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Seeking justice for sexual assault victims in the military Lawmakers are continuing their push to take sexual assault investigations away from unit commanders and turn them over to military special victims prosecutors. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 6:38 PM EDT July 20, 2021 WASHINGTON — Department of Defense statistics show that since 2010, approximately 135,000 active-duty service members have been sexually assaulted and about 509,000 active duty personnel hav...

So far, at least 20 defendants have pleaded guilty. At least seven defendants, including four Oath Keepers, have agreed to cooperate with the government. At least 14 have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors only, while two have pleaded guilty to single counts of felony obstruction. One defendant has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for a felony, and two defendants have been sentenced for misdemeanor charges: Anna Morgan-Lloyd was sentenced to three years probation and no jail time, and Michae...

The latest chapter in the saga is a new report from The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser that said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley feared former President Trump Glasser said her reporting on Milley came as part of a book about Trump she and her husband, New York Times reporter Peter Baker, are working on that’s due to come out next year. In her telling, the subject of Iran was repeatedly raised at White House meetings with Trump after his election loss, and Milley repeatedly arg...

Why India must get rid of separate disciplinary codes for Army, Navy & Air Force Eugene Fidell © Provided by The Print The long-awaited appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff is a milestone in India’s military journey. The inception of the position of the CDS and the overall concept of ‘jointness’, raises a host of ancillary issues — some large and some small. One of the most important ones concerns the administration of justice in the Indian defence services. T...

9 Jul 2021 Thursday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson decried the aggressive push from the Biden administration and the media to vaccinate people against COVID-19. Carlson questioned the science behind the push and noted historical similarities of this push to other authoritarian regimes. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: This show specializes in the obvious, that’s what we do. So, tonight we’d like to begin with the most obvious observation of all — force works. ...

So far, at least 13 defendants have pleaded guilty, including three Oath Keepers, who have agreed to cooperate with the government. At least nine others have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, and one man who took a selfie in the Senate chamber pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding. So far just one defendant, Anna Morgan-Lloyd, has been sentenced, to three years probation and no jail time. For others, plea negotiations have been complicated by the vast amounts of evidenc...

Suspended Baltimore police officer hid the body of his stepson, 15, in a loft wall then tried to grab gun away from cop during his arrest  Eric G. Banks Jr. has been hit with a number of charges including assault and resisting arrest for the encounter with police in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Anne Arundel County police received a complaint from the mother of Dasan Jones, 15, for a child custody dispute with Banks, his stepfather, on Tuesday Cops were initially told by Banks that Dasan had...

Editorial: Remove chain of command from military sex assault, harassment cases Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III supports taking sexual assault and harassment cases outside the military chain of command. It should have happened years ago.Gary Hershorn /AFP /TNSShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Spc. Vanessa Guillén has become a tragic symbol of the military’s failure to address sexual assault and harassment.United States Army /HandoutShow MoreS...

America watched as hordes of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 — crushing through windows, pressing up stairways, and sending lawmakers and law enforcement running for their lives. The flood of protesters who streamed into the Capitol that day left federal authorities with an equally immense task: finding and charging those responsible. The Department of Justice said more than 535 defendants had been arrested so far in connection with the attack, and FBI Director Christopher Wray ...

System standpoint. and those who decide theyre not going to take it or literally in violation of a lawful order, they can face consequence under the uniform code of military justice. >> this may, as we see moving into the fall, get its fda full approval, and then it becomes less of an issue of it being, you know, not fully approved and members of the military perhaps being required to take it, it would be less controversial then. if it goes through that procedure. do you think, though, in this v...