FBI seized New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ phones, iPad in fundraising investigation
NEW YORK — FBI agents seized New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ iPhones and iPad in what appears to be part of a corruption investigation into campaign fundraising. The seizure happened Monday night. The FBI approached the mayor on the street, asked his security to step aside and confiscated two iPhones and an iPad. They were returned a […]
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FBI probe shows there’s much potential for corruption in Mayor Adams’ circle
There’s no good time for a mayor to be enveloped in a haze of corruption, but there couldn’t be a worse time for New York for this mayor to be surrounded in scandal. Mayor Adams and his tight claque of cronies have more discretionary power over the city’s spending than any administration in recent history, just as […]
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GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism | #elections | #alabama
Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them significant political problems heading into the 2024 election. GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories […]
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Washington, D.C., or Alabama? GOP and FBI are at odds for a new spot for the agency’s headquarters | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
When Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than idle thinking about an office renovation. “This idea that we’re going to build a new, big Pentagon and put all the FBI mainly in one place, […]
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Man arrested for allegedly threatening Senator Tuberville | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MERRIMACK COUNTY, N.H. (WBRC) – A New Hampshire man has been arrested for allegedly threatening Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville. The FBI is charging 66-year-old Brian Landry from New Hampshire with threatening to assault, kidnap or murder member of congress. The charges stem from a message left on the senator’s office voicemail. While the court […]
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FBI expands investigation into Mayor LaToya Cantrell
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Mayor LaToya Cantrell claims the FBI probe into purchases made by her image consultant doesn’t directly impact her, but Fox 8 has learned federal agents recently expanded their investigation. The FBI is digging into thousands of dollars in purchases made by Cantrell’s stylist, Tanya Blunt Haynes. Cantrell was asked about the […]
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What J. Edgar Hoover, FBI really thought about John Lindsay
In 1955, John Lindsay was a rising star at the US Department of Justice and in good graces with then-FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. But over the next decade and a half, the charismatic, Kennedy-esque New York City mayor’s bromance with the larger-than-life G-man soured right up until Hoover’s 1972 death, according to a review […]
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Federal authorities investigating clothing purchases linked to Mayor Cantrell
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Federal investigators are looking into a series of clothing purchases made in the past five years by a New Orleans salon owner who also works as a personal shopper and stylist for Mayor LaToya Cantrell. A source with knowledge of the investigation told Fox 8 that FBI agents have requested documents […]
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Mayor Adams needs to fight crime, not Texas Gov. Abbott
Since his election, Mayor Adams has consistently focused on crime and the reasons behind its lethal rise. He has battled fellow Democrats in the City Council and Albany over their changes to bail laws and other measures that make the problem worse. Yet with NYPD statistics showing he has made only marginal progress, Adams’ attention […]
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Former University of Arkansas Professor Jailed for Lying to Federal Agents About Patents in China
A former professor at the University of Arkansas was sentenced on June 16 to a year and a day in prison followed by one year of supervised release on one count of providing a false statement to the FBI regarding the existence of patents for his inventions in China, according to the Department of Justice. […]
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