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LAHORE, Pakistan, May 15 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday granted bail until May 23 to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife in a graft case, a lawyer in their legal team said. Khan was arrested by the country’s anti-graft agency last week in the same case, prompting violent protests across the country, which is already reeling from a crippling economic crisis. He was later released and received bail from a court in Islamabad for two weeks. Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, was co-accused along with Khan in the case, which is pertained to…Continue Reading

Trump lawyer accused judge of bias as US writer E Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit continues into second week in New York. The United States judge overseeing the rape case against Donald Trump has denied a request for a mistrial, after a lawyer for the former president accused Judge Lewis Kaplan of ruling in a biased manner against Trump. In an 18-page letter filed early on Monday in Manhattan federal court, lawyer Joe Tacopina accused Kaplan of being biased against Trump, including in the jury’s presence, during the civil proceedings that began last week. Tacopina said the effect of Kaplan’s rulings…Continue Reading