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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020   Made False Statements to IRS Auditors and on Tax Returns A Saratoga, California, businessman was sentenced to 36 months in prison today, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson for the Northern District of California.“The integrity of our tax system relies on all taxpayers filing accurate tax returns and dealing honestly with the Internal Revenue Service,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman. “Those who commit tax crimes by cheating...

The week President Donald Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial was Fox News Channel’s best in the ratings since the weeks he was elected and inaugurated. The Nielsen company said Fox News averaged 4.27 million viewers in prime time last week, better than any network except for ABC, which televised the Academy Awards, and CBS. It was the fifth most-watched week ever for Fox’s prime-time schedule, and highest since election week 2016, Nielsen said. The only other times Fox topped that mark came during two weeks in March 2003, during the Iraq War, and the August week in 2015...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 The head of a Houston-based company that was the subsidiary of a Chinese company that developed stolen trade secrets was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $330,000 by U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District of Columbia.Shan Shi, 55, of Houston, Texas, had previously been found guilty of conspiracy to steal trade secrets by a jury on July 29, 2019.  Evidence admitted during a three-week trial showed that Shi had signed an agreement with Taizhou CBM Future...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 The Department of Justice today announced that the following defendants were arrested and charged by Complaint on charges of conspiracy and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) based on their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian oil: Nicholas Hovan, 33, of New York, NY;Zhenyu Wang, a/k/a “Bill Wang,” 39, of Dallas, TX;Robert Thwaites, 30, of Dallas, TX;Nicholas James Fuchs, 26, of Dallas, TX; andDaniel Ray Lane, 38, of McKinney, TX. The defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one count...

Four prosecutors from the Justice Department (DOJ) have withdrawn from their roles in the Roger Stone case, following the department’s decision to reduce the amount of prison time they are recommending for the Trump associate. Prosecutors Aaron Zelinsky (pdf), Jonathan Kravis (pdf), Adam C. Jed (pdf), and Michael Marando (pdf) filed notices withdrawing from the case on Feb. 11. The move follows the department’s decision to override the sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years made by the federal prosecutors. Along with withdrawing from the case, Kravis also will resign from his position as an assistant U.S. attorney. Zelinsky and...

The Justice Department dispensed its recommendation of a prison sentence of seven to nine years for Roger Stone and replaced it with a more lenient request. A Tuesday evening court filing, which said the prior recommendation did "not accurately reflect the Department of Justice’s position on what would be a reasonable sentence in this matter," came after all four prosecutors in the case withdrew from their roles. “While it remains the position of the United States that a sentence of incarceration is warranted here, the government respectfully submits that the range of 87 to 108 months presented as the applicable...

Elizabeth Warren is trying to downplay results in New Hampshire and look toward the future, but her weak finish is bad news for her White House aspirations and a blow for a candidate who many had high expectations for through much of her campaign. The Massachusetts senator, 70, was in fourth place with 10% of votes as of about 8:30 p.m. with 30% of precincts reporting, coming in behind Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Warren was in danger of not meeting the 15% threshold to win nominating delegates to...

Lawrence Ray, the one-time best man at former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking and extortion for the decade-long exploitation of a small cult of Sarah Lawrence College students. Lawrence Ray, the one-time best man at former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking and extortion for the decade-long exploitation of a small cult of Sarah Lawrence College students. He was the best man at ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding — and the worst thing that ever happened to his daughter’s college friends. The devious...

From coastal towns to rural farms to urban centers, climate change poses an existential threat – not just to our environment, but to our health, our communities, our national security, and our economic well-being. Vice President Biden knows there is no greater challenge facing our country and our world. Today, he is outlining a bold plan – a Clean Energy Revolution – to address this grave threat and lead the world in addressing the climate emergency.

  Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 The Department of Justice has released a final agenda for the Feb. 19, 2020, public workshop on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  The public workshop, titled “Section 230 – Nurturing Innovation or Fostering Unaccountability?,” will discuss the evolution of Section 230 from its original purpose in granting limited immunity to Internet companies, its impact on the American people, and whether improvements to the law should be made.The released agenda includes welcome remarks from Attorney General William P. Barr and distinguished panelists with a wide variety...

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Navy to start releasing unclassified documents related to the sinking of USS Thresher (SSN-593), 57 years after 129 officers, sailors and shipbuilders died in the nation’s worst nuclear submarine disaster. Retired Navy Capt. James Bryant, a former Thresher-class submarine commander, sued the Navy in July to force the release of unclassified investigation documents detailing Thresher‘s operation during its final dive. The Navy previously rebuffed Bryant’s request for records under the Freedom of Information Act. During a Monday court hearing, Judge Trevor McFadden ordered the Navy to start releasing the requested material. Bryant, while...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its affiliated hospital Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a general medical and surgical hospital located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors, the Justice Department announced today.“Providers that bill for unnecessary services and devices contribute to the soaring cost of health care,” said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division.  “The Department of Justice...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 11, 2020 An East Greenwich, Rhode Island, property developer was sentenced to eight years in prison today for operating a $10.3 million dollar Ponzi scheme and obstructing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman for the District of Rhode Island.  According to court documents and statements made in court, Monique N. Brady owned and operated MNB LLC, a property preservation and rehabilitation business. From 2014 through summer...

The U.S. Navy recently started construction on a U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) that will be named after child rapist Harvey Milk, some of whose victims committed suicide. Milk’s main claim to fame is that in 1977, he became the first openly homosexual elected official in U.S. history by winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was elected with strong with help from the notorious “People’s Temple” cult of mass-murderer Jim Jones, who forced his followers and their children to drink poison in Guyana as part of a mass suicide.

Joe Biden is losing his cool over the chilly results he’s poised to deliver tonight in New Hampshire. In fact, he’s not even going to be there when the bad news is delivered. But before Biden attempted to scramble out of town and to what he hopes is friendlier territory, he first spoke to reporters. Biden said Hillary Clinton lost several primaries, so a drubbing today doesn’t mean much. “We’re fighting for every vote we have here and then I’m getting on a plane, heading down there, doing a little rally in South Carolina to get going, then getting in...

Polls have closed in New Hampshire and Bernie Sanders has taken the lead in early results as polls showed him the favorite heading into the first-in-the-nation primary. With 15 per cent of precincts reporting, Sanders was in first place with Pete Buttigieg following and Amy Klobuchar in third. Joe Biden was trailing in fifth place - a shocking placement for the former vice president, who fled the state for South Carolina before the polls closed.

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It’s as if the barnyard animals sense the wolf pack circling and approaching ever closer. The latest screeching and squealing noises heard from the corralled Democrats in D.C. are coming from House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler who sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr expressing “serious concern” about the Department of Justice (DOJ) receiving Biden-Ukraine information from Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani “outside of normal channels.” Nadler’s four-page letter charged that the process by which the DOJ has accepted info from Giuliani “would seem to be a significant departure from traditional channels,” and he demanded answers regarding the DOJ’s new...

Sanders Leads; Buttigieg, Klobuchar Fight For 2nd: 2020 Primary Update: Trump easily wins GOP primary; Yang to end presidential campaign, according to reports; results from around the state. By Tony Schinella, Patch Staff Feb 11, 2020 8:00 pm ET | Updated Feb 11, 2020 8:40 pm ET Reply (2) CONCORD, NH — Secretary of State Bill Gardner revised down turnout results last week suggesting slightly more than 400,000 Granite Staters might go to the polls to vote in the 2020 New Hampshire first-in-the-nation presidential primary — and some early returns show the revision might be correct. Results from communities where...