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Doctor 'Jeffrey Epstein' Dragged Into Scandal Seeks 'Revenge' On Lawmaker
A Long Island neurosurgeon who happens to share his name with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found himself in the throes of a controversy surrounding the newly released Epstein files.
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Major MAGA Figure Quits US Congress After Falling Out With Trump Over Epstein
Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure of the far right, said she had "always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in."
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Donald Trump To Elon Musk: Complete List Of People Named In Epstein Files
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have ordered the US Justice Department to make public its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Clay Higgins Is Only House Member To Vote Against Releasing Epstein Files. Here's Why
Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote Tuesday to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the end, one lawmaker stood alone in opposition: Clay Higgins
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Trump Commutes Sentence Of Former Republican George Santos In Fraud Case
US President Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Santos, who was convicted of committing wire fraud and identity theft to splurge on lavish vacations and Botox injections with funds stolen from campaign donors.
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Ex Rajya Sabha MP Among Those Convicted In Coal Scam Case, Sentencing On July 18
The case involved former Rajya Sabha lawmaker Vijay Darda, his son Devender Darda, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd and its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal.
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BRS Slams BJP As Its Lawmakers Share Stage With Bilkis Bano Case Convict
The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana has strongly denounced the BJP after a convict in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case shared stage with lawmakers of the party at a government event in Gujarat.
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Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Auto-Disqualification Of Convicted MPs
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the "automatic disqualification" of lawmakers upon their conviction and being sentenced to a jail term for two years or more.
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Tamil Nadu Congress Members Stage Rail Roko Over Rahul Gandhi Conviction
The Congress staged a rail roko in Kumbakonam and Virudhachalam in Tamil Nadu while party lawmakers resorted to a "black band" protest in front of the State Assembly in Chennaion Thursday.
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Republicans Signal Deep Resistance To Trump Impeachment Trial In US Senate
Republican lawmakers signaled Sunday that Democrats will have a fight on their hands to secure the conviction of Donald Trump when the Senate next month opens its first-ever impeachment trial of a former president.
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Lawmaker's Vote Cast Prior To Conviction On Same Day Valid: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday in a landmark ruling held that a vote cast by a lawmaker prior to his conviction in a criminal case on the same day cannot be termed as invalid saying holding him disqualified even before he was convicted "would grossly violate his substantive right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty".
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In Russia, Upto 5 Years Jail For Spreading False Coronavirus News
Russian lawmakers were set on Tuesday to consider legislation imposing severe punishment - including up to five years in prison - for people convicted of spreading false information about the coronavirus.
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Rahul Gandhi Used Strong Words In 2013 Press Conference: Montek Ahluwalia
The now-defunct Planning Commission's former Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi used "strong words" in 2013 while tearing up an ordinance on convicted lawmakers, but insisted then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did the right thing by not resigning.
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Manmohan Singh Asked Me If He Should Resign In 2013: Montek Ahluwalia
After the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, the then prime minister Manmohan Singh asked Montek Singh Ahluwalia whether he thought he should resign, the former deputy chairman of the now-defunct Planning Commission says.
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"India's Daughter Gets Justice": Gautam Gambhir On Nirbhaya Convicts
After a Delhi court ruled that all the four convicts will be hanged in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, former Indian cricketer and BJP lawmaker Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday hailed the court's order, saying that ''India's daughter gets justice.''
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Doctor 'Jeffrey Epstein' Dragged Into Scandal Seeks 'Revenge' On Lawmaker
A Long Island neurosurgeon who happens to share his name with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found himself in the throes of a controversy surrounding the newly released Epstein files.
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Major MAGA Figure Quits US Congress After Falling Out With Trump Over Epstein
Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure of the far right, said she had "always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in."
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Donald Trump To Elon Musk: Complete List Of People Named In Epstein Files
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have ordered the US Justice Department to make public its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Clay Higgins Is Only House Member To Vote Against Releasing Epstein Files. Here's Why
Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote Tuesday to pass a bill to force the release of the case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the end, one lawmaker stood alone in opposition: Clay Higgins
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Trump Commutes Sentence Of Former Republican George Santos In Fraud Case
US President Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Santos, who was convicted of committing wire fraud and identity theft to splurge on lavish vacations and Botox injections with funds stolen from campaign donors.
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Ex Rajya Sabha MP Among Those Convicted In Coal Scam Case, Sentencing On July 18
The case involved former Rajya Sabha lawmaker Vijay Darda, his son Devender Darda, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd and its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal.
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BRS Slams BJP As Its Lawmakers Share Stage With Bilkis Bano Case Convict
The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana has strongly denounced the BJP after a convict in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case shared stage with lawmakers of the party at a government event in Gujarat.
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Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Auto-Disqualification Of Convicted MPs
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the "automatic disqualification" of lawmakers upon their conviction and being sentenced to a jail term for two years or more.
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Tamil Nadu Congress Members Stage Rail Roko Over Rahul Gandhi Conviction
The Congress staged a rail roko in Kumbakonam and Virudhachalam in Tamil Nadu while party lawmakers resorted to a "black band" protest in front of the State Assembly in Chennaion Thursday.
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Republicans Signal Deep Resistance To Trump Impeachment Trial In US Senate
Republican lawmakers signaled Sunday that Democrats will have a fight on their hands to secure the conviction of Donald Trump when the Senate next month opens its first-ever impeachment trial of a former president.
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Lawmaker's Vote Cast Prior To Conviction On Same Day Valid: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday in a landmark ruling held that a vote cast by a lawmaker prior to his conviction in a criminal case on the same day cannot be termed as invalid saying holding him disqualified even before he was convicted "would grossly violate his substantive right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty".
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In Russia, Upto 5 Years Jail For Spreading False Coronavirus News
Russian lawmakers were set on Tuesday to consider legislation imposing severe punishment - including up to five years in prison - for people convicted of spreading false information about the coronavirus.
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Rahul Gandhi Used Strong Words In 2013 Press Conference: Montek Ahluwalia
The now-defunct Planning Commission's former Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi used "strong words" in 2013 while tearing up an ordinance on convicted lawmakers, but insisted then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did the right thing by not resigning.
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Manmohan Singh Asked Me If He Should Resign In 2013: Montek Ahluwalia
After the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, the then prime minister Manmohan Singh asked Montek Singh Ahluwalia whether he thought he should resign, the former deputy chairman of the now-defunct Planning Commission says.
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"India's Daughter Gets Justice": Gautam Gambhir On Nirbhaya Convicts
After a Delhi court ruled that all the four convicts will be hanged in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, former Indian cricketer and BJP lawmaker Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday hailed the court's order, saying that ''India's daughter gets justice.''
