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Newly Released Biden-Hur Audio Captures
Former President’s Stumbles from Special
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Former President’s Stumbles from Special
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Newly released audio from then-President Joe Biden’s lengthy interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur captures Biden’s diminished mental acuity in his failure to recall the year his son Beau passed away, the year his vice presidency ended, the year President Donald Trump was first elected, and why he possessed certain classified documents.
Biden’s long pauses and incoherent ramblings in response to light questioning from Hur are apparent in over four minutes of audio first reported by Axios on Friday night. The partial release fulfills expectations that the Trump administration would finally disclose the long-anticipated interview tape after Biden’s administration obstructed its disclosure at every turn.
We reported earlier how some of the audio from Special Counsel Robert Hur team's interview with Joe Biden had been released by Alex Thompson, one of the authors of the new book about Biden, "Original Sin."
That audio segment dealt with how confused Biden was, even over such a pivotal moment as when his son died. As you may recall, Biden later didn't tell the truth and attacked the Hur team for mentioning his son, but the audio shows that yes, indeed, it was Biden who brought up his son. Biden also had confusion over things like when President Donald Trump first took office.
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Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is sounding the alarm on a dangerous and deeply disturbing criminal network known as 764, which is targeting children through widely used online platforms. In a move that puts public safety over political correctness, Labrador is urging parents to stay vigilant as the FBI warns of the group’s growing reach and disturbing tactics. Labrador stated that the 764 network preys on children aged 9 to 17, coercing them into sharing explicit content or participating in self-harm, which is then used for blackmail and ongoing exploitation.
The Supreme Court attempted to split the baby between executive “national security” power and the dynamic use of the “Alien Enemies Act” today with a ruling that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deporting criminal alien gang members under the UEA until the criminals are afforded some undefined amount of time to appeal their repatriation status. Essentially, this is a stall and punt routine. [READ RULING HERE] (snip)Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion concurring in the decision. But Kavanaugh wrote that he’d prefer to have the Supreme Court dig into the legality of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act invocation right away, without waiting
The Supreme Court on May 16 agreed to block the government from deporting some alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
“The application for an injunction pending further proceedings is granted,” the court said in an unsigned order.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.The court also acknowledged it may have to schedule an oral argument in the case known as A.A.R.P. and W.M.M. v. Trump at some point in the future after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit revisits the case. A.A.R.P. and W.M.M. are the initials of two of the
Yesterday, James Comey caused quite the stir when he went on Instagram and posted a picture of a shell formation on the beach — obviously one he made — that spelled out “86 47,” which many interpreted as a threat on President Trump’s life.[snip] However, it gets worse than that for Comey. After posting the offending shell photo, the very next post on Instagram was him posting the favorable Publisher’s Weekly review of his third crime novel, out next week. What’s it about, you ask?
The new head of Anthony Fauci’s former institute has accrued an extraordinary amount of research money and power in recent weeks despite a long career conducting just the sort of high-risk virology that President Donald Trump’s health leaders have vowed to stamp out. (Snip)
Taubenberger’s most famous experiments involved what his lab’s website refers to as “archaevirology”— reviving the 1918 Spanish flu that killed up to 100 million people from a body preserved in permafrost. Taubenberger has also participated in experiments to splice genes from 1918 flu with contemporary H1N1 viruses.
The agenda behind Zelenskyy and his handlers is very clear, the EU need to keep distance between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin; so, they keep playing the narrative game around the pretense of a ‘ceasefire.’
Using his Twitter account today, the vertically challenged EU members led by Volodymyr Zelenskyy note, “if the Russians reject a full and unconditional ceasefire and an end to killings, tough sanctions must follow. Pressure on Russia must be maintained until Russia is ready to end the war.”The picture Zelenskyy presents of Donald Tusk (Poland), Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron (France), Keir Starmer (UK) and Friedrich Merz (Germany), represents his “coalition of the willing.”
Rambling Joe
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Axios has obtained recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s October 8, 2023 interview of President Biden in the Biden version of the documents case. Marc Caputo and Alex Thompson introduce the four-minute audio clip below: “Amid long, uncomfortable pauses, Joe Biden struggled to recall when his son died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected or why he had classified documents he shouldn’t have had, according to audio Axios obtained of his October 2023 interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.” Caputo and Thompson observe in their summary: “The recordings appear to validate special counsel Robert Hur’s assertion
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) carried out a sting operation across the sanctuary state of Massachusetts, arresting several illegal alien gang members and other violent offenders, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.
