SPLC CEO Suddenly Develops Deep Respect For Attorney-Client Privilege After Jim Jordan Starts Asking Questions

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president and CEO discovered Tuesday that the English language apparently contains no suitable words for “no” after House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan began asking inconvenient questions about the organization’s alleged extremist infiltration program.

Bryan Fair spent most of the hearing performing what legal experts are calling “Olympic-level verbal dodgeball,” repeatedly responding with some variation of “our counsel in the Middle District of Alabama will address that allegation” anytime Jordan asked whether the SPLC had, hypothetically speaking, funded activities that sounded suspiciously like the plot of a rejected FBI screenplay.

Jordan walked Fair through allegations laid out in a superseding federal indictment claiming the SPLC used donor cash to bankroll confidential “field sources” embedded in extremist groups. According to the indictment, those operatives allegedly did far more than quietly observe. They reportedly hosted rallies, expanded hate group chapters, recruited members, and even purchased materials for cross burnings. Because apparently “monitoring extremism” now comes with an event planning budget.

Fair declined to directly deny any of it.

“It seems to me if the answer is no, you could just say no,” Jordan told Fair after the latest round of interpretive legal theater.

Fair responded with the now-classic Washington defense strategy of saying absolutely nothing while using the maximum number of syllables possible.

The hearing became even more entertaining when Jordan rattled off a list of alleged shell companies with names sounding less like legitimate businesses and more like aliases used by cartoon villains trying to evade IRS audits: Fox Photography, North West Technologies, Tech Writers Group, Rare Books Warehouse, Imagery Ink, J&J Electronics, Center Investigative Agency, and Kelly’s Marine.

Jordan suggested the companies may have been used to funnel roughly $4 million to field operatives while conveniently obscuring the paper trail. Fair insisted any knowledge he had came through privileged conversations with attorneys, which critics noted is an impressive amount of legal confidentiality for someone who supposedly runs the organization.

Then came the awkward moment.

Jordan asked whether SPLC fundraising surged after the 2017 Charlottesville rally, where the indictment alleges one SPLC-paid source helped coordinate transportation for participants. Fair admitted donations skyrocketed, but quickly credited Donald Trump’s 2016 victory instead. Jordan pointed out the group’s fundraising reportedly exploded from $51 million to $133 million in a single year, which observers noted is quite the financial growth strategy for an organization dedicated to “fighting hate.”

Fair eventually volunteered one clear statement, explaining the program existed “to protect our staff and to protect the public.”

Americans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief knowing the safest way to fight extremism is apparently to organize it personally.

Jordan closed the hearing with one final question, asking Fair whether he knew the president of the National Socialist Party.

Fair responded exactly as viewers expected: “That’s an allegation in the indictment that will be responded to by counsel.”

At press time, SPLC officials were reportedly considering rebranding the organization as “Lawyers Without Direct Answers.”

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Jim Jordan opens inquiry into Jack Smith's "Latest sham indictment"

As summer came to an unofficial end on Labor Day, and the November presidential election looms large, the left is freaking out over their fear that Democrat candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris is a garbage candidate and will somehow blow the election [no pun intended]. 

Last week Special Counsel Jack Smith filed yet a new indictment against former and possibly future President Trump regarding the Nancy Pelosi-botched January 6th clusterfrack [sic]. Several days after the filing, House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan (R-OH) fired off a letter to the pencil-neck Attorney General Merrick Garland. Jordan was rightfully angry over the "latest sham indictment" and called Smith's move "Election interference." [H/T  Daily Wire]

If not that, then what is it?

As Jordan began by reminding, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered the Trump v. United States decision on July 1. The ruling established that the office of the president is immune from criminal prosecution. The Court's opinion explained the scope of presidential immunity and criticized Special Counsel Jack Smith for violating this Constitutional principle in his political prosecution of President Donald J. Trump, as Jordan noted.

Referring to Smith's updated indictment from August 27, Jordan expressed concerns that "Special Counsel Smith seems to have breached longstanding Department policy designed to safeguard our democratic processes. Consequently, the Committee needs to know whether you endorsed Special Counsel Smith’s indictment beforehand or if he is continuing to act with prosecutorial authority without your 'meaningful direction or supervision,'" his letter stated, once more referencing the Trump v. United States decision.

Jordan's letter specifically mentions a 60-day rule that advises against filing indictments immediately before a primary or general election. "Even though it isn't formally written into law, there is a broad consensus that the 60-day rule is essential for preserving the integrity of the electoral process," Jordan wrote, citing an op-ed from The Washington Post by Barack Obama's wingman, former Attorney General Eric Holder.

"Special Counsel Smith obtained the superseding indictment against President Trump just 10 days before early voting begins in some states," Jordan's letter continued, going on to comment on how this could affect the upcoming presidential election. "There can be little question that the superseding indictment has some effect on the election, especially coming after the Supreme Court’s opinion on presidential immunity cast significant doubt on Special Counsel Smith’s ability to prosecute the initial indictment."

