FBI Director Kash Patel has fired agents involved in tracking phone calls of eight Republican senators and a congressman as part of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump.
Communication records belonging to GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Ron Johnson (WI), Josh Hawley (MO), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Bill Hagerty (TN), Dan Sullivan (AK), Tommy Tuberville (AL), and Rep. Mike Kelly (PA) were handed over to Smith’s “Arctic Frost” team after they subpoenaed major phone companies in 2023, Breitbart News reported.
That fact was unknown to the public until this week, with Patel saying he discovered the files hidden in a “lockbox” that was placed in a “vault” in a “cyber place where no one can see or search these files.”
🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel exposes that the Deep State HID evidence that Jack Smith spied on 8 GOP senators after the 2020 election in a vault
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“You put it in there when you want to hide it from the world, and that takes the authorization of the attorney general and the director of the FBI,” Patel said in a Tuesday interview on Fox News. “So not only did they weaponize this law enforcement, but when we got in there, and when I got in as the FBI director, from my experience as Russiagate, I knew where to look and what rooms to open and what doors to kick down, and that’s what we did.” (Read more from “Kash Patel Fires FBI Agents Involved in Tracking GOP Senators’ Phone Calls” HERE)
A Democrat North Carolina state representative was arrested and charged on Wednesday in the statutory rape of a teen.
Rep. Cecil Brockman who represents Guilford County is charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of statutory rape of a person 13 to 15 years of age, Fox 8 reported Thursday.
The outlet said:
Warrants allege that in August of this year, Brockman “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did commit and attempt to commit lewd and lascivious act” with a 15-year-old victim.
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He was issued no bond upon arrest, and the magistrates order alleges that he has made attempts to locate the victim at a hospital and leverage his status as a representative to make contact the victim.
North Carolina lawmaker Cecil Brockman, a Democrat, has been charged with statutory rape of a 15-year-old.
He is accused of trying to use his stature as a legislator to contact the victim "at a hospital"
A combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a political firefight Tuesday when Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly refused to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein — including whether President Donald Trump’s name or image appears in still-sealed Department of Justice files.
Bondi, who has come under mounting criticism for her handling of the Epstein investigation, deflected questions from Senate Democrats by attacking their credibility, raising her voice, and steering the discussion toward Democratic donors rather than addressing the substance of the inquiry.
“I’m Not Going to Discuss Anything About That”
When pressed by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) about who instructed her department to notify President Trump that his name appeared in connection with Epstein-related materials, Bondi stonewalled.
“I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you,” Bondi said bluntly.
“Eventually you’re going to have to answer for your conduct in this; you won’t do it today, but eventually you will,” Durbin responded.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) later raised the stakes, asking Bondi whether photos of Trump with “half-naked young women” were among the Epstein files held by the Justice Department. Instead of answering, Bondi pivoted to a political counterattack.
“You sit here and make salacious remarks, once again, trying to slander President Trump, left and right, when you’re the one who was taking money from one of Epstein’s closest confidants,” she said, referencing Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn founder and Democratic mega-donor who once had ties to Epstein’s fundraising efforts.
Bondi also accused Democrats of hypocrisy, asking why they didn’t release more Epstein-related documents when they held the majority.
Bondi Under Pressure Over Epstein Files
Bondi’s refusal to cooperate comes amid growing criticism over the Trump administration’s failure to release all Epstein investigation files. The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas to obtain the full records, claiming that only a fraction of the material has been made public — and what has been released so far contains little new information.
Much of the public pressure has focused on Epstein’s long association with high-profile figures, including Trump, who had known Epstein for years before their reported falling out in the early 2000s.
Trump Reportedly Weighing Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
The Epstein saga re-entered national headlines this week after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate who was convicted in 2021 for her role in recruiting and grooming underage girls for sex trafficking.
Following the court’s decision, sources close to Trump’s inner circle reportedly told political advisers that the former president is considering a pardon for Maxwell if he is re-elected in 2024. The move would almost certainly provoke fierce public backlash and raise new questions about Trump’s relationship with both Epstein and Maxwell.
Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence, has maintained her innocence and argued that she should have been shielded from prosecution under Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement. That deal, brokered in Florida, granted Epstein and any potential “co-conspirators” immunity from future federal charges. Prosecutors in New York, however, dismissed that agreement as irrelevant to their jurisdiction.
The hearing underscored how Epstein’s legacy continues to haunt Washington. The late financier, who died in federal custody in 2019 under suspicious circumstances, left behind a trail of unanswered questions — and an explosive cache of documents that many believe could implicate powerful figures across the political spectrum.
Bondi’s refusal to answer direct questions only adds to suspicions, especially as Trump tries to distance himself from the scandal while reportedly entertaining the idea of freeing Epstein’s most notorious accomplice.
With more Epstein files potentially on the way and growing pressure from Congress, Bondi and the Trump-aligned Justice Department may not be able to avoid accountability for much longer.
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Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s opposition, denounced the “extremist and failed government” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blaming it for the country’s current precarious position.
In an essay published in Foreign Affairs on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas, Lapid let loose some of his most scathing criticisms of Netanyahu’s government yet, buoyed by the possible end of the war in Gaza. Lapid blames the current government for trashing Israel’s diplomatic position in the world, harming its relationship with the United States, failing to combat rising antisemitism, harming Israel’s democratic foundations, failing to respond to Hamas’s surprise attack properly, and more.
“Israel is not a failed state. It is a great state with a failed government. Its foundations remain strong. Israel is undeniably in crisis, but the source of the crisis is not structural. It is political,” Lapid wrote.
He contrasted the current situation Israel has found itself in with three years ago, when the country was normalizing relations with the Arab world, boasted world-class research and business fields, and “blended a profound philosophical and historical depth with the best of modernity.” . . .
“The crisis is the result of an extremist and failed government, led by a prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is implicated in criminal cases and has lost the support of the Israeli public. His years in power have corrupted him and those around him. This government is openly contemptuous of the principle of a democratic State of Israel committed to Western liberal values. In its place, it seeks to install a theocratic and illiberal regime, one that is exempt from media scrutiny and free of the nuisance of concepts such as the rule of law and the constant threat of free and fair elections,” Lapid ruled. (Read more from “Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid Denounces ‘Extremist and Failed Government,’ Calls for ‘New Direction’” HERE)
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An illegal migrant gangbanger allegedly offered thousands of dollars to kill one of the top enforcers of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Federal law enforcement agents arrested Juan Espinoza Martinez, a criminal illegal migrant and member of the ruthless Latin Kings gang, on Monday, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Martinez is accused of offering at least $10,000 to take down Commander at Large of the Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.
“Depraved individuals like Juan Espinoza Martinez – who do not value human life and threaten law enforcement– do NOT belong in this country,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a public statement. “We will not allow criminal gangs to put hits on U.S. government officials and our law enforcement officers.”
“Thanks to ICE and our federal law enforcement partners, this thug is off our streets and behind bars,” McLaughlin continued.
A confidential source provided information to law enforcement on Friday that a “hit” had been placed on Bovino, according to DHS. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) received a screenshot of a Snapchat conversation from a user named “Juan” who appeared to place a $2,000 reward for information on catching Bovino and a $10,000 bounty “if you take him down.” (Read more from “Illegal Gangbanger Placed Bounty On Top Border Official, Feds Say” HERE)
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The young adult suicide rate increased in most U.S. states from 2014 to 2024, a new analysis finds. . .
Driving the news: The suicide rate for U.S. adults aged 18-27 increased nearly 20% between 2014 and 2024, rising from 13.8 per 100,000 people to 16.4, per a new analysis of CDC data from Stateline, a nonprofit newsroom.
That came as Gen Zers entered that age range and millennials left it, and was driven largely by Black and Hispanic men, especially in the South and Midwest.
By the numbers: The young adult suicide rate increased the most in Georgia (+65%), North Carolina (+41%), Texas (+41%), Alabama (+39%) and Ohio (+37%).
The rate decreased in a few states, including North Dakota (-39%), Vermont (-37%) and Delaware (-34%). (Read more from “Young Adult Suicide Rates Are Rising Almost Nationwide” HERE)
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will classify Antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization.”
