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3 more Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd death, Derek Chauvin charges elevated (NBC News)
Three more former Minneapolis police officers were charged Wednesday in the death of George Floyd, five days after charges were brought against a fourth officer who was seen in a video kneeling on Floyd’s neck.
The three former officers, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, were charged with aiding and abetting murder, according to criminal complaints filed by the state of Minnesota. The murder charge against the fourth, Derek Chauvin, was also elevated to second-degree, from third-degree. [Read More]
Gov. Hogan demands Board of Elections report, lifts ban on nonessential businesses (FOX Baltimore)
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan spoke about George Floyd’s death, praised Baltimore’s peaceful protests, blasted the Maryland Board of Elections for the primary election, and gave updates on COVID-19 today.
“We are calling on the [State Board of Elections] administrator for a full and complete report to me, the Board of Public Works, Secretary of State, presiding officers of the General Assembly” and the public by July 3. [Read More]
Cruz slams Rosenstein on Russia probe, says he was ‘complicit’ or ‘grossly negligent’ (FOX News)
Sen. Ted Cruz blasted former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s role in the Russia investigation during a tense Senate hearing Wednesday, saying he was either “complicit” or “grossly negligent.”
Rosenstein appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the first witness as in the panel’s new investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, and acknowledged misconduct surrounding the probe—testifying that he would not have signed a surveillance warrant renewal application for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had he known about the since-revealed problems surrounding that process. [Read More]
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein conceded on Wednesday that by August of 2017 there was no evidence that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russians to sabotage the 2016 election, even though the investigation into that allegation would persist for another year and a half. [Read More]