Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is requesting a travel ban to be placed on as many as 32 nations that send criminal immigrants to the U.S., Fox News reported. The announcement came on Monday following a meeting with President Donald Trump after two National Guard members were shot last week.
"I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies," Noem wrote in a post to X on Monday.
"Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE," Noem concluded.
I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign…
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) December 1, 2025
The inciting incident involved a shooting that occurred on the day before Thanksgiving in Washington, D.C. Law enforcement officials believe that two West Virginia National Guard troops, who were placed there as part of Trump's crackdown on crime in the nation's capital, were allegedly shot by Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal, The Hill reported.
U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her wounds on Nov. 28, while U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is in serious condition. Following the shooting, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) put an indefinite halt to immigration applications from Afghans.
This followed a June memo that restricted migration from 19 nations, including Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen. "During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States, which successfully prevented national security threats from reaching our borders and which the Supreme Court upheld," Trump said in the memo issued June 4.
The president recalled that in a memo on the first day of his second term, he "stated that it is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes," Trump continued. He said the government would now be "vigilant" that visas would not be issued to aliens who "intend to harm Americans or our national interests" going forward.
He and Noem had compiled a list of nations that were sending immigrants who did not align with American values. "Many of these countries have also taken advantage of the United States in their exploitation of our visa system and their historic failure to accept back their removable nationals," Trump wrote. The total list of countries now banned hovers around 32, CNN reported.
Any time Trump has spoken of measures to prevent such crimes, he has received pushback from the left about it. Democrats. Rather than being outraged that people coming into the U.S. are committing crimes against people, they are worried that keeping them out of the country is the real problem.
According to the UK Guardian, this was the same reaction the first time Trump announced his plan that detractors called "reckless" and "racist" in June. Meanwhile, Trump has said that the decision was made with "foreign policy, national security, and counter-terrorism goals" in mind.
"Trump’s reckless first term travel ban all over again," California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff said at the time. "Just like before, Trump’s expanded ban on travelers from around the world will not improve our national security and will only further isolate the US from the rest of the world," Schiff claimed.
"Bigotry is not a national security strategy," he added. This has never been about bigotry and instead has been about keeping out people from adversarial nations and places where it's difficult to find information on newcomers.
America has enough crime and criminals without importing more from other nations. The left has never come up with another solution except to push for more of the same, and it's time that Republicans take the lead to prevent this from happening.
Hold onto your hats, folks—controversy is brewing over a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean that’s got everyone from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office in a tizzy.
On September 2, a strike authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, ordered by Adm. Frank Bradley, targeted a suspected drug trafficking boat, but a second strike killing two survivors has sparked fierce debate over legality and morality, The Hill reported.
Let’s rewind to the start of this saga. Reports indicate Hegseth greenlit the operation as part of a broader campaign against so-called “narcoterrorists” in the Caribbean and Pacific, a push that’s already claimed at least 80 lives. This administration’s hardline stance on drug trafficking isn’t new, but the specifics of this incident are raising eyebrows.
Here’s the rub: after the initial strike left the boat in flames, Adm. Bradley ordered a follow-up attack that took out two survivors clinging to the wreckage. According to sources like the Post, this was in line with a verbal directive from Hegseth to ensure no one was left standing. If true, that’s a chilling escalation, even for those of us who back a tough-on-crime approach.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t shy away from defending the operation. “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have made it clear that presidentially designated narcoterrorist groups are subject to lethal targeting in accordance with the laws of war,” she stated, adding that Hegseth authorized Bradley to carry out the strikes. While that sounds ironclad, it doesn’t quite address whether targeting survivors was part of the plan.
Leavitt doubled down, insisting the action was justified. “Adm. Bradley worked well within his authority and the law to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated,” she declared. But with bipartisan voices in Congress whispering “war crime,” one wonders if the law is as clear-cut as the administration claims.
The controversy isn’t just about the strikes—it’s about who knew what and when. While Leavitt confirmed Hegseth’s authorization, reports from The New York Times, citing unnamed officials, suggest his orders didn’t specify a follow-up if the first strike failed. That ambiguity leaves room for doubt, and Congress isn’t buying the neat and tidy narrative.
