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A violent octogenarian is suspected by police in Washington state of a "hate" crime after punching two supporters of President Donald Trump who were waving his political banners on a street corner during the presidential election.
The Daily Mail documented that the woman, 82, was not identified by name.
But she "was arrested on Tuesday in suburban Seattle after she allegedly approached MAGA voters Gina Powell and Mary Jennings to ask them why they would support Trump, given the color of their skin," the report said.
The suspect told police, "I approached her, and I said I want to know why you're voting for Trump. That's the only thing. And. And I said because you're brown-skinned."
The report said a judge has found probable cause for a hate crime as well as fourth-degree assault, and charges were expected.
Powell and Jennings said they were on a corner in Edmonds with other Trump supporters when the woman challenged them.
Powell explained, "I was just shocked at just the presence of mind, and she made it very clear it was my skin color. … And that's when she shoved me, pushed me back, and I said don't touch me. And then not even a second, she just popped me right in my chin."
Powell explained the attacker seemed especially upset at her shirt: "Pro-God, pro-guns, pro-life, pro-Trump."
When Jennings stepped in to separate the women, she was punched too, the report said.
"I said you have no right to touch anyone, and she goes all I did was all it was barely like this, and she punched me. … But she connected, and you know, it slammed my jaw shut."
A video shows a white-haired white woman being handcuffed and placed in a police car.
The report explained, "Powell and Jennings are part of a surge of Latino voters who got behind Trump in the 2024 election race. Trump enjoyed a 14 percent surge in Hispanic support compared to his 2020 election run."
Tragedy struck the musical community and a rising star was cut down, just days ago, ending a life, a budding career, and the hopes of her fans.
According to The New York Post, Thalia Castillo was shot and killed while on her tour bus. Her body was then tossed into a ditch.
Six armed assailants attacked the van of Alezka Thalia Manrique, better known as Thalia Castillo, immediately after she and her band, Hermanos Guerreros, had finished performing early Sunday morning.
As a message to the rest of the band, the assailants removed Manrique off the bus and dumped her body in a nearby ditch after the attack.
The band's instruments and the money they had made from the concert were looted from the bus after the attack.
Despite the band members' best efforts, Manrique passed away while being rushed to the hospital.
Jair Enrique, Manrique's brother, later explained on RPP radio that the police have already identified the perpetrators and are currently awaiting an arrest warrant in order to bring them to justice. Authorities are still trying to figure out what motivated the attack.
Just two months after joining Hermanos Guerreros, Manrique was already a brilliant student who was on track to earn his bachelor's degree in business administration later this month. He was also a gifted singer.
A heartfelt post commenting saw, Vallejo sharing: “Thalia was a person full of joy, always with a smile. Her talent and dedication to music made her special.”
In another tribute, Hermanos Guerreros issued a statement: “Your face, your smile, and your voice will always remain in our memory.”
Fans who remembered the singer noted their impressions of the singer, as well as how her music made them feel, and what they hoped to take away from her enduring career in the music industry.
The comments about the later singer have flooded Facebook posts by the band, and one of the later singer's fans said: "My deepest condolences to the family of the beautiful singer Talia."
A second person said: "My heartfelt condolences to the Castillo family and the Hnos Guerrero group."
A third person added: "My deepest condolences to the Manrique Castillo family for the irreparable loss of Thalia and the Guerreros."
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Already, President Donald Trump has been targeted in two cases of attempted assassination.
In the first, the sniper nicked Trump's ear and then was shot dead by authorities. In the second, a suspect was arrested after fleeing from a hideout at a golf course on which Trump was playing.
The violence likely is at least partly the result of Democrats advocating for violence against him.
Now that same threat apparently has carried over to Trump supporters.
A report at the Gateway Pundit revealed the FBI had arrested a man from Ann Arbor, Michigan, for allegedly posting plans to carry out a shooting on Trump's Christian supporters.
The suspect was identified as Isaac Sissel, 25, who controlled social media sites where threats were posted.
