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House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress may subpoena former President Barack Obama over allegations of treason involving the coordinated effort by his administration to harm then-incoming President Donald Trump.
Johnsons confirmed to reporter David Brody in an interview that he is considering a subpoena after DNI Tulsi Gabbard released damning declassified documents related to the 2016 plot against Trump.
"I think we have a responsibility to follow the truth, where it leads," Johnson said, pointing out that if Obama was complicit, he needs to be held accountable.
"If it's uncomfortable for him, he shouldn't have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened," Johnson told Brody.
Monday the Department of Justice confirmed receipt of documents from Gabbard that outline how Obama and his national security team "laid the groundwork" for years of attacks on Trump.
"Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people," Gabbard posted on X Friday regarding the criminal referral. "No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The integrity of our democratic republic depends on it. We are turning over all documents to the DOJ for criminal referral."
Gabbard said, "There must be indictments" for the "treasonous conspiracy. … They all must be held accountable."
Noted Gabbard Sunday: "The implications of this are, frankly, nothing short of historic. Over 100 documents that we released on Friday really detail and provide evidence of how this treasonous conspiracy was directed by President Obama if just weeks before he was due to leave office after President Trump had already gotten elected."
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a second suspect is now in custody in connection with Saturday night's horrific attack on a Border Patrol agent in New York City, and like the first suspect in custody, he has a lengthy rap sheet and came to America illegally during the Joe Biden administration.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem identified the second suspect as Christhian Aybar-Berroa, a Dominican national along with Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly shooting the Customs and Border Patrol officer in the face during an attempted robbery.
"We were able to bring the second individual in and have detained him as well, and he will face consequences and hopefully strong prosecution for his crimes and his involvement on Saturday night," Noem said, adding that he "entered the country illegally in 2022 under the Biden administration and was ordered for final removal in 2023 by an immigration judge."
Regarding Nunez, Noem told reporters Monday: "There's absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City."
"He was arrested four different times in New York City, and because of the mayor's policies and sanctuary city policies, was released back to do harm to people and to individuals living in this city."
Homeland Security previously said of Saturday's shooting: "A witness of the attack — believed to be an attempted robbery — states that she and the victim were sitting on the rocks by the water when 2 subjects on a scooter drove up to them and the passenger got off the back and approached them with a firearm drawn. The off-duty CBP officer responded by withdrawing his own firearm in self-defense."
"The CBP officer was shot in his right arm and left cheek. Thankfully, the officer is in stable condition at the hospital."
Noem personally met with the injured officer Monday, who is communicating with hand signals.
After her visit, Noem said: "I just want you all to know that we have our hearts and our prayers going out with our officer and with his family and his friends, and will be lifting him up in prayer for his quick recovery and his healing from this terrible tragedy that has befallen him."
"Our officer was off-duty on Saturday evening when him and his friend were attacked. They were attacked by two individuals that were set on robbing them, and thankfully he had his service weapon with him and was able to defend himself and his friend and injured one of those individuals that was trying to do them harm.
"His quick action speaks to his tenacity and his excellence in training and skill. And because of that, one of the perpetrators was wounded in this interaction and was incarcerated when he came in to get medical treatment."
"I'm calling on every single mayor and sanctuary city and sanctuary governor to change their policies and to change their tactics right now," Noem added.
"Their job is to take an oath to protect the public, to protect families that are out there every single day trying to provide for each other and to try to live the American dream. And they want to do so safely in their own communities. How many more lives will it take? How many more people have to be hurt and victimized before we have public safety? When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies."
"We can look across this country at other mayors. We look at Mayor Wu in Boston and what has happened there under her watch, what's happened in L.A. with the riots and the violence and the protests that have gone on because of Mayor Bass and what she has perpetuated. When you look at Mayor Johnson in Chicago and how devastating it is to live in that city in some of those poorest communities, how they suffer every single day with the violence that's in front of them," Noem said.
Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said, "This was 100% preventable. This was caused by bad policy and it can be fixed with good policy."
Border Czar Tom Homan said, "Sanctuary cities are now our priority. We're gonna flood the zone."