This week, United States Attorney Leah Foley issued a warning to sanctuary politicians in Massachusetts that those seeking to interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations would be prosecuted.
“The interference with ICE operations around Massachusetts has been disturbing, to say the least,” Foley said in a statement:
This conduct poses significant public and officer safety risks. It is conduct that should be vilified rather than glorified. I will not stand idly by if any public official,
Former Judge Jeanine Pirro was sworn in on Thursday as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump called her a “powerful crusader for victims of crime.”
The news about the now-former Fox News host comes after Trump recently announced he was appointing her for the position, the outlet reported on Thursday. [Tweet]
The 73-year-old “will now lead a team of attorneys in defending President Donald Trump’s administration in court as well as prosecuting local crimes in the nation’s capital,” the Fox article said.
In a social media post on May 8, Trump revealed he had appointed her to the role and detailed her lengthy career:
Students on their way to classes in Queens may no longer have to run a gauntlet of prostitutes after authorities shut down a busy brothel in New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D) district – part of a neighborhood blight persistently ignored by the congresswoman, neighborhood advocates say.
The brothel, called the “bodega brothel” by locals, was operating on the second floor of a local convenience store just off Roosevelt Avenue. That particular stretch is known for prostitutes openly soliciting on sidewalks, say local leaders.
It’s becoming pretty clear that Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., desperately wants voters to forget his role in helping sink Ed Martin’s nomination to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
Throughout the past week, the Tarheel State’s senior senator — who is up for reelection next year — has posted a series of tweets seemingly aimed at portraying himself as a reliable ally of President Trump and his administration. From lavishing praise on Trump’s Middle East trip and “Golden Age” presidency to lauding the law enforcement efforts of Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, the apparent rear-smooching campaign has been nothing short of pathetic.
Former FBI Director James Comey appeared to call for the assassination of President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday, but his outburst is just one in a long line of far-left lunatics whose extreme rhetoric has laid the groundwork for violence — and assassination attempts — against conservative political figures.
The social media featured a seashell arrangement of the numbers “8647” — a clear reference to the numbers “86” meaning “to get rid of,” and “47,” the presidency number of Trump’s second term in office. The Trump administration said it was taking the threat seriously,
World War II veteran Denver Moore just turned 104 years old and he invited a special guest to celebrate his birthday.
In TikTok video that went viral with over almost 900,000 views, Mr. Moore invited President Donald to help his celebrate the big day.
Moore, a longtime supporter of the president shared, “President Trump, my name is Denver Moore and I’m gonna be 104 in May, and I’m inviting you to my birthday party, the 17th here in Canal Fulton,” he shared in the viral video.
“I’m living in a rest home called Danbury and I got to vote for you again, and I hope I can vote for you some more.”
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the bureau is leaving its longtime DC headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building and transferring 1,500 employees to locations around the country.
“This FBI is leaving the [J. Edgar] Hoover Building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,” Patel told Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo in an interview set to air on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “We want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place,”
An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, Indonesian authorities said Thursday.
The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad.
(snip)The arrest followed a tip from the airport's customs that reported Shaw had received a suspicious airway package from Thailand, Sipayung said. Cannabis has been decriminalized in Thailand since November 2024. Under Indonesia's anti-drug laws, Shaw faces up to life sentence or death penalty if found guilty, Sipayung said.
James Comey will be interviewed by the US Secret Service on Friday afternoon at the Washington Field Office, according to CNN.
Comey is under investigation for calling for Trump to be killed in a cryptic Instagram post.
“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said in his caption.
“86 47” = Kill Trump
According to CNN, James Comey is not in custody. He is voluntarily going in for the interview with Secret Service.
CNN reported:
Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be escorted by US Secret Service agents to their Washington Field Office on Friday afternoon, according to a law enforcement source.
As it turns out, Pope Leo XIV is Catholic.
The U.S.-born pontiff delivered an address Friday to the Vatican diplomatic corps where he affirmed that marriage is between a man and a woman, and emphasized the dignity of unborn children and the elderly.
“It is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, ‘a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society,'” Pope Leo XIV said, with a reference to Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum encyclical.
You may have relatives who have it, you know, the ones who start frothing at the mouth with anger if they hear the name “Donald Trump.” Liberals who go from 0 to 90 in .5 seconds flat if they see an image of Orange Man Bad. I even have several neighbors who might spontaneously combust if they ever saw any of my columns.
There’s a name for this delusional psychological condition that conservatives use frequently: TDS, or "Trump Derangement Syndrome." Although it’s not officially considered (yet) to be an actual condition that a doctor could diagnose, and it is highly unlikely to appear in any medical literature,
Nantucket Drug Bust
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The limericks write themselves. The U.K. Daily Mail reports,
A suspected drug dealer caught up in Nantucket’s biggest ever coke bust has been defended by residents as ‘a person of high character working towards bettering himself.’