Trump convened a White House roundtable on Antifa on Wednesday to pledge an aggressive crackdown against the group. The event followed his order and Federal Register entry listing Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization — no State Department action has yet placed “Antifa” on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list.
“Would you like to see it done? You think it would help?” Trump asked of the FTO designation. “I’d be glad to do it. I think it’s the kind of thing I’d like to do. Does everybody agree? If you agree, I agree. Let’s get it done, OK? Let’s get it done. Marco, we’ll take care of it … Sounds good to me.”
“The epidemic of left-wing violence and Antifa-inspired terror has been escalating for nearly a decade,” the president said earlier in the roundtable. “We’re going to be far more threatening to them than they ever were with us — and that includes the people that fund them.”
"The epidemic of left-wing violence and Antifa-inspired terror has been escalating for nearly a decade," says @POTUS.
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(Read more from “Trump To Designate Antifa As Foreign Terrorist Group” HERE)
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Democratic Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott accused Trump administration officials of violating federal law Wednesday by setting automatic email replies that blamed the government shutdown on Democrats.
Scott, the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, urged Republicans to hold a hearing on whether the messages breach the Hatch Act, which bars political activity by federal employees. He said the out-of-office emails are “in apparent violation of the Hatch Act and other statutes” and called for “hearings on these acts as soon as possible” in a letter obtained by ABC News.
Scott’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request for clarification on how the emails might constitute a Hatch Act violation.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had encouraged employees at the Departments of Labor, Justice and Education to set automatic replies blaming “Democrat senators” for the shutdown, the outlet reported. Several furloughed Education Department staffers told the outlet their out-of-office messages were automatically configured to include the partisan language.
When ABC News pressed for comment, an agency spokesperson responded, “Where’s the lie?”
“The email reminds those who reach out to Department of Education employees that we cannot respond because Senate Democrats are refusing to vote for a clean CR and fund the government,” the spokesperson told the outlet. (Read more from “Democratic Rep Freaks Out After Trump Admin Auto-Emails Reportedly Blame Shutdown On Democrats” HERE)
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The chilling discovery of two roosters and a white dove — all decapitated and drained of blood — has authorities in upstate New York investigating a possible link to dark ritualistic sacrifices.
The gruesome find near Lake Carmel in Putnam County on Friday is just the latest in a series of recent troubling discoveries in the upstate community — with locals wondering if there’s a cult in their midst.
“The area where this bag was found was only a short distance from where other bags of mutilated animals have been found in recent months, possibly the result of ritualistic killings,” the Putnam County SPCA said in a Facebook post this week.
Photo credit: Putnam County SPCA
The bodies of the two roosters were found stuffed in a plastic bag, not far from where the white dove was found along a wooded area on Holland Drive near the lake in the town of Kent, officials said.
So far this year, 10 similar discoveries have been made in the area, including an incident in April when two butchered birds were stuffed in a garbage bag and dumped nearby, News12 reported.
The station said that the birds, which were found shortly after 4:30 p.m. Friday, had been drained of blood. (Read more from “Mutilated Birds Found Drained of Blood in NY as Conspiracies of Dark Rituals and Cult-Like Killings Loom” HERE)
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A North Carolina man was arrested nearly six months after he allegedly unhooked an IV from his arm and squirted HIV-positive blood at two hospital staffers while receiving treatment for his diabetes, according to reports.
Kameron Gilchrist, 25, was cuffed on Sept. 11 and slapped with two charges for assaulting emergency personnel during a bizarre incident at The University of North Carolina’s REX hospital on March 21, according to an arrest warrant.
Gilchrist reportedly tore his IV from his arm and “[sprayed] HIV blood into the eyes of [the] victim” as the pair of medical staff were “discharging [their] official duties,” the warrant, obtained by People, stated.
It’s unclear if the HIV-positive blood belonged to Gilchrist or if the two staffers contracted HIV after the exposure.
Raleigh police clarified that it only took so long to book Gilchrist because he was receiving medical and psychiatric treatment at the time of the incident, WRAL News reported. (Read more from “Man Accused of Removing IV and ‘Spraying HIV Blood’ Into Hospital Employees’ Eyes” HERE)
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