The new indictments accuse him of stalking and murdering Thompson, and using interstate travel, electronic communications, and a firearm
The senator shared the emails with Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel in a letter sent Tuesday, but publicly released the letter and email on Thursday.
26-year-old Juan Tiul Xi has been charged with one count of encouraging or inducing illegal entry for financial gain, one count of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement, and one count of aggravated identity theft, per the DOJ.
Nadine Menendez was indicted for her role in September of 2023, but her trial was delayed because of her breast cancer treatments. The verdict comes after seven hours of jury deliberations, which took place over two days.
The indictment marks the first time a sitting South Korean president has been charged with a crime.
The indictment alleges that Espinoza Angulo worked with others to obtain fentanyl precursor chemicals and to make fentanyl to import to the U.S.
The updated indictment does not add any new charges to the case, but does add two alleged victims to the transportation to engage in prostitution charge.
Five of the indictments involved legal U.S. permanent residents without citizenship.
The new indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday and brought by a California grand jury, accused Smirnov of concealing more than $2 million between 2020 and 2022, which allegedly came from multiple sources.
