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July 28, 2025
Media
Politics

The Washington Post’s Anti-Trump ‘Fact Checker’ Jumps Ship Over ‘Financial Considerations.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Glenn Kessler, editor of The Washington Post‘s “The Fact Checker,” announced he is leaving the paper after 27 years, citing financial considerations as a key factor in his decision.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Glenn Kessler, Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray, and other high-profile contributors who also took buyouts.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Kessler will leave The Washington Post on July 31, with the buyout program concluding this week.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicians in Washington, especially in this era, the financial considerations were impossible to dismiss.” – Glenn Kessler

🎯IMPACT: The Washington Post has not signalled an immediate successor for Kessler, and it is unclear whether the newspaper will continue to have a newsroom employee dedicated to “fact-checking.”

IN FULL

Glenn Kessler, editor of The Washington Post‘s “The Fact Checker,” has announced his departure from the paper after 27 years, including nearly 15 years leading the fact-checking division. Kessler revealed his decision to leave on Facebook, stating, “After more than 27 years at The Washington Post, including almost 15 as The Fact Checker, I will be leaving on July 31, having taken a buyout.”

Kessler cited financial considerations as a major factor in his decision and expressed disappointment that no agreement was reached to allow him to remain on a contract basis while a successor was found. “I didn’t want The Post to have a gap in fact-checking coverage during this fraught period in U.S. history. But we couldn’t work out an agreement,” he wrote. Kessler also noted that he had written or edited over 3,000 fact checks during his tenure.

The Washington Post‘s buyout program, introduced by executive editor Matt Murray in the face of collapsing revenue and readership, has also seen other prominent contributors, including columnists Jonathan Capehart, Catherine Rampell, Philip Bump, and Joe Davidson, leave the paper. The program offers financial incentives based on years of service, with veteran employees receiving up to 18 months of base pay.

Notably, the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper shed two other prominent newspaper staffers after Pulitzer Prize winners Darrin Bell—a cartoonist—and Thomas Pham LeGro—a video journalist—were separately arrested on charges of possession of child pornography.

Kessler and the other departures come amid broader editorial changes at the paper, driven by Bezos’s push to align the Post with principles of personal liberties and free markets. Bezos’ directive earlier this year led to the resignation of opinion editor David Shipley and sparked further resignations and subscription cancellations from liberal readers. The paper has faced similar backlash in the past over editorial decisions.

Despite a career mostly aimed at smearing Republican lawmakers, and especially President Donald J. Trump, the soon-to-be former fact checker for The Washington Post did begrudgingly admit in 2023 that former President Joe Biden regularly lies to the public regarding his past, not simply embellishing, but outright fabricating details about his personal and family history.

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July 28, 2025
News

Is Ghislaine Maxwell Trying to ‘Blackmail Her Way Into a Pardon?’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Convicted child sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly demanding that President Donald J. Trump grant her a pardon for her crimes in exchange for cooperating with federal investigators on an ongoing controversy over an alleged Epstein “client list.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffrey Epstein.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Blanche held a second meeting with Maxwell and her attorneys on Friday, July 25, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I predicted this weeks ago, and non-practitioner, hyper-online, nouveau-MAGA internet idiots claimed I was insane. Turns out I’m just always right.” — Raheem Kassam

🎯IMPACT: The leak of an alleged birthday letter from Trump to Epstein, along with other narratives linking the two, may be a ploy by Maxwell’s attorneys to “blackmail her way into a pardon.”

IN FULL

Convicted child sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly demanding that President Donald J. Trump grant her a pardon for her crimes in exchange for cooperating with federal investigators on an ongoing controversy over an alleged Epstein “client list”

“We haven’t spoken to the President or anybody about a pardon just yet,” Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, said on Friday, but noted that, “The President this morning said he had the power to do so. We hope he exercises that power in the right and just way.”

The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam previously raised the possibility that Maxwell’s attorneys are actively working to foment controversy around Epstein, President Trump, and the alleged client list as a ploy to secure freedom for their client.

“I predicted this weeks ago, and non-practitioner, hyper-online, nouveau-MAGA internet idiots claimed I was insane. Turns out I’m just always right,” Kassam wrote on X (formerly Twitter), responding to the revelation that Maxwell’s lawyers are pushing Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche for a presidential pardon.

