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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Spain has been critical of Russia’s war in Ukraine and of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and has backed the South African case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026 -
Musk is currently embroiled in a court battle against OpenAI, accusing CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of abandoning the company’s original nonprofit creed of developing open-source AI to benefit humans by turning it into a for-profit entity.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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That led to a federal investigation indicting 79 election judges and precinct captains, nearly all of whom pleaded guilty.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The indictment was returned on April 30, indicting Jamie Jones and Christopher Wackerly.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is prosecuting this case and did not immediately respond Monday to questions posed by The Baltimore Sun.—
Brendan Nordstrom,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2026
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Trump fired Comey in his first term, and in his second, became vocal about prosecuting him.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
10 May 2026
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“Criminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminating. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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