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Today β€” May 16th 2024U.S.

Sanctuary State California: 'Monster' Illegal Alien Accused of Raping Two Women in 'Rape Dungeon on Wheels'

A 40-year-old Hispanic man, reportedly an illegal alien from Mexico, is accused of raping two women in separate violent sexual assaults inside what investigators are calling a "rape dungeon on wheels" in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Los Angeles County, California.

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Keyless car theft is on the rise. This is how to protect yourself.

Car thieves have learned to exploit keyless vehicles' more advanced systems to unlock and start them without having the wireless key fob nearby, but there are ways to protect your car.

Suspect who shot Slovakia PM Fico reveals possible motive: report

The 71-year-old suspect who allegedly shot Slovakia PM Robert Fico on Wednesday has appeared in a Facebook video denouncing the government, reports say.

Yesterday β€” May 15th 2024U.S.

Capitol Police Investigating 'Zip Lock Bag' of Cocaine in Headquarters Building

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) announced on Wednesday that they are investigating a "zip lock bag" left inside the agency's headquarters building that contained a "small amount" of cocaine.

The post Capitol Police Investigating β€˜Zip Lock Bag’ of Cocaine in Headquarters Building appeared first on Breitbart.

Angie Harmon sues Instacart driver who allegedly shot and killed her dog

Angie Harmon sued the Instacart driver that allegedly shot and killed her dog, according to court documents filed on May 10. The actress is asking for a trial by jury.

Alvin Bragg Offers Plea Deals to Migrants Accused of Attacking NYC Cops as He Prosecutes Trump

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), the prosecutor linked to billionaire George Soros who is currently prosecuting former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts, has offered plea deals to six of the nine migrants accused of attacking two New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in January.

The post Alvin Bragg Offers Plea Deals to Migrants Accused of Attacking NYC Cops as He Prosecutes Trump appeared first on Breitbart.

Three Injured After Gunfire Erupts on Rapper Lil Baby's Music Video Set

Three people were injured after gunfire erupted on the set of rapper Lil Baby's music video production Tuesday.

The post Three Injured After Gunfire Erupts on Rapper Lil Baby’s Music Video Set appeared first on Breitbart.

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Argentina Raids Leftist Protest Groups After Hundreds of Extortion Complaints

Federal justice authorities in Argentina ordered 27 raids on Monday against leaders of leftist piqueteros ("picketers”) organizations following hundreds of complaints by local citizens of alleged extortion and blackmail.

The post Argentina Raids Leftist Protest Groups After Hundreds of Extortion Complaints appeared first on Breitbart.

Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering Woman, Attacking Two Homeless People in West Virginia

An illegal alien is accused of murdering a 33-year-old woman in Berkeley County, West Virginia after allegedly attacking two homeless people with baseball bats and leaving them seriously injured in Jefferson County, West Virginia.Β 

The post Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering Woman, Attacking Two Homeless People in West Virginia appeared first on Breitbart.

New Mexico Prosecutors: Migrants Gang Raped Deaf Woman in 'Multi-Hour Nightmare'

Three migrant men from Guatemala have pleaded guilty or been convicted of gang raping a deaf woman after kidnapping her in Santa Fe, New Mexico in June 2021. Another migrant, accused of being the ring leader, has since reportedly fled to Guatemala.Β 

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β€˜SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as β€˜Politically Motivated’

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in New York on Tuesday, condemned the so-called hush-money criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

Johnson blasted the trial as a β€œsham” and said that it’s being used to manipulate the 2024 presidential election.

I’m disgusted by what’s happening in the sham trial against President Trump.

The American people can see it’s politically motivated.

Their star witness, Michael Cohen, is a known liar who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge. pic.twitter.com/dub4dyu91s

β€” Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) May 14, 2024

β€œI’m an attorney. I’m a former litigator myself. I’m disgusted by what is happening here,” the Louisiana lawmaker said. β€œWhat is being done here is being done to our entire system of justice overall.”

Johnson said the American people are β€œlosing faith” in the U.S. justice system and our institutions because they see them being β€œabused.”

The House speaker said the facts in Trump’s case are important, as they always are in a trial. The former president’s actions were β€œpreviously reviewed, and no charges were filed. Why is that?” Johnson asked rhetorically.

β€œBecause there’s no crime here,” he said, answering his own question.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg started up this case eight years after the crime was allegedly committed, Johnson said, because β€œit’s painfully obvious, we’re six months out from an election day, and that’s the reason they brought these charges here and across the country.”