As WorldNetDaily reported, President Donald Trump on Sunday sounded off on the shooting, saying: "Last night, in New York City, an incredible CBP Officer was shot in the face by an Illegal Alien Monster freed into the Country under Joe Biden.
"He was apprehended at the Border in April 2023 but, instead of being deported, was RELEASED. The CBP Officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous Skill and Courage.
"The Democrats have flooded our Nation with Criminal Invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out or, in some cases, immediately prosecuted in that we cannot take a chance that they are able to come back. That's how evil and dangerous they are!"
On Monday, Trump added more, saying: "Crime in American Cities started to significantly rise when they went to CASHLESS BAIL. The WORST criminals are flooding our streets and endangering even our great law enforcement officers. It is a complete disaster, and must be ended, IMMEDIATELY!"
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Yet another prominent Democrat has been referred to authorities for investigation and possible prosecution for a crime.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, has become just the latest in a long list of Democrats suspected of outside-the-law behavior.
The Washington Examiner explains conservative watchdog Foundation for Accountability and Civil Trust has submitted a referral to the Department of Justice regarding her actions in allegedly retaining a $5.8 million overpayment from the state of Florida and using it for her congressional campaign.
She's already been the subject of "numerous ethics" investigations by the Office of Congressional Ethics and House Ethics Committee. Their conclusions were that she accepted campaign contributions "linked to an official action, accepted illegal in-kind campaign contributions, dispensed special favors to friends, misrepresented the source of campaign contributions, and requested community project funding to be directed to a for-profit entity," FACT charges.
Her actions like are "serious criminal violations," FACT charges.
The report said Trinity Health Care Services, which Cherfilus-McCormick led before joining Congress, was accused by the state of "knowingly processing an invoice more than 100 times its typical invoice size."
The state agency hired the healthcare company to help with COVID-19 vaccine registrations in 2021, and the company allegedly invoiced the state to obtain $5,057,850 in a payment instead of $50,578.50.
"The money wasn't returned to the state of Florida, suggesting she may have pocketed it for her own political gain," the report said, which also explained Cherfilus-McCormick's "income allegedly increased by more than $6 million around the time."
FACT charges, "the facts, timeline, and dollar amounts are plainly incriminating."
Trinity now has agreed to repay the state $5.6 million over the next 15 years.
Already, New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, and Sen. Adam Schiff, another Democrat, have been put under investigation on suspicion of mortgage fraud.
And the FBI is investigating multiple officials who held office during the Barack Obama administration, such as ex-FBI chief James Comey and ex-CIA chief John Brennan, for possible criminal actions related to a vast conspiracy to attack Donald Trump.
Other Democrats who have been suspected of illegal actions, or actually remain under investigation, according to the Hill, include:
_New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was accused of impeding law enforcement officers.
_Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a June 12 press conference by the Department of Homeland Security when he charged the stage while leaving protective agents uncertain who he was or what he was doing.
_Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey was charged for allegedly interfering with ICE agents during a visit to the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J.
_Hannah Dugan has been relieved of her judicial responsibilities in Wisconsin after being indicted by a federal grand jury for "knowingly" concealing an illegal alien from law enforcement officers seeking to arrest him.
_Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested while visiting Delaney Hall with McIver. Authorities later said he would face no charges.
_A staff member for Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., was briefly detained in May after DHS agents entered the congressman's Manhattan office searching for "protesters."
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A judge appointed by Barack Obama has ordered the government to continue handing out taxpayer cash to the abortionists at Planned Parenthood on no legal basis, and at least one commentator has concluded that amounts to no more or less than "judicial terrorism."
It was commentator Nathan Stone at the Federalist who delivered that conclusion about Indira Talwani's decision last week to order the continued cash handouts to Planned Parenthood's abortionists.
That was despite the fact that members of Congress in the House and Senate adopted a provision that withheld federal tax money from the abortion industry giant, and it was signed into law by President Trump in the process under which "democracy," actually a representative republic, in America works.
