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Just a few months ago, the political movement behind Brazil’s far-right former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sputtering. Mr. Bolsonaro had been voted out of office, ruled ineligible to run in the next election and was in the cross hairs of deepening criminal investigations. But now Mr. Bolsonaro and his followers have had a sudden surge of energy and momentum — with the help of Elon Musk and the Republican Party. Over the past month, Mr. Musk and House Republicans have harshly criticized Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who is leading investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro, over the judge’s moves to block more than 100 social media accounts in Brazil. Many of them belong to prominent right-wing pundits, podcasters and federal lawmakers who, in some cases, have questioned Mr. Bolsonaro’s election loss.
Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, Alexandre de Moraes Organizations: Elon, Republican Party, House Republicans, Brazilian Locations: Brazil
is an investigative reporter at The Times, writing about public corruption. He has been covering the various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.
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CNN —The Department of Justice doubled down on its decision to not release the audio files of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans, stating that Republicans have not established a legitimate legislative purpose for demanding these recordings, in a new letter obtained by CNN. The DOJ’s refusal to turn over the audio comes as Republicans find their impeachment inquiry into the president stalled now that the prospects of the investigation ending in impeachment are increasingly unlikely. Without the votes in their narrow majority or evidence of an impeachable offense, Republicans are now struggling with how to end their probe. Uriarte pointed to the possibility that audio files can be manipulated through “cutting, erasing, and splicing” in a way that increases the privacy concerns of the witness. Uriarte therefore accused Republicans of going after these audio files for the wrong reasons.
Persons: Joe Biden’s, Robert Hur, Carlos Uriarte, James Comer, Jim Jordan, General Merrick Garland, Hur, Mark Zwonitzer, Uriarte, Biden, ” Uriarte, spokespeople, Comer, Jordan, , Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Zwonitzer, Organizations: CNN, Department, Justice, House Republicans, Republicans, DOJ, Ukrainian, Fox News,
is an investigative reporter at The Times, writing about public corruption. He has been covering the various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.
Persons: Trump Organizations: The Times
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. A New York tax preparer was arrested Monday on charges related to causing "substantially" more than $100 million in tax losses through the filing of false returns — one of the largest tax frauds ever by a preparer, federal prosecutors said. The false information allegedly included bogus itemized deductions, fake capital losses, and phony business expenses and tax credits. ATAX New York grossed more than $15 million from 2016 through 2019, according to Thomas Fattorusso, the IRS special agent in charge of criminal investigations. Alvarez was the CEO, owner and manager of ATAX from 2010 through 2020, and the firm during that time prepared more than 90,000 income tax returns, according to prosecutors.
Persons: Damian Williams, preparer, Rafael Alvarez, Alvarez, Thomas Fattorusso, ATAX Organizations: Attorney, Southern, of, New, Manhattan U.S, ATAX New, IRS, Attorney's Locations: U.S, of New York, New York City, New York, York, Manhattan, ATAX, ATAX New York, United States, disgorgement
is an investigative reporter at The Times, writing about public corruption. He has been covering the various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.
Persons: Trump Organizations: The Times
Tesla is going to trial over a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of Walter Huang. The family alleges that flaws in Tesla's Autopilot system caused the 2018 crash that killed Huang. Walter Huang's Tesla Model X crashed in March 2018 in Mountain View, California. Days after the fatal crash, Tesla said in a blog post that Huang "received several visual and one audible hands-on warning earlier in the drive." Tesla also wants to call the engineer to testify during the trial, but Huang's family opposes it.