The letter further criticizes the timing in relation to the Trump v. United States decision. Jordan continued. "In light of the Court’s opinion, Smith’s superseding indictment amounts to the initiation of a prosecutorial action by the Biden-Harris Administration against its opponent in the upcoming election. There is no persuasive argument why Special Counsel Smith could not wait until after the election to file this superseding indictment. It is therefore difficult to believe that the superseding indictment was filed now for any purpose other than to affect the outcome of the election," Jordan continued.

Jordan's letter asks for the following information and documents by September 13, going back from January 1, 2024 to the present:

1. All documents and communications between Main Justice, including but not limited to the Office of the Attorney General, and Special Counsel Smith’s office referring or relating to the superseding indictment filed against President Trump on August 27, 2024.

2. Did you personally approve the superseding indictment filed against President Trump on August 27, 2024? If so, please provide documentation sufficient to reflect your approval.

3. Did you evaluate the superseding indictment against President Trump in the context of the Department’s longstanding policy counseling against prosecutorial action so near an election? If so, please provide documentation sufficient to reflect your evaluation of these issues.

Jordan's letter also mentioned Judge Aileen Cannon, who in July tossed out Smith's classified documents case against Trump. Also last week, just the day before filing the superseding indictment, Smith appealed Cannon's move to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. [H/T Townhall.com]

There does not seem to be any doubt that Smith's move is desperate and politically motivated to prevent Donald Trump from seeking reelection. Allowing this to happen and by extension, jailing the former president, is nothing more than a banana republic type of move and the nation cannot allow this to happen.

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Meta Head Zuckerberg admits he went along with Biden-Harris admin censorship scheme

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta [formerly Facebook] admitted in a letter that he was wrong and regrets that he went along with the Biden-Harris administration to basically pee on the U.S Constitution and the First Amendment by censoring Americans in a variety of subjects.

It's about time, Marky--what took you so long to grow a pair? Or are you really being sincere?

Facebook has been for years censoring its content, almost exclusively the content from conservatives. Zuckerberg's mea culpa is an insult and I don't trust him. His sudden regret comes after he and his company spent years fighting to hide the evidence of its hand-in-glove relationship with the Democrats to censor opposing views.

Thanks to the hard work of House Judiciary Committee Chairman  Jim Jordan (R-OH), Zuckerberg was forced to release incriminating documents and then admitted to what we knew for years. But at least he's "really, really sorry."

Do you believe him or do you think he's only sorry that he got caught?

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Fani Willis and the new whistleblower

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is in contact with another whistleblower from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office who intends to expose Willis's misuse of federal funds, he told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo. [H/T Fox News Business.]

Jordan said that a woman informant has come forward and is ready to tell the House Oversight Committee what she knows.

"Now the Justice Department reportedly finding inconsistencies in Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis' use of federal grant money," Bartiromo said. "Willis fired the whistleblower who warned the D.A.'s office was attempting to misuse $488,000."

"This was a federal grant," she continued. "She wanted to use it to pay for computers and travel. I don't know if she was traveling with her boyfriend or not, but the D.O.J. told the Washington Free Beacon the grant is plagued with reporting discrepancies, Mr. Chairman."

"God bless the whistleblower who came forward," Jordan said. "We've talked with the whistleblower. She's given information to the press, to us. Now the Department of Justice is looking into this."

Jordan explained that former Fulton County special prosecutor and Willis' former paramour Nathan Wade had met with the January 6 Committee before resigning his post.

"He was traveling to Washington to meet with the DOJ, the White House, the January 6th Committee, all in this effort to go after President [Donald] Trump," Jordan said. "And now we have this. It looks like misspending federal grant dollars."

Jordan has also subpoenaed documents from Willis regarding the prosecution of Trump for election-related crimes.

"I am in receipt of your letter dated March 14, 2024. I categorically reject the assertion that this office is deficient in responding to the Committee's subpoena dated February 2, 2024," Willis wrote to Jordan last month, having to look up the spelling of 'categorically.'

A spokesperson for the Justice Department informed the Washington Free Beacon of an ongoing investigation into the misuse of federal funds by Willis' office. If it turns out that her office did indeed misuse the money, she will probably not only be off the case, but in the slammer.

The spokesperson noted, "We have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly."

The Justice Department did not provide any further details on the nature of Willis’s reporting "inconsistencies" on the $488,000 federal grant, which was earmarked for the creation of a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention in Atlanta. The grant ended in September 2023, but the center never opened. 

This sounds a lot like Willis' office was taking their cues from Chirlane McCray, the wife of former Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who couldn't account for $850,000,000 of taxpayer money her husband gave her for a mental health project.

Something smell fishy.