"Indira Talwani, an Obama-appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ushered in the next chapter of judicial supremacy when she blocked the provisions of the 'big beautiful bill' which deprived Planned Parenthood and its affiliate organizations of Medicaid funds," Stone explains. "If Judge Talwani had 'found' those provisions 'unconstitutional,' or if she had found the whole reconciliation package 'illegal'" it would be another example of judicial usurpation. Business as usual. But she didn't do either. Talwani's temporary restraining order commands that the executive ignore the law and keep shoveling the Benjamins to feed abortions. As Dan McLaughlin said on X, 'You can't argue with the judge's reasoning because there isn't any.'"
The order from Talwani is part of a campaign on the part of judges at the entry level courts to the federal judiciary of opposing President Donald Trump's plans and agendas, even if delivered through ordinary and accept channels. The agenda already has prompted the Supreme Court to say those judges are exercising powers they don't have by repeatedly demanding they have their way on policies and practices of the executive branch, instead of letting the president run that branch, as the Constitution provides.
"The surface irony of this would be comedy gold in a movie. For the last 10 years, the left's bread and butter has been to paint Trump, his allies, his voters, and the Republican Party as fascists intent on destroying 'our democracy.' But, when the sacrament of abortion is in jeopardy, it does a 180 and orders the president to completely ignore a law that was duly passed and signed — textbook fascist behavior," the commentary said.
Further, it said, Talwani's writing "does not even try to pretend to be anything other than naked power that commands lawlessness for the sake of killing babies. Separation of powers, the rule of law, the legislative power, and the very ability of the American people to enact change through their duly elected representatives — one of the fundamental markers of self-governance — are all done away with a flick of Talwani's pen."
The charges against Talwani are that she makes democracy meaningless because she "or one of her clones will just put on their crowns, wave the imperial scepter of leftism, and say, 'You can't do that.'"
"Make no mistake: Judge Talwani is a legal terrorist. Her TRO is the judicial equivalent of an IED, which was supposed to destroy the administration by either disobeying the law or disobeying the judiciary. It's not about the country or an alternate vision. Now, it is only about destruction — pure and sweet."
Joining in the criticism of Talwani's ideological agenda was Margot Cleveland, also of the Federalist.
Talwani actually issued an injunction, with no legal reasoning or basis at all, early last week. When challenged, she dissolved that and issued another, confirming her thinking she's an "imperialist judge."
Her first order, Cleveland wrote, "failed to provide any legal justification for her decision requiring the Trump Administration to continue disbursing Medicaid funding to all Planned Parenthood organizations."
The Trump administration pointed out she refused to follow the "basic requirements" of such an order, so Talwani replaced her first with a second order.
Her first order was defective as it was entered on an ex parte basis without any considering of whether there was, or was not, irreparable injury or loss, any exigency requiring immediate action, and more.
"Judge Talwani attempted to rectify her errors on Friday by dissolving her initial TRO and entering an amended TRO that 'provide[d] the court's reasons for the emergency order.' But rather than remedy the defective TRO, Judge Talwani's reasoning confirms that she never should have entered a TRO in the first instance," Cleveland wrote.
"To obtain either a TRO or a preliminary injunction, a Plaintiff must establish '(i) the likelihood that the movant will succeed on the merits; (ii) the possibility that, without an injunction, the movant will suffer irreparable harm; (iii) the balance of relevant hardships as between the parties; and (iv) the effect of the court's ruling on the public interest.'
In issuing her amended TRO, Judge Talwani focused on the merits of only one of the abortion-giant's legal claims, namely, the Plaintiffs' argument that Section 71113 of the Big Beautiful Bill violates their First Amendment right of association by excluding Planned Parenthood 'affiliates' from Medicaid funding, even though some affiliates do not provide abortions. This provision punishes affiliates based solely on their association with other Planned Parenthoods, the Plaintiffs argued. Judge Talwani agreed, finding the Plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits of that First Amendment claim," Cleveland explained.
However, Planned Parenthood itself, the commentary explained, "does not distinguish between the federation and affiliates, commingling funds for purposes of financial reporting. As such, Congress could reasonably consider the entity as an undivided whole in making funding decisions."
In Talwani's "unhinged" claims, the judge made a mistake in protecting the flow of taxpayer cash to the abortion business based on the First Amendment, but also failed to recognize there was no evidence of any "irreparable harm."
