Counsel for the Obama administration Gregory Craig was indicted on Thursday for making false statements to and concealing work-related information he performed for the Ukraine government in 2012 from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ alleges that Craig lied and withheld information in order to avoid registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act [...]
The US Attorney for the Central District of California filed an indictment against attorney Michael Avenatti on Wednesday listing 36 charges, including embezzlement, wire fraud, tax evasion, bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud. Avenatti, known for representing clients against public figures such as President Donald Trump and singer Robert Kelly, is accused of embezzling funds from [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday confirmed that Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been indicted for conspiracy to commit computer hacking with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the US Army. The indictment was unsealed after Assange was arrested in the UK. The indictment, filed under seal in the Eastern District of [...]
The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a Deputy Attorney General nomination hearing Wednesday for Jeffrey Rosen, who currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Transportation. In his testimony, Rosen highlighted several areas on which he would focus if confirmed. For example, we will work together to combat violent crime and the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. [...]
On a near party line vote, Congressman Mike Doyle’s (PA-18) Save the Internet Act passed Congress Wednesday. The Act addresses the rollback of regulations by the Federal Communications Commission surrounding net neutrality. Net neutrality gives equal access to users of the internet and prohibits internet service providers from prioritizing access based on content. The bill also expands [...]
The Ohio General Assembly voted 18-13 Wednesday to pass a bill that bans abortions after the fetus has “a detectable fetal heartbeat,” which usually occurs during the sixth week of pregnancy. The bill has an exemption to save the mother’s life, but no exemption for rape and incest. Senator Kristina Roegner introduced the bill into the Senate in February, which [...]
The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday containing amendments to the Internal Revenue Code with one amendment criticized as aiding tax preparation services such as TurboTax and service providers like H&R Block. HR 1957, titled the “Taxpayer First Act,” passed the House by voice vote. The bill includes provisions changing the management of the [...]
Sixteen parents involved in a college admissions scandal were charged Tuesday in a second indictment by a federal grand jury in Boston with conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering. The indictment comes just a day after 14 of their co-defendants said they would plead guilty for their role in an alleged multimillion-dollar conspiracy that cheated college [...]
Following Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s signing of four gun control laws on Tuesday, Pittsburgh residents filed a lawsuit with the help of the National Rifle Association (NRA) challenging the interpretation of “large capacity magazines” in one of the laws. The case in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas is styled Anderson v. City of Pittsburgh. The [...]
Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Monday that several young immigrants who were deemed to have been abused or neglected by their parents could not be denied special immigration juvenile status by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) department of citizenship and immigration services. The ruling [...]
