Appeals court tosses ex-Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s conviction for lying to FBI

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska for lying to the FBI about illegal contributions made to his reelection campaign, determining that he was tried in the wrong venue.   The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion that Fortenberry should have been … Read more

Charles McGonigal, ex-FBI official, sentenced to 50 months for working with Russian oligarch

Washington — Charles McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official at the FBI’s New York office, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for accepting secret payments from a sanctioned Russian oligarch and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. McGonigal pleaded guilty to a federal charge in New York in August to conspiring … Read more

FBI working ‘around the clock’ to stop Hamas-inspired attacks in U.S.: director – National

The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday his agency is “working around the clock” to stop potential terrorist attacks in the U.S. by individuals or groups inspired by Hamas’ deadly assault on Israel on Oct. 7. Christopher Wray told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that the country was at a heightened … Read more

Colorado probes “unprecedented” Medicaid patient transportation scheme

The patients flocked to metro Denver methadone clinics in mid to late summer, five or six to a car. Most were users of illicit opioids, including fentanyl. Many were homeless. And all were from Pueblo or other parts of southern Colorado, driven up Interstate 25 by independent transportation contractors who suddenly had flooded the state’s … Read more