by Pennel Bird | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Intelligence, Law, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues
Anticipation or dread — depending on one’s political affiliation — heralds news of any progress in U.S. Attorney John Durham’s criminal probe into possible FBI misconduct concerning surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016. There have been some...
by Graham J Noble | Jun 21, 2020 | Articles, Law, Politics, Trump Administration
On June 19, the Department of Justice abruptly announced that Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), would be stepping down. This was news to Berman, apparently, who quickly released a statement saying that he had no...
by Graham J Noble | Jun 10, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, Law, Politics, Social Issues
Attorney General William Barr, on June 9, guardedly provided an update on what is almost certainly the Department of Justice’s most consequential active investigation. Indeed, it is possibly the most politically important investigation in U.S. history. During an...
by Graham J Noble | Feb 20, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Intelligence, Law, Politics
Roger Stone was sentenced on Feb. 20 to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress and witness tampering. One could be forgiven for laughing at the notion that lying to Congress is considered a crime, of course, and it is certainly a charge brought arbitrarily against...
by Leesa K. Donner | Feb 18, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics
Another day, another uproar emanating from leftists over presidential actions they say are immoral, if not illegal. These so-called egregious deeds by the president warrant an investigation. Yes, another investigation. The person standing up to counter this accusation...