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National LGBTQ group urges New York prosecutor to pursue hate crime charges in killing of transgender man

Wednesday, February 19

(NEW YORK) -- The nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization is urging New York prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges against five suspects arrested in what authorities described as a prolonged "torture"

Top criminal prosecutor in DC US Attorneys office abruptly resigns amid pressure from Trump officials

Tuesday, February 18

(WASHINGTON) -- The chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington, D.C. abruptly resigned Tuesday amid pressure from top Trump Justice Department appointees to freeze assets stemming from a Biden administration-era environmental initiative, sources familiar with the matter told ABC...

Another New York federal prosecutor resigns over DOJ order to dismiss Eric Adams case

Friday, February 14

(NEW YORK) -- The battle between New York federal prosecutors and President Donald Trump's Justice Department continued Friday as another prosecutor resigned over the order to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' bribery case.Hagan Scotten, the assistant United States attorney for Southern District of New York,...

New Yorks top federal prosecutor steps down amid tension with DOJ over Mayor Adams case

Thursday, February 13

(WASHINGTON) -- Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, submitted her resignation Thursday, according to a source familiar with the move. Multiple members of the office where the case was to be reassigned have resigned as well.Sassoon...

Trumps pardons for rioters disturbing, former top Jan. 6 prosecutor says

Wednesday, January 22

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons and commutations for nearly all of the rioters charged with joining the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was "disturbing" and an affront to the law enforcement officers who were assaulted at the hands of the...

Sinaloa cartel leader El Mayo in plea talks in Brooklyn federal case, prosecutor says

Wednesday, January 15

(NEW YORK) -- The Mexican drug lord who founded the Sinaloa cartel with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is in plea talks with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, to resolve his case before a trial that could yield the death penalty, an assistant United...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams could face additional charges, prosecutor says

Thursday, October 3

(NEW YORK) -- It is "possible" New York City Mayor Eric Adams could face additional charges and additional defendants are "likely" to be added, prosecutors said during a court hearing Wednesday, a week after a sprawling, five-count indictment was unsealed against the embattled politician."We're...

Prosecutor in Tyre Nichols trial tells jury that officers laughed, bragged in closing

Thursday, October 3

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in the case of the three former Memphis police officers who were charged in the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols.The jury is set to receive instructions from the judge on...

Stories tagged with: prosecutor

Top criminal prosecutor in DC US Attorneys office abruptly resigns amid pressure from Trump officials

Another New York federal prosecutor resigns over DOJ order to dismiss Eric Adams case

New Yorks top federal prosecutor steps down amid tension with DOJ over Mayor Adams case

Trumps pardons for rioters disturbing, former top Jan. 6 prosecutor says

Sinaloa cartel leader El Mayo in plea talks in Brooklyn federal case, prosecutor says

NYC Mayor Eric Adams could face additional charges, prosecutor says

Prosecutor in Tyre Nichols trial tells jury that officers laughed, bragged in closing

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