A civil rights attorney who represents the families of past police shooting victims claimed Tuesday morning that police fatally shot a Black man the day before in southern Los Angeles “in the back 20+ times then left him for hours.”Ben Crump -- who represents the families of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Jacob Blake --…
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia James Boasberg accepted the plea. Clinesmith's sentencing date has been set…
An FBI lawyer who worked on the surveillance warrant of former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page plans to plead guilty Friday to making a false statement in an email as part of an investigatio…
A lawyer for the ex-Atlanta police officer accused of fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks criticized the Fulton County district attorney Thursday for trying to obtain a search warrant that he said would provide details on Americans who donated to his client during an online fundraiser.Noah Pines, one of former Officer Garrett Rolfe’s attorneys, has already requested that Paul Howard,…
FBI says Roy Den Hollander, suspected of killing son of a federal judge, may have previously murdered a fellow lawyer in California A New York state trooper stands guard outside the home where attorney Roy Den Hollander was found dead in Catskills, New York, on Monday. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters The FBI is investigating whether a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…