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Boebert presses FBI, joins Trump and allies rallying to free ‘political prisoner’ Tina Peters
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Boebert presses FBI, joins Trump and allies rallying to free ‘political prisoner’ Tina Peters

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice A 69-year-old grandmother with no prior record is serving nearly a decade in prison. Now, Donald Trump and Lauren Boebert are calling her what they believe she is: a political prisoner. Rep. Lauren Boebert is demanding federal action on behalf of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk sentenced to nine years in prison over her efforts to preserve election records following the 2020 election. In a March 21 letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Boebert called the case a “staggeringly harsh” example of political prosecution and urged the bureau to investigate potential violations of Peters’ civil rights. “This is about justice and freedom,” Boebert said during a May 7 appearance on The Jeff and Bill Show, hosted by Jeff Hunt and RMV’s own Tori G...
Trump directs federal agencies to ‘rebuild and open Alcatraz’
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Trump directs federal agencies to ‘rebuild and open Alcatraz’

By Elizabeth Weibel | Breitbart President Donald Trump directed the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reopen and rebuild Alcatraz prison to house the “most ruthless and violent” criminals. In a post on Truth Social, Trump noted that when the United States was “a more serious Nation,” the government did not “hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals.” “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump wrote. “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous cr...
Top MS-13 leader described as ‘worst of the worst’ arrested in Virginia during major Trump-backed operation
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Top MS-13 leader described as ‘worst of the worst’ arrested in Virginia during major Trump-backed operation

By Anthony Blair | New York Post US authorities arrested an illegal migrant and top MS-13 leader for the East Coast — and one of the top three in the entire country — in a major Trump-backed operation in Virginia that nabbed more than 340 criminals in the past month alone, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced. “This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” FBI Director Kash Patel told a press conference, following the arrest of the suspected terrorist, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, in a raid near Dale City, Prince William County on Thursday morning. Few details have yet been given about the joint operation, which involved the FBI, ICE, ATF, the Virginia State Police, and Prince William County Police Department. READ THE FULL STORY...
FBI’s new task force arrests 214 criminals, including Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangbangers, in two weeks
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FBI’s new task force arrests 214 criminals, including Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangbangers, in two weeks

By Diana Glebova | New York Post The FBI’s newly launched interagency task force in Virginia made 214 arrests in a two-week blitz since its inception, The Post has learned, rounding up members of violent gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. The interagency task force — the first of its kind — syncs the work of law enforcement agencies across the state to lock up criminals and illegal migrants. The coordinated effort led to four arrests of those affiliated with Tren de Aragua, 18 MS-13 members and 16 involved in other gangs or transnational organized crime. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
EPA working with DOJ, FBI on NGO corruption after eight groups tied to ‘gold bars’ scheme
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EPA working with DOJ, FBI on NGO corruption after eight groups tied to ‘gold bars’ scheme

By Sean Moran | Breitbart Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin detailed on The Alex Marlow Show how the Biden administration protected $20 billion in “gold bars” meant for leftist NGOs, many of them with connections to the Biden administration. Zeldin sent shockwaves in mid-February after he had pledged to recover $20 billion in taxpayer funds that had been sent by the Biden administration to climate change projects and other pet projects of Democrat staffers. The EPA Administrator at the time likened it to “throwing gold bars off the Titanic,” saying that it was a “rush job with reduced oversight.” READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
Kittle: Patel’s FBI could shine light on Nashville trans school shooter’s manifesto
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Kittle: Patel’s FBI could shine light on Nashville trans school shooter’s manifesto

By  M.D. Kittle | Commentary, The Federalist For those who believe politically weaponized justice is injustice, Pam Bondi running the Department of Justice and Kash Patel at the helm of the FBI feels like a warm spring breeze after a brutally cold winter. For those who turned federal law enforcement into the Stasi and cheered on the myriad abuses (I’m looking at you Schiff, you weasel), things are about to get, well, difficult.  There’s much to look forward to in the reckoning that Trump 2.0 is bringing to the people who transformed America’s DOJ into a banana republic. It’s long past time for accountability and, hopefully, justice served to the wicked.  Transparency is absolutely essential in that pursuit. Patel could go a long way on that front by ...
Pam Bondi says FBI lied to her about turning over all of the Epstein files
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Pam Bondi says FBI lied to her about turning over all of the Epstein files

By  Ashe Schow | Daily Wire In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi accused the bureau of lying to her about turning over its files on millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi sent the letter on Thursday, after she said she learned from a source Wednesday night that she hadn’t received all the Epstein files despite the FBI’s repeated assurances that she had. “Before you came into office, I requested the full and complete files related to Jeffrey Epstein,” Bondi wrote to Patel, according to a copy of the letter posted to X by Michael Shellenberger. “In response to this request, I received approximately 200 pages of documents, which consisted primarily of flight logs, Epstein’s list of contacts, and a list of victims’ names and phone numbers.” R...
Senate Judiciary Committee advances Kash Patel as FBI director, will face vote in closed Senate executive session
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Senate Judiciary Committee advances Kash Patel as FBI director, will face vote in closed Senate executive session

By The Post Millennial The Senate took a procedural step Tuesday toward confirming Kash Patel as FBI director, voting 48-45 along party lines to begin debate on his nomination. The final confirmation vote is expected later this week. Republican senators have expressed strong support for Patel, 44, citing his background as a prosecutor and national security aide in the first Trump administration. They have also praised his commitment to addressing concerns about political “weaponization” within the FBI and refocusing the agency on its core law enforcement responsibilities. During Patel’s confirmation hearings, he vowed to end the weaponization of the FBI as well as censorship coming from the agency and said, “If confirmed I will work with congress to expose any corrupt activities ...
FBI agents may be source of leak on immigration operations like Aurora, ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan says
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FBI agents may be source of leak on immigration operations like Aurora, ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan says

By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square Border Czar Tom Homan says information indicates the FBI may have leaked details of an immigration enforcement operation to the media, thereby “putting officers at risk.” He says the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the matter and may criminally prosecute the responsible individuals. “[The Attorney General’s office] has promised not only will this person lose their job and pension, but they will go to jail,” said Homan in a televised interview Monday on Fox, where he also noted the possibility of an “ambush” due to the leaking of operational details READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
U.S. District Judge Cobb, a Biden appointee, temporarily blocks release of FBI Jan. 6 agent list
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U.S. District Judge Cobb, a Biden appointee, temporarily blocks release of FBI Jan. 6 agent list

By Ryan Knappenberger | Courthouse News A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary stay to prevent the Justice Department from publicizing or sharing with other government agencies the results of an internal survey listing the FBI employees who worked on the Jan. 6, 2021, and classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued the administrative stay until she could hear further arguments at an 11 a.m. Friday hearing and determine whether the Justice Department would agree to a consent order and provide the agents prior notice before taking any steps to share the list outside the department. The Joe Biden appointee scheduled Thursday’s hearing, which required several hourslong breaks for the parties to confer in an effort to hash out a consent order, to determine wh...