DA Alvin Bragg’s Latest Move Proves He Won’t Give Up His Case Against Trump

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg still refuses to drop his case against President-elect Donald Trump, as an 82-page brief filed on Tuesday, titled the “PEOPLE’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS,” lays out. While Trump’s legal team has argued that his election means Judge Juan Merchan has to toss out the case, Bragg’s office argues that this doesn’t kick in until Trump is inaugurated on January 20. Last month, Merchan indefinitely delayed sentencing.

Not only is there such a section in the brief about how Trump does not have immunity as the president-elect, but there’s also a section claiming, “Defendant’s forthcoming presidential immunity does not require dismissal.”

The brief signals Bragg remains opposed to tossing the case, and lays out several alternatives that Merchan can consider. As The Hill summarized:

Bragg previously signaled he would oppose Trump’s effort to outright toss the case, and the new filing provides prosecutors’ most extensive arguments yet about how Trump’s return to the White House should impact the first criminal prosecution of a former president.

The 82-page brief does not plainly spell out the state’s preference for what should happen, instead walking through several options. Prosecutors left the door open to sentencing Trump before his inauguration but acknowledged Trump’s vows to stop it.

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McConnell Falls Again, Gets Medical Attention

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Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) received medical attention on Capitol Hill after he suffered another fall on Tuesday.

POLITICO reported that McConnell, 82, walked out of a Senate GOP lunch with a cut on his face and medical personnel followed the lawmaker into his office.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), who has been elected to serve as the next Republican leader in the upper chamber, assured reporters afterwards that McConnell was alright.

“He is fine. He’s in his office. And any other questions about Sen. McConnell, I’ll refer to staff,” Thune said at a press conference.

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‘I Support Pete’: Ernst Changes Tune Following Second Hegseth Meeting

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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, indicated she will confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense on Monday. The announcement marks a stark pivot for Ernst, who has been leading a behind-the-scenes effort to tank Hegseth’s nomination.

“I appreciate Pete Hegseth’s responsiveness and respect for the process,” Ernst said in a press release. “Following our encouraging conversations, Pete committed to completing a full audit of the Pentagon and selecting a senior official who will uphold the roles and value of our servicemen and women — based on quality and standards, not quotas — and who will prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks. As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.”

The statement was issued following Ernst’s Monday afternoon meeting with Hegseth on Capitol Hill. The Iowa senator previously met the Army veteran to discuss his nomination to lead the Pentagon last week.

When asked about his most recent talk with Ernst, Hegseth told reporters it “was a very good meeting,” and expressed appreciation for “her commitment to the process.”

“We look forward to working together,” Hegseth said.

(Read more from “‘I Support Pete’: Ernst Changes Tune Following Second Hegseth Meeting” HERE)

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Dem Rep Gets Dragged Online After Wildly Inflating Health Insurance Profit by $1.32T After Unitedhealthcare CEO Murder

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Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna appeared to seize upon the UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination drama and stoke populist outrage — but wound up wildly overstating private health insurance companies’ profit margins by $1.32 trillion.

Khanna (D-Calif.) took to X Monday and initially claimed that the seven “largest private health insurers collected $1.39 trillion in profit” in 2023 before retracting that statement and admitting that figure represented revenue, not profits.

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“It is absurd that Big Insurance is raking in trillions while Americans are pinching pennies to afford treatment. We need Medicare for All now,” the Silicon Valley pol proclaimed.

His post got hit with a Community Note and the Dem rep later acknowledged in a correction that the real profit figure for the top seven health insurance companies was closer to $70.7 billion in profits during 2023.

For context, total US health care spending was roughly $4.8 trillion in 2023, according to a study published in Health Affairs. The US gross domestic product was just under $28 trillion last year. (Read more from “Dem Rep Gets Dragged Online After Wildly Inflating Health Insurance Profit by $1.32T After Unitedhealthcare CEO Murder” HERE)

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Report: 2017 DOJ Spied on Kash Patel, Lawmakers, Congressional Staffers, Reporters

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Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday found that the Justice Department in 2017 secretly surveilled lawmakers, congressional staffers, and reporters.

CNN reported that the Justice Department, in 2017, during Trump’s first term in office, secretly obtained records of Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Patel – who was at the time a Republican staffer for the House Intelligence Committee – as well as 21 Democrat congressional staffers, 20 Republican staffers (including Patel,) two nonpartisan congressional staffers, and eight reporters.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Patel to serve as the FBI Director.

Career prosecutors at the Justice Department sought records, including emails from journalists at CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. (Read more from “Report: 2017 DOJ Spied on Kash Patel, Lawmakers, Congressional Staffers, Reporters” HERE)

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‘Do Not Get Involved!’ Trump Puts Boot Into Russia as Overstretched Armed Forces Fail to Come to Assad’s Aid

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By WND. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad had “fled his country” after losing the backing of Russia. “Assad is gone,” he said on his Truth Social platform. “His protector, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer. Russia had no reason to be there in the first place. They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine. Russia and Iran are now in a weak position, one, because of Ukraine and a bad economy, and two because of Israel and its success in fighting.”

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the more than 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. (Read more from “‘Do Not Get Involved!’ Trump Puts Boot Into Russia as Overstretched Armed Forces Fail to Come to Assad’s Aid” HERE)

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Biden Says Fall of Assad Regime in Syria Is a ‘Historic Opportunity’

By ABC News. President Joe Biden addressed the nation Sunday afternoon after meeting with his national security team, calling the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s “abhorrent” regime a “historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria.”

