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Advocates for IRS whistleblowers accuse Special Counsel Weiss of retaliation, misleading: ‘Smear campaign’

By: Fred Lucas — May 20th 2024 at 03:11
Lawyers for two IRS whistleblowers claim special counsel "hid and twisted" information, prompting angst on Capitol Hill about alleged politicization of the Biden Justice Department.

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Trans Actor Karla Sofia Gascon Tells Cannes: 'We're Normal People,' ‘We Have Our Body & We’re Allowed to Change It'

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 19th 2024 at 14:04

A transgender actor starring in the new movie Emilia Perez at the Cannes Film Festival said that gender should be “unimportant,” adding that trans individuals are “normal people.” Karla Sofía Gascón — who was born male and now identifies as

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Report: Democrat Texas Rep Indicted on Bribery Charges Spent Roughly Half of Campaign Funds on Legal Fees

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 19th 2024 at 11:55

A Democrat congressman accused of bribery spent roughly half of the money for his 2024 campaign on legal services, according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Woke Scalp: England Courtrooms Look to Ban Wigs for Being 'Culturally Insensitive' to People With African Hair

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — May 19th 2024 at 07:40

Courts in England are reportedly looking to end the requirement for wigs amid claims they discriminate against people with "Afro-Caribbean hair".

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Republicans Raise Concerns About Alleged Mistreatment of Jailed Elderly Pro-Life Activists

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 17th 2024 at 15:53

House Republicans are raising concerns about alleged mistreatment of and the denial of necessary medical care for two jailed pro-life activists.

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Special Counsel urges judge to reject Hunter Biden's request to delay tax trial

By: Louis Casiano — May 17th 2024 at 18:50
Special Counsel David Weiss is asking a judge to reject a request from Hunter Biden to delay hos California tax trial.

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Ted Cruz Calls for Investigation into Reports of China, Cuba Fueling Anti-Israel Protests in U.S.

By: Joshua Klein · Joshua Klein — May 17th 2024 at 13:13

The Biden administration must investigate reports of communist China and Cuba directly funding and influencing radical left-wing organizations to incite anti-Israel and anti-American protests across the U.S., according to Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who noted the goal of such externally funded subversion campaigns is to create chaos, weaken the country, and “tear us apart.”

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Biden's privilege claim to keep special counsel interview under wraps a 'crude politics' move: experts

By: Brianna Herlihy · Chris Pandolfo — May 17th 2024 at 14:14
President Biden's assertion of executive privilege to avoid letting audio recordings of his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur be made public is raising eyebrows among some legal experts.

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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Attorney Expressed Concerns About Conservative Media Coverage of Biden Admin Persecuting Christians, Pro-Lifers

By: Mary Margaret Olohan — May 17th 2024 at 13:16

A federal Justice Department attorney expressed concerns to a Michigan judge about conservative media coverage suggesting that President Joe Biden’s administration is persecuting Christians and pro-lifers for their beliefs.

The discussion took place during a March pre-trial conference in USA v. Zastrow, in which the federal government brought Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act charges against eight pro-life individuals who tried to stop abortions of unborn babies from taking place at Michigan abortion clinics.

Those pro-life activists are Calvin Zastrow, Eva Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, and Eva Edl (a communist death camp survivor who recently spoke with The Daily Signal).

The FACE Act is a 1994 law that prohibits individuals from obstructing the entrances of both abortion clinics and pregnancy resource centers, although it has been heavily enforced by Biden’s DOJ against pro-lifers since the June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.

During the pre-trial motion hearing, according to a transcript obtained by The Daily Signal, DOJ attorney Laura-Kate Bernstein raised concerns that “there’s a great deal of press about this case and the case in Nashville recently.” Bernstein was referring to a case in Tennessee where six pro-lifers were praying outside of an abortion clinic in 2021 and were charged with FACE Act violations.

Bernstein did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“Where?” questioned Judge Matthew Leitman. “I haven’t seen any.”

Bernstein explained that she was referring to online media “like Mike Huckabee’s show or Laura Ingraham’s show, and those sorts of sources, and some written sources, too, in which at least one of the defense attorneys is making very acerbic statements about the government’s case and the legitimacy of the laws at stake, and that the Biden regime is persecuting Christians.”

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“My concern is one of the jury pool,” she continued. “My concern is that as these national media reach more and more people, including people in the district, that they may be tainted with a preconceived notion of the Biden regime’s persecution of Christians and be unable to try the case as neutral jurors.”

The DOJ attorney said that she was not asking the court to do “something in particular,” but then told the judge that it is the court’s “affirmative, constitutional duty to minimize the effects of prejudicial pretrial publicity.”

Leitman, after asking for clarification on her question, noted that he could ask the jurors whether they had read anything about the case. But he said that Bernstein’s question seemed to be rooted in “important political speech.”

“It seems to me that your first statement, the Biden administration is persecuting Christians … that’s pretty core, important political speech, whether you agree with it or not,” the judge said. “I mean, I’d be hard pressed to tell somebody not to say that.”

The DOJ attorney then pushed back, saying she was referring to interviews in which the pro-lifer’s attorney said that “this case is a war on pro-lifers, that the Department of Justices is using the FACE Act as a weapon against pro-lifers,” or that “the clients are victims of political persecution.”

She also pushed back against the idea that “there’s a two-tier justice system, one for friends of the administration who go free and one for people who are on the wrong spiritual side of the administration.”

“There’s also extremely inflammatory language undermining the legitimacy of the laws to be implied in this case, that you’ve already ruled on—the constitutionality of it—whether reproductive health care includes abortion, as the statue defines it,” she continued. “And because the court has this affirmative, constitutional duty, we wanted to bring it to your attention.”

Bernstein then asked the judge to admonish Thomas More Society attorney Steve Crampton “about speaking about this case in inflammatory and acerbic ways that might taint the jury pool.”

“This isn’t about trying to, you know, interfere with any of his First Amendment rights,” she followed up, noting that Crampton is “of course” free to speak about his clients. “It’s about trying to protect the due process rights in this trial and the government’s right and the public’s right to a fair trial.”

Crampton clarified to the court that Bernstein was referring to Tennessee pro-life activist Paul Vaughn’s interview on the “Mike Huckabee Show,” in which Vaughn made such comments “only after the jury verdict” was entered in his case.

In January, a federal jury convicted Vaughn and five other defendants of a felony conspiracy against rights and a FACE Act offense for trying to stop abortions from taking place at a Mount Juliet, Tennessee, abortion clinic in March 2021.

BREAKING: Six pro-life activists were just found guilty in federal court after being prosecuted by Biden's DOJ under the FACE Act for protesting outside a Nashville abortion clinic.

Here's a snippet of the protest, which occurred on March 5, 2021.

For the crime of praying and… pic.twitter.com/UPzZvtZebM

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 30, 2024

“Any reference to United States against Zastrow and this case were, at best, minimal to nonexistent,” the Thomas More Society attorney said. “So I think the government, perhaps, is overreacting to the press coverage of the Nashville case. Nobody’s called any press conference regarding this case, and we certainly have no intention of doing so.”

This week, seven pro-life defendants have been sentenced to prison time on DOJ FACE Act charges related to their attempts to stop abortions from taking place at a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic. That abortion clinic is run by Cesare Santangelo, an abortionist who has been accused of allowing babies to die if they survive his botched abortions.

The District of Columbia does not have laws restricting abortion.

The DOJ said in a release Wednesday: “Lauren Handy was sentenced to 57 months in prison, John Hinshaw was sentenced to 21 months in prison, and William Goodman was sentenced to 27 months in prison,” adding that “Jonathan Darnel was sentenced to 34 months in prison, Herb Geraghty was sentenced to 27 months in prison, Jean Marshall was sentenced to 24 months in prison, and Joan Bell was sentenced to 27 months in prison.”

Those efforts are led by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, who just admitted, following a report from The Daily Signal, that she hid an arrest and its subsequent expungement from investigators when she was confirmed by the Senate to her Justice Department post.

“Violence has no place in our national discourse on reproductive health. Using force, threatening to use force, or physically obstructing access to reproductive health care is unlawful,” said Clarke in a statement accompanying this week’s DOJ release.

“As we mark the 30th anniversary of the FACE Act, it’s important that we not lose sight of the history of violence against reproductive health care providers, including the murder of Dr. David Gunn in Florida—tragic and horrific events that led to passage of the law,” she added. “The Justice Department will continue to protect both patients seeking reproductive health services and providers of those services. We will hold accountable those who seek to interfere with access to reproductive health services in our country.”   