Last week, addressing President Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an alleged birthday card and message Trump sent to Epstein: “It’s almost certainly real. Why would someone go to the lengths to invent a cringey birthday card that proves nothing? It was likely leaked by Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to try and blackmail her way into a pardon. THINK.”

“A lawsuit will prove nothing either way. I promise you that. There will be some settlement over the terminology, such as that the letter ‘may have been provided by a Trump Organization employee against the President’s knowledge…’ etc etc,” Kassam added.

On Friday, while fielding questions outside the White House, Trump acknowledged for the first time that the birthday letter could be real, and indeed speculated that someone else may have signed his name to the message. Previously, President Trump insisted the letter did not exist. Notably, the Wall Street Journal does not appear to possess the letter, but was informed of its alleged contents by a source.

“I don’t even know what they’re talking about,” Trump said, adding: “Now, somebody could have written a letter and used my name, but that’s happened a lot.”

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Our Europe is without borders
July 28, 2025
News
UK

Trump Warns ‘You’re Not Going to Have Europe Anymore’ Due to Mass Migration.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump doubled down on his comments on European migration policies, warning that Europe may irrevocably change if current policies remain in place.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, British Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, and Scottish Secretary Ian Murray.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday evening for a four-day visit to his golf clubs in Aberdeen and Ayrshire.

💬KEY QUOTE: “They’ve got to get their act together. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it.” – President Donald J. Trump

🎯IMPACT: Trump’s remarks have reignited debates over immigration policies in Europe, with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party calling for the number of migrants to be slashed.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump has doubled down on his comments Friday regarding Europe’s immigration policies, when he described the situation as a “horrible invasion.” Speaking to reporters on July 28, Trump remarked, “Europe is a much different place than it was just five years ago, 10 years ago. They’ve got to get their act together. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it,” he said on Monday.

Trump emphasized illegal immigration, saying, “You cannot let people come in here illegally. And what happens is, there’ll be murderers, there’ll be drug dealers, there’ll be all sorts of things that other countries don’t want, and they send them to you, [like] they send them to us, and you’ve got to stop them.” His comments come amid a surge in migrant boats crossing the English Channel, with more than 40,000 people having landed in Britain since Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party took power last July.

When questioned about Trump’s choice of words, particularly his use of the term “invasion” on Friday, Starmer’s Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, pushed back. “No, I wouldn’t [use the term]… I don’t know whether [Trump is] talking about other European countries there, or the wider context,” he said.

Net immigration to Britain in the year to December 2024 is currently estimated at 431,000, although provisional figures in recent years have all been revised upwards substantially. The total is down from the “Boriswave” peak of close to a million under former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, but still one of the highest figures in British history by hundreds of thousands.

 

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July 28, 2025
Immigration
UK

London’s ‘Nasty’ Mayor Khan Clashes With Trump: ‘Diversity Makes Us Stronger.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump is clashing with London Mayor Sadiq Khan on his trip to the United Kingdom, with Trump criticizing Khan’s performance as Mayor of London and Khan defending mass migration.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Sadiq Khan, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The exchange took place on July 28, 2025, in the United Kingdom.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I’m not a fan of your mayor… He’s a nasty person.” – President Trump

🎯IMPACT: The exchange extends President Trump’s yearslong feud with Khan, who has publicly denounced the America First leader as “racist, sexist, homophobic, and Islamophobic” and rooted for Hillary Clinton and his other election opponents.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump criticized London Mayor Sadiq Khan during a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer—a Labour Party colleague of Khan’s—describing him as a “nasty person” who has done “a terrible job” running the British capital. “I’m not a fan of your mayor,” Trump told the press, with Starmer laughing nervously and interjecting “He’s a friend of mine, actually” after the American leader remarked on Khan’s poor performance.

Unmoved by the Prime Minister’s intervention, Trump continued, “No, I think he’s done a terrible job,” while expressing willingness to visit London.

Khan, who has attacked Trump as “racist, sexist, homophobic, and Islamophobic” and accused him of “defending white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and anti-Semites” for close to a decade, responded via a spokesman, who said, “Sadiq is delighted that President Trump wants to come to the greatest city in the world. He’d see how our diversity makes us stronger not weaker; richer, not poorer.”

However, contrary to Khan’s claims, recent official statistics and studies suggest that mass migration is, overall, a significant net drain on Britain in general and London in particular. For instance, low-wage migrant workers—who comprise a majority of migrant workers—are estimated to drain the equivalent of nearly $200,000, net, by the time they reach retirement age, rising to over $650,000 each if they live to 80 and well over $1 million if they live to 100.

