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September 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
News

Feds Obstructing State Investigation of Trump Assassination Attempt.

The federal government is obstructing efforts by state law enforcement to investigate the alleged assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump in Florida. “Our investigators were rebuffed just going to the fence line outside of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has expressed misgivings about “the same federal agencies that are seeking to prosecute Donald Trump” leading the investigation.

Asked if “the feds [are] being cooperative” in Florida’s efforts to investigate Ukraine-linked Democrat donor Ryan Routh for attempted murder—a state crime rather than a federal crime—Trump’s former rival responded: “The answer’s no, they’re not being cooperative.”

“I think they’ve taken the position [that] they don’t want the State of Florida to be involved in this, but here’s the thing: there were multiple violations of Florida law across multiple jurisdictions… so we have a duty to investigate this,” he insisted.

ANTI-TRUMP FEDS.

The National Pulse previously reported on a whistleblower describing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Jeffrey Veltri, who heads the Miami bureau covering the former president’s West Palm Beach home, as “adamantly and vocally anti-Trump.”

“[FBI Director Christopher] Wray, [Deputy Director Paul] Abbate, and [Executive Assistant Director Jennifer] Moore wanted to ensure that Veltri appeared non-political, [so] Veltri was ordered to remove all of his Facebook and Social media posts that were anti-Trump,” the whistleblower told the House Judiciary Committee in 2023.

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, predicted President Trump would be subject to another assassination attempt after the first one in Butler, Pennsylvania, narrowly failed. Meanwhile, America First Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have informed him that there are “five known assassination teams” currently targeting President Trump.

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The federal government is obstructing efforts by state law enforcement to investigate the alleged assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump in Florida. “Our investigators were rebuffed just going to the fence line outside of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has expressed misgivings about "the same federal agencies that are seeking to prosecute Donald Trump" leading the investigation. show more
March 1, 2024
Media

Journalist Catherine Herridge Held In Contempt By Federal Judge For Refusing To Name Source.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper held investigative journalist and former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge in civil contempt yesterday. Herridge has refused to expose the source behind a series of 2017 Fox News reports on a federal investigation into Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen’s ties to the Chinese military.

“Herridge and many of her colleagues in the journalism community may disagree with that decision and prefer that a different balance be struck, but she is not permitted to flout a federal court’s order with impunity,” Judge Cooper wrote on Thursday.

The former CBS News correspondent has been ordered to pay $800 daily until she complies with an August court order to reveal the source behind her reporting on Chen. However, the judge issued a 30-day stay for the contempt order while Herridge explores a possible appeal.

Judge Cooper’s ruling has been met with strong pushback from journalists and First Amendment activists who see the contempt order as a blow to the media’s constitutional rights.

Chen is seeking the identity of Herridge’s source. Chen filed a lawsuit against the FBI and Department of Justice in 2018, asserting that her reputation was unjustly tarnished and her livelihood compromised by selective information leakage. The judge’s earlier order in August had demanded Herridge divulge her sources during a deposition, asserting that Chen’s need for the information outweighed Herridge’s journalistic protection rights.

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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper held investigative journalist and former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge in civil contempt yesterday. Herridge has refused to expose the source behind a series of 2017 Fox News reports on a federal investigation into Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen’s ties to the Chinese military. show more
November 20, 2023
William Upton
Corruption
Science

Government Scientist Dodged Federal Record Laws to Obstruct COVID-19 Origins Probe.

Dr. David Morens, a scientist with the U.S. government’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted in an email obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that he has actively sought to circumvent federal record keeping laws in an effort to obstruct Congressional document and communications requests. Employees at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, an Arlington (ASTMH), Virginia-based non-profit, were directed by Dr. Morens to direct all sensitive communications to his private gmail account instead of using his official government email account.

The instruction to ASTMH staff by Dr. Morens was very clearly meant as a measure to ensure any new communication would be difficult for Members of Congress to obtain in the course of their ongoing COVID-19 investigation. During the pandemic, Dr. David Morens served as an aide and senior advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci. The government scientist laments in his email that “… NIH correspondence between me and others, including my boss [Dr. Anthony Fauci], concerning COVID-19 origins, had previously been FOIA’d and published in the press.”

Even more concerning is the admission by Dr. Morens that he has “retained very few emails or documents on these matters”, suggesting that said documents and correspondence may have been destroyed. According to the Department of Justice the intentional destruction of government documents carries a $2,000 fine and up to 3 years in prison.

“Dr. Morens’ apparent actions may have directly obstructed my oversight efforts. . . . [I]n light of the information I recently obtained regarding Dr. Morens’ efforts to hinder HHS’s response to my June 11, 2021 letter, I am deeply concerned that HHS officials may have intentionally removed or destroyed responsive records on the origins of COVID-19 or on other aspects of the pandemic,” Sen. Ron Johnson said in a statement. Dr. Morens has been asked  to appear before Sen. Johnson’s Subcommittee staff for an interview.

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Dr. David Morens, a scientist with the U.S. government's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted in an email obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that he has actively sought to circumvent federal record keeping laws in an effort to obstruct Congressional document and communications requests. Employees at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, an Arlington (ASTMH), Virginia-based non-profit, were directed by Dr. Morens to direct all sensitive communications to his private gmail account instead of using his official government email account. show more
October 3, 2023
Crime
News

DOD Official Ran Dogfighting Ring, Electrocuted Losers to Death.

Senior Department of Defense official Frederick Douglass Moorefield, former Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was arrested in Maryland on charges of operating a secret dog fighting ring for 20 years.

“On September 6, 2023, law enforcement officers executed search warrants at Moorefield and Flythe’s residences in Maryland,” said a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement, Flythe being Moorefield’s friend and alleged accomplice Mario Flythe.

“Following the execution of these warrants, twelve dogs were recovered and seized by the federal government,” the statement continued. “Law enforcement also recovered veterinary steroids, training schedules, a carpet that appeared to be stained with blood, and a weighted dog vest with a patch reading ‘Geehad Kennels.’ In addition, law enforcement officers seized a device consisting of an electrical plug and jumper cables, which the affidavit alleges is consistent with devices used to execute dogs that lose dogfights.”

Department of Defense spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Gorman confirmed the DOD was “aware of the criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.”

“We can confirm that the individual is no longer in the workplace, but we cannot comment further on an individual personnel matter,” he added.

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Senior Department of Defense official Frederick Douglass Moorefield, former Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, was arrested in Maryland on charges of operating a secret dog fighting ring for 20 years. show more