Decades before the FBI targeted me for my journalism, its treatment of my uncle, an FBI agent, devastated our family.
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Internal FBI reports and undercover recordings reveal that federal agents were concerned about entrapment claims.
The post The Informant at the Heart of the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a Liability. So Federal Agents Shut Him Up. appeared first on The Intercept.
Most Capitol riot defendants got lighter sentences than the government sought, invalidating a key right-wing talking point.
The post Federal Judges Have Shown Leniency in Nearly All Jan. 6 Cases appeared first on The Intercept.
As a Houston prosecutor, Kelly Siegler won 68 murder convictions and 19 death sentences. But the case of Jeffrey Prible raises questions about her record.
The post Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder? appeared first on The Intercept.
Jeffrey Prible and Hermilo Herrero always insisted on their innocence. From prison, they tracked down the man who could help them prove it.
The post How Two Men Convicted by Kelly Siegler Uncovered the Dark Secret to Her Success appeared first on The Intercept.
Kelly Siegler’s talent for solving cold cases made her a TV celebrity. Then she was confronted about her use of informants.
The post What Happened When a Star Prosecutor Was Accused of Running a Jailhouse Snitch Scheme appeared first on The Intercept.
Chicago police officer Raymond Piwnicki has 99 civilian complaints on his record, many of them involving racist invective and violence.
The post Why Does the Chicago Police Department Tolerate Abusive Racists in Its Ranks? appeared first on The Intercept.
A North Carolina facility’s record of violations undercuts the dream of plastics recycling.
The post They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste appeared first on The Intercept.
At once a victim of Russian war crimes and a suspected collaborator, Anna is caught between Ukraine’s overlapping quests for justice.
The post A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy appeared first on The Intercept.
The Modi government has weaponized India’s sedition and anti-terror laws to disappear Khalid and other political critics from public life.
The post Umar Khalid Challenged Modi’s Anti-Muslim Agenda. India Accused Him of Terrorism and Locked Him Up. appeared first on The Intercept.