The development was simply Talwani demanding to exercise "legislative and executive authority," the commentary said.
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Layoff notices have begun going out at the Department of State, which is expected to reduce its staffing level by thousands as the administration of President Donald Trump reorganizes government.
A report from CBS said the immediate layoffs are affecting about 1,300 staff members.
That would include 1,107 civil service members and 246 foreign service workers, according to a notice sent to department workers.
"The total number of staff departing as a part of the State Department's reorganization is 'nearly 3,000,' according to the department, a figure that includes those who took the 'Fork in the Road' voluntary departure offer earlier this year," the report said.
"We took a very deliberate step to reorganize the State Department to be more efficient and more focused," Marco Rubio, secretary of state, confirmed to reporters on Thursday.
State notified lawmakers several weeks ago it planned to eliminate about 3,400 U.S.-based jobs and close or merge many of its domestic offices.
"At the time, the department said it planned to phase out some offices focused on democracy or human rights that it claimed were 'prone to ideological capture,' and add new offices focused on 'civil liberties' and 'free market principles,'" the network said.
Also inside State now are a few remaining duties of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was shut down by Trump after its employees spent years handing out American tax cash to foreign groups with ideologies often that conflicted with America's interests.
A union representing workers complained that the moves were demoralizing the workforce.
The Washington Examiner reported some of the workers affected will be on 120-day administrative leaves before their jobs are shut down.
Rubio has said a goal is to cut through a "bloated bureaucracy."
"There were 40 boxes on this piece of paper," he told senators in May. "That means 40 people had to check off 'yes' before it even got to me. That's ridiculous. And if any one of those boxes didn't get checked, the memo didn't move. That can't continue."
The plan includes eliminating 132 offices and changing rules to allow the firing of officials.
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Six of the U.S. Secret Service agents on duty in Butler, Pennsylvania, a year ago when a gunman shot at and wounded President Donald Trump at a rally have been punished, according to a report.
During an interview with CBS, Matt Quinn, the agency's deputy director, affirmed that the agents were suspended for periods ranging from 10 to 42 days, during which they were not paid.
Then when they returned to duty they were placed on restricted duty, roles with less responsibility.
He defended the decision by the agency not to fire anyone.
"We are laser-focused on fixing the root cause of the problem," Quinn said.
It was July 13, 2024, when a gunman opened fire during a campaign rally. A bullet grazed Trump's ear and the president has credited God with saving his life. The gunman, carrying a rifle, inexplicably, had gained access to the roof of a building near the rally.
One person was killed by the gunman, and two others injured.
The alleged gunman, Thomas Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
Quinn said Butler "was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again."
One development, he explained, is that the service has introduced a new fleet of military grade drones and mobile command posts that allows agents to communicate over radio directly with local law enforcement – interoperability that didn't exist last year, the report said.
That attack on Trump, as well as a second, failed attack plan in West Palm Beach, Florida, a few weeks later, triggered the resignation of then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and several investigations and confrontational congressional hearings.
A 180-page report released by a bipartisan House panel a few months ago confirmed that the security lapses that led to the first incident were "not isolated to the campaign event itself."
The "leadership and training" allowed for "failures" to happen, the report said.
It was Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, father and husband, who was killed by Crooks' shots.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently, in the Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization case, confirmed that U.S. victims of Palestinian terrorism can sue over their injuries, and for damages, and it's already being used to seek justice.
It's the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that has lifted its abatement, or pause, on actions against the PLO by 70 people who were hurt, or are survivors of those who were killed, by that very terrorism. The order overturned a district court's dismissal of the case and ordered the dispute back into district court for consideration of the claims.
In the Fuld case, a group of U.S. citizens injured by PLO terrorism, or the estates and survivors of victims who were murdered, sued the PLO as well as the Palestinian Authority, back in 2004.
The PLO runs Palestine's foreign affairs, and the PA is an interim governing body for parts of the Gaza Strip.
They have more recently been in the news over the Hamas terror attack on Israel in 2003 in which some 1,200 Israeli civilians were murdered, often in horrific fashion, and hundreds more were kidnapped.
