federal charges
Crimes against nation
Federal charges are criminal accusations brought by the United States government rather than by a state or local authority.
They involve violations of federal law—crimes like tax evasion, bank robbery, drug trafficking across state lines, or offenses on federal property.
Federal charges typically carry harsher penalties than their state counterparts and are prosecuted by U.S. attorneys in federal court: He's facing federal charges for wire fraud.
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- grand juryInvestigative charging body
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
defendant · felony · conspiracy · wire fraud · money laundering · racketeering · plea deal · plea agreement · subpoena · warrant · trial · sentencing · prison sentence · prison · bail · extradition · testimony · cooperating witness
- feesfee, fees, service fee, flat fee, annual fee
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- drug lawscontrolled substances, drug scheduling, drug classification, Schedule II, Schedule IV
- Federal JusticeFBI, DEA, special counsel, prosecution, grand jury
- prosecutionprosecutor, district attorney, DA, prosecution, public prosecutors
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
federal chargesacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
charges dropped · exoneration · case dismissed · immunity · pardon
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