News from December 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today wrote Election Assistance Commission Inspector General Patricia...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Jamar Long Sentenced to More than Seventeen Years and Reddell Smith Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for RICO Convictions.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism held a hearing on empowering women in the Middle East. This hearing highlighted the challenges women face in the region and how Congress can help promote their inclusion in civil society. Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted the following statement for the record.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Ways and Means Democrats, led by Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), demanded that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) resolve all remaining inquiries on economic impact payments (EIPs) before the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal criminal complaint, charging Stephen Reed Pattison, 31, of Hilton, NY, with being a felon-in-possession of firearms, was unsealed today. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - A Dodge City, Kansas, man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Six defendants charged with using stolen credit cards to pay for private jet and yacht charters, private chefs, security guards, luxury hotels and designer puppies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Toledo has returned a two-count indictment charging Steven Leskow, 30, of Bowling Green with one count of possession of a firearm by someone who is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, a controlled substance and one count of possession of stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Bend, Oregon resident was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing and distributing child pornography, chatting online about having sex with minors, and engaging in a campaign of online harassment and threats, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Solomon K. Gebretekle, 22, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 200 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in and around Charleston, W.Va.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati -- Today, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded five Basic Ordering Agreements to conduct nationwide low-level and mixed-low level waste receiving, handling, and treatment services at EM cleanup sites. The BOAs will utilize Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Materials (T&M), and Fixed Unit Rate task orders.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the selection of Congressman David Scott as Chairman and Congressman G.T. Thompson as Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Howard D. Farley, Jr. (72, Weirsdale) with passport fraud. Farley was arrested on Dec. 2, 2020. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Taylor Haynes, age 29, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to serve 198 months in federal prison following his conviction for distribution and possession of child pornography. The Court also ordered that, after...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - John F. Johnson, aka, “Grandmaster Jay" has been charged via criminal complaint with assaulting federal task force officers, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on cotton products made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A longtime fugitive has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months in prison, three years’ supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $82,129, on his conviction of filing false claims against an agency of the United States, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration today announced that all National Park Service sites will have six entrance fee-free days in 2021. The fee-free days are part of the Administration’s unprecedented commitment to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, man today admitted to illegally possessing a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Norway is available on the Norway Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
