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Chief Financial Officer Of Multinational Media Company Charged With Participating In Scheme To Launder At Least $67 Million In Fraud Proceeds — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District …
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
DOJ Says Epoch Times Newspaper Is an Epic Money-Laundering Operation — One of the strangest stories in media over the past decade is the Epoch Times, a formerly free newspaper distributed on the streets of New York that focuses on conspiracist, right-wing takes and reports that are extremely critical of the Chinese Communist Party.
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The Bulwark, more at Mediagazer »
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Feds Indict Far-Right Media Exec in Massive Money Laundering Scheme — Bill Guan, the chief financial officer of the far-right Epoch Times, was indicted Monday on charges of allegedly participating in a massive money laundering scheme. — The Southern District of New York released a statement saying …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Feds Accuse Far-Right Newspaper of Being a Money Laundering Operation — $67 MILLION! — The indictment alleges the conspiracy-fueled paper's massive revenue growth in recent years was tied to the chief financial officer's fraudulent “Make Money Online” team.
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Raw Story, USA Today and Crooks and Liars
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Don't let MAGA theatrics fool you: Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions are not helping him — Many people mistake cynicism for savviness. So, of course, it took no time at all for some political pundits to rush forward to declare that Donald Trump's historic 34 felony convictions would somehow “help” him.
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Ryan Brooks / NBC News:
Biden calls Trump a ‘convicted felon’ who ‘snapped’ after the 2020 election — The president also called Trump, who was found guilty last week in his New York criminal trial, “unhinged.” — President Joe Biden called former President Donald Trump a “convicted felon” who “snapped” …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Biden Goes After Trump's Felon Status at Connecticut Fund-Raiser
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump raises $141 million in May, bolstered by guilty verdict
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress braces for “large” boycott, disruptions of Netanyahu speech … - Netanyahu's 2015 speech to Congress, which was a major snub of the Obama administration, was skipped by 58 Democratic lawmakers. — Many Democrats this year argued against inviting Netanyahu in the first place …
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Washington Post and NBC News
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Axios:
How politics, timing shaped Biden's border gambit … - He's also using the power of the presidency to stare down his critics in Congress, confident that voters want to see action — not just rhetoric — on the border. — Biden's willing to risk a defeat in the courts and anger …
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Axios:
Dems in tight races spurn Biden border event
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Associated Press:
Biden prepares a tough executive order that would shut down asylum after 2,500 migrants arrive a day
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TIME:
Read the Full Transcript of President Joe Biden's Interview With TIME — President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on May 28. — Over the course of the interview, Biden spoke at length about his foreign policy agenda, including his views on China, Taiwan …
Associated Press:
Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit — A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘I will not be intimidated’: Garland to rebut contempt threats from House GOP — House Republicans are expected to grill the attorney general about the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. — Attorney General Merrick Garland will use an appearance on Capitol Hill on Tuesday …
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emptywheel:
Big Media Ignoring the Who What When Why of GOP Apology for Trump's Crimes — Even before and especially in the wake of Trump's guilty verdict, members of the MAGAt Party has stumbled over themselves to declare fealty to Donald Trump, and in the process to demean rule of law. — Video
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Talking Points Memo, IJR and Washington Post
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Trump's appeal hearing on Fani Willis set for October, likely pushing trial past election — Trump is appealing the ruling that led DA Fani Willis stay on his election case. — Former President Donald Trump attends UFC 302 at Prudential Center on June 1, 2024, in Newark, N.J.
Public Notice:
Biden's fight against monopolies is a fight for democracy — Antitrust enforcement matters. — ∙ Paid … In 2022, Penny Harrison spent nine hours online with Live Nation/Ticketmaster trying to get tickets for the Taylor Swift Eras tour for her three children.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Feds raid corporate landlord, escalating nationwide criminal probe of rent increases — Over the last four years, rents have skyrocketed by an average of over 30% nationwide and are a major factor in the overall inflation rate. There are a variety of factors behind the increases, including an overall housing shortage.
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How a Drop in Small-Dollar Donations Is Shaking Up Both Parties … For years, Anna Cypert responded to the daily texts, calls and letters that she received from Democrats asking for money, often marked URGENT or SOS. The former nurse sent what she could: $5 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
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RedState
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘So totally sketchy’: New report on Trump criminal case witnesses stuns legal experts — It isn't unusual for an expert witness to be paid for testimony, but a new report that former President Donald Trump's media company and campaign have delivered major financial benefits to nine witnesses in his criminal trials is raising concerns.
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New Republic, New Jersey Online, Iowa Starting Line, The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
New York Tosses Stefanik's Trump Court Complaint in Bank Fraud Civil Suit — N.Y. CONFIDENTIAL — Stefanik supported the former president by complaining about a judge and his clerk in Trump's bank fraud civil suit. The Daily Beast can reveal it was rejected as groundless.
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Raw Story
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Russia Gave Millions to Far-Right Politicians Via Fake News Site: Report — ‘VOICE OF EUROPE’ — Russia gave European far-right politicians large amounts of cash through a propaganda operation intended to sow division on the continent, according to a report.
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Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, The Kyiv Independent and Washington Post
The Hill:
Menendez files independent bid for Senate seat — Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) filed to run for another term in the Senate as an independent on Monday, as his federal bribery trial continues. Menendez had announced in March that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for his Senate seat …
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Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to seek independent reelection bid amid federal corruption trial
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