Federal criminal investigations may start in different ways. They often begin when a federal law enforcement agency, such as the FBI, receives information about criminal wrongdoing from a victim of a crime or a witness who knows a crime. The…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
July03
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Protesting
Protests have sprung across the United States in response to the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody. Most of these protests have been peaceful, but a few have been marred by rioting and looting.
This has…
June05
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Interfere with federal drug crime investigations and you may become the subject of an investigation yourself.
At least, that’s what happened to one paralegal specialist working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio recently.
After allegedly tipping…
June04
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
On June 1, 2020, peaceful protesters assembled across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park to protest the killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers. The protesters had assembled peacefully in the park as they had…
May19
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law | federal Sentencing
The term “in the interests of justice” is difficult to define precisely. Prosecutors, attorneys, and judges all have a different perspective of what serves the interests of justice.
On May 7, 2020, U.S. Attorney General William Barr invoked the “interests…
May14
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
They say humor is sometimes the best medicine, but just like medicine, it may not always be in good taste. As we continue life on lockdown across Texas, many are finding an outlet via social media posts.
While some…
Feb.15
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | federal Sentencing
Former New York City financier Bernie Madoff is serving a 150-year term in the federal prison system following guilty pleas to multiple charges involving a $20 billion Ponzi scheme that bilked a wide range of celebrities, charities, financial funds, friends…
Feb.09
2020
2020
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Roughly 15 parents have thus far elected not to plead guilty in the “college admissions scandal.”
While federal prosecutors have increased their pressure campaign against actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli, along with nine other…
Dec.12
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Carjacking | Federal Criminal Law
A Texas man accused of beating a woman with a fire extinguisher in a parking garage while stealing her car and personal belongings was charged with felony robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
He was actually arrested twice…
Dec.11
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The USA Patriot Act was signed into law by former President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001—some 45 days after the tragic 9/11 Twin Tower attacks. At the time, the U.S. Justice Department said the Patriot Act “simply expanded…
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