Thursday, February 26, 2026

Explainer: Russia disrupts Ukraine peace talks with timed false accusations -- 1st Ukrainian drone factory starts production in UK -- While global attention is divided, the largest displacement crisis in Europe is deepening -- The problem with counting military losses in Russia's war [Vlogs/videos] ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/thursday-february-26-2026/

Goldstein Convicted on 12 of 16 Criminal Counts After Trial (2)

Poker-playing former US Supreme Court litigator Tom Goldstein has been found guilty of 12 of 16 counts following…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #criminalfraud #excisetax #falsestatements #Juries #taxevasion #taxfraud #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/408927/

Via #TheHill @ 11:59am EST in Nov 20, 2025

A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted #PoliticalAttack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.

#NatalieGreene, 26, who once worked for Rep. #JeffVanDrew (R-N.J.), faces #FederalCharges of #Conspiracy and making #FalseStatements to #LawEnforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

#MAGA #RepublicansAreTheProblem

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/

Supreme Court overturns Lee Jae-myung's election law case, remanding it to Seoul High Court for retrial amid accusations of false statements during presidential campaign
#YonhapInfomax #SupremeCourt #LeeJaeMyung #ElectionLaw #Retrial #FalseStatements #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=61369
VP debate: Walz, Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other's running mate

In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns' vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene. Both Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, focused many of their criticisms on the top of the ticket, as is traditional for VP debates. They each pointed to the crises of the day as reasons for voters to choose Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump.

AP News

This is a #CRIMINAL case charged under Title 18 of the USC.

Title 18 is the criminal code of the #UnitedStates #federal government.

#Trump is charged under:

18 USC Chpt 47 §1001
#fraud & #FalseStatements

18 USC Chpt 7 §118 #obstruction

&

18 USC Chpt 37 #Espionage §793 gathering, transmitting or losing #defense information (e) unauthorized #possession.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18

U.S. Code: Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

LII / Legal Information Institute

As per #RawStory

« #SpecialCounsel #David #Weiss said former #FBI informant #AlexanderSmirnov should not be released before his trial because he could flee the country at any time and has had contacts with #Russian intelligence agents
Smirnov, 43, is facing charges of making #FalseStatements that were reportedly about President #JoeBiden and his son, Hunter. The longtime informant was a crucial witness in #HouseRepublicans' march to impeach the president »

#HunterBiden

https://www.rawstory.com/house-gop-impeachment-witness-got-dirt-from-russian-intelligence-doj/

House GOP impeachment witness got dirt from Russian intelligence: DOJ

Special counsel David Weiss said former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov should not be released before his trial because he could flee the country at any time and has had contacts with Russian intelligence agents.Smirnov, 43, is facing charges of making false statements that were reportedly about Pre...

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Donald Trump's Lawyers Say That False Statements Are Free Speech

In a written submission, Trump's lawyers relied heavily on a 2012 Supreme Court decision saying that the First Amendment defends a person's right to lie.

Newsweek

The amount of dumbass fuckwits on here who talk shit laying false claims that one can't be antifascist whilst hating netanyahoo's nazi fascist rightwing genocidal regime is fucking hilarious... comedy gold. You poor fucking idiots.

#falsestatements #fraudclaims #claims #trolls #stupid #dumbass #zionism #antizionism

Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/congressman-george-santos-charged-conspiracy-wire-fraud-false-statements-0

#GeorgeSantosCharged #Conspiracy #WireFraud #FalseStatements #IdentityTheft #CreditCardFraud #Politics #News

Congressman George Santos Charged With Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements, Falsification of Records, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Credit Card Fraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A 23-count superseding indictment was filed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” the United States Representative for the Third District of New York, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of access device fraud.