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9-11 Terrorist Plea Deal & Puerto Rico’s Power Grid | Afternoon Update | 12.31.24
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
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I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, December 31st, New Year's Eve, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
plea deals for the three terrorists involved in the September 11th attacks are back in play. A military appeals court ruled yesterday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overstepped his authority when he voided the agreements for the men. The deals take the death penalty off the table in exchange for guilty pleas and life sentences.
Prosecutors hope the deals will end pretrial delays that have stretched on for over a decade. While the Pentagon hasn't commented, Austin could still appeal the ruling.
Puerto Rico's power grid collapsed early this morning, leaving the vast majority of the island without electricity. As reported by Reuters, energy distribution company Luma Energy says that around 90 percent of its clients were without power this morning and that it will likely take 24 to 48 hours to get it back up and running.
Luma said that preliminary findings point to a failure in an underground line. That failure reportedly impacted power company Genera as well. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico's governor says his administration is demanding answers and solutions from Luma and Genera.
Donald Trump lost his appeal in the $5 million defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has details of the case.
Yesterday, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury's decision from May of 2023 that Trump defamed Carroll by calling her allegations of sexual abuse a hoax, statements the court found false and damaging to her reputation.
The original case stemmed from Carol's claim that Trump assaulted her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, an accusation that Trump has repeatedly denied. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, but concluded that he was responsible for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding damages for Carol's emotional distress and reputational harm.
A separate jury awarded Carol more than $83 million in damages for defamation. Trump has indicated that he has plans to appeal both verdicts.
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