A United States congressional committee is meeting with NBA officials Wednesday in Washington, D.C., in wake of the indictments of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones, sources tell ESPN's Shams Charania. The meeting is considered an informational sit-down for members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and will include conversations about the league's partnerships with sportsbooks and measures to prevent illegal use of non-public information, the sources said.
Hours after the FBI arrested Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, and published a pair of indictments detailing the former's alleged involvement in a cooked prop-bet unders scheme and the latter's alleged involvement in a rigged mafia poker game, the sports-watching public turned to sports media to help make sense of the story.
A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday to decide whether maneuvers used by the Trump administration to install Bill Essayli as acting United States attorney in Los Angeles are improper - and, if so, what should be done about it. During a Tuesday hearing in downtown L.A., Senior Judge J. Michael Seabright - who flew in from Hawaii for the proceeding - wondered how to proceed after defense attorneys sought to dismiss indictments against three clients and to disqualify Essayli
Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, in six months, will not be in the DOJ and at the FBI if these indictments haven't happenedperiod. That I can guarantee you. And I'm not saying they're villains yet; I'm not saying they are weak yet. I'm just telling you right now that the American people want action. They want indictments, they want justice, they want retribution for what these crooks have doneopen and shut, raged Jones on his online show.
Travis County District Attorney's office and Austin Police Department have a strained relationship since José Garza's election, culminating in indictments and miscommunication affecting their collaboration.
