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June 7, 2024
Corruption
Lawfare

FBI Colluded with Dem Staffers Ahead of Whistleblower Hearing.

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch reveal that an FBI official communicated with House Democrat staffers ahead of a congressional hearing with FBI whistleblowers. “These troubling records show how the FBI colluded with Democrats hostile to FBI whistleblowers who were set to testify to Congress,” Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, said in a statement.

The legal watchdog group initially sued Joe Biden‘s Department of Justice (DOJ) when it failed to respond to the FOIA request. Their request sought “all records of communication between any official or employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and any member of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, any staff member for the subcommittee, or any staff member for any subcommittee member between April 1, 2023, and the present.” Following the lawsuit, the Biden DOJ provided the requested documents.

These documents were released just as the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government prepared for a significant hearing involving three FBI whistleblowers: Steve Friend, Garrett O’Boyle, and Marcus Allen. Prior to this hearing, the FBI had revoked the security clearances of the three agents. However, Marcus Allen’s clearance was eventually reinstated.

One of the released documents includes an email from Damon Marx, senior counsel in the office of Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), to an unidentified FBI Office of Congressional Affairs official. In the email, Marx references a previous conversation and thanks the official for providing documents that were reportedly beneficial to Rep. Goldman. “We would love to meet in person next time you have the chance. Please let us know when you’re available for coffee or just to swing by the office. And don’t hesitate to reach out on any other matters!” the email read.

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Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch reveal that an FBI official communicated with House Democrat staffers ahead of a congressional hearing with FBI whistleblowers. "These troubling records show how the FBI colluded with Democrats hostile to FBI whistleblowers who were set to testify to Congress," Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, said in a statement. show more
June 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
SCOTUS

WaPo Chides Its Own Retired Reporters for Failing to Harass Justice Alito.

The Washington Post has published a lengthy article berating former Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes for doing his due diligence and declining to report the Alito flag hoax as if it was a legitimate news story, robbing the newspaper of a “precious exclusive.”

Barnes, now retired, was aware of Justice Samuel Alito’s wife flying a U.S. flag upside down in 2021—an incident being pushed as earth-shattering news years after the fact as the corporate media attempts to influence Supreme Court rulings on Donald Trump and January 6 defendants. Instead of rushing to report the display as proof the Alitos supported the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement, as the corporate media are doing today, Barnes actually did his job, discovering it was the result of a neighbor dispute.

WaPo media critic Erik Wemple is now blasting Barnes and his editors for not running the story, eventually published by The New York Times, regardless of the facts, complaining, “The Alitos received deference to which they were not entitled.”

FACTS (DON’T) MATTER. 

Wemple reached this conclusion despite Barnes telling him “We determined that it wasn’t the justice that flew the flag upside down and we determined it wasn’t a protest about the election or something else on the part of Mrs. Alito.” Barnes told Wemple he corroborated this based on Martha-Ann Alito’s “actions when I saw her and what others in the neighborhood had told me.”

Mrs. Alito flew the upside-down flag in response to some of their neighbors putting up crass signs reading “F**k Trump,” “Trump Is a Fascist,” and—addressing the Alitos—’You Are Complicit.’ Wemple fumed Barnes had not gone to the couple for their side of the story, though they have never denied erecting the signs.

Wemple also acknowledges upside-down flags were not closely associated with ‘Stop the Steal’ at the time of the incident, and that contemporary managing editor Cameron Barr said the decision not to a run a story was a matter of “consensus.”

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The Washington Post has published a lengthy article berating former Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes for doing his due diligence and declining to report the Alito flag hoax as if it was a legitimate news story, robbing the newspaper of a "precious exclusive." show more
June 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

Trump: ‘Revenge Takes Time, and Can Be Justified.’

Former President Donald J. Trump told celebrity psychologist Dr. Phil that “revenge can be justified,” while discussing retribution against his political opponents in a set piece interview this week.

