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May 23, 2024
Corruption
Crime
News

Biden’s Own DOJ Confirms Authenticity of Hunter’s Laptop, Plans to Use it Against Him.

The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) has acknowledged the authenticity of Hunter Biden‘s infamous laptop, the contents of which were made public shortly before the 2020 presidential election. DOJ special counsel David Weiss is asking a federal judge to allow his legal team to use evidence contained on the laptop’s hard drive in their ongoing prosecution of Joe Biden’s son for tax fraud and gun charges. In addition, Weiss has asked the judge to bar Hunter Biden and his defense attorneys from questioning the veracity of the laptop’s contents.

While IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley has claimed federal investigators confirmed in 2019 that the laptop and its hard drive contents belonged to Hunter Biden, the motion by the DOJ special counsel marks the first public admission by federal government officials as to its authenticity.

KEY EVIDENCE FOR DOJ. 

“The defendant has not offered any conspiracy theory, much less any evidence, regarding how or why Apple, Inc. produced manipulated data for his iPhone and iPad,” senior assistant special counsel Derek Hine wrote in a court filing on Wednesday. The federal prosecutor continued: “Second, the data from the laptop that the government is utilizing is not only self-authenticating, but it will be introduced with corroborating evidence at trial.”

“Any argument that suggests his laptop is not authentic would be inappropriate because there is no foundation for such questioning, and it risks creating juror confusion about the evidence actually at issue in this case,” Hines added before concluding: “The government requests that the Court grant the motion because the records are self-authenticating. The government further requests that the Court prohibit the defendant from suggesting that the electronic evidence is fabricated, manipulated, altered, or inauthentic because he has not offered any evidence supporting such a claim.”

THE REAL 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE.

The acknowledgment of the laptop’s provenance is a major blow to corporate news outlets, social media companies, and a bevy of former U.S. intelligence officials who actively worked to censor stories about its contents. Less than a month before the 2020 presidential election, 51 former senior intelligence officials published an open letter alleging the Hunter Biden laptop story had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

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The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) has acknowledged the authenticity of Hunter Biden's infamous laptop, the contents of which were made public shortly before the 2020 presidential election. DOJ special counsel David Weiss is asking a federal judge to allow his legal team to use evidence contained on the laptop's hard drive in their ongoing prosecution of Joe Biden's son for tax fraud and gun charges. In addition, Weiss has asked the judge to bar Hunter Biden and his defense attorneys from questioning the veracity of the laptop's contents. show more
May 23, 2024
Health

Weed Usage Surpasses Booze in Historic First.

Newly released national survey data indicates that daily and near-daily marijuana use has surpassed similar levels of drinking in the United States. While alcohol remains more widely consumed overall, 2022 marked the first year when intensive marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, according to Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.

“A good 40% of current cannabis users are using it daily or near daily, a pattern that is more associated with tobacco use than typical alcohol use,” Caulkins, who authored a research study based on the data, said. The survey data estimates that in 2022, approximately 17.7 million people in the U.S. were using marijuana daily or nearly every day. In contrast, about 14.7 million people reported daily or near-daily drinking. The per capita rate of daily or near-daily marijuana use has increased 15-fold from 1992 to 2022.

Caulkins’s study is based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health compiled over the past four years and was published Wednesday in the journal Addiction. The survey data is widely considered a reliable estimate of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use in the United States.

LEGAL STATUS DRIVES USE.

The increase in marijuana use appears to be following the drug’s shifting legal status. Most states now permit medical or recreational marijuana, although it remains illegal at the federal level. In November, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional amendment allowing recreational cannabis, and the federal government is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

Earlier this week, Joe Biden urged his Department of Justice (DOJ) to begin the process of reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous substance. The DOJ has published a draft regulation in the Federal Register that would place marijuana in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. This category includes drugs with “a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances” in Schedule I or II, which include highly addictive substances like fentanyl and oxycodone. Marijuana has been classified under Schedule I since the 1970s, following the federal government’s establishment of modern drug regulations.

ADDICTION CONCERNS.

Dr. David A. Gorelick, a psychiatry professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, emphasized the risks associated with high-frequency use. “High-frequency use increases the risk of developing cannabis-associated psychosis, a severe condition where a person loses touch with reality,” said Gorelick.

The number of daily users suggests that more people are at risk for developing problematic cannabis use or addiction, he added.

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Newly released national survey data indicates that daily and near-daily marijuana use has surpassed similar levels of drinking in the United States. While alcohol remains more widely consumed overall, 2022 marked the first year when intensive marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, according to Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. show more
May 20, 2024
Lawfare

Judge Cannon Just Blasted Biden’s Special Counsel Jack Smith. Here’s Why.

