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Jim Jordan Floats Subpoena for NY AG Letitia James.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has sent another letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), threatening a subpoena for information her office has regarding Matthew Colangelo. A former Biden Justice Department (DOJ) official, Colangelo resigned his post to join the prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump in the Manhattan hush-money trial.

The newest request follows Jordan’s initial letter to James on May 15, requesting information and documents related to Colangelo‘s employment at the New York Attorney General’s Office. The Committee had asked for a response by May 29, but James has yet to comply.

Jordan’s letter emphasized that the Judiciary Committee is overseeing politically motivated prosecutions by state and local officials. He highlighted concerns over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Trump and potential coordination with the Biden DOJ through Colangelo.

The letter claims that preventing politically motivated prosecutions is a significant interest for Congress, particularly for presidents and former presidents. Jordan reiterated the Committee’s request from May 15, urging James to produce the requested documents by July 2, 2024, or face a possible subpoena.

Manhattan District Attorney Bragg and Colangelo have agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on July 12, a day after Trump’s sentencing in the case. Last month, Jordan had inquired with Joe Biden‘s Attorney General Merrick Garland about the DOJ’s involvement in Trump’s prosecution. The DOJ responded, denying any contact between federal prosecutors and those involved in the hush-money case.

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Tech Giants Eye Taking MAJOR Stake in American Media and Entertainment.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Warner Bros. Discovery has reportedly received unsolicited interest from multiple parties, including Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, regarding a potential acquisition.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Paramount, and Comcast.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The developments were reported on October 23, 2025, with discussions ongoing regarding the company’s potential sale or restructuring.

🎯IMPACT: The potential sale or restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery could significantly reshape the entertainment and streaming industries, expanding Big Tech’s influence in the media and entertainment sectors.

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Big Tech’s influence over American media and entertainment could soon drastically expand with Warner Bros. Discovery announcing that it is reviewing “strategic alternatives” to maximize shareholder value after receiving unsolicited interest from multiple parties. Concerningly, among the rumored potential buyers are tech giants Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, who are reportedly interested in acquiring either the entire company or specific assets like content libraries and production facilities.

The company has already turned down three offers from Paramount, including one as high as $24 per share. Paramount recently completed a merger with Skydance Media, which could complicate its ability to pursue another major acquisition.

Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns major properties such as HBO, CNN, DC Studios, and its namesake film studio, has also received inquiries from Comcast. Earlier this year, Comcast—which owns NBCUniversal—announced it was dumping MSNBC, with the far-left cable network subsequently rebranding as My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW) under its new owner, Versant.

The potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery comes as the company plans to split its cable TV and streaming businesses next year. This move could make it easier for buyers to acquire specific portions of the business rather than the entire company.

In July, The National Pulse reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a lawsuit brought by a group challenging alleged collusion by Big Tech companies and corporate media entities, alleging they unlawfully conspired to throttle independent media competitors by labeling their reporting as “misinformation” or “disinformation.” Netflix, Amazon, or Apple’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery is likely to similarly solicit considerable scrutiny from the Trump administration.

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Nancy Pelosi Wants Local Police to Arrest ICE Agents.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested that local law enforcement could arrest federal agents who break local laws while enforcing federal immigration policies.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA), San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, and federal agents.

📍WHEN & WHERE: California, as outlined in a statement on Wednesday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law—and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.” – Nancy Pelosi and Kevin Mullin

🎯IMPACT: Legal experts have noted that the authority for states to arrest federal officers lacks clear precedent and could face significant legal challenges.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in a joint statement with Representative Kevin Mullin (D-CA), suggested that local law enforcement authorities could arrest federal agents who violate California laws while enforcing federal immigration policies.

“Reports of a planned mass immigration raid in the Bay Area are an appalling abuse of law enforcement power. Broad sweeps that target families and terrorize law-abiding residents betray our nation’s values and waste resources that should focus on real threats to public safety,” Pelosi and Mullin wrote, continuing: “It is important to note that California law protects communities and prevents federal agents from taking certain actions here that we have witnessed in other states. While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not.”

“Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law—and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them,” the two House Democrats concluded.