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Treasure Sec'y Yellin avoids anwering whether Biden Treasury Dept. asked banks to search private transactions

Big Brother is watching you, especially watching who you support politically and to which institutions you donate. 

When she was asked if the Treasury Department pressured banks and other financial institutions to spy on legal purchases for signs of "extremism" our illustrious Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen did a head fake and ducked the question, Fox News reported in not so many words. This was to be in part of an investigation into the January 6, 2021 events.

The banks were asked to filter legal purchases with terms such as "MAGA," "Trump," "Cabela's," "Bass Pro Shops," and "Dick's Sporting Goods." They were also warned that the sale of "religious texts" could indicate "extremism." 

Holy fishing atheists, Batman!

Jim Jordan (R-OH) the House Judiciary Committee Chair stated in a letter that after January 6, the Treasury Department’s Office of Stakeholder Integration and Engagement in the Strategic Operations of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN, aka Big Brother), sent banks outlines “typologies” of “various persons of interest” as well as “suggested search terms and Merchant Category Codes for identifying transactions on behalf of federal law enforcement.”

“According to this analysis, FinCEN warned financial institutions of ‘extremism’ indicators that include ‘transportation charges, such as bus tickets, rental cars, or plane tickets, for travel areas with no apparent purpose,’ or ‘the purchase of books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing extremist views,’” Jordan wrote to the former director of FinCEN. “In other words, FinCEN used large financial institutions to comb through the private transactions of their customers for suspicious charges on the basis of protected political and religious expression.”

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) on Tuesday stated, “Increasingly, we are hearing the federal government is suggesting banks search private financial transactions using highly partisan political terms or check to see if customers made purchases that could be associated with legal sales of firearms or even religious texts.”

Wagner asked Yellen, “Has Treasury — including FinCEN or federal banking agencies like the Fed, FDIC, OCC — instructed financial institutions to search Americans’ legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases?”

“Well, we received the letter from you, I believe, on this topic, and we intend to investigate and to respond,” Yellen dodged.

“Have you instructed banks and financial institutions to provide this information?” Wagner pressed.

“Well, FinCEN, our job is to work with financial institutions to make sure —” Yellen replied in her grandmotherly voice.

“Are they instructing financial institutions to search Americans’ legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases?” Wagner reiterated.

“I promise a thorough look into everything,” Yellen lied.

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GOP offers to accommodate Hunter Biden's demand

House Republicans say they are willing to go along with Hunter Biden and agree to subpoena him again for the impeachment inquiry into his demented father, President Joe Biden, after refusing to comply with the last subpoena.

Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote to Abbe Lowell, Hunter's lawyer. They gave kudos to Hunter's "newfound willingness" [aka come to Jesus moment] to testify before Congress in a deposition under subpoena.

“Although the Committee’s subpoenas are lawful and remain legally enforceable, as an accommodation to Mr. Biden and at your request, we are prepared to issue subpoenas compelling Mr. Biden’s appearance at a deposition on a new date in the coming weeks,” Comer and Jordan wrote.

So Lowell wrote back to Comer on Friday after the oversight and judiciary panels approved resolutions to hold Hunter in contempt of Congress for flagrantly defying subpoenas issued in November.

The lawyer said Hunter Biden would appear for a deposition or hearing in compliance with a “proper subpoena” since the House voted to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry in December.

The recovering crack addict and whore mongering first son showed up on Capitol Hill twice: once on the day of his scheduled deposition and next as the House considered the contempt resolutions, demanding he be allowed to appear in an open setting such as a public hearing to answer "legitimate" questions while keeping lawmakers from somehow distorting his testimony.

House Republicans said they were willing to have Hunter testify in a public hearing — but only after a deposition — and have insisted throughout the standoff that their subpoenas were valid.

“To be clear, the issuance of these subpoenas does not in any way suggest or imply that the Committees believe the assertions in your January 12 letter to have any merit,” Comer and Jordan wrote in the Sunday letter. “Our willingness to issue these subpoenas is rooted entirely in our interest in obtaining Mr. Biden’s testimony as expeditiously as possible.”

The GOP had been expected to move forward with a floor vote this week, and the Democrat attack dog, Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD) encouraged the Republicans to call off the plan following Lowell's letter.

“Hunter Biden is giving Republicans exactly what they have been demanding this week,” Raskin claimed on Friday, adding that the doper “has offered to appear for a ‘hearing or deposition.’ It is time for Chairs Comer and Jordan to call off this truly absurd and wasteful contempt proceeding and finally take yes for an answer, which Chair Jordan already said he would ‘certainly’ do.”

Raskin is an annoying leftist who lies for a living.

