(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Security members of a Charlotte hotel, some with extensive criminal records and documentation as gang members, sold narcotics and firearms to investigating law enforcement officers, the U.S. Department of Justice says in a federal complaint.
Five people face federal charges in drug trafficking and firearms...
(Headline USA) Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the administration's botched release of the Epstein case files.
Bondi was defiant in previous public testimony when she was confronted by lawmakers about the Epstein...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A judge has denied former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin’s motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Director Kashyap Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, who is suing Seraphin over his claims that she’s an Israeli intelligence asset who’s acting as a “honeypot”—a tactic where someone sexually...
(Headline USA) The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied Thursday evening that his office had opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store 30 years ago, hours after multiple news organizations reported that...
(Andrew Paxton, The Center Square) The Department of Justice filed separate federal lawsuits Wednesday against Washington, Oregon, Maine and Massachusetts, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and Democratic-led states over federal immigration enforcement.
The legal action follows a formal warning issued earlier this month by the Justice Department, which...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The embattled federal judge reprimanded for engaging in sexual intercourse inside her taxpayer-funded chambers was identified Thursday as U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross, whose jurisdiction includes parts of Georgia.
Nonprofit organization Marco Polo first publicly identified Ross as the judge at the center of the sexual scandal....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) For years, the North Carolina Board of Elections maintained that state law allowed certain non-residents to vote in federal elections. On Tuesday, a state court ruled that this interpretation was unconstitutional.
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee against the North Carolina...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who won $88 million in civil judgments against President Donald Trump after accusing him of sexual assault.
Citing two anonymous sources, the Times reported that the DOJ...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An unnamed federal judge in the South was disciplined earlier this year after admitting to disturbing accusations of judicial misconduct, including claims she engaged in a sexual relationship with an officer inside her taxpayer-funded chambers.
The allegations were revealed in a judicial filing released Friday by the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former senior CIA official has been implicated in a scheme to apparently steal some $40 million in gold bars that he has obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.”
The ex-CIA official, David Rush, was arrested on May 19, a day after the FBI...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny.
Parent company Meta Platforms Inc. appealed after Vermont’s highest court allowed a suit filed by its...
(Headline USA) A federal judge in Brooklyn agreed Wednesday to dismiss charges against a former Fox executive and South American sports media company in a corruption case related to TV rights for international soccer tournaments.
Judge Pamela K. Chen accepted an explanation provided by U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. that...