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Police Blotter

Greenbelt Shooting Victim Stable, Police Seek Answers

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Greenbelt, MD – Police in Greenbelt are investigating a shooting that took place on Wednesday.

The victim of a shooting on Cherrywood Terrace has sustained critical but stable injuries. Those with details on the incident are urged to reach out to the Greenbelt Police Department at 301-474-7200.

No further information was released at this time.

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Two Arrested in New York Street Fight Involving Gunfire, Shovel

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Schenectady, NY – On Tuesday afternoon, Schenectady Police answered a call about a disturbance on Crane Street involving a man and a woman.

Allegations of gun display and firing, along with the use of a shovel during the altercation, were reported, with a baby present. A search for the suspects began and culminated later in the evening with the detention of both parties.

Both suspects, known to each other, were found with their two-year-old child. Officials ensured the child’s safety with the involvement of Schenectady County Child Protective Services.

Wendell K. Boone, 39, and Catoria A. Pittman, 35, were arrested and charged with various offenses, including weapon possession and child endangerment.

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Grandpa Paid Homeless WomAn 20 Bucks to Watch his 7-Year-Old Granddaughter

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Sacramento, CA – Police charged a grandfather, Jason Warren, 54, in Sacramento with child endangerment after he allegedly paid a homeless woman to watch his 7-year-old granddaughter as he went to a bar. Surveillance footage captured him leaving the girl with the woman, who later brought the child back to the bar’s parking lot.

Warren, who appeared intoxicated, explained that he gave the woman $20 to take his granddaughter to a thrift store while he visited the bar.

The child was reported safe and uninjured, and custody was returned to her aunt. Warren faces a child endangerment charge and a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct/drunk in public; whether he has legal representation is currently unknown.

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North Jersey Day Care Worker Assaulted Young Child, Police

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Budd Lake, NJ – The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office has charged Christina Susco, 38, from Budd Lake, New Jersey with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Aggravated Assault.

Allegedly occurring on Thursday, a former teacher at Mount Olive Child Care & Learning Center is accused of assaulting a 16-month-old female child, with investigations ongoing and details withheld for now. Susco faces charges of second-degree child endangerment and third-degree aggravated assault. She has been set free under specific bail conditions following her arrest at Morris County Correctional Facility.

Several law enforcement agencies, including the Mount Olive Township Police Department and Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, were involved in the inquiry. The public is urged to contact the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit with any relevant information.

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Philadelphia Police Searching for Missing Man

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating Maurice Sampson, a missing endangered person last seen on Wednesday at 11:00 AM on the 24xx block of N 29th St. Sampson, 25 years old, stands at 6 feet tall and weighs 132 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen dressed in an army fatigue jacket, beige pants, and pink sneakers.

Authorities urge anyone with information on Sampson’s whereabouts to contact the Central Detective Division at 215-686-3093.

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CBP Officers at the Port of Rochester Discovered Counterfeit NFL, NBA, and MLB Championship Rings

by Dinesh Patel May 10, 2024
By Dinesh Patel

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rochester Port of Entry seized Super Bowl, World Series, and NBA Championship rings for bearing counterfeit trademarks. 

In late April, CBP officers discovered several mini championship trophies and rings bearing NFL, NBA, and MLB trademarks during a shipment inspection.  The Super Bowl rings featured logos from the San Franciso 49ers, Oakland Raiders, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and New England Patriots. The World Series rings featured logos from the New York Yankees and the NBA Championship rings featured logos from the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.  There was also NCAA basketball championship rings allegedly from Syracuse University. After a thorough examination of the merchandise, all the items were determined to be not authentic and were seized for bearing counterfeit trademarks. Had these items been genuine, the total Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) value would be approximately $9,000 dollars.

“Our officers continue to play a critical role in protecting the consumer from counterfeit items,” said Rochester Port Director Ronald Menz. “Counterfeiters scam consumers into buying low quality replicas online. Our officers diligently work to protect the American consumer by intercepting this illegitimate merchandise.”

Counterfeit professional sports championship rings consisting of NFL, NBA and MLB, seized as Intellectual Property Rights violations.

Counterfeit professional sports championship rings consisting of NFL, NBA and MLB, seized as Intellectual Property Rights violations.

CBP has the authority to detain, seize, forfeit, and ultimately destroy imported merchandise if it bears an infringing trademark or copyright that has been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office and has subsequently been recorded with CBP through the e-Recordation program https://iprr.cbp.gov/s/. Other violations can include misclassification of merchandise, false country-of-origin markings, health and safety issues, and valuation issues. 

Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods threatens America’s innovation economy, the competitiveness of our businesses, the livelihoods of U.S. workers, and, in some cases, national security and the health and safety of consumers.  It is also against the law to import counterfeit or pirated merchandise and individual consumers may be liable for a fine even if they did not intend to import counterfeit or pirated merchandise.

If you have information about counterfeit merchandise being illegally imported into the U.S., CBP encourages you to submit an E-Allegation.  The E-Allegation reporting tool provides a means for the public to anonymously report to CBP any suspected violations of trade laws or regulations related to the importation of goods into the U.S.

CBP has established an educational initiative to raise consumer awareness about the consequences and dangers that can be associated with the purchase of counterfeit and pirated goods.  Information about the Truth Behind Counterfeits campaign can be found at The Truth Behind Counterfeits | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov)

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CBP announces seasonal opening of Port of Chief Mountain

by Dinesh Patel May 10, 2024
By Dinesh Patel

CHIEF MOUNTAIN, Mont. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations is pleased to announce the Port of Chief Mountain will re-open for seasonal traffic at 9 a.m. on May 15.

Hours of Operation (Mountain Daylight Time):
May 15 – 31:                           9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
June 1 – Sept. 2:                    7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sept. 3 – 30:                            9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Chief Mountain

The Chief Mountain Port of Entry in Montana will open for the season May 15.

Chief Mountain is located on Highway 17 in Glacier County, Montana, and is a convenient route

connecting travelers to the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Alberta from Glacier National Park in Montana.