Trump, 77, recalled his decision not to pursue Hillary Clinton after the 2016 election. “How would it be [if] I win and I lock Hillary Clinton up? The former president’s wife… I didn’t want to do that,” Trump said.

“I could’ve done that pretty easily. She busted up her phones and she busted up her laptops… She disobeyed a subpoena, and she broke up all this machinery, all this technology, after she got the subpoena,” he observed. However, he “hated” the idea of actually having her imprisoned because he “wanted to bring the country together… through success.”

“Now, the difference is, they’re trying to do it to me, and maybe you could feel different about it, but I don’t feel differently. Retribution is going to be through success,” he added.

However, when Dr. Phil put it to him that he would be too busy to “get even,” the former president warned: “Well, revenge does take time, I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil. I have to be honest.”

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. 

Trump’s comments come as he faces a prison sentence in Manhattan. The authorities are also ordering War Room host Stephen K. Bannon to report to prison in July—a move Trump describes as an “American Tragedy.”

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, wants conservatives to stop being so passive in the face of Democrat lawfare and fight fire with fire. Too many, he says, are rolling over with an attitude of, “Where does it say in this rulebook that we’re allowed to fight back?”

“The way you deal with a sickness is not to wag your finger at it… it needs eviscerating,” Kassam stressed.

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Former President Donald J. Trump told celebrity psychologist Dr. Phil that "revenge can be justified," while discussing retribution against his political opponents in a set piece interview this week. show more
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June 7, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

READ – Rep. Gaetz Skewers Bannon Jail Ruling.

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) blasted U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichol’s ruling that former Trump advisor Steven K. Bannon must begin his four-month prison sentence even while his case continues to work its way through the appeals process. Bannon was convicted in July 2022 on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Democrat-controlled January 6 Committee.

“It is with great sadness and anger that we observe the death of the judicial system in America,” Gaetz wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). The Flordia Republican continued: “Steve Bannon sought judicial review of the illegal demands of a runaway congressional committee, unlike any ever comprised. It was literally a matter of first impression. And they’re sending him to prison – not just to torture him but to torture us.”

“He didn’t even get a real trial. His defenses were stripped by a judge who hates him,” Gaetz added, concluding: “The ramifications of these actions will reverberate in a very dark way for a long time.”

The Florida Congressman stated that he’s pushed Republican House leaders to “advance legislation to expunge these contempt proceedings” for Bannon, former Trump trade policy advisor Peter Navarro, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Meadow’s deputy Dan Scavino. Unfortunately, Gaetz says House leadership has refused, citing that they do not have the votes for passage.

“We need stronger leaders,” Rep. Gaetz said before adding: “November can’t come soon enough.”

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Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) blasted U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichol's ruling that former Trump advisor Steven K. Bannon must begin his four-month prison sentence even while his case continues to work its way through the appeals process. Bannon was convicted in July 2022 on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Democrat-controlled January 6 Committee. show more
June 7, 2024
Media

The BBC Has Spent £3,000,000 of Public Cash Investigating Its Own Staff for Sex Offenses.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has incurred over £3.1 million (almost $4M) in costs related to investigating alleged misconduct by former DJ Tim Westwood. A former BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra DJ, Westwood, denied engaging in any wrongdoing, stating: “It’s all false allegations.”

The review, launched in August 2022, is scrutinizing the BBC’s knowledge of and response to complaints and concerns regarding Westwood’s behavior during his two-decade tenure. Investigators have reviewed over 50,000 documents, including both oral and written testimony.

Led by Gemma White KC, the inquiry aims to address claims from several women accusing Westwood of predatory and unwanted sexual behavior between 1992 and 2017. Some allegations include incidents with women under 18, with one woman stating she was 14 when she first had sex with the DJ. The Metropolitan Police have interviewed Westwood four times in connection with the allegations. Though Westwood has been interviewed under caution, no arrests have been made.

The BBC’s external review, initially expected to conclude in six months, remains ongoing. Ms. White announced a call for evidence in October 2022, and the review team was later joined by safeguarding expert Jahnine Davis. Despite the extended timeline, White emphasized the necessity for thorough document examination and information gathering.

