Hunter Biden Prosecutor Told Six Witnesses He Couldn’t Charge Outside Delaware: IRS Whistleblower

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The federal prosecutor tasked with investigating Hunter Biden told at least six witnesses last year that he lacked authority to charge the first son outside Delaware and was denied special counsel status, according to an IRS whistleblower — and now the House Judiciary Committee wants to talk to them.

Delaware US Attorney David Weiss made the shocking disclosure at an Oct. 7, 2022, meeting with top IRS and FBI officials — contradicting sworn testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland, IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley told the House Ways and Means Committee last month.

“He surprised us by telling us on the charges, ‘I’m not the deciding official on whether charges are filed,’” Shapley recounted in his May 26 testimony, which the committee released Thursday.

“He then shocked us with the earth-shattering news that the Biden-appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves would not allow him to charge in his district,” added Shapley, who said Graves’ refusal to prosecute meant that Hunter, now 53, would not face tax charges related to “foreign income from Burisma [Holdings] and a scheme to evade his income taxes through a partnership with a convicted felon” in 2014 and 2015.

“The purposeful exclusion of the 2014 and 2015 years sanitized the most substantive criminal conduct and concealed material facts,” Shapley went on. (Read more from “Hunter Biden Prosecutor Told Six Witnesses He Couldn’t Charge Outside Delaware: IRS Whistleblower” HERE)

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Titanic Sub’s Voice Recordings, Data to Be Probed as Officials Mull Possible Criminality

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Officials investigating the doomed Titanic submersible will examine voice recordings and other data from its mothership to try to determine what happened and whether any criminality occurred, according to reports.

Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada visited the Polar Prince, the OceanGate Titan sub’s lead ship, Saturday “to collect information from the vessel’s voyage data recorder and other vessel systems that contain useful information,” TSB Chairwoman Kathy Fox told CNN.

Fox said the agency wants to “find out what happened and why and to find out what needs to change to reduce the chance or the risk of such occurrences in the future,” according to the report.

She said voice recordings “could be useful in our investigation” but insisted that the investigation’s purpose was not to affix blame.

Meanwhile, authorities are working to determine whether the case warrants a criminal investigation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent Kent Osmond said Saturday. (Read more from “Titanic Sub’s Voice Recordings, Data to Be Probed as Officials Mull Possible Criminality” HERE)

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Donald Trump Honored as ‘Man of Decade,’ Tells Crowd: ‘I’m Being Indicted for You’; Trump Widens Lead in Republican Primary Thanks to Second Indictment

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By Rolling Stone. While accepting the Oakland County GOP’s “Man of the Decade” award, Donald Trump spoke of a different honor: being indicted.

“Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, I consider it a great badge of honor and badge of courage. I consider it both. Essentially, I’m being indicted for you,” Trump told the gathered crowd. The former president has been indicted twice since leaving office in 2021 — once related to an alleged hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and once for alleged mishandling of highly sensitive classified information.

“Two weeks ago, Joe Biden ordered his top political opponent to be arrested,” Trump said, adding, “That’s me! … Arrested on fake and fabricated charges right in the middle of a presidential election in which Biden is losing by a lot.”

“This is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time,” Trump added. (Read more from “Donald Trump Honored as ‘Man of Decade,’ Tells Crowd: ‘I’m Being Indicted for You’” HERE)

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Trump Widens Lead in Republican Primary Thanks to Second Indictment

By Washington Examiner. Former President Donald Trump has grown even more popular among Republican voters for the 2024 nomination in the wake of his federal indictment this month.

Charges of willful retention of classified documents and obstruction of justice related to his possession of top-secret materials at his Mar-a-Lago estate helped Mr. Trump expand his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an NBC News poll released Sunday.

The survey showed that 51% of Republican primary voters chose Mr. Trump as their top candidate, with Mr. DeSantis trailing at just 22%. The results mark a 5 percentage-point increase for Mr. Trump and a 9 percentage-point decrease for Mr. DeSantis compared to a similar NBC News poll in April.

