Mark Hosenball
After 48 years in full time journalism, Mark Hosenball recently retired as an investigative reporter for the international news agency Reuters; previously he worked with Yahoo News' Michael Isikoff at Newsweek for 17 years, and before that worked for NBC News, the London Sunday Times, Fairchild Publications, London Evening Standard and Time Out magazine's London edition.
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Ex-Virginia police officer sentenced to more than 7 years in jail for role in Jan. 6 riot
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Virginia police officer to 87 months in jail for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, matching the longest prison term handed down for one of the convicted rioters to date and illustrating how former members of law enforcement and the military participated in the violent insurrection.
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Dem lawyer found not guilty of lying to FBI over alleged Trump-Russia link
A federal jury on Tuesday found Michael Sussmann, a former lawyer at a firm that represented Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 campaign, not guilty of lying to an FBI official over an alleged link between Donald Trump and a Russian bank.
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Jury to deliberate in trial of lawyer accused of lying over alleged Trump-Russia link
Prosecutors and defense lawyers on Friday morning presented their closing arguments to jurors who will now decide Michael Sussmann’s guilt or innocence.
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Clinton OK'd leak to reporter about alleged Trump-Russia tie, her campaign manager says
Hillary Clinton personally approved leaking to the media information alleging a connection between Donald Trump and a Russian bank in 2016, which the campaign itself had not fully confirmed, according to testimony Friday by Clinton’s campaign manager.
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Ex-FBI lawyer says he's 'confident' that Clinton lawyer denied representing any client at meeting
The former top lawyer for the FBI testified Thursday that he was “100% confident” that Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann told him he was not representing a client when he approached him in September 2016 about purported ties between a Russian bank and Donald Trump.
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Prosecutor: Dem used FBI as 'political tool' in seeking Russia-Trump probe
A prominent Democratic lawyer tried to “use the FBI as a political tool” when he met with the bureau’s chief counsel in 2016 about an alleged connection between a Russian bank and Donald Trump, a prosecutor for special counsel John Durham told a jury on Tuesday.
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Case against Oath Keepers hinges on rare use of seditious conspiracy charges
Justice Department prosecutors have charged Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes“seditious conspiracy” in relation to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.