Wake Up Call: Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Attempted Embassy Bombing

Aug. 6, 2024, 11:00 AM UTC

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  • Florida lawyer Christopher Rodriguez pleaded guilty to placing a bag of explosives near the Chinese Embassy in Washington and trying to detonate it with a rifle. Rodriguez previously set off explosives in 2022 that caused damage to a statue of Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong in Texas. (New York Times)
  • Usha Vance, a former trial lawyer at Munger Tolles & Olson and wife of vice presidential candidate JD Vance, said on “Fox & Friends” that her husband’s ...

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