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Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online news outfit Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, an appellate tax court said. Speaking outside the court she said, "facts win, truth wins, justice wins," while struggling to hold back tears. SOUNDBITE
Having grudgingly green-lit the peaceful transfer of power, President Donald Trump is now perfectly poised to proceed with a parade of pardons. Trump has already commuted the sentence of his informal adviser Roger Stone. But what about Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who is still in home confinement serving out his prison sentence? Even more to the point, what about Trump himself? Trump has repeatedly asked aides about pardons for himself and his family members--and whether he could issue them preemptively. CNN reports the question of self-pardoning may be moot. If Trump faces any criminal charges, they'll be at the state level, not federal. US Presidents are not immune from any state charges.
If Joe Biden is elected president, outgoing President Donald Trump is likely to have more days in court than he ever dreamed possible. Lacking his current presidential protections, Trump will face multiple investigations over whether he committed fraud in his businesses--and as an individual. According to CNN, Trump also faces defamation lawsuits sparked by his denials of accusations made by women who have alleged he assaulted them. If Trump wins, he may be able to run out the statute of limitations, which for some crimes in New York state law is five to six years. Or, he could simply continue enjoying the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel opinion that says a sitting president can't be indicted.
Larger-than-life cybersecurity executive John McAfee is facing federal charges of tax evasion. Business Insider reports the US Justice Department filed an indictment against McAfee in June of 2020. It was unsealed on Monday. The indictment alleges McAfee evaded filing his US tax returns from 2014 to 2018. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. The Department of Justice said in a statement that McAfee was arrested in Spain, where he is pending extradition. Earlier this year, the SEC sued McAfee for making $23.1 million in undisclosed compensation, for pushing dodgy cryptocurrency offerings on Twitter.
Pasig City, Jul 22 (EFE/EPA).- Well-known Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who is one of the fiercest critics of the country's controversial president, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to tax evasion, a case she describes as a form of harassment."These political charges make me laugh. That’s all you can do when law is weaponized against journalists.," Ressa said on her way to the court in Pasig in Manila to enter her not guilty plea.Ressa, named 2018 Person of the Year by TIME magazine for her fight against media intimidation, faces several government lawsuits that have raised international concern about the harassment of journalists in the Philippines, a country long regarded as a flag-bearer of press freedom in Asia. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).FOOTAGE SHOWS MARIA RESSA DURING HER COURT APPEARANCE ON A CASE FILED AGAINST HER, IN PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
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