Officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, also known as the CFTC, filed a civil enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">action</a> against Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and three entities with the company for “numerous violations” of the law.
Three business units within Binance, the largest <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/cryptocurrency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cryptocurrency</a> exchange in the world, allegedly chose to “knowingly disregard” portions of the Commodity Exchange Act while “engaging in a calculated strategy of regulatory arbitrage to their commercial benefit,” according to a <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8680-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the agency. Zhao allegedly directed employees and customers to circumvent regulations, failed to require any identity verification, and neglected other compliance efforts meant to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering.
“Today’s enforcement action demonstrates that there is no location, or claimed lack of location, that will prevent the CFTC from protecting American investors. I have been clear that the CFTC will continue to use all of its authority to find and stop misconduct in the volatile and risky digital asset market,” CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam remarked. “For years, Binance knew they were violating CFTC rules, working actively to both keep the money flowing and avoid compliance. This should be a warning to anyone in the digital asset world that the CFTC will not tolerate willful avoidance of United States law.”
Binance allegedly advised top clients on how to avoid its own compliance measures, while employees used a communications platform that automatically deleted messages to tell customers about control evasions. Zhao is liable for the company’s violations because of his “long-running failure to act in good faith” in response to the misconduct; former Binance Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim was also charged with “willfully aiding and abetting” the violations, such as by encouraging the use of “creative means” to help clients avoid controls.
“The defendants’ own emails and chats reflect that Binance’s compliance efforts have been a sham and Binance deliberately chose over and over to place profits over following the law,” CFTC Enforcement Division Principal Deputy Director and Chief Counsel Gretchen Lowe added. “Today’s enforcement action reflects that the CFTC and its Enforcement Division will pursue those digital asset platforms and individuals who flout and actively attempt to circumvent CFTC regulatory requirements.”
The actions against Binance, which was previously based in China and has been investigated by the Justice Department for alleged money laundering and tax infractions, occur amid a broader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paternalistic-and-lazy-regulators-unleash-flurry-of-actions-against-crypto-companies-but-not-all-of-them-are-on-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crackdown</a> in the cryptocurrency sector from lawmakers and regulators. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler recently <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a $30 million settlement with cryptocurrency exchange Kraken after the firm failed to register its staking-as-a-service initiative, under which retail investors are compensated for holding certain digital assets. Gensler also <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> Genesis Global Capital and Gemini Trust Company for raising billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets through an unregistered offer.
Increased scrutiny toward companies that deal in cryptocurrencies, which are virtual units of exchange that are not managed by central banks, comes after FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried commingled funds with the exchange platform and sister trading firm Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried, who was a prominent contributor to Democratic campaigns, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-pleads-not-guilty-allowed-to-conceal-who-is-securing-his-250-million-bond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission through campaign finance violations.

Web Summit 2022 – Day One

Regulators Move Against World’s Largest Crypto Exchange For ‘Disregard’ Of Financial Laws

Regulators Move Against Binance For 'Disregard' Of Financial Laws

Business

Crime

Cryptocurrency

Lawsuit

Authorities confirmed at a press conference that the 28-year-old woman who killed six, including three children, at a Christian school in Nashville identified as transgender.
The shooter, a white 28-year-old Nashville woman who identified as a man, was engaged by police at the Covenant School around 10:27 a.m., 14 minutes after the first call was made to police, Nashville authorities said in a press conference. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooting was a &#8220;targeted attack.&#8221;
On Monday afternoon, local authorities along with the FBI searched the home of the female shooter, whom the Daily Wire will not name in accordance with company policy. During the search, law enforcement said they found &#8220;a manifesto&#8221; along with maps of the school drawn in detail that included points of entry. The police chief said authorities have a theory on the shooter&#8217;s motive, but they are not ready to share it yet.
“The police department response was swift,” a police official said at a press conference outside the school. “Officers entered the first story of the school and began clearing it. They heard shots coming from the second level and they went toward the gunfire. When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. The officers engaged her, she was fatally shot by responding police officers. ”
Metro Nashville Police identified the shooter as 28-year-old woman hours after the attack. During the press conference, an official said the shooter was “armed with two assault-type rifles and a handgun.” Drake confirmed that the shooter was a former student at the Covenant School. She was taken out by two Metro Nashville Police Department officers.
Police identified the six victims, and they include three 9-year-old children and three adults 60 years old and above.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, the victims are “Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9, Cynthia Peak, age 61, Katherine Koonce, age 60, and Mike Hill, age 61.”
Katherine Koonce was the head of the Covenant School, where a 28-year-old woman opened fire Monday morning before she was killed by two police officers.
The Covenant School is a private Presbyterian school in Nashville’s posh Green Hills neighborhood that educates children from preschool through sixth grade. According to the school’s website, it enrolls between 195 and 210 students.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

