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The Justice Department will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. E.T. on Oct. 24 regarding a “significant national security matter.” Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to discuss “malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity” perpetrated by a nation-state actor in the United States.
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The audit found multiple inadequacies in the USMS’s management and tracking of seized cryptocurrency.
The superseding indictment include new claims of Barrack’s alleged efforts to attempt to influence the Trump campaign and administration under the direction of United Arab Emirates officials.
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In a court filing last month, former U.S. Amb. Richard Olson said he will plead guilty to illegal lobbying and failing to disclose gifts he received when he held that position.
The Jan. 6 Committee filed a brief in federal court asserting that evidence "establishes a good-faith belief that [former President] Trump and others may have engaged in criminal and/or fraudulent acts.”
Some speculation as the statutes of limitations for offenses described in the Mueller report begin to run down.
This is the first criminal case brought by the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, which was created in June 2021 to prosecute those making threats against election workers.
The indictment sets out the most serious criminal charge yet used against any of the Capitol rioters, but it also shows the limits of the criminal law in responding to Jan. 6.