WASHINGTON (AP) — A gun count that had been part of a collapsed plea deal in the Hunter Biden case was dismissed Wednesday as a judge signed off on a prosecution request. The order from U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika formally removes a gun-possession charge that has now been replaced by a three-count indictment. The […]
Browsing Tag: Indictment
MSNBC Anchor Alicia Menendez Says She Won’t Cover Father’s Indictment
“Last week, a grand jury indicted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. This past week, dozens of members of his own party have demanded his resignation,” said the MSNBC anchor on her “American Voices” program. “I have been watching, along with all of you, as a citizen and also as his daughter. I will not be reporting […]
Rob Menendez Announces Reelection Bid Shortly After His Father’s Indictment
Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.), the son of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), is seeking reelection following his father’s indictment on corruption charges last week. The elder Menendez was charged Friday over allegedly accepting bribes, including $100,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in cash, in exchange for official acts that aided an Egyptian American businessman and the […]
Sen. Bob Menendez Defiant Following Corruption Indictment
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) declared Monday that he would neither resign nor cease running for reelection after he was indicted on corruption charges on Friday. Stating that those calling for his resignation “have rushed to judgment … on a limited set of facts,” Menendez declared in a press conference, “I will be exonerated and continue […]
5 Crazy Details From The Bob Menendez Indictment
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife, alleging they took bribes in exchange for favors the senator doled out using the power of his office. The 39-page indictment lays out various alleged schemes Menendez, wife Nadine Menendez and three New Jersey businessmen that led investigators to discover […]
Special Grand Jury Report That Led To Trump’s Georgia Indictment To Be Released
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday is expected to release the full report compiled by a special grand jury that helped an investigation by the Georgia prosecutor who ultimately indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 others. The special grand jury spent seven months hearing from some 75 witnesses before completing a report in […]
Special Counsel To Seek Hunter Biden Indictment By Month’s End
The federal government will seek a grand jury indictment against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden by the end of the month, prosecutors said in a court filing Wednesday. Special counsel David Weiss said in the filing that speedy trial rules require the government to obtain an indictment by Sept. 29 and that the government […]
With Its Chair Mentioned In Trump Indictment, RNC Tells Members Not To Speak To Media
MILWAUKEE — With RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel making a cameo in Donald Trump’s federal indictment for his coup attempt, the Republican National Committee has instructed its members not to speak to news media covering its summer meeting and to report any journalists who approach them. A memo sent to the 168 members last week tells […]
2024 GOP Race Comes To The City Of Latest Trump Indictment, Sans Trump
ATLANTA ― The 2024 Republican presidential race on Friday came to the city where frontrunner Donald Trump was just indicted on racketeering and fraud charges based on his coup attempt ― and participants did their best to avoid talking about it. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott did not mention Trump during his 45-minute question and […]
Pence On Trump’s Georgia Racketeering Indictment: ‘No One’s Above The Law’
ATLANTA — Mike Pence, who was almost killed by Donald Trump’s followers during their Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, on Friday tacitly supported the new Georgia indictment against him for trying to overturn his election loss in that state. “We ought to be willing to tell the American people the truth, and […]