Hold onto your hats, folks -- President Trump has just placed Paul Ingrassia, a figure recently mired in controversy, into a significant legal position at the General Services Administration (GSA), as The Hill reports.
Just weeks after withdrawing from a contentious nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel due to unearthed derogatory texts, Ingrassia has been tapped as deputy general counsel at the GSA. This agency manages federal property and government contracts.
Let’s rewind to understand the timeline. Months ago, Trump nominated Ingrassia to head the Office of Special Counsel, a role overseeing federal employee protections.
Then the storm broke when Politico revealed text messages attributed to Ingrassia that raised serious concerns. In one exchange, he reportedly suggested Martin Luther King Jr. Day deserved harsh criticism.
In another message, when challenged by Republican peers, he admitted to having a questionable “streak” in his thinking. These revelations didn’t just ruffle feathers -- they sparked a bipartisan backlash.
Senate Republicans on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee refused to support his nomination. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) bluntly stated Ingrassia was “not going to pass.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also weighed in, calling the texts “foul and disqualifying.” He questioned how such a candidate could pass any vetting process.
Facing this wall of opposition, Ingrassia eventually pulled his name from consideration for the Office of Special Counsel. He admitted on Truth Social he did “not have enough Republican votes at this time.”
One might have thought that was the end, but President Trump had other ideas. Less than a month later, on a Wednesday, Trump offered Ingrassia a new role as deputy general counsel at the GSA, confirmed by Ingrassia in an email obtained by Politico.
The GSA seems optimistic about this selection. A spokesperson told news outlets they look “forward to having Paul Ingrassia’s legal talents help advance the GSA mission and the President’s priorities.”
The White House is also standing firm. A senior official stated on Thursday, “Paul Ingrassia is a very helpful addition to GSA and will successfully execute President Trump’s America First policies.”
Now, let’s be fair: everyone deserves a chance at redemption. Perhaps Ingrassia can turn the page in this new role, though the optics of this quick pivot are hard to ignore.
Critics will likely argue this move shows disregard for the bipartisan concerns raised earlier. If both sides of the aisle found his past remarks troubling, shouldn’t that influence future appointments?
Supporters of Trump’s agenda might counter that this reflects a refusal to bow to the progressive push for cancellation over every misstep. There’s an argument that past errors shouldn’t forever bar someone from public service if they’ve acknowledged them.
Still, the GSA isn’t a minor player; it’s central to federal operations like property and procurement. Entrusting a legal role to someone with Ingrassia’s history raises valid questions about judgment—both his and the administration’s.
In a heartbreaking turn of events, a 32-year-old Chinese migrant met a grim fate while in ICE custody, raising urgent questions about the treatment of those detained by the federal government.
The story of Chaofeng Ge, found dead in a Pennsylvania detention center, has ignited a firestorm of concern over facility conditions and government transparency, as his family battles for answers through a lawsuit against ICE and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security, as the Daily Mail reports.
Ge, who had entered the U.S. without authorization, was first intercepted by Border Patrol agents near Tecate, California, back in November 2023, charged with inadmissibility for lacking proper entry documentation.
By January 2024, Ge faced another arrest in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, accused of unauthorized access to someone else’s device, a charge to which he later pleaded guilty.
On July 31, 2024, he received a sentence of six to twelve months, with credit for time served, but his story took a darker turn just days later.
Tragically, on Aug. 5, 2024, Ge was discovered hanging in a shower stall at Moshannon Valley Processing Center at 5:20 a.m., with staff unable to revive him despite efforts ending 40 minutes later.
Official complaints paint a chilling picture: Ge was found with his hands and legs tied behind his back, a detail that fuels suspicion about how such a death could occur under supervision.
His family calls the circumstances mysterious, pointing to alleged isolation due to language barriers -- Ge spoke Mandarin, but staff reportedly made no effort to communicate or provide mental health support.
While some might scream “systemic failure” in a rush to push a progressive narrative, one must ask why basic decency couldn’t bridge a language gap in a taxpayer-funded facility.
Yanfeng Ge, Chaofeng’s brother, has taken legal action, suing ICE and DHS for stonewalling requests for records about the death, despite a Freedom of Information request filed on Sept. 9, 2024.
Yanfeng’s frustration is raw as he stated, “There is still so much left unknown about the circumstances of his death.”
That’s a fair grievance -- when a life ends in custody, shouldn’t the government prioritize clarity over bureaucratic dodging?
ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin noted that “all in-custody deaths are tragic, taken seriously, and are thoroughly investigated by law enforcement,” but where’s the tangible follow-through for the Ge family?
No outreach from GEO Group, the private operator of the detention center, and no records released yet -- hard not to see this as a sidestep of accountability rather than a commitment to transparency.
While oversight is crucial, especially in facilities holding unauthorized migrants, this case begs the question: if the system can’t protect or even explain a death in custody, what’s the point of all the tough-on-borders rhetoric?
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Only one day after an archived comment from the late Jeffrey Epstein about Hillary Clinton doing the "naughties with Vince," apparently former White House counsel Vince Foster, appeared, President Donald Trump confirmed he's asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to review Bill Clinton's "involvement" with the convicted sex offender.
Democrats since Trump re-entered the White House have been demanding the release of everything Epstein, suggesting that they include damning information about Trump.
Of course, the Biden administration had access to those items for years, and never was able to dig out anything that it could use against Trump. While Trump was acquainted with Epstein, he cut off the relationship years before the sex offender's lifestyle was known. In fact, one Epstein case insider testified under oath that she was not aware of misbehaviors by Trump.
The Democrats' attacks on Trump have been systemwide:
Those messages from to and from Epstein now are being released by both Democrats and Republicans and at least one rebounded on the Democrats.
Now Trump is ordering a review of the relationship between Epstein and Bill Clinton, who is known to have repeatedly flown on Epstein's "Lolita Express" and visited Epstein's private island.
"The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do. Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish," Trump wrote. "Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat's problem, not the Republican's problem. Ask Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Summers about Epstein, they know all about him, don't waste your time with Trump. I have a Country to run!"
He continued, "I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase and many other people and institutions to determine what was going on with them, and him."
He charged it is another "Russia, Russia, Russia scam," referencing the Democrat scheme during his first campaign for the presidency that alleged his campaign colluded with Russia, a fabricated claim that has been totally debunked.
A report at the Daily Mail said Trump warned, "This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats. Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life [sic] with Epstein, and on his 'Island.' Stay tuned!!!"
The Daily Mail confirmed, "Clinton has been linked to Epstein for decades. He was listed in the billionaire's contact book of powerful pals, hosted him at the White House and flew multiple times on his plane nicknamed the 'Lolita Express.' The former president has previously denied knowing anything about the financier's crimes."
One of the references from Epstein claimed one of his victims spent "hours" alone with Trump.
However, shortly before she died in April, Virginia Giuffre confirmed Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and "couldn't have been friendlier" to her in their limited interactions.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt called the email dump by Democrats a politically motivated "smear."
"The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump," Leavitt said.
The report said, "Giuffre, who committed suicide earlier this year, was recruited by Maxwell while employed as a spa attendant at the Mar-a-Lago Club in 2000. She was 16 years old. Trump expelled Epstein from his club around October 2007 'for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre," Leavitt confirmed.
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Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who formerly was a CIA operative, was elected the incoming governor of Virginia, largely by running a campaign of attack against President Donald Trump who is not overwhelmingly popular among the many Deep State federal employees in the state.
But her tenure in office hasn't even started and already she's embroiled in a controversy that could involve felony-level crimes.
It is the Liberty Justice Center, a nonpartisan, public-interest litigation firm, that is demanding a criminal investigation into Portsmouth Public Schools for its actions in allegedly using taxpayer dollars to host a political rally for Spanberger in August.
The investigation needs to review the rally at I.C. Norcom High School, which was free to the Democrat candidate, the center said.
Controversial attorney general candidate, now AG-elect, Jay Jones, who once speculated on the horrific deaths of a political opponent and his children, also was in attendance.
"This is just a gross misuse of public money and resources," charged Brendan Philbin, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center. "The time of teachers and the maintenance staff and everyone should be, at this point, getting ready to start the new school year. But instead, they're using all this time and resources to host this gratuitous political event."
A report at Fox News noted Philbin added, "If an official causes public assets, resources or labor to be used for a cause other than what they are intended for, and the value of that is over $1,000, then it's a felony in Virginia."
At issue in the school's alleged violation of Virginia law 18.2-112.1(B) concerning the "misuse" of public resources.
"Any full-time officer, agent, or employee of the Commonwealth, or of any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision who, without lawful authorization, uses or permits the use of public assets for private or personal purposes unrelated to the duties and office of the accused or any other legitimate government interest when the value of such use exceeds $1,000 in any 12-month period, is guilty of a Class 4 felony," the law states.
