Christopher Gavin

Michael M Santiago/Getty ImagesCourt proceedings in Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case hit a boiling point Wednesday when lawyers for the creditors owed $148 million by the former New York City mayor floated the possibility of seeking jail time for his alleged “bankruptcy crimes.”In New York federal court, Rachel Strickland, an attorney representing the two Georgia 2020 election workers who Giuliani defamed, pushed to have Giuliani’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case thrown out, offering that Giuliani could receive a “hall pass” if the court did not do so, the Independent reported.Strickland alleged Giuliani, the former attorney for Donald Trump, has used the proceedings to protect himself from the financial ramifications of the defamation case, and pointed to how he has time and again refused to follow requirements that he disclose his income and assets, according to Politico.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersThe White House scrambled on Monday to answer a barrage of questions about eight visits a Parkinson’s Disease expert quietly made over the past year, even refusing to name the doctor despite him being listed in publicly available visitor logs.“I am just not going to do that,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a tense press conference, repeatedly citing “security” and “privacy” reasons. “It is inappropriate. It is not acceptable.”The questions came on the heels of a New York Post report published Saturday that found Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist at Walter Reed Medical Center, visited President Joe Biden’s residence at the White House in January.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersThe White House scrambled on Monday to answer a barrage of questions about eight visits a Parkinson’s Disease expert quietly made over the past year, even refusing to name the doctor despite him being listed in publicly available visitor logs.“I am just not going to do that,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a tense press conference, repeatedly citing “security” and “privacy” reasons. “It is inappropriate. It is not acceptable.”The questions came on the heels of a New York Post report published Saturday that found Dr. Kevin Cannard, a neurologist at Walter Reed Medical Center, visited President Joe Biden’s residence at the White House in January.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Rich Matthews/ReutersAt least two people were killed in the Houston area on Monday when trees fell on homes as Hurricane Beryl descended on Texas, before the system was expected to turn north toward Arkansas by early Tuesday morning.Among those confirmed dead were a 53-year-old father and a 74-year-old grandmother, authorities in Harris County said.The man, who was not publicly identified, was sitting indoors with his wife and children in Humble when an oak tree crashed through the roof and hit the home’s rafters, leaving him pinned underneath, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote in a post on X.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Rich Matthews/ReutersAt least two people were killed in the Houston area on Monday when trees fell on homes as Hurricane Beryl descended on Texas, before the system was expected to turn north toward Arkansas by early Tuesday morning.Among those confirmed dead were a 53-year-old father and a 74-year-old grandmother, authorities in Harris County said.The man, who was not publicly identified, was sitting indoors with his wife and children in Humble when an oak tree crashed through the roof and hit the home’s rafters, leaving him pinned underneath, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote in a post on X.Read more at The Daily Beast.