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Finally, the GOP is starting to get it together: Mike Johnson gets the House gavel

Finally, with three weeks without a Speaker of the House, the GOP finally elected Mike Johnson (R-LA) to hold the gavel. Just the other day, I was starting to write about House Majority Whip, Tom Emmer, having received the nomination among a host of other hopefuls, and just like that, he bowed out of the election.

In the first House floor ballot Wednesday, Johnson defeated Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) who was nominated by his party. The vote tally was 220-209 in which a simple majority was needed for victory.

Finally, someone basically united the Republican conference with its minute House majority where the three prior nominees: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA); House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN); and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to do so.

“A man of deep faith, Mike epitomizes what it means to be a servant leader. A deeply respected constitutional lawyer, Mike has dedicated his life to preserving America’s great principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said in her speech nominating Johnson on Wednesday.

Today is the day that House Republicans will humbly look in our hearts and elect @RepMikeJohnson as Speaker of the People's House.

A man of deep faith, Mike epitomizes what it means to be a servant leader. A deeply respected Constitutional lawyer, Mike has dedicated his life… pic.twitter.com/JJJBGf4dRS

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik)

Meanwhile, not House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, was dealing with a lot of dust in his eyes.

"Give me liberty of give me mcdeath Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) had been serving as speaker pro tempore during the past few weeks.

Johnson had called for the quick passing of a resolution to condemn Hamas after its barbaric terrorist attacks on Israel, whereas Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called for Hamas' nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. [Not as farfetched as you might imagine.]

 Looking ahead to the 2024 appropriations process, Johnson included a provision for August that says, “DO NOT break for district work period unless all 12 appropriations bills have passed the House.” Another listed aim of Johnson’s was to expand the GOP majority with the 2024 elections.

Johnson, 51, is a “dedicated husband and father of four and an attorney who has devoted his life and career to fighting for the fundamental freedoms and traditional values that have always been a priority to the people of Louisiana,” according to his congressional biography page. He had also worked as a  constitutional law attorney a college professor, and a radio talk show host, before joining public office.

Once in Congress, Johnson voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and a healthcare bill that would repeal parts of Obamacare (aka Affordable Care Act).

He also introduced a a border security bill and legislation to make it a crime to transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion without “satisfying parental involvement law.”

The problems within the party aren't new, but they were exacerbated when Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) filed a “motion to vacate the chair” in which Speaker McCarthy sat, in early October after the GOP-controlled House passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. Gaetz and seven other glory-hogging Republicans joined with Democrats. Yes, they joined Democrats and got some of us to believe they were right to do so. They ouster McCarthy in a simple majority 216-210 vote.

McCarthy and thankfully Gaetz, along with Scalise and Jordan, rallied in support of Johnson in the end. Former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, encouraged members to support Johnson on Wednesday after previously endorsing Jordan for speaker.

Democrats don't like Johnson's being the GOP nominee due to his support of the U.S. Constitution, Old Glory and life.

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House Republicans want to cut funding to FBI and protect whistleblowers

First FBI head to be able to sing through his nose

House Republicans have move to cut $1,000,000,000 in funding for the FBI because they have become a weapon of the Democratic Party and the GOP is not suicidal. They also want to protect federal whistleblowers and the way the bureau continues to treat conservatives while letting leftists go unpunished. [Examples include: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Dianne Feinstein, Maxine Waters, Eric Swalwell, Gretchen Whitmer, and Gavin Newsom. I know you can think of more.]

The bill introducing the cuts was passed by Republicans on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies but of course it was opposed by Democrats on the committee. 

If the bill, which could face an uphill battle in the Senate and from the White House, becomes law it would cut FBI funding by about 9%.

The proposed bill also prevents funds from being used for the FBI’s racist office of diversity and inclusion, as well as other racist agency diversity offices that fall under the scope of the appropriations bill, which covers a variety of federal agencies including the Commerce Department and the Department of Justice.

The Justice Department would also get its funding cut by $2,000,000,000 and the Commerce Department would lose $1,400,000,000 in discretionary spending such as paper clips, water for the coolers, and gum.

“The bill holds the Department of Justice accountable and improves our immigration court system. It supports state and local law enforcement and provides critical resources to combat illegal drugs flooding our country,” Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX) said. 

Lawmakers also took steps to shield whistleblowers from retaliation, including in the bill a provision to withhold salaries from federal employees who take action against whistleblowers and violate an employee’s First Amendment rights.

It's horrible that the left is trying to stop whistleblowers from blowing their whistles against crime committed by department heads and such.   

The whistleblower provision comes after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked the DOJ appropriations bill to contain language “prohibiting retaliation against FBI whistleblowers,” including prohibiting taxpayer dollars from going toward the salary of any official found to have retaliated against a whistleblower.

In fact, it should be law that anyone retaliating against a whistleblower should be prosecuted and immediately be deported to Mexico where they will have to pay the cartels to get back home.