In the 2004 case, the plaintiffs sought damages under the Anti-Terrorism Act and a jury found the defendants liable for six attacks and awarded $218.5 million in damages, automatically tripled to $655.5 million under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
But the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. courts lacked personal jurisdiction over the PLO and PA. Then Congress in 2019 adopted the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, which deems the defendants have consented to jurisdiction in U.S. courts "if they engaged in certain conduct after the law's enactment: either making payments to families of deceased terrorists or designees of imprisoned terrorists who harmed U.S. nationals, or conducting various activities within the United States (with some exceptions for UN-related activities)."
When the court found defendants had, in fact, made qualifying payments, the 2nd Circuit then claimed the case violated due process.
The Supreme Court reversed, ordering that the law does not violate due process.
The result is that the 10th Circuit withdrew its pause on the new case.
A report from Courthousenews explains the case is on behalf of 70 surviving family members of people killed in a 2014 synagogue attack in Israel.
The report explained it was on Nov. 18, 2014, when two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or PFLP, "killed U.S. citizens and Rabbis Kalman Levine, Aryeh Kupinsky and Moshe Twersky during morning prayers at the Congregation Bnei Torah synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. Police sergeant Zidan Saif and Rabbi Abraham Goldberg were also among the six people killed in the attack."
The attackers were killed by police, but celebrated as heroes by Palestinian officials.
The relatives sued the PLO and PA in 2021, charging violations of the U.S. law, the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.
"The families claimed the defendant groups used a 'pay for slay' scheme to incentivize people to carry out terrorist attacks and suicide bombings in exchange for compensation to their families. Congress has declared both the Palestine Liberation Organization and the PFLP terrorist groups," the report said.
The district judge in the case, Biden-appointee Gordon Gallagher, had dismissed the families' complaint, and the 10th Circuit then stepped in and paused action pending the Fuld decision, which now is precedent.
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All of America knows how badly Kamala Harris, the Democrats' nominee, lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump.
Landslide numbers in the popular vote. Also in the Electoral College. Losses in every single swing state.
But she knew of that probable outcome before the vote, according to a report that cites evidence released in a new book.
The Washington Examiner explains it was in a series of memos from Maria Comelia, a political strategist who has advised Democrats, to Harris campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon that Harris simply wasn't giving voters a reason to cast a ballot for her.
The four memos come from the book, "2024: How Trump retook the White House and the Democrats lost America," by several authors.
There Comelia told Harris she needed to distance herself from the failed presidency of Joe Biden, who may have torpedoed Harris by confirming that she was with him on every major political decision.
Comelia suggested Harris appeal to independents and what she described as "soft" Republican voters with the move, the report said.
"The current focus of rolling out and utilizing Republicans like Liz Cheney gives comfort that a soft Republican who dislikes Trump is not alone, but it doesn't give reason to vote for Harris," she wrote. "They may not want to vote for [President Donald] Trump, but they aren't ready yet to cast a vote for Harris. Flip the concept. Instead of Republicans for Harris, how do we make it Harris for Republicans? This general framework is applicable to independents and moderate undecideds as well because it creates a structure that either makes it possible to vote for her or comfortable enough not to turn out to vote for Trump," the memo said.
A separate memo suggested, "You have to meet people where they are and that comes from local faces that they are more likely to trust or at least like. The reality is that Josh Shapiro in [Pennsylvania] has earned more GOP votes in PA than either Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger. More importantly, this audience does not want to be lectured to and told who to vote for. Celebrities and never-Trump supporters have the opposite effect with these audiences."
The counsel also included advice for Harris to admit Democrats missed the mark during the Biden-Harris regime on the economy, inflation, border security, COVID-19, crime and much more.
"Create clear daylight/differentiation between a Harris and Biden administration," Comelia instructed. "Acknowledge where the Democratic Party hasn't gotten it right — a willingness to not just work with the other side, but call out your own party when necessary. Meet the moment by contrasting the stakes on the issues."
A commentary by Hugo Gurdon in the Examiner at the same time confirmed where the Biden tenure and Harris campaign have left the Democrats: "Screwed."
