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☆ France Unrest New Wave of Overnight Rage Rocks France; Officer in Police Shooting Will Be Investigated
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | Shashank Bengali | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In Clamart, a Paris suburb, a tramway was briefly set ablaze. Prosecutors are asking that the officer be placed in detention, and he will be presented on Thursday to investigative judges, who will hand down charges. Initial accounts, provided to the French news media by what were described as anonymous police sources, claimed that the driver had plowed into officers during the stop. Lawyers for the 17-year-old killed in the shooting have said they will file several complaints against the two officers involved in the traffic stop. The teenager’s family was also scheduled to lead a march in his memory in Nanterre in the afternoon.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, ”, Gérald, Pascal Prache Organizations: Paris PARIS —, Republic . ” Police, Prosecutors Locations: Republic, Trappes, Paris, Rouen, Nanterre, France

The push to assemble slates of pro-Trump electors from swing states won by Mr. Biden is one of a number of components of Mr. Smith’s investigation. It remains unclear whether Mr. Giuliani will face charges in the special counsel’s investigation. His name has appeared on several subpoenas sent to former aides to Mr. Trump and to a host of Republican state officials involved in the plan to create fake slates of electors. Last year, shortly before Mr. Smith was appointed to his job as special counsel, the Justice Department issued a subpoena to Mr. Giuliani for records related to his representation of Mr. Trump, including those that detailed any payments he had received. A group of federal prosecutors including Thomas Windom had been pursuing various strands of the inquiry into Mr. Trump’s efforts to remain in power before Mr. Smith’s appointment and they continue to play key roles in the investigation.

Persons: Biden, Trump, Giuliani, Mr, Roman’s, Gary Michael Brown, Brad Raffensperger, Smith, Thomas Windom, Smith’s Organizations: Trump, Mr, Prosecutors, Justice Department, Capitol, Court, York City’s Locations: Fulton County ,, Washington, Georgia, York

Anderson Lee Aldrich, 23, also pleaded guilty Monday morning to 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree and no-contest to bias-motivated crimes in the November 19 massacre at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Aldrich also faces 46 consecutive 48-year sentences for each attempted murder count, the state judge said. Aldrich, who identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, was charged with more than 300 state counts, including murder, assault, attempted murder and hate crimes. Mourners created a memorial honoring the five victims killed at Club Q in the days after the shooting. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post/Getty ImagesMonday’s hearing in Colorado unfolded as Pride Month culminates amid increasing tension for those in the LGBTQ+ community.

Persons: Anderson Lee Aldrich, Aldrich, Hyoung Chang, ” Organizations: Colorado Springs , Colorado CNN, Q, Prosecutors, Denver Post Locations: Colorado Springs , Colorado, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Orlando

☆ Serbia releases three detained Kosovo policemen, easing crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The European Union welcomed the move and urged Kosovo and Serbia to take further steps to defuse the simmering crisis, including holding new local elections in northern Kosovo. [1/5]One of the released Kosovan policemen (L) arrives at the Kosovo-Serbia border crossing, in Merdare, Kosovo June 26, 2023. The ruling effectively allowed the Serb authorities to maintain the charges while letting the three return to Kosovo, beyond the reach of the Serb court. Albanian-majority Kosovo, formerly a southern province of Serbia, declared independence from Belgrade in 2008 with the backing of the West following a 1998-99 war. Violence flared in four northern Kosovo municipalities late last month after ethnic Albanian mayors took office following a local election.

