Maddow stated, 'They found definite, absolutely conclusive evidence that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump become president, that the Trump campaign was aware of it and expected to benefit from it, and that they took steps to obstruct the investigation into it.'
In a turn that feels more like a crime thriller than a routine court date, a Staten Island restaurant worker pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, to obstructing justice after federal prosecutors said he helped try to bribe a juror in the Brooklyn federal trial of heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic. The plea, entered in Brooklyn federal court, followed an FBI probe that intercepted a series of meetings and phone calls tied to an alleged payoff plan. The revelation has frozen Gogic's trial in place and tossed a new legal wrench into an already sprawling drug trafficking case.
Two former Google engineers and a third alleged accomplice are facing federal charges after prosecutors accused them of swiping sensitive chip and security technology secrets and then trying to cover their tracks when the scheme began to unravel. According to the Department of Justice, sisters Samaneh and Soroor Ghandali, both former Google employees, along with Mohammadjavad Khosravi, who worked at another unnamed technology company, have been charged with conspiracy, theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice.
During an investigation into fraudulent unemployment assistance, federal law enforcement asked Tran about a false letter he gave to unemployment agency officials in an attempt to have his benefits reinstated after they were temporarily suspended, said prosecutors.
A Wisconsin jury found state court Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstructing federal immigration enforcement on Thursday, delivering a victory to the Trump administration's crusade against anyone-even judicial officers-who attempt to impede its mass deportation campaign. Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Judge, helped a noncitizen evade ICE agents at the state courthouse by instructing him to exit the courtroom through a specific door. Agents apprehended him anyway, and prosecutors promptly charged Dugan with obstruction, a felony punishable by up to five years' imprisonment.
Kemmerer acknowledged that the case was a complicated one involving a minor crime, with differing versions of events, but said it was still a law enforcement officer's duty to investigate a crime. "He simply did nothing, nothing at all," Kemmerer said in court on Tuesday, accusing the officer of "carelessness" and "laziness." Prosecutor Christoph Gillot had called for a jail term of 18 months, arguing that the defendant "knew" that the case involved "a dangerous assault with a knife."
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested late on Thursday and officials say he has not been co-operating with investigators The charge means Tyler Robinson, 22, could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Mr Kirk last week. Announcing the charges, Utah County attorney Jeff Gray said: "The murder of Charlie Kirk is an American tragedy." Mr Kirk was gunned down on September 10 as he spoke to students at Utah Valley University and died soon after.