Persons: Tesla, Walter Huang, Huang, , Bryant Walker Smith, who's, Smith, who've, Mark Fong, Walter Huang's Tesla, inattention, Huang Tesla, Tesla didn't, Getty Tesla Organizations: Service, Apple, Elon, Court, University of South, Tesla, Associated Press, NTSB, National Transportation Safety Board, Business, Chicago Tribune, Getty, National, Traffic, Administration Locations: California, California's Santa Clara, University of South Carolina, View, Huang's, Mountain View , California
On Feb. 8, Brazil’s federal police confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and arrested a pair of his former aides on accusations that they had plotted a coup after Mr. Bolsonaro lost the 2022 presidential election. Four days later, Mr. Bolsonaro was at the entrance to the Hungarian Embassy in Brazil, waiting to be let in, according to the embassy’s security-camera footage, which was obtained by The New York Times. The former president appeared to stay at the embassy for the next two days, the footage showed, accompanied by two security guards and waited on by the Hungarian ambassador and staff members. Mr. Bolsonaro, a target of various criminal investigations, cannot be arrested at a foreign embassy that welcomes him, because they are legally off-limits to domestic authorities. The stay at the embassy suggests that the former president was seeking to leverage his friendship with a fellow far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, into an attempt to evade the Brazilian justice system as he faces criminal investigations at home.
Persons: Jair, Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban of Hungary Organizations: Hungarian Embassy, The New York Times Locations: Hungarian, Brazil
CNN —House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden tried to downplay the importance of an FBI informant whose claims they once championed after he was charged with fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving the president and his son. Special counsel David Weiss charged the FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, with lying to the FBI and creating false records. The indictment is just the latest setback to House Republicans who are struggling to build momentum to impeach the president. In the wake of the charges, President Joe Biden called out the informant for lying and said Republicans should end their impeachment inquiry. In the wake of the charges, Republicans have seized on the idea that Smirnov was initially presented as a credible witness.
Persons: Joe Biden, David Weiss, Alexander Smirnov, Smirnov, Biden, Jim Jordan, Jordan, James Comer, Comer, Jason Smith, Joe Biden corruptly, Hunter, Donald Trump’s, Alejandro Mayorkas, , Jamie Raskin, , Johnson, Scott Brady, Brady, ” Brady, Tony Bobulinski, ” Comer, Raskin, Hunter Biden, James, CNN’s Marshall Cohen Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, FBI, Republicans, CNN, Fox, of Homeland, House Republicans, Hunter Biden, CHS, GOP Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian
The man, who was being questioned about stealing his girlfriend's car, was not injured during the Nov. 12 shooting. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's office released the body camera video and an internal affairs report this week, addressing the acorn for the first time. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesPolice detained the boyfriend and searched his car after handcuffing him and placing him the back of Hernandez's patrol car. As Hernandez approached the passenger side door of his patrol car, he heard a popping sound which he later told investigators he perceived to be a gunshot. “He began yelling “shots fired” multiple times, falling to the ground and rolling,” the sheriff’s report said.
Persons: Jesse Hernandez's, Hernandez, , Sgt, Beth Roberts, Hernandez’s, Roberts, Sheriff Eric Aden, ” Aden Organizations: WALTON, Sheriff's, Police Locations: WALTON BEACH, Fla, Florida, Okaloosa
Trump-nominated judge Aileen Cannon this week sided again with the former president's legal team when she ruled the government's witness list in the Mar-A-Lago classified documents case should be unsealed. "It's really one after another, and the way she's handled this case shows her clear bias for Trump and the defense," Rahmani said. AdvertisementCannon has already been reversed once on appeal by the 11th Circuit in this case, when she moved to appoint a special master to oversee the review of classified documents seized from Mar-A-Lago. The 11th Circuit court sided with the Department of Justice, ultimately determining that Cannon lacked the authority to assign a special master to the case. The precedent of protective ordersRahmani said the testifying witness list will eventually be revealed to the public, as it should be, but the timing and manner of releasing information is key.
Persons: Trump, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, hasn't, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Judge Cannon's, Judge Cannon, Rahmani, she's, Smith, Andrew Lieb, Lieb Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, White, Circuit, Department of Justice Locations: Georgia, Mar, York
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewToyota has told drivers of around 50,000 of its vehicles in the US to get urgent repairs over fears that their airbag inflators could explode, causing "serious injury or death." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Takata airbag inflators have been linked to more than 30 deaths and hundreds of injuries since 2009, and have been responsible for the largest safety recall in automotive history. AdvertisementToyota did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.
