Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is refusing to hand over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans. The DOJ explained its decision in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday.
“Indeed, by the Committees’ own measure, the Department has met your stated informational needs. The Department has produced the two classified documents you requested, the transcripts of the Special Counsel Office interviews of the President and of Mark Zwonitzer that you requested, and the correspondence regarding the Special Counsel’s report that you requested,” wrote Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte.
“The Department is concerned that the Committees’ particular focus on continuing to demand information that is cumulative of information we already gave you—what the President and Mr. Hur’s team said in the interview—indicates that the Committees’ interests may not be in receiving information in service of legitimate oversight or investigatory functions, but to serve political purposes that should have no role in the treatment of law enforcement files,” the letter says.
Uriarte claimed that the Judiciary and Oversight Committees do not need the audio recording, expressing his concern that turning over the audio could dissuade other witnesses from cooperating in similar investigations in the future. House Republicans had subpoenaed the DOJ for the recording, threatening Attorney General Merrick Garland with contempt of Congress proceedings if the audio was not provided.
Hur’s report regarding his interview with Biden — which explained his decision not to bring charges against the octogenarian President — described his as an “elderly man with poor memory.” Biden “couldn’t recall” specific information almost 150 times throughout the interview, forgetting things at a rate of once every two minutes.
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Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) is refusing to hand over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur to House Republicans. The DOJ explained its decision in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday.
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Norfolk Southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement arrangement to conclude a class-action lawsuit following the derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio in February 2023. The settlement awaits court approval before being finalized.
The train derailment, which resulted in a giant plume of black smoke due to the burning of five tankers carrying vinyl chloride, compelled the evacuation of hundreds of residents due to health concerns related to the potential presence of dioxins. The evacuation order was declared after fears of an explosion at the fiery site and was lifted on February 9, with the assurance of the EPA that air quality reverted back to safe levels.
“If approved by the court, the agreement will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment and, for those residents who choose to participate, personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius from the derailment,” Norfolk Southern said in an official statement.
In the agreement, Norfolk Southern has itemized the allocation of the settlement fund: $104 million for community aid, inclusive of $25 million for a regional safety center and direct payments to residents; $4.3 million towards bettering water infrastructure; $2 million for ‘community-directed projects’; and $500,000 assigned for local economic growth.
Despite no immediate injuries reported during the derailment, residents reported ongoing health issues in the aftermath of the event. In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited a wheel bearing overheat failure as the cause of the derailment, framing it as entirely preventable.
The Biden government was heavily criticized for its response to the disaster. Following the chemical spillage, it failed to declare a public emergency in East Palestine despite the obvious risks posed to area residents. Moreover, Biden himself didn’t visit the community until nearly 400 days after the disaster occurred. A report earlier this year found that train derailments had increased by 13 percent under Biden’s Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg.
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Norfolk Southern has agreed to a $600 million settlement arrangement to conclude a class-action lawsuit following the derailment of a train in East Palestine, Ohio in February 2023. The settlement awaits court approval before being finalized.
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A federal judge sentenced Florida woman Aimee Harris to one month in prison and three month’s home detention for stealing and selling a diary that belonged to Ashley Biden, Joe Biden’s daughter. Harris turned the diary over to Project Veritas in return for $20,000 out of the total $40,000 payout. The President’s daughter had left her diary at a friend’s residence in Delray Beach, Florida, trusting it to be secure.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain pronounced the sentence in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, calling Harris’s actions “despicable.” Before turning to Project Veritas, Harris, along with Robert Kurlander, attempted to sell the diary to President Trump’s 2020 campaign.
A SOFTER SENTENCE.
Harris expressed remorse for her actions, appealing to her life experience marked by domestic abuse and her responsibility as a single parent as extenuating factors. “I do not believe I am above the law,” Harris said. “I’m a survivor of long-term domestic abuse and sexual trauma,” she told the judge.
