A former Morgan Stanley advisor pleaded guilty on Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering as part of a $7 million fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice. Ex-advisor Shawn Edward Good...
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DOJ Appeals Mar-A-Lago Special Master Order After Judge Sides With Trump
Topline The Justice Department asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday to block a third-party special master from reviewing classified documents it seized at former President Donald Trump’s M...
Where It Stands Now As Judge Names Special Master
Topline Here’s what we know so far after a special master was appointed Thursday to review the White House documents that former President Donald Trump brought back with him to Mar-A-Lago, which will ...
Judge Picks Special Master In Mar-A-Lago Case—And Rejects DOJ’s Request To Exclude Classified Documents
Topline Retired Judge Raymond Dearie will serve as a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-A-Lago last month, a federal judge ordered Thursday, turning down the Department of J...
National Archives Doesn’t Know Whether Trump Returned All Records, Oversight Committee Says
Topline The National Archives is not sure whether former President Donald Trump gave back all the presidential records he took from the White House, House Oversight Committee chair Carolyn Maloney (D-...
Woman Arrested For Death Threats Against Judge Who Appointed Mar-A-Lago Special Master
Topline A woman in Texas was arrested last week after allegedly making multiple death threats against a federal district judge who appointed a special master to review documents the government seized ...
DOJ Asks Court To Stop Special Master From Reviewing Classified Trump Mar-A-Lago Documents
Topline The Department of Justice asked a federal judge Thursday to reconsider part of her decision siding with former President Donald Trump in the battle over documents seized from Mar-A-Lago, argui...
Trump’s Save America PAC Under Investigation In January 6 Probe
Topline A grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the aftermath of the 2020 election is looking into former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC, multiple outlets reporte...
DOJ Unseals Mar-A-Lago Affidavit As Ex-President Pleads For ‘Special Master’
Topline The legal tussle over the FBI’s investigation into whether former President Donald Trump violated federal law by keeping White House documents at Mar-A-Lago continued this week, as the ex-pres...
DOJ Releases Redacted Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit — Here’s What It Says
Topline The Justice Department unsealed Friday a redacted version of the affidavit it used to justify its request to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate, outlining the scope of th...
Justice Department Must Release Redacted Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit, Judge Rules
Topline A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it used to justify its search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate, ask...
GOP Rep. Perry Sues DOJ After It Seized Cell Phone For Jan. 6 Investigation
Topline Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) sued the Department of Justice last week after it seized his cell phone as part of the agency’s investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol building and t...
IRS targets SFOX users for possible tax crimes
The IRS can serve a John Doe summons on crypto prime dealer SFOX, according to an order entered by a federal district in California on Monday. The order allows the agency to seek information about tax...
Trump Claims FBI Took His Passports In Mar-A-Lago Raid
Topline Former President Donald Trump on Monday claimed the Federal Bureau of Investigations took all three of his passports during the agency’s raid of his Mar-a-Lago property, days after the Justice...
11 Sets Of Classified Records Among 20 Boxes Of Items Reportedly Taken From Mar-A-Lago
Topline Federal agents took 11 sets of classified records from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property during a raid Monday, including some identified as top secret, according to the Wall ...
Justice Department asks to unseal Trump raid search warrant
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department asked a federal judge Thursday to unseal a search warrant that was used by FBI agents to raid the Florida home of former President Donald T...
Biden Administration Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban
Topline The Justice Department sued Idaho on Tuesday over the state’s “trigger law” banning abortion, arguing it violates federal law, the first legal challenge the federal government has brought agai...
Don’t Let Federal Government Enforce State Abortion Bans
Topline Attorneys from 15 major cities and localities—including New York and Chicago—urged the Biden Administration on Thursday to ensure federal agencies won’t help enforce state-level abortion bans,...
Former DOJ Lawyer Jeffrey Clark Faces Ethics Violations Charge
Topline Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department lawyer whom Donald Trump sought to appoint as attorney general, faces accusations by the Washington D.C. bar that he violated rules of professional...
Justice Department Says Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Failure’ To Share Interview Transcripts Impeding Insurrection Investigations
Topline In a letter to the January 6 committee on Wednesday, the Justice Department renewed its request for the panel to share transcripts from interviews with witnesses it has conducted as a part of ...
FBI Arrests NY Crypto Platform EminiFX CEO for Alleged Fraud
Slumping cryptocurrencies have not only had to deal with plummeting values lately, but authorities are uncovering more and more crypto crimes that are adding to the industry’s bad name. U.S. tax...
Jan. 6 Committee Has Enough Evidence For Trump Criminal Referral, Cheney Says—But Some Lawmakers Are Reportedly Skeptical
Topline The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot has enough evidence to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal charges, vice-chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R...
U.S. Indicts Russian Government Employees Who Allegedly Conducted Sweeping Hacking Campaign Targeting Energy Infrastructure Worldwide
Topline The Department of Justice unsealed indictments Thursday against four Russian government employees in two separate cases who prosecutors allege engaged in a hacking campaign targeting energy co...
How some small businesses have survived the Covid pandemic without them
The storefront of Mark Shriner’s small business, The Coffee House, in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Courtesy: Mark Shriner Mark Shriner needed help. It was spring 2020, and his coffee shop in Linc...