investigation
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R. Kelly Reportedly Under Criminal Investigation in Georgia Following Surviving R. Kelly Documentary Series
Sometimes art not only imitates life; it influences it. Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly created record-breaking buzz for the network, but more importantly, it inspired people to take further action, including but not limited to engaging in support for survivors and calling for severe legal consequences for the R&B singer. As the documentary spanned about 30…
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Another Black Man Turns Up Dead in Wealthy Democratic Donor’s Home
For the second time in less than two years, Los Angeles County law enforcement officers are investigating a death that happened at the home of a wealthy Democratic donor known for keeping company with young black men. On Monday, WeHoville reported that a young African-American man had been found dead at the West Hollywood apartment…
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Cleared To Oversee Russia Investigation: Report
We are entering really dangerous territory as Justice Department ethics officials have consulted with Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker — you know the man that Trump handed the job as America’s top cop; the man who didn’t have to be confirmed or questioned by a congressional panel; the man who has gone on national TV…
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Whitest Cookout Ever: Woman Suspected of Killing Lover, Serving His Remains at Barbecue
Authorities believe the reason they can’t find the remains of one of the victims of an Indiana woman serving time for two murders is that she may have served his remains to her neighbors at a neighborhood barbecue. That’s why I don’t eat chicken nuggets. The menu always says they are made from white meat,…
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FBI Raids the Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen, Seizes Info on Payments to Porn Star Stormy Daniels: Report
Now, this is getting good. On Thursday, President Donald Trump denied having any knowledge that his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 not to discuss her relationship with the reality charlatan—a relationship she claimed included sex and the spanking of his orange-tinted buttocks with a rolled-up Forbes magazine. The New…
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Here’s Why Jeff Sessions Federal Investigation Into Charlottesville, Va.’s White Supremacy Rally Is Bullshit
Who are we kidding? Attorney General Jeff “King Keebler” Sessions’ federal investigation into the torch-wielding white supremacist march on Charlottesville, Va., is going to be an inconclusive waste of resources and efforts. In fact, when I first learned that Sessions was going to open an investigation, I joked that he was probably going to research…
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Robert Mueller Ain’t Playing: Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort’s Home Raided by the FBI
America’s last hope for a presidential do-over is being led by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, and he’s not playing: FBI agents raided the home of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, last month. Manafort, as you may remember, was one of the first in Trump’s administration to go down for possible…
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US Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into the Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black teenager, in Balch Springs, Texas, a spokesperson for the local district attorney’s office confirmed Thursday. Now former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the April 29 shooting…
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Uber Hires Ex Attorney General Holder to Probe Sex Harassment, Discrimination Claims
Uber has tapped former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to help lead an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination made by a former female employee who made her claims public over the weekend in a blog post, the Washington Post reports. In a memo shared Monday, CEO Travis Kalanick told employees the review…
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Emmett Till’s Family Calls for New Investigation Into 1955 Murder
Relatives of Emmett Till—the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, triggering the civil rights movement—are asking for the teen’s case to be reinvestigated after a key witness admitted to lying about the teen’s alleged words and actions before his brutal murder. Two of Emmett’s cousins, Wheeler Parker and Deborah Watts, said…