Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice recommended that a former police detective convicted of excessive force in the case of Breonna Taylor should serve a single day in prison. The judge in the case disagreed, and today sentenced former Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison to 33 months in jail. Here's more from NBC.
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By #JacobKnutson via #DemocracyDocket - Jun 8, 2026
#Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor spread false #ConspiracyTheories Monday about #California’s still-ongoing #PrimaryVote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of #fraud.
The alarming insinuation from a top #DepartmentOfJustice (#DOJ) official is just the latest example of President Donald #Trump and his allies using California’s protracted tallying of #ballots to fuel conspiracy theories.