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The FBI claimed it recovered millions of dollars in Bitcoin paid as ransom during the attack against the Colonial Pipeline a feat that is now generating more questions than answers.
The Justice Department and the FBI announced Monday it had seized 63.7 bitcoins (worth about $2.3 million at the time) from a Bitcoin wallet thought to be controlled by cybercriminals tied to a Russia-based collective called DarkSide, which operates off a “ransom as service” model. Recovery of the cryptocurrency ransom from its presumably savvy holders, especially in such a short time, left many experts stunned.
While many details about the operation to recover the funds remain unclear, perhaps the biggest mystery, and the one that has so many people scratching their heads, is how the FBI managed to get the “private key” used to unlock and pull assets from the criminals’ specific Bitcoin address. In the realm of cryptocurrency, a private key functions like a password a
Lawyer Doug Emhoff, 56, penned op-ed for GQ as the new Second Gentleman
Said it was love at first sight with Kamala Harris the moment they met in 2013
Emhoff met Harris on a blind date in California, where she was attorney general
He says his experience helping the campaign was moving and unforgettable
Predicts that he will be the first of many men to serve as Second Gentleman
Emhoff plans to focus on equal access to justice and legal representation
He and Harris will live in Blair House instead of the traditional Naval Observatory
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Doug Emhoff and newly sworn-in Vice President Harris at the Inauguration in Washington, D.C. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
AGOURA HILLS, CA As Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman and woman of color to be sworn in as vice president, her husband, Agoura High School graduate Doug Emhoff, became the nation s first Second Gentleman. He also became the first male and Jewish spouse of an American president or vice president.
The 56-year-old entertainment lawyer was born in Brooklyn, and spent most of his childhood in New Jersey, before moving to Agoura Hills when he was 17. In 1982, he graduated from Agoura High, where he was a member of the ski and backpacking clubs, varsity tennis team, and school newspaper staff, according to the 1982 yearbook.
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Kamala Harris husband, lawyer Doug Emhoff, to teach next semester at Georgetown University
Lauren Lumpkin, The Washington Post
Dec. 13, 2020
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America s incoming second gentleman Doug Emhoff will teach at Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C., when his wife, Kamala Harris, becomes the first female vice president, the faculty announced. Emhoff, a lawyer specializing in media, sports and entertainment, took leave from his firm DLA Piper during the election campaign, and Georgetown will be his first teaching position.Washington Post photo by Matt McClain
The incoming second gentleman has landed a new job at the Georgetown University Law Center, school officials announced.