Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed a request from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) to turn around and address victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were in the audience of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, resulting in a shouting match during which the attorney general accused the lawmaker of “theatrics.”
Lindsey Granger gives her lens on a Republican Congressman calling for an investigation into Bad Bunny's halftime show performance. #LindseyGranger #BadBunny #HalftimeShow
President Trump has increasingly tested how far political retribution can stretch into the justice system, but his efforts to prosecute his perceived political opponents during his second term have repeatedly fallen short. Why it matters: Federal grand juries almost always return indictments — rejecting them only five times out of more than 165,000 cases nationwide in 2013, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics . - Prosecutors need only 12 of 23 grand jurors to secure an inducement, underscoring the gap between Trump's political threats and the legal system's response. - The White House referred Axios' request for comment to the Justice Department, which did not immediately respond. Comey case unravels in court A federal…
President Trump has increasingly tested how far political retribution can stretch into the justice system, but his efforts to prosecute his perceived political opponents during his second term have repeatedly fallen short. Why it matters: Federal grand juries almost always return indictments — rejecting them only five times out of more than 165,000 cases nationwide in 2013, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics . - Prosecutors need only 12 of 23 grand jurors to secure an inducement, underscoring the gap between Trump's political threats and the legal system's response. - The White House referred Axios' request for comment to the Justice Department, which did not immediately respond. Comey case unravels in court A federal…Open
In Fresno, California, an all-Black fire crew is responding to calls, saving lives and showing up in a community where representation matters. They say people are always surprised to see them. In areas like the city's west side, one firefighter says they get to interact with a lot of kids that look like them. "I think that's important for those kids to see us. A full crew, full of African-American firefighters, being out there, serving the community." Another crew member echoes that sentiment, saying, "I know I didn’t see that growing up. And maybe I would have gotten into this earlier if I was able to see it." More: https://tinyurl.com/nzctmafy #BlackHistoryMonth #firefighters #firstresponders