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☆ Justice Department recommends 40-year sentence for man convicted of attacking Paul Pelosi
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Lauren Koenig | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“This case here is about the why — the why matters,” Linker had argued to the jury. “This case is about whether David acted because of, on account of, Nancy Pelosi’s duties as a member of Congress. He didn’t, and he only struck Paul Pelosi in a quick moment of despair because the police arrived and his larger plan was thwarted.”CNN has reached out to Linker for comment. In his testimony, Paul Pelosi recounted how he awoke the night of the attack to see a man with a hammer in his home. He later came to in a pool of blood after being violently struck in the head following a struggle with DePape, Pelosi said.

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☆ US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Lauren Koenig | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The US government seized nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil allegedly bound for China, according to newly unsealed court documents and a statement released by the Department of Justice on Friday. “This is the first-ever criminal resolution involving a company that violated sanctions by facilitating the illicit sale and transport of Iranian oil,” according to the DOJ. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, allegedly shipped more than 980,000 barrels of oil, the press release stated. The IRCG was fined almost $2.5 million and was sentenced to three years of corporate probation. CNN has reached out to Empire Navigation for comment.

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Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and United Nations ambassador under the Clinton administration, died on Friday, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement said in a statement. There was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom,” Mickey Bergman, vice president of the Richardson Center, said in a statement. Richardson later served as US ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of energy before being elected governor of New Mexico in 2002. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008, Richardson launched the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a non profit promoting international peace, in 2011. He grew up in Mexico City, Mexico, leaving to attend boarding school in Massachusetts in 1960.

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CNN —A number of high-profile Jewish groups are denouncing Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false remarks that “Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese” people are “most immune” to Covid-19. “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. While there are disproportionate rates of Covid-19 illness and death across different demographics, this has been attributed to racial disparities, not genetics. Black and Hispanic people also faced a higher risk of coronavirus infection and were more than twice as likely to be hospitalized. He also railed against the coronavirus vaccine and vaccine mandates.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ’, “, Kennedy, ” Kennedy, it’s, Covid, Kennedy’s, ” Rather, Doug Dechert, ” Dr, Marcella Nunez, Smith, Anthony Fauci, CNN’s KFile Organizations: CNN, Democratic, New York, American Jewish Committee, RFK Jr, Defamation League, New York Post, Centers for Disease Control, Equity, Force Locations: Covid, New York City, Central, Eastern Europe, United States

☆ Virginia plane crash: First responders say aircraft left 'crater' with few recognizable pieces of wreckage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe Natasha Bertrand Haley Britzky Pete Muntean Brian Todd Lauren Koenig Lauren Mascarenhas Cnn | Elizabeth Wolfe | Natasha Bertrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Four first responders who arrived at the scene of Sunday’s fatal private plane crash near Raphine, Virginia, told CNN the plane left a “crater,” and they believe it impacted the ground at a very steep angle. First responders said the crash site is amid steep, mountainous terrain that is difficult to reach on foot. We were obviously freaked out a little bit,” Chuck Martin, who felt the boom in Fairfax County, Virginia, told CNN affiliate WJLA. No survivors found in the wreckageSearch and rescue teams assemble before going to the site of Sunday's plane crash near Montebello, Virginia. John Rumpel, whose wife Barbara is listed as the president of the company, told CNN they own Encore.

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☆ Closed-door contempt hearing related to Trump ends with no outcome publicly announced
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Katelyn Polantz Casey Gannon Hannah Rabinowitz Lauren Koenig Kristen Holmes | Katelyn Polantz | Casey Gannon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —A federal judge declined to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court in a closed-door hearing on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The sources also told CNN that Chief Judge Beryl Howell instead pressed the Trump team and the Justice Department to work together to find a mutually agreeable resolution. The contempt proceedings for Trump ended after almost 90 minutes behind closed doors on Friday afternoon at a Washington, DC, courthouse. The Justice Department declined to comment. But the Justice Department is still unsatisfied with the search and with Trump’s side not asserting all documents have been turned over, CNN previously reported.

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