NEWS OF THE DAY
1 Fugitive executive: Two Americans accused of helping aid former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges were arrested Wednesday, the Justice Department said. Michael Taylor, 59, and Peter Taylor, 27, were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Harvard, Mass. The Taylors are wanted by Japan officials on charges that they helped Ghosn escape the country in December after the former Nissan boss was released on bail. Ghosn reappeared in Lebanon. Ghosn has been charged with underreporting his future compensation and breach of trust.
2 Secret testimony: The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administration’s request to keep previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers, at least until early summer. The court will decide then whether to extend its hold and schedule the case for arguments in the fall. If it does, it’s likely the administration will be able to put off the release of any materials until after Election Day. Arguments themselves might not even take place before Americans decide whether to give President Trump a second term.
3 Oregon primary: Former Vice President Joe Biden won Oregon’s Democratic presidential primary, outpacing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who both suspended their campaigns earlier in the year. President Trump, who was unopposed, won the Oregon GOP presidential contest. In the Republican Senate primary, Jo Rae Perkins won. She will face Democratic incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley.
4 Denouncing terrorism: The only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Zacarias Moussaoui is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Florence, Colo., after his 2006 trial. He was sometimes referred to as the missing 20th hijacker, and while he was clearly a member of al Qaeda there is scant evidence to suggest he was slated to hijack a plane on Sept. 11, 2001. Instead, prosecutors pinned responsibility on Moussaoui because they said he could have prevented the attacks if he had not lied to the FBI about his knowledge of al Qaeda’s efforts to attack the U.S. Moussaoui also wants either Rudy Giuliani or Alan Dershowitz to represent him. 5 Bogus epilepsy: A Detroitarea doctor accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy in more than 200 children surrendered his medical license and agreed to pay a $5,000 penalty under a settlement accepted Wednesday by state regulators. The attorney general’s office filed a complaint against Dr. Yasser Awaad in 2018 for misdiagnosing some 250 patients as suffering from epilepsy or seizure disorders, based on electroencephalograms that were either not performed or not interpreted properly. Some were also misdiagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum.