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  1. U.S. Prosecutors Add Charges Against Maduro Over Torture of Americans

    [CAPTIONS] A courtroom sketch depicting former President Maduro attending a pretrial hearing at the federal court in Manhattan,…
    #EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #Americandetainees #CiliaFlores #Narco-Terrorism #NicolasMaduro #SouthernDistrictofNewYork #torturecharges #Venezuela
    europesays.com/korea/182921/

  2. Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture

    The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud for an alleged insider-trading scheme…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Volkswagen #confidentialinformation #DistrictAttorney #insiderinformation #jointventure #MarcusPlank #MichaelStamp #SouthernDistrictofNewYork #U.S.DepartmentofJustice
    europesays.com/germany/61484/

  3. Trump names James M. McDonald to lead powerful New York federal prosecutor’s office

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced his intent Saturday to nominate James M. McDonald as U.S. Attorney…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CommodityFuturesTradingCommission #director-of-national-intelligence #DonaldTrump #JayClayton #SouthernDistrictofNewYork #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/590767/

  4. yahoo news | Who is Todd Blanche? What to know about Trump's new interim AG

    President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, citing mounting frustration with her performance, especially her handling of investigative files tied to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a brief social‑media statement, Trump praised Bondi as a “Great American Patriot and a loyal friend,” noting she would leave for a private‑sector job. He announced that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a longtime personal lawyer and confidant, would serve as the Justice Department’s interim head while the administration seeks a permanent replacement.

    Todd Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, was nominated by Trump in 2024 to be deputy attorney general under Bondi and confirmed by the Senate in March 2025 (52‑46). His résumé includes stints at prominent firms such as WilmerHale and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and eight years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he co‑led the White Plains division. Blanche previously led the legal team for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in a New York fraud case, and he has represented Trump on numerous personal legal matters, making him a trusted figure for the president.

    Blanche’s interim appointment comes amid a broader crackdown by the Trump administration on investigations that the president views as targeting his allies. While Bondi’s dismissal was formally linked to the Epstein file controversy, officials suggest the move also reflects Trump’s desire to ensure that the Justice Department remains aligned with his agenda. Blanche pledged on X that he would continue “doing everything in our power to keep America safe,” signaling that the Justice Department’s day‑to‑day operations will proceed under his temporary leadership while a permanent attorney general is selected.

    Read more: yahoo.com/news/articles/todd-b

    #toddblanche #donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein #southerndistrictofnewyork #justicedepartment

  5. yahoo news | Epstein's accountant and lawyer reveal DOJ never questioned them about disgraced financier's crimes

    Epstein’s former accountant, Richard Kahn, and his former lawyer, Darren Indyke, told the House Oversight Committee that the Department of Justice never interviewed them about Jeffrey Epstein’s illegal activities. Both men said they had never been questioned by any government authority regarding Epstein’s crimes, despite receiving grand‑jury subpoenas from the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands asking for the financier’s estate documents, wills and trust papers. Their testimony emphasized that any inquiries they received were limited to routine financial records rather than the broader scope of Epstein’s alleged sex‑trafficking conduct.

    The statements were made as the DOJ continued to release thousands of pages from the “Epstein Files,” a trove of documents disclosed after President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. Kahn and Indyke’s appearances in those files do not, on their own, imply wrongdoing, and both insisted they were unaware of the specifics of Epstein’s criminal behavior. Kahn recalled that Epstein had told him his 2006 arrest was a mistake and that he did not know a minor was involved, while Indyke said he believed Epstein’s 2008 plea deal in Florida, which acknowledged solicitation of a minor for prostitution, was based on misinformation.

    Their testimonies joined a larger series of interviews with public figures connected to Epstein—including former presidents, secretaries of state and business leaders—conducted by the Oversight Committee. So far, none of the individuals who have testified have faced criminal charges for their proximity to Epstein, apart from Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2022. The committee’s investigation continues to seek accountability and clarity about the extent of Epstein’s network, but Kahn and Indyke maintain they were merely transactional professionals who lacked knowledge of the financier’s illicit activities.