Police Presence at Nashville School Shooter’s Home

Nashville Christian School Shooter Identified As Transgender: Authorities

Nashville Christian School Shooter Identified As Transgender

School Shooting

U.S.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blamed Republicans and their stance on gun control for the grade school shooting Monday that left three children and three adults dead.
The shooting at Covenant Christian school shocked Nashville, and was particularly unusual given that police said the shooter was a white 28-year-old Nashville woman who identified as a man. Police also believe the woman was a former student.
The White House was quick to politicize the tragedy.
&#8220;How many more children have to be murdered before Republicans in Congress will step up and act to pass the assault weapons ban?&#8221; the press secretary asked during a Monday afternoon press conference. &#8220;Once again, the president calls on Congress to do something before another child is senselessly killed in a preventable act of gun violence.&#8221;
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President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting and is actively talking with local leaders in Nashville, according to Jean-Pierre. Biden commented on the shooting during the Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Summit Monday afternoon, calling on Congress to pass his gun control legislation.
&#8220;We have to do more to stop gun violence. It&#8217;s ripping our communities apart,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;We have to do more to protect our schools so they&#8217;re not turned into prisons.&#8221;
&#8220;I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban,&#8221; he added.
An unidentified female, 28, killed at least three children and three adults Monday inside a Nashville Christian school before police fatally shot her, officials said.
The shooter was engaged by police around 10:27 a.m., 14 minutes after the first call was made to police, Nashville authorities said in a press conference.
“The police department response was swift,” a police official said at a press conference outside the school. “Officers entered the first story of the school and began clearing it. They heard shots coming from the second level and they went toward the gunfire. When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. The officers engaged her, she was fatally shot by responding police officers. ”
The official said the shooter was “armed with two assault-type rifles and a handgun.”

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White House Blames Republicans After Nashville Christian School Shooting

