Plea deal articles
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3 men charged in Whitey Bulger's 2018 prison killing have plea deals, prosecutors say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday. The plea deals for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon were disclosed nearly six years after the 89-year-old gangster was beaten to […]
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Two former associates of Rep. Henry Cuellar agree to plea deal related to bribery case
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Henry Cuellar’s former campaign manager and another political operative have agreed to plead guilty to federal crimes and are cooperating with the Justice Department’s prosecution of the Texas Democrat, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. Mina Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former campaign manager and former chief of staff, and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, a political consultant and businessman from
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Former Fresno Rep. T.J. Cox, a Democrat, is expected to take a plea deal in the fraud case.
T.J. Cox, a former Democratic congressman from Fresno, is finalizing a plea deal in a sweeping federal case in which he is accused of campaign contribution fraud and stealing from his own companies, his attorney said Friday. Cox, 60, previously pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud. On May 15, Cox's attorney, Mark Coleman, filed papers in U.S. District Court seeking to...