Both the House and Senate are gearing up for investigations, determined to untangle this mess. Democrats and even some Republicans are questioning whether the second strike crossed a moral and legal line. For an administration priding itself on law and order, this bipartisan backlash stings.
President Trump, for his part, offered a surprising take on Sunday, saying he wouldn’t have approved the second strike and didn’t believe Hegseth knew about it. Yet, he stood by his Defense Secretary, signaling loyalty even amid the storm. That’s classic Trump—backing his team while subtly distancing himself from the fallout.
Hegseth isn’t backing down, defending both the strikes and Adm. Bradley’s decisions. He’s set to join a Cabinet meeting with Trump, likely to hash out the next steps as scrutiny mounts. With reports of a “kill everybody” order swirling, courtesy of the Post, the pressure is on for transparency.
The broader campaign against narcoterrorists, as the administration labels them, has long been a lightning rod. Critics from both sides of the aisle have decried the body count and aggressive tactics, arguing it’s overreach dressed up as national security. Yet, for many conservatives, it’s a necessary stand against cartels poisoning our communities.
Leavitt’s rhetoric frames this as a righteous fight, emphasizing that these groups are designated foreign terrorist organizations. The administration argues the president has every right to target threats tied to illegal narcotics devastating American lives. It’s a compelling case—until you factor in survivors being picked off a burning boat.
Let’s not pretend this is just about one strike—it’s about a policy that’s dividing even the right. While some cheer the crackdown on drug trafficking, others worry we’re sliding into a moral gray zone where ends justify any means. Balance, not blind zeal, should guide us here.
As investigations loom, the White House must navigate a tightrope. Hegseth’s authorization is under the microscope, and Congress won’t rest until every detail is aired. For an administration that thrives on projecting strength, this could be a defining test.
So, where does this leave us? The Caribbean strike is a stark reminder that fighting crime, even on the high seas, isn’t black and white. While this conservative heart supports smashing narco-networks, let’s hope the truth—and justice—don’t get lost in the waves.
Hold onto your hats, folks—New York City’s sanctuary policies are under fire for reportedly shielding thousands of criminal unauthorized migrants from federal deportation.
According to Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, the Big Apple is currently harboring 7,169 known criminal unauthorized migrants, a situation she argues endangers public safety due to the city’s refusal to cooperate with immigration enforcement, Breitbart reported.
McLaughlin dropped this bombshell during a recent interview with Fox News, pointing a finger at sanctuary city rules that prevent local officials from turning over these individuals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Among this staggering number, McLaughlin highlighted that “hundreds of murderers, hundreds of sexual predators, drug traffickers, the worst of the worst” are housed in NYC jails.
Instead of facing deportation, these individuals are often released back onto the streets, free to potentially commit further crimes in sanctuary havens like New York or Chicago.
It’s a revolving door that McLaughlin warns could have dire consequences for law-abiding citizens.
McLaughlin didn’t hold back in criticizing certain politicians, specifically naming New York Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman for obstructing federal efforts to remove dangerous individuals.
She argued that if local leaders honored ICE detainers, there’d be no need for an increased federal presence on city streets.
“Dan Goldman and these other sanctuary city politicians,” McLaughlin noted, “they should agree to hand over those individuals, honor those detainers, and then we won’t have to flood the zone with our ICE law enforcement.”
Her point is sharp—if cooperation existed, we wouldn’t see federal officers dodging bricks and bottles, a subtle jab at the reported 1,150% spike in violence against ICE agents, as per recent DHS data.
McLaughlin painted a grim picture of what happens post-release, stating, “We’re seeing that these criminal illegal aliens are exiting the jails and going back onto New York or Chicago or these other sanctuary streets to re-perpetuate their crimes.”
That’s not just a statistic—it’s a warning bell for communities already grappling with crime rates.
On the flip side, Congressman Goldman has pushed back, claiming recent anti-ICE unrest in NYC stemmed from what he called “reckless behavior” by federal officers.
While sanctuary advocates argue these policies protect vulnerable populations, critics like McLaughlin counter that shielding known criminals undermines the very safety those policies claim to uphold.
The question remains—how many more chances should be given before public safety takes precedence over ideological stances? If cooperation with ICE could prevent even one tragedy, isn’t that worth a serious conversation, free from the usual political theater?
