A CBP officer was indicted Tuesday on numerous charges after prosecutors say he accepted bribes to allow vehicles carrying drugs to pass through the border into the U.S.
The U.S. attorney overseeing the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden defended his handling of the case and rejected claims that he was prevented from pursuing more serious charges against the president’s son.
The Justice Department’s watchdog concluded that negligence, misconduct, and faulty resources contributed to the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier who was jailed on child-sex trafficking charges.
Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back against claims by two IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department hindered the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.
Two IRS whistleblowers alleged the agency recommended charging Hunter Biden with attempted tax evasion and other felonies and that the Justice Department hindered the criminal investigation into the president’s son.
An FBI intelligence analyst who was indicted on charges of illegally removing troves of classified documents and other national security information and storing them at her home over the course of more than a decade was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in prison, the Justice Department said in a news release.
Hunter Biden is likely to get probation.
GOP efforts to defund federal law enforcement agencies is similar to the Democrats’ calls to “defund the police,” fellow Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
