CBS News reports: Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted on more than a dozen federal charges alleging they took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from an oil company owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank, the Justice Department said Friday. The 54-page indictment filed in federal district court in Houston was unsealed …
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“I think that they’re gonna come back with a guilty verdict. And we’re gonna find that out here very soon. If they do, this judge is gonna put him in jail just like they got Peter Navarro in jail pending an appeal, right?” – Pardoned felon Michael Flynn, going on to tell Steve Bannon that he would “absolutely consider” serving …
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Los Angeles Magazine reports: A video was posted on X Thursday of a group of counter-protestors at the University of Mississippi — or Ole Miss — shouting and making monkey noises towards a Black woman who was part of a group protesting the war in Gaza. Another bystander at the university uploaded a video of the students shouting “Lizzo! Lizzo! …
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The right wing New York Sun reports: Trump International’s golf club in Scotland has lost its complaint against a newspaper, The Scotsman, which published an article about filthy conditions in the club’s kitchens that the real estate group said was “inaccurate and misleading.” The Scottish paper ran two articles critical of Trump International Golf Club Scotland Limited for food hygiene …
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Ars Technica reports: “Join Your Local Militia or III% Patriot Group,” a post urged the more than 650 members of a Facebook group called the Free American Army. Accompanied by the logo for the Three Percenters militia network and an image of a man in tactical gear holding a long rifle, the post continues: “Now more than ever. Support the …
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“Sure, the deep state, they can stop some men, some presidents. They stopped Richard Nixon 50 years ago this summer, 1974, August, that’s when Richard Nixon resigned. And, contrary to a lot of people, well, what they think they know about that, it wasn’t really Nixon. “He didn’t do anything wrong. It was a deep state plot to get him. …
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NBC News reports: The Justice Department is expected to announce the indictment of longtime Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. Cuellar’s home and campaign office in Laredo, Texas, were raided in January 2022 as part of a federal investigation into Azerbaijan and a group of U.S. businessmen who have ties to …
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CNBC reports: The auditing firm for Trump Media and the auditor’s owner were charged Friday with “massive fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission for work that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. The auditor, BF Borgers CPA and its owner Benjamin Borgers have agreed to be permanently suspended from practicing as accountants before the SEC, …
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The Washington Post reports: As soon as Collin Davis found out his ex-partner was planning to travel to Colorado to have an abortion in late February, the Texas man retained a high-powered antiabortion attorney — who court records show immediately issued a legal threat. Now, Davis has disclosed his former partner’s abortion to a state district court in Texas, asking …
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NBC News reports: The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal trial told him Friday he has an “absolute right” to testify after the former president complained to reporters the gag order in the case prevented him from doing so. In remarks outside the courtroom Thursday, Trump said, “I’m not allowed to testify. I’m under a gag order” that he said …
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