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All 4 Roger Stone Prosecutors Resign From Case as Trump Congratulates DOJ Head for Cutting His Boy Some Slack
At this point, I’m not sure why Trump is making Attorney General William Barr dance so hard. Maybe he likes watching Barr’s stomach jiggle. Maybe he enjoys knowing just how far the head of the Department of Justice will go to save him. Maybe he’s masochistic. Either way, I’m sure Trump is enjoying the newfound…
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The DOJ Originally Set Roger Stone’s Sentencing at 7 to 9 Years. Then Trump Tweeted and They Changed Their Mind
It was almost as if Roger Stone, who was convicted of seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress, was a regular person. On Monday, federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., filed a sentencing memo recommending that the friend of President Trump get anywhere from 87 to 108 months in prison (which…
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Jury Recommends White Supremacist James Alex Fields Spend Life Behind Bars for Charlottesville Attack
A Virginia jury recommended a life sentence for James Alex Fields, the avowed neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer when he drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., last year. Fields was convicted of first-degree murder last Friday, along with nine more charges including malicious wounding…
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2 Teen Girls Sentenced for Their Role in School Bathroom Attack That Left 16-Year-Old Amy Joyner-Francis Dead
Two teens have been sentenced for their part in a school bathroom fight at a Delaware high school that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl. According to the Associated Press, one 17-year-old who was convicted in the attack that left Amy Joyner-Francis dead was sentenced Monday to six months in a juvenile facility.…
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Minn. Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Firebombing Somali Restaurant in Hate Crime
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime for starting a fire at a Somali restaurant in North Dakota, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors said that Matthew Gust did not like Somalis and did not want them living in the area. Gust, of East…