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committee funded by mega-donor Greg Lindberg, and specifically mentioned in Lindberg's federal bribery indictment, forfeited more than $475,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice shortly after the indictment was filed, new campaign finance records show." According to WRAL- TV, "N.C. Growth and Prosperity is a PAC that Lindber

panies." DO) Pressing States To Support T-Mobile/Sprint Merger. The Wall Street Journal (7/25, FitzGerald, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the Justice Department is urging state officials to back a planned settlement that would allow T-Mobile and Sprint to combine by selling assets to Dish Network. The talks

hen the two spoke by phone on Wednesday, Pompeo assured Ghani that the US "remains committed to a conditions-based drawdown of troops, according to the State Department." Asked on Fox News Special Report (7/25, 1.53M) if he got any pushback after the President said he could wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Eart

and Border Protection Custody Act', possible consideration of 'H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act', and consideration of 'H.R. 3352 - Department of State Authorization Act of 201% as amended, 'H.R. 434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act', 'H.R. 759 - Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Cou

ich did not have any actual employees and did not engage in any legitimate business activity." 14 Charged In TDOC Contraband Investigation. TVC-TV Chattanooga, TN (7/25, 101K) reports, "14 people face several counts stemming from a Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) contraband investigation." TDOC

igation into the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar/USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal." Garland "also said if confirmed he would also consult with the Justice Department's inspector general about the USA Gymnastics/Nassar investigation." The OCR adds, "Between August and October 2018, Office of Inspector General inves

range County JCA) Register (2/22, Reid, 594K) reports, "Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday that he supports releasing the results of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar/USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal." Garland "also said if confirmed he would also consu

House Foreign Affairs Committee "will mark up the revived Cyber Diplomacy Act." The legislation would create "a high-level Office of Cyber Issues at the State Department, headed by an official with the rank of ambassador." The House "approved the measure by voice vote in the last Congress, but the Senate never took

ch estimated the potential fraud cost their states hundreds of millions of dollars." Political Vendor Linked To Tennessee Lawmaker's Campaign. The Chattanooga (TN) Times Free Press (2/22, Sher, 168K) reports from Nashville, Tennessee, "A Republican political campaign vendor whose firm received $202,600 in

o Shirley, 46, pleaded guilty to one count each of willful retention of national defense information and international parental kidnapping, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release. [Continue Reading] See also: Herald-Mail Media (Martinsburg WV) The Hill KOB-NBC (Albuquerque NM) WDVM (Hagerstown MD) WaP

s. [Continue Reading] Law360: [ANALYSIS] "Assessing The New DOJ, FTC Vertical Merger Guidelines," Unattributed, July 06, 2020, 7:49 PM On June 30, the U. S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released their vertical merger guidelines. We expecta commentary on the guidelines to follow in the next few weeks or s

set to change next week. There are three executions set for July and a fourth one set for August. [Continue Reading] WTHI-CBS (Terre Haute, IN): "Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons set guidelines for demonstrators at Terre Haute's federal prison ahead of executions," Unattributed, July 06, 2020, 4:06 PM The

CA) Law360 MassLive (Boston MA) The Olympian (WA) Politico UPI WaPo WBAL-NBC (Baltimore MD) WPMI-NBC (Mobile AL) WRBL-CBS (Columbus GA) WRCB-NBC (Chattanooga TN) KGBT-CBS (Harlingen, TX): "CBP officers confiscate $88K in cocaine at Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge," Unattributed, July 06, 2

ye toward violence against women, the White House said." EFTA00150600 The Los Angeles Times (3/30, Megerian, 3.37M) reports under the initiative, "the Justice Department will track reports of anti-Asian hate crimes and expand its outreach to community organizations," while the FBI will "hold training sessions for sta

