Former New York Congressman George Santos is suing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for alleged fraudulent activity and copyright infringement related to Cameo videos. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that Kimmel requested, under a concealed identity, 14 Cameo videos from Santos and broadcast them on national television and social media for commercial gain. According to the suit, this breach of copyright occurred under the guise of fandom and starkly violated the original agreement.
Santos, expelled from Congress in December following an ethics report, asserts that Kimmel sought to profit from his open personality by misrepresenting himself and his intentions. In addition, Kimmel allegedly joked about the potential of being sued by Santos for fraud, an act his lawyers argue demonstrates a flagrant disregard for legal boundaries. Santos also accused Kimmel of fraud and violation of civil rights in a social media post over the weekend.
The lawsuit follows the television host’s airing of the Cameo videos beginning December 7. During a television appearance on December 11, Kimmel was quoted joking about the prospect of a lawsuit from Santos, describing it as a “dream come true.” Santos’ lawyers have since labeled his actions as clear violations of their client’s rights, referring to the on-air admission as evidence. ABC, the network airing Kimmel’s show, has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
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Former New York Congressman George Santos is suing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for alleged fraudulent activity and copyright infringement related to Cameo videos. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that Kimmel requested, under a concealed identity, 14 Cameo videos from Santos and broadcast them on national television and social media for commercial gain. According to the suit, this breach of copyright occurred under the guise of fandom and starkly violated the original agreement.
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Robert Hur, special counsel, has announced his decision not to charge former Vice President Joe Biden in relation to the mishandling of classified materials. Hur’s investigation found evidence indicating Biden “willfully retained” documents critical to national security after his vice presidency, while he was a private citizen.
“Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” the report explains, but says evidence “does not establish Mr. Biden’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
The report takes particular aim at Biden’s cognitive abilities, which have recently been underscored by his claims to have discussed the events of January 6th, 2021, with long-dead French President Francois Mitterand.
Biden’s memory, says the special counsel report, “was significantly limited.” It added: “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory… It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him — by then a former president well into his eighties — of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
“In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden’s memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended (“if it was 2013 – when did I stop being Vice President?”), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began (“in 2009, am I still Vice President?”). He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died. And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him. Among other things, he mistakenly said he “had a real difference” of opinion with General Karl Eikenberry, when, in fact, Eikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited approvingly in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama.”
The refusal to prosecute Biden due to his age and poor cognitive function flies in the face of the persistent establishment talking points that “no one is above the law.” Indeed, in this instance, the special counsel appears to make the case that because no jury would prosecute Biden despite his obvious guilt, the case must be dropped.
The report also details how Biden leveraged the sensitive government information for profit, using notebooks he should not have had for a book published in 2017: “After the vice presidency, Mr. Biden kept these 2 classified notebooks in unsecured and unauthorized spaces at his Virginia and Delaware homes and used some of the notebooks as reference material for his second memoir, Promise Me, Dad, which was published in 2017.”
A ghostwriter is also said to have “found” classified material in a rental unit in Virginia, “in a badly damaged box surrounded by household detritus.”
The special counsel report goes further into Biden’s mental incapacity, adding: “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him – by then a former president well into his eighties – of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
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Robert Hur, special counsel, has announced his decision not to charge former Vice President Joe Biden in relation to the mishandling of classified materials. Hur's investigation found evidence indicating Biden "willfully retained" documents critical to national security after his vice presidency, while he was a private citizen.
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The Indian Supreme Court has refused to legalize gay marriage in a ruling announced Tuesday morning, arguing the decision is political and, therefore, an issue for the nation’s parliament.
Five Supreme Court judges initially heard the legal arguments between April and May this year, with the verdict reached on a three to two split decision. The Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, stated there was a degree of “agreement and disagreement on how far we have to go” on the issue.
“The court, in the exercise of the power of judicial review, must steer clear of matters, particularly those impinging on policy, which fall in the legislative domain,” Chief Justice Chandrachud added.
Civil union for gay couples was also rejected by the court in another split decision, with the majority once again ruling that it was an issue for parliament to consider. India decriminalized homosexuality in 2018.
It is unlikely that the Indian parliament will support gay marriage, however, as the nation’s Narendra Modi-led government wrote a statement to the court arguing, “Living together as partners and having sexual relationship by same-sex individuals… is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, a wife, and children.”
