Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi San Francisco Superior Court released video and audio recorded during last year’s attack on Paul Pelosi after a California court ruled the district attorney’s office must make the materials public. The footage shows the chaos of the moment in which alleged assailant David DePape attacked the husband
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Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to over 6 years in jail
Capitol Hill community remembers fallen police officer 03:41 – Source: CNN Politics of the Day 17 videos Capitol Hill community remembers fallen police officer 03:41 Now playing – Source: CNN ‘Mistakes were made’: Pence on classified documents found at his home 02:37 Now playing – Source: CNN Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi
Continue ReadingRNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel elected to fourth consecutive term
Dana Point, California CNN — Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term Friday after winning the support of about two-thirds of the RNC members who gathered here for their winter meeting. McDaniel fended off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC committeewoman from California and an attorney who
Continue ReadingJustice Department announces new arrests in plot to kill New York-based journalist directed from Iran
Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images CNN — The Justice Department announced new arrests Friday in a plot to kill a New York-based journalist and human rights activist who is critical of the Iranian government. The three men charged, who are allegedly part of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran, are facing murder-for-hire and money
Continue ReadingPeter Navarro contempt of Congress trial delayed for months over executive privilege issues
CNN — A federal judge on Friday delayed the contempt of Congress trial for former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, likely for months, to allow for additional pre-trial debate over the role executive privilege could play when the case goes to a jury. Over the course of a nearly two-hour hearing Friday, US District Judge
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors discussed charging Trump in Stormy Daniels case when he left office, book says
Book reveals why prosecutors didn’t charge Trump over hush money payments 02:08 – Source: CNN Politics of the Day 16 videos Book reveals why prosecutors didn’t charge Trump over hush money payments 02:08 Now playing – Source: CNN Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi 03:35 Now playing – Source: CNN Manchin: McCarthy didn’t
Continue ReadingElon Musk meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries
CNN — Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday evening. McCarthy, leaving the meeting with Musk in his office, declined to comment other than to say: “He came for my birthday.” The California Republican turned 58 on
Continue ReadingFBI seizes website used by notorious ransomware gang
CNN — The FBI has seized the computer infrastructure used by a notorious ransomware gang which has extorted more than $100 million from hospitals, schools and other victims around the world, US officials announced Thursday. FBI officials since July have had extraordinary access to the so-called Hive ransomware group’s computer networks, FBI Director Christopher Wray
Continue ReadingUS introduces new sanctions targeting Russia’s Wagner mercenary group
CNN — The US Treasury Department on Thursday designated the Wagner Group, a Russian private mercenary organization heavily involved in the war in Ukraine, as a significant transnational criminal organization, and imposed a slew of sanctions on a transnational network that supports it. The US Department of State concurrently announced a number of sanctions meant
Continue ReadingNational Archives asks former presidents and vice presidents to check for classified and presidential documents
Washington CNN — The National Archives is formally asking former presidents and vice presidents to re-check their personal records for any classified documents or other presidential records in the wake of classified documents discovered in the homes of former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden over the last year.
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