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2 Russians Used Largest Pieces Of Malware Ever, Stole Millions From Banks
U.S. and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they believe responsible for separate global hacking schemes that deployed some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.
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"Urged To Tweet Support For Trump": Ex-Ukraine Envoy Testifies
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified that she was the target of a secret plot to orchestrate her removal that involved President Donald Trump's personal attorney and Ukrainian officials suspected of fostering corruption, according to a transcript of her testimony released Monday by House impeachment investigators.
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Officers Watching Jeffrey Epstein Were On Overtime, Union President Says
The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed when he apparently hanged himself Saturday were working overtime - one forced to do so by management, the other for his fourth or fifth consecutive day, the president of the local union for jail ...
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Jeffrey Epstein, Sex-Trafficking Accused On Suicide Watch, Kills Himself
Jeffrey Epstein, the politically connected financier charged recently with sexually abusing dozens of young girls in the early 2000s, died Saturday after apparently hanging himself in a Manhattan cell, officials said, sparking outrage among victims who hoped to one day confront him in court and triggering multiple investigations into what happened.
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Man Who Mailed Explosive Devices To Trump Critics Gets 20 Years In Jail
Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of President Donald Trump who last year mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after a judge concluded that Sayoc hated his victims but had not meant to kill them.
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"I'm F****d," Trump Had Said On Mueller's Appointment, His Report Says
The report from special counsel Robert Mueller III lays out in alarming detail abundant evidence against President Donald Trump, finding 10 "episodes" of potential obstruction of justice but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller's role to determine whether the commander in chief broke the law.
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Trump's 2016 Campaign Didn't Collude With Russians, Finds Mueller Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller III did not find that Donald Trump's campaign or any of his associates conspired with Russia in its efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a summary of Mueller's findings sent to lawmakers Sunday.
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FBI Accuses Wealthy Parents, Celebrities In College-Entrance Bribery Scam
The Justice Department on Tuesday charged 50 people - including two television stars - with participating in a multimillion dollar bribery scheme that enabled privileged students with lackluster grades to attend prestigious colleges and universities.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer Parent Company of 'Extortion' Over 'Intimate Texts'
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he was the target of an extortion and blackmail effort by the National Enquirer.
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FBI Probe Team Didn't Know Extent Of Allegations Against Trump Lawyer
When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Donald Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller III treated the request as he would almost any other story.
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Report On Trump Telling Lawyer To Lie To Congress Not Accurate: Official
An explosive report from BuzzFeed News alleging that US President Donald Trump directed his lawyer to lie to Congress is "not accurate," a spokesman for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday, a rare statement disputing a news report.
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Lied About Trump's Knowledge Of Moscow Project To Congress: Michael Cohen
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to lying to Congress about a Moscow real estate project that Trump and his company pursued at the same time he was securing the GOP nomination in 2016. In a nine-page filing, prosecutors laid out a litany of lies that Cohen admitted he told to congre...
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Who Infuriated Trump On Russia Probe, Forced Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday at President Donald Trump's request, ending the tenure of a beleaguered loyalist whose relationship with the president was ruined when Sessions recused himself from control of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Mail Bomb Suspect Kept List Of Over 100 Possible Targets, Official Says
The Florida man accused of sending more than a dozen possible bombs to prominent Democratic and media figures who have been critical of President Donald Trump kept a list of more than 100 possible targets, a law enforcement official said Monday, as authorities intercepted another suspicious package addressed to CNN.
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Stray Fingerprint, Bad Spelling Led Cops To Suspect Who Mailed Bombs
A man in Florida with a lengthy criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with sending 13 packages containing improvised explosive devices to high-profile figures across the country, authorities said.
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2 Russians Used Largest Pieces Of Malware Ever, Stole Millions From Banks
U.S. and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they believe responsible for separate global hacking schemes that deployed some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.
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"Urged To Tweet Support For Trump": Ex-Ukraine Envoy Testifies
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified that she was the target of a secret plot to orchestrate her removal that involved President Donald Trump's personal attorney and Ukrainian officials suspected of fostering corruption, according to a transcript of her testimony released Monday by House impeachment investigators.
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Officers Watching Jeffrey Epstein Were On Overtime, Union President Says
The two correctional officers assigned to watch the special unit in the detention center where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was being housed when he apparently hanged himself Saturday were working overtime - one forced to do so by management, the other for his fourth or fifth consecutive day, the president of the local union for jail ...
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Jeffrey Epstein, Sex-Trafficking Accused On Suicide Watch, Kills Himself
Jeffrey Epstein, the politically connected financier charged recently with sexually abusing dozens of young girls in the early 2000s, died Saturday after apparently hanging himself in a Manhattan cell, officials said, sparking outrage among victims who hoped to one day confront him in court and triggering multiple investigations into what happened.
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Man Who Mailed Explosive Devices To Trump Critics Gets 20 Years In Jail
Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of President Donald Trump who last year mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after a judge concluded that Sayoc hated his victims but had not meant to kill them.
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"I'm F****d," Trump Had Said On Mueller's Appointment, His Report Says
The report from special counsel Robert Mueller III lays out in alarming detail abundant evidence against President Donald Trump, finding 10 "episodes" of potential obstruction of justice but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller's role to determine whether the commander in chief broke the law.
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Trump's 2016 Campaign Didn't Collude With Russians, Finds Mueller Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller III did not find that Donald Trump's campaign or any of his associates conspired with Russia in its efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a summary of Mueller's findings sent to lawmakers Sunday.
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FBI Accuses Wealthy Parents, Celebrities In College-Entrance Bribery Scam
The Justice Department on Tuesday charged 50 people - including two television stars - with participating in a multimillion dollar bribery scheme that enabled privileged students with lackluster grades to attend prestigious colleges and universities.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer Parent Company of 'Extortion' Over 'Intimate Texts'
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he was the target of an extortion and blackmail effort by the National Enquirer.
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FBI Probe Team Didn't Know Extent Of Allegations Against Trump Lawyer
When a BuzzFeed reporter first sought comment on the news outlet's explosive report that President Donald Trump had directed his lawyer to lie to Congress, the spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller III treated the request as he would almost any other story.
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Report On Trump Telling Lawyer To Lie To Congress Not Accurate: Official
An explosive report from BuzzFeed News alleging that US President Donald Trump directed his lawyer to lie to Congress is "not accurate," a spokesman for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday, a rare statement disputing a news report.
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Lied About Trump's Knowledge Of Moscow Project To Congress: Michael Cohen
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to lying to Congress about a Moscow real estate project that Trump and his company pursued at the same time he was securing the GOP nomination in 2016. In a nine-page filing, prosecutors laid out a litany of lies that Cohen admitted he told to congre...
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Who Infuriated Trump On Russia Probe, Forced Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday at President Donald Trump's request, ending the tenure of a beleaguered loyalist whose relationship with the president was ruined when Sessions recused himself from control of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Mail Bomb Suspect Kept List Of Over 100 Possible Targets, Official Says
The Florida man accused of sending more than a dozen possible bombs to prominent Democratic and media figures who have been critical of President Donald Trump kept a list of more than 100 possible targets, a law enforcement official said Monday, as authorities intercepted another suspicious package addressed to CNN.
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Stray Fingerprint, Bad Spelling Led Cops To Suspect Who Mailed Bombs
A man in Florida with a lengthy criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with sending 13 packages containing improvised explosive devices to high-profile figures across the country, authorities said.