Persons: Josep Borrell, Albin Kurti, Kurti, Oliver Varhelyi, Aleksandar Vasovic, Fatos, Andrew Gray, Toby Chopra, Andrew Heavens, Alex Richardson Organizations: European Union, Prosecutors, REUTERS, Court, Kosovo's, Twitter, Thomson Locations: BELGRADE, Serbia, Kosovo, Luxembourg, United States, Merdare, Serbian, Kraljevo, Belgrade, Serbs, Brussels, Washington, EU, Pristina

☆ Accused Club Q Shooter Pleads Guilty in Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Jack Healy | Kelley Manley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aldrich offered no details about why they carried out the shooting, and little explanation beyond a bare-bones admission using legal language. They did not directly admit to committing hate crimes in targeting Club Q, but instead said they were pleading “no contest” because it was likely that they would be convicted at trial. The five people killed that night were Daniel Aston and Derrick Rump, who were employees of Club Q, and Kelly Loving, Raymond Green Vance and Ashley Paugh, who were Club Q patrons. “Those are my friends’ lives,” said Ashtin Gamblin, who was hit with nine shots as she worked the door of Club Q on the night of the attack. There’s absolutely no doubt why he chose Club Q.”

Persons: Aldrich, “, Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Kelly Loving, Raymond Green Vance, Ashley Paugh, ”, ’, Ashtin Gamblin Organizations: Q, Prosecutors

☆ He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Eli Saslow | Erin Schaff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Instead, they arrested and charged only one person, Askins, who had a criminal record of nonviolent drug offenses. His file showed that he had depression, anxiety and PTSD from being raped by a neighbor when he was 9. Mai left private practice and took a 40 percent pay cut to become a public defender in his home state because he wanted to work cases like this. He had imagined himself fighting for the underdog, standing and delivering in front of a jury like his idol, Clarence Darrow, whose trial victories helped advance the civil rights movement. In his almost two years as a public defender, he had never once taken a case to trial.

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☆ Girlfriend of dentist who killed his wife on their African safari is sentenced to 17 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Rebekah Riess | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Martinez instead granted the federal prosecutors’ motion for a longer-than-usual sentence. Bianca Rudolph was killed in 2016 while she and Lawrence Rudolph were on a hunting trip in Zambia. I would not murder my wife,” Rudolph told jurors when he took the stand in his own defense at his trial. Prosecutors argued Rudolph killed his wife of 30 years for the insurance money and to be with his girlfriend, Milliron. American investigators reopened the case after a friend of Bianca Rudolph contacted authorities and said she suspected foul play.

Persons: Lori Milliron, Lawrence Rudolph, William J, Martinez, Milliron, ” “ Lori Milliron, Bianca Rudolph, Rudolph, propofol, Bianca, ”, John Dill, ” Dill, “, Husband, ” Rudolph Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, Prosecutors, FBI Locations: American, Africa, Denver, Zambia, Phoenix

☆ Fact Check-No charges against FTX ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried dropped as of June 22
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

As of June 22, 2023, none of the 13 charges against Bankman-Fried have been dropped by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. Bankman-Fried faces a 13-count indictment for allegedly scheming to defraud FTX investors. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said those five charges would be dropped if the Bahamas did not consent to them. In mid-June, noting that it was unclear when the Bahamas would consent, prosecutors supported the separate March 2024 trial for the additional charges (here). None of the 13 criminal charges against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been dropped as of June 22, 2023.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, ’, Fried, Read Organizations: Bankman, District, Biden, Facebook, U.S, Prosecutors, Republicans, Reuters, FTX Locations: Manhattan, U.S, Palo Alto , California, Bahamas

Special counsel Jack Smith disclosed in a court filing Wednesday that investigators had more tapes of interviews with Trump conducted by non-government entities and recorded with his consent but did not say what the tapes said or how they were obtained. The new reporting provides more insight into how the special counsel conducted its investigation and what kinds of evidence it has. The special counsel previously revealed it obtained audio of an interview Trump gave at Bedminster for Mark Meadows’ memoir in which the special counsel says Trump shared classified information with visitors and aides. Sources familiar with the investigation told CNN the Trump team does not believe the additional recordings are as incriminating as the recording referenced in the indictment unsealed this month. Trump’s team and the special counsel’s office declined to comment.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Jack Smith, Trump, Mark Meadows, Mark Milley Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Bedminster, Trump, ” Prosecutors Locations: Mark, Bedminster

