A federal judge on Tuesday tossed a civil rights lawsuit brought by a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officer who claimed she was unfairly fired after being snared in an FBI probe of corruption at the county jail.
Read moreFederal prosecutors on Friday fined Rabobank $500,000 — in addition to its forfeiture of $369 million — for obstructing the Comptroller of the Currency by concealing deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering program, the largest criminal penalty ever in the Southern District of California.
Read moreA federal judge on Monday denied defense attorneys’ motion to toss out charges that Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter, aided and abetted her husband in his plans to carry out a terrorist attack.
Read moreHeaping pressure on the only defendant in a Philadelphia corruption scandal who has not struck a plea deal, federal prosecutors unveiled new charges Tuesday against political consultant Kenneth Smukler.
Read moreProsecutors waged a “full-frontal assault” on criminal lawyers in the indictment of two attorneys who represented embattled rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, the men’s attorney said Friday after his clients pleaded not guilty to charges of witness tampering and obstruction.
Read moreA federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former federal prosecutor to 30 months in prison after the man pleaded guilty to stealing several sealed whistleblower lawsuits while at the Justice Department and trying to sell them to companies fighting similar cases.
Read moreFederal prosecutors Wednesday unsealed an indictment accusing Michael Cohen, a former executive managing director of the publicly traded hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management of 10 criminal counts, including fraud, conspiracy and obstructing justice in a scheme involving a charitable client and a “luxury yacht.”
Read moreA Long Island district attorney and one of his chief aides were indicted Wednesday on accusations that they covered up a former police chief’s beating of a handcuffed suspect five years ago.
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The fiancee of former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was granted a slight reprieve Wednesday when a judge reduced her $2 million bail to $500,000 on charges of violating a court order by selling video evidence to TMZ.
Read moreWhile critical of prosecutors for discussing “deputy gangs” at Paul Tanaka’s obstruction trial, the Ninth Circuit refused Thursday to upend the former Los Angeles County undersheriff’s conviction.
Read moreFormer Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has been denied bond pending the appeal of his conviction for obstructing a federal investigation into county jails.
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A federal grand jury charged an FBI agent with obstructing justice, claiming he lied to cover up the shots he fired at a truck driven by a spokesman for the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupiers, just before Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was gunned down by Oregon state police.
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A Cook County grand jury returned an indictment against three Chicago police officers who prosecutors say covered up facts about the officer-involved shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
Read morePresident Donald Trump assailed reports of an obstruction of justice investigation into his conduct Thursday, calling allegations of collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia a “phony story.”
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s personal attorney went on the offensive Thursday afternoon, attacking several points former FBI director James Comey made in two hours of testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The problem is, in the process, he may have compounded Comey’s claims of being defamed by the administration and left the question of the president’s possibly obstructing justice unresolved.
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The former Tennessee high school teacher arrested in California after going on the run for over a month with a female student was indicted Thursday on charges of obstructing justice and transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes.
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A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to three years in prison for obstructing a federal investigation, delivering a stinging rebuke to the official for trying to blame his closest aide and leverage a medical condition to avoid jail time.
Read moreA San Diego jury on Tuesday found a male escort guilty of murdering his boyfriend who had just closed escrow on a luxury beachfront condo in Mexico – two years to the day after the man’s murder.
Read moreA second jury on Wednesday convicted former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca of conspiring with his underlings to obstruct an FBI investigation into deputy-on-inmate violence, a dramatic turnaround for federal prosecutors after Baca almost won an acquittal last year.
Read moreJurors began deliberations Monday afternoon in the second obstruction trial of former Sheriff Lee Baca, whom prosecutors say conspired with his underlings to thwart an investigation into inmate abuse at two jails.
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