Crime

TALLAHASSEE, FL, July 16, 2025 — Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20‑year sentence at FCI Tallahassee for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex‑trafficking network, has been placed on suicide watch following reports that she offered to testify before Congress about a purported “Epstein client list.” Maxwell’s legal team asserts the move is retaliatory, while the Bureau of Prisons maintains it is precautionary.

Ft. Lauderdale - Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite convicted in 2022 for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, has issued public comments expressing bemusement over recent statements by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Epstein investigation. Maxwell stated that she would have gladly turned over Epstein’s client list, flight logs, and accounting ledgers—if only anyone had asked her to do so.

Los Angeles - President Donald J. Trump, in coordination with officials within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has deployed a contingent of individuals previously convicted or charged for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection to Los Angeles in an alleged effort to quell ongoing civil unrest.

Washington, DC - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced plans for a new Trump Visa Gold Card program, supplementing the already controversial $5 million Gold Card visa for foreign investors. This new card, distinct from the existing visa program, targets American citizens willing to pay $1 million for exclusive benefits linked directly to President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Ashli Babbitt in a ceremony at the White House today.

Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from California, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer on January 6, 2021, while attempting to breach the Speaker’s Lobby during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Her death became a rallying point for Trump loyalists, who have long argued that she was a patriot wrongfully killed by law enforcement.

Washington, DC - President Donald Trump marked National Peace Officers Memorial Day with a speech that began with solemn recognition of fallen law enforcement officers — but quickly took a controversial turn as he veered off-script to praise individuals convicted for their roles in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Washington, DC - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has aligned herself with a faction of the MAGA movement advocating for a presidential pardon for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is currently facing serious federal charges.

Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, was indicted in September 2024 on charges including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He has pleaded not guilty to all allegations and is awaiting trial scheduled for May 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday that the company will not lay off any of its U.S. workers following high-stakes negotiations with President Donald Trump. The agreement, confirmed by both parties, grants Amazon an unprecedented 50-year tax-free status and preemptive legal pardons for all current and future executives.

Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Congressman George Santos, erasing the convictions that led to Santos’s expulsion from Congress and recent seven-year prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Trump framed the pardon as a “correction of a political witch hunt” and claimed Santos had been “treated unfairly by a corrupt system.”

Toms River, NJ — Jon Bon Jovi, celebrated rock star and philanthropist, is facing criminal charges in Toms River for providing food to homeless veterans through his nonprofit restaurant initiative, JBJ Soul Kitchen. The charges stem from a local ordinance that classifies feeding the homeless in public spaces as a Class A misdemeanor, a law aimed at reducing the visibility of homelessness in the community.