Samuel Miele, a former campaign fundraiser and vendor for Rep. George Santos (R-NY), has been indicted by a Brooklyn federal grand jury on four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges that Miele impersonated a top aide to House leadership while contacting donors for Santos' 2022 election campaign, earning a 15% commission on all donations he secured. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York has not yet released a statement on the indictment.
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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the fourth time in Fulton County, Georgia for a range of felonies related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. Mark Meadows, one of the co-defendants in the case, has filed a motion to move the case to federal court. Trump cannot rely on a presidential pardon to escape punishment as the case is being handled by state prosecutors.
Charles McGonigal, the former top FBI counterintelligence official in New York, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions by taking money from Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch and ally of Vladimir Putin. He admitted to laundering $17,500 from Gazprom Bank in Russia to his private account and is facing up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on August 3.
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies have been indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia on 41 counts, including violation of the state's RICO Act. The indictment is related to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, and carries a minimum five-year prison sentence and a maximum of 20 years. Cameras are allowed in the state's courtrooms for this arraignment, and the defendants have until August 25 to turn themselves in.
Former President Donald Trump and his former chief of staff Mark Meadows have been indicted in connection to a phone call in which Trump allegedly asked Georgia officials to "find 11,780 votes" to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has given Trump and his 18 alleged co-conspirators until noon Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender and avoid arrest. Giuliani has released a statement calling the indictment an "affront to American Democracy" that "does permanent, irrevocable harm to our justice system."
Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency trading firm FTX, was ordered to be sent to jail on Friday by a federal judge in New York. The Justice Department has accused Bankman-Fried of a “pattern of witness tampering and evading his bail conditions”, which included trying to influence witnesses in his fraud case and reaching out to witnesses in violation of his bail conditions. Bankman-Fried is currently being held in a federal detention center, and his case is ongoing.
A recently revealed memo authored by a Trump-allied attorney has shed light on the origins of an alleged scheme to install slates of fake electors in swing states in an attempt to keep Trump in power after his electoral loss. The memo proposed a "bold" and "controversial" plan, which was circulated among Trump campaign lawyers and associates, but ultimately failed. The memo provides insight into the strategy that the Trump campaign was pursuing in the wake of the 2020 election, and further developments in the ongoing investigation are expected.
The FBI conducted a raid in Provo, Utah early Wednesday morning, resulting in the death of Craig Robertson, who had made graphic threats against President Biden and other public officials. The arrest was apparently triggered by specific threats Robertson had made to kill President Biden during a visit to Utah today. The complaint charged Robertson with three counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce. The FBI has not released any further details about the raid or the circumstances surrounding Robertson's death.