Category: prison sentence

Capitol Report (Aug. 2): 26 GOP Senators Back Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip; Key Primaries in 5 States

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan as China threatens military action. How is the White House responding, and what’s coming next? Democrats continue to sell their new budget bill as an attempt to slow inflation, but some aren’t convinced. Five states are holding primary elections Tuesday. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney joins us to recap her…


Ohio Man Who Assaulted Flight Attendants Gets 60-day Prison Sentence

An Ohio man who was restrained in his seat with tape after groping and assaulting flight attendants during a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami last year has been sentenced by a federal judge to 60 days in prison. Maxwell Berry, 23, also was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Scola Jr to a…


2 Illinois Men Get 14, 16 Years in Minnesota Mosque Bombing

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Two Illinois men who helped bomb a Minnesota mosque in 2017 on Tuesday received prison sentences far below the 35-year mandatory minimum that they had faced, after victims and prosecutors asked for leniency because the men cooperated and testified against the mastermind of the attack. Michael McWhorter, 33, was sentenced to just under…


1st Sentence to Be Handed Down in Michigan Gov’s Kidnap Plot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Prosecutors preparing for the first prison sentence in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are loudly signaling to five other defendants that a key insider has shared extraordinary details about the operation. Ty Garbin cooperated within weeks of being arrested, willingly putting a “target on his back to begin his…


Russian Court Upholds 9-Year Sentence for Former US Marine Reed

MOSCOW—A Russian appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine who was convicted last year of endangering the lives of two police officers in August 2019, charges he denies. U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan, who returned to Moscow last week after leaving in April amid a diplomatic crisis,…