Although Harris received a one-month prison sentence, the Justice Department was seeking a sentence of four to 10 months in prison. It sought a harsher sentence after Harris failed to appear at numerous sentencing dates. Her defense argued she missed the court appearances as she was caring for her children, aged 8 and 6.
However, the prosecutor countered that Harris consistently displayed disrespect for the law, asserting that Ashley Biden was the true victim in this situation. Harris is expected to begin her prison term in July.
DISTURBING REVELATIONS.
The diary in question contained numerous troubling entries, including one suggesting Ashley Biden may have had an inappropriate relationship with her father, Joe Biden, with whom she apparently took showers.
“Was I molested? I think so — I can’t remember specifics but I do remember trauma. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age . . . I remember being somewhat sexualized with Caroline; I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/my dad (probably not appropriate),” Biden wrote.
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A federal judge sentenced Florida woman Aimee Harris to one month in prison and three month's home detention for stealing and selling a diary that belonged to Ashley Biden, Joe Biden's daughter. Harris turned the diary over to Project Veritas in return for $20,000 out of the total $40,000 payout. The President's daughter had left her diary at a friend’s residence in Delray Beach, Florida, trusting it to be secure.
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Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA), who sits on the Congressional Subcommittee for Homeland Security, says the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) embedded itself into online veteran communities months ahead of the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The explosive details came out during an appearance on the Louisiana-based Implicit Biaspodcast.
JAN 6 WAS PRE-PLANNED.
“The FBI started embedding themselves in those groups — by the time you were four, five, six months into 2020, the FBI was monitoring and embedded into hundreds of online discussion groups,” Higgins asserted. According to Congressman, the evidence of the FBI’s pre-riot operations has been hidden from the public by court orders — though some Members of Congress have been able to view the details.
He continued: “The original seeds of riotous or illegal or occupation-type behavior amongst these groups were planted by the FBI agents embedded in those groups.”
FBI SHOWED “NEFARIOUS INTENT.”
In another segment, Rep. Higgins says he believes the FBI’s actions constitute illegal entrapment — arguing the agents embedded among online groups in the lead-up to the Capitol riots had “nefarious intent.”
He contends that because the agency appears to have set out to instigate violence, the federal government’s January 6 investigations are “the fruit of that poisonous tree.”
AGENTS WERE IN THE CAPITOL.
Higgins goes on to reveal that federal law enforcement also had undercover agents placed inside the Capitol, disguised as Trump supporters. According to the Louisiana Republican, these agents directed the January 6 protestors once the U.S. Capitol Police had allowed them access to the building’s interior.
The Congressman said it is unlikely average Americans would be able to navigate the building easily: “For a group of Americans to just come in a random door and be able to get specifically to the House floor or somebody’s office… no way. They had to be guided.”
‘GHOST BUSES’.
The Congressman also addressed the lingering questions regarding the presence of several unmarked buses that were seen transporting individuals — alleged to have been government-backed agents provocateurs — to the protest. According to witnesses, these busses lacked identifying markings and placards that would have allowed them access to government parking facilities.
“What was revealed to me through a whistleblower was that two buses… had been digitally documented, and we had access to that initial digital evidence,” Higgins said before continuing: “It showed two buses that were brought into the bus parking basement of [Union Station].”
The Congressman said the evidence showed the two buses in question were the first to arrive at the parking facility and “had been painted over white” to hide any identifying details, including the bus company’s telephone number. He noted that the vehicles are legally required to display identifying information.
Higgins went on to state that evidence suggests there were at least 30 to 40 occupants on each of the buses. “They were all dressed as Trump supporters. They were all military-age young men… [and] were all geared similarly in that they were wearing tactical gear,” the Congressman said.
WHO OWNED THE BUSES?
The Congressman said his office could identify a segment of the buses’ ID numbers and a telephone number using forensic analysis.”We got a hit on the bus… we were able to identify the owner that belonged to that telephone number that we positively identified,” Higgins said, revealing the buses had, at least at one point, been owned by a charter service based in New York.