Locals came out in support of Francisco Fernandez Sanchez, 31, this week after police say they busted him with over 2.5 kg of cocaine alongside an array of drug paraphernalia and scales.
You will not be surprised to see that in the 2024 election, the islanders went for the Democrat by a 67-31 margin, an even wider Democratic advantage than seen in the rest of the Commonwealth.
His supporters describe Sanchez “as a man of high character
The Democrats just seem to blunder from gaffe to mistake to screw-up to complete Charlie Foxtrots these days. This, at the moment, is a political party that can't win for losing, and when you see who they seem to look to for leadership, ranging from a loudmouth former bartender from Brooklyn to a noodle-armed loudmouth from Florida, it hardly comes as a surprise.
Notice the common characteristic there? There is an old saying that goes, "An empty vessel makes the most noise," and if we apply that truism, today's Democratic Party sounds like 10,000 dirty hippies pounding with wooden clubs on the sides of an empty oil tanker.
Finding Out: Justice Department to Bring
Charges Against LaMonica McIver Over Delaney
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Last week's dust-up at the New Jersey Delaney Hall detention center, where Immigration & Customs Enforcement is holding some of the worst of the worst of illegal alien criminals, gang members, drug dealers, and murderers, is beginning to result in some consequences. Not for the illegal aliens, mind you, although those goblins will face consequences soon enough. No, in this case, we're talking about consequences for one of the New Jersey politicians who tried to force their way into Delaney Hall on the pretext of "oversight." One of them, LaMonica McIver, is now facing possible federal charges, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving loudmouth.
Is Congress Slowly Becoming an Old Folks
Home? The List of Dinosaur Democrats Who
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Home? The List of Dinosaur Democrats Who
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One of the biggest stories to come out of Washington, D.C. in a while is the books, most of them written by mainstream media types, with the help of various assorted insiders and aides, that are "revealing" (now that it is safe) just how bad Joe Biden's mental state was becoming during his four years in the White House. Add to that the number of Americans who thought that at 82, Joe Biden was just too old to run for reelection. Unfortunately, old age sneaks up on all of us. But don't tell that to several members of Congress, who are older than Joe Biden and refuse to quit.
Former Cleveland City Councilman Basheer Jones will host a going-away party Friday night before surrendering to authorities to begin a prison sentence on corruption-related charges — and is apparently inviting the general public.
Jones, 40, posted a birthday party-style invitation twice on Facebook and Instagram. The graphic reads “Basheer Going Away PARTY” against a backdrop of a starry night sky with string lights. It invites people to join him at Kulture Lounge in Cleveland Heights at 10 p.m. on Friday.
“This is my final weekend before my vacation!” the post reads. “Come enjoy beautiful music and vibes!”
If this week in politics has taught us anything, it's this: every Democrat hoping to be elected or reelected to higher office in the next few election cycles needs to come clean about Joe Biden's cognitive decline and any role they may have played in the cover up.
Yes, it's scandalous that the media committed its worst malpractice yet by gaslighting the American people about Biden's quite obvious deterioration before and during his time in office, but Democrats also need to fess up about the role they, individually and as a party, played in lying to the nation. So far, all we're getting from the likes of Democrat Party leaders
3 Things a Child Crimes Investigator Won’t
Let Her Own Kids Do—Tips to Avoid Groomers,
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Let Her Own Kids Do—Tips to Avoid Groomers,
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Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023. Some information may no longer be current.
With disturbing news of child sex predators—groomers and Balenciaga—being exposed lately, parents are hugging their children a little tighter before tucking them in each night.
Few know better what dangers are lurking out there than child crimes investigator Terra Avilla, 36, of the District Attorney’s Office in Susanville, California.The investigator and mom of three is also a TikTok influencer, going by the handle @thegirlcop, who shares her advice to parents on social media.
In her videos which went viral, Avilla shares three tips for parents to help keep their kids safe from sex predators,
A young mother in Israel was heading to the hospital with her husband to deliver their fourth baby when a Hamas terrorist opened fire.
The state of Israel had truly heartbreaking news on Wednesday, announcing on X, “Tzeela Gez was on her way to give birth to her fourth child last night when a terrorist opened fire near the community of Pduel, critically injuring her. This morning, she tragically succumbed to her injuries. We pray for her baby, delivered via emergency C-section and now fighting for life. There are no words. May her memory be a blessing.” Amen.
