Kenosha shooter challenges extradition
Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney, John Pierce, intends to challenge his client’s extradition from Illinois to Wisconsin. Rittenhouse had been charged with the death of two protesters following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI. Rittenhouse claims self-defense to the charge of two counts of intentional first-degree homicide and an attempted third, along with a charge of underage possession of a firearm used in the previous charges. If convicted, Rittenhouse will face a mandatory life sentence. Rittenhouse’s claim of self-defense comes after a protestor, Joseph Rosenbaum, threw a plastic bag at him, and Rittenhouse proceeded to fire five shots. Rosenbaum later died.
Federal judge extends 2020 census deadline for one month
Lucy Koh, a U.S. district judge in California, granted an injunction claiming that the Trump administration’s shortened schedule would produce inaccurate data. According to Koh, “An undercount in any locality matters greatly. Even a small undercount of a subset of the hard to count population would result in the loss of federal funding.” The census, which is only held every 10 years, determines the distribution of a $1.5 trillion federal budget as well as each state’s congressional representation. This is the second extension for the census, with the first scheduled to have ended in late July.
Disney sued over Toy Story 4 character
Kelly Knievel, the son of Evel Knievel and head of K and K Promotions, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Disney-Pixar for modeling a character after Evel Knievel. The character Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4, while never directly mentioning Knievel, is portrayed as a 1970s daredevil toy of “Canada’s greatest stuntman,” claims Disney. Knievel remarks that it is reminiscent of the 1973 Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle toy. According to K and K Promotions, Disney-Pixar intentionally modeled the Caboom character on Knievel and did not acknowledge any connection between their character and its inspiration, Evel Knievel.
Mary Trump sues Trump family
Following the release of her book, Mary Trump has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and his siblings, Robert Trump and Maryanne Trump Barry. Mary Trump claims that she has lost millions of dollars after the three pushed her from the family business and real estate holdings. President Trump and his siblings, according to Mary Trump’s account reported by the Associated Press, “Pressured Mary Trump to accept a settlement and relinquish all interests in the Trump businesses, the uncles and aunt provided fraudulent accounting and financial statements that misrepresented the value of their father’s estate at $30 million or less.”
