A parliamentary researcher from Edinburgh has been charged with spying for China along with another man. Christopher Cash, 29, who attended George Watson’s College, was director of a policy group on Beijing co-founded by security minister Tom Tugendhat. He was also employed as a researcher by Alicia Kearns, chairwoman of the Commons foreign affairs committee. Cash, whose address is listed on official documents as Whitechapel, London, was arrested in Edinburgh last year and has now been charged...
A former researcher working in the UK Parliament and another man have been charged with spying for China, British prosecutors said Monday. Police said Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged with “providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China." They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on
A lead prosecutor on a case involving the CEO of an election software company has filed a government tort complaint against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón for allegedly dismissing criminal charges improperly against the company executive for political purposes. The prosecution of the head of an election software company used by election offices across the country that began in October 2022 was ended about a month later because of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s...
Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
A judge earlier this month agreed to a prosecution request to drop a murder charge against a man who is charged in a 2021 shooting death.
Australian prosecutors have discontinued mining magnate Andrew Forrest's criminal prosecution of Meta over what he said were thousands of scam cryptocurrency advertisements on Facebook that feature his face. The decision is a setback for Forrest, the 37% owner of iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group and Australia's second-richest person, in his quest to hold the internet giant accountable for the ads. A separate civil lawsuit he has filed against Meta over the ads in California is ongoing. A...
Pedro Sánchez is deciding whether to resign after a case against his wife by an anti-corruption group.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A man reportedly threatened to kill a U.S. federal judge and their family in letters sent to a Las Vegas courthouse, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained.
About a hundred police officers filled the gallery of a Queens courtroom where Lindy Jones was arraigned Tuesday. Lindy Jones, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors say he was in the car Officer Jonathan Diller was investigating when he was fatally shot last month. [ more › ]
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has denied Donald Trump's classified document co-defendants' motions to dismiss. In her eight-page order, Cannon rejected efforts by Trump's aide Walt Nauta and former Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira to get the cases against them tossed, reported MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang. She tweeted that Cannon shot down Nauta's request to be spared of a trial and instead "finds that the indictment puts him on enough notice so that he can adequately...
The prosecution team may need to be wary of Juror No. 2. Described as a married investment banker with a Master's degree is one thing. But the fact that he's read Trump’s bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal," and claims to track Trump's Truth Social posts — is another, according to one expert. Elliot Williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ, flagged this particular juror as a potential concern for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to prove his case to a jury...
On Wednesday, Jontay Porter joined the unenviable ranks of professional athletes who’ve received a lifetime ban over a betting scandal, but he could be facing even more trouble moving forward based on information the NBA has shared with federal prosecutors. At the end of March, the NBA announced it had launched an investigation into Jontay […]