CBP also offers travelers tips to help expedite processing at the port:

  • Have required proof of citizenship documents ready upon arrival at the primary inspection booth. You may present a valid passport, a passport card, an enhanced driver’s license, a trusted traveler card (NEXUS, SENTRI, Global Entry or FAST/EXPRES), a lawful permanent resident card, or current Native American and Canadian citizen tribal documents as your Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) compliant document.
  • Traveling with minor children without both parents? A notarized travel permission letter should accompany minors when both parents are not present.
  • Declare all purchases to the CBP officer, including fruits, vegetables, live animals and meat products in your vehicle. Keep your receipts as proof of where items were purchased. Failure to declare may result in penalties (fines) of $300 or more.
  • Most U.S. or Canadian grown fruits and vegetables for personal consumption may enter the United States from Canada, except citrus, tomatoes, peppers and homegrown potatoes, which are prohibited. Each vehicle may enter with up to 50 pounds of Canadian-origin beef, pork, or chicken for personal consumption only. Meats, fruits, or vegetables purchased in the United States prior to entering Canada are not restricted (keep your receipts and leave the labels affixed).
  • Do not bring firewood. All firewood is prohibited unless accompanied by a heat treatment certificate. Travelers with prohibited firewood will be returned to Canada to dispose of the firewood. Don’t move firewood! Buy it where you burn it!
  • Pet food must be manufactured in the United States or Canada, transported in the original container or packaging, must not exceed 50 pounds, may not require refrigeration, and may contain lamb or goat only if manufactured in the United States.
  • Any weapons or ammunition must be declared when leaving or entering the United States.
  • You must declare any currency in excess of $10,000 when leaving or entering the United States. See FinCen.gov for more information.
  • Although medical and recreational marijuana are legal in many U.S. states and Canada, the sale, possession, production and distribution of marijuana all remain illegal under U.S. federal law, and is prohibited from crossing the U.S. border. For mor information see Clearing CBP.
  • Never attempt to cross the border outside of the established hours of operation.
  • For additional questions or clarification on the information above, please visit the Know Before You Go page in the Travel section at www.cbp.gov.
  • For information on entering Canada, please visit www.cbsa.gc.ca or call 1-800-461-9999.
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Joint U.S.–Sonora “Se Busca Información” initiative targets criminal organizations in Northern Sonora and Southern Arizona

by Dinesh Patel May 10, 2024
By Dinesh Patel

TUCSON – The United States and the State of Sonora, Mexico announced 10 new criminal targets for their “Se Busca Información” initiative during a press conference at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona 

The “Se Busca Información” initiative has identified 10 individuals associated with transnational criminal organizations wanted for crimes ranging from human smuggling and narcotics trafficking to murder. The individuals are sought by Homeland Security Investigations and Sonoran law enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations) and the Mexican State of Sonora, as well as other federal, state, and local law enforcement officers have agreed to cooperate and share information to arrest these dangerous individuals. This initiative is in the best interest of both countries to pursue a safer and more secure border. 

“Homeland Security Investigations is proud to support this initiative aimed at capturing dangerous fugitives of the law,” said Fransisco B. Burrola, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona. “The more widespread information is available, our chances of arresting these targets greatly increases. By partnering with CBP and other law enforcement agencies, we make communities safer.” 

The “Se Busca Información” initiative encourages the public on both sides of the border to anonymously report information about U.S. and Mexican citizens who are wanted criminals.  People who have information about the targets can confidentially report this information to law enforcement at 520-310-5914. The public may also convey their information via the ‘WhatsApp’ application. The phone lines are open 24 hours a day and the calls go directly to Tucson Sector Border Patrol and partners agency call centers. 

The 10 wanted individuals’ pictures are placed on posters, flyers, and other locations throughout the border region. In the United States, posters will be displayed at U.S. Border Patrol stations, immigration checkpoints and international ports of entry in the Southern Arizona border regions. 

“We use every resource we have to locate and apprehend individuals who threaten our border communities and nation,” said, John Modlin, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent for the Tucson Sector. “Information gathered through the Se Busca initiative is extremely beneficial in this regard and it is a safe anonymous way for the public to assist law enforcement with keeping southern Arizona communities safe.” 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations welcomes assistance from the community. Citizens are encouraged to report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol while remaining anonymous by calling 520-310-5914 or via the ‘WhatsApp’ application. 

The “Se Busca Información” Press Conference on May 9, 2024, at the Mariposa Port of Entry is available at the following link: Se Busca Informacion: Press Conference Video. The target poster is available at Se Busca Informacion: Tucson | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov).

Please visit www.cbp.gov to view additional news releases and other information pertaining to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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Stormy Daniels’ Admission On Witness Stand Sheds Light On Why Alvin Bragg Had Her Testify Against Trump

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
By The Daily Caller

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels testified Thursday that she had no direct knowledge of former President Donald Trump’s involvement in the $130,000 payment made to keep her quiet about claims of an alleged affair in 2016, which is at the center of the case against him.

Daniels’ detailed testimony about her alleged affair with Trump in 2006 prompted the defense to twice motion for a mistrial, once on Tuesday and again on Thursday, though Judge Juan Merchan denied the motion both times. Still, her admission that she did not know Trump’s role in the deal highlighted that she was testifying despite being unable to speak to the core charges — that Trump falsified business records while reimbursing his former attorney Michael Cohen for the payment — suggesting she was on the witness stand for another reason.

“There was zero relevance to her testimony,” defense attorney and legal analyst Philip Holloway told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “She had no information to share about bookkeeping at the Trump Organization. All the added was a salaciousness designed to make Trump look like a womanizer and a manipulator. In a rational legal world, she would have caused a mistrial.”

Trump’s defense attorney argued Tuesday that prosecutors had only asked Daniels’ certain questions to “inflame the jury.”

Establishing Trump’s involvement in the payment and Cohen’s reimbursement is the key to the prosecution’s case. Daniels’ admission that she never spoke directly with Trump about the $130,000 payment came toward the end of cross-examination, after a morning of defense attorney Susan Necheles seeking to draw out inconsistencies between the story of her encounter with Trump she told on the stand and how she had previously told it, including in her 2011 interview with In Touch magazine.

Necheles sought to demonstrate Daniels was driven by twin motives: money and her hatred of Trump. She pointed to Daniels capitalizing on Trump’s indictment by pushing merchandise from her store on Twitter, highlighting items in her shop like a “Stormy Saint of Indictments” candle and a “Stormy Daniels Political Power” comic.

When asked about the core charge in the case, Daniels said she is not an attorney and doesn’t really understand what Trump is being indicted for. “There’s a lot of indictments,” she told Necheles.

Necheles: You never spoke with Trump in connection to being paid $130,000? Have no personal knowledge of his involvement in that transaction?

Daniels: Not directly, no.

— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) May 9, 2024

Necheles pointed out that after the nondisclosure agreement, Daniels continued to profit from her story through a strip club tour titled “Make America Horny Again” and her documentary. “You have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex appear to be real?” Necheles asked.

“Wow,” Daniels said. “That’s not how I would put it.” If the story with Trump was untrue, Daniels said she “would have written it to be a lot better.”

In one of the stranger moments, Necheles inquired about Daniels cashing in her purported ability to speak to ghosts and the dead — and about living in a New Orleans house that was supposedly haunted, where spirits “attacked” her boyfriend.

“We brought in experts,” Daniels said of the house, explaining she brought in religious experts and people to measure the electromagnetic fields. “A lot of the activity was completely debunked as a giant possum that was under the house.”

Daniels’ time on the stand drew significant attention, with the Thursday morning press and public access lines stretching far longer than usual. But it was the other witnesses who testified Thursday who had knowledge of Trump’s bookkeeping and habits.