Notably, migrants who arrive on work visas are a minority of the migrants arriving in Britain annually, with a combination of jobless dependents, asylum seekers, and others who are an even larger drain on the public finances, making up the bulk of the yearly influx.

Many migrants are also a significantly greater threat to public safety than the British-born, too, with Afghans, for instance, being over 22 times more likely to be over 22 times more likely to be convicted of sex crimes.

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July 28, 2025
Crime

FBI and DOJ Dismantle Massive Dark Web Child Porn Networks.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of Operation Grayskull, a major joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that dismantled four dark web sites dedicated to child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, the FBI’s Child Exploitation Operational Unit, multiple U.S. Attorney’s Offices, and international partners.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The operation targeted sites active since 2022 and involved arrests across the U.S., the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and other countries.

💬KEY QUOTE: “These offenders thought that they could act without consequences, but they were wrong,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the DOJ’s Criminal Division.

🎯IMPACT: The operation resulted in 18 convictions, sentences up to life in prison, and the dismantling of some of the most egregious child exploitation platforms online.

IN FULL

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced the conclusion of a sweeping investigation that dismantled four dark web sites hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Dubbed Operation Grayskull, the effort has thus far resulted in 18 criminal convictions, with the offenders receiving significant federal sentences.

Last week, one of the high-profile prosecutions resulted in Thomas Peter Katsampes, 52, of Eagan, Minnesota, being sentenced to 250 months in prison, lifetime supervised release, and ordered to pay $23,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to conspiracy to advertise and distribute child pornography. He joined one of the dark web sites in 2022 and became a site moderator, actively distributing CSAM and advising others on sharing illegal content.

FBI Director Kash Patel described Operation Grayskull as “one of the most significant strikes ever made against online child exploitation networks.” He emphasized, “You cannot hide behind anonymity to harm children.”

Investigators revealed that the dismantled sites included some of the most egregious child exploitation platforms online, featuring sections dedicated to infants, toddlers, and violent content involving sadism and torture. The sites collectively attracted over 120,000 users and had at least 100,000 visits in a single day.

Eight defendants were prosecuted and sentenced in the Southern District of Florida alone for running one of the largest of the targeted websites. Sentences ranged from 20 years to life in prison. Additional convictions in other federal districts included sentences from nearly six years to 18 years. Two individuals died before they could be charged, and arrests were also made internationally, including in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Belgium, and South Africa.

“These offenders thought that they could act without consequences, but they were wrong,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the DOJ’s Criminal Division.

Operation Grayskull was led by the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and the FBI’s Child Exploitation Operational Unit, with support from Project Safe Childhood, a DOJ initiative launched in 2006 to combat online child exploitation. U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida stated, “Let this be a clear warning. We will relentlessly pursue and prosecute anyone engaged in such atrocities, no matter how they attempt to cover their tracks.”

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July 28, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Religion
UK

Government Job Site Posts Ad for ‘Sharia Law Administrator.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A government job website in the United Kingdom advertised for an Islamic law administrator, sparking backlash.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Britain’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The advertisement was posted on July 24 but taken down on July 28.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Our country and its values are being destroyed.” — Nigel Farage

🎯IMPACT: The DWP claimed the advertisement was for a third party and not a government entity, but the backlash led to them taking it down just days after posting it.

IN FULL

A job advertisement for an administrative position at a Sharia court in Britain has sparked political backlash after being posted on the British government’s official jobs website. Listed on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Find a Job site, the $31,500-a-year role is based at Manchester Community Centre in Didsbury, England.

The position, advertised by an independent charity, requires applicants to hold a degree in Sharia law and have prior experience working within Islamic courts abroad. Duties include administrative and secretarial responsibilities for the Manchester Sharia Council and coordinating social and religious services.

Outrage quickly followed, with Reform Party leader Nigel Farage commenting, “Our country and its values are being destroyed.”

Zia Yusuf, who heads Reform’s British DOGE initiative, echoed the party leader, warning: “There is only one legal system in the UK. Any attempt to upend or replace it should be illegal.”

The uproar follows increasing scrutiny over the presence of Sharia courts across Britain. Reports indicate there are approximately 85 such bodies in the country, often handling religious rulings related to family matters, particularly Islamic divorces.

