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The U.S. Army lifted its lockdown at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday after an active shooter incident caused at least five casualties among U.S. soldiers.
The five injured soldiers are all in stable condition, and the suspect, a U.S. Army sergeant at the base, is in custody after being tackled by fellow soldiers.
The suspect is identified as Sgt. Quornelius Radford, assigned to a sustainment unit in the 2nd Brigade at Ft. Stewart.
"The shooting occurred at the soldier's place of work," said Brig. Gen. John Lubas, 3rd Infantry commanding general. "I would also like to thank the brave soldiers who immediately intervened and subdued the shooter. These soldiers, without a doubt, prevented further casualties."
"It was not a military weapon. It was a personal handgun."
"We're still not certain about the motivations."
Fox News reported that the five shots were soldiers who were treated at the scene before being transported to a local hospital.
"We are currently assessing the situation, but we can confirm an active shooter," Lt. Col. Angel Tomko said.
The Associated Press reports: "A post on Fort Stewart's Facebook page told all personnel in the locked down area to 'stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors.'"
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "The President has been briefed on the shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The White House is monitoring the situation."
The shooting reportedly began in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area.
Fort Stewart is the largest Army post east of the Mississippi River, with 15,000 active duty soldiers.
Gov. Brian Kemp said on X: "As we remain in close contact with law enforcement on the ground, Marty, the girls, and I are saddened by today's tragedy at Ft. Stewart. We are keeping the victims, their families, and all those who answer the call to serve in our hearts and prayers, and we ask that Georgians everywhere do the same."
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Felony count carrying possible punishment of 20 years behind bars now pending
A social services worker in Alabama has been charged with a felony for the death of a 3-year-old boy she left in a hot car for hours.
A class B felony, carrying a potential punishment of up to 20 years in prison, has been filed against Kela Stanford, 54, now a former contractor for the state Department of Human Resources.
She's accused of abandoning Ketorrius "KJ" Starkes Jr. in her car for more than half a day.
A report at the Post Millennial said the boy's death was completely avoidable.
Prosecutors in Jefferson County confirmed that they have issued a felony warrant for Stanford. She was booked into the jail and was released after posting $30,000 bond.
She's accused of "being a person for hire responsible for a child under the age of 7 and leaving the child unattended in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm."
Prosecutors explained, "This is a terrible tragedy that was completely avoidable and unnecessary. Our condolences go out to Ketorrius's family."
She was working as a contractor for DHS as a transport driver for the Covenant Services. Reports confirm she picked up Starkes from his daycare and took him for a visit with his father, and was supposed to return him after. She "reportedly" got sidetracked doing personal errands and forgot he was in the car, going home.
Birmingham police found Starkes dead when his foster mother found he wasn't at daycare.
WND reported that the state's Child Protective Services had taken the boy from the home because there allegedly were drugs in the home.
He was in the custody of the Department of Human Services at the time, and Courtney French, a lawyer for the family, told People.com, "The very system that is in place for his protection was the system that led to his death."
State officials revealed he was "accidentally left inside … while in the care of a third-party contracted worker through the Department of Human Resources."
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A state senator in Ohio has now released a photograph of a woman who was brutally beaten in an attack in Cincinnati, an event that has left behind a scandal for a politician who viciously claimed the victim "deserved" the beating.
It is U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno who released the image of the victim, identified only as Holly.
"This is Holly. She wanted to have a nice evening out with friends. Instead, she got this. Holly gave me permission to release the photos so that others will never suffer what she did," the senator explained.
A city councilwoman, Victoria Parks, said on Facebook that the victims of the attack "begged for that beat down!"
Several suspects have been taken into custody. But also released, according to a report from Fox, was a recording of the 911 call asking for help.
The report said, "A dazed-sounding man called authorities around 3 a.m. on July 26. The call lasted three minutes and 15 seconds, as the 911 operator asked a litany of questions, including how many people had been involved in the fight. It was placed after the brutal beatdown had ended, the caller indicated."
The caller stated, "At this point, everybody's running out, so it was before, about 20, 30 people, but everybody's out."
He insisted police still should come.
Police chief Teresa Theetge said of the 100 or so people there, the man made the only call to 911.
Video of the attack shows a mob punching and stomping on two victims.