Rebecca Manochio, a junior bookkeeper at the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg’s former executive assistant, testified about how checks were sent for Trump to sign while he was in the White House in 2017. She explained they were sent first to the personal address of Trump’s former bodyguard, Keith Schiller, and later to former Trump aide Johnny McEntee.

Another witness called Thursday, Trump’s former White House executive assistant Madeleine Westerhout, testified that Trump on a few occasions called Weisselberg for clarification on checks he had questions about.

Westerhout also testified about his family relations and work practices, specifically noting his relationship with his wife, Melania Trump, was one of “mutual respect.”

“I just found their relationship really special,” she said, noting they laughed a lot when she came to the Oval Office and he would sometimes tell her to call Melania if he was running late. “He was my boss but she was definitely the one in charge,” Westerhout said. The defense has sought to demonstrate that payments to suppress stories prior were motivated by his concern for his family over his campaign.

Merchan dismissed the jury Thursday to allow the defense to argue two motions: one to modify the gag order to allow Trump to respond to Daniels and another renewed motion for a mistrial. He denied them both.

For the gag order, Merchan said that his concern was for “protecting the integrity” of the proceedings as a whole, noting that other witnesses will see Trump’s comments, not just Daniels. “I continue to be concerned about witnesses using the gag order as a sword instead of a shield,” Merchan said.

As to the mistrial motion, Merchan reasoned that Daniels’ testimony was relevant because the defense had denied the alleged sexual encounter in their opening statement, putting the jury in the position of having to choose who to believe. This, he said, means the prosecution needs an opportunity to “rehabilitate” Daniels’ credibility as a witness and corroborate the story.

“This isn’t a case about sex,” defense attorney Todd Blanche told the judge while making his argument. He argued that many of the prosecution’s questions were not relevant, highlighting questions about their relative height differences and whether Trump used a condom.

Merchan, as he did on Tuesday, again questioned why the defense did not raise more objections during Daniels’ testimony.

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Black Lives Matter Group Sues Massive Liberal Foundation Claiming ‘Egregious Mismanagement’ Of $33 Million In Funds

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
By The Daily Caller

A liberal foundation controlling roughly $1 billion in assets faces accusations of “egregious mismanagement” of funds from the largest Black Lives Matter group in the country.

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM GNF) filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the Tides Foundation of mishandling funds donated to a “Black Lives Matter Support Fund” administered by Tides, arguing the funds belong to them. Tides, however, contests this by claiming that donations to the fund were actually intended for smaller BLM organizations.

“Resources in the Black Lives Matter Support Fund were never intended to be granted to large, well-funded national organizations like Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, and were always intended to be granted to local Black Lives Matter chapters,” Tides told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Tides Center, which is affiliated with the Tides Foundation, previously served as the fiscal sponsor of BLM GNF, allowing the BLM group to accept tax-exempt donations without registering with the Internal Revenue Service. The two groups ended their relationship in December 2020.

“While the Black Lives Matter Foundation seeks to recover its funds unjustly held by the Tides Foundation, our legal challenge extends beyond this specific issue,” BLM GNF told the DCNF. “We aim to establish new rules for Tides and all fiscal sponsors, who operate like unlicensed banks, handling huge donations in ways that blur the lines of legal and fiscal sponsorship without proper oversight,” they continued.

BLM GNF alleges that Tides entered an oral contract with it stipulating that money donated to the fund would eventually be transferred to them. The organization also accuses Tides of unjustly skimming money off their donations by charging service fees.

“Tides assesses fees under its agreements with these organizations, including charging a significant percentage for each contribution dedicated to BLM GNF,” according to the lawsuit.

Tides charges “exorbitant fees to Black and Brown” nonprofits, according to the suit, which BLM GNF argues is illegal because the fees “equate to high interest rate fees similar to commercial bank fees” and “Tides is not organized for the purpose of engaging in the commercial banking business.”

The lawsuit claims this constitutes Tides financially benefiting at the expense of BLM GNF as well as “the communities it serves.”

BLM GNF is seeking $33.4 million in damages from Tides through its lawsuit.

“We are deeply disappointed that it has reached this stage, and that the actions of BLMGNF leaders continue to prevent us from granting funds to Black-led and Black-serving organizations that need it,” Tides said in its statement to the DCNF.

BLM GNF has its own history of alleged financial mismanagement. The organization fell under scrutiny in 2022 when it used charitable funds to purchase a 6,500-square-foot $6 million mansion in Southern California.

BLM GNF was deeply involved in the racial justice movement that sprung up after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020. After receiving a deluge of donations following Floyd’s death, the organization doled out millions of dollars in grants to aid local BLM chapters and other racial justice activist groups.

The riots caused over $1 billion in damages, resulting in between $1 billion and $2 billion in paid insurance claims, according to Axios. A total of 24 people died during the Floyd riots.

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Judge Again Denies Motion For Mistrial Over Stormy Daniels Testimony

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Judge Juan Merchan denied a renewed motion for a mistrial raised by former President Donald Trump’s defense on Thursday in response to Stormy Daniels’ testimony.

Merchan denied Trump’s request for a mistrial Tuesday over testimony, though he noted many of the details Daniels included would have been better left “unsaid.” He said on Thursday the defense’s claim during opening statements that the sexual encounter never happened puts the jury in a position of having to decide.

“Right off the bat, that pits your client’s word against Ms. Daniel’s word,” he said, noting this allows prosecutors to rehabilitate her as a witness and try to corroborate her story.

Merchan again questioned why the defense did not raise more objections during Daniels’ testimony.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche objected Thursday to a number of questions asked by the prosecution, including about Daniels’ story of “spanking” Trump, details about the inside of the bathroom, whether she was drugged, about the respective height difference, about whether she felt threatened and whether Trump was wearing a condom.

“We didn’t know these questions were coming,” Blanche said. “We were sitting there hearing that for the first time.”

Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said a lot of what Blanche claimed was “flat out untrue,” adding that the claim of ambush is “just nonsense.”

“We went out of our way to eliminate the most salacious details in order to avoid embarrassing the defendant,” Steinglass said. He said there was not a lot of detail about the actual sexual encounter, even though the details would corroborate her story.

On cross examination, defense attorney Susan Necheles pushed to show Daniels was motivated by money and a hatred of Trump. She also sought to draw out inconsistencies between the story Daniels’ told on the stand and how she has previously told it, including in a 2011 interview with In Touch magazine.

Daniels denied she had been inconsistent and again affirmed the story was true. She also denied being motivated by money. However, when asked directly whether she hated Trump, she gave a clear answer: “Yes.”

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Turley Skewers Hillary Clinton For Attacking Trump Over Payments Despite Her Campaign Being Fined For Steele Dossier

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
By The Daily Caller

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley skewered former First Lady Hillary Clinton Thursday for attacking former President Donald Trump over the alleged payout to [censored] star Stormy Daniels.

