A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Election 2020
An appeals court has halted the case against Donald Trump and others while it reviews a lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on the case.
Attorneys for Nevada’s six Republican electors who submitted fake electoral documents in the aftermath of the 2020 election say the state withheld exonerating evidence from the grand jury.
The high court agreed to hear arguments in late April on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election.
Attorneys for the six Republican electors who were indicted by a grand jury in December said the case should be dismissed because the alleged crimes did not take place in Clark County.
American flags and honking horns made their way down Las Vegas Boulevard on Friday afternoon in a unity parade in support of the president’s visit this weekend and against Gov. Steve Sisolak.
President Donald Trump will hold a public event at the Minden-Tahoe Airport in Douglas County, then at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson this weekend.
In Department 29, Judge David Jones faces a challenge from David Lopez-Negrete, a chief deputy in the Clark County Public Defender’s Office.
Judge Joanna Kishner is running to keep her seat against Gary W. Call, a personal injury attorney, in Department 31, which handles civil matters.
In Department 32, Judge Rob Bare faces a challenge from Christy Craig, who has been a Clark County public defender for 20 years and says her judicial philosophy would be “efficiency, timeliness and punctuality.”
In Department 17, Judge Michael Villani faces challenger Anna Albertson, a personal injury lawyer and former truancy court judge.
In Department 18, Judge Mary Kay Holthus faces John Hunt, a University of San Diego law school graduate who was the Democratic nominee for Nevada attorney general in 2002.
In Department 22, Judge Susan Johnson is running against Ben Nadig, a private attorney and former deputy city attorney for Las Vegas.
In Department 20, Dawn Allysa Hooker, a personal injury attorney, seeks to unseat Judge Eric Johnson.
Two Nevada rallies scheduled by President Donald Trump have been canceled because of coronavirus restrictions. The Trump campaign said the president still intends to travel to Nevada this weekend.
In Department 6, Judge Jacqueline Bluth faces a challenge from Todd Leventhal.
In Department 1, Jacob Villani and Bita Yeager are vying to replace Judge Ken Cory, who is retiring.
In Department 8, Judge Trevor Atkin faces Jessica Peterson.
Six students shared how they had been affected by COVID-19 and resulting school closures with the former second lady.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would push for a vote as early as this week on a slimmed-down coronavirus stimulus bill.