Montianez Merriweather, 34, and Dekyra Vernon, 24, were arrested Tuesday night and now face felonious assault, aggravated riot and assault charges.
A third, Jermaine Matthews, was charged with aggravated riot and assault. Two others also were arrested.
WND reported Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican candidate for governor, said he spoke with the victim, and described her as a single working mom who went to a friend's birthday party.
FOX19 reported the incident may have been sparked by "racial comments."
"An anonymous witness reported that the situation started several minutes before the fight shown in the videos," the station reported. "The footage captured a man, who, according to the witness, seemed to be intoxicated.
"The witness says the man walked away, but returned about 15 minutes later with a group of people who were overheard making racial comments."
Vice President JD Vance on Monday was horrified by the perpetrators' actions, and urged law enforcement to "throw their a**es in prison."
"I don't know how the fight started, but the one part that I saw that was really gruesome is you had a grown man who sucker-punched a middle-aged woman. And from where I come from, at least, when you have a grown man who sucker-punches a middle-aged woman, that person ought to go to jail for a very long time," said Vance.
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A judge who personally took two innocent children from a hallway outside his courtroom and escorted them to a nearby jail, where they "were forced to remove some of their clothing and sit in separate jail cells" now wants to escape liability for the apparent violation of their constitutional rights.
Judge Eric Eighmy, of Taney County court in Missouri, already has lost once at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when he demanded to be held faultless for his personal attack on Kadan and Brooklyn Rockett. The judges there first ruled he was not qualified for judicial immunity "because judges have no authority to moonlight as jailers."
Back in the courtroom where the children were seeking damages from him personally, he now insists that he has "qualified immunity," a doctrine that protects government officials from being held personally liable for constitutional violations as long as the right was not "clearly established."
It is the Institute for Justice that has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the appeals panel now on behalf of the children.
"The last time this case came up on appeal, Judge Eighmy asked the court to expand judicial immunity to completely shield him from accountability for violating the constitutional rights of two children, Kadan and Brooklyn Rockett. The court declined that invitation," the brief explains. "Now, Judge Eighmy asks the court to expand a different immunity doctrine—qualified immunity—to invalidate a jury verdict in the Rocketts' favor.
"Again, the court should decline. Cases like this one highlight the practical and jurisprudential perils of qualified immunity. Time and time again, defendants invoke the doctrine to escape accountability for egregious constitutional violations, so long as no identical case exists in a binding jurisdiction. Some courts allow this gambit to work. Others rightly see through it, finding instead that obvious constitutional abuses can be remedied without carbon-copy precedent presaging the exact violation at issue.
"This second approach—the one this court should follow—is more consistent with the Supreme Court's guidance that qualified immunity is inappropriate in the face of 'particularly egregious facts[,].'"
The institute explains qualified immunity does not protect an officer "where the constitutional violation was so obvious under general well-established constitutional principles that any reasonable officer would have known the conduct was unconstitutional."
Those are the circumstances in this case, the IJ reported.
The case already has had a jury verdict, in favor of the children, but Eighmy insists on overturning that ruling.
"Every reasonable American knows that it's unconstitutional for a sitting judge to take off his robe, descend from the bench, and throw innocent children in prison," said IJ Attorney Dylan Moore.
"Qualified immunity shouldn't exist to begin with, but it certainly shouldn't protect such obvious violations of the Fourth Amendment."
The case dates to 2019 when the family was in court for a custody hearing.
The parents decided, in court, "that the kids would go home with their mother that day."
Outside the courtroom, the children argued, expressing a desire to go home with their father.
"Eighmy injected himself into the children's disagreement with their mother. When the kids stood their ground, Judge Eighmy escorted them to a nearby detention center. There, at Judge Eighmy's direction, the Rocketts were forced to remove some of their clothing and sit in separate jail cells for about an hour. Judge Eighmy eventually returned, and the children agreed to leave with their mom—but only after the judge threatened to throw them in foster care, where they would never see their family again," the institute explained.
The father then sued Eighmy for violating the Fourth Amendment.
First Eighmy tried the judicial immunity claim, and lost.
The next step was a jury trial, where a jury ruled the kids were entitled to $5,000 each in damages, from the judge personally.
So Eighmy now is claiming qualified immunity protections.
