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Jan. 6 panel weighs insurrection, fraud cases against Trump

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee will vote Monday on recommendations that former President Donald Trump be prosecuted for obstructing an official government proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to two people familiar with the plans.

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Jan. 6 panel weighs insurrection, fraud cases against Trump

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House committee investigating Capitol riots ‘to vote on recommending criminal charges against Donald Trump’

The US House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is considering whether to recommend that the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against Donald Trump, according to reports.

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Jackie Calmes: The GOP just keeps stoking the 'clear and present danger' of Jan. 6

For all the bravado among Republicans that they'll deep-six the work of the Jan. 6 committee as soon as they take power from Democrats in the House next month, they and their shrinking leader, Donald Trump, have become its best promoters. Their (mis)behavior ensures that the panel's findings — the…

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Trump-connected lawyers’ records detailed in unsealed orders

WASHINGTON — A pair of newly unsealed court orders show how a federal investigation into activity following the 2020 presidential election touched prominent conservative lawyers connected to former President Donald Trump.

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Jan. 6 panel could refer House members to Ethics Committee

WASHINGTON — A House select committee could take a rare step and vote Monday to refer fellow members of Congress for ethics investigations, as it wraps up a nearly 18-month investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Jan. 6 panel to weigh obstruction and fraud charges against Trump

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Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection

The Independent UK

Exclusive: January 6 panel considering Trump referral to justice department for obstruction of Congress

Subcommittee recommended Trump could also be referred for conspiracy to defraud the United States, sources say

The Guardian - US

What will happen after final meeting of House committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Federal prosecutors will have to decide if they will follow up on the committee’s referrals

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel could refer House members to Ethics Committee - Roll Call

A House select committee could take a rare step and vote Monday to refer fellow members of Congress for ethics investigations.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on riot criminal referrals

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will hold its final meeting Monday, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long inquiry by asking the Justice Department to investigate potential crimes

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who boasted about attacking ‘rookie cop’ jailed for 14 months

Sargent joins more than 280 individuals convicted for assualting or impeding police officers during the Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Rep Adam Kinzinger says he believes Trump is ‘guilty of a crime’ ahead of Jan 6 criminal referrals

“If he is not guilty of some kind of a crime, I mean, what we’ve basically said is presidents are above the law,” says the Illinois Republican

The Independent UK

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Accused of illegally evicting Black and Latino renters, Southern California city, sheriff to pay $1 million

LOS ANGELES — A Mojave Desert community and sheriff’s department will be forced to spend nearly $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging they discriminated against Black and Latino renters, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

The Independent UK

US charges 8 in social media 'pump-and-dump' stock scheme

The government has charged eight men of earning more than $100 million in illicit stock market profits by manipulating their novice-investor followers on social media

Chicago Sun-Times

Medicare Advantage health plans dodged auditors, overcharged taxpayers millions

A review of 90 government audits reveals the plans have repeatedly tried to get around mandates to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

WEKU

Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

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Washington Defends ‘Lawfulness’ of Flying Lockerbie Bombing Accused from Tripoli

More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism. The extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi…

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TikTok security deal’s prospects are clouded by FBI’s doubts, state bans

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is facing new roadblocks in its effort to address the national security concerns around TikTok after the FBI warned about the dangers of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app and five states banned it from employee phones.

The Independent UK

Prisons chief: Official who beat inmates deserves 2nd chance

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance

Miami Herald

Ex-Venezuelan treasurer, husband convicted of corruption in first trial of its kind in Florida

MIAMI — A former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband were found guilty Tuesday of accepting tens of millions of dollars in bribes and moving their tainted money to Miami in the first foreign corruption case of its kind to go to trial in South Florida.

The Independent UK

FBI report shows high hate crime levels, but data missing

Hate crimes in the U.S. remained relatively high last year after a surge not seen in nearly two decades, according to a new FBI report that experts say is actually an undercount because thousands of police departments didn’t report their data

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House Jan. 6 panel to vote next week on potential prosecutions for Capitol attack

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol assault will vote Monday to approve its final report and whether to refer any individuals for prosecution by the Justice Department or other sanctions.

Salon

DOJ opens new front in Trump probes

Jack Smith is "moving forward quickly and aggressively," NBC News reports

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