White House Condemns Republicans After Nashville Christian School Shooting 

Nashville

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized a massive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexican</a> shipment of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl</a> earlier this week — over 1,500 miles north of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>. 
Federal agents just outside of Detroit snagged 20 kilograms, over 40 pounds, of the deadly drug as it was in transit to the Motor City from Grand Rapids, The Detroit Free Press <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/24/fentanyl-seizure-dea-michigan/70045815007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The DEA said that the fentanyl was produced in Mexico before making its way to Grand Rapids and then being transported to Detroit. 
“Drug cartels like CJNG and Sinaloa attempt to flood our communities with illicit drugs,” Detroit&#8217;s DEA Chief Orville Greene said in a statement Friday. “We will continue to work vigorously to identify other associates tied to the delivery of this fentanyl that would have caused untold suffering had it reached its intended destination.”
A mere 2 mg of fentanyl can be deadly, which means the 20 kilograms seized in Michigan would be enough to kill 10 million people, nearly the exact population of the Great Lakes State. After a tip from investigators on the west side of the state, federal agents along with local authorities in Metro Detroit arrested a woman from Ohio who was allegedly delivering the shipment of the drug, which was in powder form. Authorities seized a gun along with the fentanyl, according to the Free Press.  
 “Just because you’re not situated on the southern border doesn’t mean your community is not affected and doesn’t mean that people are not dying from it,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/03/25/dea-achieves-biggest-bust-in-state-history-after-seizing-20-kilograms-of-fentanyl-in-oakland-county/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=snd&amp;utm_content=wdiv4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Last month, enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/massive-fentanyl-shipment-enough-to-kill-50-million-people-seized-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seized</a> by Border Patrol at the southern California border. That shipment of fentanyl also came from Mexico and was likely either smuggled across the border through a vehicle or on foot by drug mules.  
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mexicos-president-blames-american-families-for-fentanyl-crisis-lack-of-love-hugs">recently denied</a> that fentanyl is produced in his country, but <a href="https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20%20Fentanyl%20Flow%20in%20the%20United%20States_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Mexican transnational criminal organizations are “increasingly producing wholesale quantities of illicit fentanyl pills and smuggling them into the United States.” The DEA said that Mexico’s two largest cartels, the Sinaloa and the New Generation Jalisco, “are likely the primary trafficking groups responsible for smuggling fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.”
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The DEA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/train-caught-at-border-transporting-over-700000-fentanyl-pills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that 50.6 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder had been found in the U.S. last year. More than 70,000 Americans died from fentanyl overdoses in 2021 alone.

Drug Enforcement Agency

Feds Seize Mexican Fentanyl Shipment In Michigan — Enough To Kill Nearly Everyone In The State

DEA Seizes Massive Mexican Fentanyl Shipment In Michigan 

Drug Cartels

Fentanyl

Mexico

Michigan

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Santos</a> (R-NY) has reportedly agreed to a deal with Brazilian prosecutors to repay a victim that he allegedly defrauded in 2008.
The case was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-launches-investigation-into-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> in Brazil because law enforcement was not able to find Santos. The alleged incident happened when Santos, then 19, entered a small clothing store and spent $700 using a stolen checkbook and a false name. He allegedly admitted to the fraud on a Brazilian social media website the following year.
He and his mother allegedly admitted to police in 2010 that he stole the checkbook to make fraudulent purchases. The following year, the charge against Santos was approved, but he had already left the country and was living in the U.S.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/politics/george-santos-prosecutors-brazil-fraud-case/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that prosecutors have &#8220;agreed to a deal&#8221; with Santos in which he would &#8220;formally confess to the crime and pay damages to the victim.&#8221;
Prosecutors have contacted Santos&#8217; team seeking assurances that they have the ability to make contact with the victim so restitution can be made.
The deal could still change, the report said.
Santos has already admitted that he fibbed about the claim that he worked for financial titans Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; he also admitted that he did not graduate from college. Furthermore, Santos admitted that he embellished some of the details of his personal life, his religion, and his sexuality. However, he said that these controversies would not detract from his duties.
“I am not a criminal,” Santos claimed. “This will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”
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Santos is also facing local, federal, and congressional investigations in the U.S.