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Federal Court: Parents in Maryland School District Cannot Opt K-5 Children Out of LGBTQ Curriculum

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 16th 2024 at 20:20

A federal court on Wednesday upheld a Maryland school district policy that does not allow parents to opt their young K-5 children out of curriculum about gender identity and sexuality.

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New York: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Block Traffic in Queens for 'Nakba Day'

By: Paul Bois · Paul Bois — May 16th 2024 at 17:52

Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic in Queens, New York City, New York, for what they called "Nakba Day."

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Watch Live: Oversight Committee Debates Merrick Garland Contempt of Congress Resolution

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — May 16th 2024 at 19:09

The House Oversight Committee will debate a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress after President Joe Biden claimed executive privilege for audio recordings of his meetings with Special Prosecutor Robert Hur.

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White House: Biden asserted executive privilege over Hur recordings at request of Attorney General Garland

By: Chris Pandolfo — May 16th 2024 at 16:24
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre revealed that Attorney General Merrick Garland asked President Biden to assert executive privilege over his Hur interviews.

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Biden administration begins formal rulemaking process to downgrade marijuana to less dangerous drug

By: Greg Wehner — May 16th 2024 at 15:31
The Justice Department announced that the attorney general under the Biden administration filed to have the process started of downgrading marijuana to a less dangerous drug.

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House Judiciary votes to hold AG Garland in contempt over audio of Biden's Hur interview

By: Brooke Singman — May 16th 2024 at 14:20
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not releasing Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.

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Jim Jordan demands NY AG hand over documents related to former DOJ official at heart of NY v. Trump

By: Emma Colton — May 16th 2024 at 11:38
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James demanding documents related to NY v. Trump prosecutor Matthew Colangelo.

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Watch Live: House Judiciary Reviews Report to Hold AG Merrick Garland in Contempt of Congress

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — May 16th 2024 at 09:16

The House Judiciary Committee will review a report recommending holding Joe Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Thursday, May 16.

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Garland rips 'unfounded' effort to hold him in contempt after Biden asserts executive privilege over Hur audio

By: Danielle Wallace — May 16th 2024 at 10:38
Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Biden's decision to assert executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur.

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Judi Dench Slams Trigger Warnings: 'If You’re that Sensitive, Don’t Go to the Theatre'

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 16th 2024 at 06:36

Dame Judi Dench has a few terse words for audiences who need trigger warnings: "If you're that sensitive, don't go to the theatre."

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More Pro-Life Activists Sentenced to Years Behind Bars, Including Veteran, Two Women in Their 70s

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 15th 2024 at 21:12

Seven pro-life activists were sentenced to years in federal prison on Tuesday and Wednesday for protesting at the Washington Surgi-Clinic in Washington, DC, in 2020, an abortion clinic infamous for late-term abortions.

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LGBTQIAP2S+ Outrage over Peru Declaring Transgenderism a Mental Illness

By: Christian K. Caruzo · Christian K. Caruzo — May 15th 2024 at 12:30

The government of Peru signed a Supreme Decree this weekend defining transexuality as a mental disorder as part of an update to the nation's Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS), prompting outrage from the LGBTQIAP2S+ community.

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Major Report Uncovers CCP-Linked Influence Behind Left-Wing Anti-Israel Protests in U.S.

By: Joshua Klein · Joshua Klein — May 15th 2024 at 13:57

A report reveals that the CCP significantly funds and influences radical left-wing organizations central in the anti-Israel protest movement.

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Inspector General: Biden DOJ Broke Law on FBI Whistleblower Protection

By: Robert Schmad — May 15th 2024 at 14:22

The Department of Justice under President Joe Biden failed to comply with federal protections when suspending whistleblowers’ security clearances, according to a memo released Tuesday by the Office of the Inspector General.

The inspector general found that the Justice Department doesn’t give employees a way to appeal suspended security clearances, which does not align with a federal regulation updated in 2022, according to its memo. Additionally, the inspector general found that the DOJ under Biden failed to provide employees a reasonable opportunity to stay on the federal payroll if they think the department suspended their clearance to retaliate against them for protected whistleblower activity.

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“Existing DOJ practice is inconsistent with the intent of the federal statute,” the inspector general’s office announced in a news release.

House Republicans accused the FBI in a May 18, 2023, report of retaliating against FBI special agent Stephen Friend, FBI special agent Garret O’Boyle, and FBI staff operations specialist Marcus Allen for speaking out against the agency. O’Boyle said being placed on unpaid suspension by the FBI left his family effectively homeless.

The Office of Inspector General said it unearthed these concerns after receiving complaints from “employees alleging that their security clearances were suspended in retaliation for protected whistleblowing activity.”

Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt, who represents Allen through his organization, stated on social media that the memo was prompted in part by Allen’s complaint.

? This morning @JusticeOIG released a memo citing concerns about DOJ's compliance with whistleblower protections for employees with a security clearance. The review was in part prompted by the whistleblower complaint of @EMPOWR_us's client, Marcus Allen. https://t.co/Xg0u8bSCGM

— Tristan Leavitt (@tristanleavitt) May 14, 2024

Though the DOJ provides employees with an appeals channel if their security clearance is revoked, no such path exists for employees whose clearance is suspended pending a final decision on whether or not to revoke it, according to the Office of Inspector General. The inspector general identifies this as a problem because the law requires the DOJ to provide a path for whistleblowers to challenge suspensions lasting longer than a year as retaliatory.

Since the DOJ lacks a way for employees who suspect retaliation to contest suspensions if they go on for longer than a year, the agency “does not meet the requirements” required by law, according to the inspector general’s memo.

Losing security clearance often means DOJ employees can no longer do their jobs, seeing as jobs in the department can require that employees have clearance in order to perform their duties, according to the memo. This means, in addition to having their clearance suspended, these employees are often suspended from their jobs without pay.

Federal law mandates that individuals who believe the DOJ suspended their security clearance in retaliation for whistleblowing must be permitted, as far as it is practical, “to retain their government employment status” during the course of the suspension, according to the inspector general.

The Office of Inspector General also found that the DOJ’s existing policies create “the risk that the security process could be misused, as part of an inappropriate effort to encourage an employee to resign.”

The DOJ did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation

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House Republican demands Garland appoint special counsel to investigate Biden over stalled Israel aid

By: Danielle Wallace — May 15th 2024 at 06:25
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., asked the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate and possible prosecute President Biden over delayed military aid to Israel.

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Maryland woman pleads guilty to conspiracy in alleged extremist plot to attack Baltimore power grid

By: Greg Wehner — May 14th 2024 at 16:40
Sarah Beth Clendaniel of Catonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to take out five substations in the Baltimore region to help break down society.

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Pro-Life Activist Lauren Handy Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison for Abortion Clinic Protest

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 14th 2024 at 13:46

Handy was sentenced to four years and nine months behind bars, as well as three years of supervised release, on Tuesday.

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Stumped Again: Scotland's New Leader John Swinney Struggles With Defining 'Woman'

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — May 14th 2024 at 03:51

In what has apparently become the Achilles Heel for Scottish leaders, John Swinney has already struggled with defining what a woman is.

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NY vs. Trump: Michael Cohen's lies, lies and more lies could sink DA Bragg's case

By: Gregg Jarrett — May 14th 2024 at 02:00
Michael Cohen was front and center In the Trump hush money trial on Monday. The former attorney presents a vivid contradiction about truth and falsity in a New York courtroom.

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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ’s Kristen Clarke Asked Ex-Husband to Say She Wasn’t an Abuser During Confirmation Process, Ex Alleges

By: Mary Margaret Olohan — May 13th 2024 at 18:00

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Justice Department’s Kristen Clarke allegedly reached out to her ex-husband Reginald Avery in May 2021, he told The Daily Signal, asking him for a statement saying that she was not a domestic abuser during a confirmation process where she did not disclose her past arrest.

The revelation is significant given that Clarke, at that time, had been nominated for a high-ranking position in the Department of Justice but chose not to disclose her 2006 arrest during a domestic violence incident. She now serves as the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.

The Daily Signal first revealed the existence of that arrest, and its subsequent expungement, in an April 30 report that has prompted calls for her resignation from figures including Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

Kristen Clarke is in charge of enforcing civil rights laws,” said Lee on April 30. “She enforces those laws aggressively against anyone who sneezes near an abortion clinic. And not at all against those who vandalize churches. She lied under oath during her confirmation proceedings, and should resign.”

New allegations indicate that Clarke sought her ex-husband’s help handling the potential publicization of her arrest just days before she was officially confirmed.