"Immunity doctrines should not shield government officials from accountability when they clearly violate people's constitutional rights, as Judge Eighmy did here," said IJ lawyer Anya Bidwell. "For years, Judge Eighmy has been trying to hide behind different immunity doctrines, despite the fact that this court has already ruled he isn't protected by judicial immunity."
The filing notes the Supreme Court repeatedly has admonished against the expansion of protections for officials "whose actions were plainly incompetent, knowingly illegal, or obviously unconstitutional."
The judge's claims apparently rest on the fact that no judge before ever had intervened in a family argument, taken two children into custody and jailed them, meaning there was no "precedent" that such actions were obviously wrong.
"The children were never suspected of committing a crime. Judge Eighmy never initiated contempt proceedings against them. And the children were not free to leave their jail cells until they agreed to Judge Eighmy's terms. Instead, Judge Eighmy leveraged his position of state authority to circumvent the very legal process he was charged with administering, detaining two innocent minors because he was unhappy with their reaction to being stuck in the middle of an acrimonious custody dispute," the filing points out.
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PALM BEACH, Florida – Why did President Donald Trump end his friendship with fellow Palm Beacher Jeffrey Epstein years ago?
The commander in chief answered that question Tuesday, saying the convicted pedophile "stole" female staffers from his spa at Mar-a-Lago.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said Epstein hired away numerous spa workers despite being repeatedly told not to. He said some of the gals were young women, including then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre.
"Everyone knows the people that were taken and it was the concept of taking people that work for me is bad," Trump said.
"But that story has been pretty well out there, and yes, they were [young women] … People were taken out of the spa, hired by [Epstein]. In other words, gone. And other people would come and complain 'this guy is taking people from the spa,' I didn't know that. And when I heard about it, I told him, 'Listen, we don't want you taking our people, whether it was spa or not [the] spa.' I don't want him taking people, and he was fine. Then not too long after that, he did it again and I said, '[You're] out of here.'"
When a reporter asked if Giuffre was one of the employees hired away from the spa, Trump responded: "I don't know. I think she worked at the spa. I think so, I think that was one of the people, yeah.
"He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever."
The president noted the hiring spree by the disgraced financier was "the end" of his time at Mar-a-Lago.
"I don't want to say any number, you're talking about a number of years ago. But yeah, he took people and I said, 'Don't do it anymore, they work for me.'
"And he took beyond that, he took some others. And once he did that, that was the end of him."
In April, Giuffre reportedly committed suicide at age 41. She previosuly asserted Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her to perform sex acts.
She told the BBC in December 2019 that Prince Andrew sexually abused her three times at Epstein and Maxwell's homes when she was 17, an allegation which the prince denied.
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Vice President JD Vance on Monday blasted the "mob of lawless thugs" engaged in a "really gruesome" weekend attack on white people in Cincinnati, as he urged law enforcement to "throw their a**es in prison."
His remarks came as police have reportedly identified at least four suspects.
Speaking to a crowd in Canton, Ohio, Vance said: "I haven't seen the full context, but what I saw was a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person and it's disgusting.
"And I hope every single one of those people who engaged in violence is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And they will be, they will be so long as law enforcement in the state of Ohio takes their job seriously.
Vance continued: "I don't know how the fight started, but the one part that I saw that was really gruesome is you had a grown man who sucker-punched a middle-aged woman. And from where I come from, at least, when you have a grown man who sucker-punches a middle-aged woman, that person ought to go to jail for a very long time.
"And frankly, he's lucky there weren't some better people around because they would have handled it themselves. But if they're not gonna handle it, the cops in Cincinnati, the law enforcement, you've got to prosecute people. We've had way too much lawlessness on the streets of great American cities.
"We have got to make great American cities safe again for families and children," Vance concluded.
"If you want to take your wife or your children out for a meal, you shouldn't be worried about street violence, and the only way to destroy that street violence is to take the thugs who engage in that violence and throw their a**es in prison."
Ken Kober, president of the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police, told WLWT-TV he believes the victims were taken to the hospital with "pretty serious injuries" and would be "recovering from this for a while."
"There's a difference between a mutual fight and an absolute savage attack. You have somebody who's knocked to the ground and kicked in the head by multiple people and a woman trying to break this up and she gets knocked out. Just because it starts as a mutual fight, it doesn't give you the right to savagely attack somebody," Kober said.