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CNN —A painting older than the US Constitution was returned to its rightful owner this month – more than 50 years after being stolen by mobsters, the FBI said in a news release. “The Schoolmistress,” by English painter John Opie, was found among items in a 2021 estate sale. The FBI returned the painting to the family of Dr. Earl Leroy Wood earlier this month. “It was a well-done painting.”It took more than two years for Wood’s family to find the documentation proving the painting belonged to them. The FBI delivered the work of art to Wood’s son, 96-year-old Dr. Francis Wood, on January 11.
Persons: John Opie, Gerald Festa, Dr, Earl Leroy Wood, Joseph Covello, , Emily Stauffer, Francis Wood, , Gary France Organizations: CNN, FBI, KUTV Locations: Lake City, Covello’s Florida
This is called judicial criminality,” Machado said of Friday's ruling by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The longtime government foe was able to participate, because the primary was organized by a commission independent of Venezuela’s electoral authorities. On Monday, she sought to reassure supporters, telling them that her campaign is “stronger than ever” and she will represent them during the presidential election. The court and the National Electoral Council, the country’s electoral body, are stacked with people affiliated with the ruling party. "Should there be an aggressive action, our response will be calm, reciprocal and energetic.”___Zeke Miller contributed to this report from Washington.
Persons: María Corina Machado, , Machado, Nicolás Maduro, ” Machado, , Friday’s, Maduro, They’ve, John Kirby, Elvis Amoroso, Tarek William Saab, Roberto Abdul, Gerardo Blyde, Jorge Rodríguez, Blyde, Rodríguez, ” Rodríguez, ___ Zeke Miller Organizations: Monday, Justice, National Security, of American, Electoral Council, U.S Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, Venezuelan, United States, Venezuela's, U.S, Barbados, Spain, Latin America, Washington
The Drug Enforcement Administration regarded Anthony L. Armour as an “outstanding” special agent on the front lines of the nation’s opioid epidemic. But in 2019, a routine drug test derailed his career. His failed drug test led the government to fire him, setting off a lengthy court battle that underscored the growing pains of a booming and largely unregulated CBD industry. Last week, Mr. Armour won his case. In a rare move, the Department of Justice agreed to rehire him as a special agent, provide some back pay, cover his legal expenses and restore his eligibility for a pension.
Persons: Anthony L, Armour Organizations: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The answer explains why Congress is racing to wind down what is known as the employee retention tax credit. Lawmakers aim to use the savings to offset the cost of three business tax breaks and a more generous child tax credit for many low-income families. Households benefitting from the changes in the child tax credit would see an average tax cut of $680 in the first year, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Under current law, taxpayers have until April 15, 2025, to claim the employee retention credit. But in this case, the employee retention tax credit appears to have few friends left on Capitol Hill.
Persons: Danny Werfel, ’ ”, Sen, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Johnson, ” Johnson, , ” Warren, Wyden, Jan, Larry Gray, Gray, , ” Gray, preparer, Werfel, Mark Warner Organizations: WASHINGTON, Senate, IRS, , Center, Senate Finance, Capitol Locations: Rolla , Missouri, America, New Jersey
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Dueling political factions took to the streets of Venezuela's capital on Tuesday for the first competing rallies of the presidential election year, showcasing their ability to draw people en masse, as voters grapple with political disappointments and uncertainty over the candidate who ultimately will challenge President Nicolás Maduro. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“They talk about elections, but they are terrified of elections,” Machado said, referring to Maduro and his allies. Let them know clearly, no one takes us out of this electoral route.”Maduro and the opposition faction behind the primary agreed last year to hold a presidential election in the second half of 2024. His challenger's participation in the election remains in doubt even though she won the primary with more than 90% of support. “And not only her, any other candidate who has expressed their intention to participate in a presidential election must participate.”____Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america
Persons: Nicolás Maduro, María Corina Machado, Maduro, , Hugo Chávez —, Machado, ” Machado, Tarek William Saab, Yeickson Ramos, Ramos, “ Will, , Maduro’s, Chavistas —, Chávez, Leonard Suarez, Suarez Organizations: American, Authorities, Digital Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, Caracas, U.S, Guyana, America, Caribbean
But out of hundreds of officials who responded to the scene, according to the report, only a handful have faced any consequences so far. The DOJ's scathing report details how officers hesitated to confront the shooter, violating training for how to handle active shootings. The DOJ report says the UCISD PD didn't do any internal investigations. Uvalde Police DepartmentThe Uvalde Police Department (UPD) launched its own internal investigation into the incident, which hasn't finished, according to the DOJ report. And so, the weapon the shooter used is considered a machine gun under federal law, according to the DOJ report.
