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5 people charged for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K

By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America

Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI announced Wednesday.

Prosecutors look to bar Trump from 'inflammatory' comments endangering FBI in hush money trial

By Eric Tucker, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump is hearing arguments on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case.

FBI offers up to $10,000 reward for information about cause of deadly New Mexico wildfires

By Associated Press

Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week.

State trooper who hid prior FBI sexual misconduct convicted of child rape in Alabama

By Kim Chandler, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that…

Woman taken into custody after armed standoff at FBI building in Seattle, authorities say

By Associated Press

A woman armed with a handgun was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle on Wednesday, authorities said.

Preliminary FBI data shows drop in violent crime for 2024 so far

By Mead Gruver, Associated Press

The data shows steep drops in every category of violent crime in every region in the first three months of 2024 compared to a year earlier, continuing a downward trend since a coronavirus pandemic surge.

Hunter Biden's lawyers rest their case in trial on federal gun charges

By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from the October 2018 purchase of a gun he had for about 11 days.

Prosecution rests its case in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial after a week of personal witness testimony

By Randall Chase, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

The testimony from FBI and DEA officials capped a week that has been largely dedicated to highlighting the seriousness of Hunter Biden's drug problem through highly personal and often revealing testimony.

Jurors in Hunter Biden trial hear more from gun store clerk who sold weapon at center of case

By Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase, Colleen Long, Mike Catalini, Associated Press

Gordon Cleveland testified Wednesday he watched as President Joe Biden's son checked off "no" to the question of whether he was "an unlawful user of or addicted to" marijuana, stimulants, narcotics or any other controlled substance.

Bag of $120,000 left as bribe for juror in Minnesota food program fraud trial

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Authorities are trying to determine who attempted to bribe a juror to get her to acquit defendants charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic.