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(The Center Square) – California, New Mexico and Washington could risk losing federal funding if they fail to enforce English language proficiency requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday.

The move comes on the heels of an Aug. 12 deadly Florida Turnpike crash involving an 18-wheeler making an unauthorized U-turn. The driver, Harjinder Singh, failed an ELP assessment during an interview with the Federal Motor Carrier Administration following the accident. Singh missed 10 of 12 verbal questions on the proficiency test and was only able to correctly identify one of four traffic signs, according to officials.

During a Tuesday morning news conference, Duffy said the DOT is giving the three states 30 days to comply before withholding "up to 100% of funding" from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.

"States don't get to pick and choose which federal safety rules to follow," said Duffy. "As we saw with the horrific Florida crash that killed three, when states fail to enforce the law, they put the driving public in danger. Under President Trump's leadership, we are taking aggressive action to close these safety gaps, hold states accountable, and make sure every commercial driver on the road is qualified to operate a 40-ton vehicle."

The DOT says that an investigation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found "significant failures" by the three states to "properly place drivers out-of-service for ELP violations." They added that the California Highway Patrol has "publicly stated it has no intention of following this important federal regulation."

The DOT noted multiple ELP violations involving the three states between June 25 and Aug. 12. Duffy signed an order in May providing guidelines to "strengthen" English proficiency enforcement for truckers.

The secretary's latest announcement comes as Duffy pushes a DOT nationwide audit of "non-domiciled commercial driver's license issuance."

Singh was ruled to be an unauthorized alien by Florida Judge Lauren Sweet. Singh reportedly entered the U.S. via the southern border illegally in 2018 and was able to obtain a CDL in California. His attempts to obtain work authorization were rejected in 2020 by the first Trump administration, according to Homeland Security.

Singh is due back in court on Wednesday and is facing six charges – three each of vehicular homicide and manslaughter. He was denied bail after being deemed a "flight risk."

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A high-school girls' volleyball team hasn't played all its scheduled games recently but keeps "winning" thanks to opponents forfeiting – due to a biological boy playing on the team.

Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County, California, includes on its team AB Hernandez, a biological male "identifying" as a girl. In the name of safety, other teams have forfeited games, the latest being Orange Vista High School.

According to the U.K.'s GBN, the decision emerged following deliberations between student-athletes and their coaching staff regarding the scheduled Aug. 29 match.

Orange Vista emphasized that student welfare remained their primary concern throughout the decision-making process.

Riverside Poly High School initially brought attention to the issue after forfeiting its Aug. 15 match against Jurupa Valley.

"After thoughtful discussions our student-athletes had with coaching staff, it was decided to cancel our upcoming Girls' Varsity volleyball match against Jurupa Valley High School," said a statement from Orange Vista.

The report notes that Jurupa Valley High School defended its having a male on the roster by stating that they must comply with California state law protecting students from gender identity discrimination.

The district referenced California Education Code 221.5 (f), which mandates student participation on athletic teams matching their "gender identity."

According to his mother, Nereyda Hernandez, AB doesn't know the reason for the forfeits, i.e., his presence on the team.

"I understand the discomfort some may feel, because I was once there, too. The difference is, I chose to learn, to grow, and to open my heart," she explained to GBN.

"This is a child, and I can assure you that she sees your daughters as peers, as teammates, as friends, not through a lens of anything inappropriate," she stated.

Jurupa Valley High School told Fox News, "We understand and acknowledge the disappointment of our Jurupa Valley High School athletes who are ready and prepared to play. Decisions to cancel matches were made by teams in other districts."

Hernandez is the athlete who drew controversy last spring when he competed and won several track and field competitions in California girls' events, including two state titles.

A teammate of Hernandez, Alyssa McPherson, told Fox News it isn't fair for the other players, stating, "I just feel like it's so unfair that not only am I missing out on my senior season, but my other teammates, our JV team, and our freshmen team aren't playing either. And it's just so disheartening that they're not gonna have a season and we just want to be able to compete, play, and have fun."

