Politics
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director.
California
Two months after she was recalled as Oakland mayor, Sheng Thao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury, a blow to a city whose voters have made it clear they are fed up with crime and government dysfunction.
Democrats had complained about Patel’s lack of management experience and highlighted incendiary past statements that they said called his judgment into question.
World & Nation
FBI agents who participated in investigations related to the Capitol riot and Trump’s classified documents case sue over efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries.
President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, got rich consulting for a roster of foreign clients whose interests may clash with the law enforcement agency he hopes to lead
President Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.
The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Trump’s administration examines the investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Trump administration fires prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases and is moving to fire FBI agents involved in investigations involving the president.
Awards
Based on a true story, the film is a period piece about neo-Nazis in the Pacific Northwest. The actor and his director couldn’t have known that the events of the early 1980s would be as timely as they are today.
According to an FBI report obtained by ABC, organized theft groups from South America are behind recent burglaries at the homes of at least nine pro athletes.