A Real Clear Politics average of recent polls show Mr. Trump is in the lead by more than 30 percentage points, at roughly 52%, compared to Mr. DeSantis’ 21.5%.

Mr. Trump pleaded not guilty in a Miami courthouse this month to the 37 charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving office. (Read more from “Trump Widens Lead in Republican Primary Thanks to Second Indictment” HERE)

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Trump Plans to Move ‘Massive Portions’ of Federal Law Enforcement Into Immigration Enforcement if Elected

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Former President Donald Trump outlined his southern border and immigration policy platforms in great detail Saturday night, including laying out a vision to end “automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens,” resurrecting all “incredibly successful border policies” from his first term, and moving “massive portions” of federal law enforcement into immigration enforcement.

Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to a Majority Conference in Washington, DC, Trump went into his border and immigration plans in great detail. He first blasted automatic citizenship as “so unfair for our country” and vowed to end it on his first day in office, if elected.

“I’ve already announced that I will sign on day one an executive order ending automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens. You have to do it. We’re the only country in the world that does it,” he said. (Read more from “Trump Plans to Move ‘Massive Portions’ of Federal Law Enforcement Into Immigration Enforcement if Elected” HERE)

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Federal Judge Dismisses Transgender Plaintiffs’ Lawsuit Seeking to Change Their Sex on Birth Certificates

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the state of Tennessee to allow transgender plaintiffs to change their birth certificates to match their gender identity, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson wrote that the word “sex,” when it comes to birth certificates, means “external genitalia at birth.” The judge also said that a birth certificate does not become inaccurate if the person’s gender identity later in life is a mismatch.

“The instant case is not grist for a broad-based discussion about transgenderism or the status and rights of transgender persons in Tennessee or the United States,” wrote United States District Judge Eli Richardson in a memorandum opinion.

Judge Richardson noted that the case involved a “discrete legal dispute over the constitutionality of a specific alleged policy of the State of Tennessee (based on a longstanding Tennessee statute) concerning birth certificates in particular.”

“Nothing stops Plaintiffs from announcing their gender to the world, irrespective of their birth certificates’ designation of sex (based on birth appearance).” (Read more from “Federal Judge Dismisses Transgender Plaintiffs’ Lawsuit Seeking to Change Their Sex on Birth Certificates” HERE)

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McCarthy Forecasts Garland Impeachment Inquiry if Whistleblower Allegations True

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday signaled that an impeachment inquiry of Attorney General Merrick Garland would be imminent if whistleblower allegations that U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss wanted to appoint a special counsel in the Department of Justice’s Hunter Biden probe are true.

McCarthy retweeted allegations made by the whistleblower, IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent Gary A. Shapley Jr, noting if his allegations are true, “this will be a significant part of a larger impeachment inquiry into Merrick Garland’s weaponization of DOJ.”

His retweet included a post from Washington Examiner Chief Correspondent Byron York, who noted that Shapley alleged Weiss wanted charges against Biden to be brought in Washington, DC. Moreover, York included Shapley’s legal team’s claim that during an October 7, 2022, meeting at Weiss’s office, six witnesses observed him state that he “did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status.” (Read more from “McCarthy Forecasts Garland Impeachment Inquiry if Whistleblower Allegations True” HERE)

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Majority of Voters Concerned About Joe Biden’s Mental and Physical Health: Poll

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A majority of voters have concerns for President Joe Biden’s mental and physical health, specifically as it concerns capabilities required to be commander-in-chief.

A NBC News poll shows 68% have major or moderate concerns with Biden’s mental and physical health related to his job as president, compared to just 32% who have minor or no real concerns related to his health.

Of those polled, 60% also said they have major or moderate concerns with his ability to finish another four-year term, whereas only 40% had minor or no concerns.

