Horrific Conditions Found at Atlanta Federal Prison
“Widespread drug abuse, substandard medical and mental health care, out-of-control violence and horrific sanitary conditions are rampant at a federal prison in Atlanta, a new congressional investigation into the federal Bureau of Prisons has found,” the New York Times reports.
“The problems plaguing the medium-security prison, which holds around 1,400 people, are so notorious within the federal government that its culture of indifference and mismanagement is derisively known among bureau employees as ‘the Atlanta way.'”
Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Drug Dealers
Former President Donald Trump “voiced support for imposing the death penalty as punishment for convicted drug dealers as part of a speech in which he laid out a series of drastic measures to curb crime,” The Hill reports.
Said Trump: “The penalties should be very, very severe. If you look at countries throughout the world, the ones that don’t have a drug problem are ones that institute a very quick trial death penalty sentence for drug dealers.”
He also called for police squad cars to be parked on every corner and suggested moving encampments of homeless people out of major cities and to “large parcels of inexpensive land at the outer reaches of the city.”
Capitol Rioter Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison
“A man who attacked police officers with poles during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison, matching the longest term of imprisonment so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions,” the AP reports.
Brian Kemp Testifies in Trump Probe
“Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) testified against Former President Donald Trump,” WJCL reports.
“Kemp’s testimony comes as a Fulton County Grand Jury continues to investigate whether Trump or others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election.”
Fake Electors Subpoenas Show Breadth of Probe
“Grand jury subpoenas issued last month to two Arizona state lawmakers show the breadth of the criminal investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington into efforts by supporters of Donald Trump to use ‘false electors’ to try to undo Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory,” the Washington Post reports.
Judge Will Force Jody Hice to Testify in Trump Probe
“An Atlanta federal judge says she plans to deny Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA)’s effort to avoid giving subpoenaed testimony before the Fulton County district attorney’s special purpose grand jury focused on the 2020 election,” Axios reports.
Pence’s Former Top Aide Subpoenaed by Grand Jury
“The former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence appeared last week before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,” ABC News reports.
“Marc Short would be the highest-ranking Trump White House official known to have appeared before the grand jury.”
‘Baked Alaska’ Pleads Guilty
“A far-right internet personality who goes by the name ‘Baked Alaska’ has agreed to plead guilty to unlawfully protesting at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 — after abandoning a plea agreement in May during a hearing in which he proclaimed he was ‘innocent,'” CNN reports.
Georgia Judge Blocks Questioning of GOP Lawmaker
“A Fulton County judge is disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from questioning state Sen. Burt Jones (R) as part of their investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke the law as they sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 elections,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
“Jones was one of 16 Republicans who served as ‘alternate’ electors for Trump in December 2020. All 16 were recently sent letters alerting them that they could be indicted, the DA’s office confirmed in a filing last week.”
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Charged with Insider Trading
Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-IN) has been charged with insider trading, CNBC reports.
Rioter Who Wanted to Shoot Pelosi Sent to Prison
A Pennsylvania woman who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and later recorded herself saying she wanted to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “in the frigging brain” has been sentenced to 60 days behind bars, the Washington Post reports.
Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt
“Stephen Bannon, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress, months after he had defied a subpoena to answer questions from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol,” the New York Times reports.
“The jury deliberated for less than three hours.”
Washington Post: “The trial, which lasted a week and only featured two witnesses, tested a rarely-used criminal statute meant to ensure that people comply with congressional subpoenas. Earlier this month as he prepared for trial, Bannon had vowed to go ‘medieval’ on his enemies. But most of his legal arguments were rejected by the trial judge, and Bannon ended up calling no witnesses.”
Wall Street Journal: “He will be sentenced at a later hearing and faces a minimum sentence of 30 days and a maximum of one year in prison for each count.”
Jury Begins Deliberations in Steve Bannon Case
“Jurors began deliberating Friday in the case of former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, who is charged with contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee,” Politico reports.
“Deliberations began shortly before noon, after prosecutors closed their case with a simple assertion to the jury.”
Said Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston: “The defendant chose allegiance to Donald Trump over compliance with the law.”
Ex-Prosecutor Says Trump Was Guilty
Mark Pomerantz, a former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges, told The Cutting Edge podcast that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.”
He added: “I believe that Donald Trump, in fact, was guilty and, second, that there was sufficient evidence as a matter of law to have sustained a guilty verdict if we went forward.”
Criminal Probe Opened Into Deleted Secret Service Texts
“The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of Secret Service phone text messages related to the days around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot,” CNBC reports.
Bannon Calls No Witnesses in Contempt Trial
“Attorneys for Steve Bannon said Thursday that they will call no witnesses in the contempt trial of the former White House strategist, indicating that the case could be submitted to the jury later Thursday,” USA Today reports.
Hunter Biden Investigation Reaches Critical Juncture
CNN: “Discussions recently have centered around possibly bringing charges that could include alleged tax violations and making a false statement in connection with Biden’s purchase of a firearm at a time he would have been prohibited from doing so because of his acknowledged struggles with drug addiction…”
“The Justice Department investigation initially focused on Hunter Biden’s financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Joe Biden was vice president. But investigators have examined a swath of broader conduct, including whether Hunter Biden and associates violated money laundering, campaign finance, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as whether Hunter Biden broke federal firearm and other regulations.”
“As the investigation has entered its final stages, prosecutors have narrowed their focus to tax and gun-related charges.”
Fox News: “A source says officials are weighing possible charges for tax violations, foreign lobbying and false statements.”
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