A confidential hotline was launched for a few weeks in April 2023 to assist with the review. The BBC says it intends to ensure a comprehensive understanding of what was known about Westwood’s conduct during his employment. Westwood stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra in April 2022 but continues to perform at various venues nationwide. In light of the allegations, some campaigners have urged nightclubs to avoid hosting him.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has incurred over £3.1 million (almost $4M) in costs related to investigating alleged misconduct by former DJ Tim Westwood. A former BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra DJ, Westwood, denied engaging in any wrongdoing, stating: "It's all false allegations." show more
June 6, 2024
Lawfare

WATCH: Bannon’s Lawyer Destroys J6 Committee Case for TV Audiences.

Counsel for Stephen K. Bannon, David Schoen, gave a masterclass about his client’s case outside the Washington, D.C. court on Thursday.

Schoen, 66, represented President Trump during his second impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, and has represented Bannon since 2022.

WATCH:

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Counsel for Stephen K. Bannon, David Schoen, gave a masterclass about his client's case outside the Washington, D.C. court on Thursday. show more
June 6, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Tom Hanks Brands Himself ‘Historian’ While Waffling On Nonsensically About Trump from Normandy.

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks added a new title to his resume, branding himself a historian while speaking with CNN‘s Christine Amanpour during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy. The CNN host pressed Hanks as to whether he was worried about the state of American democracy and freedom if former President Donald J. Trump retakes the White House in November.

“I think there’s always a reason to be worried about the short term,” Hanks replied, adding: “But I look at the longer term of what happened. I think, look, our constitution says, ‘We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. That journey to a more perfect union has missteps in it. I can catalog them as much as you can, and you’re a professional journalist and I’m just a guy who makes movies and reads books.”

Amanpour interjected, calling Hanks a “historian” as well. “Okay, and a lay historian. I’ll take that too,” Hanks responded.

“Over the long term, however, we inevitably made progress towards, I think, that more perfect union,” the Hollywood actor continued before adding: “How does it come about? It comes about because, not because of somebody’s narrative of who is right or who is a victim or not. It comes out of the slow melding of the truth to the actual practical life that we end up living.”

Hank’s rambling response suggests that he is neither an apt historian nor someone who has thought very deeply about American democracy—especially in light of the Biden government’s unprecedented lawfare campaign against former President Trump. An incumbent President seeking to jail his top election opponent would appear to be a far greater threat to American democracy than anything elicited from Hank’s thoughts.

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Hollywood actor Tom Hanks added a new title to his resume, branding himself a historian while speaking with CNN's Christine Amanpour during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy. The CNN host pressed Hanks as to whether he was worried about the state of American democracy and freedom if former President Donald J. Trump retakes the White House in November. show more
June 6, 2024
Election 2024
Immigration

Just 5% of Non-Citizens Voting are Registered as Republicans.

For the first time, non-citizen residents of Washington, D.C., went to the polls to help determine the city’s leadership. Over 500 noncitizens registered to vote, and almost none backed Republican candidates.

Just 5.35 percent of the new noncitizens registered in the nation’s capital as Republicans. Meanwhile, 59.27 percent of the noncitizen voters registered with the Democratic Party. However, the numbers for Democratic support are likely higher as another 32.31 percent of the voter demographic filed Independent registrations—which tend to break for Democrats in the city’s elections—and another 3.06 percent of noncitizen voters identified with the Statehood Green Party.

The National Pulse has reported extensively on the rise of noncitizen voting. While it is technically legal for city governments to allow noncitizens voting rights in municipal elections, the voting policy raises concerns about these voters being illicitly permitted to participate in state and federal races.

Noncitizens have been shown to have illegally voted in state and federal elections in several states, including Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In the latter, federal prosecutors uncovered evidence that local election officials were more likely to look the other way when a noncitizen registered to vote when said registration was as a member of the Democrat Party. The data produced by federal prosecutors suggests noncitizen voters are three times more likely to vote Democrat than Republican.