    Read more: foxnews.com/politics/epsteins-

    #houseoversightcommittee #departmentofjustice #jeffreyepstein #southerndistrictofnewyork #ghislainemaxwell

  6. Consortium News’ Suit Against NewsGuard & the USG
    consortiumnews.com/2025/12/31/
    A U.S. federal judge dismissed Consortium News’ action, calling CN “contrarian” and saying it resorted to a “Hail Mary pass.” CN then settled legal fees with NewsGuard. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in the Southern District of New York…
    #Politics #Analysis #CnLive! #ConsortiumNews #Legal #Media #Russia #Syria #U.s.Congress #Ukraine #JoeLauria #Maidan #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork #ViktorYanukovych #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelensky

  7. Civil Discourse – Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next – Joyce Vance

    AI image by WordPress, 2026.

    Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

    Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next

    And, a very special Substack Live Sunday morning

    By Joyce Vance, Jan 03, 2026

    This morning, Donald Trump explained, in a rambling press conference along with others in his administration, that the overnight strike in Venezuela was executed to arrest President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. In other words, it’s not the kind of new hostilities, if you buy the administration’s line, that would require notice to or a declaration from Congress.

    This approach, although it’s what I suggested in this morning’s post we should expect, leaves me with a major question: if the U.S. was just going in to Venezuela to arrest a defendant in a criminal case, which has now been done, why is it necessary to stick around to run the country? That is exactly what Trump said this morning that we’d be doing. “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” the President said.

    Senator Chuck Schumer tweeted: “The idea that Trump plans to now run Venezuela should strike fear in the hearts of all Americans. The American people have seen this before and paid the devastating price.”

    Tomorrow morning at 11:30 a.m. ET, I’ll host a Substack Live with Jake Sullivan, who served as Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor from 2021 to 2025, and Jon Finer, Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor. We’ll answer your questions about what comes next. Make sure you’re subscribed to Civil Discourse to get a notice when we go live—a free subscription will work for that. And leave any questions you have for us in the comments. Jake and Jon have a fantastic new podcast, The Long Game, that drops every Friday.

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    The new indictment:

    The superseding indictment against Maduro, Flores, and four others was unsealed this morning. It contains three counts and a hefty amount of narrative. It is, as prosecutors say, a speaking indictment:

    • Count One: Narcoterrorism Conspiracy; Title 21, United States Code, Section 960a; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 3238
    • Count Two: Cocaine Importation Conspiracy; Title 21, United States Code, Section 963; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 3238
    • Count Three: Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices; Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(l)(A), 924(c)(l)(B)(ii), 3238, and 2
    • Count Four: Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices; Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(0) and 3238

    You can read the superseding indictment here. It’s signed by Trump’s new U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, which means it was obtained no earlier than August of this year. It involves fewer defendants than the original 2020 indictment, which named 15 defendants, including Maduro. That could mean that some of the original defendants have become cooperators. We don’t know the details yet, but we will likely learn more in the course of detention hearings, which should follow shortly on the heels of the arraignment.

    The superseding indictment adds additional allegations against Maduro and names his wife as a defendant for the first time. The basis for the indictment remains the same: Maduro and his co-defendants used government power to protect and promote drug trafficking crimes. The government alleges that “This cycle of narcotics-based corruption lines the pockets of Venezuelan officials and their families while also benefiting violent narco-terrorists who operate with impunity on Venezuelan soil and who help produce, protect, and transport tons of cocaine to the United States.”

    To prevail on the “narcoterrorism” count (that label doesn’t appear in the statute), the government will have to prove that the defendants trafficked in illegal drugs, “knowing or intending to provide, directly or indirectly, anything of pecuniary value to any person or organization that has engaged or engages in terrorist activity.” This begs the same question raised by Trump’s earlier efforts to deport Venezuelans, who he claimed were part of the Tren de Aragua gang (it turned out many of them weren’t), and the justification for so-called kinetic strikes that have killed more than 100 people to date. The administration’s justification is that drug cartels are terrorist forces attacking the United States. Now we’ll see how that holds up in court.

