By Allan Lengel Ismael Zambada García, aka El Mayo, a former leader and co-founder of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty Monday in Brooklyn federal court to running a continuing criminal enterprise and racketeering. “This foreign terrorist committed horrific crimes against the American people — he will now pay for those crimes by…
By Allan Lengel It is likely a sign that D.C. federal prosecutors had tried overcharging a woman. The New York Times reports that federal prosecutors failed on three occasions to convince a grand jury to indict Sidney Lori Reid on a felony charge of assaulting an FBI agent during a protest against immigration officials in…
By Allan Lengel Prosecutors seem to be following the directive by D.C. U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News personality, to charge the most serious crimes possible in each case in federal court as part of President Trump’s crime initiative to flood the city with National Guards troops and FBI agents. Devlin Barrett of…
By Allan Lengel The Trump administration’s vow to be transparent about the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to be met with skepticism. The latest: The New York Times reports that Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House’s principal investigative committee, insists that the “overwhelming majority” of documents the Justice Department gave Congress…
By Allan Lengel The FBI raid Friday on the suburban Maryland home and D.C. office of John Bolton, a former Trump adviser, is triggering strong responses inside and outside the Beltway. The Washington Post editorial page, which has generally been a critic of President Donald Trump, wrote an editorial titled: “FBI raid targeting Bolton crosses…
By Allan Lengel The FBI on Friday raided the suburban D.C. home and the downtown office of former Donald Trump national security adviser John Bolton to determine whether he illegally possessed or shared classified information, the Washington Post reports. Bolton, who was not at his Montgomery County home in Maryland at the time, has been…
The Trump administration is preparing to relax hiring requirements for FBI agents, raising concerns among current and former officials who fear it will erode the bureau’s reputation and effectiveness.