San Francisco District Attorney (DA) Brooke Jenkins devised the idea of arresting federal immigration agents on charges like excessive use of force. “I had lead time to think about what authority I have and what I can do. This is something I felt very strongly about, and I had my office research it,” she explained in a recent interview.

According to the San Francisco DA, her office could review footage of incidents involving federal agents and seek warrants for their arrests if excessive force is identified. However, Jenkins acknowledged potential hurdles, including agents operating in masks or without identification, as well as legal challenges to a new California law barring agents from wearing masks, which takes effect in January.

Legal experts, including Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, note the lack of precedent for such actions. Chemerinsky recently commented, “As long as the ICE agents are acting legally, the state can’t prosecute them and hold them liable, even if it dislikes what they’re doing.”

The arrest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has previously been threatened by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Cummings, who has barred arresting illegal immigrants inside or near the Cook County courthouse in downtown Chicago, Illinois, unless they can produce a warrant.

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Prosecutors Allege Five Syrians Gang Raped 17-Year-Old.

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WHAT HAPPENED: A teenager was reportedly raped by a group of five Syrians in Heinsberg, Germany.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Five suspects of Syrian origin, including adults and minors, are under investigation.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred in Heinsberg, near Aachen, Germany.

🎯IMPACT: The case has increased concerns over worsening public safety due to mass migration.

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Five Syrians are under investigation in Heinsberg, a town near Aachen, Germany, following the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl. The public prosecutor’s office in Aachen has confirmed that the suspects include both adults and minors. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities say they are working to gather more details surrounding the case.

The attack has raised significant concerns about the safety of the wider community and has prompted discussions on mass migration. Notably, an astonishing one in 20 Syrians are now believed to reside in Germany, with over half on welfare—in addition to asylum seeker aid. From 2010 to 2023, the equivalent of around $145bn is estimated to have been paid to foreigners generally.

The link between mass migration and crime in Europe is clear, with almost half of all criminal suspects in neighboring Austria being foreigners, for instance.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a Donald J. Trump ally who has taken a strong line against mass migration, said of Germany last year, “[T]his Germany isn’t the Germany that our grandparents and our parents used to set before us as an example, saying, ‘Son, if you want to see a hard-working person, go to Germany, if you want to see well-organized work, go to Germany. If you want to see order, go there, where there’s order…’ It’s a colourful, transformed, multicultural world in which the migrants coming in are no longer guests of the country. This is now their country too, and it’s increasingly becoming theirs.”

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Senate Dems Block Bill to Pay Military and Federal Workers During Their Govt Shutdown.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The Senate Democrats rejected a Republican-backed bill to pay military servicemen and federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senate Republicans and Democrats, military service members, and federal workers.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, October 23, in Washington, D.C.

🎯IMPACT: The Senate remains deadlocked, and no solution to reopen the government is in sight.

IN FULL

A Republican-backed bill that would have ensured payment for military servicemembers and federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown was blocked by Senate Democrats. The legislation failed to garner the necessary 60 votes to overcome a filibuster on a vote of 54 to 45.

Sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), the legislation authorized appropriations to ensure payments for federal employees required to work during the shutdown, as well as military personnel and contractors. An alternative bill, offered by Senate Democrats, that authorized money to pay all federal workers—including those on furlough—and prevent the White House from laying off more federal employees during the shutdown failed to pass on unanimous consent.

Largely considered as a test vote to gauge current Democrat support for a clean continuing resolution (CR) already adopted in the House, Sen. Johnson’s bill saw three Democrats join with the Republican majority: Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA). Ossoff is facing reelection in 2026 and is a top target for Republicans. Additionally, there was one absence on the vote.

Previously, Sens. Angus King (I-ME), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Fetterman voted to pass the clean CR, suggesting that with the additions of Warnock and Ossoff, the Senate is inching ever closer to the 60 votes needed to end the Democrat shutdown. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has joined Senate Democrats on other votes to keep the government shutdown going, voted in favor of the bill.

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It Happened Again: Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver on Drugs Kills Three.

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WHAT HAPPENED: A 21-year-old illegal immigrant truck driver was arrested for driving under the influence and charged in connection with a fatal multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in California, which killed three people and injured several others.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jashanpreet Singh, an Indian national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, and multiple victims, including Clarence Nelson and his wife, Lisa.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crash occurred on October 22, 2025, on the 10 Freeway in Ontario, California.

