44 m. ago Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Federal prosecutors say Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on unimpeded

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29 h. ago Judge criticizes federal prosecutors for relying on testimony by officer with credibility concerns

A federal judge has ruled that police in the nation’s capital illegally seized a gun from a man they stopped outside a laundromat

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33 h. ago Federal prosecutors dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago

Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss charges they brought against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent last month amid a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area

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56 h. ago Federal prosecutors charge man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train

Federal prosecutors have charged a man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, calling it a terrorist attack

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6 d. ago Feds charge more people in connection with July shooting at Texas detention center

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged six more people with a new terrorism-related charge in the July shooting outside an immigration detention center near Dallas

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7 d. ago US prosecutor in Wyoming promises crackdown on pot in national parks and on other public lands

A federal prosecutor in Wyoming pledges to “rigorously” prosecute people for small amounts of marijuana in national parks and on other public lands

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2 w. ago Judge orders prosecutors to turn over evidence in case against James Comey

Federal judge concerned that justice department sought to ‘indict first and investigate later’ in case of ex-FBI directorA federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of the former FBI director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned that the justice department’s position had been to “indict first and investigate later”.Magistrate judge William Fitzpatrick instructed prosecutors to produce by the end of the day on Thursday grand jury materials as well as other evidence that investigators seized during the investigation. The order followed arguments in which Comey’s attorneys said they were at a disadvantage because they had not been able to review materials that were gathered years ago. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe

A federal judge has ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned the Justice Department’s position had to been to “indict first and investigate later.”

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2 w. ago FBI fires additional agents who participated in investigating Trump, AP sources say

The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the terminations

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2 w. ago Man who threw sandwich at federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors argue it's a crime

A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest

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2 w. ago Trial starts for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Washington DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent faces trial for assault

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says he doesn’t know who crypto tycoon is despite having pardoned him

Billionaire Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering before president freed him last monthDonald Trump has said that he doesn’t know who Changpeng Zhao is despite pardoning the billionaire founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance in October.The US president was asked in a 60 Minutes interview that aired on Sunday why he pardoned Zhao, who is also known as “CZ”, for enabling money laundering despite him causing “significant harm to national security” according to federal prosecutors. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states

Federals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”

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3 w. ago Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for an armed rioter arrested near former President Barack Obama's home

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4 w. ago NBA gambling scandal shines harsh light on US sports’ embrace of betting

Two sweeping federal indictments have implicated big names in basketball and raised uncomfortable questions about who benefits from legalized gamblingThe NBA gambling scandal is the biggest story of the year in US sports, a culmination of the years-long embrace between professional leagues and the multibillion-dollar gambling industry that has now crossed the line from synergy into scandal.In two sweeping federal indictments unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday, prosecutors charged more than 30 people – including the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and assistant Damon Jones – with schemes that turned inside information and rigged card games into engines of profit for organized crime. Continue reading...

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