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Federal prosecutors can't decide whether to hit Binance and its execs with indictments after 4 years of investigating

The U.S. began looking at the company in 2018 after reports that criminals were among users of the exchange.

Fortune · Dec 12, 2022

Florida judge officially dumps Trump lawsuit over Mar-a-Lago document seizure

MIAMI — Former president Donald Trump’s legal effort to thwart a Justice Department investigation into classified documents seized from his palatial Palm Beach estate was officially tossed out Monday.

Miami Herald · Dec 12, 2022

Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing to appear in US court

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is to appear in federal court in Washington to face charges

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Lockerbie suspect in US custody for plane bombing that killed 270

A man charged in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of a Boeing 747 airliner that killed 270 people is in U.S. custody, a Justice Department spokesperson said.

Tribune News Service · Dec 11, 2022

Jan. 6 panel to decide referrals to DOJ

The committee is reportedly considering criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump and four associates

Salon · Dec 11, 2022

Accused Libyan Bombmaker in Pan Am Downing Now in US Custody

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into US custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the Justice Department said Sunday. The arrest of Abu Agela…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 11, 2022

Scottish officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in US custody

U.S. and Scottish officials say the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2022

U.S. indicts Mauritanian man for role in deadly Mali restaurant attacks

A Mauritanian man who received a death penalty in Mali for involvement in attacks that killed dozens including an American in 2015, was extradited to the United States to face a six-count indictment related to the same crime, the Justice Department said on Saturday.

Reuters · Dec 10, 2022

Trump’s attorneys in closed-door court hearing after contempt reports

WASHINGTON — The day after Donald Trump effectively gave up his court fight over government documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home, his lawyers were in a Washington courthouse amid reports the Justice Department has asked for the former president to be held in contempt in connection with…

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Judge declines DoJ request to hold Trump team in contempt of court over Mar-a-Lago papers subpoena

Court proceedings were sealed depsite pressure from news organisations

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022