Men in positions of power and official authority who use those positions to sexually harass women or extort sex from them must be held legally accountable for their misconduct. This is especially so for the police sworn to protect and…
Category: Corruption
2017
Category: Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform
America has known its fair share of dirty, corrupt, and violent sheriffs, e.g., former Athens County, Ohio Sheriff Pat Kelly; former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio; former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke; and former Hidalgo County, Texas Sheriff Lupe…
2017
The King can pardon for any reason or for no reason at all.
The U.S. Constitution became the official governing document of the United States of America on June 21, 1788.
Art. II, § 2, cl. 1 of…
2017
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
President Donald Trump does not like to be investigated. But Trump’s behavior, and that of his campaign throughout the 2016 presidential election cycle, as well as the president’s behavior during his first six months in office, necessitate, even demand, criminal…
2017
Category: Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform | Drug Trafficking
Last year the federal government seized through its asset forfeiture laws $1,921,273,552.00 from both convicted and suspected criminal wrongdoers–$97,831.788.00 of which came from Texas.
DOJ to Expand Prosecutions, Asset Forfeiture
In a July 17, 2017 speech before the…
2017
Category: Corruption | Government
“Asking [the] FBI to drop an investigation is obstruction of justice.”
That is what Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., thinks. And the lawmaker’s opinion carries significant weight: he is the ranking member of the House Committee on Ethics.
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