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Trump calls election case Judge Tanya Chuktan ‘the most evil person’
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Trump calls election case Judge Tanya Chuktan ‘the most evil person’

Courtroom sketch depicting Judge Tanya Chutkan in an exchange with Donald Trump’s lawyers.  Donald Trump on Friday called the judge presiding over his criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C., “the most evil person” for ordering the release of nearly 1,900 pages of previously sealed documents filed by prosecutors. Trump suggested U.S. District Court Judge […]

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More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case
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More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Save America Rally” near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of more than 1,800 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the criminal election interference case against […]

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FBI arrests Alabama man for SEC X hack that spiked price of bitcoin
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FBI arrests Alabama man for SEC X hack that spiked price of bitcoin

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images FBI agents on Thursday arrested an Alabama man for his alleged role in the Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which sent the price of bitcoin spiking by more than $1,000, the Department of Justice announced. The man, Eric Council Jr., is expected […]

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Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
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Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested

Philip Esformes booking photo by Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Source: Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Philip Esformes, whose 20-year prison sentence for a massive, $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme was commuted in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump, was arrested over the weekend in Florida on domestic-violence related charges. Esformes is at least the seventh […]

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Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers
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Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers

Michael Shvartsman walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, U.S. July 20, 2023.  Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors are asking a New York federal court judge to sentence two brothers to years in prison for their admitted insider trading in a blank-check company’s securities before it announced a planned […]

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Horst Jicha skips bail in 0 million USI Tech crypto fraud case in New York
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Horst Jicha skips bail in $150 million USI Tech crypto fraud case in New York

Horst Jicha discussing cryptocurrency. Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive. “There’s a […]

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Supreme Court rejects Martin Shkreli fine appeal
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Supreme Court rejects Martin Shkreli fine appeal

Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli and his lead attorney Benjamin Brafman arrive at U.S. District Court for the fourth day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 3, 2017.  Amr Alfiky | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by notorious […]

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North Carolina senator calls conspiracy theories around Helene federal response a ‘distraction’
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North Carolina senator calls conspiracy theories around Helene federal response a ‘distraction’

An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 3, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Mario Tama | Getty Images Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., chided some of the conspiracy theories that have surfaced surrounding the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina. “If there are any challenges, […]

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Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge
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Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge

Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado.  Marc Piscotty | Getty Images Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who espoused the false conspiracy theory that […]

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Singapore’s disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
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Singapore’s disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case

Former transport minister S. Iswaran walks as he appears at the Supreme Court in Singapore October 3, 2024. Edgar Su | Reuters A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member […]

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