News (3/30, Hicks, 1.16M) reports Lee Mouat, 43, "pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal hate crime for attacking an African American teen last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice said." Special Agent in Charge Timothy Waters of the FBI's Detroit Division said, "Mouat's hateful and violent conduct, motivated by racial intolera

ng at Beijing directly." The AP adds White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki "said the Biden administration was still reviewing the WHO report," while the State Department "in what it called a joint statement by 14 countries...said they were calling for `momentum' for a second- phase look by experts and pointed to the

KYTX-TV Tyler, TX (3/30, Chavez) websites also cover this story. Cocaine Case Defendant Sentenced To More Than Decade In Prison. An online WDEF-TV Chattanooga, TN (3/30, Parker) report says a federal judge has sentenced Jerriod Sivels "to almost 12 years in prison on cocaine distribution charges." The Sive

Thomas, Lucien Bruggeman, Jack Date, Alexander Mallin, Luke Barr, July 09, 2020, 4:09 PM Attorney General William Barr offered a forceful defense of the Justice Department's independence on Wednesday amid criticism that its work has been leveraged as a political tool for President Donald Trump. "Where independence is mo

uly 09, 2020, 11:00 PM A Wilkes-Barre woman pleaded guilty this week to making false statements in connection with firearms purchases, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Laquanna Bacote, 25, entered a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday, the Justice Department said, in a news release. In October 2019, a grand ju

e, prosecutors said. She faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and four years of supervised release. [Continue Reading] Freight Waves ( Chattanooga, TN): "Breaking: Charges dropped against trucker in $20M marijuana bust at US-Canada border," Nate Tabak, July 09, 2020, 3:00 PM A U.S. federal jud

g family and many loyal friends who were steadfast during this ordeal." The New York Times (9/4, Lafraniere, 18.61M) says the verdict "was a blow to the Justice Department's effort to more aggressively crack down on foreign influence in Washington," and the Washington Times (9/4, Mordock, 492K) says it was "vindication

amuel Whitt, 43, "was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 54 months in prison for criminal interference with the right to fair housing, according to the U.S. Department of Justice." US Attorney Benjamin Glassman "commended the cooperative investigation by the FBI and Cincinnati police, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorneys Megan

of $1.8 billion that the Centers for Disease Control and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration awarded across the nation." The Chattanooga (TN) Times Free Press (9/4, Collins, 171K) reports that HHS is awarding $46.7 million to help Tennessee fight the opioid crisis. The Springfield (M

in the industry, but the impact on those firms is not as clear-cut. Justice Department Appeals Tik-Tok Ruling. Reuters (12/28, Shepardson) reports the Justice Department "appealed a Dec. 7 order by a U.S. judge that blocked the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned short video-sharing a

ll the Internet, kill the switching stations." Fox News (12/28, Creitz, 23.99M), meanwhile, reports that Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican from Chattanooga who sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, 'wants stronger oversight of the nation's telecommunications grid" following the bombing, which '

role in the bombing of US. Embas- sies in Tanzania and Ke- nya and the murder of 224 people." Attorney Gen- eral Eric Holder said in a statement. "The Justice Department has a long history of securely detain- ing and successfully pros- ecuting terror suspects through the criminal jus- tice system, and we will bring

browbeaten into surrendering our best rhetoric, actions and images. We hold NO responsibility for this death. OR. TILLER KILLING CLAY BEhhtit 'Chattanooga fats Flea the s "There cannot be two masters in the management of business," said George F Baer, who was master of the Reading Railroad at the s

employees to do things lik= help recipients replace their benefit cards or schedule new hearings for disability cases.<=span> Visas and passports: The State Department says it will keep most passport agencies and consular operations open so long as it has the funds to do so, although som= activities might be interr

ic group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel, so=l, and R&B. The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfi=ld to their line-up t

ing havoc and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for a U.S. company," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Brett Leatherman added, "This case underscores the importance of identifying insider threat

that the FBI is warning of a rise in "swatting" incidents, where false reports of violence are made to emergency services, after recent incidents in Chattanooga and other locations. According to the article, these false calls can be costly to law enforcement and affect the mental health of those involved, w