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A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant was charged Thursday for falsifying reports that US President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, each received $5 million in bribes from a Ukrainian energy company. According to the indictment, Alexander Smirnov reported to an FBI Agent in March 2017 that he had been in contact [...]

The US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held a hearing Wednesday with US Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis to discuss the agency’s response to threats against federal judges one day after Davis revealed to Reuters that threats against federal judges have skyrocketed across the country in the last year [...]

The US Department of Justice has found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained classified materials pertaining to military, intelligence, and national security matters after having served as vice president under Barack Obama, but has declined to prosecute, according to a report released Thursday. Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed [...]

The exchange of information is a key driver of today’s digital economy. International trade cannot be performed without business owners’ ability to transfer data across national borders, and multinational enterprises’ (MNE) internal operation relies on the ability to move data among countries where they have business presence. Accordingly, data has come to the center of [...]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the seizure of 700 safety deposit boxes under the process of civil asset forfeiture went beyond the warrant issued and violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. The case began in 2021, when the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) obtained a warrant to [...]

A bomb threat was reported early Thursday morning at the Long Island residence of Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump, according to US media. Officials from the Nassau County Police Department subsequently confirmed that the threat was, in fact, a swatting incident—a deliberate false alarm crafted [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear former President Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s 2024 primary ballot. In a one-page unsigned order, the court scheduled oral arguments for February 8. Additionally, the court ordered Trump to submit a brief in support of his decision by January 18 and [...]

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s ballot. The original decision will now be on hold until the US Supreme Court rules on the appeal. The Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot [...]

A man was arrested early Tuesday morning after allegedly breaking into the Colorado Supreme Court, discharging a weapon and setting a small fire just weeks after the state’s top court moved to remove former President Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential ballot. The suspect also held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint to gain access [...]

A federal judge ruled Sunday that Mississippi officials can create the planned state-run court in Jackson, the state capital, where the majority of residents are Black, despite objections from the NAACP. The decision is part of a more significant legal battle over Mississippi’s expansion of state power in Jackson, which the NAACP has sued against. [...]