"Betting on appearances over reality is a weak long-term strategy, especially when those appearances are false. Fictions quickly wear thin, allowing people to see through to reality, to facts that stay stubbornly in place," he said. "President Abraham Lincoln put it more pithily: 'You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.'"
He explained, "Today's Democrats still don't get that you can't fool voters indefinitely. They criticize the Medicaid and food stamp reforms President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday as literally deadly. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), a former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, told CNN, 'The way I can summarize this big, ugly bill best is: Republicans caved, Trump lied, and people will die.'
"If that's the best the party can do, Democrats are in trouble. They are, however, all saying much the same thing. A Democratic campaign official informed me tersely recently on NewsNation that the reforms are 'cruel' because 'if you're a single mom and you're only working 40 hours a month because you're raising three kids, you don't get your Medicaid anymore under this bill.'"
That claim, he explained, is "not true."
He pointed out the changes about which Democrats are complaining mostly don't take effect for some time, until even after the 2026 midterms.
"These dates mean the howling horrors Democrats are crying 'wolf' about will not have gone into effect when voters next cast their ballots, and others will hardly have had time to resonate by the time the nation is choosing the next occupant of the White House. Voters don't get worked up about things that have not happened, and the horrors Democrats foretell will not have happened in two different ways: They won't have been applied, and once they are, voters will realize they aren't horrors anyway," he said.
"'I think we're screwed,' a Democratic operative told me as he contemplated the electoral politics of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. His party has to pump up the issue — it's part of the Democrats' trick of pretending they're on the side of the little guy — but it will turn to ashes and run away through their fingers."
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A time-lapse video reveals how quickly the flash flood in Kerr County, Texas, on Friday developed.
Authorities say at least 82 people were killed in the catastrophe, and President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration.
He said, ""These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing. The Trump Administration continues to work closely with State and Local Leaders. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was on the ground yesterday with Governor Greg Abbott, who is working hard to help the people of his Great State."
The video shows the water's rise in just about half an hour.
Social media included comments:
"That's why they're called flash floods."
"The speed with which the waters rose is phenomenal."
"It's crazy that the time lapse is really only 30 min."
"Praying for the people of my home state… Those floods happen so fast."
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Will Joe Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas ever be held accountable for America's wide open border during the Biden administration?
President Donald Trump believes the matter should be criminally investigated, and on Tuesday he instructed Kristi Noem, his own DHS secretary, to look into the matter.
During a news conference at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, reporter Julio Rosas of Blaze Media asked Trump: "A couple months ago, I ran into former DHS Secretary Mayorkas and I asked him a couple questions about his disastrous handling of the border. He didn't like my questions.
"But the number one question that I heard from people in responding to my video is why wasn't – why hasn't he been arrested yet? You know, obviously, you guys are clearing up the mess obviously that was deliberately made for the past four years, and so, people want accountability.
"It's great to see that the border secured and it's great to see the state-level cooperation, but I would ask you, why hasn't he been held accountable, or anybody really been held accountable?"
Trump responded: "Well, I'd take a look at that because what he did was – it's beyond incompetence. Something had to be done.
"Now, with that being said, he took orders from other people, and he was really doing the orders and you could say he was very loyal to them, because it must have been very hard for him to stand up and sit up and, you know, talk about what he allowed to happen to this country, and be serious about it, so he was given orders.
"If he wasn't given a pardon, I could see looking at that. In fact, why didn't you take a look at it, Kristi? He was impeached? But yeah, it was just a fake impeachment. Why don't you take a look at it?
"I think he was so bad. They were all so bad. Look, it was the worst president in the history of our country. We've had some bad ones, but he was the worst president. But somebody told Mayorkas to do that, and he followed orders, but that doesn't necessarily hold him harmless. So, take a look at it. Very good question, actually."
Mayorkas was in charge of Homeland Security for almost the whole Biden term, allowing a major relaxation in the enforcement of immigration laws, allowing millions of migrants to simply walk across the border.
Republicans in the U.S. House impeached him for misleading Congress and failing to enforce federal laws, but the Senate acquitted him last year.