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Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction probe.| India News

Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction probe.| India News

MINNEOLIS — Federal prosecutors served six grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a person familiar with the matter said. Justice Department subpoenas Walz and others in immigration enforcement obstruction probe. The subpoenas, which seek records, were sent to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties, the person said. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The subpoenas are related to an investigation into whether Minnesota officials obstructed federal immigration enforcement through public statements they made, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. They said then it was focused on the potential violation of a conspiracy statute. Walz and Frey have called the probe a bullying tactic meant to threaten political opposition. Frey on Friday described the …

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is

The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web domain registrar Tucows on October 30th demanding the “customer or subscriber name, address of service, and billing address” associated with Archive.today. The subpoena also requests telephone records, payment information, internet session info, network addresses, and even the services the site’s owner has used, such as email or cloud computing services. It goes on to say that this info “relates to a federal criminal investigation being conducted by the FBI,” but it doesn’t reference a specific crime. Archive.today has been around since 2012, but the identity of the site’s owner remains unconfirmed. Someone who goes by the common Russian name, or possibly pseudonym, “Denis Petrov” from Prague, Czech Republic registered the original domain of the site, but little else is known about who that person is. The site is commonly used to dodge …

Blake Lively’s lawyer claims Justin Baldoni is ‘afraid’ to show ‘receipts’ after subpoenas | Hollywood

Blake Lively’s lawyer claims Justin Baldoni is ‘afraid’ to show ‘receipts’ after subpoenas | Hollywood

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle took a new turn this week, as the former’s team accused her co-star of being “afraid to produce receipts” in their ongoing lawsuit drama. The conflict began in December 2024 when Lively accused Baldoni, her co-star from It Ends With Us, of sexual assault and launching a smear campaign against her. In response, Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, escalating the tense situation. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal dispute intensified, with the former’s team questioning Baldoni’s reluctance to present evidence.(Nicole Rivelli/Sony Pictures via AP)(AP) Also Read: Hollywood agent mocks Justin Baldoni’s last name after dropping him as client, breaks silence on Blake Lively Lively’s attorney calls Baldoni ‘afraid’ in new letter About the letter, a spokesperson for Lively referenced Baldoni’s other attorney, Bryan Freedman, suggesting they have “receipts” that would support claims of Lively being a “bully.” They told People, “If they have so many receipts why are they so afraid to produce them.” The spokesperson for Lively also talked about the actor-director’s production company, …

Trump’s ally Steve Bannon released from prison just one week ahead of US election | World News

Trump’s ally Steve Bannon released from prison just one week ahead of US election | World News

A week before the US presidential election, former President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign official Steve Bannon was released from federal Bureau of Prisons custody on Tuesday. Bannon, the right-wing podcast host, was imprisoned for four months for defying the subpoenas from the House January 6 committee back in the year 2022 but he managed to avoid jail for two years as he sought appeals. The last time when Bannon was a free man, it was President Joe Biden who was contesting for the Democratic Party in the race to White House against Republican candidate Donald Trump. But now when he is released from prison a week ahead of the Election Day, it has come down to Vice President Kamala Harris to take the Democrats boat to the winning line. Bannon said on his show, “Nancy Pelosi sent me to federal prison as a political prisoner,” and that “that Democrats want to tamp down the power of this show and to break me.” Bannon said, “Not only didn’t it break me, it empowered me,” as reported by …