    Even if the government prevails on the legal argument, the indictment doesn’t offer much insight into how the government intends to tie Maduro to Tren de Aragua and other cartels and gangs. It offers more detail about FARC activity from 2018 and 2019. But prosecutors aren’t required to reveal all of their evidence in an indictment, simply enough to put a defendant on notice of the charges they have to defend against. Assessment of the strength of the government’s case will have to wait until defense lawyers file preliminary motions.

    Maduro could be facing life in prison if he is convicted. The two drug counts carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, and mandatory minimum sentences of 20 years on Count One and 10 years on Count 2. The firearm charges carry a 30-year minimum prison term.

    Will Congress do anything?

    A Senatevotewill take place next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block Trump from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela. It was already in the works, but there will be an increased sense of urgency around it now. Along with Schumer, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, and California Senator Adam Schiff, Kentucky Republican Rand Paul has signed on as a co-sponsor. The resolution is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune will not be able to prevent it from coming to the floor. The resolution only needs a simple majority to pass the Senate.

    Delaware Democrat Chris Coons, the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Defense Appropriations, issued a statement that read, “This military action is the next stage in President Trump’s incoherent and arguably illegal Venezuela operation. In recent briefings to Congress, senior administration officials said they were focused on combatting (sic) drug trafficking, not regime change, and made clear they had no plan for what would happen if Maduro was removed or overthrown. This was clearly false, and furthermore, a military operation to capture and overthrow a president – even an illegitimate one – is an act of war that must be authorized by Congress. Not only has the Trump administration not sought congressional approval, they did not even notify members of either party in Congress until after the strike had concluded. Protecting democracy should not be done through illegal means.”

    Editor’s Note: The featured image at top was generated by WP AI. Below is also the embedded column/article for easy access. –DrWeb

    Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next by Joyce Vance

    And, a very special Substack Live Sunday morning Read on Substack

    Maduro & Venezuela: What Happens Next by Joyce Vance

    And, a very special Substack Live Sunday morning

    Read on Substack Tags: Cilia Flores, Civil Discourse, Donald Trump, Illegal, January 3 2026, Joyce Vance, Kidnapping, Maduro, Military Attack, Press Conference, Southern District of New York, Sovereign Nation, Substack, Sunday Live Event, U.S. District Court, Venezuela
    #CiliaFlores #CivilDiscourse #DonaldTrump #Illegal #January32026 #JoyceVance #Kidnapping #Maduro #MilitaryAttack #PressConference #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork #SovereignNation #Substack #SundayLiveEvent #USDistrictCourt #Venezuela
  8. No Showers, Sleeping on Concrete Floors: The “Squalid” Conditions for Immigrants in NYC

    A new class-action lawsuit filed by a coalition of immigration advocacy groups alleges that undocumented immigrants have been detained in “crowded, squalid, and punitive conditions” in New York City. The complaint paints a bleak picture of life inside the holding facility, confirming details previously published in articles by Gothamist and the New York Times, which […]

    murica.website/2025/08/no-show

  9. US Court Orders FTX and Alameda to Pay Fraud Victims $12.7 Billion in Historic CFTC Recovery - A U.S. district court has ordered FTX and Alameda Research to pay $12.7 billion to... - news.bitcoin.com/us-court-orde #southerndistrictofnewyork #samuelbankman-fried #alamedaresearch #cryptocurrency #customerfunds #litigation #victims #crypto #legal #court #fraud #cftc #ftx #sbf

  10. CW: Long thread/10

    SVB isn't incorporated in NY, it has no bankrupt NY affiliate and does not keep its principle assets in NY. Despite the obvious absurdity of its claim to being headquartered in New York, SVB's officers swore to it on penalty of perjury.

    Why would they do this? They're judge-shopping. They evidently believe they'll get a better deal from a judge in the #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork than they would in the #NorthernDistrictOfCalifornia.

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