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Nonprofit fraud: Amid high-profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what’s really going on

Nonprofit fraud is in the news a lot these days.

The Conversation · May 21

Where will money for the ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ come from? This man has been warning of Judgment Fund abuse for years

The creation of an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” at the Department of Justice may have shocked a lot of people, but not Paul Figley, a legal scholar and former DOJ staffer who has spent years warning that taxpayer money could be used by an administration for political ends in just this way.

The Conversation · May 21

The Indigenous exhibit that Trump failed to stop

A mixed-reality exhibit celebrating Ohlone culture has launched at University of California Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science

The Independent UK · May 20

Trump’s DOJ announces $1.7B fund to pay his allies who were ‘unfairly’ investigated by Democrats

The $1.776 billion ‘slush fund’ will be funded by taxpayers and be administered by a five-member commission appointed by Trump’s ex-defense lawyer

The Independent UK · May 18

Feds Want Your Data If You Downloaded This Popular Car App

The Department of Justice wants the names and addresses of at least 100,000 people who downloaded the EZ Lynk Auto Agent app.

Motor1 · May 18

Trump's DOJ Reinstates Federal Firing Squad Executions and Vows to Slash Inmate Appeals

The US Department of Justice under Trump has reinstated firing squads for federal executions, aiming to expedite capital cases and revive harsher punishment methods.

International Business Times UK · May 18

Truth and Justice Commission: Trump's $1.8bn Plan to Compensate Allies 'Wrongly' Targeted by DOJ

A proposed £1.13bn Truth and Justice Commission aims to compensate individuals allegedly wrongly investigated by federal agencies, amid Trump's legal disputes with the IRS over leaked tax records.

International Business Times UK · May 18

Around 10 'new' victims in France's Epstein probe have come forward, prosecutor says

France opened a human trafficking investigation after the US Justice Department released the latest cache of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier in January.

Euronews · May 18

Iraqi National Accused of Planning Terrorist Attacks in New York, Europe and Canada

The Department of Justice announced on Friday that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, was charged with six terrorism-related offenses.

International Business Times · May 15

Ex-Trump DOJ official spills the tea on the ‘Weaponization Working Group’ and it’s even more of a clown show than we thought

Former Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jonathan Gross just pulled back the curtain on the so-called “Weaponization Working Group,” and what he’s describing is a total mess. In a recent interview with former January 6 defendant Brandon Straka on YouTube, Gross didn’t hold back. He called the group a dysfunctional…

The Mary Sue · May 15