According to the Congressman, however, the buses were subsequently abandoned at Union Station after the riots and have since disappeared.
When asked why federal law enforcement has attempted to hide evidence surrounding the January 6 riots — including the origin of the two ghost buses at Union Station — Higgins bluntly said, “It’s because it won’t be a good reflection on their involvement.”
Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA), who sits on the Congressional Subcommittee for Homeland Security, says the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) embedded itself into online veteran communities months ahead of the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The explosive details came out during an appearance on the Louisiana-based Implicit Biaspodcast.show more
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House Republicans have delayed submitting the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week. The decision comes amidst concerns about the timing of an impeachmenttrial that Senate Democrats are expected to move to dismiss.
“To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week,” said Speaker Mike Johnson’s spokesman in a statement.
Speaker Johnson and the 11 impeachment managers originally told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer they intended to present the impeachment articles on Wednesday, April 10.
The Republicans’ hesitation appears to stem from potential GOP absences for what could be a late vote on Thursday. Senate Democrats control 51 seats, including Democratic-leaning independents, and may dismiss or delay the proceedings with a simple majority vote.
Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee revealed that the articles will travel from the House to the Senate on Monday. “We don’t want this to come over on the eve of the moment when members might be operating under the influence of jet-fume intoxication,” Lee said. GOP Senate Whip John Thune told journalists that Republicans wish for a “more fulsome discussion” once the articles arrive from the House.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer, however, expressed his desire to resolve the matter swiftly, saying, “We’re going to try and resolve this issue as quickly as possible.”
Mayorkas faces impeachment for his role in the Biden government’s willful mishandling of the border crisis. Nearly two-thirds of Americans support the impeachment proceedings against him.
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House Republicans have delayed submitting the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week. The decision comes amidst concerns about the timing of an impeachment trial that Senate Democrats are expected to move to dismiss.
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A New York appeals court is set to weigh in on Judge Juan Merchan‘s broad gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump. The former President’s motion to appeal the order was advanced to the full judicial panel following the ruling of an appellate judge earlier on Tuesday.
Despite granting a hearing before the full appellate court, the judge denied an additional motion by Trump’s attorneys to delay the start of the ‘hush money’ pending the gag order appeal. The full appellate panel, however, could reconsider the motion and decide to stay the trial while they weigh whether Judge Merchan’s order violates the former President’s constitutional rights. The ‘hush money’ trial is set to begin on Monday with jury selection.
Merchan’s far-reaching gag order prevents Trump from expressing public remarks on the trial’s participants and court members, including potential jurors. Merchan imposed the order after Trump began posting on social media revelations linking the judge’s daughter to numerous Democrat Party leaders, including New York’s Attorney General Letitia James.
Early on Tuesday, the former President’s defense attorney, Emil Bove, argued that the gag order prevents Trump from fending off attacks from expected witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, as well as prosecutor Alvin Bragg. In his appeal, Trump contended the gag order’s prohibition on public comments caused “irreparable harm.”
The full appellate court will hear written arguments from both parties by April 29. It is also expected to rule on whether to move the trial from its current venue in Manhattan. Trump‘s defense team has argued that the local jury pool is overwhelmingly biased toward the prosecution.
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A New York appeals court is set to weigh in on Judge Juan Merchan's broad gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump. The former President's motion to appeal the order was advanced to the full judicial panel following the ruling of an appellate judge earlier on Tuesday.
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A senior editor at National Public Radio (NPR) says the outlet’s response to the election of then-President Donald Trump and the death of George Floyd — and subsequent riots — transformed the news organization for the worse. Uri Berliner, a senior business editor, admits NPR has always been liberal, but contends it used to foster an “open-minded, curious culture.” In contrast, its reaction to Trump and the post-Floyd panic regarding “systemic racism” caused its tone to become “knee-jerk, activist, [and] scolding.”