U.S. Congressman-elect George Santos

Brazilian Authorities Accept Deal From George Santos In Fraud Case: Report

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George Santos

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World

A convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who spent time in a mental hospital was released and moved into an apartment building in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Yegor Khabarov is suspected of killing six people but was found guilty of killing only two due to a lack of evidence in the other four, The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/outed-russian-serial-killer-the-electrician-assures-neighbors-he-isnt-planning-new-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Residents of the apartment building only recently found out they were living next to the murderer, who insists he isn’t planning any new murders.
Khabarov was first detained in 2009, suspected of electrocuting his victims to death and gaining the moniker “The Electrician.” A retired police officer now working as a mall security guard was the first to realize that the killer had been released – because he was now a coworker.
“We were sitting there, I looked at him from all sides and I knew that this was him! But I thought he must have been imprisoned. And I say to him: ‘Are you The Electrician?’ This shocked him greatly, he was visibly frightened. He says &#8216;No, I have a different profession.&#8217; I said: ‘But your nickname is The Electrician, isn&#8217;t it?’ I told him I recognized him. He confirmed it. He said that he had undergone the required treatment and that it was all in the past,” the security guard <a href="https://www.e1.ru/text/criminal/2023/03/21/71584886/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a local news outlet.
“He talked about his inventions, how it is possible to make a shocker from a battery for a scooter. That you can electrocute a person during a thunderstorm and attribute everything to lightning,” the security guard added.
According to investigators, Khabarov had placed an ad selling computer components in 2009, and a 23-year-old student responded.
“They had agreed to meet in the garage of Khabarov, who by this time had already prepared everything for the murder,” a senior investigator for the case said at the time, according to The Beast.
The investigator said Khabarov grabbed his victim and tied him up before electrocuting him to death. Khabarov then dumped the student’s charred body on the side of a road, where it was later found.
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Khabarov was arrested and also charged with a murder that occurred a year earlier, in which investigators said he burned alive a 27-year-old computer tech.
At trial, witnesses testified that Khabarov was ecstatic as he watched his victims burn to death.
Khabarov claimed he was insane and was sent to a psychiatric facility for treatment.
Neighbors say they are concerned after learning who their neighbor actually is.
“Everyone is terribly afraid. We didn’t know this person had such a past. It’s scary to let the kids go out now, you never know what’s in his head,” one neighbor told the local outlet.
“I have often run into him in the elevator. His appearance is memorable, he looks frightening,” another said.
A friend of Khabarov, however, insisted that the killer is worried about coming into contact with the families of his victims.
“He was afraid to drive around the city, paying 3-4,000 rubles for a taxi ride. He said: ‘I’m afraid of the relatives of the people I killed,’” the friend said.
“Yegor says that he has changed his views and is not planning new murders. But I stopped communicating with him because he was a little weird. But at the same time he is a very cultured person! I’ve never heard him swear,” the friend added.

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A Suspected Serial Killer Moved In Next Door. He Insists He Won’t Kill Anyone Else.

A Serial Killer Moved In Next Door. He Insists He Won't Kill Anyone Else.

Murder

Russia

Serial Killers

A Detroit man who allegedly committed three murders after being released on a low bond following a violent attack has been charged with committing an additional murder prior to his original arrest.
On June 4, 2022, the body of 24-year-old Natayla Morse was found in a field on Detroit’s east side. For nearly a year, no one has been charged with her murder, until now.
Jonathan Welch, 23, has been charged with murdering Morse with “blunt force trauma” to her head before stealing her car and setting it on fire, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release. It is unclear how Welch and Morse knew each other.
It is the latest development in Welch&#8217;s alleged crime spree. Welch was originally charged with multiple felonies, including torture, in crimes unrelated to Morse&#8217;s murder, Fox 2 Detroit <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/jonathan-welch-man-out-on-low-bond-accused-of-murder-of-parents-and-ex-now-charged-with-another-killing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. On June 12, he allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend, Zlayiah Frazier, and was arrested and charged.
Welch allegedly strangled Frazier, poured gasoline on her, burned her with a metal spatula and threatened to assault her with a drill. He also allegedly attempted to sexually assault her with a pole. Welch allegedly did all this because was upset about Frazier potentially talking to someone else on her phone and demanded to see her conversations. He attacked her when she refused to hand over her phone. During the assault, the couple’s young child was in a room nearby.
Despite these facts, Welch&#8217;s bond was set at $100,000 with a 10% cash surety, meaning he only had to pay $10,000 to be released from prison.
Within a few days of leaving prison, Welch allegedly murdered Frazier, then barricaded himself in his mother’s house and shot at police.
&#8220;They let him out of jail, he killed my sister, he killed my sister,&#8221; Frazier’s sister, Breonna, <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/low-court-bond-blamed-for-suspects-alleged-murders-after-leaving-jail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox 2 Detroit in July 2022.
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After shooting at police, Welch allegedly set his mother’s house on fire, and is also accused of killing his stepfather and critically stabbing his mother.
&#8220;They should’ve never let him out of prison,&#8221; Breonna told the outlet. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have nothing else to say.&#8221;
Welch was arrested again and charged with 19 counts, including first-degree murder. No bond was set after the deaths.
&#8220;Because he was not incarcerated she is now dead, his father is now dead, his mother is in a hospital bed,&#8221; Attorney James Galen, Jr told Fox 2. &#8220;He’s got a baby out there that most likely will never see his father again and will never have a chance to know the baby&#8217;s mother.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s 23 years old, a timebomb. I’m not saying the magistrate or judge could’ve predicted that, but with the charges and the nature of the charges, it should’ve been apparent that society needed big protection,&#8221; he added, referring to the low bond that allowed Welch to leave prison and go on his alleged killing spree.

