Jean Carroll case
Rebuffing President Donald Trump ​for a second time, the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear his appeal ‌of a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist.
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