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Former coal exec can’t bring up Trump order at US bribery trial, judge rules

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( January 28, 2026, 18:49 GMT | Insight) -- A former Pennsylvania coal sales executive can’t discuss an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on US anti-bribery enforcement at his upcoming corruption trial, a US judge has ruled. “I understand [the defense’s] interest in it and that it raises a unique question, but it’s not a jury question,” US Judge Robert J. Colville said.A former Pennsylvania coal sales executive can’t discuss an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on US anti-bribery enforcement at his upcoming corruption trial, a US judge ruled Wednesday....

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