Epstein allegedly invoked 5th Amendment 500 times during deposition, skirted questions about Clinton

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly refused to answer questions during a deposition with Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers and invoked the Fifth Amendment 500 times, according to newly revealed court documents. Using the Constitutional amendment, which gives Americans the right to not self-incriminate themselves, Epstein refused to answer at least three questions related to former President Bill … Read more

Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized following surgery complications

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recovering after complications following elective surgery, and was admitted into a Washington D.C. hospital on Monday, the Pentagon said.  “On the evening of January 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for complications following a recent elective medical procedure,” Pentagon … Read more

US supreme court allows Idaho’s strict abortion ban to stand pending hearing

Biden administration had argued hospitals receiving Medicare funds are required to provide emergency care, including abortion The US supreme court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein’s employee invoked 5th at least 42 times, including questions about Bill Clinton: documents

Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged accomplice and former employee, Nadia Marcinkova, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights at least 42 times during a 2010 deposition, including when she was asked if she had been on an airplane with the deceased financier and former President Bill Clinton, according to a third batch of court documents released Friday by a … Read more

Ex-police officer sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing Elijah McClain in 2019

Randy Roedema, found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, is the first official to be sentenced in the 23-year-old’s killing A former Colorado police officer convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain was sentenced to 14 months in county jail on Friday. Randy Roedema, an ex-Aurora police department (APD) officer, was found guilty of criminally … Read more

Biden attacks Trump as grave threat to democracy in rousing 2024 speech

On eve of January 6 anniversary, US president condemns likely rival and warns voters ‘democracy is on the ballot’ in November A day before the third anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Joe Biden delivered a pointed speech to warn voters against re-electing Donald Trump, criticizing the likely Republican presidential nominee … Read more