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, presiding over the Florida-based federal classified documents prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump, blasted Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith‘s inconsistent positions on the need to seal evidence in the case. The federal judge’s criticism comes as Smith’s office stated they had no objection to unsealing docket entries related to alleged prosecutorial misconduct, yet continued to argue elsewhere for the need to keep such details confidential.

“In two separate filings related to sealing, the special counsel stated, without qualification, that he had no objection to full unsealing of previously sealed docket entries related to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct,” Judge Cannon wrote in an order issued on Sunday. She added: “In light of that repeated representation, and in the absence of any defense objection, the court unsealed those materials consistent with the general presumption in favor of public access.”

The unsealed materials contained details of grand jury testimony that had previously not been made public. Cannon noted that the special counsel‘s acquiescence to making the material public contradicted assertions made in other filings that the documents should remain sealed. The judge demanded an explanation from Smith and his legal team.

“In response to those inquiries, counsel explained that the special counsel took the position on unsealing in order to publicly and transparently refute defense allegations of prosecutorial misconduct raised in pretrial motions,” her order unsealing the documents read. Addressing Smith directly, Cannon wrote: “The sealing and redaction rules should be applied consistently and fairly upon a sufficient factual and legal showing. And parties should not make requests that undermine any prior representations or positions except upon full disclosure to the court and appropriate briefing.”

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U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, presiding over the Florida-based federal classified documents prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump, blasted Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith's inconsistent positions on the need to seal evidence in the case. The federal judge's criticism comes as Smith's office stated they had no objection to unsealing docket entries related to alleged prosecutorial misconduct, yet continued to argue elsewhere for the need to keep such details confidential. show more
May 20, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
Media
News

Assange WINS in U.S. Extradition Appeal.

A United Kingdom court has ruled that Julian Assange can challenge his extradition to the United States. The decision came after a panel of London-based judges found that U.S. assurances regarding how Assange’s trial would be conducted were insufficient. An appeal hearing will likely happen in several months.

Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is wanted by U.S. government officials over allegations of espionage. The charges relate to the leaking and posting online of a trove of U.S. national security materials related to classified, confidential military and diplomatic documents pertaining to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If convicted, Assange could face up to 175 years in prison.

The court fight over Assange‘s extraction has taken nearly a decade, beginning shortly after WikiLeaks’s publication of classified documents. In March, however, his extradition began to move forward with the Royal Courts of Justice in London ruling that the U.S. could pursue extradition if “satisfactory assurances” about the preservation of Assange’s rights at trial were met. Specifically, the U.K. court demanded that Assange be extended U.S. First Amendment rights at trial despite being an Australian citizen. In addition, the U.K. judges asked that the U.S. would exclude the death penalty for Assange.

On Monday, Edward Fitzgerald — the attorney representing Assange — argued that the U.S. government assurances regarding Assange’s rights at trial were “blatantly inadequate.” James Lewis, the U.S. legal representative, contented that any offered assurances could not bind U.S. courts but that the Biden government would try to implement the requested provisions as much as possible.

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A United Kingdom court has ruled that Julian Assange can challenge his extradition to the United States. The decision came after a panel of London-based judges found that U.S. assurances regarding how Assange's trial would be conducted were insufficient. An appeal hearing will likely happen in several months. show more
Biden Border
May 17, 2024
Immigration

Just 54 House Dems Vote Against Biden’s Border Madness.

The House of Representatives passed the Police Our Borders Act on Thursday, with a surprising 54 House Democrats joining the Republican majority in taking action against Joe Biden and his disastrous border crisis. The legislation demands that the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) “report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment on the experiences of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers working on issues related to immigration at the southern border of the United States.”

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) sponsored the legislation, which passed with a total of 254 in favor and just 157 against. According to the New York Republican, if signed into law, the bill would “mandate the Attorney General compile a report on the border crisis’s impacts on law enforcement agencies across the United States – quantifying the impacts of an ever-expanding crisis and allowing Congress the ability to know where best to direct future resources.”

“It is vital that Congress has a clear picture of the burden placed on law enforcement agencies across the United States as a result of President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty, and the Police Our Border Act is a crucial step in compiling that data,” D’Esposito said in a statement following the House’s adoption of his legislation.

The National Pulse has previously reported that well over 13 million illegal immigrants have entered the country since Joe Biden entered the White House in January of 2021. Even more concerning is the increasing number of Chinese and other illegals from countries hostile to the United States who’ve entered the country as the Biden government continues to allow the southern border to remain open.