She continued, "To me, I feel like this is just a fairness issue. … It's just so sad."

Since taking office in January, President Trump has taken action to try to inhibit the practice of boys playing on girls' sports teams and the presence of opposite-sex athletes in locker rooms. Multiple states and school districts have taken legal action against executive orders and other actions of the White House.

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Don Lemon took a swipe at his former CNN colleagues Friday and also called Megyn Kelly a "troll and a racist" while accusing her of building a career on stoking outrage.

SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly repeatedly hammered corporate media for shielding former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, turning her broadsides into viral podcast moments. In an appearance on "Mixed Signals from Semafor Media," Lemon said Kelly has carved out a profitable niche by routinely picking fights with public figures and driving outrage.

"The conservatives, you know, have gained a foothold very early on in the streaming arena—that's what it is. Megyn Kelly has made a business out of being a troll and a racist, and good for her, but that's not something I want to do," Lemon said.

Lemon admitted he initially brushed off Megyn Kelly's barbs but said her repeated jabs eventually pushed him to respond after what he described as her "rude" attacks.

"For the longest time, I ignored her because that's sort of what she wanted. But after a while, it got to me. After the Joy Reid thing, she was just so rude, and she would say things about me. I didn't respond. People would send them to me, but I wasn't going to get in the dirt with her," Lemon said.

Lemon said he has no interest in carrying on the feud but felt it necessary to push back.

"People would send them to me, but I wasn't going to get in the dirt with her. You lie down with dogs, you get fleas. Finally, I had to call her out for her misogyny, her racism, her trolling. If you search Megyn Kelly, it's always 'Megyn Kelly calls out this person' or 'Megyn Kelly calls out that person.' Now she's doing it, but there's also a press element," Lemon said. "I'm sure she has a PR person behind her sending notes saying, 'Look, Megyn Kelly called out this person today, do you want to write about it?' At least in the beginning, I'm sure that's what happened. And that was it. Now I'm done with it, unless she does something else that's egregious. But I think it was important to call her out."

Lemon didn't just go after Kelly. He also fielded questions about his old CNN colleague Chris Cuomo. Cuomo said his on-screen camaraderie with Lemon was staged, claiming Jeff Zucker pushed him to stay on Lemon's show to control what he might say, however Lemon rejected Cuomo's version of events.

"Well, you know, Jeff and I are friends, and I see Jeff and talk to him weekly—sometimes a couple times a week, not daily. So I have great affinity for Jeff, and I asked him about that, and he just laughed and said, 'That's really sad,'" Lemon said. "If you really think about it, it doesn't make sense. Why would he have to come on my show when you're talking about the handoff thing we did?"

Lemon dismissed Cuomo's claim, saying Cuomo had no influence over his program and that the segments were entirely his own idea.

"If the shows were reversed, that would make sense. But it was for me to say, 'OK, Chris, thank you. Goodbye.' I could kick him off whenever I wanted to. He had no control over what I said or what came out of my mouth on my show, because he wasn't really a part of my show," Lemon added.

Lemon reiterated that the handoffs were his creation, not something orchestrated by Zucker. Cuomo said they worked because viewers tuned in for the unscripted banter before he moved on to the news.

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When the U.S. Supreme Court, with the extremist liberal votes of several justices no longer there, fabricated "same-sex marriage" for all of American in 2015, there were warnings about how the ruling would be used against people of faith, those the values of family that have endured for millennia, and more.

All of those warnings were rejected by progressives and other leftists as likely not to exist, or be extremely rare.

Now that those observations have been proven wrong, there is a new movement, a new sentiment, that the precedent fabricated in Obergefell, a precedent that even dissenters on the Supreme Court warned was unrelated to the Constitution, should be overturned.

It's in a report in the Federalist that experts now confirm, "We can either recognize gay marriage or recognize children's right to their mother or father. We can't have both."

That's according to Katy Faust, of Them Before Us, an organization that advocates for the right of children to their biological parents.

