34 h. ago US grand jury indicts one of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders and one of his friends

A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities

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63 h. ago Judge rejects Trump administration request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts

Judge wrote transcripts from case of Jeffrey Epstein associate couldn’t be released because it would risk ‘unraveling secrecy’ of grand juryDismissing it as little more than a “diversion,” a federal judge in New York has formally rejected the Trump-led US justice department’s request to release transcripts of pre-indictment, grand jury interviews with witnesses in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote that the transcripts could not be released publicly – “casually or promiscuously” – as Donald Trump’s government had pushed for because it would risk “unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised”. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Maxwell, Epstein's ex

A federal judge in New York has ruled transcripts of secret grand jury testimony in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released

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6 d. ago Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges

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6 d. ago Alleged killer of Minnesota politician and her husband expected to plead not guilty in court

Vance Boelter, charged with killing top Democrat and her husband and wounding two others, to be arraigned in federal courtThe man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected to plead not guilty when he’s arraigned in federal court on Thursday, his attorney said.Vance Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted on 15 July on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty, though prosecutors say that decision is several months away. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Grand jury declines to indict former Atlanta police officer in church deacon’s death

A grand jury has declined to indict a former Atlanta police officer on manslaughter charges in the death of a church deacon

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4 w. ago Vance Boelter told Kash Patel in letter that Gov. Tim Walz told him to kill Democratic lawmakers: report

A grand jury indicted the 57-year-old Tuesday after he embarked on ‘a murderous rampage targeting Minnesota’s elected officials and their families’

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4 w. ago Minnesota lawmaker shooter could face death penalty after federal grand jury indictment

The indictment handed up lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against Vance Boelter

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4 w. ago Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

A federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally shooting a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounding a state senator and his wife

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