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Man Allegedly Killed 3 While Out On Low Bond After Violent Attack. Now He’s Charged With Another Murder.

Man Allegedly Killed 3 While Out On Low Bond After Violent Attack. Now He's Charged With Another Murder.

Detroit

Sexual Assault

A Colorado dentist charged with poisoning his wife bought his mistress an airline ticket to fly from her home in Austin, Texas, to be with him in Denver while his wife was dying in a hospital, an arrest warrant says.
James Toliver Craig, 45, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-dentist-who-allegedly-poisoned-wife-researched-poison-for-weeks-beforehand-police-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged with first-degree murder</a> for allegedly poisoning his wife multiple times before she died on March 15. An arrest warrant <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/dentist-bought-alleged-mistress-airline-ticket-to-meet-him-as-wife-he-poisoned-lay-dying-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained by Inside Edition</a> shows that while Craig’s wife was on life support, he purchased an airline ticket from Austin to Denver for his mistress, an orthodontist. Text messages and emails between the two were also included in the warrant.
&#8220;Hi, honey. I am so sorry for what has transpired this week in your world,&#8221; the alleged mistress, Dr. Karin Cain, wrote, according to the arrest warrant. &#8220;I am sorry I am not a part of your world to be of more help to you. I love you.&#8221;
The arrest warrant also showed that Craig allegedly tried to poison his wife at least once before she died. On March 6, police alleged, Craig put arsenic in his wife’s protein smoothie that he made for her after the couple worked out.
The warrant says the wife felt faint and dizzy after drinking the smoothie and that Craig took her to the hospital. She was treated and quickly released.
A staff member at Craig’s dental office in Aurora reportedly told police that her boss had been acting strange and had used the computer in the exam room instead of the one in his office or his laptop. He allegedly told her he had a package coming to the office and that she shouldn’t open it. Craig also told her he didn’t think his wife was going to “make it,” according to the warrant.
The staff member told police that she found the package on March 13 and that it contained potassium cyanide, Buzzfeed <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/dentist-poisoned-wife-smoothie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Because the dentist’s office had never ordered this before, she researched the drug and found that it caused the same symptoms Craig’s wife had experienced. The staff member said that the day after she did the research, Craig told her his wife had accused him of poisoning her. One day after that, Craig’s wife returned to the hospital with the same symptoms – and this time she died.
The arrest warrant said Craig had asked his wife for a divorce and had cheated on her multiple times during their marriage, including while his wife was in the hospital. Police searched Craig’s home the day after his wife died and found that he had created a new Google account on February 27, which he used to research poison.
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Police said he searched for chemical suppliers in Aurora and even searched the phrase “how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human.” He also searched YouTube for “Top 5 Undetectable Poisons That Show No Signs of Foul Play,” “how to make poison,” and “The Top 10 Deadliest Plants (They Can Kill You),” Buzzfeed reported.
“When the suspicious details of this case came to light, our team of officers and homicide detectives tirelessly worked to uncover the truth behind the victim’s sudden illness and death,” Division Chief Mark Hildebrand said in <a href="https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=16242704&amp;pageId=19419386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a>. “It was quickly discovered this was in fact a heinous, complex and calculated murder. I am very proud of our Major Crimes Homicide Unit’s hard work in solving this case and pursuing justice for the victim.”

