Former President Donald Trump received a second target letter from the United States Justice Department. This letter is related to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. A target letter is the method by which the Justice Department places an individual...
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking a delay in his classified documents trial that is currently set for December 11, 2023. In filing their request, Trump's attorneys cited the large volume of materials that must be reviewed, and the complexity of the...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action policies, used by many elite colleges and universities, that were designed to increase diversity in their student bodies. This particular case involved claims that Harvard University discriminated against...
Presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing state criminal charges in New York and federal criminal charges in Florida. What happens is he is convicted? There are several important questions to ask. First, can Trump run for president if convicted? The answer is yes....
A federal grand jury has charged former President Donald Trump with seven criminal counts. Here is a closer look at those charges: 1) Unauthorized Retention of National Security Documents - it is a crime to retain national security documents without authorization, and...
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison, for his conviction on seditious conspiracy charges. To date, this was the longest sentence imposed out of the 1000+ people charged in the Capitol attack that was intended to...
Prosecutors in New Mexico dismissed charges filed against actor Alec Baldwin, for the accidental shooting of a movie cinematographer in 2021. Mr. Baldwin was facing reckless homicide charges, a felony offense carrying a 1 to 5 year prison term in New Mexico. Special...
Former President Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. So what is an indictment? Am indictment is just a fancy word for a document that contains criminal charges. The sole purpose of an indictment is to notify the accused of the charges. In simple terms,...
On January 6, 2023, Virginia police say that a 6 year-old first grade student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher. The student's mother had legally purchased the gun and it was kept in the family home. The student obtained the gun and then brought it to...
A Washington State University criminal justice graduate student has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Bryan Kohberger, was arrested in Pennsylvania and now faces extradition back to Idaho to...
