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LINDSAY WHITEHURST

LINDSAY WHITEHURST

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Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists

President Donald Trump's pardons of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the rhetoric of retribution from some of those released this week is raising deep concern among attorneys, former federal investigators and experts who follow extremism

Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists
Election|Political|US

Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory

The Supreme Court has turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country

Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory
Election|Political|US

Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office

Thousands of people from around the United States rallied in the nation’s capital for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration

Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office
Crime|News|Political|US

Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearm-purchasing charges after plea deal fails

Hunter Biden has been indicted on federal firearms charges

Hunter Biden is indicted on federal firearm-purchasing charges after plea deal fails
Crime|News|US

Man convicted of bomb threat outside Library of Congress sentenced to probation after year in jail

A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong standoff with police in 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation Friday after a year in jail

Man convicted of bomb threat outside Library of Congress sentenced to probation after year in jail
Crime|News|Political|US

Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional

An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control law approved by voters last year is lawful under the state constitution

Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional
Business|News|US

Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony before Congress

Hunter Biden has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service

Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony before Congress
Crime|News|US

Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot

Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty

Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot
Crime|News|US

Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to firearms charges

Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to federal firearms charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal in a long-running federal investigation, his lawyers said Tuesday in court documents

Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to firearms charges
News|Political|US

House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden

House Republicans have clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland, accusing him of the “weaponization” of its work under President Joe Biden

House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden
Crime|US

Why the power of a US attorney has become a flashpoint in the Hunter Biden case

House Republicans have grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Justice Department investigation of Hunter Biden in a contentious hearing that delved into aspects of the criminal justice system that typically play out long before the case enters a public courtroom

Why the power of a US attorney has become a flashpoint in the Hunter Biden case
Crime|News|US

Hunter Biden must come to court in person for firearms case, judge rules

A judge has ruled that Hunter Biden must appear in person for a hearing where he is expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal in a long-running federal investigation

Hunter Biden must come to court in person for firearms case, judge rules
Africa|Crime|News|US|World

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, a luxury car and cash at a US senator's home

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are accused of taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and cash in exchange for using his outsized sway in foreign affairs to help the authoritarian government of Egypt as well as others

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, a luxury car and cash at a US senator's home
Crime|Election|News|Political|US

Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani and another lawyer over accessing and sharing of his personal data

A political adviser to Rudy Giuliani is slamming Hunter Biden’s lawsuit against the former mayor

Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani and another lawyer over accessing and sharing of his personal data
Health|News|US

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis

About 150 people from families who have lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning have gathered at the headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the U.S. faces its deadliest overdose crisis

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
Business|News

A judge found Trump committed fraud in building his real-estate empire. Here's what happens next

A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud for years as he built his real-estate empire tarnishes the former president’s image as a real estate titan turned political powerhouse, and could strip him of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee businesses

A judge found Trump committed fraud in building his real-estate empire. Here's what happens next
Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|News|US

IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, wealthy people

A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country’s wealthiest people

IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, wealthy people
Crime|US

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed

Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty in Delaware to three federal firearms charges filed after the implosion of an earlier deal to resolve a long-running investigation

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed
Crime|Political|US

Hunter Biden prosecutors move to drop old gun count after plea deal collapse

Prosecutors who filed firearms charges against Hunter Biden moved Wednesday to formally dismiss a gun count that had been part of a collapsed plea deal

Hunter Biden prosecutors move to drop old gun count after plea deal collapse
Crime|News|US

Hunter Biden judge agrees to drop old gun count after indictment replaces scuttled plea deal

A gun count that had been part of a collapsed plea deal in the Hunter Biden case has been dismissed as a judge signed off on a prosecution request

Hunter Biden judge agrees to drop old gun count after indictment replaces scuttled plea deal
Business|Crime|Finance|News|US

Ex-IRS contractor pleads guilty in leak of tax return information of Trump, wealthy people

A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors

Ex-IRS contractor pleads guilty in leak of tax return information of Trump, wealthy people
Crime|News|US

A teen's death in a small Michigan town led the FBI and police to an online sexual extortion scheme

FBI Director Christopher Wray has spoken to one of the nation's largest police groups about how his agency works with police around the United States in tackling violent crime, fentanyl and gangs

A teen's death in a small Michigan town led the FBI and police to an online sexual extortion scheme
Election|News|US

Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case

Donald Trump says in a social media post he'll appeal a narrow gag order imposed on him in his 2020 election interference case in Washington

Crime|News|US

Prosecutors are appealing length of prison sentences for Proud Boys leaders convicted of Jan. 6 plot

An attorney for ex-Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio says his defense team will review federal prosecutors’ reasoning for appealing his 22-year prison sentence in the U.S. Capitol insurrection

Prosecutors are appealing length of prison sentences for Proud Boys leaders convicted of Jan. 6 plot
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment

Fugees rapper says lawyer's use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

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