The report said the allegations from Liberty Justice Center explain the value of the services knowingly handed over to the political campaign was over $1,000. Involved would be cost of renting multiple rooms, teachers that were paid during the event, and support staff.
Spanberger's own violations, the report said, involving failing to report an "in-kind" contribution by the school to her political campaign.
"For each contributor who has contributed an aggregate of more than $100, including cash and in-kind contributions, as of the ending date of the report, the campaign committee shall itemize each contributor on the report and list the following information," according to state law.
An official with the schools claimed officials were unaware the event was a campaign event. The official claimed it was an "educational" event.
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Illegal alien truck drivers, including those who sometimes cannot read or speak English or recognize road signs, must have roadway rights, according to a panel of judges who ruled on the Trump administration's effort to crack down on dangerous – and deadly – big rig operators.
A report published at Fox News said the ruling means the Department of Transportation's limits on aliens getting commercial vehicle licenses cannot be enforced at this point.
The restrictions were created quickly after an illegal alien truck driver in Florida was accused of causing a tractor-trailer crash that killed three people.
Multiple other similar situations have developed since then, also costing lives.
Several of the truck drivers have tried to make U-turns through interstate medians, a maneuver that already is illegal, and have cause huge crash pileups.
The Florida case, near Fort Pierce, involved Harjinder Singh, of India.
He was in the United States illegally, and now has pleaded not guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide for his accident.
The ruling claimed the federal government didn't follow procedures to create the rule.
Singh had gotten his license from California, and failed his exams multiple times.
A later audit of the state records prompted the revocation of some 17,000 such licenses.
According to the report, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, representing some 150,000 truckers, thanked the Trump administration for working to "restore commonsense safety standards."
It said in a statement, "OOIDA applauds the Administration for seeing through the myth of a truck driver shortage and continuing efforts to restore commonsense safety standards on our nation's highways. Pausing visas for commercial truck drivers will help ensure only qualified individuals get licensed. Additionally, there is unlikely to be any negative effect on the supply chain, as the trucking industry continues to face overcapacity."
Already, federal officials have withheld $40 million from California because of its refusal to enforce English language requirements for truck drivers.
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Colorado's years-long campaign to discriminate against and suppress Christians has added another chapter.
And it's in court again, in the state's deliberate discrimination against Christian preschools.
In this case, now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Catholic Archdiocese in Denver, a group of Catholic preschools, and a Catholic family are asking for a ruling that stops the state from excluding them from a state program generally available to all others, except them.
It is the state's "universal" preschool program that was set up by Democrats in the legislature and Democrat homosexual Gov. Jared Polis to exclude schools of faith from benefits that otherwise are generally available.
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently upheld the state's exclusion, punishing faith-based schools and the families they serve for operating according to their religious beliefs," according to Becket, which is representing the Catholics in the case.
"The court even praised Colorado's discriminatory regime as a 'model' and an 'example' for other states to follow. With Becket's help, Catholic parents and preschools are asking the Supreme Court to ensure that Colorado makes good on its promise of universal preschool."
Colorado's long history of anti-Christian activism dates back more than a decade already. Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop has been in the courts for that long for refusing to submit his Christian faith to the progressive LGBT agenda in which state officials believe.
That's despite the state losing at the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight.
Same thing happened with the state's demand a web designer give up her Christian faith in order to operate her business. It lost again at the Supreme Court, and taxpayers there were billed millions for state officials to waste in their legal fight.
Right now the Supreme Court is considering whether the allow the state to censor pro-Christian comments by counselors, who are urged to deliver pro-LGBT ideologies to young clients. And the state recently attempted to impose its transgender beliefs on a Christian children's camp.
"Colorado is picking winners and losers based on the content of their religious beliefs," said Nick Reaves, senior counsel at Becket. "That sort of religious discrimination flies in the face of our nation's traditions and decades of Supreme Court rulings. We're asking the Court to step in and make sure 'universal' preschool really is universal."
Becket explained, "Families who send their kids to Catholic preschools in the Archdiocese of Denver expect them to receive a high-quality education and to be part of a faith-centered Catholic community. That's exactly what these preschools offer, supporting parents with the religious and educational upbringing of their children by providing excellent intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation."
However, when the state launched its universal preschool program, offering families 15 hours of free preschool per week at the private or public schools of their choice, the Democrats built in discrimination based on religious belief.
