Indonesia Safety Board Denies Leaking Lion Air Probe Details
Indonesia’s transportation safety board denied on Thursday that it leaked details from its probe into the crash of a Lion Air flight in October.
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Chelsea Manning Returns to Jail for Refusal to Inform on WikiLeaks
Freed from a military prison almost two years ago, WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning returned to federal lockup on Friday for refusing to testify about the same military and diplomatic disclosures that ended her career as an Army intelligence analyst.
Read moreJudge Rejects Stone Claims of Mueller Press Leaks
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Roger Stone’s request that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office prove it did not violate a court order sealing the indictment against the longtime Republican operative and former Trump associate.
Read moreSpecial Counsel Denies Leaking Stone Charges to Press
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office pushed back Friday on claims that it prematurely released the indictment against Roger Stone, saying it followed court instructions and did not tip off the media to Stone’s arrest last month.
Read moreIRS Employee Charged with Leaking Cohen Documents
Federal investigators have charged an IRS employee with illegally leaking former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s bank information to Stormy Daniels’ attorney, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
Read moreRoger Stone Accuses Mueller of Leaking Indictment to Press
Contending that the leak of his indictment allowed reporters to film his predawn arrest last month, Roger Stone lobbed contempt charges Wednesday against the Special Counsel’s Office.
Read moreProsecutor: New Charges Possible in Russia Probe Leak Case
New charges and arrests are possible in the prosecution of a U.S. Treasury Department employee accused of giving a journalist confidential banking reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Read moreTrump Campaign Adviser Roger Stone Indicted by Mueller
Indicting former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone on Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused the longtime political operative of obstruction of an official proceeding, lying to Congress and witness tampering.
Read moreEmbattled Conspiracy Theorist Drags Bezos Into Mueller Suit
Amending his claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller, conservative author Jerome Corsi told a federal judge Monday he is the target of a conspiracy involving Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a reporter for the Washington Post.
Read morePelosi Aide Says Trump Leaked Commercial Travel Plans
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will postpone her trip to Afghanistan following the Trump administration’s leak of her travel plans, a spokesman for the speaker said Friday.
Read moreAzerbaijan Censured for Blackmailing Reporter With Sex Tape
Siding with a journalist who was secretly filmed in her own home having sex, the European Court of Human Rights fined Azerbaijan on Thursday for privacy violations.
Read moreFBI Leakers
A Chinese-born U.S. citizen and founder of the University of Management and Technology accuses the FBI in a federal complaint of having violated her privacy by illegally leaking material from its fruitless, lengthy investigation of her. She says Fox News, which is not a party to the action, broadcast the material to “nationwide audiences, resulting in personal, professional, and financial harm.”
Read moreUS Charges Four for Tax Dodges in Panama Papers Probe
Three years after the leak of the Panama Papers exposed a worldwide network of tax-avoiding shell companies, federal prosecutors brought charges Tuesday against four men tied to the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Read moreFormer Pennsylvania Attorney General Kane Reports to Prison
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reported early Thursday to a suburban Philadelphia county jail to begin serving a sentence for leaking grand jury material and lying about it.
Read moreFeds Say Suspected CIA WikiLeaker Spilled New Files From Prison
One day after criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were mistakenly confirmed in a court filing, a newly public transcript reveals that the man suspected of providing the website with classified CIA files may have leaked additional information from federal prison.
Read moreLawyer for Meek Mill Judge Lobs Federal Wiretap Suit
The makers of a docu-series about Meek Mill’s experience with Philadelphia justice officials were hit with a federal complaint Wednesday from a lawyer who says his off-the-record remarks were secretly recorded.
Read moreSuspected BuzzFeed Leaker Released on $100K Bond
A federal magistrate set a $100,000 bond Friday that freed a former Treasury official charged with providing BuzzFeed with thousands of files tied to the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Read moreExperts Say Negotiation in Khashoggi Case Trumps Investigation
After weeks of leaked details and Saudi denials, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to reveal on Tuesday the “naked truth” behind the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As to how much detail comes to light, however, experts from three countries told Courthouse News that the key lies in behind-the-scenes geopolitical bargaining.
Read moreEx-FBI Agent Gets 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents
A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted to leaking classified defense documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to 4 years in prison.
Read moreTreasury Official Charged in Leak of Russia Probe Docs
Federal prosecutors charged a senior Financial Crimes Enforcement Network official with leaking thousands of sensitive files connected to the Russia investigation for a yearlong series of articles in BuzzFeed.
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