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EXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records

Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump’s phone calls on the day of last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence — or lack thereof — of the White House’s record-keeping

The Independent UK

Democrats push Garland to come down on uncooperative Trump allies

The pressure campaign is putting President Biden on a collision course with his own party.

Axios

Jan. 6 panel openly frustrated with DOJ

Members of the committee are calling on the Justice Department to charge Mark Meadows with contempt of Congress

Salon

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DOJ Supports Antitrust Bill Targeting Big Tech - Read Why: WSJ

The Justice Department supported American Innovation and Choice Online Act and similar legislation banning large digital platforms from favoring their products and services over competitors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The DOJ saw the rise of dominant platforms like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google jeopardizing open markets and competition. Amazon, Google, Apple…

Benzinga

US judge: Trump ‘likely’ committed crime in bid to overturn vote

The judge made the claim in civil case and it does not have any direct legal implications for the former president.

Al Jazeera

Judge says Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crime in bid to block Biden presidential election victory

A US judge ruled on Monday that Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a felony as he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.

Evening Standard

Jan. 6 committee votes to recommend contempt charges against 2 more Trump aides

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend holding former President Donald Trump aides Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress for not complying with subpoenas to provide testimony and documents for the committee’s investigation.

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US Capitol attack panel votes to recommend prosecution of Trump duo

Select committee unanimously agrees to advance contempt of Congress citations against Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 committee to pursue contempt charges against 2 more Trump aides

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select committee will move Monday to hold former President Donald Trump aides Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress for not complying with subpoenas to provide testimony and documents for its investigation.

Los Angeles Times

Capitol attack panel expects to hear how militia groups coordinated plans before insurrection

Testimony could play a major role in establishing whether Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy in efforts to overturn 2020 election

The Guardian - US

Scavino, Navarro face contempt vote from Jan. 6 committee

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is pushing ahead with contempt charges against two men who served as advisers to President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

2 Men Arrested, Charged With Rug Pull: What The Court Case Means For NFTs

The U.S. Justice Department has formally charged two people with money laundering and fraud related to a “rug pull” that occurred with the launch of a non-fungible token collection.

Benzinga

Bannon’s escape plan: how the Trump strategist is trying to dodge prison

Bannon is advancing a high-stakes defense as he battles a case that could mean up to a year in federal prison and thousands of dollars in fines if convicted

The Guardian - US

US Indicts 4 Russian hackers for attacks on energy sector

WASHINGTON — Four Russian nationals who worked for their government committed cyberattacks against hundreds of companies in the energy sector worldwide, including the operator of a nuclear power facility in Kansas, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday as part of a sweeping pair of indictments aimed at curbing state-sponsored hacks.

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The Independent UK

Russian officials charged in years-old energy sector hacks

The Justice Department says four Russian government officials have been charged in hacks that targeted the global energy industry and thousands of computers around the world between 2012 and 2018

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee to consider criminal contempt referral for Trump allies Scavino and Navarro

If pursued by the Justice Department each count carries up to a year of prison time and $100,000 in fines

Salon

Texas voting law hits Black voters hard

Skyrocketing ballot rejections, Democrats say, is "direct" and "intended" result of state's new voting restrictions

Tribune News Service

Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a new law aimed at doing that is insufficient, several whistleblower advocates contended.

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Roll Call

Congress' protections for whistleblowers only go so far - Roll Call

New whistleblower protections, a response to Donald Trump's first impeachment, don't go far enough, advocates for whistleblowers say.

Reason

A Cavalcade of Paranoia

It's episode 399 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Tribune News Service

Sarah Lawrence sex cult leader suffers apparent seizure — after feds mistakenly release list of prostitution clients

NEW YORK — The trial of accused Sarah Lawrence College sex cult leader Lawrence Ray descended into chaos Tuesday as the alleged abuser was wheeled out of the courthouse on a stretcher — and the Justice Department mistakenly released a list of well-heeled johns who paid to have sex with…

The Independent UK

Pence spent Jan 6 at underground Senate loading dock, Secret Service confirms

‘It is wild to see that he was in a loading dock in an underground parking garage beneath the Capitol complex,’ journalist Jonathan Karl says

Reason

FBI Will Publish Long-Delayed Police Use-of-Force Data

Lack of participation from police departments has stymied the FBI's national use-of-force database for the past three years, but FBI Director Christopher Wray said a required threshold has finally been met.

The Independent UK

US expands travel bans on Chinese officials for persecution

The Biden administration is expanding travel bans on Chinese officials whom it accuses of repressing ethnic and religious minorities

Axios

Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications

The government says the tech giant is hiding business documents by misusing attorney-client privilege.

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