[dropcap]M[/dropcap]anafort “intentionally made multiple false statements to the FBI, the (office of special counsel) and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said behind closed doors in the District of Columbia’s U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Judge Jackson determined that Manafort breached his plea agreement with […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is dismissing news reports suggesting he is beholden to Russia and President Vladimir Putin or hiding accounts of his private talks with the Russian leader the five times they have met, including at their July summit in Helsinki. Asked directly late Saturday by Fox News talk show host Jeanine […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Anchorage accountant who was indicted along with her husband to 39 counts that included bank fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent transactions with an access device, and aggravated identity theft in September of 2017 has pleaded guilty in a plea agreement according to the Department of Justice on Tuesday. 53-year-old Jill Diane Applebury, aka: “Jill Wetzsteon who was the […]
WASHINGTON — The number of hate crime incidents reported in the United States jumped by 17 percent last year to more than 7,000 – the largest increase since 2001 when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led to a surge in bias-motivated crimes. The increase, reported Tuesday by the FBI, marks the third annual jump […]