Joshua Hensley, 25, of Kansas, has been arrested and charged with two counts of transmitting an interstate threat after allegedly commenting on a Facebook post for Nashville Pride with a slur and a threat to commit a mass shooting at the June event. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee has stated that they will not tolerate hate-based threats of violence, and Hensley is currently being held in federal custody and is scheduled to appear in court on June 10. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has launched an investigation into a mysterious bribery allegation against President Joe Biden, asking the FBI to make public its analysis of the tip. The allegation relies on uncorroborated claims from a foreign national and a trusted FBI informant, and President Biden has denied any wrongdoing. Former President Donald Trump has suggested that the Justice Department had indicted him as a distraction from the "Biden bribery scheme." Raskin believes that the public deserves to know the truth and has asked the FBI to make its analysis public.
Donald Trump has become the first president to be formally booked on federal crimes, entering a not guilty plea in Miami's federal court on charges of willful retention of national defense information, making false statements and representations, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. His legal team is arguing the charges are politically motivated and that Trump did not commit any crimes, and the case is expected to go to trial in the coming months.
Governor Ron DeSantis has defended former President Donald Trump after he was indicted for his alleged mishandling of classified documents, referencing the decision by former FBI director James Comey to recommend no charges be filed in the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt introduced DeSantis at a special event in Tulsa, noting that DeSantis is in step with fellow Republicans while maintaining a steady hand amid pandemic and political tumult.
The US Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against former President Donald Trump for allegedly illegally keeping top secret files on US nuclear and weapons programs and defense plans after leaving the White House. The 44-page indictment, voted by a grand jury of citizens in the Southern District of Florida, alleges that Trump "endeavored to obstruct the FBI and grand jury investigations and conceal retention of classified documents" and could put at risk the national security of the United States. The indictment is the latest development in the ongoing investigation into the former president's activities.
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, pleaded not guilty to extortion and fraud charges in a Birmingham courtroom on Friday. He is accused of attempting to extort money from Holloway's mother and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a Peruvian woman in 2010. A trial date has not yet been set.
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal criminal charges, prompting him to shake up his legal team and replace attorneys Jim Trusty and John Rowley with Todd Blanche, Esq. and a firm to be named later. The case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a former federal prosecutor nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020, and Trump has expressed his disapproval of the charges on his Truth Social platform. This is the first time a former president has been charged with a federal crime, and the public is sure to be closely watching the case as Trump's legal team prepares to make a statement regarding their strategy.
Austin real estate developer Nate Paul was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection to a scandal involving Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The scandal began when Paxton involved his office in the investigation, leading to a chain of events that resulted in his historic impeachment. Paul was arrested on an unspecified federal felony charge, and the outcome of the investigation remains to be seen.