USA v. Thrush
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1:20-cr-20365
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February 28, 2024
COVID Fraud Jury Can't Hear Of Gov't's Loan Error, Feds Say
A jury shouldn't be shown evidence of the U.S. government's error in approving a Michigan business owner's application for a Paycheck Protection Program loan while he was under indictment, federal prosecutors have argued.
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January 08, 2024
Justices Won't Take Up Mistrial After Judge's COVID Exposure
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Michigan federal judge's declaration of a mistrial in a tax case after the judge was exposed to COVID-19 when his wife tested positive for the virus.
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July 27, 2023
Feds Say Man Who Jilted Payroll Tax Lied To Get PPP Loan
Just days after a Sixth Circuit panel said a mistrial was justified in a tax case because the judge was exposed to COVID-19, federal prosecutors said a business owner on trial for allegedly failing to remit payroll taxes lied to the government to obtain pandemic relief loans by saying he wasn't subject to an active indictment.
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July 18, 2023
6th Circ. Says COVID Exposure Justified Tax Case Mistrial
A Michigan judge was justified in declaring a mistrial in a tax case during the pandemic because courthouse rules barred him from appearing in person due to his exposure to COVID-19, a split Sixth Circuit panel concluded.
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January 25, 2023
6th Circ. Judge 'Baffled' By 'Casual' Mich. Mistrial Decision
A Sixth Circuit judge on Wednesday said he was stumped by a district court judge's decision to declare a mistrial after his wife and a material witness tested positive for COVID-19, seeming to side with a business owner accused of payroll tax evasion who said there were ways to continue the trial safely.