The Justice Department intends to reconsider the death sentence in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of 30 counts in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. During the bombings, three people were killed and hundreds injured. The decision comes after a federal appeals court in Massachusetts …
Read More »Former FBI attorney pleads guilty to probe into Russian investigation
Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty as part of the investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the election of 2016, according to a source …
Read More »Former FBI attorney pleads guilty to probe into Russian investigation
Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty as part of the investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the election of 2016, according to a source …
Read More »Department of Justice accuses Yale University of discriminating against Asian and White applicants
A Justice Department investigation has found that Yale University is illegally discriminatory against Asian American and White candidates, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegations, calling it “meritorious” and “urgent.” The findings, detailed in a letter to high school attorneys Thursday, highlight the …
Read More »Singapore adviser glad a former student has been caught in a US espionage case
A Chinese academic linked to a Singaporean consultant who pleaded guilty to acting as a spy for Beijing said he was pleased that his former student was detained by US authorities. Huang Jing confirmed to Bloomberg Television that he served as Dickson Yeo’s PhD Advisor a few years ago, when …
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