"After his arrest, the man said Trump was a threat that 'should be eliminated' and that 'everything would be better if Trump were dead,'" the report said.
Officials in the U.S. attorney's office revealed the FBI National Threat Operations Center got a submission stating, "I shall carry out an attack against conservative Christian, (sic) filth in the event Trump wins the election. I have a stolen AR15 and a target I refuse to name so I can continue to get away with my plans. Without a specific victim or ability to find the place I hid the gun, there's not a thing the FBI can do until I complete the attack."
Authorities tracked down the suspect through phone records and an IP address in the case.
MLive reported that Sissel was contacted at a hotel in Canton, and said Trump was a threat and leftist groups were not violent enough.
"Sissel said that he wouldn't kill Trump, but if he knew someone was going to assassinate Trump that it was his (Sissel's) duty to not intervene," the complaint said. "Sissel said that he hated conservative Christians, who he enjoyed threatening."
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Israel/Middle East Morning Brief
5th suspect, an IDF officer, is arrested in probe into intel leak from PM Netanyahu's office
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Iran executes Jewish man convicted of killing would-be attacker in self-defense
Authorities in Iran on Monday executed a Jewish man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, who had been sentenced to death for murder, Iranian media reported. Ghahremani's family had said during his trial that "key errors in the case were intentionally ignored" and that his actions to save the victim were not taken into account.
Iran prepares to strike Israel with missiles with increased payload
Iran is planning a "strong and complex" attack on Israel that will involve more powerful warheads and other weapons not used in its previous two assaults on the Jewish state this year.
Israeli Air Force base commander given beefed up security over Iranian assassination threat
Brig.-Gen. Yotam Sigler along with his family, has been placed under security protection after a spy-cell made up of Jewish immigrants from Azerbaijan, whom the Iranian security services recruited to carry out missions inside Israel, and which was busted last month.
American Airlines to suspend flights to Israel until at least September 2025
Dallas-based American Airlines has not operated flights to and from Tel Aviv since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel, the longest suspension of service of the three U.S. legacy carriers.
U.K. Conservative Party elects staunchly pro-Israel leader
The Conservative Party in the United Kingdom elected the first black leader of any major political party in the country – 44-year-old Kemi Badenoch – whose parents immigrated from Nigeria. A staunch ally of Israel, she leads it at a time when it is trying to recover from one of the worst electoral performances in its history.
Two IRGC members killed – including high-ranking officer – in light plane crash in restive SE Iran
Brigadier General Hamid Mazandrani of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Ground Forces was killed Monday morning alongside the pilot in an aircraft crash during a training mission.
Mossad chief warns hostage families, 'time to face reality' over hostage deal
The head of Israel's Mossad, David Barnea, who is also the chief negotiator attempting to secure a release of the hostages held in Gaza captivity, said the chances for even a 'small deal are low,' due to Hamas' intransigence over ending the war.
Bipartisan pro-Israel senators urge probe of ICC prosecutor
A bipartisan group of pro-Israel senators is urging the president of the governing body that oversees the International Criminal Court to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the ICC, and the timing of his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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President Donald Trump has been in the bull's-eye of at least two assassination threats in just the past few months: One sniper hit him in the ear and then was shot dead by police while the other was arrested after being chased away from concealment at a golf course Trump was playing.
Now there's a veiled threat to Trump's life from Russia: specifically Vladimir Putin's No. 2 at the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
A Boston Chronicle report notes that person is Dmitry Medvedev, Russian's former president, who "indirectly" offered a threat to Trump when speaking about America's presidential election this year.
The results of that vote, he said, will not change anything for Russia.
He said that's because he believes both parties in America are "seeking Russia's defeat in the war with Ukraine," the report explained.
He dismissed Kamala Harris as "stupid and manipulated" and Trump as "predictable."
Further, he said the war won't end quickly, as Trump has promised.
