A Florida federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit claiming former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from serving a second presidential term due to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. The judge said the attorney behind the suit lacks standing because he doesn’t allege a “particularized” injury, but that state officials would have the standing.
More codefendants in the Georgia case against President Trump have pleaded not guilty. They include former New York City mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, and Ken Chesebro, the alleged architect of the plan to submit alternate electors in the 2020 presidential election.
A leader of the Proud Boys was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Sept. 1 while another member got 10 years for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach.
The U.S. economy added 187,000 new jobs in August, topping the consensus estimate of 170,000 and marking the third-weakest jobs report under President Joe Biden, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