"If you can't behave yourself in public, you have no business being out there. The police can't be everywhere all the time. You have all these things going on and we only have so many police officers," he added.
"Hopefully it tells elected officials, it tells judges that society is tired of this. It's something that never should be here, and nearly 25 years I've been with the police department, I've never seen something this disgusting. It's people downtown trying to enjoy themselves and this mob mentality it taking over and it needs to be addressed," Kober said.
The horrific beating caught the attention of the U.S. Justice Department and other federal officials, who are "closely" monitoring how local officials handle the investigation.
"Our federal hate crimes laws apply to ALL Americans," said Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for Civil Rights at the Justice Department.
"We @CivilRights will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack. Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply."
Dhillon was responding to a post by U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, who indicated: "The Mayor of Cincinnati, @AftabPureval, who has an opinion on lots of irrelevant topics, has not issued a statement, let alone a condemnation, of this heinous attack.
"Instead of dreaming about higher office, which will never happen, he should be ensuring his residents are safe."
As WorldNetDaily reported Sunday, Cincinnati police are investigating a graphic assault by blacks Saturday injuring at least three white people, with the violence documented in disturbing viral videos.
Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge is slamming the perpetrators, indicating: "I am in complete disgust waking up to the viral video many of you have now seen."
"The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable. Our investigative team is working diligently to identify every individual involved in causing harm. It's also important to clarify: this was a sudden dispute between individuals following a verbal altercation. It was not connected in any way to the Music Fest. If you have any information related to this incident, please contact Crime Stoppers immediately at 513-352-3042."
The incident has received local media attention, but the national media have been largely silent. Elon Musk is asking, "Why zero stories?"
Cincinnati Police have not released any information regarding a motive.
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After Californians experienced one of the worst fire disasters ever, the Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles, hundreds of homes were gone and people were left unable sometimes to even recognize their own streets.
The huge human need for help was evident.
So a benefit called FireAid was scheduled and held. Entertainers include Lady Gaga, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry and Olivia Rodrigo appeared and the five-hour event reportedly raised $100 million.
But multiple victims say they have yet to see any help, and one member of Congress is calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate.
A report at Fox News said the money, even though it was promised to the victims, went instead to various nonprofit organizations.
That would amount to about $75 million; the other $25 million still is held by FireAid, the report charged.
"I have not seen any benefit from the FireAid money, and I am very involved here and neither have my neighbors," said David Howard, who lost two homes in Pacific Palisades.
The fundraiser had been billed as a benefit for "wildfire victims."
Fire victim Mark Jones of Altadena said his house was destroyed and six months later, he's heard nothing from anyone, after expecting some help.
"The fire aid was for us. So, we figured where is the money?"
Fox News asked, of FireAid and the Annenberg Foundation, which helped coordinate the event, where the money went, how much did non-profits get, how many fire victims were given aid and more.
"We have yet to receive a response, but officials acknowledged receiving our inquiry," the news agency said.
A promotional website for the fundraiser said it was for "direct relief," and actor Miles Teller, during the show, said "all the money raised will go directly to people who need it now and long-term efforts to build it back."
Then FireAid said in a statement it could not deliver help directly to individuals and never planned to do that, instead partnering with "local nonprofits."
"Fox News contacted more than 70 of those non-profits. Some replied. Others declined. Some are well known like the Boys and Girls Club, YWCA and Meals on Wheels," the report said.
One promised to use the cash to respond "to the needs and problems of disenfranchised people."
The report said at least $6.5 million went to Los Angeles County, and so far, 188 nonprofits have been given $75 million, with the last $25 million to "go out in August," the report said.
The cash is being used for "long-term wildfire mitigation, environmental resilience, and sustainable rebuilding," the report said.
The request for an investigation is from Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif.
The expenditures are being made by a FireAid board including business executives and philanthropists.
President Trump posted about the FireAid scandal Friday night.
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Hulk Hogan, the pro wrestling superstar who became probably the most recognized face of the sport, has died at the age of 71.
Police in Clearwater, Florida, revealed Hogan died of cardiac arrest. Emergency responders were dispatched to his home, where he was treated, but he was pronounced dead after being transported to a hospital.
He was known for his theme song, "Real American," and he became known for his national patriotism.