"He won't stop the war. Not in a day, not in three days, not in three months. And if he really tries, he could become the new JFK," Medvedev threatened.
The Sun said the comment was "chilling," and RT Today had this observation, "The deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia has alluded that should the Republican be elected U.S. president and try to stop the Ukraine conflict, he could be assassinated."
Trump several times has expressed his confidence that he would be able to bring a halt to the violence that erupted when Russia invaded Ukraine and took some of its territory in short order.
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has also expressed skepticism regarding the Republican nominee's ability to stop the conflict overnight, noting that no 'magic wand' exists with which he could do so," the report said.
And it confirmed Medvedev, on a Telegram posting, wrote "that Moscow does not have high expectations regarding the outcome of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. He argued that 'for Russia, the election won't change anything, as both candidates' stances completely reflect the bipartisan consensus that our country has to be defeated,'" the report said.
Medvedev did warn that if Harris is elected, the nation's leadership decisions would be made by "other officials and members of former President Barack Obama's family."
Medvedev also warned, the report said, the West is wrong to think "Putin wouldn't turn to nuclear weapons if NATO sought to inflict a defeat on Russia in the Ukraine war."
He said escalating more is "the road to hell. It's really a road to World War Three."
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There's a new threat developing to those individuals who are terminally ill, and live in jurisdictions where assisted suicide is legal: Coercion from family members who are looking for an insurance payout after the death.
A report in the Telegraph explains, "It is understood that the insurance industry will similarly treat an assisted death to a death from any other illness, meaning that policies would typically be expected to pay out."
So, pro-life activists and doctors have begun warning that "families might coerce elderly relatives to opt for an assisted death to secure swift life insurance payments."
The Christian Institute explained that Bill Noble, former chief of the Association for Palliative Medicine, expressed concern that "if end-of-life protections were removed, the behavior of unscrupulous relatives could see some patients 'die before their time.'"
Gordon Macdonald, of Care Not Killing, noted the risk of coercion for monetary gain through insurance payouts typified the 'inherent dangers of legalizing assisted suicide."
An official for Zurich Insurance explained, "In practice, we would expect the large proportion of those considering assisted dying would be likely to have arrived at the terminal illness benefit stage and have claimed under that benefit."
And officials with Royal London explained, "If the individual who has passed away following an assisted death would likely have died naturally during the term of their plan, Royal London would likely pay such claims."
Macdonald pointed out that means, "there will be nothing to stop those with greedy motives from seeking a financial windfall by putting pressure on those who are vulnerable to opt for assisted suicide or euthanasia."
According to the Telegraph, there is a particular concern if someone experiences certain circumstances just as a policy is nearing expiration.
The Telegraph pointed out, "Polling by Action on Elder Abuse has previously found that almost 10% of those aged 65 and over in the UK report experiencing some form of elder abuse."
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Critical infrastructure in the U.S. is being threatened by the Communist Chinese government and many Americans are both oblivious and underprepared.
Check Points Software Technologies recently reported "a 75 percent increase in global cyber-attacks during the third quarter [of 2024], with a 15 percent rise from the previous quarter." And in the U.S., Industrial Cyber points out alarmingly that "cyberattacks have risen by 56 percent year-over-year, with a weekly average of 1,300 attacks per organization, 10 percent higher than the previous quarter." The area with the most attacks was the education and research sector.
While this is important, a surge in cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure has garnered the attention of many, including Craig Huey, an AI expert, political commentor and author of "The Great Deception," which highlights various AI dangers. Huey spoke to WorldNetDaily about the threat to critical infrastructure, including the reported 30 percent increase in cyber attacks the last year. The primary target, Huey affirms, is the United States of America. According to Huey, the nation's electric grid, oil pipelines and its water, transportation and banking systems, as well as its telecommunications network, are all at extreme risk.
Although countless "bad players" are involved, communist China tops the list, says Huey. FBI Director Christopher Wray agrees, expressing in April that the Chinese government is a "broad and unrelenting" threat to the U.S.
