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A former Southern Regional Jail correctional officer, Michael Pack, was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with other officers to use unjustified force on inmates, according to the Justice Department.
ProPublica reports that ARPA-H Director Alicia Jackson praised an HHS policy change on hormone therapy warnings while holding at least $115,000 in stock in Evernow, a menopause-treatment company she founded, and she has since been placed on administrative leave.
A former U.S. Postal Service procurement official pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud, the Justice Department said.
Carlos Duque, a former civilian U.S. Army official, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery and major fraud tied to Army contracts in Hawaii, according to the Justice Department.
The Justice Department says a former contractor at U.S. Army Special Operations Command was arrested and indicted for allegedly leaking national defense information and stealing government property.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune report that a blind trust tied to Attorney General Ken Paxton invested $600,000 in a business run by a man previously convicted of mortgage fraud, and that state Sen. Angela Paxton sat on an advisory board of a related company and voted for a bill affecting TCEQ complaint handling.
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