The FBI released roughly 500 pages in connection with the mid-1990s O.J. Simpson murder investigation in which the former NFL star was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Investigators took a close look at the bloody Bruno Magli shoe print found at the scene, clothes, Simpson’s infamous Ford Bronco and hair samples. Wednesday …
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Oregon man who drugged daughter's friends with insomnia medication at sleepover gets prison term
An Oregon man who drugged his daughter and her friends with fruit smoothies laced with a sleeping medication after they didn’t go to bed during a sleepover was sentenced to two years in prison. Michael Meyden, a 57-year-old from the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, apologized during his sentencing Monday after pleading guilty to three felony counts of causing another …
Read More »Jurors might believe Hunter Biden is guilty and vote to acquit him anyway
The jurors set to decide the fate of Hunter Biden might believe that the son of President Biden is guilty of the three felony firearm offenses he faces in a historic federal gun trial – and still vote to acquit him. Even if the prosecution ably proves its case surrounding Biden’s October 2018 purchase of a .38 revolver from a …
Read More »Former Jeffrey Epstein cellmate, bodybuilder ex-cop turned drug trafficker, sentenced
The man accused of assaulting sex-trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein in a federal jail has been sentenced to four consecutive terms of life in prison for masterminding a brutal 2016 quadruple murder that killed a man who owed him drug money and three bystanders. Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, and a group of bodybuilder co-conspirators tortured and killed Martin Luna, 41, over the …
Read More »Hunter Biden will not testify in his criminal gun trial
Hunter Biden will not testify in his own defense in his federal gun crime trial, despite earlier indications from his defense attorney Abbe Lowell that he might. Lowell told the judge and jury Monday morning that, “Mr. Biden rests his case.” The prosecution called FBI Special Agent Erika Jensen back to the stand. Hunter Biden is joined in the courtroom …
Read More »Hunter Biden laptop re-emerges as media embarrassment as it becomes key evidence at gun trial
Hunter Biden’s scandalous laptop, which was originally dismissed as Russian disinformation by many media outlets, pundits and even liberal allies in the intelligence community, was formally entered into evidence and confirmed by the FBI this week in his ongoing federal gun crime trial. The “laptop from hell,” which is filled with videos and photos of drug use, sex acts, and …
Read More »Bag of cash doesn't stop jurors from convicting 5 defendants in $40 million food fraud scheme
A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. The case received widespread attention after someone tried to bribe a juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash. That juror was dismissed …
Read More »Judge dismisses attempted murder and other charges in state case against Paul Pelosi's attacker
A judge on Thursday dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy, according to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. David DePape was convicted last month of assaulting a federal official’s family member and attempting to kidnap a federal official. He …
Read More »Biden says he won't pardon son Hunter, vows to accept verdict in felony gun crime trial
President Biden said on Thursday he will not pardon his son Hunter and will accept the verdict in the ongoing felony gun trial. In an interview with ABC News’ David Muir in Normandy, France, Biden was asked whether he would accept the results of the federal trial underway in Delaware, which he replied “yes.” And when asked whether he would …
Read More »Washington man sentenced for 20 'swatting' calls of false threats in US, Canada
A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western …
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