Avery: Clarke Requested a Statement

In May 2021, as some evidence emerged that Clarke might have an arrest in her background, Avery says that Clarke called him with her publicist on the line. According to Avery, Clarke asked him to provide her with a statement that clarified she was not a domestic abuser.

At this point, Clarke’s April 14, 2021, confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee had already taken place. She had already submitted her “responses for the record” to senators.

That includes her answer to Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s question: “Since becoming a legal adult, have you ever been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime against any person?”

“No,” Clarke responded.

Avery says that at Clarke’s request, he sent an email on May 19, 2021, to his ex-wife’s publicist, Clothilde Ewing. The email, which he shared with The Daily Signal, read: “Kristen Clarke was not an abuser in our relationship.”

Clarke did not end up publicly using the statement from Avery, which related to a 2006 incident wherein Avery says she was arrested after she allegedly stabbed him with a knife. Earlier this month, following the publication of The Daily Signal’s report, Clarke accused Avery of being a domestic abuser but confirmed that she had not disclosed the arrest.

Avery told The Daily Signal that Clarke and Ewing (who did not respond to requests for comment) wanted him to say that Clarke was not “the” abuser in their relationship. He chose to say “an” rather than “the” to avoid giving the impression that he himself was an abuser, he shared.

Since Clarke and Avery share a son (who is now 19), Avery said he was eager to put the matter to to rest. He said his understanding at the time was that Clarke was facing underhanded attacks from conservatives and that his statement would “bring closure to the whole thing.” He does not have a record of the 2021 phone call.

“I thought it was harmless,” he explained of the email. “Looking back, it was a huge mistake, but I didn’t foresee any of this coming. So it was probably stupid on my part. But the bottom line is, they did approach me.”

The same day that Avery sent this email to Ewing, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF)’s Tom Jones published a report on AAF’s findings that the FBI failed to properly vet Clarke when it did not interview Avery.

AAF had distributed that report to its lists around 11:30 a.m. on May 19, 2021. Avery could not recall the exact day on which Clarke called him, but his email to Ewing was sent at 11:50 a.m. on May 19, 2021.

Jones previously told The Daily Signal that he began digging into Clarke’s background during her confirmation process and spoke to Avery around the same time. In early May 2021 text messages, Avery told Jones that Clarke attacked him with a knife, slicing his finger to the bone, during a domestic dispute in July 2006.

“The accusations against Kristen Clarke of lying to Congress and domestic violence are deeply troubling,” Jones told The Daily Signal last week. “Clearly she does not possess the character or integrity to be in any position of power. She must resign now.”

Clarke was confirmed to the DOJ, to lead the Civil Rights Division, on May 25, 2021.

Congratulations to Kristen Clarke on making history — there’s no one better to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. I know she’ll work tirelessly to advance civil rights and push our nation closer to our founding ideals of liberty, justice, and equality for all. https://t.co/57OTZDrb8c

— President Biden (@POTUS) May 26, 2021

Clarke Accuses Ex-Husband of Domestic Abuse

The revelation comes after The Daily Signal published a report April 30 highlighting evidence that Clarke had not disclosed a 2006 arrest and subsequent expungement during her 2021 confirmation to the DOJ—and then explicitly denied ever having been arrested to Cotton in an interview April 21, 2021.

Clarke has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Signal, though the DOJ acknowledged receipt of these requests. She did speak to CNN earlier this month, however, confirming that she did not disclose the arrest and expungement and alleging that Avery domestically abused her.

He denied that he had abused his ex-wife in a statement to The Daily Signal, though he did say that Clarke got a restraining order against him shortly before he moved out of their shared home as they were getting divorced (court records show that Avery and Clarke finalized their contentious divorce in 2009).

Clarke got the order “after an argument,” Avery told The Daily Signal. “It was temporary but I just moved out anyway. She lied in court then too. Bunch of nonsense … but I just got my own place. I was so over it.”

That restraining order was the subject of an inquiry from The Washington Post to AAF’s Jones: On May 19, 2021, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin reached out to Jones asking about his “allegation regarding Kristen Clarke’s role in domestic abuse.”

Rubin’s press inquiry to Jones included a query about Avery (who says that Rubin never actually reached out to him).

“Do you have any comment on court documents showing she successfully obtained a restraining order against Reginald Avery?” Rubin asked Jones, who replied with a statement “unequivocally” condemning domestic violence and calling for a proper investigation into Clarke’s background.

Rubin did not respond to inquiries from The Daily Signal as to why she ultimately did not write her story.

Ewing, who Avery said is Clarke’s publicist, is a children’s author who previously worked for “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” for former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and for former President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. Ewing also has not responded to requests for comment from The Daily Signal.

Calls for Clarke to Resign

The Daily Signal’s reporting on Clarke prompted calls for her to resign from Lee, the New York Post Editorial Board, and more. In early May, a group of conservative leaders called on Clarke to resign from her leadership position in a letter sent to the high-ranking DOJ official.

“The American people have lost trust in your ability to lead the Civil Rights Division,” reads a letter to Clarke, signed by Advancing American Freedom Executive Director Paul Teller, American Accountability Foundation’ Jones, Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins, and CatholicVote President Brian Burch. “We request that you resign immediately.”

That letter repeatedly references The Daily Signal’s reporting and attaches a copy of the original report itself. It also points to Clarke’s enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act against pro-life activists.

“The American people deserve a Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice led with honesty and integrity,” the letter says. “Since taking over the Civil Rights Division, you have weaponized the Department of Justice by wielding the FACE Act against pro-life Americans in an unprecedented manner—even while standing idly by as churches and pro-life pregnancy centers are vandalized, and Jewish students are unable to attend class on college campuses.”

The DOJ did not respond to requests for comment for this story.

‘She Went to Jail’

When Jones reached out to Avery as part of his 2021 investigation into Clarke’s background and police records, the two men discussed the July 4, 2006, incident over text messages.

“I was seeing another woman,” Avery shared in the May 2021 text message exchange. “She was angry. Attacked me with a knife. I instinctively grabbed it. As I said earlier, I’m not blameless.”

“That’s the story,” Avery insisted. “That’s what happened. She went to jail.”

Prince George’s County Police Department records show that the department was called on nine different occasions by someone at Avery’s and Clarke’s Upper Marlboro, Maryland, household between May 2003 and December 2007.

Seven of those calls were for a “threat” or some type of domestic violence, but most were cleared without a report. The July 4, 2006, call was made by “Mr. Reginald” (Avery’s first name) and accompanied by a 760 code, according to a mainframe print-out from Prince George’s County computer-aided dispatch system obtained by The Daily Signal.

That 760 code is the department’s clearance code for “arrest,” the Prince George County Police Department confirmed. That call was not cleared for four hours. Avery says it was Clarke who was arrested. Clarke has not addressed the specific incident.

The DOJ official’s ex-husband also shared with Jones that on the night of the incident, he called 911 due to his injury and the “cops came because [his] finger was cut off.” (Avery clarified to The Daily Signal that the finger was sliced to the bone, not cut off.) Police allegedly decided to arrest Clarke, and Avery said he went to the emergency room in Bowie, Maryland, for the injury.

Jones and Avery speculated via 2021 text messages about why Clarke would hide the arrest.

“I assume she just thinks she won’t get caught,” Jones queried, to which Avery responded at the time, “Yes, the arrogance has always been there. But I don’t understand lying on a federal application.”

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House GOP takes steps to hold AG Garland in contempt over subpoenaed Biden audio

By: Brooke Singman — May 13th 2024 at 14:38
House Republicans will consider a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.

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Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez faces second federal corruption trial with jury selection starting Monday

By: Danielle Wallace — May 13th 2024 at 06:28
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez., on allegations he acted to benefit foreign governments

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Actor Nicholas Galitzine Feels 'Guilt' for Taking Queer Roles as a Hetero Man

By: Warner Todd Huston · Warner Todd Huston — May 12th 2024 at 13:57

British actor Nicholas Galitzine admitted that he feels "guilt" for taking queer roles even though he is not a member of the LGBTQQIAAP2S+ community.

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DOJ seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape under 'terrorism enhancement'

By: Danielle Wallace — May 12th 2024 at 09:44
Federal prosecutors requested a 40-year-sentence for David DePape, the man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer, under a terrorism enhancement.

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'The Queers Are Coming!' Declares Ireland's They/Them 'Witch' Eurovision Singer Bambie Thug

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — May 12th 2024 at 06:49

Bambie Thug declared that the "queers are coming" after the victory of fellow "non-binary" performer Nemo from Switzerland.