"Marriage has, throughout our country and nearly every other culture throughout history, been the pathway to secure that right. But as every one of the 38 countries which have legalized gay marriage has learned, when you make husbands and wives optional in marriage, you make mothers and fathers optional in parenthood. The problem is, from the child's perspective, their own mother and father are never optional. Not in terms of their identity, their development, their safety, or their rights," she said.

The report in the Federalist warns the "tentacles" of the decision now are "in media, schools and curricula."

"The decision has left in tatters the single most important institution in society — marriage and family — while ushering in an LGBT indoctrination agenda, annual state-enforced homosexuality, a boost to the rent-a-womb industry, and a burgeoning acceptance of eugenics to service the rent-a-womb industry," the report warned.

The backlash has been developing for some time already. The report noted support for "gay marriage' among Republicans has dropped 14% since 2021, when it reached its high.

Faust is going to be part of a panel explicitly calling for the overturn of Obergefell at National Conservatism's fifth annual conference in September, the report said.

She will be joined by Claremont Institute senior fellow and constitutional lawyer Dr. John Eastman and Hale Institute Director Jeffrey Shafer.

The fight already has been pending at the Supreme Court, where several justices have pointedly noted the precedent should be reviewed. It is Kim Davis — the former Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk known best for refusing to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple in the aftermath of Obergefell, who has asked the high court for a resolution.

It was Justice Clarence Thomas in the Dobbs decision that overturned the faulty Roe decision creating a "right" to abortion that didn't really exist in the Constitution who said Obergefell was endangered, because it was presupposed on the same faulty groundwork, substantive due process, as Roe.

"In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [right of married persons to obtain contraceptives], Lawrence [right to engage in private, consensual sex acts], and Obergefell," he wrote.

He noted any substantive due process decision is "demonstrably erroneous," so the court needs to "correct the error."

Eastman told the Federalist how Obergefell has damaged American law.

"There is no question that the ability to 'marry' someone of the same sex was never any part of the history and traditions of this, or any other, country. Normally, when articulating new unenumerated rights, the Court looks to whether the asserted right was part of the history and traditions of this country."

The Obergefell activists on the court did no such thing.

Which opens "the door to other novel claims, such as a 'right' to polygamous marriages, to polyamory, even bestiality — claims which followed on the court's decision in fairly short order," he noted.

Justice Samuel Alito also expressed concern when Obergefell was argued, and in his dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts pointed out the problems.

Anthony Kennedy wrote the Obergefell decision, ignoring the dangerous social experiment he was mandating.

But even he allowed that people of sincere belief and good faith would continue to advocate against gay marriage, and he said they should be allowed to do so.

But the Davis case showed how wrong that has been: "For in adhering to and advocating for her sincerely-held religious view, [Davis] was hounded out of office, prosecuted, and financially ruined. Her First Amendment rights of speech and the free exercise of religion have been trampled beneath the foot of the LGBTQ+ agenda," Eastman said.

Faust warned, "In the post-Obergefell world, it's not just marriage that has been redefined. It's parenthood, infertility, and natural familial relationships. Children are now regarded as objects to be awarded to whichever adult has the money and means to assemble them. But children are not commodities. They are humans. With fundamental natural rights. The first of which is their right to life. But a close second is their right to be known and loved by both mother and father."

The Syracuse Law Review has explained that the arguments used to overturn Roe also could be used against "same-sex marriage." Neither abortion nor marriage actually is in the U.S. Constitution, so justices over the years have manufactured reasons to support both "rights."

The analysis, from several years ago, cited the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe for being based on "substantive due process," a doctrine adopted by some justices over the years to create "implied fundamental rights."

"Through various opinions, the Court has recognized a right of personal privacy, which has been extended to other activities such as inter-racial marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, and child rearing," the analysis said.

To manufacture same-sex "marriages," the court relied on "substantive due process" to claim same-sex "marriage" is constitutionally protected.

And the analysis said, "The aftermath of the Dobbs decision spans beyond abortion by calling into question other decisions that were decided on similar grounds to Roe — Obergefell (same-sex marriage), Lawrence (same-sex sexual conduct), and Griswold (contraceptives)—and whether the overturning of Roe presents a similar fate for these decisions."

