WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would be nominating senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office that was thrown into turmoil when its U.S. attorney was pushed out Friday. In a social media post just after he departed the White House for an event at Mount …
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US federal prosecutor tapped to lead office probing Letitia James, email says – Reuters
US federal prosecutor tapped to lead office probing Letitia James, email says Reuters US prosecutor resigns after Trump says ‘I want him out’ BBC With Ouster, Justice Dept. Independence Teeters as Trump Exerts Control The New York Times U.S. attorney resigns under pressure from Trump to charge N.Y. AG Letitia James NPR Trump says prosecutor fired after gaining “UNUSUALLY STRONG” Democratic support Axios Source link
Read More »Justice Department probing whether DC police falsified crime data
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified data to make crime rates appear lower than they are, according to two people familiar with the probe who weren’t authorized to publicly discuss an open investigation. The investigation comes amid an escalating — and political — showdown between the Trump …
Read More »Microsoft Probing If Chinese Hackers Learned of Flaws Via Alert – Bloomberg
Microsoft Probing If Chinese Hackers Learned of Flaws Via Alert Bloomberg Microsoft Corp (MSFT) Patches SharePoint Vulnerability amid Global Havoc Yahoo Finance Microsoft probing if Chinese hackers learned SharePoint flaws through alert, Bloomberg News reports Reuters ToolShell: An all-you-can-eat buffet for threat actors WeLiveSecurity Disrupting active exploitation of on-premises SharePoint vulnerabilities Microsoft Source link
Read More »Feds probing NFLPA actions that ‘may be criminal,’ doc says
Don Van Natta Jr. Close Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Senior Writer Host and co-executive producer of the new ESPN series, “Backstory” Member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national, explanatory and public service journalism Author of three books, including New York Times best-selling “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush” 24-year newspaper career …
Read More »Hassett says White House probing Fed renovation costs, authority to fire Powell – Reuters
Hassett says White House probing Fed renovation costs, authority to fire Powell Reuters Trump ‘certainly’ can fire Fed chair Powell ‘if there’s cause’: Hassett CNBC White House Seizes on Fed Renovations as Opening to Oust Powell The Wall Street Journal Risk of Powell ouster is underpriced, Deutsche Bank strategist says Fortune ‘Huge deal’: White House probe fuels speculation Trump could oust Powell Politico Source link
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