One of Huey's primary concerns is China's artificial intelligence advancement for military purposes. Without a need for human intervention, the People's Liberation Army now uses AI for target recognition and guidance systems of weapons, as well as in its cyber-attack and cyber-defense software.
There are also concerns about the invasion of individual Americans' privacy, Huey told WND, pointing out that "they're accessing our texts, emails and voicemails, [as well as] our online and social media accounts." Oftentimes, he added, "they're also trying to create dissent and disruption in the United States."
"Imagine losing your phone service through a major outage like a Verizon customer, or being a Bank America [customer] and waking up with a major outage in your account," he said. "Imagine waking up and not having access to your phone service or internet, and not knowing when it can be restored, because these things can and will happen through cyber-attacks," he warned.
There are endless examples of disruption and danger that can be caused through a cyber-attack, he shared. "People are not prepared physically, psychologically or emotionally for what could happen," he said. Trying not to sound extreme, he added, people should have ample water, food and fuel "just in case."
"But most people don't recognize the threat," Huey admitted. "It's not something they want to talk about, so they often choose to ignore the issue." Considering this, he pointed to the biblical Book of Colossians, chapters 1 and 2, warning of being deceived. "Don't get your news from Facebook or TikTok like a huge segment of the population, thinking this will never affect you, because there are actually others in the world that are dedicated to destroying us, and cyber-attacks are one of the many ways it could happen," he explained.
"And right now, watching the messaging from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI," he argued, "we are clearly under attack".
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It's simply the fact that the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration already has taken deliberate, drastic, and sometimes extreme action against people of faith.
They've sent grandmothers to prison for defending the right of the unborn to live. They tried to coerce Christian doctors and nurses to join in the nation's lucrative abortion industry and kill the unborn.
Their agenda has included forcing people of faith to lie: to call a woman a man or a man a woman based on their transgender agenda and against scientific fact and religious belief.
Harris bluntly has informed Americans of faith that she can see no exception for beliefs in her hoped-for abortion mandates: that the religious rights protected by the U.S. Constitution will have to be subservient to her ideological agenda.
Now President Donald Trump has explained what she ultimately wants: For "religion to go out of business."
His comments came during an interview with Tucker Carlson:
Columnist Todd Starnes posted online a transcript of Trump's comments:
Carlson: "You said that you were saved in the end by an angel. How have your views about God changed in the last eight years, and particularly after getting shot?"
Trump: Well, look, I've always been a believer, but I wouldn't say, you know, there's a certain Pastor Robert Jeffress and I didn't know. Name is Robert Jeffress, nice guy from Texas. And he said, you know, Trump may not be the best question of all, but he's the only one going to take us to the Promised Land because he's the best leader and he's the toughest guy. And he's going to be able to get us through this crazy life. And he was a big supporter. And now I have unbelievable evangelical and Christian support because I have I mean, I've done a great job for them. And we're, you know, we're we're together. But he said he may not know the Bible quite as well as other people are supposed to. But, you know, he also did something. They picked Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter a long time ago. You know, that to sort of that was they said he wasn't quite as religious, but he's the guy that's going to get the job done. And I really God, I did a great job with a lot of things having to do with saving religion because these people want to put religion out of business.
Starnes explained Trump was warning "that Kamala Harris and the Democrats want to put an end to evangelical Christianity."
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In what has been described as another "dumpster fire" for the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, just hours before 2024 Election Day, the White House has been accused of a "breach of protocol" for changing the manuscript of what Biden said in order to clean it up.
It was the press office that was accused of changing his comments by literally adding an apostrophe where one appeared not to be in his speech.
He had called Donald Trump's "supporters" "garbage." That was changed to "supporters," suggesting Biden was referencing only a single person, a comedian who earlier had referenced Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage."
The stenographers in the White House registered their objection to the manipulation of what will be government records, which will end up in the National Archives.
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley described the episode as that "dumpster fire."