Clinton appeared on Morning Joe, where she alleged that the $130,000 payout to Daniels in 2016 was a form of “election interference” by the Trump campaign while discussing Trump’s trial on a 34-count indictment secured by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee agreed to pay a $113,000 fine after failing to report funding of the now-debunked Steele dossier through the Perkins Coie law firm.

Turley scoffed at Clinton’s claims, citing her campaign’s conduct in 2016.

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“They are saying you rigged an election or a race that was already run, that’s what doesn’t make sense to us,” Turley said. “The hilarious aspect of that earlier clip with Hillary Clinton is that she actually makes the case for Trump, because when she ‘says how dare you keep information from the public,’ The Clinton campaign lied to the media about funding the Steele dossier. How did they hide it? They said it was legal expenses with Marc Elias. And when they were facing a fine, they litigated that and said no, it really is a legal expense. So her campaign did exactly what she is suggesting here, but they did it before the election.”

The Steele dossier was a key source behind the FBI’s investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign engaged in election interference with Russia in 2016. In October 2016, the FBI offered the dossier’s author, Christopher Steele, $1 million to corroborate allegations made in the document, according to testimony by FBI supervisory analyst Brian Auten.

Steele ultimately failed to “prove the allegations,” Auten testified.

“What Trump is being accused of is giving the wrong notation, which he may not have had anything to do with, after the election was over that somehow affected the election,” Turley said. “The fact that judge Juan Merchan has allowed this case to go forward on these conflicted elements of the theory is one of the biggest complaints I have against him, that most judges, I think, would have approached this case very differently and many would not have had this case go to trial.”

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Vulnerable Dem Senator Co-Sponsors Laken Riley Act Weeks After Opposing Provision

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester appears to be changing his tune on supporting the Republican-led Laken Riley Act, named after the 22-year-old nursing student who was allegedly murdered by an illegal alien in  February on the University of Georgia’s campus.

Tester voted with Democrats on March 23 in blocking GOP Sen. Ted Budd’s amendment he described as being a “modified version” of the Laken Riley Act to the second government funding package. The senator is now co-sponsoring the bill, according to a press release on Thursday, which would require federal officials to detain illegal aliens who commit “burglary, theft, larceny, or [a] shoplifting offense.”

“Keeping Montana safe is my top priority, which is why I’ve repeatedly called on the Biden Administration and Congress to do more to secure the southern border and have worked to get the brave men and women in law enforcement what they need to keep criminals off our streets,” Tester said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“After hearing from law enforcement officers across Montana, I’m backing the Laken Riley Act to make sure that individuals who enter our country and commit a crime are held accountable so that no Montana family has to worry about the safety of their loved ones,” Tester added.

A spokesperson for Tester told the Belgrade News on March 29 that he would support the Laken Riley Act as a standalone bill.

The Laken Riley Act was introduced by Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins who represents the district where the student was killed. The legislation passed the House on March 7, but has yet to face a floor vote in the Senate.

Tester has attempted to paint himself as a Democrat who is tough on border security and illegal immigration while running for reelection in a state former President Donald Trump won by double digits both cycles. The senator launched a TV ad in early April arguing he “worked with Republicans, fighting to shut down the border,” but some of his voting record shows otherwise.

Republican Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee have dubbed the senator “two-faced Tester” in regard to his changing stances on illegal immigration.

A J.L. Partners survey conducted in late March found Sheehy leading Tester by three points in a head-to-head matchup, with 7% of likely voters remaining undecided. The race is characterized by The Cook Political Report as in the “Toss-Up” category for 2024, along with Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and an open seat in Arizona.

Tester’s campaign did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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Red State Slapped With Lawsuit Over Law Allowing Officials To Arrest, Deport Illegal Immigrants

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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A number of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa on Thursday for passing a law allowing authorities to arrest and detain some illegal immigrants.

SF 2340, signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, grants local and state law enforcement the ability to arrest and press charges against illegal immigrants who have outstanding deportation orders, or who have reentered the U.S. after being previously deported or denied access to the interior of the country. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa and the American Immigration Council are suing Iowa over the law on claims that it is unconstitutional and will disproportionately affect the state’s immigrant population.

“Supporters of this law say they passed it because they are tired of the way the federal government and the current administration is handling immigration enforcement. We can all agree that our immigration system needs improvement, but this law is no solution,” Erica Johnson, founding executive director of Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice, claimed in a statement on Thursday. “Instead, it increases fear among Iowa’s immigrant communities and overwhelms local groups who are doing the real work of finding solutions and creating thriving communities.”

“Iowa is NOT backing down.”

Joe Biden’s DOJ is fighting tooth and nail to keep the border open.

When Iowa tries to defend itself with a new immigration law, the Biden DOJ threatens to sue.

But @BrennaBird says Iowa will fight to enforce the law. pic.twitter.com/UZkg6LygJv

— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) May 6, 2024

The lawsuit alleges that the state law hamstrings the Biden administration’s ability to enforce federal immigration laws, according to NBC News. ACLU of Iowa also claims it will increase racial profiling and result in the separation of families.

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice was previously threatening to sue Iowa unless it dropped the law from the books. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird previously said the state wouldn’t give in to pressure on repealing the law.

“Iowa won’t back down. We will defend our law, even if the federal government is going to sue us,” Bird during a Fox News interview on May 5. “Iowa has an immigration problem. Iowa isn’t a border state, we’re a long way from the border, but now every state is a border state with the border so out of control.”

SF 2340 is set to go into effect on July 1.

The Biden administration has sought to keep states including Iowa and Texas from enforcing stricter laws to curtail the illegal immigration crisis. The administration has been in an ongoing legal battle with Texas, which has deployed the state National Guard to its southern border and has prevented Border Patrol from intervening in border enforcement activities.

Illegal immigration has surged under the Biden administration; Border Patrol recorded roughly 1.6 million migrant encounters at the southern border in fiscal year 2021, compared to over 2 million in fiscal year 2023 and over a million in the first six months of fiscal year 2024, according to Customs and Border Protection data.

Reynolds’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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GOV. DOUG BURGUM: Here’s Why Conservatives Can’t Trust RFK Jr.

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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There’s a lot of chatter right now about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., even though he won’t even be on many states ballots this fall, let alone actually scoring one single electoral vote in November’s election.

And while they may know his name, many voters know little about him or his policies to make an informed decision one way or another. True patriots should know that despite expensive advertising and lofty promises, his ideas are downright dangerous, and anyone who identifies as a conservative, or simply as somebody who loves their country, best steer clear.

Here’s what we know about him, from his very own statements.

In 2019, Kennedy shared an article defending Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal for a 70% top tax rate, saying that there’s research to “back her up.”

