Feds may be probing Fox News in undisclosed criminal investigation
Source: New York Daily News
The U.S. Attorneys office may be investigating Fox News for an unspecified violation of federal law, the Daily News has learned.
Attorney Judd Burstein who represents two ex-Fox News employees who have sued the network said Wednesday that one of his clients got a subpoena from the U.S. Attorneys office for a separate case against the conservative media outlet.
The subpoena alleged violation of criminal law by Fox, Burstein said.
I was told by the U.S. attorney's office there is an ongoing criminal investigation, relating to these allegations, all of these allegations ... I believe I have a racketeering case here, and extortion, said Burstein.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/u-s-attorney-probing-fox-news-violating-law-article-1.2973631
Busy day, today.
Rex
(65,616 posts)The worst among corporate media.
Rex
(65,616 posts)They lost their lecherous leader, the rest of the minions went wandering off unsupervised. Who knows how many messes Roger Ailes was cleaning up behind the scenes including his own.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Fox is going to be busy running defense these next couple of weeks. It would be nice to shut them down ASAP.
moda253
(615 posts)I don't know much about them.
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)...and particularly when they can drop something about Murdoch, owner of the rival New York Post.
BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)They mince no words.
DK504
(3,847 posts)writing.... couldn't really make it as poignant as others.
BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)It rings true and is a wake-up call to folks!
MontanaMama
(23,357 posts)Bring a sack lunch. This might take a while. The US Attorney's office isn't in the habit of issuing subpoenas for insignificant matters.
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,336 posts)With his "Hillary is under investigation and about to be subpoenaed" or whatever it was that he said?
Something else???
yurbud
(39,405 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)f those pigs.
Initech
(100,108 posts)They've been getting away with bullshit for far too long. And especially last year with Roger Ailes and he had nearly as many sexual harassment allegations as Bill Cosby. Right-wingers, can't trust 'em.
SDJay
(1,089 posts)to this country than just about anything else I can think of over the past generation. I'm guessing other folks have the same perspective, but I've got a few Fox-bots in my family. You know - watch nothing but Fox. They honestly have no fucking idea what's actually happening in the world. They spent the last 8 years waiting for Obama's Secret Army to come and take their guns and impose sharia law. It didn't even dawn on them that they were nothing but useful idiots as they bought gold. They didn't even flinch when the Reign of Obama ended without domestic terrorists taking away their freedom - they just let it pass without questioning whether or not what they were watching could have possibly been bullshit.
I don't care what law that dump may have broken - take them down - the country will honestly be way better off for it, and this comes from someone who considers himself a free speech supporter.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Tell them that Obama has a secret plan to take their guns. It's going to happen next month.
Then next month tell them the same thing: "next month".
7962
(11,841 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)They are the test area and incubator for TV propaganda.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,026 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)Fox is the scurge of the country. This propaganda network has gathered all the weak minded right wingers from around the world, and has them in an intellectual trance.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Sessions won't do a damn thing about this.
Our country's democracy is going down the tube, as we're drowning in scandals. Hope these no-voters are happy.
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)settlements for the Ailes sex harassment suit to the SEC and its shareholders...just a little cheat; no need for alarm!
BeyondGeography
(39,386 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,222 posts)Surely they will look to see how many settlements were made because of falafel boy O'Reilly (maybe others) and whether or not they were reported.
Tikki
(14,560 posts)Throwing them to the wolves....
Tikki
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)GreydeeThos
(958 posts)It is past time to shut FOX down.
Maybe they are being investigated for inciting a riot.
If we have extremely good fortune, FOX will be charged with treason.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Hell, in a just world they'd never been allowed to be in the first place.
not fooled
(5,803 posts)'Muricans would be informed and smart enough to laugh at Faux and its lies instead of being enthralled.
Not holding my breath for this to happen.
The founding fathers must be spinning in their graves over the country being wrecked by media-supplied propaganda.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)Just came here to post it and saw this post.
I would bet that Sessions will sweep it under his dirt pile.
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)they have sky news and RT but not Fox.