Johnson noted that the legal officials in this case are all partisan Democrats.

β€œWhat we’ve got here is a partisan Democrat district attorney. We have a [President Joe] Biden donor judge, and we have an [assistant district attorney] who was recently a top official at the Department of Justice, Biden’s DOJ, and recently received over $10,000 in payments from the Democratic National Committee,” he said.

Bragg, who brought the charges against Trump, also is a Democrat.

Johnson said the β€œstar witness” in the Trump trial, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, is simply out for retribution.

Cohen is β€œclearly on a mission for personal revenge,” the Louisiana Republican said, adding that Cohen is known to be a witness who β€œhas had trouble with the truth.”

Cohen admitted to lying to Congress in 2017, which was among the crimes that led to his disbarment.

β€œThere’s nothing he presents here that should be given any weight at all by a jury and certainly not by this judge,” Johnson said.

The charge against Trump is falsification of business records, he said, β€œbut I think everyone knows that he is not the bookkeeper of his company.”

The House speaker said Trump is β€œinnocent” in the case and that β€œanyone with common sense can see what’s happening here.”

On top of everything else, Johnson said, the court has issued a gag order against Trump, which deprives the former president of his right to free speech during an election campaign. The whole trial represents a clear case where the judicial system has been weaponized against Trump, he said, and is punishing one presidential nominee while providing β€œcover” for another.

β€œThe American people are not going to let this stand,” Johnson said. β€œElection Day cannot get here soon enough, and we will continue to shine a light on all of this in Congress because we have that constitutional responsibility.”

The post β€˜SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as β€˜Politically Motivated’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Gun-Control Fail: Four Gunmen Ambush French Prison Convoy, Killing Two Officers

Breitbart News reported that four gunmen in two cars ambushed a convoy of government vehicles transporting a convicted criminal from court back to prison in France on Tuesday morning.Β 

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U.S. Postal Service Worker Gets Probation for Stealing New Yorkers' Mail

By: Amy Furr Β·Β Amy Furr

A now former United States Postal Service (USPS) worker has been sentenced after being convicted of stealing mail in Rochester, New York.

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French Prison Guards Killed in Ambush, Convict Mohamed Amra Escapes With Gunmen

Gangster identified as Mohamed Amra snatched from prison convoy in "attack of incredible violence" by four gunmen, leaving two officers dead.

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California Neighborhood Becomes First to Ban Unsupervised Airbnbs amid Wild Parties and Violence

By: Amy Furr Β·Β Amy Furr

The College Estates area of Long Beach, California, has become the first to ban unsupervised Airbnb rentals after problems such as loud parties and drug use put neighbors on edge.

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Tennessee hands out charges to 5 in brutal baseball bat, skillet assault

The Carter County Sheriff's Office announced that five suspects have been arrested in connection to an attempted murder case that took place in August 2023.

Notorious people smuggler wanted in Europe arrested in northern Iraq

Security officials have announced that Barzan Majeed, one of the most notorious human smugglers in Europe, was arrested in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

Video shows NYC man stab random woman near Times Square

A New York City man was seen on video stepping away from the walker he was sitting on, lunging at two women and stabbing one of them before returning to his seat near Times Square.

Could a Manhattan Jury Acquit Trump?

Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearingΒ New York v. Donald J. TrumpΒ acquit him of all charges.

During two civil actions and one criminal case, my fellow jurorsΒ were serious, professional, and movingly civic-minded. A quiet, solemn patriotism infused our deliberations. Several jurors said that we should respect the justice system because, someday, we might needΒ it to respect us.

My first case was a medical-malpractice lawsuit involving a botched abortion. We empathized with a woman wounded by her doctors, but her lawyer did not prove negligence. So, we backed her physicians.

β€œBut we’ve got to give her something,” one juror insisted.

Others instantlyΒ rebuked him.

β€œThat’s not how it works!” one said. β€œI feel sorry for her, too,” another admitted. β€œBut her lawyerΒ neverΒ madeΒ her case.”

So,Β we sent the plaintiff home without a penny.

Next, we deliberated intensely for almost three days before concluding that a Harlem drug counselorΒ neverΒ demonstrated his defamation-of-character claim against his employers. MyΒ sympatheticΒ pleas went unheeded, and he leftΒ empty-handed.

