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☆ Who is Carlos De Oliveira, the 3rd defendant named in a docket charging Trump and Walt Natua?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The superseding indictment against Trump included a new defendant, Carlos De Oliveira. De Oliveira is the property manager at Mar-a-Lago, and helped move boxes to obscure evidence. What did the special counsel Jack Smith's office charge him with, in the new superseding indictment? De Oliveira later helped Nauta load some of the boxes on Trump's plane when he left for the summer, the superseding indictment alleges. After the FBI discovered more classified documents in Trump's personal office and storage room, Trump called De Oliveira and told him he would get De Oliveira an attorney.

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☆ Trump had his 'body man' travel to Mar-a-Lago to figure out how to delete security footage of classified documents, DOJ alleges in new charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Justice Department filed new charges to the Trump classified documents case on Thursday. Trump was previously hit with 37 criminal counts related to the handling of classified records. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Two of those charges include obstruction of justice stemming from the DOJ's allegations that the former president asked De Oliveira to delete surveillance footage at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump's campaign called the new charges "a continued desperate and flailing attempt" by the Biden administration and the DOJ to harass Trump.

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☆ Former Republican Aides Shepherd Whistle-Blowers Through Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was not the first time that Empower Oversight had played a key role in facilitating some of the many Republican investigations into Mr. Biden’s family, his administration, and federal law enforcement. presses forward with inquiries aimed at uncovering wrongdoing by the president, the group has become a critical part of the Republican investigative ecosystem, using its knowledge of Capitol Hill to shepherd through Congress witnesses who can put names, faces and crucial details to the allegations being made. whistle-blowers, Empower Oversight also represents two F.B.I. Empower Oversight operates on a much smaller budget and pays salaries to just two employees. Despite the outside help, the efforts of House Republicans have rarely produced clean hits during this Congress, and they have struggled to surface proof of any misconduct by the president despite months of effort.

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☆ Convicted Nigerian politician Ibori faces huge UK confiscation order
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Estelle Shirbon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A London court should order the confiscation of more than 100 million pounds ($129 million) from Nigerian politician James Ibori, a convicted fraudster who spent years in prison in Britain, a state prosecutor told the court on Thursday. A former governor of oil-producing Delta State in southern Nigeria, Ibori was extradited in 2011 from Dubai to London, where he was charged with laundering a corruptly acquired fortune. He told Reuters by text message he planned to appeal against the confiscation order. In 2021, it returned 4.2 million pounds that had been confiscated from Ibori's ex-wife and his sister, who also served jail time for helping him launder money. ($1 = 0.7745 pounds)(This story has been corrected to say the judge made 'factual findings' not a 'confiscation order' after clarification from judge, in paragraph 6)Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Obstruction Law Cited by Prosecutors in Trump Case Has Drawn Challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Alan Feuer | More About Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This challenge is at the center of the second appeals court case in Washington and could be decided any day now. The president and lawyers close to him like John Eastman sought to strong-arm Mr. Pence into using his role in overseeing the election certification on Jan. 6 to unilaterally toss the race to Mr. Trump. Last year, the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 urged that Mr. Trump be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding among other counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and incitement to insurrection. But long before those recommendations were made, judges and lawyers involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases were exploring whether Mr. Trump’s behavior — specifically his attempts to pressure Mr. Pence — violated the obstruction count. While Mr. Pearce never mentioned Mr. Trump by name, it was clear he was discussing the former president’s attempts to get Mr. Pence to do his bidding that day.

Persons: Trump, Smith, Mike Pence, John Eastman, Pence, Jan, —, Pence —, James Pearce, Department’s, Pearce Locations: Washington, United States

☆ Trump opposes quick trial date in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump on Monday night asked a federal court to hold off on setting a date for the criminal trial over his handling of classified documents, arguing that the unprecedented case requires "a measured consideration and timeline." Their 12-page filing put forward a slew of reasons to "postpone any consideration of a new trial date." They also gestured toward the complexities of discussing classified material in a criminal trial and the potential difficulty of selecting a jury during a presidential election. The attorneys also said they believe the indictment against Trump and Nauta will ultimately be dismissed. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, had initially scheduled the former president's criminal trial to start on Aug. 14.

