Crime
Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt gets longest Jan. 6 sentence, but no terrorism enhancement
A Donald Trump fan from Texas who attempted to storm the U.S. Capitol while armed with a gun was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on Monday after a judge denied the Justice Department’s request for a “terrorism enhancement” that would have resulted in a lengthier prison sentence. Guy Reffitt was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go […]
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Man accused of duping Secret Service by posing as Homeland Security agent pleads guilty
One of two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement officials in a scheme that duped Secret Service agents and others pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges in Washington, D.C. Arian Taherzadeh’s plea came nearly four months after his arrest with a second man, Haider Ali, exposed allegations that they compromised Secret Service agents with […]
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Former Obama White House aide Seth Andrew sentenced to year in prison for charter school theft scheme
Seth Andrew Wikimedia Commons Former Obama White House education advisor Seth Andrew was sentenced Thursday to a year-and-one-day in federal prison for a scheme to steal $218,000 from a New York charter school network he founded. Andrew, 43, also was fined $5,000 at his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. He was arrested in […]
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Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney meets Thursday with Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney talks with U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) prior to a U.S.-China trade signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 15, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Former Trump White House acting chief of staff Mick […]
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Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis disqualified from investigating Trump ‘fake elector’ in criminal probe
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. Ben Gray | AP A judge Monday effectively barred a Georgia prosecutor from investigating one of 16 Republican “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump, ruling that a recent campaign fundraiser she hosted for that man’s political opponent disqualified her. […]
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Jury starts deliberations in contempt trial of former Trump aide Steve Bannon
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House chief strategist Steve Bannon arrives following his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A […]
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Man attacks New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin at campaign event
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) Source: CNBC A 43-year-old man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event Thursday evening. Zeldin was not harmed in the incident, which occurred as he was speaking outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fairport, a village near Rochester, NBC News reported. […]
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Jan. 6 committee to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot – follow live updates
The Jan. 6 select committee’s eighth public hearing Thursday will go inside the White House to detail then-President Donald Trump’s hourslong refusal to call for an end to the Capitol riot. The hearing, set to start at 8 p.m. ET, marks the final scheduled presentation of the committee’s initial findings from its investigation of the […]
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If Trump was ‘Joe Blow from Kokomo,’ he would have been charged with crimes, former New York prosecutor says
Former President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges at the time said that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.” “I believe that Donald […]
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Former Coinbase manager and two others charged in crypto insider trading scheme
The logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron and others at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Three people have been charged in the first-ever crypto insider trading tipping scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
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