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Escorting Ambassador Mourain and his family safely to a helicopter, Childers retrieves the embassy's American flag. Under heavy fire from snipers on nearby rooftops, three Marines are killed, and Childers orders his men to open fire on the crowd, resulting in the deaths of 83 irregular Yemeni soldiers and civilians, including children; the ...
Working from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, U.S. diplomats in the Yemen Affairs Unit maintained regular dialogue with the Republic of Yemen Government. [1] For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen.
The case was dismissed when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh refused to declassify information needed for his defense in 1990. [ 323 ] Michael Deaver (R) Deputy Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985, pleaded guilty to perjury related to lobbying activities and was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $100,000.
A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and lied to improperly access retirement funds, using the money to purchase two Florida vacation homes, a ...
In his heyday, Tim Mapes, diminutive but domineering, was feared in Springfield. He threatened staffers’ jobs and screamed orders on the House floor in his capacity as powerhouse Democrat ...
On Aug. 22, Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones details cases her office will dismiss or that have been plead to reduced charges because of the involvement of former Savannah ...
Perjury is considered a serious offence, as it can be used to usurp the power of the courts, resulting in miscarriages of justice. In Canada, those who commit perjury are guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. [1] Perjury is a statutory offence in England and Wales.
On 11 October 2011, the U.S. Attorney General and the Director of the FBI announced two individuals have been charged in federal court for their participation in a plot allegedly directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States with explosives while the Ambassador was in the United States.