Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker pleads not guilty to 4 misdemeanor charges over his Jan. 6 reporting
Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker was acquitted Wednesday of four nonviolent misdemeanor charges brought against him by the Justice Department in connection with his coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. He insisted. What is your background? Mr. Baker is seeking the truth about what was happening behind the scenes in connection […]
Brothers plead guilty to insider trading tied to Trump media company
Two brothers pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to their roles in a $22 million insider trading scheme connected to a company that took former President Trump’s social media company public. Florida venture capitalist Michael Schwartsman, 53, and his brother Gerald, 46, each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and were sentenced to […]
Two plead guilty to insider trading tied to Truth Social merger
Two men on Wednesday pleaded guilty to insider trading in the securities of the company that ultimately exposed former President Donald Trump’s media operations. Michael Shvartzman, 53, head of Miami-based venture capital firm Rocket One Capital, and his brother Gerald Shvartzman, 46, each appeared before U.S. District Judge Louis Lehman in Manhattan. Pleaded guilty to […]
CT man pleads guilty to attempted sexual assault of Muslim state representative
The man who attacked a representative of the Islamic State outside a house of worship in Connecticut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted sexual assault and other charges in a plea deal that sentenced him to five years in prison. Andrei Desmond, 30, appeared in Hartford Superior Court in connection with the June 2023 attack on […]
Ex-con murder suspect seen smiling with DA pleads not guilty, held without bail
Sheldon Johnson, an ex-convict who called himself a criminal justice reform activist and worked with prominent figures such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and podcaster Joe Rogan, was ordered held without bail by a judge. He pleaded not guilty to murder in a Bronx courtroom Tuesday before being sentenced. . After being paroled last […]
3 defendants plead guilty in Minnesota murder case of a young mother
The young mother’s death came in unusual circumstances when Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took the case from Hennepin County prosecutors and handed it over to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was illegal. The final three people charged in the killing have pleaded guilty. Too generous. Eric Haynes on […]
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children
PHOENIX (AP) – The leader of a splinter polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines. Authorities say the scheme was a years-long scheme to orchestrate sex acts involving children. Samuel Bateman also pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to conspiring to […]
Georgia mom found guilty of murder after attempting to kill daughter’s alleged child molester
A Georgia mother accused of trying to kill her daughter’s sexual abuser has been found guilty of murder and other charges after another person was shot and killed in the incident. Dan’Ale Harris, 42, was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of […]
Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking In Midwest
A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to drug trafficking in the Midwest, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a news release. Deanna Gerads, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court in North Dakota to participating in a major drug distribution network. according to to the Department of Justice. This network was associated […]
Transgender teen pleads guilty to killing 12-year-old, showing body on Instagram
A Pennsylvania transgender teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering a 12-year-old child while they watched Netflix together and posting the child’s body on Instagram. Ash Cooper, 18, whose real name is Joshua Cooper, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges including third-degree murder, possession of instruments of crime and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in the […]