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More and more evidence is coming out that all was not right with the Joe Biden administration.

The newest evidence comes from a letter signed by House Judiciary Committee chief Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and others.

It informs FBI Director Kash Patel that Biden's FBI "used a security-clearance process to potentially retaliate against a whistleblower, and even tried to interrogate his wife while denying her repeated requests for an attorney."

A report at Fox News outlines the allegations of egregious conduct.

The attack was on Special Agent Valentine Fertitta and his wife, in 2024.

The report noted Fertitta had revealed details of the FBI's misuse of "law-enforcement authorities," for which the Biden administration pushed for his "security clearance evaluation" to be extra long.

"During that time, the FBI made attempts to interrogate his wife, Emily Fertitta, and asked her to participate in a two-day interview," the report said.

She asked for her lawyer to be present, and the DOJ essentially said no.

"Documents available to the Committee show that SecD investigators denied Mrs. Fertitta the right to receive advice from an attorney during her interview and the opportunity to review FBI guidelines regarding the interview process beforehand," Jordan's letter warned.

She was told "policy guides, manuals, and an agenda or outline concerning the interview will not be provided."

Further, the administration warned her: "'An attorney may not be able to give you advice during the interview, nor ask any questions or prevent you from answering your questions during the interview. Essentially, he/she will just sit there silently."

The report noted such demands went "against the standard process for security clearance evaluations."

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Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is under fire this week for granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, is now making no secret he's interested in following Donald Trump as the next American president.

Appearing on "Sunday Morning" on CBS, Newsom answered positively when asked about his White House ambition.

"Yeah, I'd be lying otherwise. I'd just be lying. And I'm not – I can't do that," Newsom said.

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Leftists often complain that President Donald Trump doesn't follow court rulings. Actually he does. The facts are that it was Joe Biden who openly defied a Supreme Court rejection of his plan to transfer to taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt, for them to repay, rather than the people who actually borrowed the money.

Now another case has developed in which leftists are actively rejecting, and trying to get around, a decision from the high court.

It's happening in Wisconsin, and the fight has been profiled by the Federalist.

In the original fight, the Supreme Court unanimously said, regarding Catholic Charities, that the state was refusing to provide the charitable organization a tax-exempt status, like other organizations had, in a discriminatory fashion.

In the months since, the Democrat-led government there now has been trying to reimpose that punishment on Catholic Charities, and claims it is not discrimination because it wants to add the same punishment to a long list of additional charities.

"This is an organization that's trying to help people and trying to do it as efficiently as possible. They have limited resources. They want to use them well. You'd think the state would want to partner with that as opposed to targeting it," Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Attorney Colten Stanberry told the Federalist.

The report charged, "Amid leftists' ongoing judicial coup against the Trump administration, America's propaganda media have fomented baseless fears that President Trump is going to 'defy' or 'ignore' a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court if it rules on a case in a way he doesn't like. But if these so-called 'defenders of democracy' are concerned about government officials 'ignoring' court rulings as they claim, where is their outrage about Democrat-led Wisconsin's apparent bid to sidestep SCOTUS in a prominent religious liberty decision issued earlier this year?"

Catholic Charities Bureau is an arm of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin and works with many groups, some of which are funded through government contracts.

The facts are that neither employees nor recipients are required to hold a particular religion.

The fight is over state demands that Catholic Charities pay for the state's unemployment system, which the faith organization opposed doing. State officials claimed then the religious group was not religious enough.

The Supreme Court's ruling said it was, warning, "When the government distinguishes among religions based on theological differences in their provision of services, it imposes a denominational preference that must satisfy the highest level of judicial scrutiny. Because Wisconsin has transgressed that principle without the tailoring necessary to survive such scrutiny, the judgment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion."

Now, the report said, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has suggested eliminating the exemption entirely, punishing all faith groups that are involved in such activities in the state.

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Letitia James, the Democrat attorney general in New York who campaigned for office on the claim she would "get" President Donald Trump, is claiming that she's innocent in a mortgage fraud case federal prosecutors have brought against her.

A report at Fox confirms she was arraigned in Norfolk, Va., on Friday, submitting pleas of not guilty to felony counts of bank fraud and making false statements.

The charges come from her own actions and statements, including when she bought a home in Norfolk in 2020 when she allegedly misled a bank about the use of the residence in order to get better loan conditions.

She claimed it would be her secondary residence, but instead rented it out.

She's accused of trying to benefit by a sum of about $19,000 through a lower interest rate.

The Daily Caller News Foundation documented the case as serious, and Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett explained how she incriminated herself.

A federal grand jury in Virginia delivered charges against her just days ago, after prosecutors led by Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan brought the case forward.

Jarrett said the charges appear to be justified.

"She'll also claim, of course, 'Oh, it's a big misunderstanding, paperwork snafu, somebody else is to blame.' But under her own stated standard in the Trump case, she declared that is never an excuse. So she's hoisted on her own petard, as Shakespeare would say in Hamlet," Jarrett said.

Jarrett said that the case against James rests squarely on the paperwork she personally executed.

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"It's a pretty serious case against her, Sean. You cannot claim an occupied residence, get a lower mortgage rate, and then rent it out. You're cheating the lender by lying, and James actually incriminated herself. Both her mortgage and her insurance documents said she occupied it, but on an IRS records form she admitted it was purely a rental with zero personal occupancy," Jarrett said.

The DCNF reported Jarrett said James is now facing the same standards she once used against others, arguing that her own conduct left little room for defense.

