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November 19, 2020

Ex-Army Green Beret pleads guilty to conspiring with Russians

A former Army Green Beret pleaded guilty this week to conspiring with Russian intelligence sources dating as far back as the 1990s.

November 19, 2020

DOJ files Endangered Species Act complaint against 'Tiger King' star Jeff Lowe

The Department of Justice has gotten involved in the ongoing legal troubles of former “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe with a new civil complaint filed Thursday alleging repeated violations of the Endangered Species and Animal Welfare acts, according to authorities.

November 18, 2020

Durham probe moving 'full steam ahead' after Election Day: source

U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe remains “full steam ahead,” a source familiar with his progress told Fox News, despite concerns from Republicans and allies of President Trump that the probe has been dormant following Election Day.

November 18, 2020

Xavier Becerra, possible Biden AG pick, once said illegal immigration should be decriminalized

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who Fox News is told is being considered to serve as attorney general in the upcoming Biden administration, once said that illegal immigration should be decriminalized -- one of a number of radical stances he has taken on the subject.

November 16, 2020

Lisa Montgomery's lawyers seek to delay execution after contracting coronavirus

Two lawyers representing Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to face the federal death penalty in nearly 70 years, have moved to delay her execution because they contracted the coronavirus while working on her case, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

November 13, 2020

FBI wanted to arrest Jeffrey Epstein at beauty pageant in 2007

The FBI wanted to arrest Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 in the U.S. Virgin Islands while he was judging a beauty contest but it did not -- in a missed opportunity the bureau's supervisory special agent was "extremely upset" about.

November 12, 2020

DOJ finds ‘poor judgment’ but no misconduct by Alexander Acosta in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case

The Justice Department said Thursday that U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta exercised “poor judgment" while brokering a deal to end a federal probe into billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but did not find any evidence of professional misconduct on Acosta's part. 

November 12, 2020

Trump urged by over 1,000 advocates to stop death sentence for inmate who cut baby out of pregnant woman

More than 1,000 advocates, including current and former prosecutors and anti-trafficking organizations, are asking President Trump to spare the life of the only woman currently on death row in the U.S. who was convicted of strangling a pregnant woman and cutting out the baby to raise as her own.

November 12, 2020

Ex-HHS Secretary Price & Ortiz: ObamaCare court challenge no threat to preexisting conditions coverage

People with preexisting medical conditions are not threatened by the Trump administration's legal challenge to ObamaCare.

November 10, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: In Russia hoax probe, fired FBI Deputy Director McCabe gives ludicrous defense of misconduct

Smug and arrogant as ever, McCabe appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee and brushed aside all the evidence of the FBI's abuse of power under his watch. He dismissed it as mere mistakes, not malevolence.