He pointed out that the legacy media in America previously has been accused over and over of "reframing news or rewriting words" to benefit Biden-Harris.
The "supporters" dispute, he said, "has created a weird dissonance as Democratic politicians denounced what the White House and many in the press denied was said."
It was Director of White House Stenography Amy Sands who protested the press office's manipulation of the words on the transcript, writing, "If there is a difference in interpretation, the Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently. Our Stenography Office transcript — released to our distro, which includes the National Archives — is now different than the version edited and released to the public by Press Office staff … After last night's process, our team would like to reiterate that rush drafts/excerpts the Stenography Office sends to assist the Press Office are not intended for public distribution or as the final version of the transcript. Please avoid sharing rush drafts/excerpts, which are subject to review and might create confusion among staff, media, and the public while our Stenography Office completes a thorough review process."
"Biden himself has described their views as a return of the confederacy and the rise of fascism. Democrats have called the movement a modern form of Nazism and an effort to destroy democracy, round up homosexuals, and create internment camps," Turley noted.
"The problem was the timing. As Harris was denouncing Trump for name-calling and insisting that Democrats are bringing the country together (while condemning Trump as a modern version of Hitler), Biden was literally behind her in the White House, calling tens of millions of Trump supporters 'garbage.'"
"When asked about the internal objections, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates only repeated the prior statement: 'The president confirmed in his tweet on Tuesday evening that he was addressing the hateful rhetoric from the comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. That was reflected in the transcript,'" Turley pointed out.
Legacy media reporters also have begun admitting what Biden said, "as did CBS News anchor Norah O'Donnell, as a gaffe by President Biden where he, in his explanation, inadvertently called Trump supporters to garbage."
That explanation, however, "ignores years of portraying Trump supporters as seeking to return the United States to the Jim Crowe period or pursuing a neo-Nazi future," Turley said.
The New York Post explained the stenographers who lodged the protest over the language manipulation "are widely considered by reporters who cover the executive branch to be very professional and accurate with their transcriptions. It is highly unusual for the press office to dispute what the stenographers heard."
The report explained that when the stenographers recorded Biden's statement as condemning "supporters," the press office changed it, without approval from the stenographers, to "supporters."
"It is essential to our transcripts' authenticity and legitimacy that we adhere to consistent protocol for requesting edits, approval, and release," the supervisor, a career White House employee, told White House communications officials, including press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
House Republicans were considering launching an investigation into the "false transcript" that then was released, the report said.
The Washington Examiner said it was during an interview on Tuesday that Biden unleashed.
"The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters," referring to former President Donald Trump.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk pointed out, "Biden just called half of America 'garbage,'" and Jack Pandol, National Republican Committee spokesman, said, "This is Joe Biden's 'deplorables' moment. The truth is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and House Democrats look down their nose at anyone who wants affordability, safe streets, and a secure border. Every House Democrat enabled Joe Biden's assault on the American Dream, and they must condemn the president's disgusting and divisive comments immediately."
Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking to reporters Wednesday morning on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, said she "strongly" disagrees with the garbage comment.
Republicans took Biden, already known to be declining in physical and mental capabilities, to task.
"Obama called us clingers. Hillary called deplorables. Kamala calls us fascists. And Biden just called us garbage," Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., charged. "They don't respect us & don't want unity. But we do. We want to Make America Great Again. Our coalition is for ALL AMERICANS. And in 7 days, we will UNITE AMERICA."
Trump was told of the comment onstage at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Please forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said," Trump quipped. Later in the day, he staged a news conference from a garbage truck.
And he posted a comment:
While I am running a campaign of positive solutions to save America, Kamala Harris is running a campaign of hate. She has spent all week comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murderers in history. Now, on top of everything, Joe Biden calls our supporters "garbage." You can't lead America if you don't love the American People. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have shown they are both unfit to be President of the United States. I am proud to lead the biggest, broadest, and most important political coalition in American history. We are welcoming historic numbers of Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. It is my desire to be the President of all the people.
