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United States Attorney

Chief prosecutor representing the United States federal government

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Dec 4, 2025
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How many arrests and indictments have resulted from the Somali fraud probe and what charges were filed?

Federal and state reporting shows dozens of criminal cases tied to multiple Minnesota fraud schemes: prosecutors have charged roughly 70–86 people across related probes, with reporting commonly citing...

Jan 23, 2026
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how many times has trumps name been in the epstein files

The simple numeric answer is: counts vary depending on the search method — one prominent AI-assisted tally found ’s name at least 1,500 times in the publicly released materials , while other searches ...

Nov 15, 2025
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How many CSAM (child sexual abuse material) convictions occur annually in the US, and how have trends changed over the last decade?

Available reporting in the provided documents does not give a single, authoritative annual count of U.S. CSAM convictions for each year of the last decade; some items cite discrete prosecution results...

Jan 11, 2026

What federal statutes specifically define obstruction or assault on a federal officer that prosecutors use in ICE-interference cases?

Federal prosecutors most commonly rely on 18 U.S.C. § 111 (assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers) and obstruction statutes in Title 18 — frequently cited is 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (obstruction...

Nov 20, 2025

Did Donal Trump help the FBI bring down Jeffrey Epstein?

Available reporting does not show Donald Trump “helped the FBI bring down” Jeffrey Epstein; Epstein was arrested on state and federal charges in 2019 by law enforcement acting on investigations that p...

Jan 14, 2026

What federal laws apply to doxxing and threats against ICE officers, and how often are those statutes prosecuted?

Federal authorities point to a mix of existing criminal statutes—threats, stalking, obstruction/conspiracy, and laws that bar releasing protected personal information with intent to threaten or incite...

Dec 20, 2025

What evidence links Somali immigrants to specific fraud cases in Minnesota?

Documented court records and Justice Department filings tie specific Somali-named defendants to large fraud schemes in Minnesota — most notably the Feeding Our Future child-nutrition case in which mul...

Nov 23, 2025

Have there been any notable changes in crime rates in Washington DC neighborhoods since the Trump policing activities?

Data from city, federal and independent analysts show violent crime in Washington, D.C., fell sharply through 2024–mid‑2025 (U.S. Attorney: violent crime down 35% in 2024) even as the Trump administra...

Jan 26, 2026

Which past Minnesota fraud prosecutions led to convictions and what were their timelines?

A series of overlapping federal and state prosecutions in since 2021 have produced dozens of convictions tied to and Medicaid‑related schemes, led most prominently by the prosecutions that produced ea...

Oct 22, 2025

How did the Obama administration handle the Jeffrey Epstein case during his presidency?

The claim that the Obama administration directly handled or was responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007–2008 plea agreement is ; that deal was negotiated and signed before Barack Obama took office and ...

Nov 20, 2025

List of politicians arrested for crimes against children

Reporting in the provided sources documents multiple elected officials and political operatives arrested or federally charged with crimes involving children in 2025, including South Carolina State Rep...

Jan 29, 2026

Why would a U.S. Attorney from a different district be listed on a federal search warrant?

from a district other than where a search is executed can appear on a for routine, procedural, and oversight reasons tied to who prepared, authorized, or will prosecute the case—not because the warran...

Dec 12, 2025

Have any official investigations or indictments been launched against Barack Obama related to these allegations?

No criminal indictment of Barack Obama is cited in the provided reporting; federal prosecutors have opened grand-jury probes into allegations about Obama-era officials, but public sources here describ...

Nov 24, 2025

what about the charges of Omar handing out money to her constituants ahead of her election efforts

Allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar handed out money to constituents ahead of elections are part of a broader set of criticisms and reporting tied to campaign spending, donations connected to people and ...

Nov 29, 2025

Somali fraud

Federal and local reporting shows a major fraud probe centered in Minnesota’s Somali community involving programs like Feeding Our Future and Medicaid; prosecutors describe “serious and pervasive” fra...

Nov 15, 2025

Who negotiated and approved Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement (NPA)?

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO‑SDFL), overseen by then‑U.S. Attorney Alexander “Alex” Acosta, negotiated and signed the 2007–2008 non‑pros...

Dec 19, 2025

How many CSAM investigations were opened by federal agencies each year from 2015 to 2024?

The available documents do not provide a clear, consistent count of how many CSAM investigations federal agencies opened each year from 2015 through 2024; reporting instead offers related proximate me...

Dec 5, 2025

What charges were filed against each defendant in the Minnesota Somali fraud case and when?

Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of people in multiple Minnesota fraud schemes, most prominently the Feeding Our Future child‑nutrition case that authorities say involved at least $240–250 mill...

Dec 2, 2025

How many prosecutions and convictions result from Social Security fraud each year?

Available sources do not give a single, nationwide annual tally of prosecutions and convictions for “Social Security fraud” as a whole; the Congressional Research Service notes that SSA OIG received 3...

Oct 7, 2025

Can ICE agents be sued individually for violating immigrant rights?

Recent reporting and lawsuits show growing legal efforts to hold immigration-enforcement officers individually accountable, but the outcomes depend on state law, Fourth Amendment doctrine, and qualifi...