Libertarian Radio Host Ian Freeman Convicted for Helping People Buy Bitcoin
Freeman, an early adopter of the virtual currency, gets slammed by a state that can't tolerate any use of money without its permission and knowledge.
Freeman, an early adopter of the virtual currency, gets slammed by a state that can't tolerate any use of money without its permission and knowledge.
The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.
The leading possibilities include knowledge and intent elements that have to be established beyond a reasonable doubt.
The attorney general's memo to prosecutors is an improvement, but it is no substitute for legislation.
The move comes as legislation flounders in Congress to end the crack-powder sentencing disparity once and for all.
Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
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Brown: “The state should not be in the business of executing people.”
The appeals court says Donald Trump's status as a former president does not entitle him to special treatment.
After losing access to opioids, many patients can’t live with constant pain.
In a brief and forceful opinion, a unanimous court explains why the trial court never had jurisdiction to consider Trump's filings in the first place.
The Oath Keepers leader was acquitted of two riot-related conspiracy counts but convicted of plotting to keep Donald Trump in office "by force."
The Justice Department’s discretion is the only thing that protects them from a similar fate.
The open letter warns the indictment “threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press.”
According to the former president's lawyers, his decision to retain the documents made them "personal."
In addition to six state charges, David DePape faces two federal charges, each punishable by decades in prison.
Reason first reported last week on the scathing contempt order, which said the Bureau of Prisons should be "deeply ashamed" of its conduct.
In its latest filing, the Department of Justice seeks to put an end to Judge Cannon's interference with the federal government's investigation documents kept at Mar-a-Lago.
Even if a warrant wasn’t the DOJ’s only option, its choice to go this route doesn’t signal—let alone prove—anything about the future of the probe.
The Federal Prison Oversight Act would create an independent ombudsman to investigate complaints about the Bureau of Prisons, something prison advocacy groups have long called for.
The potential crimes that the FBI is investigating do not hinge on the current classification status of the records that the former president kept at Mar-a-Lago.
Even if Trump did declassify those records, the 11th Circuit says, he "has not identified any reason that he is entitled to them."
An appellate panel thoroughly dismantles Judge Cannon's order blocking Department of Justice access to documents President Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago.
In any case, that issue does not seem relevant under the statutes that the FBI cited in its search warrant.
The report says the inaccuracies "deprived Congress and the American public of information about who is dying in custody and why."
The former president's legal team notably did not endorse his claim that he automatically declassified everything he took with him.
"Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax," says the former president, who insists that nothing at Mar-a-Lago was actually classified.
That failure adds to the evidence that Trump or his representatives obstructed the FBI's investigation.
There are still lingering questions about the former president's criminal liability and the threat posed by the documents he kept.
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We still know almost nothing about their contents, which is relevant in assessing the decision to search Mar-a-Lago.
Although U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart is inclined to unseal the document, redactions demanded by the Justice Department could make it hard to understand.
Reinforcing the FBI's suspicions was the whole point of that document, which is likely to remain sealed.
The former president thought his 2016 opponent should go to prison for recklessly endangering national security.
After the former president dismissed the allegation as a "hoax," multiple sources now report that investigators found top secret and classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Garland said the move was in the name of transparency, as part of his pledge that the Justice Department would "speak through its work."
Wanda Vázquez, the latest in a string of Puerto Rican officials to face criminal corruption charges, is accused of bribery and mail fraud charges during her failed 2020 reelection campaign.
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The department claims that the ban, which provides no exceptions for medical emergencies, violates existing federal law.
Supervised facilities aim to make a dent in the dramatic increase in overdose deaths.
Brookside faces several federal challenges for trying to fund its city by ticketing and towing the cars of anybody they can get away with.
Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love.
Federal and state agencies are busting unlicensed marijuana merchants, who face decades in prison.
The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment.
Unsatisfied by the outcome of one case, the feds secured a much more severe penalty the second time around.
The WikiLeaks founder faces espionage charges for publishing classified U.S. information, a prosecution with serious implications for all our First Amendment protections.
Officers attempted to cover up a man’s deadly beating by saying he died in a crash. How many other similar incidents have there been?