"Well, it can't be both. That's illegal. Predictably, today she just whined that the law is being weaponized against her. Spare me the moral outrage. It was phony. She was the one who campaigned on the promise to get Trump, then conjured up that ludicrous case only to get slapped down by the appellate court in an epic embarrassment," Jarrett said. "I think he or she's going to do exactly what James Comey is doing, claim selective, vindictive prosecution, try to get the case dismissed, avoid trial entirely. But, you know, under the law the burden shifts to her to prove by clear evidence that the case has an unjustifiable motive."

Additional James' mortgage documentation also is at play, including when she allegedly listed her father as a "spouse" on a purchase agreement.

It was the Federal Housing Finance Agency that referred James to the Justice Department for the alleged crimes.

James had orchestrated a civil fraud case against Trump and his companies, obtaining from a radicalized judge in New York a judgment that would have amounted to about half a billion dollars against Trump.

An appeals court threw it out.

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American voters resoundingly rejected Kamala Harris at the last presidential election.

She lost, by landslide numbers, at the Electoral College, the popular vote, and much more.

That's even though she spent some $1.5 billion in three months, on travel, friends' endorsement appearances and such.

Now the Free Beacon is reporting even Democrat fundraisers are rejecting her.

The publication confirmed, "Major Democratic donors turned down the Democratic National Committee's request to host a fundraiser, with one sending a 'profanity-laced' message in response."

The Wall Street Journal said, of the dispute, "At one point earlier this year, the DNC reached out to big donors to host a San Francisco-area fundraiser headlined by former Vice President Kamala Harris. Most of the donors rejected the request."

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The U.S. military destroyed another purported drug-smuggling vessel Tuesday, but this time it was on the Pacific side of South America.

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted video of the exploded boat, stating: "Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.

"The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics," Hegseth continued.

"There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. Both terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.

"Narco-terrorists intending to bring poison to our shores, will find no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere. Just as Al Qaeda waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border and our people. There will be no refuge or forgiveness – only justice."

This is the eighth known U.S. attack on a vessel since Sept. 2, with the other seven targeting vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday voiced support for the action, saying at the White House: "The bottom line, these are drug boats. If people want to stop seeing drug boats blown up, stop sending drugs to the United States."

Hegseth is receiving plenty of positive and negative feedback to his announcement on X, including:

"Why do all of these peaceful, simple fisherman have $60,000+ in motors on their fishing boats?"

"That is clearly a bunch of poor fishermen just trying to feed their families. Seriously, everyone knows that you need 3 outboard motors to catch the really fast fish!"

"Congrats bro we get it you are killing random people with 0 evidence of a crime and then you're posting the killcam as if it's a highlight reel. This admin is not one of peace, it is a typical regime change admin looking out for the neocons."

"You going to provide any evidence, arrest and try them like civilized countries do? Or just going to kill whomever you please, same as every other warmongering regime in the American Empire?"

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Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden and expert on everything related to crack cocaine, is flushed with outrage after President Donald Trump shared an artificial intelligence video of himself dropping poop on protesters.

The commander in chief late Saturday posted an epic video of himself piloting an American fighter jet called "King Trump," dumping what appears to be loads of feces on "No Kings" protesters voicing their objections over the weekend against the president.

Among the protesters is left-wing influencer Harry Sisson, who is seen getting completely doused in dung.

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During Saturday's "No Kings" protest in Chicago, a man was recorded on camera openly calling for the murder of federal ICE agents.

"You gotta grab a gun!" the individual shouted.

"We gotta turn around the guns on this fascist system. These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out."

Now, internet sleuths are claiming the vocal supporter of lethal force is Moisés Bernal Puentes, a staff member at Wilbur Wright College in Chicago, and the case has been referred to the Justice Department for potential prosecution.

An employee directory at the City Colleges of Chicago website indicates the employee is in the Adult Education department at Wilbur Wright College, and WND has reached out to school officials for comment.

On some of his social media, Puentes apparently listed his personal pronouns as "they/them."

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As resistance continues to President Donald Trump's effort to make American cities safe, the commander in chief is reminding both Antifa and Democrat governors that he has a powerful tool at his disposal, and he's not afraid to use it.

"I haven't used it, but don't forget, I can use the Insurrection Act," Trump said in a pre-recorded interview with Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" on the Fox News Channel.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president "to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence."

"Fifty percent of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power. I choose not to, I'd rather do this but I'm met constantly by fake politicians, politicians that think that it's not like part of the radical left movement to have safety.

"These cities have to be safe. Our cities that are Democrat-run, exclusively just about, are unsafe cities. They're a disaster and I'm gonna save the cities. I didn't run on that. I ran on crime but I didn't run on straightening out the cities."

Trump has faced harsh resistance to his efforts by local officials in Chicago, but said, "The people love us, The people want us there. … They're MAGA all over the place."

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In a case that is believed to be the first time an indictment has been handed down against members of Antifa, the 'left-wing terrorist organization" that has been striking over and over at America, two defendants are accused of helping plan an attack on a federal facility in Texas.

And constitutional professor and expert Jonathan Turley, who has advised Congress in constitutional disputes and even has represented members, pointed out the irony.

Because, he explained, that according to many extremists on the left, there is no such thing as "Antifa."

"I recently wrote about the effort of leading politicians, pundits, and the press to deny the existence of Antifa as violence on the left rises around the country. Even Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) insisted that 'nobody' knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist," he explained.

He noted Ellison is on record promoting the "Antifa Handbook" and praising the organization, while Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, dared "anyone" to name a single member of Antifa.

Done, the Justice Department has now confirmed.

Prosecutors, in fact, have named Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts, two Texas men, for "helping orchestrate" the attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas on July 4.

"They are charged with providing material support to terrorists, attempted murder of officers and employees of the U.S., and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence," the report explained.

"On the night of July 4, several masked individuals dressed in black vandalized vehicles and security cameras in the ICE parking lot and then opened fire on an Alvarado police officer who approached them, seriously wounding one officer.