The media and Democrats are in a full-blown meltdown over a luxury Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar to be used as a temporary Air Force One and could one day be used for Donald Trump’s presidential library. CNN, MSNBC, and liberal pundits are framing it as some sort of foreign bribery scheme, with some even suggesting national security is at risk. But according to Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), there’s a key detail they’re all conveniently leaving out—and it turns the entire narrative upside down.
Mullin appeared on CNN to challenge the hysteria, telling Jake Tapper that the reaction is wildly overblown.
A formal letter has just been sent to Secret Service Director Sean Curran and FBI Director Kash Patel, calling for an immediate joint investigation into James Comey after he posted a disturbing message on social media using the phrase “86” in reference to President Trump.(snip)
The letter demands a full probe into potential violations of federal law, including 18 U.S.C. § 871 (threats against the President) and 18 U.S.C. § 875 (interstate threats). It also presses for answers on whether Comey still holds a security clearance or has access to classified material.
The same Left that spent years crying about “stochastic terrorism” is silent now.
A majority of likely American voters support deporting illegal aliens back to their countries of origin, in a new poll that is good news for Republicans, especially the Trump administration, ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
Inflation and economic issues are still number one for most people, as they were ahead of the 2024 election, Trending Politics reported. But illegal immigration also ranked high among Americans’ priorities per the Cygnal data, with nearly two-thirds of respondents supporting deportations, indicating that Trump‘s plan to step up deportations will make him and his party increasingly popular.
Democrats’ sob story rhetoric about illegal aliens is failing.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said Friday that President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are unexpectedly soaring once again after having slipped in the previous month. As recession fears wane, Trump’s approval rating jumped from -8 points on April 21 to -1 point as of Tuesday, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The president’s net approval rating has also risen from -9 points in late April to its current -6 points, according to Enten’s aggregate polling.
Will the Supreme Court stop radicals in robes from subverting the president and imperiling the separation of powers via rule by universal injunction?
Or will it continue allowing any one of 680 district court judges to nullify the votes of tens of millions of Americans by hamstringing the commander in chief with rulings infringing upon his powers to pursue policy and pick personnel?
These questions loomed over the Supreme Court on Thursday, as justices heard oral arguments in cases challenging the president’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship. Those arguments suggest we could be looking at a 5-4 decision hinging on Chief Justice John Roberts — one that could make or break Trump’s
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post is commiserating with wealthy restaurant owners who are trying to shield their lower-wage, illegal migrant workers from President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal migration.
“Owners or operators of four restaurants confirmed to the Washington Post that they had lost employees, whether permanently or temporarily, since DHS agents visited last week,” the newspaper reported.
“If they want to go by the [law] book, there is not many restaurants left in D.C.,” said Luis Reyes, a former illegal migrant from El Salvador who is now the co-owner of a restaurant visited by ICE. He added:
Energy Security: Net Zero Spain Leans
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on Nuclear, Gas to Keep Lights On After
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Spain is running its national power grid in “strengthened mode”, using more nuclear and natural gas in place of the renewables it vaunted before last month’s historic blackout, but still hasn’t said what started the outage.
Spain still hasn’t officially acknowledged it knows what caused the historic blackout that started in the south of the nation and cascaded to totally knock out all electricity in two European countries, but now says it is certain it wasn’t the victim of a cyber attack. Two weeks after the total loss of all energy generation on the Iberian peninsula of Spain and Portugal, the national generation agency Red Eléctrica
The Secret Service may try to force former FBI Director James Comey to answer pointed questions into a social media post he issued depicting an image of “8647,” but a U.S. attorney whom President Trump appointed will determine whether to prosecute Comey over the post.
If Comey refuses to comply with their request for what’s known as a protective intelligence interview, the Secret Service leading the investigation into the Instagram post can apply for a subpoena through an assistant U.S. attorney. It’s that prosecutor who will determine whether the former FBI director is legally required to answer their questions, and
The Real First 100 Days
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Pundits are confused about what to make of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration.
Supporters talk of "flooding the zone," believing President Donald Trump is making so many changes so quickly that his opposition is reduced to deer-in-the-headlights infancy.
They must be right when the nation suffers daily Democratic pottymouth videos, vandalism of Teslas, infantile meltdowns at congressional witnesses, rioting against federal agents to protect illegal alien felons, protesting on behalf of women beaters, M-13 gangbangers, human traffickers, and assaulters, and visa-holding violent students praising Hamas terrorists.
Joe Biden may have cost Democrats the White House in 2024. Their inability to admit it, some Democrats fear, could hobble them in 2028.