In order to protect free speech online, Jordan said the judiciary panel as well as his “Weaponization of the Federal Government” subcommittee want appropriations bills that explicitly block taxpayer funds from being used for censorship and to classify speech as “so-called ‘mis-, dis-, or mal-information.’

House Republicans have heard testimony from FBI and IRS whistleblowers this year, with IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley saying he was retaliated against because he raised concerns about the DOJ.

He was over the target and caught the flak.  

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Alleged MAGA Republican booted from House Judiciary hearing

An alleged New York man "too-good-to-be-true" MAGA Republican on Monday attended the House Judiciary hearing in Manhattan called "Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan." 

The man began shouting and protesting against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and had to be removed out of the House Judiciary Committee field hearing called by Republicans.

The hearing focused on Bragg's "pro-crime." and "anti-victim" policies.

The feeling one might get from watching the incident by the Bernie Sanders look-alike protester seems reminiscent of the January 6 Capitol Hill incursion in which the covert presence of FBI agents acted as a catalyst to what appeared to be an incursion in which an unarmed female US military veteran, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by US Capitol Police officer Lt. Michael Byrd. Yes, that's a long sentence; read it slowly.

Bragg's office, which is currently prosecuting Former President Donald J. Trump for allegedly falsifying business records, and other political allies, have blasted the hearing as a political stunt, similar to the political stunt of prosecuting a former President hated by the Left.

One man claiming to be a New Yorker slammed Bragg and Democrats for "they’re refusal to protect everyday New Yorkers."

I think he is a leftist plant. Time will tell, but conservatives don't normally act this way. I could be wrong but time will tell.

"It’s disgraceful what you guys do," the so-called MAGA dude said. "You are utterly disgraceful. Ralph Nader, you’re a disgrace to this country. I love you, Jim Jordan!"

The man, an obvious idiot, presumably meant to call out Rep. Jerry Nadler, a bumbling New York Democrat and ranking member of the committee, who was at Monday's hearing and fully continent. 

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Mom of NYC murder victim puts Dem lawmaker in his place

Madeline Brame, the mother of a murder victim in New York City, shouted down Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) at a House Judiciary Committee field hearing on Monday. She berated Goldman saying "don't insult my intelligence."

Ms. Brame testified before the committee during Monday's hearing that discussed the huge crime problem in Manhattan, where her son was murdered. The execrable Goldman tried to use his limited time slated for him to question Brame to instead make a political attack by criticizing the hearing itself, referring to the proceedings as a "coverup" for Republicans attempting to defend former President Trump.

 Goldman served as impeachment counsel at Trump's first impeachment proceedings. He tried to explain his political view of the hearings to Ms. Brame after other leftist Democrats claimed the GOP was using the witnesses as "props" to defend the former President.

"We're not insulting you. Your experiences are devastating, but the problem is, is that this is a charade to cover up for an abuse of power. [Republicans] are going around incessantly, outside of this hearing, about Donald Trump, and the purpose of this hearing is to cover up for what they know to be an inappropriate investigation [into District Attorney Alvin Bragg]," Goldman bloviated/

"Can I respond to you, please?" Brame asked as Goldman attempted to avoid her commenting on his remarks.

"Not right now, because I only have 20 seconds, I'm sorry. But I, I do–" Goldman began.

"Don't insult my intelligence," Brame insisted, as Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) attempted to maintain order. "You're trying to insult me like I'm not aware of what's going on here. I'm fully aware of what's going on here, okay? That's why I walked away from the plantation of the Democratic Party."

Goldman had a cow.

Ms. Brame had testified earlier about Attorney General Alvin Bragg's mishandling of her son's murder case. Her son, Army Sgt. Hason Correa, was beaten and stabbed nine times by a mob in 2018 and the prosecution for the cases dragged on and on for over four years. Bragg then removed the indictments against two of the suspects in favor of powderpuff charges while the other two ended up receiving life sentences.

Brame argued that Bragg's office has only allowed crime to escalate, and the data showed no "measurable results" in lowering the city's violent crime rate, in spite of the left spiking the ball on crime using creative statistics.

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House Judiciary Committee subpoenas former DHS 'Disinformation' Czar and 'Sound of Music' singer

Former DHS "Disinformation Czar" Nina Jankowicz was subpoenaed last Monday by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee by Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). She was ordered for an appearance in a deposition, which is scheduled for April 10th, as per the Compromised News Network.

The woke Ms. Jankowicz [pronouns: fah, so, lah, tee, doh] briefly served as head of the Orwellian Disinformation Governance Board prior to its disbanding from civil society. Three weeks after its announcement, the perky progressive resigned, with a song in her heart, and a tear in her eye.

The subpoena indicates the GOP majority on the panel likely plans to ask pointed questions, as opposed to powderpuff questions, to Jankowicz about her involvement on the board, which was designed to combat so-called disinformation in American society. The person or body that decides what is disinformation and what is not is unknown, but goes by the title "Big Brother."