Where would this money go? Not back to the people, because if he wanted this, he’d be in favor of tax cuts. Instead, a huge tax increase would feed an ever-growing, ever-overreaching federal government. This is something he has in common with President Joe Biden and defies our Founders’ vision of empowered people and states, and a specific, limited role for the federal government.

In his heart, Kennedy is a proponent of dangerous Big Government Socialism — where liberal elites have one size fits all ideas — their ideas — for every American, their families and their businesses. Yet history has proven that socialist ideas have destroyed once great countries and are now tearing at the very fabric of America under Joe Biden.

Kennedy has called for governments to divest from fossil fuels. He wants to put a carbon tax on all emissions, which would saddle all hard-working American families with even more inflation when they are already burdened by the failed policies of the Biden administration. The hallmark of Biden’s inflation and all things Bidenomics are high energy prices.

RFK’s policies — in fact, his dream — would have gas prices at $10 a gallon. Energy is a component of everything from heating our homes to the food we eat.

These policies would bankrupt American families and businesses, enrich our advisories like Iran and Russia and HURT the global environment by displacing clean U.S. energy production with foreign sources.

Further, Kennedy has held troubling and problematic relationships with people he not only considers his friends, but also a “truly great partner” — an example includes virulent Antisemite Louis Farrakhan. At a time when Israel is fighting on every front, and with a historic rise of antisemitism on our college campuses, this should be a disqualifying in and of itself.

Liberals know this, which is why they’re so frightened of him. He’s more AOC than AOC is and has described himself as a big proponent of the inflationary and economically unsustainable Green New Deal-he’s called it “huge” and “important.”

He’s more than an anti-Second Amendment gun-grabber, he’s literally called the National Rifle Association “a terror group.” He’s more than an enabler of spending your hard-earned money, he supports Biden’s actions to “cancel” student debt if they were to be approved by Congress. He has endorsed or contributed to every major Democrat in recent history-Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton.

When you look at his record, when you look at what he’s spoken about and what he continues to say, it reminds me of the old saying: If he talks like a liberal, and he walks like a liberal, don’t let it fool you. He’s a liberal.

Doug Burgum has served as North Dakota’s governor since 2016.

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Former Judge Pours Cold Water On MSNBC Hosts’ Attempts To Nudge Him Into Saying Trump Surrogates Should Be Gagged

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Former Judge John E. Jones said Judge Juan Merchan should not impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump’s allies, despite two MSNBC hosts nudging him to say so.

Trump is under a gag order that bars him from making statements about witnesses, prosecutors other than the district attorney, court staff and jurors, as well as family members of the staff, district attorney or judge. Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott attacked some of the people who Trump is barred from criticizing outside of the court where Trump’s trial is being held, with Jones telling hosts Chris Jansing and Andrea Mitchell that Merchan should not impose the gag order on his surrogates.

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“Let me start with what we just heard from Rick Scott,” Jansing said. “We know that Donald Trump is under a gag order and yet you have someone close to him, who would like to be potentially his vice presidential running mate, saying the judge’s daughter is a political operative who raises money for Democrats, the lead prosecutor’s wife a significant for Democrats. What is your reaction to that and is there anything Judge Merchan can or should do about people who are close to Donald Trump saying things maybe he can’t?”

“I don’t think so, Chris,” Jones said. “I think that’s so much outside noise to Judge Merchan. You know, when I was on the bench and I had a controversial case, I used to joke that I thought my name was changed to Bush-appointed judge because you get typecast in a certain way. I don’t find that as anything that Merchan is going to pay particular attention to. And quite honestly, you know, it sort of flies in the face of what we can see or hear with our own eyes in terms of the way the trial is being conducted.”

Merchan has held Trump in contempt for ten gag order violations, fining him $1,000 for each and warning additional violations could lead to incarceration.

“He hasn’t had validators there for him, but doesn’t the gag order also say that people close to Trump, that it’s a violation for other people on his behalf to demean family of the court, anyone besides the judge and the prosecutors?” Mitchell followed up.

“Well, first of all, the people would have to act and the person of the district attorney, the prosecutors to try to call him on that,” Jones said. “And then the problem becomes creating a nexus between the speaker and Donald Trump. You know, did he do it — did Scott volunteer it or was he goaded into doing it by Trump? It’s probably an area that Merchan and the prosecution doesn’t want to wade into, and, again, I think Merchan has done a great job thus far managing the case, and he’s tried to avoid pretty successfully the kind of side shows that can take a trial off track, and that’s what this would be.”

Merchan’s rulings have often appeared to be favorable to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg while impeding Trump’s defense during the trial, with the judge granting many requests by prosecutors while frequently rejecting requests by the defense.

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Dem Senator Who Decried ‘Revolving Door’ Poses With Lobbyists Who Donated To Her Campaign

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who has frequently criticized the so-called “revolving door” between the federal government and K Street, was pictured with a group of lobbyists in late April — many of whom have donated to her campaign.

Baldwin posed with the lobbyists in a photo posted to Instagram on April 29 by Jenkins Hill Society (JHS), a women’s fundraising network for vulnerable Democratic female members. Additionally, several of the lobbyists pictured with Baldwin have contributed to the senator’s campaign, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) data, and were previously employed by Democratic lawmakers.

“JHS ladies [heart] Sen. Tammy Baldwin!,” the caption reads.

Though Baldwin has made several statements decrying the influence of special interests and “Wall Street” on American politics, the picture indicates her closeness and familiarity with the lobbying world. Moreover, many of the lobbyists with whom Baldwin posed represent massive corporations and trade associations.

For instance, Karissa Willhite is a registered lobbyist for Ogilvy Government Relations (OBR), and gave Baldwin’s campaign $1,500 between June and October 2023, as well as a $1,000 donation in 2017, FEC filings show. Willhite previously worked for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, and has represented the likes of Wells Fargo and the American Bankers Association.

Another OGR lobbyist, Alissa Clees, contributed $500 to the senator’s reelection bid in May 2023, according to FEC data. The lobbyist is a former staffer of then-Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Clees has represented Nike and Fedex.

Kim Corbin, who recently switched from lobbying under Pioneer Public Affairs to her own firm, Corbin Strategies, also gave Baldwin’s campaign $500 in May 2023, FEC filings show. Corbin used to work for Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico.

Philips lobbyist and former Baldwin staffer Elizabeth Pika Sharp has given $6,300 to Baldwin’s bids, joint fundraising committee and leadership PAC from 2009 to 2017, according to FEC data. Pika Sharp has been lobbying in the medical device industry since leaving Baldwin’s office in 2008.

Additionally, 24 of Baldwin’s staffers have come from or gone into the lobbying industry, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in December 2023.

Baldwin was also pictured with lobbyists Jordan LaCrosse of Avenue Solutions and Kasia Witkowski of Amazon. LaCrosse previously worked for Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz of Florida and in the U.S. Treasury Department, while Witkowski served in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Yet for years, Baldwin has decried lobbyists’ connections with government officials.