June 21 (Reuters) - Law firm Fenwick & West has hired its own outside legal team as it faces scrutiny over its role advising now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, including from the company's indicted founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Silicon Valley-founded Fenwick has turned to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as its advice becomes a focus of Bankman-Fried’s criminal defense, according to court documents and sources familiar with the situation. Nancy Hart and Kevin Rosen, leaders in Gibson Dunn's prominent law firm defense practice, are representing Fenwick on issues related to FTX, including in the Bankman-Fried criminal case and a federal class action lawsuit, sources said. The firm also counseled Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund Alameda Research, which is at the center of the criminal case against him. Fenwick, one of at least four major law firms to advise FTX, is not the only firm to be targeted by Bankman-Fried.

Persons: Fenwick, Sam Bankman, Gibson, Dunn, Nancy Hart, Kevin Rosen, Gibson Dunn, FTX, Bankman, Fried, Fenwick’s, Sullivan, Cromwell, Andrew Goudsward Organizations: West, Crutcher, Alameda Research, Prosecutors, Bankman, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Alameda, New York, Florida

☆ Nightclub Druggings Left 4 Dead in 15 Days, Manhattan Prosecutors Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In just 15 days, Kenwood Allen killed four people, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Wednesday. Mr. Allen, 33, was already charged late last year after prosecutors said he was part of a criminal operation that targeted people emerging from bars on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a long night out. Prosecutors said that he would drug victims with fentanyl and other opioids before stealing their credit cards and other valuables, often leaving them unconscious on the street. On Wednesday, the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, said that further investigation had revealed the full breadth of Mr. Allen’s criminal operation. He was also charged with 17 counts of robbery and attempted robbery.

Persons: Kenwood Allen, Allen, Alvin L, Bragg Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: Manhattan

June 20 (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs banker Brijesh Goel's trial on insider trading charges drew to a close on Tuesday, with his attorney saying he was framed by his friend and a prosecutor saying Goel had lied to a New York jury. Prosecutors agreed not to charge him in exchange for cooperation in the case, including secretly recording his conversations with Goel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Naftalis said recordings of Goel urging Niranjan to delete messages about the trades prove his guilt. A Goldman Sachs spokesperson has called Goel's alleged conduct "egregious" and said the bank is cooperating with authorities. The case was one of several U.S. Attorney Damien Williams announced last summer as part of an insider trading crackdown.

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The deal would be contingent on Mr. Biden remaining drug free for 24 months and agreeing never to own a firearm again. Mr. Biden is expected to appear in federal court in Delaware in the coming days to be arraigned on the misdemeanor tax charges and plead guilty. As president, Mr. Trump had long sought to tie Hunter Biden’s business deals and personal troubles to his father. Image The Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden continued after his father became president. Allegations promoted by Republicans that the elder Mr. Biden’s Justice Department went easy on his son are unlikely to fade away.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden’s, Hunter Biden’s, Biden, Mr, Hunter, Christopher Clark, Ian Sams, Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, David C, Weiss, General Merrick B, Garland, Clark, “ Hunter, ” Mr, Burisma, Haiyun Jiang, Obama, Beau, I.R.S, Seamus Hughes Organizations: Department, The, United States Attorney’s Office, District of, Republicans, Justice Department, House Republicans, Trump, Credit, New York Times, Prosecutors, United, Mr, Yale, Obama, Biden’s Justice Department, Congressional Republicans Locations: Delaware, District of Delaware, Ukrainian, China, United States, Ukraine

