How to Use federal case in a Sentence
federal case
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The McMichaels and Bryan have all pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
— Russ Bynum, ajc, 14 Feb. 2022 -
The status of the federal case is unclear; no charges have been filed.
— Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Chaudry faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count in the federal case.
— Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Trial dates for both the state case and the new federal case have yet to be announced.
— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2021 -
The new federal case is only the latest gun charge for Lil Zay.
— Bill Donahue, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024 -
The federal case is separate from the state charges for Floyd's death.
— Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022 -
The judge in the other federal case, Tanya Chutkan, received death threats.
— Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Fox and Croft are among six defendants charged in the federal case.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 -
Lane and Kueng are both serving 2 1/2-year prison sentences in the federal case.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 May 2023 -
He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in the state case and is facing an even stiffer sentence in the federal case.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2022 -
With the federal case against Crusius over, attention turns to the state charges.
— Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 July 2023 -
The pardon only applied to the federal case and does not preclude the state charges.
— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022 -
Online court records do not list attorneys for the men in the federal case.
— Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022 -
They were not named as parties in the federal case but are defendants in the state case.
— cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020 -
By then, the brothers had pleaded guilty in their federal case.
— Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023 -
Weiser said that the states will move to consolidate the suit with the federal case.
— David McLaughlin, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020 -
Goines has also pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
— Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022 -
Erie, based in the Pennsylvania city of the same name, had sought a trial by jury in the federal case.
— Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023 -
Sayfullo Saipov could face the death penalty in the federal case.
— Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Cohen entered a guilty plea to tax evasion in 2018 in the federal case, and is now the key witness against Trump in the New York case.
— Graham Kates, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024 -
That brings us to the federal case against Julian Omidi.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021 -
Both McMichaels received life prison sentences in the federal case, while Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
— Russ Bynum, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023 -
What happens to the federal cases if Trump wins the election?
— David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024 -
In the federal case, as noted, the judge expressed skepticism about the claim.
— Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2020 -
Bi Chao Chen, who appears in a photo with a defendant in the federal case, has had his own run-ins with the law.
— Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024 -
In the federal case, Trump pardoned Bannon in the closing days of his White House term, ending that case against him.
— Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022 -
The settlement with the states doesn’t cover the federal case, which Walmart has sought to have dismissed.
— Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022 -
One caveat here, though, is that the charges against the Trump Organization come in a state case, not a federal case.
— Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021 -
Two federal cases against him have been dropped since his election win.
— Erin Doherty, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 -
The case is now one of the only criminal cases against Trump that remains ongoing—as his two federal cases were thrown out in the wake of his election.
— Alison Durkee, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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