TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 18 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a multistate coalition of attorneys general in fighting to support President Trump's First Amendment rights, as yet another prosecutor looks to silence the former president through an unlawful gag order. Attorney General Moody and the coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief, saying this is not only wrong, but also unconstitutional. Att  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 24-State coalition urging the courts to deny the Special Prosecutor's request for an unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. The gag order wrongfully silences President Trump and denies Americans their right to hear what he has to say ahead of an approaching presidential election. The Special Prosecutor has requested a broa  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Donna Bothwell as a district judge in Judicial District 4. Bothwell, of Logan, Iowa, is a district associate judge in Judicial District 4. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and law degree from Drake University. Bothwell fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Jeffrey L. Larson.  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on June 17, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to a federal district court judge granting an injunction of Iowa's illegal immigration law: "With this injunction states are left defenseless to the ongoing crisis at our southern border. "Plainly, the Biden administration is failing to do their job and enforce federal immigration laws allowing millions to enter and re-e  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on June 17, 2024: * * * Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement regarding the federal court's decision to block enforcement of Iowa's immigration law: "I am disappointed in today's court decision that blocks Iowa from stopping illegal reentry and keeping our communities safe. Since Biden refuses to secure our borders, he has left states with no choice but to do the jo  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Clive man was sentenced on June 12, 2024, to 18.5 years in federal prison for wire fraud and an additional six months for criminal contempt of court. He also was ordered to pay over $2.4 million in restitution to the victims of his fraud. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Zachary James Flaherty, 48, conducted a vast fraud ov  more