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DOJ Seeking 40-Year Sentence for Man Convicted of Bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with Hammer

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — May 11th 2024 at 13:53

The Department of Justice is seeking a 40-year prison sentence for the man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband in 2022.

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DOJ and Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuits over Iowa Immigration Bill

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 11th 2024 at 10:42

The Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two lawsuits on Thursday to block an Iowa immigration bill from taking effect.

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Trump on N.Y. Trial: ‘It All Comes Out of Washington, They Have Their Reps Here’

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 10th 2024 at 17:38

Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that his New York business records trial is "election interference" and that "it all comes out of" Washington, DC.

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Transgender Activists Flood Tip Line to Mock Bathroom Law

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 10th 2024 at 11:42

Transgender activists are reportedly flooding a tip line in Utah in mockery of a bathroom law.

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Justice Department rebuked for delay tactics in Biden-Hur tapes pursuant to judge's order

By: Charles Creitz — May 10th 2024 at 15:19
Three different entities' FOIA request for the recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden were combined, then plaintiffs sought an accelerated briefing schedule.

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Target Limiting LGBTQ-Themed Merchandise for 'Pride Month' After Massive Blowback

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — May 10th 2024 at 12:04

Target is dialing back its LGBTQ-themed merchandise for "Pride Month" after the company took a massive hit in 2023.

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Catholic School Boys Expelled over 'Blackface' Acne Mask Selfie Win $1 Million in Court

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — May 9th 2024 at 15:41

A massive payout of over $1 million has been awarded to two teens who sued their elite California Catholic school after being kicked out over a "blackface" selfie — when they were actually using skincare masks.

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Biden's NSC Intel Director, Maher Bitar, Is a Former Radical Pro-Palestinian Activst

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 9th 2024 at 15:31

Maher Bitar, the White House Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy at the U.S. National Security Council (NSC), was a radical pro-Palestinian activist and a leader within Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

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FBI slams 'false and insulting' claim it urged more warrantless wiretaps on Americans

By: Michael Lee — May 9th 2024 at 15:37
The FBI pushed back on a report that said a top official at the law enforcement agency had encouraged employees to engage in more warrantless wiretapping on U.S. soil.

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Asheville, NC: Reparations Commission Recommends ‘No Strings Attached' Monthly Cash Payments

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 9th 2024 at 10:51

Asheville, North Carolina's Community Reparations Commission finally released a list of recommendations it wants leaders to pursue.

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GOP AG launches new probe into communications from DOJ and Trump prosecutors

By: Brianna Herlihy — May 9th 2024 at 12:36
State Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a FOIA request at the DOJ for documents related to any communications with prosecutors connected to the indictments of former President Trump.

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West Virginia AG blasts DEA for concealing 'critical' opioid database

By: Brianna Herlihy — May 9th 2024 at 03:00
West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey is calling on the DEA and the Commerce Department to explain their decision to limit public access to a database on opioid provider registrations.

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How the Left Tried to Use Stormy Daniels to Impeach Trump

By: Fred Lucas — May 8th 2024 at 17:16

Years before the prosecution called the former porn star to testify Tuesday in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial in Manhattan, Democrats viewed Stormy Daniels as an avenue for impeaching Trump when he was president. 

My 2020 book “Abuse of Power” details the origins of Left’s lawfare against Trump, which began immediately after his 2016 election to the presidency.  

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, led the first criminal case against Trump, followed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia and two federal prosecutions by special counsel Jack Smith.

Indicted in four separate criminal cases for a total of 91 counts, Trump got some good news Tuesday when a federal judge in Florida postponed indefinitely his trial in the classified documents case, one of Smith’s.

Below is an adapted excerpt from “Abuse of Power”:

It’s funny how “legal experts” who would pop up working for Democrats were talking and writing about Trump’s demise for other reasons months earlier. 

Two lawyers whom the House Judiciary Committee hired for impeachment, Norman Eisen and Barry Berke, wrote a New York Times opinion piece along with Noah Bookbinder, also a lawyer, with the headline: “Is This the Beginning of the End for Trump?” 

The lawyers suggested Trump could be taken down for a possible campaign finance violation tied to alleged flings with former porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal. 

Or, as the lawyers characterized it in their Times piece, federal prosecutors determined that “Mr. Trump, the Trump Organization, and the campaign were all directly involved in an illegal scheme to silence two women who claimed they had affairs with Mr. Trump.” 

The lawyers’ op-ed in the Times further says Trump “could be named as an unindicted co-conspirator” or “charged if he leaves office before the statute of limitations runs out (most likely in 2022).”

Still, regarding the hush money [for Daniels and McDougal], even House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi had said after the news of  Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s planned guilty plea that it wasn’t grounds for impeachment, even as some of her members were pushing for that. 

“Impeachment has to spring from something else. If and when the information emerges about that, we’ll see,” Pelosi said in 2018. “It’s not a priority on the agenda going forward unless something else comes forward.”

But impeachment was a priority for members of the House Democratic Caucus, which she led. 

In December 2018, when Cohen pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation for paying hush money to Daniels, the plea agreement referred to “Individual 1” as directing him to do so. It was clear that this individual was Trump. 

Cohen also pleaded guilty to tax evasion and other financial crimes and was sentenced to three years in prison. He later pleaded guilty to lying to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

In late 2019, with Democrats in control of the House, many of the hardliners in Pelosi’s caucus were pushing the speaker to go beyond Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as grounds for impeachment.

Democrats in the House Progressive Caucus wanted to include the ambiguous obstruction arguments from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the discredited Trump-Russia claims, the campaign finance allegation in the Stormy Daniels case, the emoluments clause of the Constitution, and potentially other matters. By this point, the House had launched 12 separate investigations into Trump. 

But after initial resistance, Pelosi had already caved once to the members demanding Trump’s impeachment on the Ukrainian phone call. The other matters would only prolong the process. 

Trump admitted he and Zelenskyy talked about Joe Biden. Now, Democrats just had to turn it into an impeachable case. 

Nevertheless, keeping swing district House Democrats in the loop was one reason why, early in the process, leadership had considered progressives’ demands for a “kitchen sink” impeachment involving Russia, Stormy Daniels, emoluments, and anything else they could think of. 

This would allow moderate Democrats to go home and say they had voted against some articles of impeachment while still voting to oust Trump in order to appease the base and avoid a potential primary challenger from the left. In the age of MAGA and #Resistance voters, primary challenges are a forefront concern for incumbents on both sides.

During the impeachment hearing, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee called former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch to testify. 

As with other witnesses, Yovanovitch’s legal counsel was steeped in Democratic politics. Lawrence S. Robbins represented both Republican and Democrat clients. 

But in a December 2018 op-ed for Politico, Robbins called for either impeaching or prosecuting Trump for campaign finance violation regarding the Daniels hush money.

Robbins wrote: “The Department of Justice’s description of the role of Individual 1—the president himself—leaves no doubt that career Justice Department prosecutors regard Trump as a full blown co-conspirator. And most serious-minded criminal lawyers agree that, if these allegations are true, the president, but for his day job, would have been sitting in the dock with his long-time fixer.” 

Robbins further wrote that Trump would use his office as president to shield himself from prosecution, so “Congress would surely have no choice but to hold him accountable in the way prescribed by the Constitution.”

That way, of course, was impeachment.

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Minnesota Democrats Introduce Amendment to Block Ban on Abortion, Sex Changes

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 6th 2024 at 16:14

Minnesota Democrats introduced an amendment to enshrine the right to abortion and transgender drugs and surgeries into the state Constitution.

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House GOP goes after 'convicted liar' Michael Cohen, urges Justice Department to investigate recent lies

By: Brooke Singman — May 8th 2024 at 12:30
House Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer are again referring ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen to the Justice Department for lying to Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.

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Disney's New Star Wars Series 'Tales of the Empire' Uses 'They/Them' Pronouns for Gender-Ambiguous Character

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 8th 2024 at 10:28

Disney's new "Star Wars" series Tales of the Empire uses "they/them" pronouns to refer to a gender-ambiguous character that appears in the Disney+ animated show's fifth episode.

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Hillary Clinton's Feminist Broadway Musical 'Suffs' Struggling at Box Office

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 8th 2024 at 07:11

Hillary Clinton's feminist Broadway musical "Suffs" is struggling at the box office despite receiving a bounty of Tony Award nominations and an outpouring of adulatory coverage from the mainstream news media.

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MIT Will No Longer Require Faculty Candidates to Write Diversity Statements

By: Paul Bois · Paul Bois — May 7th 2024 at 23:18

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that faculty candidates will no longer be asked to provide diversity statements during the application process.

