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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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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! .

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“No Further Action Will Be Taken”: Officer Who Fatally Shot Ashli Babbitt Cleared of Any Wrongdoing By Capitol Police

JonathanTurley

It stressed that this element requires a showing of “a bad purpose to disregard the law” and that “evidence that an officer acted out of fear, mistake, panic, misperception, negligence, or even poor judgment cannot establish the high level of intent.”. Will the Babbitt standard now apply. Reasonable people could disagree on the shooting.

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

Ferguson involves a First Amendment challenge to Washington state’s law prohibiting “conversion therapy,” the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. Criminal law We are now in the home stretch. Jones , 22-982 Issue : Whether the U.S.

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