Usually comprised of male Islamic scholars, they offer “guidance” and decisions that hold significance for those married under Islamic law, particularly women seeking religious divorces, which often require Sharia court approval even if a civil divorce has been granted. Though many Muslim-majority countries have reformed elements of Sharia in family law, traditional interpretations still heavily influence rulings in these Britain-based councils.

The DWP, under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, has tried to distance itself from the advertisement, insisting that “Find A Job is a free platform to help jobseekers find vacancies with employers from various sectors.”

Regardless, the listing was removed on July 28 amid public outrage.

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July 28, 2025
Crime

Trump DOJ Examining Beating of Whites by Black Mob as Possible Hate Crime.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Police in Cincinnati, Ohio, are investigating violent attacks that went viral on social media, with video footage showing white men and a white woman being beaten brutally downtown. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is monitoring local law enforcement’s handling of the attacks, which may amount to federal hate crimes.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The victims appear to be white men and a white woman, while the attackers were largely or exclusively black. Police Chief Teresa Theetge, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R), Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno (R), and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon have commented on the attack.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred on Friday night and early Saturday morning near Elm and Fourth Streets in downtown Cincinnati.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply.” — Harmeet Dhillon

🎯IMPACT: The incident highlights concerns over public safety and lax crime policies, and the apparent reluctance of local Democrats to acknowledge incidents in which white victims are targeted by ethnic minority criminals.

IN FULL

Police in Cincinnati, Ohio, have launched an investigation into a violent attack that occurred late Friday and early Saturday morning following the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paycor Stadium and a Reds baseball game. Videos of the incident have circulated widely on social media, showing a white man being shoved to the ground and beaten by multiple black attackers, and a white woman receiving a serious concussion. Other white people can be seen being attacked in the background of the footage. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has suggested the attacks may amount to federal hate crimes.

The videos depict many in the crowd, including women, joining in the attacks, with one man being stomped on and beaten for nearly a minute before being helped to his feet. However, he quickly collapses again, appearing to suffer from head, nose, and mouth injuries. A woman who attempts to assist the man is shown receiving blows to the face and being knocked unconscious after her head hits the pavement.

Another video from the same night shows a third white person being knocked out in an apparently separate incident, also involving black assailants.

“The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable,” Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said of the attack.

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) also weighed in, saying, “I was born and raised in Cincinnati, and it’s sad to see this kind of heinous violence on the streets. It’s a shame that Democrats in our state remain silent when so many of their constituents are suffering from their lax-on-crime policies. We’re going to bring law and order back to cities across Ohio on my watch.”

Much of the discourse surrounding the incident has revolved around the ethnicity of the victims and the attackers, and the relative lack of interest from local Democrats and the corporate media. Republican Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, responding to a viral social media post noting this lack of interest, commented that Cincinnati’s Democrat mayor, Aftab Pureval, “has an opinion on lots of irrelevant topics, [but] has not issued a statement, let alone a condemnation, of this heinous attack.”

Responding to Sen. Moreno, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Our federal hate crimes laws apply to ALL Americans. We [at the Civil Rights division] will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack. Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply.”

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July 25, 2025
Health
News

Trump Order Shuts Down ‘Child Sexual Mutilation’ Center.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center announced they are ending their “gender-affirming care services.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Yale New Haven Health, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and other health systems nationwide.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Various hospitals across the United States have announced changes in recent weeks.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We are not going to allow child sexual mutilation.” – Donald Trump last year.

🎯IMPACT: A growing number of health providers have ended or paused so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors nationwide.

IN FULL

The Trump White House has released a statement showing the effects of the administration’s policies on preventing the mutilation of children as a result of medical transgenderism, noting Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center have announced they are ending their so-called “gender-affirming care services.” The center joins a growing list of health systems across the country following President Trump’s executive action to stop “child sexual mutilation.”

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has stopped providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to minors. Stanford Medicine has ended sex-change surgeries for minors, while Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has closed its “Center for Transyouth Health and Development and Gender-Affirming Care.”

Other institutions such as Denver Health, UCHealth, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, UChicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Rush Medical Center have also halted various forms of so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors. Similar actions have been taken by hospitals in New York City, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

Kaiser Permanente has also joined the list by pausing sex-change surgeries for patients under 19 across its hospitals and surgical centers. This marks a significant shift in the medical approach to minors and gender-related treatments in the United States.

