The Justice Department has joined a host of federal agencies that now offer the potential of a big financial payout to tipsters who take on the risk of turning over incriminating information about their employer or another company to the government. Under a three-year pilot program launched Thursday, people who turn over original information or […]
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Biden says “No Regrets” over doc handling
President Biden told reporters in California Thursday that he “has no regrets” on the handling of documents marked classified that were discovered at a former office and his Wilmington home, including the administration’s decision to not confirm or disclose the existence of the documents until they were reported two months later. Mr. Biden, asked why […]
Justice Dept Prosecutors probe Trump actions
The US justice department is examining Donald Trump’s actions over attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Federal prosecutors have asked witnesses directly about the behaviour of the former US president. So far, they have not opened a criminal investigation into Mr Trump himself. No former US president has ever been indicted for criminal […]
Hunter Biden scandal: Media slowly acknowledges legitimacy to emails after dismissing laptop story in 2020
During the 2020 presidential election, the legacy media collectively disregarded the Hunter Biden laptop story as a baseless right-wing conspiracy and even a Russian disinformation effort. But since President Biden was elected, the same media outlets that rejected the damning revelations as unsubstantial are now admitting there was legitimacy all along. Some critics have charged […]
House GOP Call For Special Investigation Into Clinton, Comey, And Others
House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday called for a new special counsel — to investigate Hillary Clinton, James Comey and Loretta Lynch. In a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Republicans said they were writing to “request assistance in restoring public confidence in our nation’s justice system […]
FBI Admits Trump’s Ties To Russia Are Being Investigated
There’s been some debate about whether Donald Trump’s campaign operation is under a federal investigation or not. This morning, FBI Director James Comey ended that debate. The FBI is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with a covert Russian campaign to interfere with the U.S. presidential election, FBI Director James Comey told Congress Monday, an […]
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a Democratic appointee, after she refused to defend in court his controversial refugee and immigration ban. The extraordinary public clash over Trump’s most consequential policy decision to date laid bare the discord and dissent surrounding the executive order, which temporarily […]
Bernie Calls For FBI’s Comey Resignation
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders called FBI Director James Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails during the 2016 “outrageous” and said “it would not be a bad thing for the American people if he did step down,” during an interview on ABC’s This Week. “I think that Comey acted in an outrageous way during the campaign,” […]
Obama commutes record total 774 prison sentences
President Obama(Photo: Jorge Guerrero, AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Obama commuted the sentences of another 102 federal prison inmates Thursday, continuing his move to dramatically reduce the number of inmates in prison for drug crimes. “The vast majority of today’s grants were for individuals serving unduly harsh sentences for drug-related crimes under outdated sentencing laws,” White House […]