Waldman a california grand jury handed down this indictment and it claims concealed weapons permits were treated for Political Campaign contributions. Kron fours rob fladeboe has the story now from san jose. A Santa Clara County civil grand jury has indicted a captain in the Sheriffs Office and 3 other men on bribery and conspiracy charges for allegedly trading concealed weapon permits for cash in the form of political donations says District Attorney jeff rosen. Holding Public Officials accountable for their misconduct is an essential part of our mission and our duty to the people of Santa Clara County. We immediately started a criminal investigation and sheriffs captain james jensen is named in the indictment says along with local attorneys, christopher sharm and harp all the hall and milpitas Gun Store Owner michael nichols. They are accused in a scheme where bribes were exchanged for hard to get concealed weapons permits. Which are issued by the Sheriffs Office our investigation fo
Robberies assaults and burglaries kron fours dan thorn joins us now live from san leandro what the police union is saying about these alarming numbers stand. Well ken and pam this warning from the police union comes up in the city of san leandro voted in june to slash the budget of the Police Department by more than a Million Dollars is also having the union come out and say that because of the spikes in crimes theyre going to need all the funding that they could gain but advocates for defunding. The Police Department say. That they should addressing the its not its not money thats the problem here. Its how these crimes are addressed. The San Leandro Police Officers Association is warning people over a significant jump in Violent Crimes, new numbers from the citys Police Department show from june to july there was a 500 increase in armed robberies, a 125 increase in assaults with a Deadly Weapon a 100 jump in shoplifting and a 75 increase in home burglaries is very concerning for us th
Ahead of next months election they say president bush and his claim of aggression subversion as a sham. And hundreds of chinese Fishing Vessels near the Galapagos Islands raise Environmental Concerns and diplomatic tensions. Donald trump has ignited another political firestorm by suggesting that novembers president ial election be delayed on the same day that new figures show the u. S. Economy had a record shattering decline due to the coronavirus pandemic nearly 152000 people have died from the virus and whats the wild west affected nation and many states want to make postal voting easier to the Health Concerns that trump insists without evidence that mail in voting is vulnerable to fraud so he retreated from an election to lay off the pushback from both democrats and prominent republicans. I just feel i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also dont want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anythi
Ahead of next months elections they say president bush and his claim of a russian subversion for office as a shadow. Not some launches its mites to the mystic asia admission yet to find life on mars. Now donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans suggesting that novembers president ial election be delayed many states want to make personal voting is it due to Coronavirus Health concerns but trump insists without evidence that mail in voting will lead to a rigged result our White House Correspondent jim to help us has more. Even by his old standards his tweet was nothing short of astonishing thursday u. S. President donald trump suggested the november president ial election should be postponed alleging. Little fraud associated with mail in voting trump tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote the president has no Legal Authority to change the election date leading even members of trumps own Republican Party in congress to scof
Killing of a top soldier the fallout in azerbaijan after a new border battles with. Surging coronavirus cases growing crowns the risks and potential consequences of mexicos new normal. In china is vying retaliation after moves by the governments of the u. S. And the u. K. On 2 different fronts President Donald Trump has announced sanctions against chinese officials over the new National Security law imposed on hong kong signing an executive order to hold beijing accountable hong kong is being stripped of its special trade and economic status and banks that deal with some chinese officials they would also face sanctions. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and whether i