President Trump has threatened to cut federal funding to hospitals and clinics that perform chemical or surgical gender treatment on minors. Despite this, some, like New York Attorney General Letitia James, have told hospitals to ignore President Trump’s order and follow local and state laws instead, resulting in legal confrontations with the federal government.

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July 25, 2025
Crime
News

Policeman Shot Dead Amid Surge in ‘Ambush Attacks’ on Law Enforcement.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A police officer in Lorain, Ohio, was killed in an ambush attack, with two other officers injured during the exchange of gunfire.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Officers Phillip Wagner, Peter Gale, Brent Payne, and suspect Michael Parker.

📍WHEN & WHERE: July 2025 in Lorain, Ohio, along a dead-end road.

💬KEY QUOTE: “They’ve always got to have that situational awareness, and the unfortunate thing about law enforcement is they’re truly never off duty.” – Kevin Harris, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) trainer.

🎯IMPACT: The attack highlights a disturbing rise in ambushes targeting law enforcement, with at least 50 officers shot in such attacks this year.

IN FULL

A police officer in Lorain, Ohio, was killed July 23 in what authorities describe as an ambush-style shooting. Officer Phillip Wagner, 35, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, died after being struck multiple times by gunfire. Two fellow officers, Peter Gale, 51, and Brent Payne, 47, were also shot during the incident, with Payne remaining in critical condition as of the time of publication. The suspected gunman, 28-year-old Michael Parker, was killed during an exchange of fire with law enforcement.

The attack occurred around 1 PM along a dead-end road where Wagner and Gale had reportedly parked after picking up lunch. According to police, Parker had been lying in wait before opening fire. Authorities said that several firearms, magazines, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found in the suspect’s vehicle.

The violent encounter is part of a trend in the U.S. involving ambushes against law enforcement officers. Statistics indicate that at least 50 officers have been shot in ambush-style attacks in 2025 so far. The annual total could eventually surpass the 80 such incidents recorded in 2024. The peak was in 2023, when 138 ambush-style shootings were reported. Overall, 342 officers were shot in the line of duty last year, up 40 percent compared to 2018, according to the Fraternal Order of Police.

Steven Fioritto, a trustee with the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, commented on the pattern seen in many of these cases: “A lot of times they describe the person as a loner, but not every loner is going to do that.”

The Federal Bureau of Investgation (FBI) has taken a deeper interest in the rise of these types of attacks. Agents have interviewed both victims and perpetrators in an attempt to understand the motivations behind the violence. FBI trainer Kevin Harris spoke to the daily challenges officers face: “They’ve always got to have that situational awareness, and the unfortunate thing about law enforcement is they’re truly never off duty.”

The Democratic Party has been intensifying its rhetoric against law enforcement involved in deportations, in particular, since President Donald J. Trump’s reelection, with 2024 vice presidential candidate going so far as to describe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “Gestapo.”

ICE agents, Border Patrol agents, and regular law enforcement supporting them have been targeted in a number of ambush attacks already this year.

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July 25, 2025
Crime
News

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Lawyers Say She Discussed ‘About 100 Different People’ With DOJ.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was questioned by the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ghislaine Maxwell, her attorney David Oscar Markus, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The questioning took place over the last two days in a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Ghislaine answered every single question asked of her over the last day and a half, she answered those questions honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability.” – David Oscar Markus

🎯IMPACT: The questioning has reignited public interest in the Epstein case and raised questions about transparency in the Department of Justice’s handling of related files.

IN FULL

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has faced extensive questioning from the Department of Justice (DOJ) at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche led the inquiry, reportedly focusing on individuals connected to Epstein’s crimes.

Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, stated that his client answered all questions posed to her without invoking privilege or refusing to respond. “Ghislaine answered every single question asked of her over the last day and a half. She answered those questions honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability,” Markus said.

Markus noted that Blanche was “seeking the truth” and “asked every possible question.” He said Maxwell “was asked about maybe about 100 different people. She answered questions about everybody, and she didn’t hold anything back.”

“She never invoked a privilege. She never refused to answer a question. So we’re very proud of her,” he added.

The session comes amid controversy surrounding Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Epstein case, in particular her recent claim that a “client list” for the deceased pedophile, which she claimed was “on [her] desk” earlier this year, does not exist.

 Markus has hinted at the possibility of a presidential pardon for Maxwell, referencing Trump’s authority to do so. Trump said Thursday that he has the power to do this, but has not given much consideration to the matter.

Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking charges, having been convicted for her role in procuring underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to exploit and abuse.

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