The Catholic schools were targeted because they ask families who enroll children to be supportive of their Catholic faith.
"Our preschools exist to help parents who want an education rooted in the Catholic faith for their children," said archdiocese spokesman Scott Elmer.
"All we ask is for the ability to offer families who choose a Catholic education the same access to free preschool services that's available at thousands of other preschools across Colorado."
Plaintiffs Dan and Lisa Sheley now are forced to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket each year for benefits provided to other families by the state at no cost.
Becket warned, "The state's discriminatory rules have had their predictable effect: Since UPK began, enrollment at Catholic preschools has swiftly declined, while two Catholic preschools have shuttered their doors, including one that predominantly served low-income and minority families."
Becket even pointed out the ill intent from the state: "Colorado admits that it looks the other way when nonreligious schools have admissions policies that violate state law."
Further the 10th Circuit decision "defies the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Carson, Espinoza, and Trinity Lutheran, which held that states cannot exclude religious schools from public benefits because of their religious exercise."
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When a Georgia state prosecutor, Fani Willis, was ordered off of the organized crime case she had assembled against President Donald Trump and others, a judge set a deadline of Friday morning to appoint a replacement or the case would be dismissed entirely.
No prosecutor wanted it. Many refused it.
So Peter Skandalakis, chief of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, appointed himself to meet that deadline.
He still could now review the evidence and recommend a dismissal anyway.
The case has involved scandal after scandal after scandal for Georgia. Willis hired her paramour to help develop the case, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax money on him. The two apparently took exotic vacations together, and Willis claimed she paid him back her share … in cash.
Eventually the courts ordered the paramour, Nathan Wade, off the case, and an appeals ruling later said Willis herself, and her office, were contaminated by the apparent conflicts of interest and had to be gone.
A report at the Washington Examiner said the "sweeping racketeering" case has been suspended by uncertainty for weeks now.
The report said Skandalakis confirmed no one else would accept the assignment of working on Willis' failure.
Steve Sadow, representing Trump, repeated his suggestion that the case be dropped entirely.
"This politically charged prosecution has to come to an end," he said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump."
The case claims Trump and others tried to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election.
"The filing of this appointment reflects my inability to secure another conflict prosecutor to assume responsibility for this case," Skandalakis said in a Fulton County Superior Court filing.
Four defendants pleaded guilty: bail bondsman Scott Hall, who admitted to misdemeanor conspiracy charges; former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts; Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements; and attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of conspiring to file false documents, the Examiner reported.
Other defendants include Giuliani, Meadows, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Ray Smith, Austin Cheeley, Scott "Matt" Shafer, Shawn Still, Caroline Wooten Kutti, Harrison Floyd, Kurt Hilbert, Mike Roman, David Lee, and Robert Cheeley, all of whom have pleaded not guilty.
"Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment. Out of respect for their privacy and professional discretion, I will not identify those prosecutors or disclose their reasons for declining."
He said the move will let him decide the "best course of action" for the future of the case.
Willis named Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a long list of political aides, lawyers, and Republican electors as co-defendants.
A Reagan-appointed judge just walked away from a lifetime gig in protest of President Donald Trump’s approach to the justice system.
U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a senior federal judge in Massachusetts, resigned last week after nearly four decades on the bench, citing Trump’s alleged misuse of the legal system as a partisan tool.
Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985, Wolf, now 78, has spent over 50 years serving in the Department of Justice and as a federal judge, building a reputation for fairness and dedication.
His decision to step down wasn’t a quiet retirement—it’s a loud statement against what he sees as Trump’s dangerous meddling in judicial matters.
Wolf didn’t mince words, accusing the president of targeting political opponents while shielding allies and donors from scrutiny, a charge that strikes at the heart of impartial justice.
“President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment,” Wolf wrote in The Atlantic, blasting what he calls an “assault on the rule of law.”
Well, that’s quite the accusation, but let’s unpack it—while conservatives may cheer Trump’s tough-on-crime stance, bending the Department of Justice to settle personal scores isn’t exactly the “law and order” we signed up for.
Wolf also took issue with Trump’s social media calls to prosecute figures like former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, arguing such actions ignore the principle of evidence-based indictments.
He pointed out that even failed prosecutions can ruin lives, a sobering reminder that justice shouldn’t be a political weapon, no matter who’s wielding it.
Beyond specific cases, Wolf criticized executive orders he deems unlawful, Trump’s threats to impeach judges who rule against him, and alleged corruption within the president’s inner circle.
