“Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, has been charged with stealing $225,000 from a campaign account held by Xavier Becerra, who was then secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

“Despite being gifted a Get Out of Jail Free card courtesy of President Donald Trump, convicted felon Jonathan Braun can’t seem to stop breaking the law,” the Daily Beast reports.

“Braun, a convicted drug trafficker and loan shark from New York, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on Monday after being found guilty of a litany of crimes, including physical and sexual assault.”

“A U.S. Capitol riot defendant who was accused of firing a gun into the air while among the mob on Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, now faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping in Utah,” CBS News reports.

A mounting federal investigation into former CIA director John Brennan is now getting close to grand jury subpoenas, MSNBC reports.

“Sean Dunn, the man who pitched a sandwich at the chest of a federal agent in a viral act of opposition to President Trump’s law enforcement policies in Washington, was acquitted on Thursday after a jury found him not guilty of misdemeanor assault,” the New York Times reports.

“The verdict, which arrived after the jury deliberated for roughly seven hours, capped a nearly three-month effort to penalize Mr. Dunn for the August outburst and the resulting chase to arrest him, after the government previously failed to persuade a grand jury to charge him with a felony.”

A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating a verdict in the case against a man dubbed “sandwich guy” after he tossed a Subway footlong at a federal officer who was patrolling city streets on President Trump’s order, NBC News reports.

A federal judge blasted Justice Department prosecutors several times for what he described as an “indict first, investigate later” attitude in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, NBC News reports.

A federal magistrate judge scolded Justice Department prosecutors for an “indict first, investigate second” posture in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, raising new questions about a “highly unusual” case that was ordered up at President Trump’s command, Politico reports.

“Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez was mailed a ballot to vote in tomorrow’s election despite being incarcerated in a federal prison for taking bribes since June 17, but he has not returned it,” the New Jersey Globe reports.

“The trial of a man charged with assaulting a Customs and Border Protection agent by throwing a sandwich at his chest in protest began on Monday, several months after federal prosecutors failed to persuade a grand jury to approve a felony indictment against him over the incident,” the New York Times reports.

“The case stands out for its unusual facts and the Trump administration’s determination to prosecute the man, even on a lesser charge. But it is one of a number of unusually minor cases the government is bringing to federal court at Mr. Trump’s direction.”

“Senior Justice Department and FBI officials expressed frustration Friday that FBI Director Kash Patel publicly disclosed an investigation into what he called a ‘potential’ Halloween weekend terrorist plot near Detroit — before investigators had a chance to flesh out key details, including whether the attack actually was imminent,” MSNBC reports.

The FBI has fired a special agent who previously helped oversee public corruption cases, including an investigation that became part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into President Trump — another apparent casualty of the Trump administration’s retribution push, CNN reports.

Federal officials have charged Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar (D) on extortion and conspiracy charges, the Washington Post reports.

Gallup: “Building on last year’s less-negative assessments of crime in the U.S., Americans’ perceptions have again improved in 2025.”

“Less than half, 49%, now say crime is an ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ serious problem in the U.S., and the same percentage say crime has increased in the past year. These readings are down seven and 15 percentage points, respectively, since last year and are at their lowest levels since at least 2018.”

A staffer for Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) was arrested after 8 kilograms of cocaine were reportedly delivered to him at a government building, NBC Boston reports.

Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh (D) is among a half dozen people the Justice Department has charged for allegedly impeding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation, Axios reports.

“New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty on Friday to criminal charges that she committed bank fraud and made false statements to a lender when she bought a house in Norfolk, Virginia, five years ago,” Bloomberg reports.