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House Judiciary Committee investigates 'manipulated' evidence seized by FBI in Trump classified records probe

By: Brooke Singman — May 7th 2024 at 11:41
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is investigating whether special counsel Jack Smith “altered or manipulated" evidence after prosecutors made a remarkable admission.

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Chief of Staff for Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar Reportedly Resigns

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 6th 2024 at 20:58

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D) chief of staff reportedly resigned on Monday, days after the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Cuellar and his wife on charges of accepting bribes. Several sources confirmed that Jacob Hochberg, Cuellar’s chief of staff had resigned

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Harvard President Threatens to Place Protesters Involved in Encampment on 'Involuntary Leave'

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 6th 2024 at 19:26

Interim Harvard University President Alan M. Garber threatened to place pro-Palestinian protesters on campus on "involuntary leave."

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Watch — Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm Barricade, Crash Met Gala: Arrests Made

By: Paul Bois · Paul Bois — May 6th 2024 at 19:13

A cadre of pro-Palestinian protesters were seen parading outside the swanky New York Met Gala, which fashion mogul Anna Wintour hosted.

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MIT Threatens to Place Protesters Involved in Encampment on 'Interim Academic Suspension'

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 6th 2024 at 18:46

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) threatened to place protesters involved in an encampment on "interim academic suspension."

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Catholic League: Pro-Hamas Protesters Are Like ‘Cowardly’ Ku Klux Klan

Catholic League President Bill Donohue ridiculed the “cowardly” pro-Hamas demonstrators for their spineless approach to revolutionary protest.

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Former Biden DOJ Official Prosecuting Trump Received Thousands of Dollars From DNC

By: Jason Cohen — May 6th 2024 at 18:50

The lead prosecutor for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “hush money” case against former President Donald Trump received thousands of dollars from the Democratic National Committee in 2018, Federal Election Commission records show.

Matthew Colangelo, who was President Joe Biden’s acting associate attorney general and spent two years in the current president’s Justice Department, joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as senior counsel in December 2022.

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The lawyer received $12,000 from the Democratic National Committee for “political consulting” in two payments of $6,000 on Jan. 31, 2018, FEC records show.

Fox News Digital first reported the payments to Colangelo from the DNC.

Reports say Matthew Colangelo received $12,000 from the DNC for "political consulting" in 2018.

Colangelo delivered the opening statement for the prosecution in the Trump hush money case.

Yet Trump can't talk about this due to his unconstitutional gag order.

— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) May 6, 2024

Trump is not supposed to speak about Colangelo because Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order that prevents the former president from speaking about prosecutors on the case besides Bragg.

Colangelo was appointed in 2022, while Bragg was still investigating Trump in relation to a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her silent regarding an alleged affair. Colangelo delivered opening statements for the prosecution in April, arguing that Trump falsified business documents about the payment as part of a broader initiative to “corrupt the 2016 election.”

“It was election fraud, pure and simple,” Colangelo said.

Trump consistently has characterized the case as “election interference,” referring to it as a “Biden witch hunt” and the “Biden case.”

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding Colangelo, requesting documents and communications from his tenure at the Justice Department. Jordan demanded personnel files pertaining to Colangelo’s hiring, employment, and termination there, as well as records and correspondences related to Trump or his organization.

“Bragg is engaged in one such politicized prosecution, which is being led in part by Matthew B. Colangelo, a former senior Justice Department official,” Jordan wrote. “Accordingly, given the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution, we write to request information and documents related to Mr. Colangelo’s employment.”

While at the New York State Attorney General’s Office before Biden became president, Colangelo led the probe into the Trump Foundation, which resulted in its dissolution. He also led the investigation that eventually became Trump’s civil fraud case, according to The New York Times.

Neither Bragg nor the Democratic National Committee immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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John Swinney Set to Become Scottish First Minister after Winning SNP Leadership but Trans Sword of Damocles Remains

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — May 6th 2024 at 10:53

John Swinney is set to become the next first minister of Scotland after being tapped as the leader of the Scottish National Party.

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Ex-top Biden DOJ official now prosecuting Trump was once paid by DNC for 'political consulting'

By: Brooke Singman — May 6th 2024 at 10:06
EXCLUSIVE: The Democratic National Committee paid Bragg prosecutor Matthew Colangelo thousands of dollars for “political consulting" in 2018, Fox News Digital has learned.

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Ex-top Biden DOJ official now prosecuting Trump was once paid by DNC for 'political consulting'

By: Brooke Singman — May 6th 2024 at 09:57
EXCLUSIVE: The Democratic National Committee paid Bragg prosecutor Matthew Colangelo thousands of dollars for “political consulting" in 2018, Fox News Digital has learned.

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After Years of Talk, UK Bans Gender-Neutral Bathrooms for New Buildings and Rebuilds

By: Oliver JJ Lane · Oliver JJ Lane — May 6th 2024 at 05:11

"Privacy and dignity" will be protected by new regulations which means a host of commercial and public buildings must have separate loos.

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New revelations in Florida documents trial put Trump on offense against 'deranged' special counsel

By: Emma Colton — May 5th 2024 at 16:06
Former President Trump's classified documents case has revealed a trove of new information after the presiding judge unredacted a handful of court filings.

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Japanese Corp Says DOJ Requested a Delay on Purchase of U.S. Steel, Insists It Has Nothing to Do with 2024 Election

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — May 5th 2024 at 14:50

Nippon Steel said Friday it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal.

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Mariska Hargitay Blasts Court for Overturned Weinstein Conviction: ‘Too Many Women Were Allowed to Speak'

By: Warner Todd Huston · Warner Todd Huston — May 5th 2024 at 07:26

Mariska Hargitay, the longtime star of TV's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, lamented a court's decision to overturn the rape conviction of Hollywood heavyweight producer Harvey Weinstein.

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Canada Constructing $13M 'National 2SLGBTQI+ Monument' in Ottawa

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — May 4th 2024 at 14:39

Canada is constructing the world's first "national 2SLGBTQI+ monument," and the proposed design is blurring the lines between real life and parody.

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WSJ: Pro-Palestinian Encampments Trained for 'Months'; Wespac Denies Role

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 4th 2024 at 12:20

The Wall Street Journal reports that many of the pro-Palestinian activists in campus "encampments" around the nation trained for "months" with veteran activists and groups before launching their invasions last month.

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University of Vermont Bows to Pro-Palestinian 'Encampment,' Cancels Black UN Ambassador

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 4th 2024 at 11:51

The University of Vermont has capitulated to a demand by the campus anti-Israel "encampment," canceling a commencement address by UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a black female diplomatic pioneer.

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Pro-Palestinian 'Encampment' Demands Boycott of Jewish Groups at UC Santa Cruz

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 4th 2024 at 11:38

An encampment launched by Students of Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California Santa Cruz has issued starkly antisemitic demands that include the university severing ties with Jewish community organizations.

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Bill Maher fumes over Merrick Garland: ‘Attorney General Barney Fife’ ‘sucks’ at his job

By: Joseph Wulfsohn — May 4th 2024 at 12:00
HBO's Bill Maher pummeled America's "Attorney Genial" Merrick Garland for slow-walking the criminal cases against former President Trump, referring to him as "Barney Fife."

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Australian lawmakers send letter urging Biden to drop case against Julian Assange on World Press Freedom Day

By: Landon Mion — May 4th 2024 at 03:28
A group of Australian lawmakers urged President Biden on World Press Freedom Day to drop the prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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University of Chicago Anti-Israel Encampment Demands HIV Tests, Dental Dams, Plan B

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 3rd 2024 at 17:20

An organizer involved in the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas encampment at the University of Chicago released a list of needed supplies.

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Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar indicted by DOJ on conspiracy and bribery charges

By: Chad Pergram · Kelly Phares · Timothy Nerozzi · Brie Stimson — May 3rd 2024 at 15:42
The DOJ filed indictments against Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas on Friday in connection with an investigation into bribes he allegedly took from an Azerbaijan-based company.

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Nolte: Madison Comedy Club Hands Hitler Youth Win by Canceling Michael Rapaport

By: John Nolte · John Nolte — May 3rd 2024 at 11:15

A Madison, Wisconsin, comedy club handed the local Hitler Youth a win with its decision to cancel an appearance from Michael Rapaport.

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Kansas Bill to Ban Transgender Medical Procedures for Minors Fails

By: Alana Mastrangelo · Alana Mastrangelo — May 3rd 2024 at 10:43

A proposed Kansas bill seeking to ban transgender-related medical procedures for minors failed after two Republicans switched their votes.