James Craig

Colorado Dentist Accused Of Poisoning Wife Bought Mistress A Plane Ticket As Wife Lay Dying In Hospital, Arrest Warrant Says

Colorado

New video emerged Wednesday from inside the Florida gym where rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was attacked this week that showed the alleged assailants entering the facility and making a beeline to a locker room where the rapper was located.
TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/21/tekashi-6ix9ine-attack-florida-gym-sauna-ambush-hospitalized/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the incident happened at an LA Fitness when several guys attacked him, according to his attorney. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/watch/2023-03-22-032123-6ix9ine-1584908-010/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video</a> of the incident showed at least two larger men kicking the rapper while he laid on the ground trying to protect himself.
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Another video clip showed the immediate aftermath of the attack as the rapper left the locker room with a bloodied face.
Gym staff heard the fight happening and immediately called for help and alerted first responders. The rapper was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
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TMZ obtained a photo of the rapper at the hospital that showed significant injuries on his face. He also sustained injuries to his jaw, ribs, and back.
The attorney says that he contacted federal law enforcement officials to make sure that his client gets the protection that he needs after he was granted early release from prison where he was serving time on <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/2019/12/6ix9ine-feds-prison-release" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racketeering</a> charges.
He was granted early release after his alleged cooperation with law enforcement officials led to several gang members from the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods being incarcerated. The gang distributed fentanyl and committed “brazen acts of violence.”
Federal law enforcement warned him days before he was arrested in 2018 that his life was in danger after several of his associates that he fired were caught on a wire saying that they wanted to “super-violate” him, according to the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tekashi-6ix9ine-arrested-on-racketeering-firearms-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Beast</a>.
The rapper <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/12/11/tekashi-6ix9ine-says-the-feds-helped-him-escape-gangs-saved-his-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">credits</a> federal law enforcement officials with helping him escape gang life.