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A driver was rescued from likely death after a commercial cargo truck veered off a snow-covered highway in West Virginia, leaving the semi-truck cab dangling for five hours off a bridge nearly 100-feet above the ground.
According to a report at Fox Weather, at roughly 6:25 a.m. Tuesday, first responders from Hurricane Fire Department were dispatched to U.S. Route 35 in Mason County.
According to local first responders, technicians from several responding departments implemented three rope systems using two heavy "wrecker" trucks, Fox reported, operating one as an anchor to the bridge and the other to secure the dangling truck to prevent it from plummeting to the ground below.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
In the wake of dozens of Somalians in Minnesota being convicted and sentenced for fraud, to the tune of $1 billion of taxpayer funds, and President Trump saying that immigrants from the African nation "contribute nothing" to the nation, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara is advising people to call 911 if they see masked individuals in their neighborhood – a reference to some ICE agents who've worn masks to protect themselves from doxxing and other risks.
"Provide as much information as possible. … We will immediately respond," O'Hara said at a city press conference.
The chief says he has reminded his officers "of their duty to intervene" in such incidents, during which someone's "civl rights" may be at risk.
During a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, Trump said, "I don't want [Somalians] in our country – I'll be honest with you," saying that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somalian immigrant, is "garbage."
In response to news that federal immigration officials are planning an enforcement crackdown in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared he will not work with ICE, as he began to speak in a very halting Somali mid-speech.
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At the same news conference, Somalian Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman called Trump "racist, xenophobic and islamophobic" and then, again, began speaking in a foreign language, saying, "Now, I would like to switch into Somali to speak to my community."
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
From the outside, 9170 Irvine Center Drive is just another quiet office building in Irvine, California. But public records show it is the hub of a system that recruits workers overseas, then funnels them into U.S. jobs through visa dependency. For countless American families watching their wages fall and opportunities vanish, this isn't some distant policy fight; it's the hidden hiring machine determining whether an American worker gets a fair chance or never even enters the room.
This building is not unique. All across the country, the same pattern is unfolding. An entire industry, one most Americans have never heard of, is quietly rewriting the rules of the labor market. These aren't tech companies in the traditional sense. They don't sell innovation or software. They sell people. They profit by importing temporary, visa-dependent workers through loopholes in the U.S. immigration system.
Behind glossy websites and ordinary-looking job ads lies a vast, coordinated network stretching across the United States, Canada and India. What looks like routine consulting is, in reality, a sophisticated labor-broker operation engineered to move workers, money and paperwork across borders while pushing qualified American professionals aside in favor of cheaper, more controllable foreign replacements.
The network uncovered in Irvine is not an isolated case, it is simply one example of a much larger system operating in plain sight. As vast and shocking as this structure may appear, it represents only a single case in an industry that has quietly grown into countless similar operations nationwide. Some are even larger, more sophisticated and more deeply entrenched in federal contracting, Fortune 500 supply chains and the broader tech economy than most Americans would ever imagine.
What makes these networks so difficult for the public to recognize is that they don't look like cartels. They look like consulting firms, staffing agencies, training centers and "talent solutions" companies. But behind the professional branding is the same core model: Recruit abroad, secure visas, control the worker through sponsorship and sell their labor to American companies at a discount.
The victims? American professionals who often never even learn why they were passed over and rarely see the system responsible for shutting them out.
Buckle up, folks—War Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire for allegedly ordering a no-survivors strike on a drug smuggling boat, and the controversy is hotter than a summer day in the Caribbean.
On September 2, the U.S. military conducted a strike against a speed boat suspected of carrying 11 members of a narco-terrorist group, sparking a fierce debate over a reported second attack on survivors that has Democrats crying foul and Hegseth defending the operation as a necessary blow against drug trafficking.
The initial strike targeted the vessel in the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Southern Spear, a campaign to dismantle drug smuggling networks.
After the first hit, reports claim two individuals were spotted clinging to the wreckage, barely holding on.
According to a story by The Washington Post, a Joint Special Operations Command commander then ordered a second airstrike, allegedly following a verbal directive from Hegseth to eliminate everyone on board.
Four missiles in total were reportedly fired—two to ensure no crew survived and two more to sink the boat entirely, with the Pentagon justifying the follow-up strikes as a means to remove navigational hazards.
