‘The conduct alleged in the indictment is nothing short of a betrayal of those officials in the United States, including the former president’
Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Charges against Trump Organization expected as soon as next week, Trump attorney says
Manhattan DA has been digging into the Trump family business for possible fraud involving banks, insurance companies and taxing entities.
Justice Department suing Georgia over election law it says restricts Black voters’ access
The Justice Department is suing Georgia in an effort to overturn a state law that federal officials claim restricts Black voters’ access to the polls.
Surge in hate crimes requires Justice Dept. coordinator, Attorney General Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland wants a Justice Department coordinator to oversee hate crime enforcement to combat the surge in U.S. hate offenses.
Prison officers charged following Epstein suicide to avoid jail time in deal with federal prosecutors
Prosecutors had claimed that prison officers were sleeping, browsing the Internet when Epstein hanged himself in a Manhattan jail cell
Alleged Capitol riot organizer, Oath Keeper associate Thomas Caldwell released to home confinement
The judge said Thomas Caldwell didn’t enter the Capitol and his lawyer said he’s “suffering” in detention due to back problems.
Feds expect to charge at least 100 more over Capitol riot, pursuing broad conspiracy
“Some of the conspiratorial activity being investigated … involves a large number of participants,” federal officials say of the 1/6 Capitol attack.
Trump ‘wants us to make it WILD’: Six more Oath Keepers’ associates charged in Capitol riots conspiracy case
Six people, including two husband-and-wife pairs, were added to a federal conspiracy case Friday for alleged coordinate efforts in the Capitol attack.
‘Criminal syndicate with a flag’: North Korean intel operatives charged in hacking campaign
Feds say North Korean hackers are part of a ‘criminal syndicate with a flag’ in unsealed indictment.
‘War-time footing’: Capital draped in steel and concrete in unprecedented inauguration security operation
Not in modern times has an inauguration been staged amid such domestic turmoil and in such close proximity to a deadly attack – on the very ground where Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are set to be sworn in.
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