Crime
Lutnick suggests Lisa Cook’s refusal to accept Trump firing from Fed supports fraud claim
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested Tuesday that Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook’s refusal to willingly leave […]
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John Bolton was not targeted for criticizing Trump, Vance claims after FBI raid
FBI members carry boxes to the home of the former White House national security adviser John Bolton as it is searched by FBI, in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., August 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis | Reuters The law enforcement investigation of former Trump national security advisor John Bolton is “in the very early stages,” Vice President JD […]
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Trump says he’ll fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook ‘if she doesn’t resign’
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Friday he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign from her position. “What she […]
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FBI raids home of John Bolton, former Trump national security advisor
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on August 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images FBI agents on Thursday morning raided the Maryland home of […]
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Trump official signals DOJ will investigate Fed Governor Cook
The Department of Justice will investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook based on a criminal referral sent by a Trump administration housing official and arch critic of central bank chairman Jerome Powell, according to a letter obtained by CNBC’s Sara Eisen on Thursday. The letter, addressed to Powell and signed by Justice Department attorney Ed […]
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Judge calls Trump DOJ’s request to release Epstein grand jury records a ‘diversion’
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday refused to unseal grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case, while slamming the Trump administration’s request […]
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Trump demands Fed’s Cook resign after housing official calls for ‘mortgage fraud’ probe
Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, attends a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday […]
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Chinese national living in U.S. gets 8 years in prison for smuggling weapons, tech to North Korea
Photos of a gun and parts of military electronics that were found on Shenghua Wen’s phone, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Courtesy: U.S. Department of Justice A Chinese national living in the U.S. was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to illegally smuggle guns, ammunition and sensitive U.S. technology to North […]
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DOJ, SEC charge two men in $200 million water vending machine Ponzi scheme
The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department’s headquarters briefing room. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Two men have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges in connection with a water vending machine Ponzi scheme that allegedly swindled investors out of more than $200 million, the Department […]
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DOJ fires sandwich thrower after he’s charged with assaulting officer in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The man facing a felony […]
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