Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence
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Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In his drive to seek higher office, the prosecutors’ filing said, Mr. Santos fabricated his past and engaged in deceitful schemes, including inflating his fund-raising numbers and stealing from donors. “He lied to his campaign staff, his supporters, his putative employer and congressional…

Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
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Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden announced on Friday that he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates serving long prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses, the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president. The commutations are for offenders who received harsher…

Judge Upholds Trump’s Conviction but Signals Plan to Spare Jail Time
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Judge Upholds Trump’s Conviction but Signals Plan to Spare Jail Time

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A New York judge on Friday upheld President-elect Donald J. Trump’s criminal conviction but signaled that he was inclined to spare him any punishment, a striking development in a case that had spotlighted an array of embarrassing misdeeds and imperiled the former and…