News from December 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today released recently declassified messages from former FBI agent Peter Strzok related to Crossfire Hurricane,...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force released an annual report on its progress to advance meaningful partnerships and analysis around supply chain security and resilience.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement following the nomination of Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) to serve on the Ways and Means Committee in the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Estevan Hernandez, 20, of Albuquerque, was arraigned in federal court on Dec. 9 on five counts of armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Michael Anthony Hernandez, 44, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court for a detention hearing on Dec. 16 on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Hernandez will remain in custody pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: In late June, I came to the floor to speak about the need to fix the failing multiemployer pension system. I spoke about the need to secure retirement benefits for the millions of Americans who will start to see plan failures and benefits cut in the coming years if Congress doesn’t act to fix this problem. For the past two weeks, Chairman Alexander and I were negotiating with our Democratic colleagues to do just that.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested.pdf) IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig provide an immediate briefing on whether taxpayer data was compromised in the SolarWinds hack.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that VALERIE YOREL MANSON (“MANSON"), age 51, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty to one count of Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced Demetrius Tyrese Johnson to 180 months in prison today. The 26-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced Demetrius Tyrese Johnson to 180 months in prison today. The 26-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Charges Include Destruction of Property, Conspiracy, Possessing Destructive Devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAPHEAL DANCER, 38, of Wallingford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing unregistered firearms, in violation of the National Firearms Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Former DoD Employee Sentenced for Violently Assaulting Two Neighbors While Living Overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 12 1/2 years in prison for distributing crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of his distribution of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Recent snowfall has set the stage for a shift to winter recreation at Mount Rainier National Park. Due to the ongoing pandemic, as well as normal changes related to winter operations, visitors should review the following information to ensure their visit is safe and enjoyable.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Dec. 15, 2020, Dmitry Alexander Borisov, age 35, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Borisov was ordered to serve...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing outlining the destructive role Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family played in catalyzing and exacerbating the opioid epidemic. Ranking Member Comer also emphasized his disappointment with Committee...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report, The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture, prepared in close partnership with the Department of Transportation (DOT). The report was researched and written by DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center through a cooperative agreement overseen by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and its Transportation Services Division.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council will meet virtually Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Planned agenda items for the meeting include a review/recommendation regarding proposed actions by Burns, Vale, and Lakeview BLM districts, a presentation on projects related to the Great American Outdoors Act, and an update on the Lakeview Resource Management Plan Amendment.