He warned that attacks on the judiciary have real consequences, including threats against judges, a trend that should alarm anyone who values an independent court system.
While some might see Trump’s judicial critiques as holding activist judges accountable, Wolf’s concern about escalating hostility toward the bench isn’t baseless—courts aren’t supposed to be battlegrounds.
By resigning, Wolf said he’s freeing himself from the constraints on judges’ public speech, aiming to advocate for the rule of law and support litigation against perceived threats to democracy.
“I resigned in order to speak out, support litigation, and work with other individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the rule of law and American democracy,” Wolf declared, signaling he’s not done fighting.
Sure, it’s noble to stand up for principle, but one has to wonder if this move risks turning a judicial career into a partisan crusade—still, credit to Wolf for putting his money where his mouth is, even if conservatives might question his timing and target.
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A judge has ruled against Rep. LaMonica McIver's claim of immunity from charges over her interference with operations at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
The ruling also rejected the New Jersey Democrat's claim of selective enforcement, which she said was a result of President Donald Trump's antipathy to her.
She was indicted by a grand jury and pleaded not guilty to counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with a federal officer.
The incident triggering the case was at an ICE facility in Newark, N.J., where she and other leftists arrived and demanded to be given access to the facility, because as a member of Congress she was exercising "oversight."
The charges explain she hit a federal agent with her arm, grabbed him, and struck another agent in a scuffle.
She earlier avoided censure in the House.
But the new ruling keeps alive the case against her.
U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper denied McIver's motion to dismiss the case. She had claimed vindictive prosecution and immunity under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause for Congress.
"The alleged criminal conduct did not occur during Defendant's inspection of Delany Hall, instead it occurred during an inexplicable delay of Defendant's oversight inspection. Although Defendant bears no fault in the delay, her alleged intervention into the Mayor's questionable arrest had no cognizable connection to any legislative function protected by the Speech or Debate Clause," the judge ruled.
"Defendant's active participation in the alleged conduct removes her acts from the safe harbor of mere oversight. Lawfully or unlawfully, Defendant actively engaged in conduct unrelated to her oversight responsibilities and congressional duties," he wrote.
A leftist legal team claimed that the prosecution now is "a brazen act of political retaliation and a worrying misuse of federal power and resources."
This after the Joe Biden administration weaponized the CIA, the FBI, and the DOJ against President Trump and brought a long list of different cases against him, going so far as to secretly spy on the telephone records of sitting U.S. senators.
According to the Hill, federal law allows Congress to conduct oversight visits of ICE facilities, but prosecutors said McIver, after arriving, sought to block the arrest of Democrat Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is not a lawmaker and was ordered to leave. McIver tried to restrain and 'slammed her forearm' into one officer as she and others circled the mayor, the indictment charges.
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It may be true. Or not.
But a stunner has been found in the release of convicted sex offender Jeff Epstein's emails.
One says it is his opinion that Hillary Clinton was "doing naughties with Vince," presumably the suicided Vince Foster.
Democrats since President Donald Trump re-entered the White House have been demanding the release of everything Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting that they include damning information about Trump.
Of course, the Biden administration had access to those items for years, and never was able to dig out anything that it could use against Trump. While Trump was acquainted with Epstein, he cut off the relationship years before the sex offender's lifestyle was known. In fact, one Epstein case insider testified under oath that she was not aware of misbehaviors by Trump.
But now, some of those messages are becoming available, and it appears to have rebounded on the Democrats.
As, according to a report at the Gateway Pundit, one 2016 message from Epstein to disgraced author Michael Wolff "appears to allege that Hillary Clinton has a sexual affair with former White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster."
Wolff had asked Epstein for a summary on "Nussbaum/foster."
The May 25, 2016, message includes, "nussbaum white house counsel . . hillary doing naughties with vince."
The Nussbaum apparently is White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum.
Foster, a longtime Clinton ally, was founded dead July 20, 1993, in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia.
Investigations concluded it was suicide, but, the report said, "Circumstances, such as the lack of fingerprints on the gun, inconsistencies in witness statements, and the missing bullet, have fueled decades of conspiracy theories suggesting foul play by the Clintons."
The evidence on site, the report said, suggested the body may have been moved there from elsewhere.
And, the report said, no fingerprints were found on the gun, a strange circumstance for a suicide.
One social media personality wondered, "Is this evidence that the emails are real?"