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☆ Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Walt Nauta, aide to former president Donald Trump, disembarks Trump's airplane, known as Trump Force One, in Bedminster, New Jersey, following a court appearance at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Walt Nauta, former President Donald Trump's valet and co-defendant in the classified documents case, pleaded not guilty to six criminal charges Thursday at his arraignment in federal court. When asked if he had read the charges against him and if he was able to speak with a lawyer, Nauta replied, "Yes, your honor," NBC News reported. Stanley Woodward, a lawyer for Nauta who is based in Washington, D.C., declined CNBC's request for comment before the hearing. Judge Aileen Cannon has given attorneys for Trump and Nauta until next Monday to respond to Smith's request.

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☆ Fact check: Debunking Trump’s blizzard of dishonesty about his federal indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has responded to his federal indictment the way he has responded to various other crises – with a blizzard of dishonesty. Here is a fact check of 10 of the indictment-related claims Trump has made since the 37 federal charges against him were unsealed on Friday. Trump and the Presidential Records ActTrump claimed in North Carolina that he had abided by the Presidential Records Act: “And we had a great – we had a wonderful operation, everything by the Presidential Records Act.”Facts First: This is false. The Presidential Records Act says that all presidential records belong to the federal government the moment the president leaves office. Margaret Kwoka, a law professor at The Ohio State University and an expert on information law, said in a Friday email that “any comparison between congressional records and presidential records is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

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Donald Trump will surrender Tuesday on the first federal charges ever filed against a U.S. president, former or current. Trump will head to federal court in Miami, where he is expected to be arraigned at 3 p.m. Tuesday marks the second time in a little over two months that Trump will be arraigned on criminal charges. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought charges against Trump in the documents probe, is also investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election win. Republicans have largely defended the former president's conduct and accused the Justice Department of running a politically motivated probe.

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☆ In Earlier Espionage Act Cases, Warning Signs for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Michael D. Shear | Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like former President Donald J. Trump, Lt. Col. Robert Birchum was accused in Florida of mishandling classified documents. Like the former president, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act. But unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Birchum, 55, a highly decorated Air Force intelligence officer, took full responsibility. Despite all that, Mr. Birchum still got three years in prison when he was sentenced this month. The case and others like it are warning signs for Mr. Trump, who faces 31 counts of willfully retaining national defense secrets, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Robert Birchum, Birchum Organizations: Air Force Locations: Florida

☆ Aileen Cannon: Trump-appointed judge returns to spotlight in his federal criminal case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Federal judge Aileen Cannon entered the public spotlight last summer when she oversaw court proceedings related to the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Now, the Trump-appointed federal judge has been initially assigned to oversee the former president’s new federal criminal case in Miami, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. If she remains on the case, Cannon would have wide latitude to control timing and evidence in the case and be able to vet the Justice Department’s legal theory. Trump is expected to appear in Miami federal court Tuesday to be read the charges against him. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant.

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☆ Opinion | A Peek Behind the MAGA Curtain
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is President Biden, not Trump, who mishandles classified documents. False narratives are often sustained by a few kernels of truth, and so it is in MAGA America. Moreover, not all of Trump’s opponents possess the cleanest of hands. Given these facts — and Thursday night’s peek at MAGA America — my colleague Frank Bruni’s warning to Democrats yesterday was timely and important: Democrats should not hope to face Trump in 2024. All too many Trump opponents — in both parties — have spent so long building their voluminous cases against him that they’ve forgotten how he looks to the other side.

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Mr. Trump’s statement came after his lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, had said in court that Mr. Trump would not be coming to testify and that no witnesses would take the stand in Mr. Trump’s defense. It was unclear from Mr. Trump’s statement in Ireland whether he wants to testify or merely to observe the proceedings from the defense table. Judge Kaplan implied that Mr. Trump could face a contempt sanction. After Mr. Trump’s son, Eric, later in the day posted his own statement, on Twitter, criticizing the motivation of a prominent backer of Ms. Carroll’s case, Judge Kaplan implied from the bench that more serious remedies might be called for. Although he did not elaborate, he seemed to suggest Mr. Trump might be violating a federal law that prohibits efforts to corruptly influence or intimidate a juror in a trial.

