2nd woman pleads guilty in fraud case that cost San Antonio bank $13 million
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The second of five defendants has pleaded guilty on a San Antonio bank fraud case. The alleged scheme cost the Bank of San Antonio more than $13 million, it has said.Michael Trujillo / EyeEm /Getty Images /EyeEm
A second defendant has entered a guilty plea in a fraud case that cost the Bank of San Antonio more than $13 million.
Jill Martin Alvarado, 58, of Irving, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in a case that involves the former president of a Bank of San Antonio subsidiary.
Gov. Greg Abbott heeds the call of his GOP critics in removing coronavirus restrictions
PATRICK SVITEK, The Texas Tribune
March 3, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Greg Abbott heeds the call of his GOP critics in removing coronavirus restrictions was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans and engages with them about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
For most of his governorship, Greg Abbott has enjoyed a relatively charmed life inside his party, flush with campaign cash, high approval ratings and agenda items with broad Republican support.
He has not been immune to internecine conflict no Republican official is in Texas, the country’s largest red state and he has even instigated it himself, campaigning against a trio of state House Republicans in 2018, for example. But in most cases, he has eluded open attacks from within his party and emerged from family fights largely unscathed.
Rewriting January 6: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot
Mike DeBonis and Jeremy Barr, The Washington Post
March 1, 2021
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Tear gas is fired at supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
WASHINGTON - Instead of an attempt to overturn the election by radicalized Donald Trump supporters, it was a choreographed attack staged by antifa provocateurs. Rather than an armed insurrection, it was a good-natured protest spoiled by a few troublemakers.
And instead of a deadly event that put the lives of hundreds of lawmakers, police officers and others at risk, the riot was no big deal at all.
Print article WASHINGTON - Instead of an attempt to overturn the election by radicalized Donald Trump supporters, it was a choreographed attack staged by antifa provocateurs. Rather than an armed insurrection, it was a good-natured protest spoiled by a few troublemakers. And instead of a deadly event that put the lives of hundreds of lawmakers, police officers and others at risk, the riot was no big deal at all. A legion of conservative activists, media personalities and elected officials are seeking to rewrite the story of what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6, hoping to undermine the clear picture of the attack that has emerged from video and photo evidence, law enforcement officials, journalistic accounts and the testimonials of the rioters themselves: that a pro-Trump mob, mobilized by the former president’s false claims of a stolen election, stormed the seat of American government to keep Trump in power through violent means.
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