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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 3, 2020 The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. government, has executed a trilateral agreement with the governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) and the Bailiwick of Jersey (Jersey) to repatriate to Nigeria approximately $308 million traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. In 2014, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates for the District of Columbia entered judgment forfeiting approximately $500 million located in accounts around the world, as the result of a civil forfeiture complaint the Department...

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis withdrew his candidacy from the Chicago's mayor race Friday, leaving former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun as the only remaining prominent black candidate in the campaign. Davis, who announced his decision alongside Braun at a New Year's Eve news conference, said the decision was an act of unity for blacks in the city. The two Democrats had been under pressure from African American leaders in the city for weeks to agree on a so-called consensus candidate to unify black votes. "I come to help prove that unity can be more than a concept, he said. "It...

When Carol Moseley Braun needed money for her new business, the onetime U.S. senator and ambassador — now one of the big names in the race for Chicago mayor — turned to a former campaign contributor for help. Joseph Stroud, a millionaire TV station owner from Oak Brook, came through in August 2006 with a $250,000 loan for her company, Ambassador Organics, a line of coffees, teas and spices. That was about nine months after Stroud — the owner of WJYS-Channel 62, a station that fills its airtime with paid religious programming, health shows and infomercials — was found liable...

Living in a major, ethnically diverse urban area, I as a white man am curious about many of the things that I observe in our nation's African American communities. Many of the most recognizable "Black American Icons" call my city (Chicago) home, and have used this media market to launch a number of ideas and discussions into the national spotlight. In doing so, African Americans have drawn attention to legitimate issues that have bettered their lives and the lives of all Americans. It is my observation, however, that some adverse effects are starting to be felt by these so-called "black...

The second installment in an ongoing series by Brian Wise examining those Democrats seeking the presidency. The truly great shame of the 2004 presidential campaign is that Tom Daschle isn’t running. The zealot in me (a very small part, to be sure, but enough to mention) was looking forward to postponing my semi-retirement and dedicating every waking moment to the downfall of the Daschle campaign. Democratism has made up for this profound disappointment by producing several candidates, some of whom employ thought processes so demented they suggest some sort of brain damage. The first of these examined here was...

"It is important for them to see America's character!" The words just jumped out of the television I was watching. President Bush was making remarks Monday morning to those gathered in New Jersey as he made his most recent address concerning Homeland Security. In his normally folksy, yet elegant, down home, but highly articulate way, the President again told personal stories of some who were relatives of those gathered and their heroic moments on September 11. One story he told in particular struck me. A former Marine (though as President Bush said, you never really ever are a "former" Marine),...