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Justice Department to seek prison time for Texas family of 5 in Jan. 6 case CBS News October 1, 2022 Prosecutors are seeking prison time for five members of a Texas family arrested for roles in the U.S. Capitol breach. In new court filings, the Justice Department recommends one month in prison for Dawn and Thomas Munn, and 21-day prison sentences for three of the couple’s adult children. The Munn family, of Borger, Texas, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, acknowledging they spent nearly an hour inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including time in a…
Yahoo News October 1, 2022 A Capitol riot defendant’s attorney listed the consequences he says his client has suffered as a result of his participation in the January 6 attack, while petitioning a judge for leniency this week. Jerry Ryals of Oklahoma pleaded guilty to one count of civil disorder in May and is set to be sentenced next month. He was originally charged with five counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining, and disorderly conduct. But as the government works to prosecute the more than 900 people arrested in connection with the attack, federal prosecutors…
Gas prices in California skyrocket overnight; largest increase in 7 years KTLA September 30, 2022 Sticker Shock. Just a day after Californians saw gas top $6 for a gallon of regular unleaded, gasoline prices made their largest jump in seven years overnight. According to AAA, the Los Angeles-Long Beach region increased 15.3 cents overnight to $6.26/gallon Thursday. The price increase is the largest since a 15.1 cent increase in July 2015. It was also the 27th consecutive day gas prices have risen in Los Angeles County, where prices are 67 cents higher than they were a week ago.…
Spreaker September 30, 2022 Click to View Podcast
Judge tosses Sidney Powell’s countersuit against Dominion Voting Systems The Hill September 29, 2022 A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday agreed to dismiss a lawsuit that pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell filed against Dominion Voting Systems as the voting machine company pursues a $1.3 billion defamation claim against her. In a three-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted Dominion’s request to toss the case after finding Powell failed to show that Dominion’s defamation suit against her constituted an abuse of justice. “Powell’s complaint fails to link her abuse-of-process claim to any act that Dominion has taken…
Lawyer pleads guilty to involvement in Capitol riot after he was identified through TikTok videos By Bethany Dawson Business Insider September 25, 2022 A disgraced South Carolina attorney has pleaded guilty to charges related to the storming of the Capitol. David Johnston was identified from TikTok and Facebook live videos. He was charged alongside his neighbor Chad Clifton, with whom he traveled to Washington DC. Continue Reading…..
FBI misled judge who signed warrant for Beverly Hills seizure of $86 million in cash Los Angeles Times September 24, 2022 Newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles got their warrant for that raid by misleading the judge who approved it. They omitted from their warrant request a central part of the FBI’s plan: Permanent confiscation of everything inside every box containing at least $5,000 in cash or goods, a senior FBI agent recently testified. The FBI’s justification for the dragnet forfeiture was its presumption that hundreds of unknown box…
Jurupa Valley Man Who Joined Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Admits to Felony Charge By City News Service Press Enterprise September 24, 2022 A 45-year-old man who was among seven people from Riverside County charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty this week to aiding and abetting in the obstruction of an official proceeding. Andrew Alan Hernandez of Jurupa Valley admitted the felony count under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which agreed to drop five related charges in exchange for the admission. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, in Washington, D.C.,…
Spreaker September 23, 2022 Click to View Podcast
Hoping for a PGA Tour-LIV truce? ‘Off the table,’ Jay Monahan says Golf Channel September 22, 2022 Jay Monahan was asked if he could see any sort of peace or alliance between the two tours, he quickly dismissed the idea. “Listen, I think I’ve been pretty clear on this: I don’t see it happening,” Monahan said. “When you look at where we are, and you think about words and actions, we’re currently in a lawsuit, so coming together and having conversations, to me, that card is off the table, and it has been for a long period of…