It was in the 1980s when he became the World Wrestling Federation's heavyweight champion, with a win over the Iron Sheik, that cemented "Hulkmania."
He was born Terry Gene Bollea and grew up in Florida.
He later lost the championship to Andre the Giant and stepped away from the WWF, later known as the WWE after a steroid controversy in the 1990s, but he already was into acting, with roles in "Rocky III," "Gremlins 2: the New Batch," "Suburban Commando," "Mr. Nanny" and more.
WWE, in a statement, confirmed, "WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of pop culture's most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan's family, friends, and fans."
Donald Trump Jr. Posted on social media, "R.I.P."
Hogan made a public demonstration of his belief in Jesus Christ public just months ago.
He rejoined the WWE in the early 2000s.
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2205, removed in 2015 over a leaked tape scandal then reinstated in 2018.
He endorsed President Donald Trump for a second term at the Republican National Convention in 2024.
He is survived by his wife, Sky Hogan, as well as his former wife, Linda Hogan and their children.
President Trump said Hogan was a "great friend."
"He entertained fans from all over the world, and the cultural impact he had was massive. To his wife, Sky, and family, we give our warmest best wishes and love. Hulk Hogan will be greatly missed."
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As America's intelligence agencies suffer a series of reputational hits, the passing of former CIA officer and counterterrorism adviser Bruce Tefft presents an opportunity to spotlight the contrasting people of character who, unbowed by political and ideological currents, serve faithfully and courageously behind the scenes.
Tefft was a CIA station chief in clandestine services, a founder of the CIA's counterterrorism center and an adviser to the New York Police Department's intelligence and counterterrorism divisions who trained thousands of law-enforcement and intelligence officers. He died July 11 at the age of 73 after suffering a prolonged illness.
He was a go-to contact on homeland security matters for WorldNetDaily, particularly when unvarnished analysis was conspicuously lacking in the wake of an attack bearing "the hallmarks" of Islamic terrorism.
In 2007, for example, Tefft spoke to WND when an FBI spokesman told reporters that the dispassionately executed murder of five people at a Salt Lake City mall by Bosnian Muslim immigrant Sulejman Talovic was "just unexplainable."
"It's almost a joke in any counterterrorism circles," Tefft told WND, "that within half a day of most unexplained incidents the FBI comes out and says it isn't terrorism. They'll come out with a conclusion based on no information."
'People sleep peaceably'
Tefft, who is survived by his wife, was a true servant who put others above himself in his personal as well as professional life, said J. Michael Epstein, who partnered with Tefft in humanitarian and security-oriented operations in the Balkans, Africa and the Middle East. Together they formed a charitable organization to assist and mentor the surviving children of military and law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
"He was doing things you could not imagine in service of our nation," Epstein said. "As kind and compassionate as he was, there was another side to him. When I think of Bruce, I think of that quote, 'People sleep peaceably in their beds at night,' because people like Bruce were willing to do hard things, 'rough' things, on their behalf."
Epstein has set up a GoFundMe page to help Tefft's family with medical and other expenses.
A native of Colorado, Tefft earned an M.A. in history and a juris doctorate in international law from the University of Denver. From 1975 to 1995, he served as a CIA field chief and operations manager in Africa, stationed in hotspots such as Mogadishu and Angola. Seventeen of those years overseas were in clandestine services. In the following decades, Tefft distinguished himself as a foreign affairs, counterterrorism and intelligence analyst, training officials in local and federal agencies in major Allied intelligence organizations and U.S. government departments, including the Departments of Defense, Justice and State, the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, Defense Humint Service, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Marine Corps. Tefft also developed graduate level curricula for homeland security and terrorism studies and lectured at the U.S. Marine Corps University, Defense Intelligence Agency and George Mason University.
In all, Bruce Tefft trained more than 20,000 law-enforcement and intelligence officers as well as diplomats, judicial and government officials.
What are the signs?
Tefft spoke to WND in 2017 after Uzbek-native Sayfullo Saipov slipped through the cracks of four U.S. law-enforcement systems designed to prevent terrorism before plowing through cyclists and runners in a three-ton truck on a path along the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring many more.
Tefft pointed out at the time that a crucial flaw in each of those systems was the unwillingness to make adherence to the teachings of Islam part of the criteria law-enforcement personnel use to judge whether a person should be regarded as a threat.