The Pentagon insists the strikes were designed to be “lethal, kinetic,” with a clear mission to halt drug trafficking and neutralize narco-terrorists tied to designated terrorist organizations.
Hegseth has come out swinging, dismissing the accusations as baseless and accusing the media of trying to tarnish the reputation of brave service members. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth stated.
He doubled down, arguing the operation was fully compliant with U.S. and international law, vetted by top military and civilian legal experts up and down the chain of command.
On the other side of the aisle, Democratic lawmakers are not buying the explanations, demanding investigations and even floating the possibility of war crimes charges.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., scoffed at the Pentagon’s rationale, calling the idea of a small boat posing a marine hazard “patently absurd” and labeling the act of targeting survivors as outright illegal.
Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., echoed the call for transparency, insisting that Congress and the public deserve to see unedited footage and hear the radio orders from that day.
Adding fuel to the fire, an anonymous source who witnessed a live feed of the second strike warned that the public would be “horrified” if the footage ever surfaced—hardly a comforting thought.
Interestingly, after the September 2 incident, Pentagon protocols were updated to prioritize rescuing survivors, a shift that suggests even internal brass may have had second thoughts about the operation’s optics or ethics.
While President Trump shared video of the initial missile strike, the footage conveniently omitted the follow-up attacks, leaving many to wonder what the full story might reveal—and whether Hegseth’s staunch defense will hold under scrutiny or crumble like a house of cards.
Washington, D.C., was rocked by a shocking act of violence as two National Guardsmen were shot by a suspect with ties to the CIA's past operations in Afghanistan.
The incident involves Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, who allegedly opened fire on the Guardsmen in the nation's capital, prompting a swift suspension of all immigration processing for Afghan nationals, including those who once worked with the U.S. government, pending a security review, as Breitbart reports.
Lakanwal's story begins in Kandahar, a volatile region in southern Afghanistan often called the Taliban's stronghold, where fierce battles raged between NATO forces and insurgents after the 2001 U.S. invasion.
According to former CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Lakanwal served as part of a partner force in Kandahar, collaborating with U.S. intelligence until the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
That partnership ended shortly after the evacuation, yet the Biden administration saw fit to bring Lakanwal to American soil in September 2021, citing his prior work with the government.
One has to wonder if the vetting process was more about political optics than national safety, given the tragic outcome we're now witnessing in D.C.
A close relative revealed to NBC News that Lakanwal spent a decade in the Afghan army, often working alongside U.S. Special Forces, which paints a complex picture of a man once considered an ally.
After arriving in the U.S., he settled in Washington state, over 2,600 miles from the scene of the shooting, raising questions about what led him to the capital.
Details remain scarce as Lakanwal is currently hospitalized with injuries described as non-life-threatening, leaving authorities and the public grasping for answers.
Jeffery Carroll, executive assistant chief at the Metropolitan Police Department, noted, "Many details about the suspect are still unknown as he’s still in the hospital receiving treatment."
President Donald Trump weighed in, expressing deep concern over the vetting process, stating, "He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021 for those infamous flights that everybody was talking about."
Trump's point hits hard -- how could a system meant to protect Americans allow someone with such a murky background to slip through, only to allegedly turn on our own troops?
In the wake of this incident, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has indefinitely halted processing immigration requests for Afghan nationals, a move that signals a much-needed reevaluation of security protocols.
While some may cry foul over this pause, it’s a pragmatic step when trust in the system has been shattered by an event as grave as this shooting.
Let’s hope this review isn’t just bureaucratic theater but a genuine effort to ensure that those who come to our shores are truly aligned with our values and safety, not potential threats waiting to strike.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
President Donald Trump on Friday launched a bomb at the legacy of Joe Biden, declaring that all of the documents signed by the autopen in the White House, unless they specifically were authorized by Biden, now are "terminated."
Trump long has challenged the validity of many of the announcements that came out of the White House during Biden's last few months, at a time when evidence of a decline in Biden's cognitive abilities was publicly available.
Trump even posted a photograph of the autopen in place of Biden's image in a hall of presidential portraits.
In fact, evidence now has come available that Biden staffers routinely used the autopen, and it appears sometimes Biden was not fully participatory in those decisions.