🎯IMPACT: The crash has reignited concerns about immigration policies and federal safety standards for commercial truck drivers.

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Jashanpreet Singh, a 21-year-old truck driver and Indian national who entered the United States illegally in 2022, has been charged following a fatal multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in California. The crash, which occurred on October 22, claimed the lives of three individuals and left several others injured.

According to authorities, Singh was driving a semi-truck that failed to brake before slamming into slowed traffic, triggering an eight-vehicle pileup involving four commercial trucks. Dashboard camera footage shows the truck striking a car and continuing into other vehicles, with one passenger car catching fire. Three fatalities were reported, including former Pomona High School assistant basketball coach Clarence Nelson and his wife, Lisa.

Singh was arrested at the scene by California Highway Patrol officers. He is being held without bail and faces charges of driving under the influence of drugs, causing bodily injury, and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since lodged an immigration detainer against Singh, who was previously released under “alternatives to detention” after entering the U.S. illegally in March 2022.

The crash has drawn attention to California’s truck driver safety standards. Earlier this year, the Trump administration withheld over $40 million in highway safety funds from the state, citing its failure to meet federal English language proficiency requirements for truck drivers. Additionally, the U.S. government temporarily paused the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers to review vetting procedures.

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Democrats Confuse White House East Wing With Buckingham Palace in Ragebait Post.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The Democrats confused the East Wing of the White House with the East Wing of Buckingham Palace in a “ragebait” social post, mischaracterizing President Donald J. Trump’s construction of a privately-funded White House ballroom as “The People’s House [being] destroyed by Trump.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump and the Democratic Party.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The mistake was highlighted by the Republican Party on October 23, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The DNC is so mad that President Trump is building a new ballroom at the White House, they posted a sad Instagram video last night. Too bad their intern put in a photo of the East Wing in Buckingham Palace, not the White House.” – Official GOP account on X.

🎯IMPACT: The East Wing, an outbuilding separate from the iconic White House Executive Residence that dates from the 1940s, is to be replaced by a grand ballroom, allowing presidents to host large-scale events and state dinners.

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The Democrats have been caught confusing the East Wing of the White House, currently being replaced by a new ballroom funded by President Donald J. Trump and private donors, with the East Wing of Buckingham Palace, the primary residence of the British Royal Family in London. In a “ragebait” style post uploaded to the party’s official Instagram account, the Democrats claim and show a slideshow of the outbuilding “in a different time”—including images of the British royal residence.

“The DNC is so mad that President Trump is building a new ballroom at the White House, they posted a sad Instagram video last night. Too bad their intern put in a photo of the East Wing in Buckingham Palace, not the White House,” the GOP noted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, adding, “Cry more libs.”

Notably, the current East Wing is not part of the iconic White House Executive residence, which was begun in the 18th century. Instead, it is a 1940s outbuilding, largely obscured by shrubbery at street level, erected to conceal the parallel construction of an emergency bunker for then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Trump ballroom will be significantly larger and enable presidents to host large-scale events and state dinners that are currently difficult to accommodate at the White House complex.

The Trump administration is further trolling the Democrats by adding a “major events timeline” to the White House website, including not only historical milestones such as the addition of the north portico in 1829-1830 and the Oval Office in 1909, but high-profile scandals involving Democrat presidents.

Among the controversies listed is the discovery of cocaine in the West Wing during the Biden government in 2023. The timeline notes, “Speculation has pointed to Hunter Biden, an admitted drug user,” and references his laptop, which contains materials related to alleged drug use and foreign business dealings involving his father, Joe Biden, during his vice presidency. Another slide highlights the Monica Lewinsky scandal during Bill Clinton’s presidency in 1998, and Barack Obama’s 2012 hosting of a Muslim Brotherhood delegation, a group linked to Islamist extremism.

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Newsom Says He’ll Sue If Trump Deploys National Guard to San Francisco.

