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Special Counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court dismissed the indictment in July. Smith’s legal team filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, requesting the overturn of…
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Michelle Bond, a former U.S. congressional candidate and the romantic partner of former FTX cryptocurrency exchange executive Ryan Salame, has been charged with violating campaign finance laws, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan stated that Bond, during her unsuccessful 2022 campaign for a New York congressional seat, illegally used $400,000…
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A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a portion of the most serious charge against two former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers accused of falsifying a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed Black medical worker, in her apartment in 2020. Joshua Jaynes, a former detective with the Louisville Police Department,…
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Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year, is expected to plead guilty to criminal corruption charges on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. Santos, a Republican, faces federal charges including laundering campaign funds to cover personal expenses, charging donors’ credit cards without their consent, and receiving unemployment…
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In a historic moment, prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s criminal conviction on felony charges in May did not explicitly oppose his request to delay sentencing until after the Nov. 5 election. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office acknowledged Trump’s right to appeal a forthcoming ruling on…
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A recently surfaced video reveals former deputy Sean Grayson allegedly predicting his imminent release from custody while facing serious charges related to the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey. The video, obtained by NBC Chicago, captures Grayson discussing his legal situation and expressing confidence in his release, despite the gravity of the accusations against him. The…
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Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to influence U.S. government agencies during a criminal probe in Romania. The U.S. Department of Justice made this allegation in a Wednesday filing in Los Angeles federal court, where Hunter Biden, the son of…
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On Thursday, a New York state appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case. Trump, convicted in May on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star, cannot publicly comment on individual prosecutors and others involved in the case until Justice Juan Merchan sentences him…
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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday after authorities arrested him and a son of a Mexican drug lord in Texas. This significant achievement for U.S. law enforcement could lead to a major shift in Mexico’s criminal landscape. Court records show that…
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Manhattan prosecutors who secured Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction asserted that the verdict should stand, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents cannot face criminal charges over official acts. In a court filing dated July 24 and made public on Thursday, prosecutors urged a judge to reject Trump’s bid to overturn the verdict due…
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