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Ex-US VP, Mike Pence Testifies In Trump Insurrection Probe

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April 28, 2023

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Former United States vice president Mike Pence testified Thursday in the federal investigation examining his ex-boss Donald Trump’s role in the 2021 assault on the Capitol, US media reported.

Pence appeared before a grand jury in Washington that could be weighing whether to prosecute the ex-president and his advisors over the January 6, 2021 effort to forcibly block Joe Biden from becoming president.

Trump’s attorneys had sought to block Pence’s testimony, arguing that executive privilege from his time as president meant he could block Pence from speaking about internal White House matters.

On Wednesday a federal appeals court rejected Trump’s appeal, and the former president appeared not to exercise his options of appealing the issue to the Supreme Court.

Pence was the centrepiece of the January 6 uprising: on that day he was to preside over the full US Congress to formally certify Biden as the victor in the November 2020 president election.

Using unproven claims of massive voter fraud and ungrounded legal justifications, Trump had strongly and repeatedly urged Pence to not carry out the certification.

He also urged thousands of followers to protest that day in Washington, a protest that turned into the mob that violently battled its way into the Capitol, forcing a halt to the certification.

A number of those directly involved in the Capitol assault have been tried and convicted of seditious conspiracy, and Trump is being investigated by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith to see if his role violated criminal laws.

Pence’s testimony came as he weighs running against his former boss for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

Democrat Biden on Tuesday announced he would seek re-election, and Trump currently is the front-runner for the Republican choice, possibly setting up a rematch of 2020.

Trump faces numerous probes, and on March 30 he became the first US president ever indicted on criminal charges, in a case involving making hush money payments to a porn star.

He is under investigation in Georgia for election interference, and on Tuesday a civil trial over allegations he raped a prominent journalist three decades ago got underway in New York.

AFP

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June 25, 2025

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Joe Marinelli, popular American actor, known for his roles in ‘The Morning Show’ and other television series, is dead.

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The actor’s wife, Jean Marinelli, confirmed his passage to The Hollywood Reporter.

Reacting to his death, the actor’s colleague, Mark Duplass who worked with the deceased on ‘The Morning Show’, said.

“We have lost a great one. Joe Marinelli lived in the rare air.

“He was a generous performer, beautiful human, wide-eyed positivist. I will miss him dearly. I will try to live my life a bit more like his. We all should”.

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Judge In Maradona Negligence Case Resigns Amid Scandal

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June 24, 2025

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The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona has resigned, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Julieta Makintach’s involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona’s medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings.

No date has yet been set for a new trial.

“I have the honor of addressing you in my capacity as judge (…)in order to submit my resignation from my position,” Makintach wrote in a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires that was shared by her lawyer.

Makintach was facing impeachment proceedings over her participation in the documentary about the case against seven medical staff accused of manslaughter over Maradona’s death.

Maradona — considered one of the world’s greatest ever players — died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery.

He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema — a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs — two weeks after going under the knife.

Prosecutor say the conditions of his home convalescence were grossly negligent.

Makintach was one of three judges hearing the case.

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Netanyahu Vows To Thwart ‘Any Attempt’ By Iran To Rebuild Nuclear Programme

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June 24, 2025

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to crush any attempt by Iran to rebuild its nuclear programme in a national address to the country after 12 days of war.

“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Netanyahu said after a ceasefire put a halt to airstrikes by the two countries against each other.

“We have thwarted Iran’s nuclear project. And if anyone in Iran tries to rebuild it, we will act with the same determination, with the same intensity, to foil any attempt,” he added.