Finally, in her closing argument,Β a criminal prosecutorΒ displayedΒ a CD-ROM of a police dispatcher’s β€œBe on the lookout” announcement after an armed robbery. When we asked the judge toΒ playΒ that recording, heΒ told us that it was not in evidence.Β 

Disgusted by this prosecutorial deception, we instantly and angrilyΒ acquitted the defendants. Minutes later, as foreman, I proudly announced our verdict in court.

These three cases confirm that Manhattan juries are sober and perfectly capable of fairness.

That is good news for Trump.

A jury ofΒ levelheadedΒ Manhattanites would appreciate these facts that verify the profound vacuity and fundamental unfairness of District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s β€œcase” against Trump:

  • An April 25, 2023, U.S. Justice Department Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Election Commission leaves BraggΒ powerlessΒ to prosecute thisΒ matter.Β β€œThe Department has exclusive jurisdiction over criminal enforcement of the federal campaign finance laws,” the memorandum states.

β€œThe Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over civil enforcement,” the memo says.

Nowhere does thisΒ federal ruleΒ grant local prosecutors authority to enforce federal election laws. Thus, Bragg’s case is a shack built atop a cloud of helium.Β 

  • Bragg skirted theΒ statute of limitationsΒ by claiming that Trump falsified business records to commit aΒ secondΒ violation. After two weeks of this trial, that second crime remains aΒ mystery.
  • ProsecutorsΒ describedΒ a β€œcatch-and-kill scheme” through which theΒ National EnquirerΒ bought the rights to stories that might embarrass Trump and then buried them. Rather than a plot to influence the 2020 election, theΒ EnquirerΒ routinely caught and killed stories about Trumpβ€”and other newsmakers. More important, β€œcatch and kill” might be dodgy, but it is not illegal.
  • Former nude thespian Stormy Daniels signed a nondisclosure agreement promising quietude about consensual sex that Trump and, at various times, Daniels herself deny ever sharing. NDAs are perfectly legal. I have signed at least three (while dressed), and nondisclosure language has appeared in numerous contracts I have endorsed. Confidential out-of-court settlements operate similarly and legally.
  • Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels to clam up about her alleged intimacy with Trump. Again, sex or no sex, it is legal to pay people to ignore journalists (although buying silence before law enforcement is obstruction of justice).Β 
  • Trump’s checks allegedly reimbursed Cohen for payments to Daniels. It is perfectly legal for a client to repay his attorney funds advanced in a lawful transaction.
  • Bragg claims that Trump should have paid for this private matter with campaign cash. That would have been illegal. Instead, Trump legally used his own money.
  • Trump faces 34 counts of alleged falsification of business records because his bookkeepers posted ledger entries for checks to Cohen as β€œlegal expenses.” Would Bragg prefer false descriptions like β€œplumbing supplies” or β€œmarble tiles”? Trump faces prison for reporting legal expenses as β€œlegal expenses,” which is legal.

With 48% of registered voters telling Reuters-Ipsos last month that Trump’s Kafkaesque cases are β€œexcessive and politically motivated” (41% disagree) even a Manhattan jury could scrap Bragg’s contraption.

My memories of jury duty, including within the Stalinesque building in which Trump is being persecuted, tell me that deliberating jurors could think, β€œI won’t vote for Trump. But I cannot convict him beyond a reasonable doubt in a shaky case about actions that areΒ lurid,Β but legal.”

If just one juror agrees, this case will end with a hung jury. A second trial would be unlikely before Election Day.

And if β€œlurid, but legal” reflects the opinions of 12 of my fellow Manhattanitesβ€”who tend to be tough, but fairβ€”then Trump will be acquitted on all charges and go back to where he belongs: The campaign trail.

The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation.

The post Could a Manhattan Jury Acquit Trump? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Swedish Police: Joost Klein, Dutch Artist Expelled from Eurovision Contest, Is Likely to Face Charges

The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the grand finale will likely be charged for making illegal threats, Swedish police said Monday.

The post Swedish Police: Joost Klein, Dutch Artist Expelled from Eurovision Contest, Is Likely to Face Charges appeared first on Breitbart.

Mayor Johnson's Chicago: At Least 21 Shot During Weekend

At least 21 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson's (D) Chicago.

The post Mayor Johnson’s Chicago: At Least 21 Shot During Weekend appeared first on Breitbart.

Mayor Johnson's Chicago: 16 Shot Friday into Saturday Evening

At least 16 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday evening in Mayor Brandon Johnson's (D) Chicago.Β 

The post Mayor Johnson’s Chicago: 16 Shot Friday into Saturday Evening appeared first on Breitbart.

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