Jankowicz's inspiring song begins at around 1:13

Jordan had previously asked Jankowicz to provide a transcribed interview, CNN reported.

The board lasted about as long as a moth at a campfire marshmallow roast as it fell to the enormous amount of criticism it and Jankowicz received from First Amendment advocates.

One of the "facts" Jankowicz "uncovered" included the Hunter Biden laptop scandal which she labeled "Russian influence op." Evidently, this woman operates on ideology, not delving into the story before she makes her disinformation claims.

In May 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas claimed the board would not surveil American citizens and that Jankowicz would remain politically neutral. He told this to Dana Bash of CNN, and now you know why it's called the Compromised News Network. Jankowicz donated to Biden's campaign and even campaigned for Hillary Clinton, so 'politically position this'.

“Eminently qualified, a renowned expert in the field of disinformation,” Mayorkas said of the board’s bizarre appointee.

“It works to ensure that the way in which we address threats, the connectivity between threats and acts of violence are addressed without infringing on free speech, protecting civil rights and civil liberties, the right of privacy,” Mayorkas lied with a straight face, regarding the board’s purpose.

In August, after Mayorkas and the board's covert intentions had been exposed,  the Homeland Security Advisory Council concluded in a report that “there is no need for a separate Disinformation Governance Board.”

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Pelosi's conspiracy theorist Lt. Gen, Honore should be disqualified from Capitol security review

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee do not want to allow Speaker Pelosi to appoint Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead the investigation into the Capitol riot that took place on January 6th. 

[H/T Fox News]

Based upon Honoré's "offensive" comments, he appears to be a conspiracy theorist whose thoughts takes precedence over information and facts. This should disqualify him, says the GOP members of the Committee.

In the letter to Pelosi, eight Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), and Jim Jordan (R-OH), ask for information about the decision-making process in selecting him.

"Although we are grateful for his service to our country, LTG Honoré has made many comments critical of U.S. Capitol Police officers and certain Members of Congress -- statements that call into question the supposed impartiality of his review," they say according to Fox News’ "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

"LTG Honoré is entitled to his personal opinions, but we are concerned that his selection will undermine the serious purpose of this review: to develop a fair and clear-eyed assessment of the systematic security and leadership failures concerning the events of January 6," they say all too politely.

Gaetz said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that Honoré's comments "would disqualify him from even a jury pool on these questions and yet he’s in charge of this review."

Some of the unsubstantiated, prejudice things this lunatic said were that USCP officers were "asshats" for having him follow security protocols when he visited the Capitol. Had they not done so, he might have complained the security was too loose; when you prejudge an entity negatively, everything the entity does will be judged negatively.

Honoré also said, without a shred of evidence, that USCP officers "allowed their buddies in" to the building -- and that rioters had help from those inside the force and that 30 - 40% of USCP officers are "Trumpsters." If you recall, Donald Trump was the President of the United States, and even if this claim is true, [and here too, Honoré has not done a survey to determine the accuracy of his claim] this merely indicates Honoré's mindset and should make him ineligible to judge the situation.

"To call these remarks inflammatory is an understatement. These statements are deeply offensive and should be disqualifying for anyone to lead a serious and objective review of the Capitol’s security," the Congress members say.

Pelosi praised Honoré when she announced last month that he would head an investigation into the security situation at the Capitol. She likes him because he hates Trump and his supporters.

"The General is a respected leader with experience dealing with crises," she said on Jan. 15. "House Leadership has worked with General Honoré, seen up close and personal his excellent leadership at the time of Katrina, particularly Mr. Clyburn was the head of our Katrina task force. So, he and I and others know full well how fortunate we are that the General has accepted, is willing to do this."

Honoré had already raised concern about his suitability after comments aimed at Republicans. He described Sen. Josh Hawley, (R-MO), as "downright crazy" and said he should be "run out of DC," leading Hawley to conclude Honoré was unsuitable [and highly biased].

"This is somebody who has no business, no business, leading a security review," he told Carlson.

Honoré apparently hates Republicans and this has blinded him to the point where he cannot make rationale decisions. He said that USCP should put Rep. Lauren Boebert's "stupid ass on the no-fly list." What kind of "leader" talks like that? 

The GOP lawmakers asked Pelosi if she knew of Honoré's controversial comments and whether her office asked him to delete statements from his social media.

"The American people and the Congress deserve full and unfettered answers about what happened on January 6 and in the days leading up to it," they write. "We have serious reservations that LTG Honore is the right person to provide those answers."

But when all is said and done, Honoré will probably get the appointment because Democrats want to divide and conquer while pretending they want to unify.

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Brent Larkin attacks Rep. Jordan for supporting Trump

When you're a "journalist" but the only Republicans you follow on Twitter are President Trump [to look for spelling errors], Meghan McCain [who hates Trump] and Mitt Romney [who is a GOP loser], chances are you're doing journalism wrong.

