Former DEA Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using Badge to Protect Drug Dealer Friends

Former DEA Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using Badge to Protect Drug Dealer Friends

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In two decades of kicking around the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took the risk of being the “lead offender,” meaning he was the first person to walk into the room. On Wednesday, he felt familiar uncertainty as he awaited sentencing for using his DEA badge to protect childhood … Read more

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by a conflict of interest

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by a conflict of interest

NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for Luigi Mangione say Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was influenced by her previous work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi was a partner at Ballard Partners before … Read more