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DOJ accuses Russian intelligence agents of plotting to murder U.S. dissident

The Justice Department is accusing several members of Russia’s intelligence services of running a “global assassination network” that targeted Kremlin critics — including one alleged murder plot on U.S. soil over the summer. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed an indictment Tuesday against five people who belonged to what they called the “RIS Network,” including…

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Trump administration will comply with mail ballot ruling by Supreme Court, Blanche says

Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged the Trump administration would comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that effectively blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting ahead of November’s midterm elections. The high court rejected the administration’s efforts to move forward with the new rules, which were finalized last month, while…

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DOJ’s top prosecutor in LA hires law enforcement liaison with pending battery charge, string of DUIs

The new liaison to local law enforcement for the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is facing state criminal charges himself, and has a string of prior convictions for driving under the influence, public records show. Shawn Christopher Lewis, who previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli’s chief of staff when he was…

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