For instance, Baldwin wrote an op-ed in The Huffington Post with Hillary Clinton advocating for the senator’s then-recently introduced legislation to help close the “revolving door between government and the private sector.” The Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act would increase the waiting period between when a financial services regulator’s employment with the federal government ends and when he or she could lobby.

“The private sector shouldn’t be allowed to ‘pay to play’ with their former employees,” the authors wrote. “If you’re working for the government, you’re working for the people — not for an oil company, drug company, or Wall Street bank or money manager.”

Baldwin re-upped the legislation in 2019, emphasizing her desire to “stop the revolving door and make sure that government officials are working on behalf of the public interest and our common good, not powerful special interests.”

Baldwin will likely face off in the November general election with Republican businessman Eric Hovde, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump on April 2. The senator has held her seat since 2013, and was reelected in 2018 by a double-digit margin.

An Emerson College poll released on April 30 found Baldwin leading Hovde by only three points for a head-to-head matchup, with 11% of registered voters remaining undecided. The same survey showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden 47% to 45%, and 8% were not sure of their choice.

The Cook Political Report currently characterizes the race as in the “Lean D” column for 2024, along with an open seat in Michigan and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s seat in Pennsylvania.

Baldwin’s campaign, Pika Sharp, Willhite, Clees, Corbin, LaCrosse and Witkowski did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

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EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigrant Mom Arrested For Trying To Hire Hitman Was Released From ICE Detention Years Ago

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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An illegal immigrant mother arrested for attempting to pay a hitman to kill witnesses involved in her son’s murder trial was previously detained by federal authorities but later released, immigration officials confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Josefina Cardona-Cardona, an illegal migrant from Guatemala, was arrested on Monday after allegedly agreeing to pay an undercover agent to kill two cooperating witnesses in her son’s fatal stabbing case in Palm Beach County, Florida. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that Cardona-Cardona entered the U.S. unlawfully and was taken into the agency’s custody in 2019, but was later released and referred to a program intended to monitor migrants waiting for their court dates.

The Guatemalan migrant seemingly did not comply with the program and skipped out on her immigration hearing.

“Josefina Cardona-Cardona, is an unlawfully present non-citizen from Guatemala, who entered the country illegally on an unknown date and location without admission or parole,” an ICE spokesperson said to the DCNF. The agency confirmed that Cardona-Cardona was arrested by Border Patrol on April 4, 2019, and then transferred into Enforcement and Removal Operations custody on April 8, 2019.

However, she did not remain in the agency’s physical custody for long.

“[She was] subsequently released on an Order of Recognizance and was required that she enroll in and comply with the Alternatives to Detention program,” the ICE spokesperson stated. An immigration judge in Miami, Florida, ordered Cardona-Cardona to be removed from the U.S. in absentia, meaning she never showed up to her immigration hearing, the spokesperson added.

Cardona-Cardona was arrested by Palm Beach County law enforcement on Monday after she allegedly agreed to pay an undercover agent, whom she thought was a hitman, to kill two cooperating witnesses in her teenage son’s murder trial. She offered to pay $4,000 for each hit, according to the arrest report.

Her son, Manuel Marcos Cardona, was at a five-year-old’s birthday party in June 2022 when a fight broke out. An individual stepped in to break up the fight, but then Marcos Cardona stabbed him five times, with the victim succumbing to his wounds the following day.

Marcos Cardona — who was 14 years old at the time of crime, but charged as an adult — was subsequently handed a 15-year prison sentence after agreeing to a plea deal.

ICE confirmed to the DCNF that their Enforcement and Removal Operations division has since lodged a detainer for Cardona-Cardona. She is currently being held in a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office detention center, and local officials said she is subject to deportation following the completion of her prosecution.

The discovery of Cardona-Cardona’s referral into Alternatives to Detention (ATD) marks the latest blemish in what has become a controversial program.

Established in 2004, the ATD program allows migrants to move freely in the country and avoid physical detention while they await their immigration court dates. This is done by using GPS monitoring, phone applications or other forms of tracking services to remain aware of their whereabouts.

As the current border crisis rages on, participation in the program has increased, with hundreds of thousands of migrants enrolled in the program, according to ICE. However, a previous DCNF investigation found the Biden administration has increased its reliance on a phone application that only tracks the location of an illegal immigrant at specific times, in lieu of relying on GPS monitoring, which can track them most or even all of the time.

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RICHARD MINITER: Biden Twiddles His Thumbs While Iran Closes In On Critical Shipping Lane

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Iran is about to choke off America’s use of the Suez Canal, through which threads almost one-third of all global shipping-container traffic.

If Iran succeeds, the supply-chain disruptions will shock the U.S. economy. Expect climbing prices, lengthening shortages, and fewer jobs created.

The map tells the story. The Suez Canal empties into the Red Sea. The mouth of that sea is dominated by Yemen in the east and Sudan in the west.

Iran already enjoys working control over Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthi forces have sent drones and rockets to attack U.S. Navy ships and many container ships. Yemen-launched Houthi drones recently demonstrated a range of nearly 1,000 miles by striking a container ship in the Indian Ocean off of Tanzania’s coast.

Iran is now consolidating its control of the opposite Red Sea coast, in war-torn Sudan. Port Sudan is the largest port facility on the Red Sea’s western coast, and it is firmly in the control of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a rebel commander who has welcomed visits from Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials and promoted Islamist ideology strikingly similar to positions staked out by Hamas and Hezbollah.

Iran has been supplying Gen. al-Burhan with designs and parts for Iran’s Mohajer 6 drones. Thanks to those drones, al-Burhan’s forces and their allies have chased the Rapid Response Forces from Omdurman, a city directly across the Nile from Sudan’s capital. Key bridges have already been taken and the capital may fall in the coming weeks. Iran would control Africa’s third-largest country.

One of Iran’s plans is using Gen. al-Burhan’s charismatic presence and trained troops to create another Hamas. (Hamas clones are an Iranian specialty. Iran has already produced one in Iraq, known as the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces.) In Sudan, the Hamas clone is called “Kizan.” That group has ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, and African branches of Al Qaeda. Its rhetoric, ideology, and tactics are identical.

Iran’s strategic goal is to dominate the Red Sea and shut America and Europe out.

Once Western ships can no longer safely transit the Red Sea, the Suez Canal will be worthless. Sending ships around Africa could double shipping costs and add weeks of delays. Consumer prices would instantly reflect that reality, worldwide.

Iran’s move will also help Russia and hurt Ukraine. Without Suez, Ukraine will find it harder to sell its fertilizer to Saudi Arabia and India. Russia is the world’s largest maker of fertilizer. Ukraine is a top-five producer. If Iran lets Russian ships pass, while swarming all others, Ukraine will lose a fortune in export revenue. Cue another White House-Congress fight over Ukraine funding.

None of this will improve President Biden’s reelection chances.

