- Reuters
Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for corruptly accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a wealthy inmate identified by a source as Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam. U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston rejected a request by William Tidwell, 50, for a more lenient sentence, calling the corruption he engaged in while at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts "intolerable." Prosecutors said that corruption involved accepting over $90,000 in payments through an arrangement with an "ultra-high net worth" inmate under Tidwell's care in exchange for giving him favorable treatment.
- Motley Fool
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- ABC News
Trump praises Kristi Noem amid book controversy: 'I like her a lot'
Former President Donald Trump has praised South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, saying he "likes her a lot" and that she's gone through "rough" days amid controversy of her newly released book. Noem is among Trump's close allies whose name has come up as Trump's potential vice presidential hopefuls. Noem has been harshly criticized for describing how she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog "Cricket" and was forced to admit what she called "errors" in her book including claiming she once met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