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WHAT HAPPENED: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) threatened legal action against President Donald J. Trump if National Guard troops are deployed to San Francisco.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Gavin Newsom, President Trump, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

📍WHEN & WHERE: October 2025, San Francisco, California.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We’re going to be fierce in terms of our response… this is the lawsuit that I will file within a nanosecond of any efforts to send the military to one of America’s great cities, San Francisco.” – Gavin Newsom

🎯IMPACT: The confrontation could lead to a landmark legal battle over the limits of presidential power under the Insurrection Act.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) says he will take legal action to prevent President Donald J. Trump from deploying National Guard units to San Francisco, even though the President has not yet issued such an order. Already, over 100 federal immigration agents are being deployed to the Bay Area as the Trump White House continues to ramp up enforcement actions.

“We’re going to be fierce in terms of our response,” Newsom stated during a press briefing. “We are going to be focused, and quite literally this is the lawsuit that I will file within a nanosecond of any efforts to send the military to one of America’s great cities, San Francisco.”

He characterized San Francisco as one of the safest large cities in the country and accused Trump of politicizing public safety. “Send troops to San Francisco and we will sue you, [Donald Trump],” Newsome wrote, reiterating his legal threat, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed preparations at its Alameda base to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. A spokesman remarked that this effort is part of a “whole-of-government approach” to address illegal border crossings.

While President Trump has not yet issued an order to deploy National Guard units to San Francisco, the America First leader has indicated he is inclined to do so, stating: “We’re going to San Francisco and we’ll make it great. It’ll be great again.”

The Trump White House has legally defended National Guard deployments in other cities under the President’s direct constitutional authority to deploy the National Guard domestically, and additional powers granted under the Insurrection Act—though the latter has yet to be invoked.

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Grooming Gang Victims Demand Govt Minister Resign.

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WHAT HAPPENED: A group of survivors of Muslim grooming gangs has left an official government inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation, citing trust issues.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Survivors Ellie-Ann Reynolds, Fiona Goddard, Elizabeth Harper, and “Jessica,” alongside former police officer Jim Gamble, Baroness Louise Casey, and Jess Phillips, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Recent developments were discussed in Parliament and detailed in correspondence shared by survivors.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Being publicly contradicted and dismissed by a government minister when you are a survivor telling the truth takes you right back to that feeling of not being believed all over again.” – Survivors’ letter.

🎯IMPACT: The survivors have outlined conditions for their return to the inquiry, while the Labour Party government faces challenges in appointing someone to lead the inquiry.

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Four survivors of Muslim grooming gang abuse in the United Kingdom, including Ellie-Ann Reynolds and Fiona Goddard, have criticized the British government’s inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation, saying it has been watered down to obscure the racial and religious factors behind their abuse. The women, who recently resigned from the inquiry’s advisory panel, said the investigation’s scope had been widened in a way that risks losing focus on the particular issues with Muslim, predominantly Pakistani-background grooming gangs targeting mostly underage white girls at scale.

In a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood—roughly equivalent to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary—the survivors set out several conditions for their return, including the resignation of the Jess Phillips, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, and the appointment of a judge to lead the inquiry, with survivor input, and guarantees that victims can speak freely without fear of reprisal.

The letter, shared publicly by Goddard, said: “Being publicly contradicted and dismissed by a government minister when you are a survivor telling the truth takes you right back to that feeling of not being believed all over again. It is a betrayal that has destroyed what little trust remained.”

Former police officer Jim Gamble also stepped down from consideration to lead the inquiry, saying some survivors lacked confidence in his role due to his past in policing. He called claims that he would align with a political agenda to protect institutions “nonsense,” but given police leaders’ central role in downplaying and covering up grooming gang abuses for decades, victims do not believe a current or former police officer should lead the inquiry.

Prime Minister Starmer has announced that Baroness Louise Casey will assist the inquiry. Casey previously led a national audit that found many police forces and other public agencies avoided addressing ethnicity or cultural issues in grooming gang crimes because they feared being labelled racist.

The controversy follows years of public anger over how police, social services, and municipal governments have handled cases of organized sexual exploitation across towns such as Rotherham, Rochdale, and Telford. Multiple investigations revealed that predominantly Pakistani-heritage men targeted vulnerable white girls, while officials refused or failed to intervene for fear of damaging so-called community relations or being branded racist by the predators.