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The House of Representatives passed the Police Our Borders Act on Thursday, with a surprising 54 House Democrats joining the Republican majority in taking action against Joe Biden and his disastrous border crisis. The legislation demands that the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) "report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment on the experiences of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers working on issues related to immigration at the southern border of the United States." show more
May 13, 2024
William Upton
News

Ashley Biden CONFIRMS Her ‘Stolen’ Diary Which Detailed ‘Inappropriate’ Childhood Showers With Dad Joe Is REAL.

A letter signed by Ashley Biden to U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain further confirms the validity of the Biden daughter’s diary. In the diary, Ashley Biden recalls showering naked with her father as a young girl. She goes on to grapple with the thought that she was likely molested. The admission was made as part of the sentencing of Aimee Harris, the woman accused of stealing and selling Ashley Biden’s diary.

“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),” the diary reads. While the First Daughter’s writings have not been made public in their entirety, some excerpts of the diary have leaked to the media.

In the letter to Judge Swain, Ashley Biden states that Harris’s theft and sale of her diary “constitute one of the most heinous forms of bullying, not to mention a complete violation of my privacy and personal dignity.” Biden claims that even though the diary’s theft and public propagation occurred more than three years ago, she is “constantly re-traumatized by it.” While acknowledging the diary is hers, the First Daughter claims individuals have used its contents to “misinterpret my once-private writings and lob false accusations that defame my character and those of the people I love.”

Joe Biden‘s Department of Justice (DOJ) has also corroborated the veracity of the Ashley Biden diary. According to the DOJ, the stolen diary was part of a haul that included tax records, private family photographs, and a personal cellphone. Aimee Harris has been sentenced to one month in prison and three months home detention for the diary theft.

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A letter signed by Ashley Biden to U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain further confirms the validity of the Biden daughter's diary. In the diary, Ashley Biden recalls showering naked with her father as a young girl. She goes on to grapple with the thought that she was likely molested. The admission was made as part of the sentencing of Aimee Harris, the woman accused of stealing and selling Ashley Biden's diary. show more
May 13, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

REVEALED: Biden’s Special Counsel Jack Smith Violated Attorney-Client Rules in Documents Case.

The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ)’s special counsel, Jack Smith, prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump in Florida and Washington, D.C., may have violated legal ethics in his pursuit of the Palm Beach-based classified documents case. New court filings by attorneys for Trump‘s co-defendant, Walt Nauta, indicate that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) search warrants may have been obtained through violations of attorney-client privilege.

“The affiants used attorney-client violations as the basis for evidentiary allegations, but the SCO [Special Counsel’s Office] cannot use information it gathers improperly to justify a search warrant or as evidence against a third party,” the filing reads. Nauta‘s attorneys argue that “from start to finish, the process leading to the searches at issue was vitiated by constitutional violations that warrant suppression.”

Nauta’s attorneys additionally assert that the FBI mischaracterized his statements to the grand jury in sworn warrant affidavits, allowing them to claim that he lied during their investigation.

Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, presiding over the documents case, vacated the May 20, 2024 trial start date. She cited numerous ongoing motions and concerns over the conduct of the Special Counsel’s Office during the investigation. Jack Smith admitted that some of the documents retrieved from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence are actually out of sequence, which could cause delays in the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) review process.

The newest allegations, leveled by the attorneys for Walt Nauta, suggest that Smith‘s team used inadmissible evidence before the grand jury to intimidate Nauta into compliance and secure the indictments. Concerns over evidence tampering and ethical breaches by Smith will likely delay the trial until well after the 2024 presidential election.

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The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ)'s special counsel, Jack Smith, prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump in Florida and Washington, D.C., may have violated legal ethics in his pursuit of the Palm Beach-based classified documents case. New court filings by attorneys for Trump's co-defendant, Walt Nauta, indicate that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) search warrants may have been obtained through violations of attorney-client privilege. show more
May 9, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Biden DOJ Goes After Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer owned by billionaire tech-mogul Elon Musk, faces dual U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probes into whether the company misled investors regarding its driver-assist technologies. The Biden DOJ and SEC are also investigating the company for potential wire fraud.

In 2018, Tesla was the target of an SEC investigation for securities fraud stemming from a social media post by Musk stating “funding secured.” The post, the SEC alleged, was intended to pump Tesla stock by insinuating Musk intended to take the electric vehicle company private despite having no actual intention of doing so. Musk agreed to step down as Tesla’s chairman as part of a settlement with the government regulator. Additionally, he and Tesla were ordered to pay $20 million in fines to cover the losses incurred by investors.

