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Trump says he'll nominate Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-clayton-dni-pulte-9.7232731?cmp=rss

Nonilex 2d ago

#Trump Picks #JayClayton to Be #Intelligence [#DNI] Chief

Lawmakers had pressed for someone besides #BillPulte, the Trump lickspittle who was the interim choice but lacked any experience & integrity.

Clayton is the #USattorney in Manhattan & the former chairman of the #SEC.

#law #NationalSecurity #ODNI
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/trump-jay-clayton-intelligence-chief.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte

The president said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the permanent role.

The New York Times

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Nonilex Jun 5

Earlier Friday, First Assistant #USAttorney #BillEssayli — a #Trump appointee who leads the #LosAngeles based US Attorney’s office—claimed his office had “multiple election ‘fraud’ investigations underway” in a social media post that bashed California’s #election system.

The US attorneys office in #LA confirmed that one of its lawyers was sent to observe the ballot counting….

#law #Trump #ElectionInterference #ElectionLaw #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #coup #fascism #Constitution #democracy

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Nonilex Jun 5

A spox for the county registrar-recorder said “our office was notified late yesterday that the US Attorney’s Office would send an Asst #USAttorney to the #Ballot Processing Center to observe ballot processing activities.”
“The individual arrived this morning, was provided an overview of the public observation program, & participated in a walkthrough of the ballot processing operations,” the spox, said, noting that ballot processing is open to public observation.
#law #Trump #ElectionInterference

The Bad Place May 29

ABC News: Top Stories | Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket

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A federal criminal complaint unsealed in New York accuses former Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo of fraudulently exploiting his access to internal search‑trend data to place insider bets on the prediction‑market platform Polymarket. By using a pseudonymous account (AlphaRaccoon), he correctly wagered that the singer D4vd would be Google’s most‑searched person in 2025—a bet the market had deemed almost impossible—and profited about $1.2 million after Google’s Year in Search results confirmed the prediction. Spagnuolo, 36, an Italian citizen, has been charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering; he was arrested in New York, appeared briefly before a magistrate, and was released on a $2.25 million bond while the case proceeds. This marks the second high‑profile Polymarket fraud case brought by the Southern District of New York this year.

#Google #MicheleSpagnuolo #Polymarket #AlphaRaccoon #USattorney

Google information security engineer charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket

A Google staffer fraudulently made more than $1 million by using inside information to place Polymarket bets on what users were searching for on Google, authorities say.

ABC News

The Bad Place May 21

NPR Topics: News | Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself report on Trump classified probe by The Associated Press

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A former federal prosecutor in Florida, Carmen Lineberger, has been indicted for allegedly emailing a sealed special‑counsel report on the investigation into President Donald Trump’s classified‑document hoarding to her personal address, despite a judge’s order that the document remain sealed. The indictment says she concealed the act by renaming the file “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf” and later “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf,” then emailing it with a similar subject line. Charged with theft of government property and concealment of government records, Lineberger pleaded not guilty in West Palm Beach; prosecutors have not clarified why she sent the report, which was prepared by Jack Smith’s team and has never been released to the public.

#CarmenLineberger #JackSmith #DonaldTrump #USAttorney #Mar_a_Lago

Advocate.com [Unofficial]May 12

Trump administration seeks transgender patient records from NYU Langone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/nyu-langone-trans-youth-records

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Nonilex May 12

Employees were questioned last week by agents out of the Miami field office at #CIA HQ in McLean, Virginia. Interviews are expected to continue throughout the coming weeks, 3 sources said.

The #USAttorney's Office for the Southern District of #Florida has for months pursued an investigation into #Brennan.

#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics

The Bad Place May 3

Boston.com | Mass. men plead guilty to roles in multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme by Darin Zullo

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Two Massachusetts men, Victor Kolawole, 26, of Brockton and Keith Wainaina, 24, of Lowell, pleaded guilty on May 3 2026 to bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering for their role in a multi‑million‑dollar scheme that targeted banks in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Beginning in December 2022, an accomplice obtained customers’ personal data, enabling Kolawole, Wainaina and hired impostors to use fabricated IDs to withdraw large sums as cashier’s checks, which they then deposited into accounts they controlled and used to pay other participants. Prosecutors say Wainaina deposited or attempted to deposit more than $762,000 and Kolawole about $373,000 in fraudulent checks. Both face up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million for the fraud charges (and up to 20 years and $500,000 for the laundering charge). They are scheduled for sentencing on July 23 (Kolawole) and September 9 (Wainaina).

#VictorKolawole #KeithWainaina #PhalentzVernot #USAttorney

Mass. men plead guilty to roles in multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme

The men admitted guilt on charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Boston.com

Nonilex Apr 24

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#DOJ drops criminal probe of #FederalReserve chair #JeromePowell

#USAttorney for DC #JeanninePirro said Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s building renovations because the Fed’s IG would scrutinize them instead.

The decision ends an investigation, one of several into #Trump’s perceived adversaries, that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect #criminal conduct.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-investigation-powell-justice-department-28d04cc0d99cda25cea69931f65e25d3

Justice Department ends criminal investigation of Fed chair Powell

The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on X Friday her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinize them instead. The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Warsh, a former Fed official President Donald Trump nominated in January to replace Powell. The investigation was among several undertaken by the Justice Department into the Republican president's perceived adversaries. Powell says the investigation was intended to intimidate the Fed.

AP News