Is Crime Getting Better or Worse? We Don't Really Know. The FBI changed the way it compiles data, and reporting law-enforcement agencies have yet to catch up. Reason · Oct 24, 2022
Oath Keepers use a "just joking" defense The January 6 trials expose how white privilege allows domestic terrorists to hide their plots in plain sight Salon · Oct 24, 2022
Election officials say armed "vigilantes" watching over ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona Two voters have filed complaints of voter intimidation to the Arizona state secretary in the past few days. Axios · Oct 23, 2022
Jeffrey Dahmer FBI file reveals chilling Polaroid collection from grisly murders The serial killer took photos of his victims because he “wanted to keep them as mementos to keep him company” The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022
3 reasons Ron DeSantis is going to win in November, and 3 reasons he’ll lose TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be the biggest favorite in a Florida governor’s race in more than a decade. Tribune News Service · Oct 23, 2022
Jan. 6 trial highlights missed warnings before Capitol siege The seditious conspiracy trial against the Oath Keepers founder and four associates is raising fresh questions about intelligence failures in the run-up to the Capitol riot that appear to have allowed the anti-government group and other extremists to mobilize in plain sight The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022
Steve Bannon predicts Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray will be impeached Bannon made the predictions hours after he was sentenced to four months in prison. Axios · Oct 22, 2022
Top cop defends 120-day suspension for officer accused of fraternizing with Proud Boys, not telling brass CPD Supt. David Brown said CPD has “zero tolerance” for sworn officers joining or associating with hate groups. But given what can be proved, he said, a 120-day suspension is as far as he legally can go. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 22, 2022
Trump kept Iran missile secrets and China spy documents in Mar-a-Lago trove, report says Former President Donald Trump reportedly kept top-secret documents detailing Iran’s missile program and U.S. spying on China stashed at his Florida resort home. Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022
Classified Documents Trump Took To Mar-A-Lago Contained Top Secret Info On Iran, China: Report Some of the FBI-recovered documents from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home contained highly sensitive intelligence about Iran’s missile program as well as secret intelligence work directed at China. Benzinga · Oct 21, 2022
Iran, China docs at Mar-a-Lago: report Government watchdog group wants to know "who did Trump show them to and what did he get out of it?" Salon · Oct 21, 2022
Papers Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago included Iran nuclear secrets and information about US espionage, report says Former president responds by attacking National Archives as ‘corrupt’ and suggesting the FBI may have planted compromising documents The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Classified papers seized from Trump home held U.S. secrets about Iran, China -Washington Post Highly sensitive intelligence on Iran and China was in some of the documents recovered by the FBI during an August search of former U.S. President Donald Trump's home in Florida, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters · Oct 21, 2022
Kash Patel's testimony could doom Trump "Patel may have decided it was time to save himself and stop lying for Donald Trump" said Lawrence O'Donnell Salon · Oct 21, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 The midterms race the world should be watching Republican election deniers are running for positions to oversee future elections in Arizona. If they win, they could upend electoral democracy in the US, reports Richard Hall and Alex Woodward.
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Prosecutors close case against 3 men tied to Whitmer plot Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of three men charged with assisting a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Salon · Oct 21, 2022 Experts: New testimony damning for Trump The only reason to interview Kash Patel, ex-U.S. Attorney says, is "if you’re thinking of indicting Trump”
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2022 Garbage hauler the FBI once said was mob-controlled now doing work at O’Hare Airport In a once-secret 2003 memo, the FBI said the company was secretly “controlled” by brothers John DiFronzo and Peter DiFronzo, reputed Chicago Outfit leaders who died in the past few years.
Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022 Trump claims clemency requests are his personal property Former President Donald Trump claims clemency requests that were seized by the FBI from his Florida estate are his personal property and should be returned to him.
Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022 Herschel Walker embraces his badge controversy MACON, Ga. — Standing in front of an oversized American flag at a crime-themed campaign rally here Thursday, Herschel Walker said he wanted to acknowledge some “superheroes.” As the crowd applauded, seven sheriffs’ officials trooped onto the stage.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Quinton Simon’s mother ‘downed tequila shots’ at Tybee Island beach bar as FBI launched landfill search, staff say Leilani Simon, now the prime suspect in the investigation, and her mother Billie Jo Howell were seen drinking at Sting Ray’s
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman Dr. Mehmet Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon
Salon · Oct 20, 2022 Trump rages after Durham probe flops "Durham could not get a fair shake in the Swamp of biased and partisan juries," Trump claimed
Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022 Television Q&A: Where is the agent who's missing in action on 'FBI'? You have questions. I have some answers.
Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022 Body of missing toddler believed to buried in landfill as mum named as 'prime suspect' Quinton Simon was just 20 months old when he went missing two weeks ago. Police believe he is dead and have named his mother Leilani Simon as their prime suspect