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A five-year-old letter surfaced Wednesday that appeared to show President Trump&#8217;s former fixer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-cohen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Cohen</a> lied to investigators about a hush money payment made during the 2016 presidential election.
The letter, dated February 8, 2018, was written by Cohen&#8217;s attorney Stephen M. Ryan to the Federal Election Commission about the payment Cohen made to porn actress Stormy Daniels. In it, Cohen&#8217;s lawyer claims that Cohen used &#8220;his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford.&#8221;
&#8220;Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly,&#8221; the letter said.
Cohen pled guilty six months after that letter was written to several charges in federal court, including <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign finance violations related to the payment to Daniels</a>.
Cohen, who has since been disbarred, is a key figure in the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office grand jury investigation into former President Donald Trump&#8217;s alleged involvement in that payment to Daniels. He has told investigators for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and testified to the grand jury that he made the payments at the direction of Trump.
Attorney Robert Costello, who used to advise Cohen, reportedly attacked the credibility of Cohen in court this week after he said that he had information that contradicted some of Cohen’s current statements and that “could be exculpatory for Trump.”
The letter was not presented to the grand jury, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manhattan-grand-jury-wont-meet-wednesday-potential-trump-indictment-delayed-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not</a> meet on Wednesday, but is expected to reconvene on Thursday. Even if grand jurors remain unaware of its contents, the letter could impact Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s decision on whether to seek an indictment, given Cohen&#8217;s credibility problems.
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As noted by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/2018-letter-shows-michael-cohen-lying-to-federal-officials/">New York Post</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/us/politics/trump-michael-cohen-checks.html">The New York Times</a>, Cohen was paid $420,000 by Trump or Trump&#8217;s trust. According to federal prosecutors, that money included $130,000 for the payment and $50,000 for digital work Cohen did for Trump. That $180,000 was then allegedly doubled to offset taxes. The remaining $60,000 was a &#8220;bonus,&#8221; prosecutors say.
Although non-disclosure agreements are legal, the potential problem for Trump centers around how his company reimbursed Cohen. The payment was listed as a legal expense and the company cited a retainer agreement with Cohen. The retainer agreement did not exist and the reimbursement was not related to any legal services from Cohen, thus setting up a potential misdemeanor criminal charge of falsifying business records. The report said that Trump personally signed several of the checks to Cohen while he was serving as president.
Prosecutors can elevate the misdemeanor to a felony if they can prove that Trump’s “‘intent to defraud’ included an intent to commit or conceal a second crime.”
Prosecutors argue that the second crime is that the alleged $130,000 hush payment was an improper donation to the Trump campaign because the money was used to stop a story for the purpose of benefiting his presidential campaign.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that an attorney for former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> must testify and turn over records on Trump in the federal criminal investigation into the former president’s handling of U.S. government records after he left office.
Prosecutors allegedly showed in court last week that they had “sufficient” evidence that Trump “intentionally concealed” the existence of classified material at his Mar-a-Lago home from his own legal team, according to a U.S. federal judge who was overseeing the case up until late last week.
ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/sources-special-counsel-claims-trump-deliberately-misled-attorneys/story?id=98024191" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that sources described the contents of a sealed filing last week from U.S. Judge Beryl Howell, who on Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court’s chief judge.
Howell wrote that special counsel Jack Smith’s office had made a “prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations,” and that Trump’s lawyers could now be forced to testify because the evidence revokes attorney-client privileges due to the &#8220;crime-fraud exception.&#8221; Under this exception, prosecutors seek records between a client and their attorney based upon evidence that legal advice that was given was used in furtherance of an illegal or fraudulent activity.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Howell’s order temporarily on Tuesday night and ordered a rapid series of filings that needed to be filed from Trump&#8217;s lawyers.
Former federal prosecutor and independent counsel Scott Fredericksen <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-attorney-evan-corcoran-testify/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBS News, &#8220;If this results in Trump&#8217;s attorney going in to testify, I think that means we are very closing to a charging decision.&#8221;
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Howell ordered in her sealed filing that Trump attorney Evan Corcoran needs to comply with a grand jury subpoena to testify and that he must turn over numerous records related to what she described as an alleged “criminal scheme.”
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Howell said that while prosecutors showed enough evidence to revoke Corcoran’s attorney-client privilege, they would still need to present evidence that meets a higher standard to charge and get a conviction against the former president.
“Shame on Fake News ABC for broadcasting ILLEGALLY LEAKED false allegations from a Never Trump, now former chief judge, against the Trump legal team,” a Trump spokesperson said to ABC News. “The real story here, that Fake News ABC SHOULD be reporting on, is that prosecutors only attack lawyers when they have no case whatsoever.”
The report said that the criminal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified material is focused on determining whether Trump’s lawyers falsely certified that all classified material had been returned to the U.S. government in response to a grand jury subpoena, and determining if Trump sought to conceal those materials.
Federal authorities recovered classified material during a search of the property in June 2022 and Trump’s legal team <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/us/politics/trump-classified-material-fbi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> a written statement at that time certifying that all classified material had been removed from the property. Two months later, the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago and found additional materials marked as classified.
Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-man-who-warned-trump-he-would-face-serious-consequences-if-he-did-not-return-u-s-records-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> warned Trump in late 2021 that he could face serious legal repercussions if he did not return the U.S. government records that he took with him after he left office.
Before Trump’s term ended, Patrick Philbin, deputy counsel to the president, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-lawyers-acknowledge-he-could-face-criminal-charges-in-probe-over-government-documents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> Trump’s representative to handle matters with the National Archives along with White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
Once the National Archives realized that some of Trump’s White House records were missing, they reportedly contacted Philbin for help getting them back, according to The New York Times. Philbin reportedly tried to help the National Archives retrieve the material, but he was allegedly blocked by Trump.
Trump faces additional legal jeopardy in three other criminal investigations into him, including a federal investigation into his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, an investigation in Georgia into his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, and an investigation in New York into an alleged $130,000 hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

