Author: Matt Zapotosky
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Federal prosecutors recommend ‘substantial’ prison term for former Trump lawyer
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WASHINGTON • Federal prosecutors filed new court papers Friday directly implicating President Donald Trump in plans to buy women’s silence as far back as 2014 and offering new evidence of Russian efforts to forge a political alliance with Trump before he became president — disclosures that show the deepening political and legal morass enveloping the…
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How the accused package bomber found inspiration in Trump
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A U.S. postal inspector stands behind crime tape outside the Sacramento post office where a suspicious package addressed to Sen. Kamala Harris was found Friday. BOCA RATON, Fla. • The first thing that stood out about Cesar Sayoc was his vehicle. As far back as 2002, lawyer Ronald Lowy recalled, the windows of Sayoc’s white…
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FBI reaches out to Colorado woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
WASHINGTON – The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, including a second woman who alleges that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her, according to people familiar with the unfolding investigation. The bureau has reached out to Deborah Ramirez, a Yale University classmate of Kavanaugh’s…
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Manafort found guilty on 8 counts
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. • A jury has found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty after a three-week trial on tax and bank fraud charges — a major if not complete victory for SpecialCounsel Robert Mueller as he continues to investigate the president’s associates. The jury convicted Manafort on eight of the 18 counts against him.…
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Sessions blasts California for ‘sanctuary’ policies, says he will use his power to stop them
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Speaking before a crowd of law enforcement officials in a state he had just accused of violating the Constitution, Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday excoriated California and some of its state and local leaders…
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Judge Curiel, attacked by Trump, rules border wall can proceed
A federal judge whom President Trump suggested would be biased against him because of the judge’s “Mexican” heritage sided with the administration Tuesday in a lawsuit over whether officials could move forward with expedited plans to build a border wall. In a 101-page opinion thick with legalese, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel wrote that…
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FBI says it failed to act on tip that Florida suspect might carry out a school shooting
The FBI said Friday that a month before the shooting rampage at a South Florida high school, the bureau received a warning that the 19-year-old charged in the shooting might carry out such an attack — but then investigators failed to act on it. The startling revelation came two days after police say Nikolas Cruz…
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The FBI is investigating the Clinton Foundation
The FBI has been discreetly investigating the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 election amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation is being run out of the FBI’s field office in…
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Trump says he’s considering pardon for Joe Arpaio
President Trump told Fox News he is “seriously considering” issuing a pardon for former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants. Trump told the news outlet during a conversation in Bedminster, N.J.,…
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Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio convicted of criminal contempt
Joe Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff whose extreme stance on illegal immigration made him a household name, was convicted Monday of criminal contempt of court for ignoring a judge’s order to stop detaining people because he merely suspected them of being undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton wrote that Arpaio had shown a…