As a fresh reckoning in the party unfolds around the former president’s mental acuity, potential presidential contenders have mostly dodged questions about his condition while in office. They’ve also sidestepped whether the party should have more forcefully called on him to abandon his reelection bid earlier. “How are some of these national frontrunners or people who are already barnstorming states like South Carolina or Iowa expected to look voters in the eyes with a straight face and say, ‘Trust me, even though I got the 2024 election
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday announced plans to move the bureau out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
As part of the plan to vacate its headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the bureau will transfer 1,500 employees to varying locations nationwide. The building, which is located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, has served as the FBI’s headquarters since 1975.
“This FBI is leaving the Hoover building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,” Patel said during an appearance on Fox News. “We want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world,
A Wednesday New York Post headline momentarily deceives those inclined to optimism. It reads, “Gov. Tim Walz feeds rumor mill about Derek Chauvin pardon, despite Trump saying he knows nothing about it.” That optimist might think that the Minnesota governor was moved to reconsider Chauvin’s fate, the inspiration being a recent judicial order issued by Hennepin County Judge Edward Wahl. The ruling followed a defamation suit brought by Assistant Minneapolis Police Chief Katie Blackwell.
Blackwell sued Liz Collin of Alpha News and the other parties responsible for her book, They’re Lying: The Media, The Left, And the Death of George Floyd,
For Democrats, green policies are a blunt object to be used for taking down capitalism and controlling the economy. They are also a magnificent vehicle for graft. It’s encouraging to see the Trump administration cracking down on the latter.
As his last days in the White House were nearing, Joe Biden, or whoever controlled his autopen, handed out $100 billion in loans and other financial commitments to bolster what’s been called the “Green New Deal wish list.” The funds were dispersed by the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office in the 76 days after Kamala Harris lost the election. To understand how extraordinary and suspicious this was,
Undisclosed communication devices reportedly discovered in Chinese-manufactured solar panels and related equipment have sparked concerns among U.S. officials about the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid, according to a Reuters report. These “rogue” devices, found over the past nine months, could potentially destabilize energy infrastructure and trigger widespread blackouts, sources familiar with the matter told the outlet. The undocumented devices, including cellular radios, were identified in solar power inverters, batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and heat pumps produced by several Chinese suppliers.
In the decade since Donald Trump first descended the escalator, a peculiar new kind of “journalism” has evolved in Washington, one that has manifested again and again. Call it the Trump Deputy Takedown Op.(snip)And so it is now with Donald Trump’s upstart chief diplomat, Steve Witkoff. Almost overnight and out of nowhere, Witkoff has become a star of the second Trump administration, the man who broke Foggy Bottom’s stranglehold on American diplomacy and showed that radical new approaches could be attempted and, more importantly, get results.
Ed Martin was on his way to doing what so many before him promised but never dared: cleaning up DC. President Trump picked Martin to serve as US Attorney, and everyone knew what that meant: real accountability, no games, and no mercy for the swamp.But as always, the knives came out, not from the Dems, but from inside the Republican Party.(snip) Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina led the charge to sink Martin’s nomination. And according to Trump, Tillis was working behind the scenes with Democrats to make it happen.
Why would he do that? Because Ed Martin is fearless. He’s America First to the core. And that terrifies the uniparty.
In March, congressional Republicans formally called for the impeachment of Rhode Island Federal Judge John McConnell Jr. This week, America First Legal (AFL) filed a judicial complaint against him, asking Chief Judge David Barron of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to investigate McConnell.
The AFL complaint describes “apparent conflicts of interest and violations of judicial ethics requirements.” The Federalist has previously detailed some of those concerns.(snip)McConnell didn’t mention that he is a long-time board member and leader at the $31 million nonprofit Crossroads Rhode Island, which gets over half its funding from federal money,
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is pulling no punches in her view of the direct threat against President Donald Trump that has been made and promoted by former FBI Director James Comey.
Speaking to Fox News, Director Gabbard outlines that there is “no way” James Comey did not know what his threat post was about. Gabbard notes the “86 47” phrase has been circulating the far-left for several months and Mr Comey is well aware what it means. Director Gabbard says in her view the former FBI director should be arrested and put behind bars. WATCH:
A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that she helped an illegal immigrant evade federal authorities.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this week on charges of obstruction and and concealing a person of arrest, for which she faces up to six years in prison if convicted. The Trump administration has defended its prosecution against Dugan, asserting that nobody is above the law.
“Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court,” her attorneys said Tuesday. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily removed Dugan from her post with the case pending.