Fewer than 40 countries across the world permit gay marriage, including only two countries in Asia – Taiwan and Nepal. Thailand and South Korea, however, are currently considering the move.
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The Indian Supreme Court has refused to legalize gay marriage in a ruling announced Tuesday morning, arguing the decision is political and, therefore, an issue for the nation's parliament.
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The Russian government is pushing to ban sex change operations as well as gender changes on identity cards in an effort to promote ‘traditional values’ across Russian society. The legislation is set for a second reading of three on Thursday, having obtained initial approval in the lower house of parliament last month.
Only surgical operations to treat intersex “congenital physiological anomalies” among children will be permitted, provided approval is obtained from special medical commissions or public health care institutions.
“We are preserving Russia for posterity, with its cultural and family values, traditional foundations, and putting up a barrier to the penetration of Western anti-family ideology,” announced deputy chairman of the lower house, Pyotr Tolstoy, after the approval of the first reading.
This is the latest move by the Russian government targeting LGBT activism, which “Putin seeks to portray as evidence of moral decay in Western countries,” reports Reuters.
Last December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law imposing restrictions on “propaganda of non-traditional sexual rations and pedophilia.” The legislation imposed heavy fines for “any action or the spreading of any information that is considered an attempt to promote homosexuality in public, online, or in films, books or advertising.”
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The Russian government is pushing to ban sex change operations as well as gender changes on identity cards in an effort to promote 'traditional values' across Russian society. The legislation is set for a second reading of three on Thursday, having obtained initial approval in the lower house of parliament last month.
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A former international correspondent for CNN is suing the broadcaster for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after her foot was run-over by her own cameraman while reporting in Israel.
Saima Mohsin argues the company refused to accommodate her injuries after she requested alternative duties, as well as support for rehabilitation. She also claims there was a “gender pay gap” at CNN. Mohsin is also suing for racial discrimination, arguing she was told, “you don’t have the look we are looking for,” after asking for a presenting role at CNN. She also asserts she was denied “high profile on-air opportunities,” with producers preferring to use “white American correspondents.”
“I was repeatedly let down and denied the ability to achieve my potential while I was at CNN. I am bringing my claim to take a stand and call for change to ensure women journalists, and women journalists of colour, are better protected,” Mohsin said to The Guardian.
CNN, however, is opposing the claim on territorial grounds. The broadcaster argues that Mohsin does not have the right to bring the case in London as specified in her employment contract.
Another former CNN employee – who maintained a close relationship with former host Chris Cuomo – was sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl last month.
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A former international correspondent for CNN is suing the broadcaster for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after her foot was run-over by her own cameraman while reporting in Israel.
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Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis‘s legal team has submitted a sarcastically phrased motion to dismiss Disney’s lawsuit against the state on the grounds of legislative immunity.
DeSantis’s lawyers argue he and the Secretary of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity, Dane Eagle, are both “absolutely immune” from being sued by Disney as the Governor’s decisions were taken “in the sphere of legitimate legislative activity.”
The legal theory is pretty sound, given the precedent. But the wording on the motion to dismiss is also striking, and includes sardonic linguistics with rhetorical questions, mockery, and casual turns of phrase.
“But first things first,” opens one paragraph, before going on to establish the Governor’s immunity claims. The document also refers to the “waning day of [Disney’s] corporate kingdom,” and in one hyper-casual area, describes Disney’s sweetheart deal in Florida in the following terms:
“Local taxes? Disney set them. Building and safety codes? Disney set those, too. Caps on land development? Disney made the final call. Disney could exercise eminent domain, permitting it to annex territory even outside the District’s borders, all without legislative approval.”
The motion to dismiss is likely to prevail, though in a world where precedent seems to mean less and less, flippancy is perhaps an ill-advised legal strategy.
Disney filed its lawsuit against the Florida state government after a Florida oversight board voted to override pre-existing agreements to permit an expansion of Disney World as well as to maintain control over neighboring land. In response, Disney accused DeSantis of waging a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint.”
DeSantis has dismissed Disney’s claims as without merit and merely “political.”
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Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis's legal team has submitted a sarcastically phrased motion to dismiss Disney's lawsuit against the state on the grounds of legislative immunity.
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