Tag: criminal
Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony
Carrie Johnson The Justice Department has leveled charges against former FBI Director James Comey, after President Trump demanded prosecutors speed up their pace in an investigation targeting one of his most prominent critics. Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony to the…
Colombia’s Petro urges ‘criminal process’ against Trump for Venezuelan strikes
At UN, Gustavo Petro says ‘poor young people’ died in US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Caribbean coast Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a “criminal process” to be opened against counterpart Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Petro…
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
Jasmine Garsd President Trump is enacting a mass deportation campaign promised to be the largest in U.S. history. New data is giving a clearer picture of exactly what that looks like: at least 56,000 immigrants are being held in ICE detention. According to the Deportation Data Project, a group that collects immigration numbers, about half…
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo. Luis Alberto CastilloYajaira Castillo By Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz Julie Turkewitz reported from Bogotá, Colombia, and Hamed Aleaziz from Washington. Luis…
Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it ‘illegitimate’
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. The measure places financial and visa restrictions on individuals and their families who assist in ICC investigations of American citizens or allies. In January, the US House of…
Labour to make taking intimate images without consent a criminal offence
Ministers say predators could face two years in jail, and plan to include creating sexually explicit deepfakes in bill Predators who take intimate images of unwitting victims or install cameras to do so could face up to two years’ in jail under plans drawn up by Labour. Ministers have also confirmed that they plan to…
The Most Harrowing Details From Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Criminal Case
Sean “Diddy” Combs is due to go to trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in May 2025. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts amid a pile-up of shocking allegations. Federal prosecutors maintain there’s no way out for Sean “Diddy” Combs. Apart from the accusations detailed against him in numerous lawsuits, the Bad…