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Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar expected to be indicted by DOJ, sources say

By: Chad Pergram · Kelly Phares · Timothy Nerozzi — May 3rd 2024 at 10:35
The DOJ will file indictments against Cuellar on Friday, sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital on Friday morning.

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Narrative Busted: Colonialism and Slavery Did Not Make British Empire Wealthy, Report Finds

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — May 3rd 2024 at 03:36

The British Empire and other European colonial powers did not enrich themselves through slavery and colonialism, a report asserted.

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Islamist Turkey to Join South Africa's 'Genocide' Complaint Against Israel at the Hague

By: Frances Martel · Frances Martel — May 2nd 2024 at 11:41

The government of Turkey announced on Wednesday that it is seeking to become a party to a case accusing Israel of "genocide" against the terrorist organization Hamas at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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Nolte: Desperate Media Cover Up DOJ Official Kristen Clarke’s Potential Perjury

By: John Nolte · John Nolte — May 2nd 2024 at 11:15

The corporate media do not care. Clarke is a black, female Democrat. She is precious. She will be protected. Period.

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Watchdog group asks to unseal records of DOJ's subpoenas of congressional staffers' messages

By: Brooke Singman — May 2nd 2024 at 15:30
A watchdog group is asking a federal court to unseal documents on DOJ subpoenas of the personal messages of members of Congress during the Trump-Russia investigation

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Arizona Senate Votes to Repeal 1864 Near-Total Abortion Ban

By: Katherine Hamilton · Katherine Hamilton — May 2nd 2024 at 12:49

Two Republicans voted with Democrats in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 near-total abortion restriction.

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Arizona State Democrat Lawmakers Host 'Drag Story Hour' at the Capitol

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 2nd 2024 at 11:47

Arizona State Democrat lawmakers teamed up with pro-abortion Planned Parenthood to host "Drag Queen Story Hour" at the state Capitol.

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Here’s the Kind of Voters Left-Wing Activists Are Scheming With the White House to Turn Out in November

By: Fred Lucas — May 2nd 2024 at 13:30

White House officials met with liberal activists to discuss boosting voting among prisoners and immigrants just four months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order on turning out the vote, newly released records show. 

On July 12, 2021, White House officials held a “listening session” that included dozens of organizations, many known for turning out Democrat voters. Justin Levitt, who was the White House senior policy adviser for democracy and voting rights at the time, kicked off the event along with Jesselyn McCurdy of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Keeda Haynes, legal adviser with the Sentencing Project, a legal assistance and training organization for prisoners, said the administration should assist “eligible voters who are incarcerated have been left out of voting,” according to notes of the meeting. Haynes added, “Felony disenfranchisement is voter suppression.”

The records were obtained from the Justice Department by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through the Freedom of Information Act. (The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal.)

That session with White House and other Biden administration officials included staffers from more than four dozen left-leaning groups, including the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, the Brennan Center for Justice, the Democracy Fund, the Al Sharpton-founded National Action Network, the George Soros-backed Open Society Policy Center, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. But only a few of the groups were participants in the meeting. Participants were sent a Zoom link. 

The meeting and agenda were first discovered by the Foundation for Government Accountability, a government watchdog group in 2022. What’s new from the recently released batch of documents are details about what was said in the meeting, as well as Justice Department communications leading up to the conference.

The records also show the email correspondence between the White House and the Justice Department for the weeks leading to the meeting. The documents showed that voting for certain incarcerated individuals was a priority. 

Less than a month after Biden signed the order, then-associate White House counsel Larry Schwartztol emailed Associate Deputy Attorney General Myesha Braden on April 1, 2021. 

Schwartztol said the White House counsel’s office is working with the Domestic Policy Council and wrote about helping people in custody or under the supervision of the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service to vote. 

“Section 9 of the [executive order] directs the [attorney general] to take various steps to facilitate voter registration and voting for people in [Bureau of Prisons] and [U.S. Marshals Service] custody and to coordinate with the probation and pretrial services on providing similar resources and assistance to people under supervision,” Schwartztol wrote.  

The Daily Signal previously reported that the Bureau of Prisons partnered with left-leaning groups such as the League of Women Voters, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Campaign Legal Center, and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee to boost voting among eligible citizens who were incarcerated while awaiting trial or other circumstances, or in restoring their voting rights after serving their sentence.

At the July 2021 meeting with White House officials and liberal groups, Nik Youngsmith, legislative staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, spoke to the gathering about “immigrants and noncitizens.”

The public record showed Youngsmith wanted to be cautious.

“We support registration efforts. We also want to make sure they are done in a careful way,” the meeting notes paraphrase Youngsmith as saying. “All fed employees must be well trained in this. Need to trust people are acting in bounds of the law. Especially when there are language issues. Federal employees should know who should be properly registered and not. Don’t want someone to face charges for registering on bad info.”

The Washington Examiner first reported on the Justice Department documents obtained by the Oversight Project. 

“One of the biggest dangers to free and fair elections is the Biden Administration’s weaponization of every single federal agency to work with far-left groups for the biggest get-out-the-vote operation in human history,” said a joint statement from Mike Howell, executive director of the Heritage Oversight Project, and Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for the Oversight Project.

“Of course, these efforts are only being pointed in one direction in an illegitimate attempt to keep President Biden in the White House,” the Howell and Brosnan statement continued. “Our findings prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this whole effort was implemented in a radically partisan manner. We will be releasing much more on this threat soon and urge all members of the public to stay alert.” 

Jose Morales, the deputy director of Fair Fight Action, an anti-voter ID group founded by twice-losing Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, also spoke. Morales called for allowing federal employees to take the day off to vote. He also complained that “based on experiences last year and this year, there are many new ID requirements,” according to the Justice Department notes about the session. 

Fair Fight didn’t get everything it wanted from Biden on federal employee voting. 

While the administration did not give federal employees a whole day off to vote, The Daily Signal previously reported the Office of Personnel Management adopted a policy to give four hours of leave to federal employees to vote and volunteer to be election workers.

Two staffers from the ACLU—Sarah Brannon and Ceridwen Cherry—told the gathering that the HealthCare.gov website, better known as the Obamacare exchanges, reaches 20 million people per year and should be used for signing up voters. 

Demos, a liberal think tank that drafted much of the executive order after Biden was elected but before his inauguration, was also part of the gathering. 

Laura Williamson, then associate director of Demos, said the Department of Housing and Urban Development should register voters at public housing units. It also called for the Fair Housing Administration to engage in voter registration when making loans to buy homes. 

The Daily Signal first reported that under the executive order, HUD authorized targeting votes at public housing units. 

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Columbia 'rot' on display as deported terrorist professor praises wife joining mob: 'Very determined'

By: Michael Ruiz — May 2nd 2024 at 03:00
The NYPD confirmed that 'the wife of somebody who had been convicted for material support to terrorism' joined anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University.

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Top Republicans double down on call for DOJ probe into Bragg's 'star witness' Michael Cohen

By: Brooke Singman — May 1st 2024 at 15:33
Reps. Mike Turner and Elise Stefanik demand that the Justice Department investigate former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for alleged perjury

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Anti-Israel Encampment Established at Fordham University Hours After Police Raided Others

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 1st 2024 at 14:31

An anti-Israel encampment was established at Fordham University in New York City on Wednesday, hours after ones at other colleges were raided.

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GLAAD Finds 'Concerning' Drop in LGBTQ Characters on TV, Demands Hollywood Create More 'Inclusive' Content

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 1st 2024 at 08:53

The number of LGBTQ characters in Hollywood TV shows fell more than 20 percent during the 2023-24 season, with declines seen across broadcast, cable, and streaming shows, according to GLAAD's latest Hollywood report card.

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‘She Lied Under Oath’: Sen. Mike Lee Calls for DOJ’s Kristen Clarke to Resign

By: Mary Margaret Olohan — May 1st 2024 at 08:15

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is calling for the resignation of Kristen Clarke, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

Kristen Clarke is in charge of enforcing civil rights laws,” Lee said in a statement posted to X on Tuesday evening. “She enforces those laws aggressively against anyone who sneezes near an abortion clinic. And not at all against those who vandalize churches. She lied under oath during her confirmation proceedings, and should resign.”

“She lied under oath to mask her arrest for committing a violent crime, yet she zealously prosecutes peaceful pro-life protesters,” the senator added.

Kristen Clarke is in charge of enforcing civil rights laws.

She enforces those laws aggressively against anyone who sneezes near an abortion clinic.

And not at all against those who vandalize churches.

