Missing no opportunity to fundraise, WikiLeaks filed its first court papers ever in a New York federal court on Friday, calling the Democratic Party’s conspiracy lawsuit over the 2016 election a threat to freedom of the press.
Read moreA defense attorney for the Mongol Nation motorcycle club told a California jury Tuesday that federal prosecutors had not presented any evidence that the club ever violated racketeering laws or engaged in a conspiracy — indeed, he said, it could not be convicted of conspiracy because an entity cannot conspire with itself.
Read moreOn the 47th anniversary of the mysterious skyjacking done by a man known to the world as D.B. Cooper, investigators and enthusiasts gathered to discuss and debate the true identity of the subject of FBI’s most famous unsolved case.
Read moreGoldman Sachs faces a summons with notice for fraud on the heels of its former executive’s guilty plea to criminal charges stemming from the multibillion 1MDB scandal.
Read moreDismissing criminal charges against two Michigan doctors, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that Congress did not have authority to pass a nationwide law banning female genital mutilation and that such regulations should be left to the states.
Read moreA 22-year-old California man accused of being a member of a “combat-ready” white nationalist group pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday in connection to a violent brawl at a 2017 political protest in which several people were attacked.
Read moreAt a dramatic hearing where Tekashi 6ix9ine was denied bail on gang-related conspiracy charges, prosecutors told a federal judge late Monday of a credible threat that ex-associates of the New York rapper had authorized a hit against him over the weekend.
Read moreA California man was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison and fined $1 million for conspiring to export components for night-vision and thermal devices for use in weapons.
Read moreThe former CEO of a Missouri-based health care charity admitted to playing a role in a political corruption scheme involving the misuse of charity money to pay lobbyists and bribe state lawmakers in Arkansas and Missouri.
Read moreThe administrator of one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces for narcotics was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday, having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering.
Read moreChallenging its prosecution by special counsel Robert Mueller, a Russian firm accused of conspiracy said Friday that Mueller must be made to identify all cases where he prosecuted or declined to take on foreign actors for election interference.
Read moreRejecting arguments that a court order is crippling David Daleiden’s criminal defense, a federal judge Wednesday refused to lift an injunction banning the release of secretly taped videos of a National Abortion Federation meeting.
Read moreFour members of a white supremacist group were arrested Tuesday and federally charged with conspiracy and rioting during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Read moreTwo female employees at the Ohio nightclub where Stormy Daniels was arrested during the summer sued police vice officers Tuesday, claiming they were used as cover for the porn star’s politically motivated arrest.
Read moreTipping off the first federal trial of the NCAA pay-to-play corruption scandal, a prosecutor focused his opening statement Tuesday on money changing hands between universities and major sportswear companies to groom young hoopsters.
Read moreA Virginia seafood processor has pleaded guilty to falsely labeling millions of dollars worth of foreign crab meat as a “product of the USA,” the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Read moreA Russian firm charged with conspiracy pushed Wednesday to have a say in a separate case where the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller is being assailed by a longtime aide to Trump confidante Roger Stone.
Read moreProsecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office urged a federal judge Wednesday to advance their case against a consultancy owned by a Russian oligarch.
Read moreA federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump on Monday denied a Russian company’s motion to dismiss criminal charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, rejecting claims about the legitimacy of the investigation into interference in the 2016 election.
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