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NBA Rocked By Mafia-Linked Gambling Scandal, FBI Arrests 34.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier—along with others—were arrested Thursday morning in connection with federal investigations into gambling.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and former NBA player Damon Jones.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Billups was arrested in Portland, Oregon, and Rozier in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday morning. Damon Jones was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This is an operation that showcases to you that under President Trump’s administration, there is no room for any type of criminal behavior, be it on the world’s largest stage or in the back rooms of tiny parlors where card games were being played.” — FBI Director Kash Patel

🎯IMPACT: The arrests are renewing calls for Congress to step in and develop more uniform regulation for sports betting.

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The NBA‘s Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday morning in connection with federal investigations into gambling, according to a law enforcement official. Former NBA player Damon Jones was also arrested in Las Vegas as part of the investigation, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announcing a total of 34 suspects were taken into custody across multiple states—with some having ties to the Bonano, Genovese, and Columbo organized crime families.

Billups, a former NBA player and five-time All-Star, was arrested in Portland, Oregon. He played 17 years in the league and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024. He has been charged with partaking in an alleged illegal poker ring tied to the mafia, with rigged poker games being held in Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Las Vegas.

Meanwhile, Rozier, a 10-year NBA veteran, was taken into custody in Orlando, Florida, following months of scrutiny over suspicious sports betting activity related to his play. Notably, Rozier was taken into custody just hours after the Heat lost to the Orlando Magic in a game he did not play in due to a coach’s decision.

Damon Jones, another former NBA player, was apprehended in Las Vegas. The arrests are part of a broader federal investigation into gambling activities involving high-profile people in professional sports.

“This is an operation that showcases to you that under President Trump‘s administration, there is no room for any type of criminal behavior, be it on the world’s largest stage or in the back rooms of tiny parlors where card games were being played,” FBI Director Kash Patel said during a press conference on Thursday.

Currently, 39 states allow some form of sports betting, but there has not been much federal regulation since the Supreme Court struck down the Congressional ban on state-sponsored sports betting. NBA commissioner Adam Silver called for Congress to step in and create uniform regulation earlier this week.

“I think, probably, there should be more regulation, frankly,” Silver said, adding: “I wish there was federal legislation rather than state by state. I think you’ve got to monitor the amount of promotion, the amount of advertising around it.”

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Illegal Immigrant-Owned Trucking Firm Profited from Taxpayer Before Deadly Crash.

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WHAT HAPPENED: An illegal immigrant in Indiana, Borko Stankovic, was arrested after allegedly causing a fatal semi-truck crash that killed Jeffrey Eberly, 54.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Borko Stankovic, a 41-year-old illegal immigrant from the Balkans, and Jeffrey Eberly, his victim.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 20 in Portage, Indiana, on Wednesday, October 15.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This criminal illegal alien didn’t even have a valid commercial [driver’s] license (CDL). DHS is working with our state and local partners to get illegal alien truck drivers who often don’t know basic traffic laws off our highways.” – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin,

🎯IMPACT: Stankovic faces felony charges, and his illegal immigration status has raised concerns over access to taxpayer-funded PPP loans.

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Borko Stankovic, an illegal immigrant living in Indiana, was arrested following a fatal semi-truck crash on U.S. Highway 20 in Portage on October 15. The crash resulted in the death of Jeffrey Eberly, 54, after Stankovic’s semi-truck failed to slow down, jackknifed, and struck multiple vehicles, according to law enforcement.

Stankovic, who has been in the U.S. illegally since his visa expired in February 2011, was driving without a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL). Records show he used a suspended Illinois CDL belonging to a family member to unlawfully continue operating as a freight carrier. He has been charged with felony reckless homicide and felony criminal recklessness resulting in death.

“This criminal illegal alien didn’t even have a valid commercial [driver’s] license (CDL). DHS is working with our state and local partners to get illegal alien truck drivers who often don’t know basic traffic laws off our highways,” Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, said in a statement.

PPP loan records reveal that Stankovic owned two companies, Eclipse Trucking Inc. and ESD Team Inc., which collectively received over $36,000 in loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both loans were forgiven under the Biden government, despite the companies reportedly having only one employee each.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on Stankovic at the Porter County Jail.

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