Iran aims to do to Joe Biden what it did to Jimmy Carter. Why is the White House letting it happen?

Richard Miniter is the author of Losing bin Laden and other books.

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Princeton Tried To Bridge The US-Iran Gap — Then Tehran And Allies Kidnapped, Detained Two Students

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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An attempt by Princeton to act as a mediator in mending U.S.-Iran relations resulted in two of the university’s students being kidnapped or detained by Tehran and its allies, Semafor reported on Thursday.

During the Obama administration, Princeton established an Iran center, hosted an Iranian diplomat as a scholar and opened a student exchange program, according to Semafor. Two students who traveled to Iran and the Middle East at Princeton’s behest were eventually kidnapped or detained, and they and their families blame the university for doing too little to help free them, according to internal emails, documents and public records obtained by Iran International and reviewed by Semafor.

Princeton’s student exchange program started when an American-Iranian scholar, Ariane Tabatabai, established correspondence in 2014 between one of the university’s Iran center’s officials and Mostafa Zahrani, a senior Iranian foreign diplomat linked to the country’s military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), according to Semafor.

Tabatabai, who is currently an official at the Pentagon, was reported in 2023 to be a member of the Iran Experts Initiative, an influence operation that sought to recruit Western scholars to promote Iran’s reputation on a global stage.

“I wanted to introduce you to a friend who is in Princeton, and you will see him in Vienna in three weeks,” Tabatabai wrote to Zahrani in an email reviewed by Semafor. “He is interested in sharing with you a plan to send Iranian students to Princeton and to send American students to Iran.”

By 2015, Princeton was ready to send their first student, a Chinese-American named Wang Xiyue, to Iran, Semafor reported.

Wang told Semafor that he was nervous about traveling to Iran. He had relayed to Princeton his concerns about safety in the country, which regularly detains and arrests American citizens, and the fact that the U.S. had a historically poor relationship with Tehran, the outlet reported. He also didn’t speak the country’s native language, Farsi, and his Ph.D. studies weren’t explicitly related to Iranian affairs.

Wang emailed Princeton officials in December 2015 and told them he wanted to be “as transparent as possible” with Iranian officials about the nature of his studies to protect his interests and “not be deported from the country for doing things my visa does not prescribe me to do,” according to Semafor. Princeton officials affirmed to Wang that he would not be in any danger while in Iran and underscored the importance of learning Farsi for his studies, according to emails reviewed by the outlet.

“It’s a good time to go [to Iran] — looks like they are in a good mood over there,” Kevan Harris, an official from Princeton’s Iran center, reportedly told Wang in an email just weeks before his trip to Iran in January 2016. “Take advantage of it.”

Wang’s passport was confiscated by Iranian intelligence officials six months after his arrival and he was subsequently arrested on espionage charges that August, according to Semafor. He was sent to prison for three years, and was sometimes subject to solitary confinement and threats of death.

Wang was released in 2019 during exchange negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran, according to Semafor.

Princeton’s connections to Iran were not properly utilized to free Wang from prison, he reportedly alleged in a 2021 lawsuit against the university, accusing them of negligence.

“Simply put, after encouraging and convincing Mr. Wang to go to Iran, Princeton chose to put their reputation and political interest ahead of Mr. Wang’s personal safety,” the lawsuit reads, according to Semafor.

Princeton reached a settlement with Wang in September 2023, but denied that it put its reputation and Iranian sources ahead of Wang, or was negligent to Wang’s plight, according to Semafor. It also denied that it downplayed to Wang the risks of traveling to Iran.

“Princeton did not direct, and indeed did not have the power to direct, Mr. Wang’s travel,” Princeton spokesman Michael Hotchkiss told Semafor. “And it was Princeton University that undertook a relentless, multi-year and multi-million-dollar global effort to secure his release.”

The second student, Elizabeth Tsurkov, was in Princeton’s graduate program at the time of her kidnapping in the Middle East, according to Semafor. Tsurkov was born in Russia and raised in Israel, and she had traveled to a number of Arab states to extensively cover ongoing conflicts in the region.

Tsurkov’s studies at Princeton focused on political systems within Lebanon, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Semafor. Her thesis proposal in 2021 — which was funded and signed off on by Princeton — described her prior work in the Middle East and her plans to return to the region.

Tsurkov was kidnapped during a trip to Baghdad, Iraq, in March 2023 by a group that the U.S. and Israeli governments believe was Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group, according to Semafor. Kataib Hezbollah is based in Iraq and regularly takes cues from the IRGC — the group is responsible for killing three U.S. troops in Jordan in January.

Tsurkov remains in captivity, according to Semafor. Kataib Hezbollah reportedly released a proof-of-life video of a visibly fatigued Tsurkov in November, in which she says that she is a CIA and Mossad, an Israeli intelligence agency, operative. The U.S. and Israeli governments deny the claims.

Emma Tsurkov, Elizabeth’s sister, has been openly critical of Princeton’s response, alleging in August 2023 that the university denied its involvement in approving the trip, according to an op-ed in the New Jersey Star-Ledger.

Princeton admitted in October 2023 that it was responsible for Tsurkov’s travels to Iraq, but raised questions as to whether she followed proper protocols while in the region, according to Semafor. Princeton told the outlet in an email that it is fervently committed to securing her release “by making available reputable outside experts the University has retained and by advocating with US government officials to use their influence to help bring Elizabeth home safely.”

Emma is working to pressure the Iraqi government into helping release her sister, recently confronting the Iraqi prime minister at a Washington think tank and accusing him of “not doing anything to save [Tsurkov],” Semafor reported. The family believes that Iraq should be designated a state sponsor of terrorism and that U.S. aid should be cut unless Tsurkov is released.

Princeton and the Iraqi foreign affairs minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Former US Attorney Says Prosecutors’ Attempt To Rile Up Trump With Stormy Daniels Testimony Could Backfire

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Former United States Attorney Brett Tolman said that prosecutors in the Stormy Daniels case were “overplaying their hand” with the [censored] star Thursday.

Daniels, a [censored] star who also goes by Stephanie Clifford, returned to the witness stand Thursday for additional cross-examination after she testified about her alleged relationship with former President Donald Trump Tuesday in the case. Tolman said that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors did need Daniels, but that they were “overplaying their hand” by hoping Daniels would create discomfort for Trump with her testimony.

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“You need to prove that this payment, you know… that was wrongly, you know, fixed in the books was a payment that was supposed to be hush payments that would be utilized in order to assist in the election,” Tolman told “America’s Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer. “You know, yes, there is that connection. But the bottom line, the prosecutors may be overplaying their hand, believed they would put Stormy Daniels in there, that it would really make Donald Trump uncomfortable, it would make him look bad and they were banking on and counting on the jury to look at that. There is no other reason why you would want to put your case at jeopardy on appeal by bringing out so much unfairly prejudicial facts to the case you are trying to prosecute other than dirty the defendant in front of the jury.”

