News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 1693, the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Finance Committee members John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Steve Daines (R-Montana), along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), in leading the entire Senate Republican caucus...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4035, the Real Justice for Our Veterans Act of 2021...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A multi-agency operation, led by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), resulted in the recovery and/or location of 78 missing minors in the past two months in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jerard Keaton Davis (35, Palm Coast) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine base. The court also ordered Davis to forfeit the firearm and ammunition he had possessed as part of the offense.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Digital press briefing on partnerships and U.S. leadership and contributions in the global effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The speakers discussed the U.S. donation of approximately 25 million COVID-19 vaccines to the African Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina investment fund manager was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $20 million from investors through misrepresentations about trading strategy and fund performance, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 21, 2021, Kenneth harr, age 51, of McConnelsburg, was indicted by a federal grand jury for production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office Budget and Economic Outlook Report...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) July 25-26 and to Oman July 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roman Andrew Poulsen, 39, and Lori Crapo, 40, both of Artesia, New Mexico, appeared in federal court on July 16 on charges for their respective roles in a July 15 bank robbery. Poulsen faces a charge of bank robbery while Crapo is accused of being an accessory after the fact. The defendants will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for July 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Hudson County Sheriff’s officer was charged for making false statements to a bank in connection with an application to discharge a mortgage through a fraudulent short sale, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement hitting the Biden administration for publishing a proposed rule to increase the minimum wage to $15 for federal contractors...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, aggravated identity theft, and credit union fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Devontay Douglas, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role in an armed carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Vincent Williams, 47, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced charges today against seven individuals involved in laundering tens of millions of dollars...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: The Netherlands consistently ranks among the world’s most competitive industrialized economies. It offers an attractive business and investment climate and remains a welcoming location for business investment from the United States and elsewhere.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Washtenaw & Wayne County residents affected by the severe storms and flooding of June 25 - 26, 2021, may now call or go online to register for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
