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Two New York residents arrested for alleged scheme to launder $4.5B in stolen bitcoin

JURIST

The investigation was led by IRS-CI Washington, D.C. According to Chief Jim Lee of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), “in a methodical and calculated scheme, the defendants allegedly laundered and disguised their vast fortune.” The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Jessica Peck and C. Brown of the U.S.

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Attorney General Garland and the “Unobstrusive” Federal Monitoring of School Board Meetings

JonathanTurley

That scene came to mind when Attorney General Merrick Garland testified in Congress to assure members that he does not believe that parents protesting at school board meetings are domestic terrorists. Indeed, I raised the same concerns when the Justice Department took over rioting cases in Wisconsin, Washington, and other states.

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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Attorney Matthew M. in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia.

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Washington Post Column: Jussie Smollett is “Just Another Black Man Serving Time-in a System More Perverted than his Crime.”

JonathanTurley

The Washington Post yesterday ran a column by MSNBC Legal Analyst and Georgetown Law Professor Paul Butler that argued that the incarceration of actor Jussie Smollett for 150 days is a miscarriage of justice fueled by racism. Special investigator Dan Webb shredded that claim, which has found a new life in the Washington Post.

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Ohio Man Arrested in Rape of Ten-Year-Old Child in Post-Dobbs Controversy

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the controversy over a ten-year-old girl who was raped in Ohio and removed to Indiana because the Ohio abortion law would not allegedly allow for the termination of her pregnancy. The column looked at those questions in light of the Washington Post noting that “the only source cited for the anecdote was Bernard.

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Paralegal Salaries by State in 2019

LexBlog

Los Angeles is forever in demand for attorneys to assist future starlets and provide for the sophisticated real estate market. Washington. Experience Washington, The Evergreen State” Washington is the state to keep an eye on if you’re looking to secure a healthy salary. “The State, Say WA! .