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Oath Keeper sentenced as judge laments 'true American hero' who 'turned against democracy'

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former leader of the Oath Keepers militia group to three years of probation in exchange for the Army combat veteran’s extensive cooperation with prosecutors investigating the violent MAGA-inspired attack on the Capitol, according to media reports. But the road to redemption for Joshua James came with a catch: he was required to hand …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Army veteran sentenced to probation for milestone conviction in Oath Keepers sedition plot

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced on Friday to probation instead of prison for his milestone conviction — and his leadership role — in a violent plot by members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election. James, 37, of Arab, Alabama, expressed remorse …

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2 days, 20 hours ago

Arizona prosecutors obtain huge trove of Trump allies' communications in election probe

Raw Story

Prosecutors in Arizona working under Attorney General Kris Mayes have gained access to a large cache of emails, phone records, and other messages sent by allies of President-elect Donald Trump in their criminal investigation of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Politico reported Friday. "Arizona prosecutors are continuing to advance one of the only remaining significant criminal cases …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

What’s next for the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO?

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The man accused of gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO outside a Manhattan hotel is now jailed in New York, awaiting arraignment Monday on a state murder indictment after he was returned to the city in dramatic fashion to face charges in multiple courts. Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was escorted Thursday by …

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Luigi Mangione prosecutors risk 'full acquittal' after first major 'mistake': legal expert

Raw Story

Criminal defense attorney and former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Mark Bederow believes that prosecutors in the Luigi Mangione case have already made a significant "mistake." "Since Mr. Mangione is already being celebrated by some as a folk hero because of his rage against the American health care system, the terrorism charge, which alleges that Mr. Mangione 'intended to intimidate or …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Postal Service worker accused of swiping cash, coins and $281,000 worth of checks from the mail

LA Times

Postal Service worker faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison if convicted of fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Postal Service worker was arrested Thursday on suspicion of swiping more than 20 checks from the mail and depositing $281,000 into various bank accounts under her name, authorities said. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, was charged with …

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Gisele Pelicot hailed as hero after ex-husband jailed in France mass rape trial

China Daily

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, reacts as she leaves after the verdict in the trial for Dominique Pelicot and 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, December 19, 2024. AVIGNON, France - French woman Gisele Pelicot, who survived …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Arizona prosecutors seek access to trove of Trump allies’ emails, texts

Politico

Arizona prosecutors are continuing to advance one of the only remaining significant criminal cases arising from Trump’s 2020 gambit to stay in power. The fight over the search warrants has been playing out quietly in court documents for the last few weeks and has provided new insights about the case Arizona intends to present against the Trump aides and allies …

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A Romanian court says the Andrew Tate case can’t go to trial because of missteps by the prosecutors

Associated Press

BUCHAREST, Romania — An appeals court in Romania ruled Thursday that the human trafficking case against influencer Andrew Tate, his brother and two Romanian women cannot go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities on the part of the prosecutors. After Thursday’s ruling, Andrew Tate said prosecutors “had years to build their case” and to “tear apart my …

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'Complete empty promise': Trump's threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge

Raw Story

It's no secret that Donald Trump would like to punish the prosecutors who went after him, but legal experts say there are some limits to what he can do to them. Trump and his team are looking for retribution specifically against Jay Bratt, the counterintelligence chief within the Justice Department's national security division, and possibly his deputy Julie Edelstein, according …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Suspect Luigi Mangione transferred to NYPD custody

India Today

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson was transferred into New York Police Department custody on Thursday to face murder charges after he waived his right to extradition proceedings in a Pennsylvania court hearing. Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared in an orange jail jumpsuit at the Blair County courthouse, where he consented to surrender to the …

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Chinese government planted agent in SoCal with mission to influence local government, feds allege

LA Times

Martin Estrada, pictured in April, called the case “another example of a very disturbing trend” of the Chinese government seeking to influence policy in the United States. The Chinese government allegedly used a Chino Hills man in an effort to advance policies favorable to the People’s Republic of China in Southern California local government, according to a criminal complaint released …

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4 days, 23 hours ago

Atlantic City mayor indicted for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims that he abused her

Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has been indicted on a witness tampering charge for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims she made to law enforcement officials that he abused her, prosecutors said Wednesday. On Wednesday, his attorney, Edwin Jacobs, called the indictment “another clumsy effort by the county prosecutor to intrude into the private …

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder

India Today

RIVERHEAD, N.Y: The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. “No one understands that more than the families.” Man charged in Long Island slayings Rex Heuermann, an architect who has lived for years in Massapequa Park on Long Island, …

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Brian Thompson killing: New York prosecutors say Luigi Mangione intended to ‘evoke terror’ in killing

CNN

CNN — The indictment of UnitedHealthCare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the shooting – but some legal experts caution the charge may be an …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

Politico

Rivera was allegedly aided in that effort by another unnamed former U.S. official and resident of New York, who he allegedly paid $125,000 from the over $5.5 million he received from Gorrín or on his behalf, prosecutors from the U.S. Justice Department’s National Security Division said. To promote his criminal activities, Rivera allegedly created fake shell companies registered in Delaware …

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L.A. sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to beating transgender man who flipped him off

LA Times

Emmett Brock was driving home from his job as a teacher in 2023 when he was beaten by an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy outside of a 7-Eleven in Whittier. Nearly two years after he was caught on camera beating a transgender man in a 7-Eleven parking lot, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has agreed to plead guilty in federal …

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Trump bashes ‘psychotic’ decision by Judge Merchan to hold him accountable in hush money case

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 After the judge overseeing his hush money trial refused to …

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5 days, 21 hours ago

Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

The Hindu

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail. Under New York law, such a charge can be brought when an alleged crime is “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence …

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Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

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 The son-in-law of a prominent …

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Russian prosecutors demand nearly six years in prison for three lawyers who represented Alexei Navalny

Firstpost

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser are accused of taking part in an extremist organisation. They were arrested in October 2023 and added the following month to an official list of ’terrorists and extremists' Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region during …

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South Korea: Impeached President Yoon gets ultimatum, 'appear for questioning by Dec 21 or...'

Firstpost

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been asked by prosecutors to appear by Saturday for questioning over his failed martial law bid or face possible arrest An ultimatum to appear for questioning on Saturday December 21 over failed martial law bid or face possible arrest has been given by South Korean prosecutors to President Yoon Suk Yeol on …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

Two men arrested for illegally exporting US technology to Iran, linked to drone attack

Firstpost

Federal prosecutors in Boston charged Mohammad Abedini, the co-founder of an Iranian-based company, and Mahdi Sadeghi, an employee of Massachusetts-based semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices, with conspiring to violate U.S. export laws U.S. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force General Charles Q. …

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6 days, 18 hours ago

Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media

NPR

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Oath Keeper sentenced as judge laments 'true American hero' who 'turned against democracy'

Army veteran sentenced to probation for milestone conviction in Oath Keepers sedition plot

Arizona prosecutors obtain huge trove of Trump allies' communications in election probe

What’s next for the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO?

Luigi Mangione prosecutors risk 'full acquittal' after first major 'mistake': legal expert

Postal Service worker accused of swiping cash, coins and $281,000 worth of checks from the mail

Gisele Pelicot hailed as hero after ex-husband jailed in France mass rape trial

Arizona prosecutors seek access to trove of Trump allies’ emails, texts

A Romanian court says the Andrew Tate case can’t go to trial because of missteps by the prosecutors

'Complete empty promise': Trump's threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Suspect Luigi Mangione transferred to NYPD custody

Chinese government planted agent in SoCal with mission to influence local government, feds allege

Atlantic City mayor indicted for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims that he abused her

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder

Brian Thompson killing: New York prosecutors say Luigi Mangione intended to ‘evoke terror’ in killing

New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

L.A. sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to beating transgender man who flipped him off

Trump bashes ‘psychotic’ decision by Judge Merchan to hold him accountable in hush money case

Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

Russian prosecutors demand nearly six years in prison for three lawyers who represented Alexei Navalny

South Korea: Impeached President Yoon gets ultimatum, 'appear for questioning by Dec 21 or...'

Two men arrested for illegally exporting US technology to Iran, linked to drone attack

Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media