If perpetrators such as Saipov "say they are motivated by Islam, then it's Islamic terrorism," he said.
"The idea that we as Westerners can define Islam for Muslims is ludicrous," Tefft added.
He recalled to WND that shortly after 9/11, when he was a counterterrorism adviser to the NYPD, the department responded to intelligence reports of possible attacks on New York City being carried out using Zodiac inflatable boats. The NYPD contacted outlets for the boats, instructing employees to look out for atypical renters or buyers, such as people who don't demonstrate knowledge of how to operate the boat or who want to hire or buy a large number of them.
"It was pretty simple, and they got a lot of callbacks; but not one of them panned out," noted Tefft.
Asked whether the NYPD's criteria for determining a threat included any religion-related indicators, he replied: "Oh no, not at all."
Disturbing verses
Tefft's frank assessment of the connection between Islam and terrorism – as one who "understood the real threat," as some put it – had professional consequences.
In 2006, for example, Tefft became a defendant in a lawsuit against New York City by an Egyptian-born Muslim analyst for the NYPD counterterrorism cyber unit. The analyst, whose name was not disclosed in the suit, claimed he was subject to a regular stream of "anti-Islamic" messages from an email list run by Tefft. The opt-in list, meant to inform domestic law enforcement and intelligence officials, consisted mostly of unclassified material and news reports from around the world related to terrorism and Islam. In a small fraction of those dispatches Tefft added his own comments, some of which became a focus of the complaint.
The Muslim analyst complained that the emails "ridiculed and disparaged the Muslim religion and Arab people, and stated that Muslim- and Arab-Americans were untrustworthy and could not reliably serve in law enforcement positions or handle sensitive data."
Tefft did not apologize for what was, in his view, simply relaying relevant facts and background to law-enforcement and intelligence officers about a serious global threat.
"I'm not a sentimentalist, and I'm not hate-filled either," he said. "Hate is an emotion. I don't feel emotional about it at all. I feel analytical and logical."
Tefft insisted there clearly is a link between fundamental Islam and terrorism.
"There is nothing un-Islamic about Osama bin Laden," he said of the al-Qaida leader. "If there were, he would have been declared apostate, non-Islamic."
The Muslim analyst who brought the lawsuit told the New York Times in an interview that the emails were "racist," but Tefft argued that he didn't consider Islam a race.
"So, to call me racist is ridiculous. I have good friends who are Egyptian officials. I've worked all over the world," he said.
Tefft noted that during his time at the NYPD, the Muslim analyst approached him face-to-face and complained he was being harsh on Muslims. Later, Tefft sat down with him over coffee and pointed out chapters and verses in the Quran that are regularly cited by terrorists as motivation and justification for their actions.
The analyst, according to Tefft, answered that his imam had never told him about those verses. Tefft then asked, "Now what do you think, after seeing the Quran?"
"Well," the analyst replied. "I'm very disturbed."
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In the wake of legal action over a deceptively edited "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House race, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said CBS and its parent company Paramount have finally paid a $16 million settlement, with another $20 million on the way.
"Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have today paid $16 Million Dollars in settlement," Trump wrote on Truth Social, "and we also anticipate receiving $20 Million Dollars more from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming, for a total of over $36 Million Dollars."
The president called it "a BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN in our Historic Lawsuit" against the media giant.
"Just like ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and its Corporate Owners knew that they defrauded the American People, and were desperate to settle."
"This is another in a long line of VICTORIES over the Fake News Media, who we are holding to account for their widespread fraud and deceit."
Trump also issued a warning to other deceptive news media, saying: "The Wall Street Journal, The Failing New York Times, The Washington Post, MSDNC, CNN, and all other Mainstream Media Liars, are ON NOTICE that the days of them being allowed to deceive the American People are OVER. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Trump's legal action had originally demanded $20 billion over the election interference inflicted on his campaign by "60 Minutes."
"With this record settlement, President Donald J. Trump delivers another win for the American people as he, once again, holds the Fake News media accountable for their wrongdoing and deceit. CBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle. President Trump will always ensure that no one gets away with lying to the American People as he continues on his singular mission to Make America Great Again," an official with Trump's legal told Fox News when the settlement was originally announced.
CBS is reportedly "not acknowledging any journalistic wrongdoing."