Ex-President of #Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, convicted of #WitnessTampering bribery offense in long political #corruption trial...

https://wapo.st/4mg0iAe #WaPo #GiftLink #IntlNews #Uribe

News outlets NEED to stop saying the #DOJ is “interviewing” #GhislaineMaxwell. The guy meeting with her behind closed doors is Trump’s personal attorney. And he was appointed to PROTECT Trump. #WitnessTampering. #ConflictofInterest. #Corruption. Call it what it is! WTF!! thehill.com/newsletters/...

Thousands of applications from individuals with credible evidence of service with Afghan Special Forces, including the units known as the Triples, were rejected, leaving many of the former commandos at the mercy of the Taliban.

This came at the same time when a judge-led public inquiry in the #UK had begun investigating the #SAS for alleged #WarCrimes in operations on which the #Triples were present.

#Afghanistan #WitnessTampering #WitnessSuppression

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3q5xl9wqwo

Top UK Special Forces general oversaw blocking of Afghan 'war-crime' witnesses to Britain

Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins oversaw a process where Afghan special forces were prevented from settling in the UK.

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#CharlesKushner, the father of #Trump's son-in-law #JaredKushner, told the US #Senate on Thurs he could be trusted to exercise good judgment if confirmed as US #ambassador to #France, despite his past #conviction for #TaxEvasion & #WitnessTampering & other federal charges.

"I made a very, very, very serious mistake & I paid a heavy price for that mistake," Kushner, a wealthy real estate developer, said during a hearing before the Senate #ForeignRelations Cmte.

#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-ambassador-france-nominee-kushner-acknowledges-past-serious-mistake-2025-05-01/

"Trump operates like a mob boss, surrounding himself with family members and groveling loyalists, prizing fealty above all else, and practicing a transactional politics of favors and deals that shows little regard for legal norms."—Jeet Heer

Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters >

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-gravano-government-gangsters/

#DonaldTrump & the #Mafia #criminals #mob ##gangsters #Gambino #CrimeFamily #CharlesKushner #TaxEvasion #WitnessTampering #SexualOffenses #politics

Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters

Who is being naïve now?

The Nation
Kushner pardon revives 'loathsome' tale of tax evasion, sex

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called it “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he ever prosecuted as U.S. attorney.

AP News

#Trump’s unruly behavior at the NY trial makes him a candidate for #jail time, as does his #felony #crime of falsifying business records: Over the past decade in #Manhattan, >⅓ of these convictions resulted in defendants spending time behind bars. Across NY State, the proportion is even higher — about 42% of those convictions led to jail or prison time.

#StochasticTerrorism #WitnessTampering #WitnessIntimidation #JuryTampering #JuryIntimidation #criminal #law

Will Trump Go to Jail in the Hush Money Case? Here’s What Similar Cases Tell Us.

Donald J. Trump faces sentencing on Nov. 26. The election three weeks earlier may determine not only if he returns to the presidency, but if he ends up behind bars.

The New York Times

City Hall Official Charged With #WitnessTampering in Adams Inquiry

Mohamed Bahi, who worked in Mayor #EricAdams’ office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities.

#law #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyregion/mohamed-bahi-arrested-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

City Hall Official Charged With Witness Tampering in Adams Inquiry

Mohamed Bahi, who worked in the mayor’s office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities.

The New York Times

3 fmr #Memphis, TN #police officers were found #guilty Thurs of federal #WitnessTampering in the #violent #beating of #TyreNichols, a 29-yr-old #Black man who died 3 days after his encounter w/police [from the severe injuries they inflicted]

ALL of the #cops were acquitted of the most serious charge—violating Nichols’s #CivilRights by causing his death. One cop, Demetrius Haley, was convicted on a lesser charge of violating Nichols’s civil rights by causing #BodilyInjury.

#law #PoliceViolence