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(WASHINGTON) -- Senior Justice Department officials serving under Donald Trump's first administration may have violated federal law in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election by pushing for pandemic-related investigations that targeted states with Democratic governors, and then leaking private information about those investigations to friendly media outlets in a potential attempt to influence the election, according to a previously-undisclosed report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog.The inspector general's report, obtained by […]

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) -- The FBI has uncovered "additional criminal conduct" by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, federal prosecutors said in a new court filing Tuesday.Adams has already pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment charging him with accepting luxury travel in exchange for political favors, including persuading the fire department to approve the opening of the new Turkish consulate in Manhattan despite the lingering safety concerns of […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.Carter lands in DCA plane carrying the Carter family and the casket of former President Jimmy Carter has landed at Joint Base Andrews […]

(NEW YORK) -- A New York appeals judge has denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay the Jan. 10 sentencing in his criminal hush money case.Trump’s sentencing will proceed as planned on Friday, pending potential additional legal maneuvers by the president-elect’s lawyers.Judge Ellen Gesmer rejected Trump’s claim that the case should be delayed because of presidential immunity, after his attorney argued before the court that Trump is covered by presidential […]

Beverly Police Department (BEVERLY, Mass.) -- A Massachusetts man has been arrested after police said he made violent antisemitic posts online.Matthew Scouras, 34, allegedly "posted threats to rape Jewish women and encouraged other users of the site to shoot people outside of synagogues," according to the Beverly Police Department.Police said the FBI notified them Thursday of the threats posted to an online message board.A search of Scouras' home turned up […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The judge in President-elect Donald Trump's classified documents case has temporarily blocked Attorney General Merrick Garland, special counsel Jack Smith, or any Department of Justice personnel from releasing the special counsel's final report on the case.U.S. District Cannon deferred the matter to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, but temporarily blocked the release of the report "to prevent irreparable harm arising from the circumstances as described in the current record […]

(CANYON VILLAGE, Wyo.) -- In a new court filing, federal prosecutors allege the suspect who took a hostage and got into a shootout with Yellowstone National Park rangers in July ranted that he "refuse[s] to fraternize with race-traitors that support non-whites or Jews."The Wyoming U.S. Attorney made the filing on Monday in an attempt to gain ownership over the suspect's guns and vehicles, which are in the possession of the federal government […]

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges.The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who police said is an undocumented migrant from Guatemala, appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court and pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree murder and arson stemming from the horrific […]

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Donald Trump's legal blitz to halt his sentencing in his criminal hush money case in New York continued Tuesday morning with his lawyers filing a 502-page lawsuit against Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.Trump's lawyers asked a New York appeals court to stop the proceedings in the president-elect's hush money case -- including his Jan. 10 sentencing -- and to dismiss his conviction […]