The deal would be contingent on Mr. Biden remaining drug free for 24 months and agreeing never to own a firearm again. Mr. Biden is expected to appear in federal court in Delaware in the coming days to be arraigned on the misdemeanor tax charges and plead guilty. Image The Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden continued after his father became president. Allegations promoted by Republicans that the elder Mr. Biden’s Justice Department went easy on his son are unlikely to fade away. supervisor who had been overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden hired a lawyer and went to Congress, alleging political favoritism in how the investigation had been handled.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of Trump Truth Social post blaming personal aide following indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that a screenshot purporting to show a social media post published by former U.S. President Donald Trump blaming a personal aide, Walt Nuata, following his indictment is real, despite a screenshot circulating online. The image circulated after U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-criminal count indictment against Trump on June 9, accusing him of unauthorized retention of sensitive documents (here). Trump has maintained his innocence and has claimed that the indictment is an attempt to undermine his re-election bid (here). The screenshot appears to show a post published via Trump’s official Truth Social account (@realDonaldTrump). While it is true that Trump posted via Truth Social on June 9, claiming that Nauta was also indicted (here), Reuters found no evidence that the post blaming Nauta for the indictment was published.

Persons: Donald Trump, Walt Nuata, Trump, Walt Nauta, Walt, ”, Nauta, Liz, Harrington, Read Organizations: U.S, Trump, White, Navy, Reuters

☆ Fed, SEC probing Goldman Sachs' role in Silicon Valley Bank's final days - WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Silicon Valley Bank had booked a $1.8 billion loss on the sale of a bond portfolio to Goldman. "SVB engaged Goldman Sachs to assist with a proposed capital raise and sold the firm a portfolio of securities. Goldman had disclosed last month it was cooperating with government probes into its dealings with Silicon Valley Bank. In March, Reuters reported U.S. prosecutors were investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Valley Bank's demise sent shockwaves through the industry and brought on the worst crisis for the sector in 15 years.

Persons: Goldman Sachs Group's, SVB, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, shockwaves, Niket, Saeed Azhar, Chris Prentice, Krishna Chandra Eluri, Maju Samuel Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, Silicon Valley Bank, Wall Street, Bank, Goldman, Reuters, Fed, SEC, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Prosecutors ask to remove new Bankman-Fried charges from October trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to hold a separate trial for Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who faces new charges of foreign bribery, bank fraud and conspiracy. Prosecutors added those charges this year, after Bankman-Fried's December 2022 extradition from the Bahamas in the wake of FTX's collapse. He had asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan to dismiss the new charges or alternatively separate them from his Oct. 2 trial. Prosecutors have said they will drop the charges if the Caribbean nation does not consent to them. Lawyers for Bankman-Fried have asked that at least 11 of the charges be dismissed.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Marco Bello, FTX, Kaplan, Fried, Abinaya, Luc Cohen, Jason Neely, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: YORK, U.S, Wednesday, Prosecutors, District, REUTERS, Bankman, Thomson Locations: Bahamas, Manhattan, Nassau, Caribbean, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried wins a small victory as prosecutors agree to withdraw 5 charges — but ask for a separate trial for these next year
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Bankman-Fried was facing 13 criminal charges after the downfall of FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried hasn't been having a great year, but he did win a small victory on Wednesday. That's because those accusations were only submitted after Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas, where his crypto exchange was headquartered. It sounds like a good, if small, victory for the man currently out on $250 million bail. Prosecutors requested that the judge schedule a trial over them for the first quarter of next year.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, SBF, hasn't, FTX, aren't Organizations: Bloomberg, Prosecutors, Fried's Locations: Bahamas, Nassau that's, Palo Alto , California, California, Caribbean

☆ Jack Teixeira: Federal grand jury indicts accused Pentagon leaker on six counts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Jack Teixeira, a junior enlisted airman who worked within the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, was arrested in April and charged under the Espionage Act. He allegedly took classified information from Otis Air National Guard Base and is accused of posting the information to Discord, a popular social media platform among gamers. This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. Defense lawyers for Teixeira have argued he didn’t expect classified information that he posted on Discord to be further spread around the internet. Prosecutors, his lawyers had previously argued, were being “hyperbolic” in their assessment of whether he could risk further compromising classified information.