They involve pardons, executive orders and much more.
Trump wrote, "Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect. The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States.
"The Radical Left Lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him. I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally." Trump said.
He even warned, "Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Trump's determination already is backed by a congressional report that concluded Biden's aides arranged for the autopen signings of executive actions, directed policy and orchestrated his public appearances, literally exercising presidential authorities without his knowledge or consent, as his cognitive decline advanced.
The 90-page report, "The Biden Autopen President: Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House," charged that Biden's close associates actually ran the government during his final months in office.
U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chief of the House Oversight Committee, concluded the findings have raised "constitutional and criminal concerns" about actions "Biden" took while in office.
A report at Fox News said the committee has demanded a complete investigation into the autopen signatures that Biden's associates arranged.
"Faced with the cognitive decline of President Joe Biden, White House aides — at the direction of the inner circle — hid the truth about the former president's condition and fitness for office," charged the report. And there was a "haphazard documentation process" for pardons made by Biden.
The committee said those procedures "left room for doubt over whether the former president made those decisions himself," the report said. In fact, the report simply said those actions now are "void."
"In the absence of sufficient contemporaneous documentation indicating that cognitively deteriorating President Biden himself made a given executive decision, such decisions do not carry the force of law and should be considered void," committee members concluded.
"The Department of Justice should immediately conduct a review of all executive actions taken by President Biden between January 20, 2021, and January 19, 2025. Given the patterns and findings detailed herein, this review should focus particularly on all acts of clemency. However, it should also include all other types of executive actions."
Further, the report raised concerns about Hunter Biden's influence, since former Biden chief of staff Jeff Zients has told investigators he was in the room for many discussions, including the preemptive pardons issued to Biden's family.
Comer's report said, "Zients testified that President Biden included his son, Hunter Biden, in the decision-making process for and meetings about pardons. This apparently included the meeting to discuss the pardons of five Biden family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and the members of Congress who served on the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol, and their staff."
A Biden regime spokesperson told Fox News Digital the investigation was "baseless," even though 14 witnesses testified to Oversight, mostly top Biden aides.
Even during that testimony, Comer suggested, the aides were hiding things.
"Throughout the Committee's investigation, senior Biden White House aides presented a perspective of President Biden's cognitive health completely disconnected from that of the American public," the report said. "Not one of the Committee's 14 witnesses was willing to admit that they ever had a concern about President Biden being in cognitive decline. In fact, numerous witnesses could not recall having a single conversation about President Biden's cognitive health with anyone inside or outside of the White House."
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Comer's report found, "Biden's aides misled the American people and hijacked the powers of the presidency. … Executive actions performed by Biden White House staff and signed by autopen are null and void."
For example, the committee found 32 of 51 clemency warrants were signed by autopen, "without any contemporaneous documentation linking Biden to those discussions," leaving no evidence the president agreed to the actions.
The Examiner explained, "A Jan. 19 episode detailed in the report describes a 'game of telephone' in which chief of staff Jeff Zients authorized the autopen for a final batch of pardons, including for his son Hunter Biden and four other family members, as well as Anthony Fauci, and Gen. Mark Milley, based only on secondhand accounts of a meeting he never attended. An aide emailed approval from Zients's account, initialed 'JZ,' without confirming with Biden directly, according to the report."
The report also criticized ex-White House physician Kevin O'Connor, Biden's longtime doctor, "noting that he had 'business dealings with and financial connections to President Biden's family.' Investigators said those ties, combined with political incentives to keep Biden viable for reelection, created 'a motive to conceal the president's decline while running the government in his stead,'" the Examiner explained.
Comer's report also revealed former aides confirmed an entire system of pre-scripted press cards, controlled questions, teleprompter use, schematics outlining the number of steps he would take and the time he would use during any public appearance.
Democrats on the Oversight Committee cited Biden's own statements rejecting evidence he was unaware of decisions, and said the Republican report is conjecture.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
An organization that advocates for judicial integrity is charging that a Georgia prosecutor who orchestrated part of the Democrats' lawfare agenda against President Donald Trump "belongs in jail."
The comments concerned Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who hired her paramour with tax funding to organize a long list of organized crime charges against Trump and more than a dozen other people.