CNN —Former Vice President Mike Pence testified on Thursday to a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of then-President Donald Trump and others, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The testimony marks a momentous juncture in the criminal investigation and the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside. “I think that the vice president, you know, had his own case based on the Speech and Debate Clause. He was pleased that for the first time a judge acknowledged that it applied to the vice president of the United States,” Short said in an interview on NewsNation afterward. President, I don’t question there were irregularities and fraud,” Pence wrote that he told Trump.

☆ Ex-Wells Fargo exec who pushed bankers to open fake accounts will plead guilty. She'll pay a $17 million fine — and faces more than a year in prison.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Wells Fargo exec agreed to plead guilty to charges she obstructed a bank examination. Carrie Tolstedt, who led the bank's retail division, will pay a $17M fine and faces prison time. She is the first exec to be criminally charged in the bank's scandal involving unauthorized accounts. The plea agreement calls for Tolstedt to serve up to 16 months in prison. Tolstedt is the first Wells Fargo executive to be criminally charged for the scandal.

A day after announcing that Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov would be replaced, a top ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to row back for now, saying no personnel changes in the defence sector would be made this week. Two senior lawmakers on Monday noted that rules require Ukraine's defence minister to be a civilian, which would appear to put an obstacle in the way of the immediate appointment of Budanov, a 37-year-old military officer. 'WAR DICTATES CHANGES'Arakhamia said Ukraine's armed forces should not be overseen by politicians during wartime, but by people with a background in defence or security. As a wartime defence minister, Reznikov, 56, fostered ties with Western defence officials and helped oversee the receipt of billions of dollars of military aid to help Kyiv fend off the Russian invasion. During his tenure as defence minister, he spoke out strongly about wartime corruption, which he said was akin to "marauding".

☆ South Africa’s Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Cape Town Reuters —South African power utility Eskom on Sunday said police were investigating whether an attempt was made to poison its outgoing chief executive officer, Andre de Ruyter. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan also told Reuters on Sunday the alleged incident “will be thoroughly investigated” and anyone responsible charged. After officially taking charge in January 2020, De Ruyter led a company-wide clampdown on corruption and organized criminal behavior, including sabotage of infrastructure, at Eskom plants. “Eskom cannot comment further on the poisoning incident involving the group chief executive, which occurred during December 2022, as the matter is subject to police investigation,” the utility’s head of security said in a statement. The alleged cyanide poisoning was first reported by specialist energy publication EE Business Intelligence on Saturday.

☆ South African utility says police are investigating the alleged poisoning of its CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Andre de Ruyter, chief executive officer of Eskom Holdings, at a conference in October 2022. South African power utility Eskom on Sunday said police were investigating whether an attempt was made to poison its outgoing Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan also told Reuters on Sunday the alleged incident "will be thoroughly investigated" and anyone responsible charged. The alleged cyanide poisoning was first reported by specialist energy publication EE Business Intelligence on Saturday. The South African police services did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

☆ The CEO of an African energy giant was poisoned with cyanide slipped into his coffee, just days after he resigned
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The CEO of South Africa's biggest energy company, Eskom, was poisoned in December, the firm said. Numerous reports say CEO Andre De Ruyter had cyanide slipped into his coffee at the company's HQ. After drinking the coffee, De Ruyter became "weak, dizzy, and confused," EE Business Intelligence reported, citing an unnamed source. "This attempt on his life will be thoroughly investigated and those responsible must be charged," Pravin Gordhan, the government minister overseeing South Africa's energy sector told the Financial Times. Since taking over as CEO of Eskom, De Ruyter has attempted to crack down on corruption within South Africa's energy sector, EE Business Intelligence reported.

