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LOS ANGELES – An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with orchestrating a phony kidnapping – which she blamed on federal agents or people working with federal agents – to generate public sympathy and solicit donations, the Justice Department announced today. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, of South Los Angeles, is charged with conspiracy …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey who as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan worked on cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, said in a note to colleagues that “fear is the tool of a tyrant” and that her firing without reason should fuel “a fire of righteous indignation at abuses of …

US DOJ fires federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of ex-FBI head James Comey  Reuters Maurene Comey, Prosecutor Fired by Trump, Calls Fear the ‘Tool of a Tyrant’  The New York Times Read Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey’s letter to colleagues after DOJ firing  MSNBC News Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey and prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein, is fired  Politico ‘Tool of a tyrant’: Former FBI …

LAFAYETTE, La. — Five Louisiana men, including four active and former law enforcement officers, were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and mail fraud, following a federal investigation initiated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS fraud detection officers uncovered a pattern of inconsistencies among U visa applications, spurring a multi-agency federal investigation. The 62-count indictment …

Emil Bove, President Trump’s pick to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 25. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images An attorney tied to some of the most aggressive legal moves by the Justice Department this year …

Thousands of federal troops have been deployed to Los Angeles since June 7 on the orders of President Donald Trump. In the first 40 days of this military operation on U.S. soil, they have done vanishingly close to nothing. The more than 5,000 National Guard soldiers and Marines who have operated in Southern California — under the command of the Army’s Task …

Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Emil Bove as Federal Judge  The New York Times Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg  Just Security Hundreds of DOJ alumni warn Senate against Trump’s appellate judge nominee  Reuters Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower  The New Yorker Opinion | Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove …

Trump pulls federal funds for California’s high-speed rail  Politico Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California’s high-speed rail  ABC7 Los Angeles Trump rescinds $4bn in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project  The Guardian $4 billion in federal funding for California High-Speed Rail project terminated  KBAK Governor Newsom responds to Trump’s latest gift to China: Defunding America’s only high-speed rail  Governor of California …

Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor  Politico Source link

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