Enter Brent Larkin.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was verbally attacked by Larkin, an Ohio columnist, who was apparently miffed by Jordan's support of the President in the impeachment circus run by ringmaster Adam Schiff (D-CA).

In an op-ed published this week, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland featured Larkin's crapload of insults against the Ohio Republican, who has made an immediate impact on the Trump impeachment hearings since recently joining the House Intelligence Committee.

The scathing essay, written by Brent Larkin, a retired editorial director and former staff tea bubble reader for the paper, refers to Jordan as a “seven-term sycophant” who is defending President Trump as part of a greater scheme to seek the presidency himself in 2024.

Larkin claims Jordan owes his House seat to bipartisan gerrymandering and has since become “the second most contemptible human being in the entire U.S. government,” next only to Trump, according to the tea bubbles. [Note the gerrymandering was bipartisan.]

“When Jordan slithers out from under his rock each morning, dons a shirt and tie -- sans the jacket, lest he be mistaken for Joe McCarthy -- his life’s work is to besmirch everything America stands for in service of Donald Trump,” Larkin writes with simultaneous envy and hatred. “And now it’s fitting that Republicans have given this seven-term sycophant a starring role in the televised House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.”

Larkin's venom is only exceeded by his hatred for all things GOP and love for late-term abortion.

Despite the media bashing, fellow Republicans and conservatives appreciate Jordan's efforts and tough stance against the impeachment proceedings and obvious bias by Schiff and the Democrat sycophants.

“Now he’s in a leadership position," Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC), told the Washington Post, "and the heavy yoke of leadership has moored him into the team in a very constructive way.”

Upon hearing those words of support for Jordan, Larkin's supratrochlear vein began to throb as it was engorged with blood and looked as if it was about to burst. A face flushed, teeth were gnashed and tears flowed like urine of the homeless in the streets of Democratic districts.

“There has been no greater supporter of President Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda or greater defender from these left-wing attacks than Jim Jordan,” said David Bossie, president of Citizens United. “And the president recognizes fighters when he sees one.”

Larkin began to sweat profusely from his nether regions as the words fell upon his progressive ears in disbelief. "How can anyone support this president after he lost to the hottest babe on the planet?" he bawled.

Jim Jordan, 55, is a native of Troy, Ohio and has served in Congress since 2007 after serving as a state lawmaker. He is the Democrat's worst nightmare and Larkin's worst nemesis.

"The American people see [the impeachment inquiry] for what it is," Jordan told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday. "The Democrats have never accepted the fact that 63 million Americans voted for this guy and they want him to come here and shake it up. And he won an Electoral College landslide and they [Democrats] don't care because they don't trust the American people."'

Larkin, in the Plain Dealer article titled  “Jim Jordan was imposed on us for egregiously partisan reasons. Now he’s afflicting the nation,” accuses Jordan of wilfully turning a blind eye to sexual abuse committed by a team doctor when he worked as an assistant wrestling coach at the Ohio State University from 1987 to 1994.

Jordan and head coach Russ Hellickson were both cleared of any wrongdoing but Larkin doesn't care about the court's determination or due process when it doesn't suit his political agenda. The abuse was carried out by Dr. Richard Strauss, the wrestling program's doctor, and he committed suicide over ten years ago.

Larkin is a little man . . . a little man with anger issues that apparently eat at him and cause him to see things through soggy, tasteless tea bubbles.

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MUELLER REPORT SUMMARY RELEASED: Trump is doing his happy dance

Attorney General William Barr has finally released the "principal conclusions" of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's completed Russia probe in a four-page letter to Capitol Hill lawmakers.

The letter stated definitively that Mueller did not establish evidence that Trump's team had conspired with Russia nor coordinated with Russia.

"The special counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its effort" to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, according to Mueller's report.

Barr said Mueller's team had "thoroughly" investigated allegations that Trump's team sought to conspire with Russians or obstruct investigators. The probe employed about 40 FBI agents, executing hundreds of search warrants, 19 lawyers, mostly Democrats, and the probe interviewed about 500 witnesses.

Barr's disclosure was a climax following the 22-month investigation that ensnared six former Trump advisers and associates -- but resulted in no indictments related to collusion with Russia.

The Democrats, some of whom beat their dogs, punched their boyfriends or partook in bouts of trichotillomania, vowed that this will not be the end of it. Just because they praised Mueller and his unwavering commitment to the truth when the probe into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign began, is no reason to continue believing in things they said in the past.

On Sunday Democrats vowed to press on with other investigations, and members of both parties continued to push for the public release of as much of the Mueller report as possible, unlike the left's refusal to demand transparency in the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama scandals.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that he believed there remained “significant evidence of collusion” linking the Russian government with President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and if any is found, he will personally call for the president's execution.