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A new report from Substack author Jon Fleetwood, of JonFleetwood,com, charges that a "macabre" project funded by Bill Gates, "chemically embalms newborn corpses for weeks to harvest tissues for AI, forensics, and global surveillance."

The study was called "Exploring minimially invasive tissue sampling as an alternative to conventional autopsy in neonatal deaths," and appeared just days ago in "Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology."

The Substack report explained the embalming and preservation was done on dead newborns "so their organs could be harvested, catalogued, and standardized into databases tied to artificial intelligence, forensic investigations, and global mortality surveillance programs."

The author explained, "The new study comes after Gates financed the 'Baby Open Brains' project, where researchers at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain released MRI scans of infants as young as one month old into global AI databases to build the backbone for a nationwide government brain-tracking program."

The report warned the new program followed a Gates-funded tuberculosis vaccine trial in South Africa that left 260 previously healthy children infected with TB.

It also accused Gates of backing gain-of-function schemes, those research projects in which scientists take a deadly disease and work to make it deadlier, or more infectious.

The report charged:

The new Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology study recruited 100 dead infants from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India. According to the authors, 'The neonates were recruited from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Department of Pediatrics. CDA and MITS were conducted at the Centre for Foetal and Perinatal Pathology, Department of Pathology, after obtaining written informed consent from parents/guardians.'

Stillbirths, macerated babies (stillborn infants whose bodies had already decomposed in the womb), and fetuses were excluded. These were live-born infants, mostly premature and extremely low-birth weight, who died shortly after delivery.

The report said that instead of traditional autopsies, researchers used biopsy needles to pierce the brain, lungs, liver and more, for study.

The bodies were injected with formalin for preservative.

"In plain terms, newborn corpses were chemically embalmed for up to two months while researchers harvested their tissues," the report said.

Despite the study's own documentation of failures, the assessment was that the technique was "feasible."

A report at LifeNews said, "The initiative … could spark outrage among those who view it as a disturbing exploitation of vulnerable lives."

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a gruesome study that involves embalming dead babies with plastic to harvest their tissues for AI forensics and surveillance," warned Modernity.

LifeNews added, "The Gates Foundation's involvement is seen as particularly troubling given its history of funding abortion."

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A Republican candidate for Congress in Texas' 31st district has unleashed a new campaign ad.

In it, Valentina Gomez torches, literally, Islam.

The video shows her applying the business end of a flamethrower to what appears to be a Quran on a pile of stones, without apology and tolerance for "rights."

Editor's Note: Be aware of offensive language in video:

"Your daughters will be raped and your sons beheaded unless we stop Islam once and for all," she explains. "We're done turning the other check. Remember, David didn't pray for the lions, he killed them."

Online commenters pointed out her video is "going viral," for her promise, "I will end Islam in Texas, so help me God."

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Former special counsel Jack Smith, the lawyer appointed by Joe Biden's attorney general, Merrick Garland, to run several lawfare cases against President Donald Trump, was doing everything exactly right, according to his lawyers.

They have submitted a letter defending Smith, who now is being investigated on allegations he violated the Hatch Act while creating charges to file against Trump.

The Hatch Act prevents federal employees from engaging in partisan political actions while being paid by taxpayers.

Smith came under investigation after Sen. Tom Cottyon delivered a referral to the Office of Special Counsel regarding Smith's politicized cases. The accusations are that Smith ran his cases in ways to harm Trump's 2024 election campaign.

Smith filed charges against Trump based on his handling of classified documents and for his actions on January 6, 2021, which Smith claimed was an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Both cases since have been dismissed.

But the New York Post noted an email confirms the Hatch Act Unit, which enforces a law restricting government employees from engaging in political activities, has begun reviewing Smith.

"Jack Smith's actions were clearly driven to hurt President Trump's election, and Smith should be held fully accountable," said Cotton, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in a statement to the Post.