Meanwhile, in South Carolina, the state’s Medicaid administrator was found to be sending voter registration information to noncitizens who applied for government assistance. When asked why this was happening, state officials pointed to changes in federal law under the Biden government, which requires any state agency that manages federal funds to send election and voter registration documents to government assistance applicants.

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For the first time, non-citizen residents of Washington, D.C., went to the polls to help determine the city’s leadership. Over 500 noncitizens registered to vote, and almost none backed Republican candidates. show more
June 6, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
Politics
World

Slovak PM Says Soros Encouraged The Assassination Attempt On Him.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived multiple gunshot wounds on May 15, has issued his first public address since the assassination attempt. In a 14-minute video posted on Wednesday, just before a moratorium on electioneering ahead of the European elections, the populist leader said he felt “no hatred towards the stranger who shot me,” saying he was “only a messenger of evil and political hatred, which the politically unsuccessful and frustrated opposition developed in Slovakia to unmanageable proportions.”

Fico, an ally of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, is opposed to mass migration and the Western proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. He accused globalist opposition politicians, “foreign-funded political non-governmental organizations,” and corporate media outlets “co-owned by the financial structure of George Soros” of encouraging his attempted assassination by fomenting a poisonous political atmosphere.

“I fundamentally disagree with the single-correct-opinion policy that some major Western democracies are aggressively promoting today,” Fico said. He argued the EU and NATO have “literally sanctified the concept of the single correct opinion” on Ukraine, “namely that the war in Ukraine must continue at any cost in order to weaken the Russian Federation.”

Anyone who disagrees, he complained, is “immediately labeled as a Russian agent.”

Fico recalled charting an independent path for Slovakia during previous terms in office, for example, by refusing to assist the Bill Clinton-led NATO bombing of Serbia and withdrawing Slovak soldiers from Iraq. Now, he argued, “the right to a different opinion has ceased to exist in the EU.”

Michal Šimečka, chairman of the Progressive Slovakia opposition party, has already complained about Fico’s speech, saying he should have promoted social reconciliation. Another opposition leader said Fico, by calling out the globalists who facilitated his shooting, is the one promoting political division.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived multiple gunshot wounds on May 15, has issued his first public address since the assassination attempt. In a 14-minute video posted on Wednesday, just before a moratorium on electioneering ahead of the European elections, the populist leader said he felt "no hatred towards the stranger who shot me," saying he was "only a messenger of evil and political hatred, which the politically unsuccessful and frustrated opposition developed in Slovakia to unmanageable proportions." show more
June 6, 2024
News

WATCH: Actually Peaceful, Patriotic Protesters Arrested Outside Trump Tower, NYC.

Three supporters of former President Donald Trump have been arrested outside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Law enforcement instructed the individuals exercising their First Amendment rights peacefully not to move into the road while they unfurled a giant “law and order” flag. When the strayed into the street, they were promptly arrested, unlike climate-change or BLM protesters who routinely occupy thoroughfares across America, even chanting, “Whose streets? Our streets!” when doing so.

Footage captured by Oliya Scootercaster shows the group chanting “let them go” as police officers detained the three Trump supporters. The incident occurred near Trump Tower in the afternoon, as Toby Keith’s song “Made In America” played in the background.

Upon moving off the street, the supporters were met by NYPD officers. People standing nearby, behind a fence set up at the edge of the area, were heard chanting “F*ck Eric Adams,” the mayor of New York City.

The gathering of Trump supporters outside Trump Tower comes in the wake of the former president’s recent legal troubles. Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, further galvanizing his base of supporters.

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Three supporters of former President Donald Trump have been arrested outside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Law enforcement instructed the individuals exercising their First Amendment rights peacefully not to move into the road while they unfurled a giant "law and order" flag. When the strayed into the street, they were promptly arrested, unlike climate-change or BLM protesters who routinely occupy thoroughfares across America, even chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" when doing so. show more