HOOKED ON SCHIFF.
Berliner claims NPR initially began its descent into extreme ideological bias after becoming one of the primary outlets pushing Rep. Adam Schiff‘s (D-CA) conspiracy theory that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to rig the U.S. presidential election. “By my count, NPR hosts interviewed Schiff 25 times about Trump and Russia. During many of those conversations, Schiff alluded to purported evidence of collusion,” Berliner writes, adding: “The Schiff talking points became the drumbeat of NPR news reports.”
Despite investing a lot of time in coverage of Rep. Schiff’s claims, the outlet gave little attention to the fact that multiple investigations exonerated Trump of the California Democrat’s charges. “But when the Mueller report found no credible evidence of collusion, NPR’s coverage was notably sparse. Russiagate quietly faded from our programming,” the business editor says.
THE LAPTOP FROM HELL.
In another instance of editorial malpractice, Berliner details how NPR failed to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story. At the time, the news organization stated, “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories.” Further, NPR said stories covering the laptop were “pure distractions.” Berliner, however, admits that “Its contents revealed [Hunter Biden’s] connection to the corrupt world of multimillion-dollar influence peddling and its possible implications for his father.”
Berliner described an editorial meeting as follows: “I listened as one of NPR’s best and most fair-minded journalists said it was good we weren’t following the laptop story because it could help Trump.”
COVID-19 PROPAGANDISTS.
Taking on NPR’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Berliner says its editorial staff quickly decided that the ‘natural origin’ theory was correct and that the ‘lab leak’ theory was either “racist or a right-wing conspiracy theory.” According to Berliner, the internal stance on COVID-19 was partly prompted by the outlet implicitly trusting the word of Anthony Fauci and former NIH head Francis Collins.
‘ENDING SYSTEMIC RACISM.’
The business editor says former CEO John Lansing enabled the internal cultural changes and editorial bias. Following the death of George Floyd, Berliner recounts how Lansing, rather than challenging staff to explore whether systemic racism was prevalent in America, tasked the news organization with “identifying and ending systemic racism.” Following Lansing’s “systemic racism” challenge, the organization was overtaken by racial affinity groups who pushed for tailored, niche coverage — increasingly alienated listeners and readers alike.
While Berliner insists that he believes NPR can be saved from itself, he does lament that “[w]ith declining ratings, sorry levels of trust, and an audience that has become less diverse over time, the trajectory for NPR is not promising.”
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A senior editor at National Public Radio (NPR) says the outlet's response to the election of then-President Donald Trump and the death of George Floyd — and subsequent riots — transformed the news organization for the worse. Uri Berliner, a senior business editor, admits NPR has always been liberal, but contends it used to foster an "open-minded, curious culture." In contrast, its reaction to Trump and the post-Floyd panic regarding "systemic racism" caused its tone to become "knee-jerk, activist, [and] scolding."
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A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor was captured in a series of undercover videos admitting to the presence of FBI agents among the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The footage, captured by Sound Investigations, shows Gavin O’Blennis — who worked for both the FBI and CIA — claiming that there were upwards of 20 FBI agents embedded among the protestors.
O’Blennis, who appears to now work with President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), suggested this is a common practice during protests in the nation’s capital. The former FBI employee’s claims echo an admission made last year by former U.S. Capitol Police chief Steven Sund that “There was a fair amount of law enforcement in the crowd.”
When asked about the limits of the agency’s power, O’Blennis insinuated there are few constraints. “You can kind of put anyone in jail if you know what to do,” he said before continuing: “You set them up. You create the situation where they have no choice but to act on their impulse.” O’Blennis admitted the agency’s actions come close to “entrapment.”
Sound Investigations says the recordings were made during three conversations with O’Blennis on March 15, 22, and 28th. He also disclosed that the FBI quietly influenced the Sandy Hook families’ lawsuit against Alex Jones to deplete his finances. The lawsuit resulted in a $85 million payout to the families over ten years after Jones voiced conspiracy theories regarding the Sandy Hook shooting, which he later retracted and apologized for.
