Idaho murders update: Kaylee Goncalves’ family lawyer appeals to gag order in Bryan Kohberger case

The attorney for the University of Idaho stabbing victim Kaylee Goncalves’s family has filed an appeal of a Latah County judge’s gag order regarding the case against her suspected killer, Bryan Kohberger. The order is “facially overbroad and vague” and unconstitutional, Goncalves family attorney Shanon Gray wrote in an appeal filed Friday. Judge Megan Marshall issued the initial gag order Jan. 3, shortly after Kohberger’s arrest, restricting comments from prosecutors, the defense, law enforcement and other officials. On Jan. 18, she expanded the scope of her order, restricting attorneys for the victims and their families from speaking with the media.…

Idaho murders update: Kaylee Goncalves’ family lawyer appeals to gag order in Bryan Kohberger case

The attorney for the University of Idaho stabbing victim Kaylee Goncalves’s family has filed an appeal of a Latah County judge’s gag order regarding the case against her suspected killer, Bryan Kohberger. The order is “facially overbroad and vague” and unconstitutional, Goncalves family attorney Shanon Gray wrote in an appeal filed Friday. Judge Megan Marshall issued the initial gag order Jan. 3, shortly after Kohberger’s arrest, restricting comments from prosecutors, the defense, law enforcement and other officials. On Jan. 18, she expanded the scope of her order, restricting attorneys for the victims and their families from speaking with the media.…

Gag Order on Idaho Murder Case is ‘Likely Unconstitutional’, Lawyer Argues

The gag order issued by a judge in the Idaho murders case is “likely unconstitutional”, according to outside criminal defense attorney Philip Holloway “The gag order in the #IdahoMurders case is likely unconstitutional under the #1st Amendment,” Holloway wrote in a tweet on Monday. Holloway is not directly involved in the Idaho murders case. Following the arrest of 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger in the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20 and Xana Kernodle, 20, a judge in Latah County, Idaho, issued a nondissemination order, or a gag order, barring anyone involved in the case to speak…

Civil rape case against Donald Trump begins in Manhattan court

E. Jean Carroll’s accusation that Donald Trump raped her was not a “he said, she said” dispute, a lawyer representing the writer said as a civil trial over the former US president’s conduct nearly three decades ago got underway. Shawn Crowley, who represents the former Elle magazine advice columnist, said during her opening statement on Tuesday that Trump “slammed Ms. Carroll against the wall” and “pressed his lips to hers,” an account that other witnesses were prepared to verify. “This is not a ‘he said, she said’ case,” Crowley said in federal court in Manhattan. Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for…

Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensification

CNN — Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters to discuss the long-running investigation into the president’s son, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The Hunter Biden legal team had reached out to Justice officials in recent weeks, asking for an update on the case. As is routine, when lawyers request a status update, they were invited to meet next week, according to one source familiar with the meeting. Weiss, the US Attorney in Delaware who was appointed by…

LIV Golf lawyers argue PGA Tour is ‘exploiting litigation’ after request to delay antitrust trial, discovery schedule

Lawyers for both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf filed a joint motion Sunday to the US District Court for Northern California to ask for a case management conference to discuss delaying the current trial date and extending the discovery schedule for the ongoing antitrust lawsuit. US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman is overseeing the trial that is currently set for January 2024. The deadline for complete document discovery is March 30. The fact discovery deadline is May 26. Lawyers for the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially supported by the Public Investment Fund argued “the Tour is…