Former SF Sheriff's Office chief of staff Richard Jue got lucky with a diversion program sentence rather than having to stand trial for a March hit-and-run where he lied to investigators, and the Chronicle just obtained video of the crash. We learned in June that SF Sheriff Paul Yamamoto's chief of staff Richard Jue had hit another car and fled the scene while driving in an incident that had actually secretly occurred in March.
In 1996, journalist Mark Singer was assigned by The New Yorker, where he had worked for 20 years, to shadow Donald Trump for several months and produce an in-depth profile of the then media-savvy U.S. businessman. Singer wrote what became one of the magazine's legendary pieces a sharp portrait concluding that the tycoon had achieved the ultimate luxury: an existence unmolested by the rumbling of a soul.
The San Jose Police Department pays $55,000 a month to rent an evidence warehouse on Monterey Road. The owner: a San Jose official who votes on police spending. District 6 Councilmember Michael Mulcahy is the managing partner of his private, family-owned real estate firm SDS NexGen Partners, which has leased the warehouse to the city since 2003, according to records obtained by San José Spotlight.
"Although vehemently denied by appellant and Victor Aenlle, the evidentiary record is highly suggestive that appellant Sheriff Corpus and Mr. Aenlle were in a romantic extra-marital relationship," Emerson wrote in the report. "Corpus elevated her own interest in the close personal relationship she held with Mr. Aenlle above her obligation to appoint, recruit, select, and/or retain based upon merit and in conformity with the principles of equal opportunity."
The answer, Emily, is hell yeah. It can be done. It is being done. There's a little something called the McDade Amendment, passed in 1998, that actually requires federal government lawyers to follow both the ethics rule of the state where they're licensed to practice and federal regulations. That means there are rules that actually prohibit DOJ attorneys from participating, for instance, in cases where they have a personal or political relationship (imagine!)
A New York Times investigation reveals that when Witkoff, a real estate developer and longtime friend of Trump, began his new position as a diplomat in the Middle East, his son Alex took over his company, the Witkoff Group. Since then, not only has the Witkoff Group continued to ink major deals with investors in the Gulf Arab states, but the elder Witkoff has not even fully divested from the company.
After four years in opposition, 71-year-old Andrej Babis, the Czech Republic's seventh richest man with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $3.9bn (2.9bn), is eyeing a triumphant comeback, his party 10 points clear in the polls, its prospective vote share topping 30%. I want to restore the management of the state to normal, Babis, a polarising leader whose previous premiership from 2017 to 2021 drew mass protests, said recently.
The guy's out there selling finger art, right? You know, everyone, one of the great hospitality companies, you know, anywhere in the world. You know, we went through hell, believe me. My father was the first guy who hasn't made money off of the presidency. In fact, you know, if I were to send you a tally of our legal bills over the last X number of years.
It should go without saying that when you are looking for an attorney to set up your estate plan, especially if you have children you want to pass along money or possessions to, you need to feel absolutely comfortable that whatever documents are set up are done with your best interest in mind. There is no question that what this original lawyer did to this Redditor is both morally and ethically wrong.
By SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will host next year's Group of 20 summit at his golf club in Doral. In his first term, Trump tried to host a separate global summit at the club but backed down after criticism from his own party about the propriety of doing so. "Well, I think everybody wants it there," Trump said Friday when asked if the global summit would be at his golf club and spa.
I think the American Academy of Pediatrics is gravely conflicted. They get their biggest contributors are the four largest vaccine makers. They run a journal, Pediatrix, which they make a lot of money on, that is completely dependent on pharmaceutical companies. So I don't think I wouldn't put a big stake in what they say that benefits pharmaceutical interests. Senator, I didn't politicize it, but I de-politicize it, Kennedy argued.
Andrew Greene has been the ABC's defence correspondent for the past 10 years since joining the broadcaster in 2010. In June, the ABC confirmed it was investigating serious allegations that Greene filed a story about a German shipbuilder, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, without disclosing that he had travelled to Germany courtesy of the company, which was hoping to win lucrative Australian navy contracts.
The documents, released late Tuesday, show that Trump began the bond-buying spree one day after he was sworn in on January 20 and that it includes debt sold by companies, local governments, and entities that could be directly affected by his sweeping agenda. All told, Trump made about 690 purchases from January 21 through August 1. The active trading by a president of the United States is unprecedented.
Some testimony on Day 3 of the removal hearing for San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus contradicts her claims that she had no romantic relationship with the man she hired as her chief of staff. Sheriff Corpus has called Victor Aenlle (pronounced ay-en-jay) a "colleague, a trusted confidante, and a friend," but she has spent the last nine months denying that she and Aenlle had any sort of romantic relationship. The question of whether the two were romantically involved lies at the center of the battle over Corpus's possible removal from office she stands accused of conflict of interest in the hiring of Aenlle as her chief of staff, in addition to other accusations of retaliation and inappropriate conduct.
Given that one of the purported architects of President Trump's tariff policy is Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, your father and the former Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, LP, the firm's actions raise obvious conflict-of-interest and insider dealing concerns.
Bank of America is implementing a policy requiring junior bankers to disclose future job offers, addressing conflict-of-interest concerns while considering young bankers' ambitions.
Yolo County officials request the state attorney general's involvement in investigating a fireworks explosion due to public concerns about conflicts of interest involving Sheriff's Office employees.