WATCH:
BREAKING: CIA Officer/Former FBI Boasts “Can Put Anyone in Jail…Set ’Em Up!” “We Call It a Nudge”
FBI “Did What We Wanted” with Alex Jones @RealAlexJones “Took His Money Away” “Chop His Legs Off”
Estimates 20 Undercover FBI Agents at J6, Works with Some of Them Now at CIA
— Sound Investigations (@SoundInvestig) April 9, 2024
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A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor was captured in a series of undercover videos admitting to the presence of FBI agents among the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The footage, captured by Sound Investigations, shows Gavin O'Blennis — who worked for both the FBI and CIA — claiming that there were upwards of 20 FBI agents embedded among the protestors.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has conceded the possibility that Ukraine may need to compromise with Russia in order to end the war between the two nations.
In an interview with the BBC, Stoltenberg appeared to acknowledge that without a proposed five-year, 100 billion euro fund for Ukraine, the Eastern European nation could find itself facing unconditional surrender to Russia without any bargaining power.
“At the end of the day, it has to be Ukraine that decides what kind of compromises they’re willing to do, we need to enable them to be in a position where they actually achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table,” he said.
The BBC itself noted that Stoltenberg’s comments mark a stark difference from the stance taken by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky, who has been steadfast in his refusal to engage in any negotiations with the Kremlin.
Stoltenberg’s “language is notable because President Volodymyr Zelensky has always been adamant that he would never negotiate with Putin despite some calls on him to do so, including from the Pope,” wrote the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Stoltenberg’s acknowledgment of the possibility of a brokered peace deal between Ukraine and Russia — in which Ukraine would likely have to make certain territorial concessions — came the same day that Zelensky himself admitted Ukraine is losing the war and is certain to lose sans more funding from its Western backers.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has conceded the possibility that Ukraine may need to compromise with Russia in order to end the war between the two nations.
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David Cameron, the China-linked former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, met with President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday evening, with much of the conversation believed to have centered around Ukraine. Cameron was accompanied by Britain’s Ambassador the United States, Karen Pierce.
Cameron, whose premiership collapsed when he lost the Brexit referendum in 2016, now sits in the House of Lords as an unelected life peer and serves as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Foreign Secretary — roughly equivalent to Secretary of State in the U.S.
The Trump campaign told The National Pulse on Tuesday: “On April 8th, 2024, President Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, and Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States, to discuss several issues impacting both countries.
“Among the topics discussed were the upcoming US and UK elections, policy matters specific to Brexit, the need for NATO countries to meet their defense spending requirements, and ending the killing in Ukraine.
“President Trump, Secretary Cameron and Ambassador Pierce also discussed their mutual admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth II.”
Britain’s Foreign Office claims Cameron’s meeting with Trump was “productive,” but he was a strange choice of emissary to the America First leader, having regularly trashed him in the past. As Prime Minister, Cameron denounced then-candidate Trump as “protectionist, xenophobic, and misogynistic” and blasted his so-called “Muslim ban” as “divisive, stupid, and wrong.”
Cameron also revealed in his memoirs that he “couldn’t have agreed more” with a speech by Barack Obama comparing Trump to Putin and criticized him for using straightforward language like “Islamic terrorism” in case it offended Muslims.
A Foreign Office statement says Cameron will also be lobbying for a ceasefire in Gaza and announcing millions of pounds to assist a Kenyan-led security mission in Haiti.
The statement does not mention any lobbying on behalf of British citizens or businesses.
Earlier this year, Cameron compared Congressional Republicans who refused to back Ukraine aid funding to Adolf Hitler.
Jack Montgomery contributed to this report.
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David Cameron, the China-linked former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, met with President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday evening, with much of the conversation believed to have centered around Ukraine. Cameron was accompanied by Britain's Ambassador the United States, Karen Pierce.
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