Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan allies of former President Donald Trump, including a former Republican state attorney general candidate, were charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in the state after the 2020 election, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Attorney Matthew DePerno was charged with undue possession of a…

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Brazilian President Lula Hasn’t Intervened in Fuel Prices, Petrobras CEO Says

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has never interfered in way Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer Petrobras adjusts politically sensitive fuel prices, Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates told Bloomberg. Petrobras is currently selling gasoline and diesel below international levels after oil’s recent rally. Prates, in a brief telephone interview, said Petrobras takes profitability and corporate…

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Here are the four Jan. 6 charges against Trump and what they mean

Comment on this storyComment Former president Donald Trump has been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing a congressional proceeding and conspiracy against rights in connection with what prosecutors allege was a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Here’s what that means. Conspiracy…

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