Persons: , didn't, Pete Arredondo, Uvalde —, hasn't, Mariano Pargas —, Steve McCraw, Uvalde Organizations: DOJ, Service, US Department of, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police, Customs, Border Patrol, CBP, District, Uvalde Police, Uvalde Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, City, Texas Tribune, Texas Rangers, Associated Press, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, ATF Locations: Uvalde , Texas, Uvalde County, Uvalde
Several prospective jurors in the jury pool in Donald Trump’s defamation trial say they made political contributions either to Trump and groups supporting him or his political opponents. Two of the prospective jurors said they believed the 2020 election was stolen, the false claim that Trump has continued to make as he runs for president again. Judge Lewis Kaplan asked the potential jurors questions about possible biases in the trial to decide how much money in damages Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll for his 2019 defamatory statements about Carroll’s sexual assault allegations. Three people in the courtroom said they contributed money to Trump's campaign or a group supporting him. All three said that wouldn't affect their ability to fair and impartial.And at least 10 prospective jurors said they contributed money to President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or groups supporting the Democratic politicians.
Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Judge Lewis Kaplan, Jean Carroll, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Trump, Democratic Locations: Trump
Trump Loves to Play With Fire - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
To be a Republican politician in the age of Donald Trump is to live under the threat of violence from his most fanatical and aggressive followers. After former Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan voted to impeach President Trump in the House in the same case, he purchased body armor as a precaution against the threats on his life. Republicans who voted against Representative Jim Jordan — a staunch Trump ally — for House speaker during last year’s leadership standoff received death threats targeting themselves and their families. Jack Smith, the federal special counsel who is leading multiple criminal investigations into Trump, was also the victim of swatting. So was Shenna Bellows, the Maine secretary of state who removed the former president from the state primary ballot.
Persons: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Peter Meijer of, Trump, Jim Jordan —, , It’s, provocateur, Tanya S, Chutkan, Jack Smith, Shenna Bellows Organizations: Republican, Capitol, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Congress, Trump Locations: Utah, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Maine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading to Mexico this week to promote her agency's new strike force to help combat illicit fentanyl trafficking as the U.S. and China step up efforts to stop the movement of the powerful opioid and drug-making materials into the United States. “Combating the flow of deadly fentanyl into communities across the United States is a top priority for President Biden as well as the Treasury Department,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a statement. Many of the GOP presidential candidates have said they would use military force against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Nelson will co-chair the strike force with IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Jim Lee. Nelson said the strike force "will act quickly and decisively with the top specialists from across the department to nimbly respond to the newest threats.”
Persons: Janet Yellen, , Biden, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, , Brian Nelson, Nelson, Jim Lee Organizations: WASHINGTON, , Strike, Treasury, IRS, Drug, Treasury Department, Disease Control, GOP, Banking, Armed Services Committees Locations: Mexico, China, United States, Mexico City, Yellen, California, America, U.S
“The Treasury Department’s Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force will allow us to bring the Department’s unrivaled expertise in fighting financial crime to bear against this deadly epidemic. The strike force will be led by the department’s top sanctions official, Brian Nelson, and the chief of the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigations unit, James Lee. It will “redouble Treasury’s existing work streams, including using financial intelligence to understand risks and map transnational criminal organization (TCO) financial networks,” according to a news release. Several key units within the Treasury Department that specialize in financial crimes, sanctions, and tracking terrorist and illicit financing will be part of the new strike force. The new strike force will also help streamline the Treasury Department’s efforts to coordinate with local and federal law enforcement bodies on potential financial leads.
