Waste, Fraud & Abuse
House’s corruption probe goes after Biden documents at National Archives
House lawmakers investigating President Biden are seeking access to some of Mr. Biden’s emails from his time as vice president and all drafts of a speech he delivered to Ukraine lawmakers in 2015 when his son had a high-paying job on the board of a Ukraine energy firm.
Special prosecutor to probe actions of Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones following Trump indictments
A special prosecutor will be appointed to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican, in connection with former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, a Georgia official has confirmed.
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Joe Biden’s denials shift as evidence piles up about his involvement in Hunter’s deals
President Biden's repeated denials that he participated in his son's foreign business transactions or ever spoke to his son about them have shifted in recent weeks amid an accumulation of evidence from bank records and eyewitness testimony that show he likely played a pivotal role in securing the lucrative deals.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses
TX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
IRS refused to pay stimulus checks, wrongly claiming taxpayers were dead
The IRS has taken plenty of flak for sending stimulus checks to dead people, but a new inspector general's audit says the agency also has the reverse problem: It refused to send checks to some living people, claiming they were already dead.
AG Merrick Garland appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden case
Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to special counsel in the Justice Department's ongoing investigation of President Biden's son Hunter Biden.
Judge says Trump’s free speech right ‘not absolute’ in Jan. 6 trial
The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump said the former president's First Amendment right "is not absolute" as she prepares to rule on barring him from talking about some aspects of the case.
Judge Chutkan to hear arguments in protective order fight in Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy case
The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump will hear arguments Friday over a request by prosecutors for a protective order seeking to bar the former president from publicly disclosing evidence shared by the government.
Ex-bakery owner sent to prison for using dead baby’s ID in passport, pandemic scam
A former Columbus, Ohio-area bakery owner was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for using the identity of a dead baby to commit 16 counts of wire and passport fraud.
