District Leader of the Bronx Board Of Elections Charged With Bribery, Extortion, Fraud, and Identity Theft
A Board of Elections District Leader has been accused of extorting New York City poll workers.
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A Board of Elections District Leader has been accused of extorting New York City poll workers.
Keyboard cowboys who threaten public officials on social media aren’t protected from prosecution. A lesson that some still have yet to learn.
If you are going to storm the Capitol, filming yourself in the act is a bad idea. The world had a front-row seat to the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol because more than a few participants filmed themselves and others at the event.
Long-time Des Peres Alderman John Pound was sentenced on Aug. 1 to five years of probation and ordered to repay $292,305 he embezzled from two clients of his property management company from 2006 to mid-2020, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri.
When you give money to a charity for fallen law enforcement officers, thinking that 100% of the proceeds are going to build a memorial statue, it might burn your butter to find out that the money was spent paying for someone’s extravagant wedding instead.
Remember the times when politicians promptly resigned over a scandal? They used to do the Walk of Shame down the Capitol steps with a box of their office items at the merest whiff of corruption. Not anymore.
FBI Charges United States Congressman Henry Cuellar with Bribery and Acting as a Foreign Agent
Whether politicians are becoming more or less corrupt is open to debate. What is clear is that officials are being prosecuted for national security violations in unprecedented numbers.
Perhaps because of the last 20 years of war, many Republican voters have felt a noticeable shift in their personal feelings toward endless wars.
Former President Donald J. Trump has all but wrapped up the Republican nomination for the 2024 Presidential Election.
With Joe Biden’s age and mental fitness for duty a factor in recent years, there’s a good chance that the Democratic National Committee might switch candidates, even this late in the election year process.
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