Persons: Janet Yellen, Brian Nelson, James Lee, ” Nelson, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Biden, Yellen, Nelson, Organizations: Washington CNN, Monday, Treasury Department, Treasury, Network, Foreign Assets Control, of Intelligence, US Treasury Department, Strike Force, Department, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, US Centers for Disease Control, CNN, Mexican, Biden Locations: United States, China, Ukraine, Mexico
It's not clear how much scrutiny the company is under for management's role in developing and training employees to sell the product. Subpoenas are issued to compel parties such as company executives and employees, or former employees, to appear for interviews or turn over documents. In July, the OCC assessed a $15 million civil penalty against American Express National Bank. The IRS is also involvedBrooklyn attorneys are coordinating their criminal investigation alongside the IRS's criminal-investigation unit, the people BI spoke with said. Sinking morale among some sales employeesThe investigations are taking a toll on Amex's results-driven culture, current and former sales employees told BI, because compliance staff have gotten more involved in the sales process.
Persons: Amex, hadn't, salespeople, It's, Adam Isserlis, Isserlis, John Marzulli, Brian Morris, Hiral Mehta, Morris, Boies, Boies Schiller Flexner, Seth DuCharme, Charles Blazer, he's, Mehta, Hiral, Brian Organizations: American Express, Business, Justice, New York State Department of Financial Services, BI, Brooklyn, Eastern, of, OCC, American Express National Bank, Consumer Financial, Justice Department, Department of Financial Services, Department of Justice, IRS, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC's, Government, Costco, Securities, Eastern District, Department of Homeland Security, Boies Schiller, FIFA, Taco Bell Locations: Brooklyn , New York, of New York, Eastern, Brooklyn
Nikki Haley needs more than Koch cash to beat Trump
  + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
AFP Action senior adviser Emily Seidel said in a briefing document explaining the decision that Haley was best positioned to beat Trump in the primary. What Haley could gain from the endorsementHaley has one thing every successful candidate needs as first voting nears – a rising political trajectory. And Tuesday’s developments complicated his campaign’s efforts to convince big corporate donors that he is the best hope to defeat Trump. As well as muscle in the campaign advertising wars, its endorsement could bring major donors to Haley’s campaign. Even when it comes to a candidate who is as disdainful of democracy as Trump is, voters decide.
Persons: Nikki Haley, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, Haley –, , Haley, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Joe Biden’s, Emily Seidel, Seidel, , Joe Biden, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Steven Cheung, MAGA, Republicans ‘, Sarah Longwell –, pollster, Trump –, CNN’s Kasie Hunt, Trump’s, she’s, ” Longwell, ” “, Koch, Liz Cheney, Cheney, Michael Palmer Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, South, Democratic, Club for Growth, Lincoln Project, Prosperity, Trump, Florida Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, AFP, America, White, UN, , Republicans, CNN International’s, New Hampshire Locations: South Carolina, New Jersey, Iowa, New Hampshire, AFP, Trump, China, CNN International’s “ State, New, Deep, Wyoming, Florida
Andrew Cuomo's former executive assistant is suing him for sexual harassment. The former New York governor faces allegations of forcible touching and unwelcome sexual advances. Andrew Cuomo, who accused him of groping her in late 2020, is suing the former governor under New York's Adult Survivors Act. AdvertisementCuomo has long denied Commisso's allegations, which were first made public in 2021. Commisso later revealed herself publicly as Executive Assistant #1 and told media outlets that she wanted Cuomo to be held accountable.
Persons: Andrew Cuomo's, , Andrew Cuomo, Brittany Commisso, Commisso, Eric Adams, Jamie Foxx, Axl Rose, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Cuomo, Rita Glavin, Commisso's, Glavin, Letitia James, James Organizations: New, Service, New York Gov, ASA, Business, Nassau Counties Locations: New York, Albany, Oswego , Albany , Westchester, Nassau
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