The Department of Justice released on June 9, 2023, an unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, with 37 felony counts related to the mishandling of classified documents, obstructing justice and making false statements. Former Trump aide Walt Nauta also faces charges in the indictment. He was seen removing boxes at Mar-a-Lago on a surveillance camera, according to media reports. Read more…
On April 12, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden declared that genocide is taking place in Ukraine. “The evidence is mounting,” Biden said, echoing earlier statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russian actions in Ukraine constitute genocide. On the basis of known facts and the law, can the two presidents correctly term what the Russians are doing in Ukraine as genocide? Read more…
In March 2022, the White House announced a wide range of sanctions against Russian oligarchs accused of enriching themselves at the expense of the Russian people and providing resources to support President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.