Smith indicted Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami in June 2023 for lawfully storing presidential records at his Mar-a-Lago estate which was protected by Secret Service agents. Ironically, this was developing at the same time it was revealed Joe Biden had boxes and boxes of secret government documents stored in an office, his home, even his unsecured garage, but no action was taken against him.

That case against Trump later was dismissed because Smith's appointment as special counsel was improper.

In the second case in Washington D.C., Jack Smith indicted Trump on four counts: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

That's even though evidence about the protest-turned-riot on that day confirmed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted liability for the events, and Trump had urged his fans to protest "peacefully."

Smith's lawyers now have claimed, "We are aware of no court decision, prior Office of Special Counsel finding, or other authority interpreting the Hatch Act to prohibit prosecutors from investigating allegations of criminal conduct committed by former public officials or candidates for public office, or prosecuting those cases when the facts and law so dictate."

A report at the Gateway Pundit described how Smith "lashed out" at the Office of Special Counsel" for its investigation.

Smith's lawyers claim he made his decisions "based solely on the evidence."

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After days of backlash and negative media coverage, restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has scrapped its controversial new logo, returning to the traditional symbol with "Old Timer," or "Uncle Herschel," in place.

"We thank your guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel," the restaurant chain posted on X. "We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our 'Old Timer' will remain. At Cracker Barrel, it's always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family."

For days, the company has taken incoming for its bland new logo, which nixed the "Old Timer" leaning against a barrel, including from the president of the United States.

As WorldNetDaily reported, President Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social: "Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on customer response (the ultimate Poll), and manage the company better than ever before.

"They got a Billion Dollars worth of free publicity if they play their cards right. Very tricky to do, but a great opportunity.

"Have a major News Conference today. Make Cracker Barrel a WINNER again."

The company didn't have a news conference but has made it known they have taken Trump's advice.

The company issued a statement Monday, indicating: "If the last few days have shown us anything, it's how deeply people care about Cracker Barrel. We're truly grateful for your heartfelt voices."

"You've also shown us that we could've done a better job sharing who we are and who we'll always be."

Cracker Barrel has also come under fire for its DEI ideology, which recently has been purged from its website.

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A Federal Reserve Board governor, described on social media as scheming to lower her own mortgage costs while voting to deny mortgage cost relief to Americans, also now is defying an order from President Donald Trump that she be fired.

Lisa Cook claims there's no "cause" for her firing, despite her being investigated by federal law enforcement for mortgage fraud.

The case against Cook is similar to the federal investigations now pending against California Sen. Adam Schiff, Democrat and longtime adherent to the fake Russiagate conspiracy theory against Trump, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who ironically claimed fraud in her case against Trump, a $500 million judgment that recently was thrown out because it violated the U.S. Constitution.

A report at RedState said Trump followed through on his threat to fire Cook, removing her from her position "effective immediately."

She immediately defied him, stating, "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign and will continue my work to support the U.S. economy."

Social media commenters immediately launched their criticisms, pointed out she allegedly was scheming to get better mortgage terms for herself while at the same time repeatedly voting to deprive Americans of similar help, by demanding the interest rates remain high.

Those interest rates are a legacy of Joe Biden's disastrous economic policies, which prompted inflation across America to explode to as high as 9% during his term.

Trump dispatched a letter to Cook, explaining she was removed for "cause" in light of a recent criminal referral against her.

That charge accuses Cook of claiming her primary residence in Michigan on mortgage documents, only to turn around and do the same thing with a different property in Georgia just a month later. As the letter notes, it seems improbable that such a thing could be done unknowingly.

The report noted that Cook advocates "tried to claim that Cook's situation does not fall under the guise of 'cause' when it comes to the authority of the president to remove Federal Reserve governors. But while the protections against removal afforded by the Banking Act of 1935 appear to extend to policy decisions, as in a governor can't be fired for not lowering interest rates, the idea that personal misconduct doesn't qualify belabors belief. Such a position would presume that a president can't fire someone who allegedly committed fraud. That stretches whatever protections exist far past the point of absurdity."

