Fourth Circuit Grapples With Limits of Hate Crime Law
The Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday over whether the attack of a gay man at an Amazon shipping facility counts as a federal hate crime.
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Former Virginia Lawmaker Admits to Ripping Off Feds
A former delegate for the Virginia General Assembly pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to defrauding the federal government out of over $80 million in bogus contracts.
Read moreNunes Sues Twitter, Users for Defamation and Negligence
Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California is suing Twitter and several of its users for more than $250 million, accusing them of defamation and negligence.
Read moreHigh Court Looks for Racial Bias in Virginia Redistricting Case
In their second look at Virginia election districts, the justices of the Supreme Court appeared conflicted Monday over whether the map for the state’s House of Delegates was racially gerrymandered.
Read moreVirginia Redistricting Battle Takes Shape at High Court
Beginning a two-week stretch in which gerrymandering returns to the high court, the justices of the Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether the Virginia Legislature improperly carved up its map to disadvantage black voters.
Read moreManafort Sentenced to 4 Years in Virginia Tax-Crimes Case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday
Read moreManafort Faces Decades in Prison at Virginia Sentencing
Once a renowned lobbyist and associate of some of the world’s most powerful people, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s dazzling fall from an elite political world of spin and strategy ends Thursday when he is sentenced by a federal judge to what could effectively be life in prison for a bevy of financial crimes.
Read moreMueller Rebuffs Manafort Bid for Light Sentence in Virginia
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s request for a lenient sentence in his Virginia tax-crimes case should go unheeded given his willingness to blame others for his misconduct, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office told a federal judge Tuesday night.
Read moreManafort Asks for Leniency in Virginia Tax-Crimes Sentence
Less than a week before he is sentenced for multiple financial fraud charges, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort told a federal judge in Virginia that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recommendation he spend up to 24 years in prison is “clearly disproportionate” to the crimes.
Read moreDC Circuit Blocks Power-Line Plan for Historic Jamestown
Paying homage to the rich history of Jamestown, Virginia, the D.C. Circuit blocked a utility project Friday that would erect power-line towers across the James River.
Read moreReport: Kushner Family Firm Pays $1.1B for 6,000 Apartments
The real estate firm run by White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family has pulled off its biggest deal in more than a decade.
Read moreVirginia’s Fairfax Compares Himself to Lynching Victims
Embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared himself to Jim Crow-era lynching victims in a surprise speech Sunday, as he resists widespread calls to resign due to allegations of sexual assault.
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Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax and the women who have accused him of sexual assault were invited by Republicans on Friday to testify at a hearing of the state General Assembly.
Read moreManafort Sentencing on Tax Crimes Set for March 8
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will learn in just two weeks how long a prison sentence awaits him for the eight financial crimes of which he was convicted last year.
Read moreFull Fourth Circuit Urged to Stop Pipeline Land Grab
Landowners impacted by the construction of a natural gas pipeline through the Appalachian Mountains filed an appeal late Tuesday asking the en banc Fourth Circuit to reconsider a three-judge panel’s approval of a “take first, pay later” approach to eminent domain.
Read moreCharlottesville Judge Keeps Subpoena Efforts in Place
Advancing a bid for evidence that participants in the fatal 2017 Unite the Right rally had geared up for racially motivated violence, a federal judge rejected a motion to quash Tuesday by a white supremacist blogger.
Read moreVirginia Redistricting Push Gets Boost From ‘Terminator’ Star
Virginians who have been waiting months for Republican lawmakers to reform racially gerrymandered voting districts received a wave of encouragement Tuesday former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Read moreVirginia Lawmaker Backs Off Fast Track for Impeachment Bill
A Virginia lawmaker on Monday backed off his plans to swiftly introduce an impeachment bill seeking the ouster of the state’s leading black elected official as Democrats struggled to address revelations of past racist behavior and allegations of sexual assault roiling its highest levels of office.
Read moreScandals Drive Calls for Top Virginia Leadership to Resign
Virginia’s state government seemed to come unglued Friday as an embattled Gov. Ralph Northam made it clear he won’t resign and the man in line to succeed him was hit with another sexual assault accusation and barraged with demands that he step down, too.
Read moreDems Temper Calls for Raft of Resignations in Virginia
Nearly a week into a public-relations crisis threatening the three Democratic-held branches of Virginia government, reflexive calls for resignations appear to have given way to political self-preservation.
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