If reelected in 2024, Biden would be 82-years-old on inauguration day in 2025, and 86 when leaving office on Jan. 20, 2029. He is currently the oldest president in U.S. history. The frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary, former President Donald Trump, was the second oldest president in U.S. history, based on the time he entered office.

Voters in the survey also had concerns about Trump’s mental and physical health, with 55% responding to having major or moderate concerns, and only 44% saying they have minor or no concerns about the former president’s physical or mental health. (Read more from “Majority of Voters Concerned About Joe Biden’s Mental and Physical Health: Poll” HERE)

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More GOP Officials Report Receiving Suspicious Packages Following Similar Cases in Kansas, Tennessee

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Republican Montana officials became the latest recipients of suspicious packages reportedly containing a white, powdery substance following similar incidents earlier this month in two other states, the Montana Senate GOP stated Friday.

“At least two Montana legislators have received suspicious packages in the mail containing a white powder. At this time, both are fine and law enforcement is investigating and will be testing the substance,” the Montana Senate GOP tweeted. The white powdery substance was reportedly sent with an “anonymous, threatening” letter following a recent pattern of similar cases involving GOP officials in Tennessee and Kansas, CNN reported.

GOP officials in the Tennessee House received anonymous letters containing an unknown substance June 22. Tennessee House Republicans tweeted that the letters “contained obvious threats by a liberal activist specifically targeting us.” The letters have prompted an FBI investigation. (Read more from “More GOP Officials Report Receiving Suspicious Packages Following Similar Cases in Kansas, Tennessee” HERE)

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Lab Leak Intelligence Exposes Misinformation Police

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It appears that the people who came down with COVID-19 before anyone else were scientists who worked at the Chinese virology lab in Wuhan. This makes it difficult, bordering on ludicrous, to deny the virus originated in that lab. The latest reports, citing U.S. intelligence, point very clearly toward that conclusion.

What’s more, the intelligence suggests the Chinese research in question was funded by the U.S. government.

There are a hundred lessons to learn from this story, including how much we should mistrust China’s government and whether we should fund its research laboratories.

The Biden administration probably does not welcome this news, as America’s relationship with China is already compromised by the administration’s incompetence. An overly friendly visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken made no sense when paired with President Joe Biden’s remarks at a fundraiser labeling Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator and mocking him over the spy balloon.

Though the key lesson is not about China but about humility. It’s a lesson not merely for Biden but for a broad swath of America’s elite class: Stop trying to shut down opinions you dislike by labeling them “disinformation” and instead engage with them honestly. Today’s “misinformation” might become tomorrow’s verified truth. (Read more from “Lab Leak Intelligence Exposes Misinformation Police” HERE)

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‘Exhausted’ Pastors Suffering Decline in Overall Healthy, Respect, Friendship: Study

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The overall health of pastors in the U.S. has declined markedly since 2015, with increasing numbers who say that they face declining respect from their community and a lack of true friends, according to a recent study.

Data collected by faith-based organization Barna Group as part of its Resilient Pastor research showed a significant decrease in pastors’ spiritual, mental and emotional well-being, as well as their overall quality of life, between 2015 and 2022, the group announced last week.

The study conducted 901 online interviews with Protestant senior pastors in 2015 and compared the results with those they compiled based on 585 interviews with pastors from Sept. 6 to Sept. 16, 2022. The interviews asked pastors to rate aspects of their lives on a scale of excellent, good, average, below average, poor or don’t know.

Pastors who reported that their mental and emotional health was below average spiked from 3% in 2015 to 10% in 2022, and those who said they were in excellent mental and emotional health cratered from 39% in 2015 to 11% last year.

Pastors also noted that recent years have taken a toll on their physical health, with 22% describing their physical well-being as poor or below average in 2022, compared to only 7% in 2015. While 24% said their physical health was excellent eight years ago, only 9% said the same last year. (Read more from “‘Exhausted’ Pastors Suffering Decline in Overall Healthy, Respect, Friendship: Study” HERE)

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