The report noted it's likely Cook will find a "lower-court" judge to agree with her if she fights. But "It's a legal battle she very well could lose in the end, though, which begs the question of whether it's smart to poke the bear."

"Her firing doesn't change the fact that she's under criminal investigation. Antagonizing the administration by suing over her removal won't do her any favors," the report noted.

Cook has been part of the Fed faction that also has been defying the president's call for lower interest rates to help Americans with their mortgage costs.

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A Wisconsin judge facing federal charges for allegedly helping an illegal alien criminal avoid arrest by ICE agents, caught on video, now has been paid nearly $50,000 for the time she's been on suspension because of the criminal case.

A report at the Federalist said Hannah Dugan "has 'earned' $48,997 since being suspended in late April."

That suspension is while "she faces charges for allegedly helping a violent illegal immigrant elude federal law enforcement officials."

She's continued to collect full pay and benefits while accused of criminal actions.

She was suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but has continued to take her biweekly pay rate of $6,712, an annual rate of $174,512.

"Meanwhile, Dugan has established a legal defense fund to pay for a high-powered team of lawyers that includes former Solicitor General Paul Clement and former federal prosecutor Steve Biskupic. In its first three weeks, the fund had raised nearly $140,000, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Dugan doesn't have to report on who gave what until next year, the news outlet reported," according to the Federalist report.

The case against Dugan involves a felony.

"The judge insists that she is immune from prosecution, that she has the right to do as she pleases in her courtroom — apparently up to breaking the law. She argues that the charges should be dropped," the report explained.

However, U.S. Magistrate Nancy Joseph last month found Dugan's claims "unconvincing" and recommended Dugan's motion to dismiss be denied.

"It is well-established and undisputed that judges have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits for monetary damages when engaging in judicial acts. This, however, is not a civil case," the magistrate wrote in her 37-page decision.

The suspended judge has been accused of felony obstruction and misdemeanor concealing an individual to prevent arrest.

It was previously deported illegal alien Eduardo Flores-Ruiz who was appearing before her. She is accused of helping him escape from ICE agents, briefly, by directing them out of the hallway by her courtroom, then allowing Flores-Ruiz to leave by a "jury door" to her courtroom.

Dugan could face six years behind bars and a $350,000 fine if convicted of the counts looming against her.

The charges against Dugan confirm she was "visibly angry" after being informed that ICE agents were waiting to apprehend the suspect.

"After sending the law enforcement officials to the chief judge's office, Dugan escorted Flores-Ruiz and his legal counsel out of the courtroom through the 'jury door,' which leads to a non-public area of the courthouse," the Federalist said, citing the charges.

A pending bill under consideration in the state legislature's Assembly Judiciary Committee would freeze the salaries for judges who are suspended.

State Rep. Shae Sortwell charged taxpayers should not be financially responsible for "an extended vacation" for Dugan.

In an interview later, she admitted she had the suspect leave "out the back door."

WND has reported a grand jury accused Dugan of knowingly concealing a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1071. She is charged in Count Two with obstruction of the United States Department of Homeland Security's removal proceedings, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

The records show, "Dugan knowingly concealed E.F.R., a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued under the provisions of the law of the United States, so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of E.F.R., after notice and knowledge of the fact that a warrant and process had been issued for the apprehension of E.F.R., in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1071; Count Two On or about April 18, 2025, Dugan did corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due and proper administration of the law under which a pending proceeding was being had before a department and agency of the United States, namely the administrative arrest of E.F.R. for purposes of removal proceedings conducted by the United States Department of Homeland Security, by committing affirmative acts to assist E.F.R. to evade arrest, including: a) confronting members of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Task Force and falsely telling them they needed a judicial warrant to effectuate the arrest of E.F.R.; b) upon learning that they had an administrative warrant for E.F.R.'s arrest, directing all identified members of the ICE Task Force to leave…"

WND reported when a video showed Dugan's actions, sending two federal agents waiting to take an illegal into custody packing.