☆ South Africa's Eskom says police investigating alleged poisoning of CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Wendell Roelf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan also told Reuters on Sunday the alleged incident "will be thoroughly investigated" and anyone responsible charged. Faced with political pressure, De Ruyter resigned on Dec. 14 after failing to solve a crisis in Eskom that has led to record power cuts in Africa's most industrialised economy. After officially taking office in January 2020, De Ruyter led a company-wide clampdown on corruption and organised criminal behaviour, including sabotage of infrastructure, at Eskom plants. The alleged cyanide poisoning was first reported by specialist energy publication EE Business Intelligence on Saturday. Reporting by Wendell Roelf in Cape Town and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Judge says Trump may have been urging supporters to 'do something more' than protest on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — A federal judge indicated Wednesday that then-President Donald Trump's remarks on Jan. 6 telling a crowd to "fight like hell" before the Capitol attack could have signaled to his supporters that he wanted them "to do something more" than just protest. In a court order for the case against Jan. 6 defendant Alexander Sheppard, U.S. District Court Judge John Bates ruled that Sheppard could not raise the "public authority" defense at trial after his lawyer argued Trump had authorized his client's actions at the Capitol that day. "These words only encourage those at the rally to march to the Capitol — nothing more — and do not address legality at all. He went on to say there was "simply no indication" that Trump informed the crowd that going into the Capitol would be legal. Several other defendants have tried to raise the public authority defense, including Danny Rodriquez, the MAGA-hatted Jan. 6 rioter who drove a stun gun into the neck of now-former Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone.

☆ France's Safran to pay $17.2 mln to settle China bribery charges in U.S. probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Industry Insight | Saw Law Firms Move Past The Pandemic Into A More Client-Focused Service Environment | Thomson Reuters Institute | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 23 (Reuters) - French jet engine maker Safran SA (SAF.PA) will pay about $17.2 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over bribes its subsidiaries allegedly paid in China, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement made public on Friday. The Paris-based aerospace supplier will be required to turn over profits from "corruptly obtained" and retained contracts by its U.S.-based subsidiary, Monogram Systems, the DoJ said. Monogram and Safran's German unit, Evac GmbH, allegedly paid bribes to obtain "lucrative" train lavatory contracts with the Chinese government. Safran did not immediately respond to Reuters request for a comment. Reporting by Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ French Aerospace Company Safran Settles U.S. Bribery Probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

French aerospace company Safran SA will pay about $17.2 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over bribes that subsidiaries allegedly paid in China. Safran is getting credit for coming forward and voluntarily disclosing the alleged bribery, which occurred at two subsidiaries before the company’s acquisition of the units. Parent company Safran is best known for its business as an aircraft parts maker. The $17.2 million Safran will turn over represents bribery-tainted profits stemming from the involvement of the U.S. subsidiary, Monogram. Prosecutors said they would defer to German authorities as to any penalty assessed against Safran in connection with Evac’s involvement.

☆ The Four Criminal Charges in Jan. 6 Committee’s Trump Referral
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has recommended by unanimous vote that the Justice Department pursue four criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, and two criminal charges against John Eastman , one of his postelection lawyers. The referrals have no legal weight as the Justice Department is running its own investigation and will make its own determination of what, if any, charges to bring. Here are the four criminal offenses in the committee’s referral. Obstruction of an Official Proceeding (18 U.S.C. The law punishes “whoever corruptly alters, destroys, mutilates or conceals a record, document or other object…or otherwise obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding.” This is one of the two offenses the committee included in Mr. Eastman’s referral.

☆ Jan. 6 committee highlights: Panel votes on criminal referrals for Trump and others
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan-Allen-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +48 min

“By the time President Trump was preparing to give his speech, he and his advisors knew enough to cancel the rally. “Some have suggested that President Trump gave an order to have 10,000 troops ready for January 6th. On far-right groups drawing inspiration from Trump: Trump has not denied that he helped inspire far-right groups, including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, to violently attempt to obstruct the official certification proceedings on Jan. 6. "There is no question from all the evidence assembled that President Trump did have that intent." Share this -Link copiedInside the final Jan. 6 committee meeting The Jan. 6 committee met for what’s likely its final public meeting, with many of the usual faces present.

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