Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'
ABC - Thu Feb 20, 2025
An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a "rampant culture of corruption," officials said Wednesday while announcing the indictment of five of the agency's officers, including its police chief. More»
GBI Conducting Autopsy After Rockdale Soil and Water Supervisor Collapses at State Capitol, Dies Shortly After
WXIA-TV - Wed Oct 9, 2024
ATLANTA, Ga — The Rockdale County soil and water supervisor died on Tuesday after collapsing while around the Georgia State Capitol for a public meeting about the BioLab chemical plume. More»
Retired New York Judge Kills Himself as FBI Arrives on Doorstep of his Expensive Home
Daily Mail - Wed Sep 25, 2024
A former prosecutor and retired judge killed himself on Tuesday as the FBI arrived at his home in New York to arrest him. More»
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Convicted of Obstruction
NBC New York - Tue Dec 14, 2021
BROOKLYN, New York - Authorities said the obstruction occurred while the Brooklyn judge was on a NYC-based credit union’s board of directors from May 2008 to Aug. More»
Ousted Tennessee governor linked to 1979 closed cold case murder
KENS-TV - Thu Jun 10, 2021
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee — A former Tennessee governor's administration helped fund a contract murder of a key federal witness decades ago while embroiled in the state's largest political scandal, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. More»
Ethics Chief Slams Cruz’s Warning To ‘Woke’ CEOs As ‘Most Openly Corrupt’ Ever
Huffington Post - Sun May 2, 2021
Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) threat to “woke” CEOs was slammed Sunday as likely the “most openly corrupt” message ever from the Senate, declared Walter Shaub, former head of the Government Office of Ethics. More»
Georgia secretary of state's office opens inquiry into Trump phone call
NBC News - Mon Feb 8, 2021
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office has opened an investigation into former President Donald Trump's January 2 phone call with Raffensperger, where Trump urged him to overturn the state's election results. More»
FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»
US treasury hacked by foreign government group
The Guardian - Sun Dec 13, 2020
Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US treasury department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. More»
Rudy Giuliani wants Twitter CEO jailed over limitations on unverified Hunter Biden story
The Independent - Fri Oct 30, 2020
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said that Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter should be "in jail" for blocking the spread of the controversial Hunter Biden story. More»
Trump fires NOAA's chief scientist for asking political appointees to follow scientific integrity rules
Raw Story - Tue Oct 27, 2020
The Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is out. More»
Postal service seen hauling mailboxes away in trucks as Trump's pick for USPS makes controversial changes before election
The Independent - Fri Aug 14, 2020
New reports of US Postal Service workers hauling away mailboxes in flatbed trucks and locking shut convenient drop slots have caused widespread concerns among Oregon residents about mail-in voting during the presidential election in November. More»
Trump Sending Military to Hospitals to "Oversee" COVID-19 Data
Daily KOS - Wed Jul 15, 2020
There are a number of jobs that the National Guard has been trained to perform. More»
65 faculty members from AG Barr's law school alma mater say he has 'failed to fulfill his oath of office'
CNN - Tue Jun 23, 2020
Law professors and faculty from George Washington University Law School, Attorney General William Barr's alma mater, said in a letter Tuesday he has "failed to fulfill his oath of office to 'support and defend the Constitution of the United States'. More»
Georgia nurses accuse hospital of manipulating COVID-19 test results
WXIA-TV - Sat Jun 20, 2020
ATHENS, Georgia - The lawsuit filed against Landmark Hospital in Athens has many allegations including nurses being instructed to swab incorrectly to give false results. More»
President Trump Fires Top U.S. Prosecutor Who Investigated His Allies
NPR - Sat Jun 20, 2020
President Trump has removed Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, from office, ending the tenure of a top Justice Department official whose office has overseen the prosecutions of several of the president's associates. More»
Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
USA Today - Tue May 19, 2020
BREVARD COUNTY, Florida - The scientist who created Florida's COVID-19 data portal wasn't just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. More»
The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE
New England Journal of Medicine - Sun Apr 19, 2020
As a chief physician executive, I rarely get involved in my health system's supply-chain activities. More»
GOP's Coronavirus Insider Trading Scandal
Raw Story - Fri Mar 20, 2020
In a series of bombshell news reports, two GOP senators, Richard Burr of North Carolina and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, are facing serious questions surrounding their dumping of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars worth of stock as the coronavirus began to unfold and become a major international news story. More»
Two Giuliani Ukraine associates indicted on campaign finance charges
Politico - Thu Oct 10, 2019
Two foreign-born associates of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, were among those indicted on campaign finance charges made public on Thursday over alleged schemes to buy political influence on behalf of a Ukrainian government official and a Russian businessman. More»
Defense Intelligence Agency worker arrested on charges of leaking top-secret information to reporters
CNBC - Wed Oct 9, 2019
A counterterrorism analyst for the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked top secret and other classified information - including details of a foreign country's weapons systems - to two reporters in 2018 and this year. More»
Ukraine Imbroglio Confirms Giuliani's as Trump's Most Off-Kilter Advocate
The Guardian - Sat Sep 21, 2019
Rudy Giuliani admitted on live TV that he urged Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, barely 30 seconds after denying it. More»
FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died
Reuters - Thu Aug 29, 2019
Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters. More»
FBI and DoJ launch investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's death
The Guardian - Sun Aug 11, 2019
Fallout from the death by apparent suicide of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in a New York City jail cell intensified on Sunday, as authorities in three separate jurisdictions opened investigations into the death and alleged victims expressed outrage at not being able to confront Epstein in court. More»
Florida deputy arrested for planting drugs on drivers during traffic stops
NBC News - Thu Jul 11, 2019
A Florida sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday after authorities alleged he planted drugs and falsely charged dozens of innocent motorists after pulling them over under the guise of a minor traffic stop. More»
National Enquirer admits to hush-money payments made on Trump's behalf
Washington Post - Wed Dec 12, 2018
The National Enquirer's parent company acknowledged paying hush money to a woman who alleged an affair with Donald Trump to "suppress the woman's story" and "prevent it from influencing the election. More»
Cohen gets 3 years, says Trump's 'dirty deeds' led him to 'choose darkness'
NBC News - Tue Dec 11, 2018
An emotional Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to nine federal charges stemming from his failure to report millions of dollars in income and making secret payments to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump. More»
Federal Prosecutors Recommend Substantial Prison Sentence For Michael Cohen
Huffington Post - Fri Dec 7, 2018
Federal prosecutors and special counsel Robert Mueller's office filed court documents on Friday that revealed new details about the government's cooperation with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, ahead of his sentencing next week. More»
Matthew Whitaker: Acting Attorney General Said Judges Should Be Christian
The Guardian - Thu Nov 8, 2018
Donald Trump's new attorney general once said that judges should be Christian and proposed blocking non-religious people from judicial appointments. More»
Jeff Sessions Forced Out As Attorney General After Constant Criticism From Trump
NPR - Wed Nov 7, 2018
Jeff Sessions, the president's earliest and most fervent supporter in Congress, resigned under pressure as attorney general on Wednesday after brutal criticism from the president, bringing an abrupt end to his controversial tenure as the nation's top law enforcement officer. More»