Persons: Jack Teixeira, “ Teixeira, Margaret Small, Teixeira, “, David Hennessy, I’m, ‘, ’ Organizations: CNN, The Air National, Justice Department, Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence, Otis Air National Guard Base, National, Ukrainian, Prosecutors, Air Force Locations: States, U.S, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

☆ China's Guangzhou R&F co-chief agrees to be extradited to U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - The billionaire co-chairman and CEO of Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd on Wednesday agreed to be extradited from London to the United States, where he is facing bribery charges. Zhang Li, who co-founded Hong Kong-listed R&F (2777.HK), is wanted on a provisional warrant issued in the Northern District of California that accuses him of participating in a scheme to bribe public officials between 2015 and 2020. The 69-year-old, who is currently worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes magazine, is alleged to have paid kickbacks to obtain permits for a construction project in San Francisco. In December, Zhang was granted bail on the condition that he pay a security of 15 million pounds ($19 million), the joint-largest security that an English court has ever accepted. Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Sarah YoungOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Zhang Li, Zhang, Sam Tobin, Sarah Young Organizations: F Properties Co, HK, Northern District of, Forbes, Westminster, Lawyers, U.S, F's U.S, Properties, San, Thomson Locations: Guangzhou, London, United States, Hong Kong, Northern District, Northern District of California, San Francisco, China

☆ Grand Jury Votes to Indict Daniel Penny in Subway Chokehold Killing
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Penny was arrested and arraigned on May 12, but the law required that the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, persuade a grand jury that there was reasonable cause to believe Mr. Penny had committed a crime before proceeding with the case. The grand jury process heavily favors prosecutors and, for many defendants, a vote to indict is expected. Mr. Penny had been expected to testify before the grand jury, but it is unclear whether he did so. Mr. Penny said that he had not meant to kill Mr. Neely and was instead trying to restrain him. Prosecutors would have to prove to a jury that Mr. Penny caused Mr. Neely’s death and used the chokehold knowing that it could kill.

Persons: Penny, Alvin L, Bragg, Penny’s, Neely, Neely’s, Mr, Black — Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried challenges post-extradition charges in Bahamas court
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, wants a U.S. judge to throw out criminal charges brought against him following his extradition from the Bahamas. They want U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss the charges, or try them separately from seven additional charges at Bankman-Fried's scheduled Oct. 2 trial. Bankman-Fried, 31, was extradited in December from the Bahamas to face charges he stole from customers, lied to investors and lenders, and violated campaign finance laws. An extradition treaty between the United States and the Bahamas says a country must consent before defendants can be tried on charges brought after their extradition. U.S. prosecutors have said will drop Bankman-Fried's post-extradition charges if the Bahamas does not consent.

Persons: Sam Bankman, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX, Fried, Kaplan, Luc Cohen Organizations: YORK, U.S, District, Supreme, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bahamas, Manhattan, Bankman, Caribbean, FTX, United States, New York

An indictment is the formal notification that a grand jury has brought charges against a defendant. A grand jury is convened in some criminal cases to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial. With that vote, 76-year-old Trump became the first former US president ever to be indicted on criminal felony charges in American history. Federally, like in Trump's Miami case, all felony charges are also presented to a grand jury for a similar process. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty ImagesWhy was Trump indicted — twice?

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National security law experts were struck by the breadth of evidence in the indictment which includes documents, photos, text messages, audio and witness statements. They said this made a strong case for prosecutors’ allegation that Trump illegally took the documents and then tried to cover it up. Trump's greatest peril could lie in the conspiracy to obstruct justice charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Legal experts said Trump's alleged years-long effort to conceal documents was likely a major factor in Special Counsel Jack Smith's decision to indict him. Legal experts disagree over whether Trump could pardon himself if he wins.

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National security law experts were struck by the breadth of evidence in the indictment which includes documents, photos, text messages, audio and witness statements. They said this made a strong case for prosecutors’ allegation that Trump illegally took the documents and then tried to cover it up. Trump's greatest peril could lie in the conspiracy to obstruct justice charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Cato's Neily said that based on his reading of the indictment, prosecutors likely have many witnesses who have given them similar accounts of Trump's efforts. Legal experts disagree over whether Trump could pardon himself if he wins.

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