Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who incorrectly checked a box indicating she was a U.S. citizen. The decision affects a group of American Samoan residents who made the same error on voter forms.
A Brooklyn-based federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal securities fraud and bribery charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his associates after the US Justice Department decided to abandon the case. The dismissal ends the prosecution before trial, though the judge emphasized it was not a verdict on the merits of the allegations.
President Trump publicly criticized U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro for dropping criminal charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying she 'choked' and 'folded like an umbrella.'