That case recently was thrown out by a judge who ruled it actually isn't against the law to challenge an election result.
Now Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project, released a comment about Willis.
"Fulton County DA Fani Willis must face accountability for her clear corruption and unlawful weaponization of her office against President Trump and his supporters," he said. "She severely harmed a lot of good people with her bogus prosecutions for the non-crime of objecting to a presidential election, which is allowed by the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and the First Amendment.
"That's why Democrats didn't face charges for objecting to Republican presidential wins in 1968, 2000, 2004, and 2016. Fani Willis took our country to the brink. She belongs in prison." Davis said.
His organization works to defend constitutionalist judges and responds to leftist agendas for the courts, like the often-suggested court-packing in which a political party would simply install enough judges of their own ilk to control the outcomes of cases.
Davis previous was chief counsel for nominations to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
The demise of Willis's activism against Trump came just days ago, when a judge tossed the claims.
The filing from Willis, in 2023, wildly claimed Trump and 18 others were part of an organized crime ring, charging them with counts under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Then the scandals started appearing, and her paramour, whom she hired with tax money to create the charges, was ordered off the case. Then she was ordered off the case. And her office was ordered off the case.
And now the case is being dismissed entirely.
A judge quickly granted the request from Pete Skandalakis, the chief of the Georgia Prosecuting Attorney's Council, who appointed himself to take over the prosecution when he couldn't find another prosecutor willing to work on Willis' claims, to dismiss.
Skandalakis explained the depth of the Willis' failure, which was, along with Jack Smith's now-dead federal claims, just part of the Democrats' organized lawfare against Trump that now has been revealed to have ascended to the highest levels of the Barack Obama administration and included secret federal government spying on the private telephone calls of multiple members of Congress. It all was triggered by an organized attempt by the failed Hillary Clinton campaign to falsely tie Trump to Russia.
"The criminal conduct alleged in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's prosecution was conceived in Washington, D.C., not the State of Georgia. The federal government is the appropriate venue for this prosecution, not the State of Georgia. Indeed, if Special Counsel Jack Smith, with all the resources of the federal government at his disposal, after reviewing the evidence in this case and considering the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States, along with the years of litigation such a case would inevitably entail, concluded that prosecution would be fruitless, then I too find that, despite the available evidence, pursuing the prosecution of all those involved in State of Georgia v. Donald Trump, et al. on essentially federal grounds would be equally unproductive."
He filed a 22-page "Motion to Nolle Prosequi," a Latin term that simply means the prosecutor is unwilling to continue the case.
"Comes now, the state, by and through Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney Pro Tempore, and after a thorough examination of the case file, consideration of applicable statutory and case law, and prior to submission to a jury, the State hereby moves for entry of a Nolle Prosequi for the following reason: to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality (see exhibit A).For all remaining defendants, this disposition meets the criteria for the Georgia Crime Information Center to Restrict access to the criminal history for this arrest pursuant to O.C.G.A. 35-3-37(h)(2)(A).THIS the 26th day of November…"
That resulted in him being removed, then Willis removed, and her office disqualified.
It was Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee who gave prosecuting attorneys 14 days to assign a new prosecutor to the charges, and just hours before the deadline, Skandalakis appointed himself.
WND has reported 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.
A report at the Washington Examiner said the "sweeping racketeering" case had been suspended by uncertainty for weeks now.
The case claimed Trump and others tried to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election.
Trump posted to Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, saying, "LAW and JUSTICE have prevailed in the Great State of Georgia, as the corrupt Fani Willis Witch Hunt against me, and other Great American Patriots, has been DISMISSED in its entirety. This Illegal, Unconstitutional, and unAmerican Hoax was perpetrated against our Nation by Fani and her Low I.Q. Lover, Nathan Wade, at the direction of Crooked Joe Biden and his 'Handlers.' …
"The Deranged Democrats did all they could to viciously attack me, my supporters, and our MAGA Movement, for telling the TRUTH — THE 2020 ELECTION WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN, and they committed Crime after Crime as they weaponized our Law Enforcement and Justice System against HONEST AND LOVING Americans but, we have fought back and won both in the Courts and Politically with our Historic, Country saving, Landslide Victory of November 5, 2024."