“At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” Biden said. “This regime brutalized, tortured and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians.”

At the same time, it’s “also a moment of risk and uncertainty,” Biden added, saying that the U.S. would “support Syria’s neighbors, including Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Israel, should any threat arise.”

He also said the U.S. is “mindful” of the security of Americans in Syria, including American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran Austin Tice, who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria in 2012. Biden said it will “remain committed to returning [Tice] to his family.”

“This is a moment of considerable risk and uncertainty,” Biden said. “But I also believe this is the best opportunity in generations for Syrians to forge their own future free of opposition.” (Read more from “Biden Says Fall of Assad Regime in Syria Is a ‘Historic Opportunity’” HERE)

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DEI FBI Agent Convicted of Robbing People Blind During J6 Home Raid

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How much lower can the FBI sink? Just when you think this disgraceful agency has hit rock bottom, they manage to dig even deeper. This time, it’s yet another DEI hire making a total mockery of the badge. Agent Nicholas Anthony Williams has been arrested and convicted for robbing people blind during home invasion raids—and yes, at least one of those raids targeted a January 6th political prisoner.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that the regime weaponized the FBI to go after non-violent Americans, now we find out that during those raids, Agent Williams was lurking around like a common thief, helping himself to their belongings.

Honestly, this is what the DEI agenda does: it takes our once-esteemed agencies and institutions and turns them into a colossal joke. And sadly, it’s still going strong, as this shameful story proves.

Liberty News:

A former FBI agent, Nicholas Anthony Williams, has been convicted of stealing cash, valuables, and other property while executing search warrants, including items taken from the home of a non-violent January 6 defendant. The conviction, tied to a series of thefts spanning years, has further fueled scrutiny of federal law enforcement practices.

Williams, 36, worked in the FBI’s Houston field office since 2019. He was indicted in January 2023 in the Southern District of Texas on charges of theft, fraud, and making false statements. According to court documents, Williams exploited his role as a federal agent to steal money and property during searches, which he then converted for personal use.

The stolen items included cash, silver bars, cell phones, and government-issued property. Williams also made false claims about fraudulent charges on his FBI-issued credit card, alleging they were legitimate case-related expenses. His actions culminated in a September guilty plea, in which he confessed to five thefts committed between 2020 and 2023.

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‘They Came in Illegally’: Trump Clashes With ‘Meet the Press’ Host Over Deportation Promises

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President-elect Donald Trump and “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker clashed over Trump’s promises to deport illegal immigrants during an interview that aired Sunday morning.

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump highlighted a series of crimes involving illegal immigrants, including the murders of Rachel Morin, Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray and the struggles experienced by the city of Springfield, Ohio after an influx of over 20,000 Haitian migrants. Trump said that the failure to enforce laws regarding immigration had been “unfair” to legal immigrants.

“I think you have to do it, and it’s a very tough thing to do. But you have to have, you know you have rules, regulations, laws. They came in illegally,” Trump told Welker. “You know, the people who have been treated very unfairly are the people who have been [in] line for 10 years that come into the country and we’re gonna make it very easy for people to come in terms of, they have to pass the test. They have to be able to tell you what the Statue of Liberty is, they have to tell you a little bit about our country, they have to love our country.”

“They can’t come out of prisons. We don’t want people that are in for murder,” Trump continued. “We had 11,000 and 13,000, different estimates, 13,099, murderers released into our country over the last three years. They’re walking down the streets, they’re walking next to you and your family and they’re very dangerous.” (Read more from “‘They Came in Illegally’: Trump Clashes With ‘Meet the Press’ Host Over Deportation Promises” HERE)

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Supreme Court Stunner: Secret Gender Transitions at Schools Can Continue

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that subjugates parental rights to school politics.

The ruling that had come out of the 7th U.S. District Court of Appeals in a Wisconsin fight claimed that parental rights were not affected when schools secretly encouraged children to be transgender, so the parents had no standing to bring the case.

Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas would have granted the petition, according to the court announcement, as it’s an issue that is coming up more and more.

Alito explained, “This case presents a question of great and growing national importance: whether a public school district violates parents’ ‘fundamental constitutional right to make decisions concerning the rearing of’ their children…when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender or assists in that process.”

Thomas joined in the statement that added, “We are told that more than 1,000 districts have adopted such policies.” (Read more from “Supreme Court Stunner: Secret Gender Transitions at Schools Can Continue” HERE)

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Suspect in Child Molestation Videos Posted to Dark Web Identified by His Tattoos, FBI Says

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A suspect in a child molestation video was identified in part by his tattoos that had been recorded in another molestation case, according to the FBI.

Agents of the FBI Dallas Field Office in San Angelo arrested 48-year-old Christopher Lynn Driskill on Nov. 26 and charged him with production of child pornography.

Driskill was living with his parents in Coleman, Texas, according to the FBI.

The FBI said Driskill was identified by his tattoos after someone he had been dating told Coleman Police that Driskill said while drunk that he had molested a child in Coleman and recorded the molestation. Driskill denied the allegation when interviewed by investigators, and the child did not make an outcry when interviewed, so police closed the case due to lack of evidence.

However, Driskill’s video interview with police led to images of his tattoos being uploaded to a FBI database and were used to link him to a heinous case of child molestation. (Read more from “Suspect in Child Molestation Videos Posted to Dark Web Identified by His Tattoos, FBI Says” HERE)

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