contempt of court

English activist Tommy Robinson admitted to contempt of court on Monday for violating an injunction barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee.

An attorney for Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist for former President Donald Trump, issued a statement in response to an appeals court upholding a contempt conviction for defying a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee.

Former President Donald Trump has filed to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court, contending that he violated the stay following Judge Tanya Chutkan’s ruling to pause the January 6 case.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma marched with hundreds of his supporters Monday and claimed his 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court, handed down by the judges in his corruption trial, was a sign that “South Africa is sliding back to apartheid rule.”

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan will consider whether to find former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in criminal contempt of court after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved last week to drop its prosecution of Flynn for lying to the FBI.

Two men who attacked their mother’s killer in a Mahoning County, Ohio, courtroom Thursday have been arrested.

Tommy Robinson has yet again been found guilty of contempt of court and now faces up to two years in prison.

Activist and citizen journalist Tommy Robinson’s contempt of court case has been referred to the Attorney General “for a proper and thorough” examination.

Citizen journalist and street organiser Tommy Robinson has had his contempt of court trial date confirmed for next week when he will appear at the Old Bailey for breaching reporting restrictions.

A Canadian journalist associate of Tommy Robinson is under police investigation for filming the right-wing activist waving at fans from a window after his appearance in court this Thursday.

Large crowds have gathered outside the Old Bailey as activist Tommy Robinson appeared in court accused of contempt of court.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) said Senate Democrats would be “held in contempt” if Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing were a courtroom.

The judge who rushed to send activist Tommy Robinson to jail did not even watch the full video in which he supposedly breached contempt of court laws, his lawyers have claimed.

The imprisonment last week of citizen journalist and right-wing activist Tommy Robinson came to worldwide attention and resulted in protests outside 10 Downing Street with half a million people signing a petition for his release.

More than half a million people have signed a petition calling for the right wing activist Tommy Robinson to be freed from jail, in just a few days.

The self-described second ‘wife’ of a convicted Islamic State terrorist recruiter who refused to stand for an Australian judge has been convicted of disrespectful behaviour.

A North Carolina mother is serving a week in jail for having her daughter baptized against the father’s will.

U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick of San Francisco has fined the undercover video journalist who exposed Planned Parenthood’s alleged involvement in the fetal trafficking industry and his attorneys $200,000 for publishing online video footage of abortionists.

Founder of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning at his home in Luton for allegedly “trying to video Muslim paedophiles” on the steps of Canterbury Crown Court on Monday.

A Detroit judge threw the mother of a drunk driver being sentenced for killing a man out of her courtroom and into jail after she laughed at the victim’s family during a statement from the victim’s sister.

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been officially charged with criminal contempt-of-court over claims he ignored a judge’s order in a racial profiling case. The move by the federal government comes just two weeks before Arpaio stands before the voters of Maricopa County for re-election to his seventh term.

Virginia lawmakers have taken the historic step of filing to a motion seeking to have the Virginia Supreme Court hold Gov. Terry McAuliffe in contempt. The motion claims that McAuliffe is defying the state’s highest court regarding the scope and meaning of this provision of the Virginia Constitution, quoting McAuliffe’s public declaration that he “cannot accept” the court’s decision.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to pay $300,000 in “personal funds” as a penalty for violating a judge’s contempt ruling.

After the hearings were over, Judge Sullivan wrote an order calling the Administration’s resistance to his orders “nonsensical” and clearly stating that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and others “shall be directed to show cause as to why they should not be held in contempt of Court” if they continue dragging their feet.