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The city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/milwaukee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee</a> is in the midst of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/car-theft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">car theft</a> epidemic, but instead of criminals, the city is targeting the car makers.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted Tuesday to approve a resolution to seek outside counsel to pursue a lawsuit against Kia and Hyundai. The city will join a multi-district lawsuit being heard against the two automakers, claiming that their cars are too easy to steal. Milwaukee officials called the city &#8220;ground zero&#8221; for the car thefts.
&#8220;It is my hope that not only do we curb the thefts but that the City of Milwaukee recovers some of the damages for police, fire, [Department of Public Works] and any other costs that we&#8217;ve had to incur as a result of the negligence of Kia and Hyundai,&#8221; Milwaukee alderwoman Milele Coggs said at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91nGgecyuQk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> Wednesday morning.
Milwaukee City Attorney Tearman Spencer said the city intended to be the first city to sue the automakers, but would still proceed with its case even though other cities have already filed suit. &#8220;In my estimation, all the [car theft] problems have emanated out of Milwaukee,&#8221; said Spencer. &#8220;This is ground zero, the epicenter of the cause of the problems that we&#8217;ve been experiencing throughout the country.&#8221;
According to crime data from the <a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/police/Information-Services/Crime-Maps-and-Statistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Police Department</a>, there were 10,487 motor vehicle thefts in 2021, and 8,097 more in 2022. A report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, cited by the Common Council in a <a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccCouncil/News/2023/District-06/CouncilapprovesmeasurethatcouldleadtocitylawsuitagainstKiaandHyundai2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, found that Milwaukee had the 8th highest rate of motor vehicle theft of any city in the United States in 2021, and the highest increase from 2020-2021 of any city. In the year 2023 to date, there have been 1,323 car thefts.
Thefts have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/car-thefts-in-america-reach-highest-level-in-over-a-decade-analysis-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">particularly risen</a> for certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles, because they lack immobilizers, an electronic device that prevent criminals from bypassing the key-start ignition in the cars. A trend emerged on TikTok in September challenging criminals to steal a car by breaking into it, taking off the steering wheel, and hotwiring the engine with a USB cord, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/08/tiktok-challenge-spurs-rise-in-thefts-of-kia-hyundai-cars.html">CNBC</a> reported. The hashtag &#8220;#KiaBoys&#8221; was viewed more than 33 million times at the time. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/14/kia-and-hyundai-announce-software-update-said-to-deter-theft/69905025007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">further reported</a> that the &#8220;Kia Boys&#8221; theft ring originated in Milwaukee.
According to a report from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/business/progressive-state-farm-hyundai-kia/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, the problem has reportedly gotten so bad that major auto insurers Progressive and State Farm have stopped covering Kia and Hyundai models in certain cities, including Denver and St. Louis, because of the high rates of theft. Kia and Hyundai have previously stated that their cars are in compliance with federal standards; they also announced software updates intended to deter thieves by requiring the key to be in the ignition socket before the car can turn on.
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According to the <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/22/milwaukee-announces-lawsuit-against-kia-hyundai-over-vehicle-thefts/70035526007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journal Sentinel</a>, the city&#8217;s lawsuit will be part of a multi-district suit that is being adjudicated in the federal Central District of California. Earlier this month, the city of Madison voted to hire outside counsel to sue the two automakers. Other cities suing Kia and Hyundai include <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/nbc-7-responds-2/san-diego-city-attorney-suing-kia-hyundai-after-social-media-theft-challenge/3189893/">San Diego</a>, <a href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-lawsuit-kia-hyundai/281-293d9e1b-bada-49bd-bebf-ad7f31ede361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seattle</a>, and <a href="https://fox8.com/news/cle-council-pushes-lawsuit-for-hyundai-kia-thefts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cleveland</a>.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul signed a <a href="https://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/default/files/news-media/AG%20Letter%20to%20Hyundia%20and%20Kia%20final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> along with 22 other state AGs demanding that Kia and Hyundai equip immobilizers as standard equipment.

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