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Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

LA Times  

For weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism over his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. In a statement to The Times, Karoline Leavitt, a Trump transition spokeswoman, said that Trump “was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,” and “has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders” whom …

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Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump admitted that he un-nominated Chad Chronister from …

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Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws

ABP News  

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chad Chronister, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from consideration. Reacting to this Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky criticised Trump’s selection in a post on X on Sunday, saying the sheriff “should be disqualified” over his enforcement of Covid-19 protocols. After Chronister’s withdrawal Tuesday, Massie said in a separate …

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Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms
3 weeks ago

Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced he was withdrawing his …

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Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement
3 weeks ago

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration has declined the role after Republican lawmakers blasted him for taking COVID measures seriously during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, a Florida Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that he had decided to drop out after the “gravity of this …

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Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'
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3 weeks ago

Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'

Raw Story  

A Florida sheriff who President-elect Donald Trump picked to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration removed himself from consideration Tuesday, citing “the gravity” of the job he was selected for just three days ago. “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote on …

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Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated

Salon  

On Saturday, Donald Trump tapped Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, an offer that Chronister initially accepted and, shortly after, celebrated with a post to social media, writing, “I am deeply humbled by this opportunity to serve our nation.” But he appears to have changed his mind. On Tuesday, Chronister issued a new statement …

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Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration

LA Times  

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Chronister, the sheriff in Hillsborough County, Fla., said in a post on X that he was backing away from …

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Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison
2 months ago

Black Mafia Family co-founder Big Meech is seen inside Miami halfway house after release from federal prison

Daily Mail  

Big Meech, the infamous co-founder of the Black Mafia Family crime syndicate, has been spotted inside a Miami halfway house following his release from federal prison. Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory was arrested in October 2005, when the Drug Enforcement Agency took down his and his brother's nationwide drug trafficking operation The now 56-year-old was pictured Saturday wearing an all-black outfit …

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Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

The Independent  

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Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Watchdog blasts DEA for not reporting waterboarding, torture by Latin American partners

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A federal government watchdog is blasting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for failing to timely report human rights violations committed by Latin American law enforcement partners who admitted to waterboarding, suffocating and torturing crime suspects. The management advisory memorandum published Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General centers on the DEA’s obligations under what’s known …

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A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won’t come until after the presidential election

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. While it’s possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden’s term, issuing it before Inauguration Day “would be pretty expedited,” said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, signaled support for a Florida legalization measure on Saturday, following earlier comments that he increasingly agrees …

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Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders

LA Times  

Days after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of two of Mexico’s most wanted fugitives, the details of what exactly transpired remain murky. “We need them to tell the truth.” The president has come under heavy criticism for being blindsided by the capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of notorious …

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‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s lawyer says his client was ‘forcibly kidnapped’ by son of ‘El Chapo’
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s lawyer says his client was ‘forcibly kidnapped’ by son of ‘El Chapo’

LA Times  

Newspapers in Mexico City announce Thursday’s capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, whose lawyer says he was taken to the U.S. by force. Perez said the only people on the plane were “the pilot, Joaquín and my client.” Guzmán López faces federal indictments in Chicago and Washington for drug trafficking and his leadership role in the Sinaloa cartel. Zambada’s son …

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Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents who parlayed the agency’s shadowy money laundering operations into a worldwide pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex. Among the documents is a recovered WhatsApp chat, in which a group of agents …

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Dealer’s conviction for deadly fentanyl dose highlights L.A.’s online drug sales problem
6 months ago

Dealer’s conviction for deadly fentanyl dose highlights L.A.’s online drug sales problem

LA Times  

A Hawaiian Gardens man was convicted of using the popular online marketplace OfferUp to sell a tar-like substance containing fentanyl to a teenager who later died of an overdose. The substance was in fact a “black, tar-like substance containing fentanyl and tramadol, a pain-relief medication,” the U.S. attorney’s office said. A few years ago, OfferUp was “the spot” for such …

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Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
6 months, 1 week ago

Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An Indian national extradited to the United States pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges arising from an alleged failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York. In November, U.S. prosecutors announced that a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, had been thwarted in …

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Senate Democrats Urge DOJ To Rescind Trump-Era Legal Memo On Executions
7 months ago

Senate Democrats Urge DOJ To Rescind Trump-Era Legal Memo On Executions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A group of nine Senate Democrats urged the Department of Justice to rescind a Trump-era legal opinion stating that the Food and Drug Administration cannot regulate drugs intended for use in executions. These drug secrecy laws “shield lethal drug supply chains from oversight by the FDA, DEA, and state boards of pharmacy, creating a ‘regulatory vacuum endangers …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence
7 months, 1 week ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former U.S. Drug Enforcement …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence
7 months, 1 week ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for bribing a longtime colleague to leak DEA intelligence to Miami defense lawyers seeking to profit off the timing of indictments and other sensitive information about drug investigations. “He decided to cash in on his connections,” U.S. District Court Judge Paul Oetken …

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Do dying people have a ‘right to try’ magic mushrooms? 9th Circuit weighs case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Do dying people have a ‘right to try’ magic mushrooms? 9th Circuit weighs case

LA Times  

Do dying patients have a “right to try” illegal drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA if they might alleviate end-of-life suffering from anxiety and depression? “And there are lots of studies that support that.” The DEA has denied Aggarwal’s request, arguing that therapeutic use of psilocybin remains banned — even for terminal patients — under the Controlled Substances Act of …

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U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
7 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift

LA Times  

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than other drugs. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country. “Right now, the …

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Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy
8 months ago

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. He worked in supervisory roles in Miami and later at DEA headquarters outside Washington, D.C. “Costanzo …

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Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges
8 months, 1 week ago

Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said prosecutors will seek to retry Bongiovanni as soon as possible on the corruption charges that hung the jury, including allegations the agent shielded a sex-trafficking strip club outside Buffalo, …

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