Prosecutors
Trump-appointed federal judge orders Lindsey Halligan to stop ‘masquerading’ as a U.S. attorney
On Tuesday night, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer whom President Donald Trump tried to install as the chief federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, will no longer serve in that…
Renee Good was a casualty of Trump’s order against ‘political violence’
Last week in Minneapolis, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good, who had been blocking traffic with her car. Right away, federal officials claimed Good had tried to run…
The FBI thinks Renee Good’s anti-ICE activism is relevant in deciding whether killing her was justified
A few hours after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said the 37-year-old activist was engaged in "domestic terrorism" at the time…
Invading Venezuela for ‘law enforcement’ is an open-ended license for war
Venezuela is well rid of Nicolás Maduro, a corrupt, oppressive, and illegitimate leader who presided over that country's continuing decline after succeeding Hugo Chávez in 2013. And judging from what happened after the…
A school district cop allegedly did nothing to stop the Uvalde mass shooting. Was that failure a crime?
After the 2022 shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, police officers were widely condemned for failing to act in time to prevent those deaths. The gunman was not stopped…
Cocaine smugglers who don’t get bombed often aren’t even charged by the DOJ
On September 2, President Donald Trump gleefully announced that he had ordered a "kinetic strike" on a speedboat "transporting illegal narcotics," killing 11 men he described as "positively identified…
Another New Mexico cop lauded for nabbing drunk drivers admits taking bribes to let them off the hook
In September 2021, Albuquerque police officer Timothy McCarson arrested an intoxicated driver who had been hospitalized after he was injured in a crash. But McCarson never filed charges against the driver, and he explained…
Keonne Rodriguez is serving 5 years for bitcoin privacy software
This week, guest host Zach Weissmueller is joined by Keonne Rodriguez, the founder of Samourai Wallet, a noncustodial bitcoin privacy tool. Rodriguez is currently facing a five-year federal prison sentence for conspiracy to…
Texas case asks SCOTUS if police can jail journalists for reporting
Priscilla Villarreal was not arrested for "merely asking questions," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insists in a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Laredo news vlogger's petition for review of her…
2 grand juries reject the fraud case against Trump foe Letitia James
For the second time in a week, a federal grand jury has refused to approve an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Since grand juries almost always ratify charges proposed by prosecutors, a one-sided…
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