
UPI - 6 hours 56 min ago
Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida U.S. House member, was indicted by a federal grand jury for federal disaster funds theft and illegal campaign contributions.

The Guardian - 10 hours 14 min ago
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick accused of funneling money to family healthcare business for 2021 congressional campaign Democratic representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly funneling more than $5m worth of federal disaster funds from her company into her 2021 congressional campaign. The indictment states that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, stole $5m in Fema overpayments that their family healthcare company received...

The Hill - 10 hours 58 min ago
A grand jury indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) for allegedly stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and using some of it to fund her campaign, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin, received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds in July 2021, while their health care company was working on a FEMA-funded staffing contract tied to COVID-19 vaccinations. The congresswoman served...

NY Post - 11 hours 13 min ago
Cherfilus-McCormick, who has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since December 2023, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami and faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted.

Newser - 14 hours 20 min ago
A court hearing on Wednesday revealed a significant procedural lapse in the case against former FBI director James Comey, with Justice Department lawyers admitting that the full grand jury never reviewed the final indictment. The Washington Post reports that the "remarkable admission" came as US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff pressed...

New York Times - 14 hours 28 min ago
President Trump has consistently attacked James B. Comey since firing him as F.B.I. director in May 2017.

The Guardian - 14 hours 36 min ago
Concession by federal lawyers adds to mounting challenges in effort to prosecute the former FBI director Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they had never presented the final version of the indictment filed against James Comey to a full federal grand jury, a concession that adds to mounting challenges in their effort to prosecute the former FBI director. Prosecutors acknowledged the omission during a Wednesday hearing in which Comey's lawyers argued the case against him should be dismissed...

NBC News - 15 hours 5 sec ago
Not all grand jury members saw final Comey indictment...

Fortune - 15 hours 13 min ago
Under questioning, prosecutor Lindsey Halligan said only two grand jurors, including the foreperson, were present when the final indictment was presented.

ABC News - 16 hours 2 min ago
A grand jury in Texas has indicted a man on a murder charge in the shooting of "King of the Hill" voice actor Jonathan Joss...

NBC News - 16 hours 15 min ago
During a hearing, Justice Department attorneys admitted that not every member of the grand jury in the case against former FBI Director James Comey saw the final version of the indictment. NBC News' Ryan Reilly has details on the admission and how it could cause the case against Comey to be thrown out.

Fox News - 17 hours 6 min ago
Judge finds interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan signed final indictment against James Comey that was never presented to full grand jury.

The Hill - 17 hours 35 min ago
The Justice Department on Wednesday admitted that the operative indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never presented to the full grand jury a procedural error defense attorneys say should bar the prosecution. The admission came under sharp questioning from U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, after several judges overseeing parts of the...

NY Post - 17 hours 35 min ago
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Lindsey Halligan, the interim US attorney who secured the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, admitted to the trial judge Wednesday that the full grand jury never saw the final version of the charges against the former top lawman. Halligan told US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff that “the foreperson and another...

Boston Herald - 18 hours 41 min ago
Comey's lawyers said that lapse was grounds for dismissal of the case.

The Independent - 19 hours 33 min ago
A Bexar County, Texas grand jury handed down the indictment against suspect Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez shortly before noon on Monday...