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Trump's Lawyers in Court Over Corruption Trial

Prosecutors and Donald Trump's lawyers sparred in court on Thursday over setting a calendar for the former president's trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden. The contentious hearing in a downtown Washington courtroom was the first held by US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan since she regained control ...

Sleiman Murder File Transferred to Mount Lebanon Prosecutor's Office

Public Prosecutor Jamal Hajjar handed over to the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal on Friday the file on the preliminary investigation carried out by the Army into the murder of Pascal Sleiman, coordinator of the Lebanese Forces in Jbeil, who was abducted and killed during an alleged car theft. Six suspects of Syrian nationality were also referred ...

Judicial Victory for Riad Salameh: Germany Cancels Arrest Warrant Against Him

The Seventh Chamber of the Munich Regional Court pronounced its verdict in favor of the former Governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank, Banque du Liban (BDL), Riad Salameh. On June 10, Salameh won the case he had brought before the German courts against the Munich public prosecutor. On May 15, 2023, the Munich public prosecutor had issued a warrant ...