Critics of Musk and Tesla contend the electric vehicle line’s “Autopilot” feature is misleading to consumers. They point out that literature and manuals given to vehicle owners state drivers should always keep both hands on the wheel — even when “Autopilot” is engaged. In addition, they contend that videos featuring Musk engaging the driving feature while keeping his hands off the wheel are intended to add to the deception.

Federal investigators appear to have quietly begun their probe of Tesla and Musk in 2022. Early that year, Musk started to float the idea of buying Twitter while criticizing the social company’s heavy-handed censorship policies. While some of Musk’s claims regarding his electric vehicle technology may be overly optimistic, “corporate optimism” is not generally considered fraudulent in U.S. courts.

Despite Biden’s DOJ issuing subpoenas for a wide range of documents from Tesla, it remains to be seen if any actual charges will be brought.

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Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer owned by billionaire tech-mogul Elon Musk, faces dual U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probes into whether the company misled investors regarding its driver-assist technologies. The Biden DOJ and SEC are also investigating the company for potential wire fraud. show more
May 6, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Lawfare

REVEALED: Attorney Prosecuting Trump in Manhattan Took THOUSANDS in DNC Cash.

Matthew Colangelo, one of the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ)’s top attorneys, who forewent a white-shoe law firm career to instead work for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, received at least $12,000 by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for “consulting” services in 2018. The former Biden government attorney delivered opening remarks in former President Donald J. Trump‘s Manhattan-based hush money trial and has handled a portion of the questioning during witness testimony.

The National Pulse reported last week that Colangelo has been linked to partisan lawfare campaigns against conservative political groups and Republican lawmakers as far back as 2011. House Republicans are currently investigating Colangelo over his past work and possible ongoing communications with the Biden Justice Department that could conflict with his prosecution of Trump.

Federal Election Commission (FEC) data indicates the DNC paid Colangelo in two $6,000 installments on January 31, 2018. The distributions were reported as fees for “Political Consulting.” At the time of the payments, Colangelo had yet to join the Justice Department and was serving as the deputy assistant attorney general for social justice under then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Colangelo, interestingly, succeeded Alvin Bragg in the role with the New York AG‘s office when Bragg was promoted to chief deputy attorney general.

After Schneiderman was forced to resign as New York’s Attorney General following sexual assault allegations, Colangelo continued to serve under his successor, Barbara Underwood. It was with Underwood and her successor, Letitia James, that Colangelo began working on several investigations into then-President Donald Trump. On the day Joe Biden was sworn in as President, Colangelo moved to the U.S. Department of Justice as acting associate attorney general.

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Matthew Colangelo, one of the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ)'s top attorneys, who forewent a white-shoe law firm career to instead work for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, received at least $12,000 by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for "consulting" services in 2018. The former Biden government attorney delivered opening remarks in former President Donald J. Trump's Manhattan-based hush money trial and has handled a portion of the questioning during witness testimony. show more
May 3, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
News

Trump Asks Judge To Dismiss ‘Vindictive’ Documents Case.

Former President Donald J. Trump is asking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss charges brought by Biden Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith alleging he illegally retained classified documents. In an unsealed motion filed late Thursday, the former President argued that Smith has engaged in a “selective and vindictive prosecution.”

“With one exception there is no record of the Department of Justice prosecuting a former president or vice president for mishandling classified documents from his own administration,” the motion states, before adding: “The exception is President Trump.”

The filing alleges the special counsel‘s investigation and indictment of former President Trump is politically motivated and meant to sideline Democrat incumbent Joe Biden‘s presidential election opponent. “The basis is his politics and status as President Biden’s chief political rival,” Trump’s attorneys argue in the motion. They continue: “Thus, this case reflects the type of selective and vindictive prosecution that cannot be tolerated.”

Bolstering their argument, the former President‘s defense team notes that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced no repercussions for retaining and destroying sensitive documents that she stored on a private server. “Hillary Clinton and her colleagues deleted 31,830 emails and destroyed data on numerous electronic devices, including after a congressional protective order,” note Trump’s attorneys.

The motion also details the unprosecuted mishandling of classified documents by James Comey, the former director of the FBI. “Comey hid from the FBI that he had used a private scanner and his personal email account to transmit at least two classified documents to his personal attorney,” the motion reads. Trump’s attorneys go on to note that former Vice President Mike Pence, former Clinton government national security adviser Sandy Berger, and even Joe Biden avoided prosecution for similar crimes of which Trump is accused.

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Former President Donald J. Trump is asking U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss charges brought by Biden Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith alleging he illegally retained classified documents. In an unsealed motion filed late Thursday, the former President argued that Smith has engaged in a "selective and vindictive prosecution." show more