She lied under oath during her confirmation proceedings, and should resign. https://t.co/5tHpaG4a2W

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 1, 2024

Lee weighed in on Clarke following a Daily Signal report revealing that Clarke, who testified in 2021 to senators that she had never been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime, was involved in a violent domestic dispute with her now ex-husband, one in which he alleged that she sliced his finger to the bone with a knife.

Court documents, records, and text messages obtained by The Daily Signal indicate that Clarke was arrested, but that arrest was ultimately expunged.

“Since becoming a legal adult, have you ever been arrested for or accused of committing a violent crime against any person?” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., asked then-nominee Clarke in 2021, to which she responded, “No,” according to responses she submitted to the Senate under oath in a document called “Questions for the Record.”

Neither Clarke nor the DOJ has responded to requests for comment from The Daily Signal. The FBI, asked about the background checks it performed on Clarke, declined to comment.

Ed Whelan, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center where he holds the Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies, similarly called for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to demand Clarke’s resignation.

“Kristen Clarke, loony ideologue at DOJ on transgender issues, appears to have flat-out lied under oath during her confirmation process when she denied ever having been arrested,” Whelan said in an X post on Tuesday night.

“Per article, she was arrested in 2006 for attacking her then-husband with a knife and slicing his finger to the bone,” he continued, before adding: “President Biden and AG [Attorney General Merrick] Garland should demand her resignation.”

“Expungement of arrest record has consequences under Maryland law, but it can’t excuse Kristen Clarke for falsely stating to Congress during her confirmation process that she had never been arrested for committing a violent crime,” Whelan said.

Kristen Clarke, loony ideologue at DOJ on transgender issues, appears to have flat-out lied under oath during her confirmation process when she denied ever having been arrested. Per article, she was arrested in 2006 for attacking her then-husband with a knife and slicing his… https://t.co/TIc9uohRPE

— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) April 30, 2024

Whelan further suggested that the establishment media may abstain from covering Clarke out of a bias for Democratic nominees.

“If news broke that controversial DOJ official in Republican administration lied during confirmation process to conceal arrest for violent crime, it would be front-page news in NYT and WaPo,” Whelan said, referring to The New York Times and The Washington Post. “We’ll see if they pay any attention to Kristen Clarke’s lie.”

Clarke was nominated by then-President-elect Biden on Jan. 7, 2021, and later confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 25, 2021, to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.

The Daily Signal previously reported that Clarke, who oversees investigations into violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, has used FACE to charge dozens of pro-life individuals since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. This includes Mark Houck, a Catholic father of seven arrested at gunpoint by the FBI and charged with violating FACE in September 2022.

A jury found Houck was not guilty in January 2023.

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Sen Vance questions DOJ on companies favoring migrant workers over Americans

By: Julia Johnson — May 1st 2024 at 08:00
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, is asking the Department of Justice if it is looking into companies potentially favoring non-citizen workers over U.S. workers.

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Palestinian Mob Attacks German Ambassador in West Bank

By: John Hayward · John Hayward — April 30th 2024 at 15:20

A mob of angry students attacked German Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Oliver Owcza at Birzeit University in the West Bank.

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Anti-Israel Protesters Occupying Building at Columbia University 'Face Expulsion'

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 30th 2024 at 14:00

Columbia University announced that students occupying Hamilton Hall face expulsion after protesters seized the building.

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Peter Schweizer: Biden's 'Sinister but Brilliant' Campaign Strategy Is Lawfare

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — April 30th 2024 at 13:54

“How far we have fallen with the standards for government,” Peter Schweizer says of the apparently coordinated efforts to prosecute Donald Trump before the 2024 elections.

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NY v. Trump: House Judiciary investigates Bragg prosecutor who held senior role in Biden DOJ

By: Brooke Singman — April 30th 2024 at 14:00
FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee is investigating a top prosecutor on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Trump for his past work as a senior Justice Department official during the Biden administration.

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Elise Stefanik Accuses Jack Smith of Election Interference, Demands DOJ Ethics Probe

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — April 30th 2024 at 10:54

Republican House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik demanded the DOJ launch an investigation into the "Biden special counsel Jack Smith."

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Judge hits 'treasonous' ex-NSA worker with 21-year sentence for trying to sell secrets to Russia: 'A betrayal'

By: Danielle Wallace — April 30th 2024 at 06:02
Ex-National Security Agency worker Jareh Sebastian Dalke was sentenced to 21 years after trying to sell classified info to an undercover FBI agent believed to be a Russian official.

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Reports: Disney World Casts Male Performer as Evil Queen from 'Snow White'

By: David Ng · David Ng — April 29th 2024 at 11:58

Walt Disney World in Florida appears to have cast a man to play the evil queen from "Snow White" in drag at its Wilderness Lodge resort, according to a viral video showing the performer.

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FBI’s $139M settlement with Larry Nassar victims breathes life into Epstein accusers lawsuit

By: Michael Ruiz — April 29th 2024 at 03:00
The Department of Justice's settlement to pay almost $139 million to 139 victims of Dr. Larry Nassar "bodes well" for Jeffrey Epstein accusers in similar lawsuit, experts say.

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Ashley Judd Slams Hollywood After Harvey Weinstein's Conviction Overturned: 'Institutional Betrayal'

By: Alana Mastrangelo · Alana Mastrangelo — April 28th 2024 at 14:39

Actress Ashley Judd slammed what she called "institutional betrayal" after disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was overturned on Thursday in New York.

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Actress Sophia Bush Comes Out as ‘Queer,’ Attends WHCD with Former Women's Soccer Star Ashlyn Harris

By: Alana Mastrangelo · Alana Mastrangelo — April 28th 2024 at 07:11

One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush has come out as “queer,” attending the White House Correspondents Dinner as a couple with former Women’s Soccer player Ashlyn Harris. “I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024.

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Exclusive: Rep. Andy Harris Blasts Biden DOJ’s ‘Third-World’ Lawfare Tactics Against Trump, Warns All Conservatives ‘Targets’

By: Joshua Klein · Joshua Klein — April 28th 2024 at 05:41

The unprecedented “lawfare” being waged against former President Donald Trump by the Biden Department of Justice “goes well beyond” the former president and actually targets “anybody” who supports Trump or is conservative. That was the warning from Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris, who cautioned against the use of “third-world tactics” that have no place in the U.S., as well as how many on the left would likely “deny the outcome” of a democratically-elected Trump in 2024.

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Chief Justice Roberts Expresses Concern Appeals Court Ruling Directs ‘A Former President Can Be Prosecuted Because He's Being Prosecuted’

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — April 27th 2024 at 12:48

Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern about language in the appeals court's presidential immunity ruling that he says directs that "a former president can be prosecuted because he's being prosecuted."

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Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump

By: Thomas Phippen — April 27th 2024 at 16:13
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith's charges against former President Donald Trump.

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Kim Kardashian Meets With Kamala Harris about Criminal Justice Reform

By: David Ng · David Ng — April 26th 2024 at 10:03

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian was at the White House on Thursday to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris about criminal justice reform — a subject that has long been a favorite personal cause for Kardashian. The event featured four individuals who

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Trump prosecutor quit top DOJ post for lowly NY job in likely bid to ‘get’ former president, expert says

By: Emma Colton — April 25th 2024 at 15:54
Matthew Colangelo, a key member of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's team prosecuting President Trump, was once a senior official in the Biden Justice Department.

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Florida Vows to Fight Biden Administration's Title IX Changes: Joe Biden Trying to 'Gaslight the Country'

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — April 25th 2024 at 10:30

Florida is vowing to fight the Biden administration's radical Title IX changes, which are being interpreted as promoting gender confusion.

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Top Senate Dem calls for probe into Muslims prosecuted by DOJ for illegal border crossings

By: Julia Johnson — April 25th 2024 at 15:14
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., urged the Department of Justice to investigate high numbers of individuals from majority-Muslim countries being prosecuted upon illegally crossing the southern border.

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Top adviser to left-wing California DA charged with nearly a dozen felonies

By: Adam Shaw · Bill Melugin — April 25th 2024 at 14:00
California's attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a senior official in the LA County district attorney's office for allegedly accessing police officer files.

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DOJ will not turn over Biden's recorded interview with Special Counsel Hur to Congress

By: Brooke Singman · David Spunt · Jake Gibson — April 25th 2024 at 13:37
The Justice Department said Thursday it will not produce subpoenaed audio recordings of former Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden to House Republicans, maintaining that its “cooperation" with the congressional investigation has been “extraordinary."

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Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump presidential immunity case

By: Brooke Singman — April 25th 2024 at 03:24
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case.

