Timothy Shea of Castle Rock also was ordered to forfeit $1.8 million and to pay restitution of an equal amount
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Federal judge won’t let Castle Rock man charged in border wall case move trial to Colorado
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK — A judge refused Monday to move a criminal trial from New York to Colorado for a businessman charged with teaming up with a former chief strategist for President Donald Trump in a southern border wall fundraising scam. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan turned down […]
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In southwest Colorado, high tech plays in the mud to produce ecologically sound architecture — and art
In the middle of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a progressive architecture and design firm is proving that everything old is new again. Also, that the future is mud. Combining indigenous mud-based building materials with 21st century robotics, California-based Rael San Fratello created the oddly beautiful structures of “Casa Covida,” their “proto-architectures” that connect high- and […]
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Castle Rock man charged in alleged border wall fundraising scheme asks to move trial to Colorado
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK — A businessman charged with cheating investors in a southern border wall fundraising scam along with a former chief strategist for President Donald Trump asked a New York judge Thursday to move his trial to Colorado. Timothy Shea, through an attorney, filed legal arguments with the Manhattan […]
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Denver lands CARNE y ARENA, a powerful immersive, virtual reality experience about refugees
An immersive virtual reality experience in the time of COVID? You are right to be skeptical. First, know that this groundbreaking virtual reality experience is safer than a trip to the grocery store, in terms of germs, and healthier than breathing Colorado’s ash-filled air, in terms of raging wildfires. No crowds. Appropriate preventive measures. Clean […]
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Littwin: Donald Trump’s convention is up next, and it’s not hard to guess what it will look like
OK, all you armchair political strategists out there, pretend you’re Donald Trump — I know, it’s a stretch — and tell me what you think he has to do now. This much we know: He’ll go dark and divisive, renew his battle in the culture wars — you think Q might show up? — while […]
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Castle Rock man charged alongside ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon in border wall fundraising scheme
By Larry Neumeister, Colleen Long and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others — including a Colorado man — ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme called “We Build The Wall.” The charges were contained in an […]
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Drew Litton: Donald Trump’s geography
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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$8 million military construction project at Colorado Springs base shifted to pay for border wall
Construction at a military base in Colorado Springs is being deferred as part of budget shifts to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. That comes after assurances from the White House to Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner that no Colorado bases would be affected for the 2019 fiscal year. U.S. Sen. […]
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Jason Crow: Why I voted to override President Trump’s veto on the border wall issue
This March, President Donald Trump issued his first veto after Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly rebuked his national emergency declaration to build a wall at the southern border. In our deeply polarized era, this rare moment of bipartisanship illustrated the deep respect both parties have for our Constitution. The Constitution’s protection from executive overreach is a […]