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Ex-UN Employee Charged With Making False Statements to Cover Up Sexual Assaults: Feds
A former United Nations employee was charged with two counts of making false statements to federal agents in an effort to conceal his drugging and sexual assault of multiple women while he worked for the intergovernmental organization, according to federal officials. Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr.,…
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US Attorney Outlines Charges Against Ghislaine Maxwell
Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, outlines the charges filed against Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Here's Who is Taking Over Manhattan's U.S. Attorney's Office After Berman Firing
The 72-year-old Democrat helped lead the charge against President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, showing that prosecutors believed the president encouraged the campaign finance fraud that resulted in payouts to silence two women about alleged affairs
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Why Was the U.S. Attorney for New York Fired?
There are new questions about the firing of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman. Jonathan Dienst reports.
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AG William Barr Says Trump Fired U.S. Attorney in Manhattan Investigating Trump Allies
It was unclear why Geoffrey Berman was leaving the position, but the sudden resignation is likely to raise additional questions from Democrats who have accused Barr of politicizing the Justice Department
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AG Barr: President Fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman
The U.S. attorney who oversaw key prosecutions of allies of President Donald Trump and an investigation into Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has resigned following a public back-and-forth with Attorney General William Barr. Adam Harding reports.
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Refuses to Step Down, Rebukes AG William Barr
The U.S. attorney who oversaw key prosecutions of allies of President Donald Trump and an investigation into Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied claims he was resigning from his post, he said in a statement. Jonathan Dienst reports.
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76-Year-Old Man Arrested After Allegedly Trying to Snatch 10-Year-Old Boy Walking With Parents in Queens
A 76-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to snatch a child and pull him into a building as he walked by with his parents in Queens Monday.
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Cops Probe Death of 26-Year-Old NYC Woman as ‘Suspicious,' Officials Say
Authorities are investigating the death of a 26-year-old woman found in a Queens bedroom as suspicious, officials said Tuesday.
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NYPD Investigating Suspicious Death in Queens
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a young woman in Queens. Katherine Creag reports.
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Uber Driver Sentenced After Kidnapping Sleeping NYC Passenger
An Uber driver was sentenced after kidnapping a sleeping New York City passenger and trying to take them to Boston to get more fare money
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NYC Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Trading Child Porn on the Dark Web: Police
A New York City teacher has been arrested for allegedly trading child porn videos on the dark web, the NYPD said.
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NYC Teacher Charged for Trading Child Porn on Dark Web: Cops
Jonathan Schweitzer, 41, has been arrested for allegedly trading child porn videos on the dark web.
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Prosecutors: 19 Charged With Sex Trafficking Young Girls
Nineteen people have been charged in connection with the sex trafficking of more than a dozen girls and women, some of whom were as young as 13 years old, prosecutors said.
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NYC Man Tried to Strangle Girlfriend on Cruise Ship, Prosecutors Say
A Queens man allegedly dragged his girlfriend through the hallways of a cruise ship and choked her until she passed out after the two got into an argument, prosecutors said.
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Iran-Based Hacker Charged With Trying to Extort HBO
An Iran-based hacker plotted to extort HBO out of $6 million by threatening to release stolen episodes and scripts of hit shows, such as “Game of Thrones,” at one point taunting the network with a twist on a catch phrase form that series: “Winter is coming. HBO is falling.”