Lev Parnas blocked from Senate impeachment hearing Wednesday

NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani who is awaiting trial on charges that he made illegal campaign contributions has a ticket to Wednesday’s U.S. Senate impeachment trial, but he won’t be going. Instead, Lev Parnas will go to Washington with his lawyers to show support for a fair trial, his lawyer, Joseph... Read More

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Lev Parnas

January 27, 2020

In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight. As House impeachment managers make their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, voters in several states said in interviews with The Associated Press that they’re only casually following the Senate trial,... Read More

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Impeachment

January 6, 2020

California Rep. Duncan Hunter silent on when he will resign

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California is staying silent on when he will resign after he pleaded guilty to using campaign money for personal expenses, drawing the ire of a fellow Republican who wants to replace him. The six-term congressman said last month that he would step down “shortly after the... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

December 20, 2019

Arizona politician’s alleged adoption aide pleads guilty

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman accused of helping a metro Phoenix politician in what authorities have called an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands pleaded guilty Thursday to helping arrange benefits from Arizona’s Medicaid program for expecting mothers even though the women didn’t live in the state. Lynwood Jennet, 46, assisted the... Read More

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Lynwood Jennet, Paul Petersen

December 12, 2019

Beshear becomes target of lawsuit claiming abuse of power

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For nearly four years as Kentucky attorney general, Andy Beshear filed a series of lawsuits accusing then-Gov. Matt Bevin of abusing his executive powers. Now Beshear is being sued by the people he ousted from the state school board on his first day as governor. The new Democratic governor wielded his... Read More

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Andy Beshear

December 4, 2019

Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York handed President Donald Trump another legal defeat, ruling Tuesday that Congress can see his banking records for investigations into possible foreign influence in U.S. politics or other misdeeds. A panel of 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges said two banks, Deutsche Bank and... Read More

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Donald Trump

December 4, 2019

Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least $150,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses under a plea deal that a former federal prosecutor called “great” for the congressman who had faced 60 counts. The six-term Republican showed no... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

December 3, 2019

California Rep. Hunter plans to plead guilty, leave seat

SAN DIEGO (AP) — For more than a year, California Rep. Duncan Hunter insisted that criminal charges against him and his wife were the result of a conspiracy of the “deep state” meant to drive the six-term Republican from office in the Democrat-dominated state. But in a stunning turn of events, Hunter now says he... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

November 8, 2019

Hot, crowded and secret room now part of impeachment lore

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s “excruciating.” It smells like a “locker room.” And what happens there is supposed to stay there. When history is written about President Donald Trump’s presidency, a key chapter in the House’s drive to impeach him will be set in a spy-proof bunker tucked beneath a spiral staircase just to the east... Read More

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Donald Trump

November 5, 2019

Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Supporters of an effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vowed to take their fight to court after an election official on Monday rejected their bid to move forward with seeking to oust him from office. Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai said she based her decision on Attorney General Kevin... Read More

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Mike Dunleavy

October 31, 2019

Alabama Democratic Party dispute heads to court

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A dispute over control of the Alabama Democratic Party is headed to court. Alabama Democratic Party Chair Nancy Worley and others filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a faction of the party’s governing committee from meeting this weekend to elect new leaders. The lawsuit contends the scheduled Saturday meeting, where... Read More

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October 30, 2019

Arizona official pleads not guilty in adoption fraud case

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An elected official in Arizona accused of running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges in Arkansas. Authorities say Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen illegally paid the Pacific island women to have their babies in the... Read More

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Paul Petersen

October 29, 2019

Chicago lawmaker accused of bribing senator for bill support

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state lawmaker bribed a legislative colleague with an offer of $2,500 a month in exchange for the state senator’s support of sweepstakes-related legislation, according to a federal complaint unsealed on Monday. Rep. Luis Arroyo, 65, made the offer on Aug. 2 and handed over an initial check on Aug. 22... Read More

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Luis Arroyo

October 24, 2019

Indiana attorney general also facing sex proposition claim

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who worked for Curtis Hill before he became Indiana’s attorney general testified at his disciplinary hearing Wednesday that he twice propositioned her for sex, including just days after four other women allege he drunkenly groped them at a bar. Hill took the witness stand for about a half hour but... Read More

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Curtis Hill

Lev Parnas blocked from Senate impeachment hearing Wednesday

In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial

California Rep. Duncan Hunter silent on when he will resign

Arizona politician’s alleged adoption aide pleads guilty

Beshear becomes target of lawsuit claiming abuse of power

Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records

Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal

California Rep. Hunter plans to plead guilty, leave seat

Hot, crowded and secret room now part of impeachment lore

Election official rejects effort to recall Alaska governor

Alabama Democratic Party dispute heads to court

Arizona official pleads not guilty in adoption fraud case

Chicago lawmaker accused of bribing senator for bill support

Indiana attorney general also facing sex proposition claim

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