as in accusing
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem initially rushed to defend those killings while accusing both Good and Pretti of domestic terrorism.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Robinson’s attorneys have ramped up claims of bias as the case has advanced, even accusing news outlets of using lip readers to deduce what the defendant is whispering to his attorneys during court hearings.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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In 2020, the Justice Department took the unprecedented step of indicting Maduro and senior officials on narco-terrorism charges, accusing them of conspiring to flood the United States with drugs in order to undermine American society.—
Duncan S. DeMarsh,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Attorney General Pam Bondi unsealed Maduro and Flores’s indicting charges, which are a superseding indictment on Saturday that builds on charges initially filed against Maduro in 2020.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
3 Jan. 2026
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Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man charged with the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, will appear in a Provo, Utah, courtroom Tuesday as his attorneys resume their questioning of Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray, whose office is prosecuting the case.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Building and prosecuting cases won’t be the only functions that could be affected, Osler said.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Criminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminating. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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