Schiff said Democrats might subpoena Mueller, Barr and Putin if the full report is not released.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), speaking to "Fox News Sunday," insisted, "So we know a lot of things and maybe it’s not indictable, but we know there was collusion. The question is the degree." [Never trust politicians and liberals, in general, who begin their sentences with 'so.']

Democrat congressional leaders scrambled to respond to the end of the Mueller probe this weekend, holding an emergency conference call and discussing potential next steps with Roseanne Barr [no relation to Bill] and Chelsea Handler.



"It's the end of the beginning but it's not the beginning of the end," Delaware Sen. Chris Coons (D) said, echoing his party's strategy of moving forward on to other investigations, including probes into Trump's financial dealings, his sex life, his children and their financial dealings and sex lives, and whether he ever held hands with Vladimir Putin.

 "Once we get the principal conclusions of the report," Coons added later, "I think it's entirely possible that that will be a good day for the president and his core supporters."

Along those lines, Nadler said that Democrats would continue their efforts to find out anything they can that can affect the outcome of the 2020 election at the expense of taxpayer money. In other words, we have a president and a party trying to find a crime rather than a crime and trying to find the perpetrator.

"The job of Congress is much broader than the job of the special counsel," Nadler said. "The special counsel is looking and can only look for crimes. We have to protect the rule of law, we have to look for abuses of power, we have to look for obstructions of justice, we have to look for corruption in the exercise of power which may not be crimes."

If you have to look for it, the crime is probably not there, but the election is and that's the real point, isn't it?

A former senior law enforcement official told Fox News that Democrats would lack key investigative powers that Mueller had, including the ability to convene grand juries -- and that Nadler's path amounted to trying to criminalize meetings with foreign actors that the special counsel apparently determined were simply not criminal.

“With all the talk of the Democrats intensifying their House investigations," the former official said, it was important to note that "unlike Special Counsel Mueller, Congress and the [DOJ Inspector General] cannot convene grand juries and initiate prosecutions. If Mueller couldn't find collusion or conspiracy with every investigative tool, what do the Democrats expect to accomplish?"

Other than trying to undermine the election.

Some conservatives, meanwhile, say that Democrats should come under increased scrutiny for their contacts with foreign nationals.

Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) hired the firm Fusion GPS, which employed British ex-spy Christopher Steele to produce an anti-Trump dossier that the FBI used to justify the surveillance of a top Trump aide and kickstart the Russia probe.

 This week, text messages exclusively obtained by Fox News revealed that the DOJ apparently raised "repeated" concerns that Steele, whose blatant anti-Trump views are now widely known, was politically biased.

The Trump aide, Carter Page, has not been charged with any wrongdoing, although the FBI initially alleged he had conspired with Russians.

On Sunday, Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan said Sunday that if the Mueller report is disclosed publicly, then all documents relating to it should also be published -- including the complete Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application to monitor Page.

That ought to make Hillary a bit nervous.

To his credit, President Trump stayed off of Twitter over the weekend until today when he tweeted: "Have a great day," and "Make America Great Again!"

This angered the liberal press who was hoping he'd say something regrettable.


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Rosenstein may become history: impeachment docs seen

Rod Rosenstein may soon be an unhappy camper as two House Republicans are seeking to file impeachment documents against the pencil-neck geek. This may, in fact, come as early as Monday, according to those good old anonymous Capitol Hill sources speaking to Politico.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus,Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows, are taking issue with Rosenstein's poor handling of the Russia investigation and his refusal to be transparent.

Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's screwed up and scandalous Russian collusion probe and it was Rosenstein who appointed Mueller last year.

Rosenstein, a Mr. Peepers lookalike and arrogant deputy attorney general, has repeatedly stonewalled requests from congressional Republicans for documents pertaining to the investigation.

The weasel even attempted to protect FBI scumcrumpet Peter Strzok, a former Mueller team member, who has been outed as a total anti-Trumper.

Politico's secret sources confirmed that Meadows was seen on the House floor with Rosenstein's impeachment documents Friday afternoon. This came at the same time Rosenstein was announcing new indictments in Mueller's case.

"It has not been filed today," Meadows spokesman told Politico, but he didn't rule out the possibility of the filing taking place sometime early this week.

The announcement by Rosenstein of the indictment of 12 Russian operatives may have been sketchy since it occurred simultaneous to President Trump's meeting with Queen Elizabeth.

The only question now is whether House Speaker Paul Rino Ryan will gather enough support to push it through. Thus far, Ryan has not criticized Rosenstein, although he supposedly backed a House measure condemning the stonewalling and demanding her release certain FBI documents by early July.

It's no surprise that Democrats will not support House Freedom members, because they have become the party of total obstructionists, regardless of the issues.

For those keeping score on the Mueller investigation, nothing substantive has been found against Trump.


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