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Money laundering and prostitution charges against Backpage may be weak

April 14, 2018

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice seized and shutdown Backpage.com, the online equivalent of a newspaper’s classified ads section. But while many considered the website to be a useful tool for advertising their used goods and services online, the DOJ is now accusing Backpage’s executives of money laundering and using the website to facilitate […]

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Tex McIver Murder Trial Analysis

March 27, 2018

TRANSCRIPT: Michaela: The star witness in a high-profile murder trial is finally finished with several days of pretty grueling testimony. Tex McIver is accused of intentionally shooting his wife in the back as they drove through Atlanta. The only witness to this, Dani Jo Carter. She was driving the moment her best friend was shot. […]

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Should President Trump agree to be interviewed by the Special Counsel?

February 8, 2018

Transcript: Brooke: More breaking news. We’re following, today, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says it is time to subpoena former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and to enforce the subpoena of the former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Talking about Congressman Adam Schiff, he wants to compel both of these men […]

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President Trump and FBI Director disagree on Nunes memo

February 3, 2018

Transcript Amara: Well, CNN legal analyst and constitutional attorney, Page Pate, joining us now, here in studio, to break this all down for us. A lot to talk about. Let’s start with this December meeting that President Trump had with the Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein. Again, he was appointed by Trump, and the President […]

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Drug conspiracy charges and possible defenses for pharmacists charged in “Operation Faux Pharmacy”

December 6, 2017

The DEA announced today that it has launched “Operation Faux Pharmacy,” a large-scale investigation targeting 26 pharmacies across California, Hawaii, and Nevada. As the name Operation Faux Pharmacy suggests, the DEA is investigating whether these pharmacies distributed prescription opioids “outside the bounds of legitimate medicine” and in violation of the Controlled Substances Act…

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