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'We Are Ashamed' -- UK Psychologists Apologise for Role in Promoting Transgender 'Medicine' to Children

By: Kurt Zindulka · Kurt Zindulka — April 24th 2024 at 06:57

A group of senior clinical psychologists apologised for the role their profession played in promoting transgender treatments to children.

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4 Iranians indicted for alleged malicious multi-year cyber campaign targeting US government and defense firms

By: Greg Wehner — April 23rd 2024 at 17:27
Four Iranian nationals allegedly conducted cyber campaigns against the U.S. State Department, Treasury, 12 Department of Defense contractors, and two businesses in New York.

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Judge Juan Merchan’s ‘Manifestly Unfair’ Gag Order on Trump Comes Under Serious Legal Scrutiny

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — April 23rd 2024 at 15:10

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan could fine former President Donald Trump up to $11,000 for violating a gag order that his legal team argues prevents him from defending himself publicly in a case where a Democrat district attorney is seeking to put him in jail.

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Taylor Swift Faces Racial, Gender Backlash for Singing She Would Like to Have Lived in 1830's

By: David Ng · David Ng — April 23rd 2024 at 13:09

The woke mob is turning on Taylor Swift for her new song "I Hate It Here" in which she sings that she would have liked to have lived in the 1830's.

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DOJ settles with Larry Nassar victims for $138.7M over FBI's mishandling of sex assault allegations

By: Ryan Gaydos — April 23rd 2024 at 14:42
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it settled with Larry Nassar abuse victims for $138.7 million over the FBI's mishandling of the investigation.

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GOP lawmakers demand Biden admin prosecute ‘pro-terrorist mobs,’ hold schools accountable

By: Julia Johnson — April 23rd 2024 at 10:21
Twenty-seven Republican senators called on Biden Cabinet officials to immediately address the antisemitic protests at Columbia University and elsewhere.

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GOP lawmaker demands answers on former Biden official joining 'cesspool' team prosecuting Trump

By: Aubrie Spady · Cameron Cawthorne — April 23rd 2024 at 09:24
Rep. Lance Gooden sent a letter to DA Alvin Bragg and DOJ regarding the hiring of a former Justice Department official on the hush money case against former President Donald Trump.

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Judge unseals FBI files in Trump classified documents case, including detailed timeline of Mar-a-Lago raid

By: Lawrence Richard · Jake Gibson — April 23rd 2024 at 08:02
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon unsealed documents related to the FBI’s investigation into former President Trump and its raid at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

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Illinois Library Hosting 'Pronoun' Seminar for Children Considering Cross-Dressing, Sex-Change Surgery

By: Paul Bois · Paul Bois — April 22nd 2024 at 20:56

A public library in Illinois will be hosting a "pronoun" seminar for children considering cross-dressing and sex-change surgeries.

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West Virginia Middle School Girls Walk Out of Shot Put Competition in Protest of Trans Athlete

By: Olivia Rondeau · Olivia Rondeau — April 22nd 2024 at 19:08

A transgender middle school athlete won a shot put competition in West Virginia last week, as a slew of female competitors refused to throw and walked off the pitch in protest.

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Planet Fitness Incoming CEO Forced Workers into 'Unconscious Bias Training' at Former Company

By: Amy Furr · Amy Furr — April 22nd 2024 at 17:36

Planet Fitness's incoming boss Colleen Keating also reportedly backed "hiring through a DEI lens" in her former position.

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Trump Trial Day 5: Matthew Colangelo, Ex-Biden Admin Official, Gives Prosecution's Opening Statement 

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — April 22nd 2024 at 11:59

Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden DOJ official, delivered the prosecution's opening statement on Monday in the Trump criminal trial.

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SCOTUS to take up challenge to Biden admin's ghost gun rule that group deems ‘abusive’

By: Brianna Herlihy — April 22nd 2024 at 10:00
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a challenge to the Biden administration's regulation on so-called "ghost guns" this fall.

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Supreme Court prepares to debate Trump immunity claim in election interference case

By: Shannon Bream · Bill Mears — April 22nd 2024 at 03:23
The high court will hold arguments Thursday morning in what could determine Donald Trump's personal and political future

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Anti-Israel Protesters Place Tents in Encampment on Columbia University Lawn

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — April 21st 2024 at 16:11

Anti-Israel protesters reportedly placed tents on the lawn of Columbia University in New York City days after others were removed by law enforcement officials.

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Polish Voters Head Back to Polls in Another Test for Globalist PM Tusk

By: Breitbart London · Breitbart London — April 21st 2024 at 08:05

Polish voters are casting ballots Sunday to chose mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright two weeks ago.

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The Smirnov turnoff, Devine ed.

By: Scott Johnson — February 26th 2024 at 10:17
(Scott Johnson)

Miranda Devine addresses “The Smirnov turnoff” in today’s New York Post column “New election year means another Russiagate as Biden, Dems try to smear impeachment probe.” Devine is of course the invaluable historian of The Laptop From Hell and the Biden family business. Here is the opening of her column:

For the 2016 election, Democrats launched Russiagate 1.0: the Trump-Russia collusion hoax proven groundless by the Mueller investigation.

For the 2020 election, it was Russiagate 2.0. Biden campaign adviser Antony Blinken prompted former CIA Acting Director Mike Morell to concoct the “Dirty 51” letter falsely claiming that Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop was Russian disinformation.

That lie justified censorship of The Post’s accurate stories from the laptop of Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s international influence peddling schemes.

Now that we’re heading into the 2024 election, we have Russiagate 3.0. Democrats pretend the impeachment inquiry has “utterly collapsed” because of the curious indictment last week of trusted FBI informant Alexander Smirnov on false statement charges after he allegedly told his FBI handler that Hunter and Joe each had received a $5 million bribe from the Ukrainians.

In a frantic effort to keep Smirnov in jail pre-trial, prosecutors for notorious Biden protector David Weiss, the Delaware US attorney, used language ripped straight out of the Russiagate textbook: “Smirnov’s efforts to spread misinformation about a candidate of one of the two major parties [Joe] continues.”

Now Smirnov is being used as make-believe vindication of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed the fake laptop letter to help Biden win the 2020 election.

Marc Polymeropoulos, a former CIA operations officer who claims to be a victim of the dubious “Havana syndrome,” pounced on the Smirnov story.

“It validates exactly what we were warning about,” he told NBC News. “The Russians were going to push this narrative of Hunter Biden and corruption, to hurt Joe Biden.”

No. Hunter’s “laptop from hell” was not Russian disinformation. It still isn’t. The FBI has had it in its possession since December 2019 and has authenticated it as real and valid for use in court.

The Dirty 51 are grasping at straws to try to justify their interference in the 2020 election. It wasn’t the Russians. It was Trump-deranged former CIA management who felt any means justified the ends if they could stop Trump winning a second term.

But now, as the laptop is augmented by whistleblower receipts and witness testimony, and as House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer unravels the complex web of corrupt foreign payments to the Biden family, the president’s praetorian guard is desperate. They are drowning in evidence of corruption while burbling, “There is no evidence!” Russia is all they have.

The joke is on Biden’s media handmaidens still pushing Joe Biden’s absurd lies.

No, the laptop is not a “Russian plant,” as he claimed. And, yes, Joe did talk to Hunter about his “overseas business dealings.”

Heck, he did a lot more than talk.

He made himself available for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, coffees, and pleasant chit chat on the speakerphone with Hunter’s foreign benefactors, all to oil the wheels of the family business — which was selling access to him, as he well knew.

“Look after my boy,” he told Kremlin-backed oligarch Elena Baturina and her husband, Yuri Luzhkov, the corrupt former mayor of Moscow, when Hunter activated the speakerphone at a Russian restaurant in Brooklyn called Romanoff on May 4, 2014.

They sure did. Just three months earlier, Baturina had wired $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC, the firm cofounded by Hunter, his “best friend in business” Devon Archer, John Kerry’s stepson Chris Heinz, and Jimmy Bulger, nephew of mobster “Whitey” Bulger.

Devine has much more here.

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Biden’s DOJ Goes Easy on Trans Lunatic Who Vandalized Church

By: Robert Spencer — April 13th 2023 at 06:00
Biden’s DOJ Goes Easy on Trans Lunatic Who Vandalized Church
New in PJ Media: While the FBI has been sending spies into Catholic churches, hunting for “domestic terrorism,” Old Joe Biden’s laughably named “Justice” Department has just offered what Fox News calls a “sweetheart plea deal” to a woman who claims to be a man and who smashed doors, destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulted […]
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