Columnist Todd Starnes commented on the Biden slam.
"Former President Trump asked the Lord to forgive President Joe Biden after he called Trump supporters 'garbage,'" he wrote.
Biden even tried to take it back.
On social media, he said, "Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation."
It was comic Tony Hinchcliffe who joked about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally recently.
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One of the FBI whistleblowers whose work sparked the investigation into – and ultimate convictions of Hunter Biden on gun and tax charges – is facing a forced demotion or departure from his job, according to his lawyers who are charging the government with retaliation.
It is in Just the News that a lawyer for whistleblower Gary Shapley said a letter to his client ordering the job change is just continuing "retaliation" that began months ago when Shapely was passed over for a promotion.
Lawyer Tristan Leavitt, the chief of the Empower Oversight whistleblower center, said the federal whistleblower protection agency should take immediate action against the FBI.
Leavitt said the Office of Special Counsel "should issue an immediate stay while they conduct their investigation into the 4 promotions SSA Shapley has been passed over for since he blew the whistle, and provide a briefing to Congress on what they have done to date."
He said, in the report, "It's been 17 months since we filed with OSC about the first promotion the IRS passed over SSA Shapley for, and OSC has yet to issue any findings."
Just the News reported it was Shapley's testimony that prompted Congress to change the course "of the Biden family corruption case and resulted in Hunter Biden's felony convictions."
The younger Biden faces sentencing in just weeks for multiple gun and tax violations.
The letter sent to Shapley, the report said, gave him an ultimatum to "accept a forced transfer, a demotion, or leave the agency."
The letter ordered, "You must indicate your intent by selecting one of the three options below. Please sign, date, and return this document to your manager and me no later than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this notice."
The FBI claimed, in the letter, that the orders were part of its agenda for "diversity of thought, breadth of experience, and technical and interpersonal expertise."
Congress has questioned the FBI's actions even after the agency claimed it was not engaging in retaliation.
The FBI, of course, in recent years has given evidence that it, in fact, is partisan. It interfered in the 2020 election against President Trump by falsely claiming to media organizations that the Biden scandals found in Hunter Biden's laptop were disinformation when it knew at the time they were accurate.
It also was involved in the investigations resulting from the false claims made against Trump during his first election, moves that handicapped his presidency. Some FBI agents at that time were accused of exchanging messages about how they would not allow Trump to be president.
Shapley, and fellow agent Joseph Ziegler, had testified to the House Ways and Means and Oversight Committees "that they witnessed irregularities and political interference in their efforts to probe and prosecute first son Hunter Biden for tax and other violations," the report said.
It continued, "House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who led the Biden family investigation in Congress and played a major role in obtaining the whistleblowers' evidence, told Just the News on Wednesday night he is deeply concerned by the new developments."
Comer's response: "Two brave IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley, and Joseph Ziegler, placed their careers on the line to blow the whistle, and now the IRS is out for revenge. These whistleblowers made lawful, protected disclosures and exposed America's two-tiered system of justice that allows the politically connected to operate above the law. Any retaliation against these two will not be tolerated and the House Oversight Committee will be calling on the IRS and the United States Office of Special Counsel to answer for this."
Just the News summarized the Hunter Biden escapades: "Congressional committees ultimately corroborated the two agents' claims with evidence and testimony and the controversy resulted in the termination of a sweetheart plea deal that would have spared Hunter Biden prison time for a variety of offenses. Hunter Biden subsequently stood trial and was convicted of felony gun charges in Delaware and pled guilty to tax crimes in California. He faces the possibility of prison time in a foreign business scandal that was originally portrayed as Russian disinformation but that ultimately proved a serious black eye for a Biden family that enriched itself with millions of dollars of money from Ukraine, China, and other foreign countries while Joe Biden was vice president."
The problem faced by the agents was the political interference as they were investigating the wrongdoing.