Archdiocese accused of withholding documents in priest sex case

CONROE, Texas (KTRK) – More than two months after Father Manuel La Rosa-Lopez walked out of the Montgomery County Jail, investigators walked into the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston offices to collect evidence in their case against the Catholic priest.

In his first interview since that November raid, Montgomery County's Special Crimes Bureau Chief Tyler Dunman said they found evidence to suggest the church was withholding information when their investigation began.

"We've sent several subpoenas for documents related to La Rosa-Lopez that we believed were at the Archdiocese and we received some small amount of documents back. After the search warrant, what we found was there were a great deal of more documents that were still there that they had not turned over to us," said Dunman.

https://abc13.com/archdiocese-accused-of-withholding-papers-in-priest-sex-case/5016984/

uh…I thought this was already in place

Brace Yourselves: House Democrats Gear Up to Introduce Their First Gun Control Bill of The New Congress

Democrats have wasted little time shaking up Washington, D.C. since they were sworn into office on Thursday. In fact, Democratic leadership in the House is planning to make a big splash on Tuesday, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Mike Thompson introduce legislation requiring universal background checks for firearm purchase. The duo decided to do it on Tuesday, Jan. 8th because it's the eight anniversary of former Rep. Gabby Gifford’s shooting, which took place Jan. 8, 2011. And, to continue with the "eight" theme, the bill is also called House Resolution 8, POLITICO reported.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/04/house-democrats-gear-up-to-introduce-their-first-gun-control-bill-of-the-new-congress-n2538540

Dershowitz vows ‘secret’ emails about sexual allegations will emerge and put ‘prominent people in handcuffs’

Alan Dershowitz claims that the sexual allegations against him are retaliatory and “secret” emails will soon clear his name.

The Harvard Law professor emeritus defended himself in an interview Thursday with WNYW’s “Good Day New York,” denying claims that he had sexual relations with underage women and contending that he has proof he is being framed.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/01/04/dershowitz-vows-secret-emails-about-sexual-allegations-will-emerge-and-put-prominent-people-in-handcuffs-709949

U.S. top court takes up politically charged electoral map disputes

The U.S. Supreme Court is giving itself another chance to make a definitive ruling on the legality of the long-established but often-criticized political practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral districts with the intent of entrenching their party in power.

The high court, which failed to resolve the issue last year, on Friday agreed to hear constitutional challenges to electoral maps drawn by Republicans in North Carolina and by Democrats in Maryland.

https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1OY1UT?

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Friday, January 4, 2019

Former Mexican State Attorney General Pleads Guilty to International Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy

Defendant Used His Position as a Law Enforcement Official to Facilitate International Drug Trafficking into the United States

Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Edgar Veytia, the former Attorney General for the State of Nayarit, Mexico, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon to one count of international conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 963, 960(b)(1)(A), 960(b)(1)(B)(ii), 960(b)(1)(G), 960(b)(1)(H) and 959(d), for his involvement in a 2013 to 2017 scheme to import illegal drugs from Mexico into the United States. When sentenced, Veytia faces up to life in prison.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-mexican-state-attorney-general-pleads-guilty-international-narcotics