The New York Court of Appeals ruled in a 4-3 decision that “erroneously admitted” testimony about unrelated incidents and other actions by the Harvey Weinstein trial court’s judge were “egregious errors” that required a new trial for the disgraced Hollywood mogul ten days after Trump’s trial started.

“When you put your political agenda above facts and a careful analysis of the law before pursuing a criminal case, you put yourself into a potential box,” Tolman added. “There is very limited wiggle room when it comes to what you have to prove.”

Tolman also highlighted that other cases involving Trump were facing serious issues, including cases surrounding alleged mishandling of classified documents and athe Fulton County RICO case surrounding Trump’s efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election in that state.

“I used to say this: If my case got stronger the further I pursued it, then I knew I was on to something,” Tolman said. “If it began to weaken and crumble and I started to have issues and problems and here these issues are substantial. The appeal in Fulton County is directly indicating that they are concerned about the compromise, potential compromise of the DA, which is a big deal when you already have allegations of a political case at hand.”

“The Mar-a-Lago case, this is a lot bigger than people realize. This is allegations of evidence tampering, of Brady violations, of other potential abuse by the prosecution so significant that the judge said I’m not going to set another trial date, we are going to get to the bottom of all of these allegations of abuse,” Tolman continued.

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Republican State AGs Take Biden Admin To Court Over Costly Green Power Plant Scheme

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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A coalition of more than two dozen Republican state attorneys general are challenging one of the Biden administration’s signature environmental regulations.

Twenty-five attorneys general sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday over the agency’s stringent, recently-finalized regulations targeting new natural gas- and coal-fired power plants. The regulations require many existing coal plants and new natural gas facilities to control 90% of their emissions by 2032 if they want to stay open in the longer term, a mandate that will effectively require plant operators to spend billions of dollars on expensive carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) equipment or close down.

“Petitioners will show that the final rule exceeds the agency’s statutory authority and otherwise is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law,” the attorneys general wrote in their filing. “Petitioners thus ask that this Court declare unlawful and vacate Respondents’ final action.”

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The EPA’s power plant rule stands as one of the Biden administration’s most aggressive and ambitious climate policies to date. The agency has asserted that the rules will not impact energy reliability, but grid experts previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation they are anticipating the exact opposite to be the case.

The suit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. West Virginia, Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming are the states suing the EPA.

The legal challenge filed Thursday could potentially lead to another high-profile Supreme Court ruling pertaining to the EPA’s authority to issue such major regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act. In its 2022 decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the highest court in the land struck down the Obama EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” and ruled that the agency had exceeded its mandate; some critics of the Biden EPA’s plan have characterized it as an end run around that ruling.

“The EPA continues to not fully understand the direction from the Supreme Court—unelected bureaucrats continue their pursuit to legislate rather than rely on elected members of Congress for guidance,” West Virginia Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrissey said in a statement. “This rule strips the states of important discretion while using technologies that don’t work in the real world—this administration packaged this rule with several other rules aimed at destroying traditional energy providers. We are confident we will once again prevail in court against this rogue agency.”

The EPA declined to comment about the lawsuit, citing its active nature. However, the agency believes that the regulations are on firm legal ground, an EPA spokesperson previously told the DCNF.

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Labor Secretary Dodges On Whether She’ll Probe Federal Entity Over Alleged Sexual Harassment And Bigotry

by The Daily Caller May 10, 2024
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Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su declined to commit to investigating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which is facing accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination.

The FDIC’s culture is plagued with various inappropriate behaviors such as “sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct,” according to a Tuesday report by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which was tasked with investigating the workplace in 2023. Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy pressed Su during a Thursday hearing about what she would do based on these findings but the acting secretary did not commit to taking any action to mitigate the alleged issues.

“I think we’ve established, number one, that many supervisors and some members in the senior leadership at the FDIC are pigs, they are sexual predators, they are bigots,” Kennedy said. “Number two, this issue has been out there for some time since The Wall Street Journal broke the story … And so far the Department of Labor has said nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. In fact, I think you said you haven’t even read the reports and aren’t familiar with the issue. Maybe I’m overstating it and if I am, correct me. Number three, Madam Secretary, you have a long history, that I know you’re proud of passionate activism on behalf of employees.”

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“So here’s my question. Are you, or are you not going to use your legal authority and moral authority, to open an investigation of the FDIC and help those young women over there and help those young people of color over there?” the senator asked.

Nearly one-in-ten employees at the FDIC reported misconduct in the workplace to the law firm’s tip line throughout the investigation.

“Senator, I am deeply concerned any time a working person goes to work and does not get the dignity and respect that they deserve,” Su said. “I am charged with enforcing certain laws based on the powers that Congress has given to the Department of Labor. I appreciate that you are raising an issue involving working people who have experienced clearly horrific sexual harassment, and other kinds of abuse, and what it demonstrates is that too often, workers may feel like they have to endure things that no one should have to endure because of a power imbalance in the workplace.”

Kennedy followed up by asking what Su will do about it.

“There’s an agency in the federal government who, presumably if the complaint has been made, will be investigating it,” Su said.

“This is gut-check time for you, Madam Acting Secretary,” Kennedy said. “You either believe in protecting workers or you don’t … We can debate how many lawyers can dance on the head of a pin, but you certainly have legal and moral authority to investigate labor violations. I’m honestly surprised. I thought that you would pounce on this like a ninja.”

“Like a what?” Su asked, with Kennedy repeating himself and saying that he has heard the expression in films.

Kennedy then asked if Su would call for senior leadership at the FDIC to resign, which the secretary did not answer.

The incidents at the FDIC “did not occur in a vacuum,” and were the result of a “misogynistic,” “patriarchal,” “insular” and “outdated” workplace, the report said.

Police responded to a rape report at a hotel owned by the FDIC in 2017, according to police documents obtained by conservative watchdog American Accountability Foundation and shared exclusively with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Employees used the 11-story hotel in Arlington, Virginia, as a hub for partying, The Wall Street Journal reported in November.

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Man and Woman Shot in Greenbelt

by Traffic Reporter May 10, 2024
By Traffic Reporter

Greenbelt, MD – Authorities responded to a contact shooting in the 5800 block of Cherrywood Terrace involving an adult female victim who was taken to a local hospital.

The incident is not considered random, and there is currently no danger to the community. Investigators are present at the scene and urge the public to steer clear of the area and provide any relevant information to assist in the investigation.

No arrests have been announced at this time, no suspects have been identified.

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DNA Used to Identify Utica Burglar

by Traffic Reporter May 9, 2024
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Utica, NY – Utica Police responded to a burglary investigation on South St concerning stolen property. The suspect left blood evidence after entering through a broken window. A suspect was identified based on DNA analysis, leading to the arrest of David Burr, 70, on May 7th. Burr was charged with Burglary in the second degree and Petit Larceny.

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