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Secure Communities task force to Homeland Security: Stop Secure Communities

Former members of a task force on Secure Communities sent a letter this week to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calling on her to suspend the immigration enforcement program.

Office of Congressional Ethics investigating Florida Rep. Buchanan

By | 10.25.11 | 4:03 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics has launched a “preliminary” investigation into Rep. Vern Buchanan, R- Sarasota. Though the office can neither confirm nor deny ongoing investigations, a source tells The Florida Independent that at least two former Buchanan employees have been contacted as part of the investigation.

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FBI to expand definition of rape

By | 10.20.11 | 12:44 pm

For the past 82 years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation — in its reporting of national crime statistics — has not recognized that men can be raped, that women can be raped by other women, that men and women can be raped with objects or that men and women can More…

Former state Rep. Keith Fitzgerald will challenge Vern Buchanan in Florida

By | 10.06.11 | 1:49 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Former state Rep. Keith Fitzgerald has officially announced the launch of his campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan in the 13th congressional district.

Retiree files ethics complaint against embattled Fla. Rep. Buchanan

By | 09.30.11 | 2:10 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Venice retiree Donna Cubit-Swoyer has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, requesting an investigation of Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota.

Buchanan has been plagued with rumors of campaign fraud in recent years. In June, his former business partner was fined nearly $68,000 for reimbursing employees who More…

Feds seek to drop one charge against a Christian militia member

By | 09.26.11 | 9:35 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

The federal government has asked the federal court in Detroit to drop one charge against a member of a Christian militia arrested in March of 2010.

The Adrian Star Telegram reports that prosecutors asked the court to dismiss a charge of possession of an unregistered rifle against David Brian More…

Democrats notice as Buchanan unloads yacht amid ethics allegations

By | 08.25.11 | 3:28 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Though Rep. Vern Buchanan has yet to publicly comment on a watchdog group’s efforts to launch an FBI investigation into his past congressional campaigns, he has found time to sell his $4.49 million yacht, The Entrepreneur. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now using that yacht sale to highlight the allegations More…

FBI agents kill Jacksonville mosque bombing suspect in Oklahoma

By | 05.05.11 | 9:09 am | More from The Florida Independent

A North Florida man suspected of pipe-bombing a Jacksonville mosque almost a year ago was shot and killed by FBI agents in Oklahoma last night.

The Islamic Center of Northeast Florida was pipe-bombed just before evening prayer services on May 10, 2010. The bomb caused no injuries and only $500 More…

Alleged Michigan mortgage fraud under FBI investigation

By | 04.26.11 | 10:27 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Curtis Hertel Jr., Register of Deeds for Ingham County, says that a discovery he made involving alleged fraudulent mortgage documents is now being investigated by both the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.

“Yes, this is, in my opinion, fraud,” Hertel said. “This is a situation where people were More…