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Attorneys for a journalist threatened with prosecution for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are challenging federal prosecutors to try his case outside the District of Columbia, suggesting prosecutors are seeking retribution for his recent reporting on possible Capitol Police perjury and the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. Six attorneys who said they volunteered to represent Stephen Baker of Raleigh, N.C., released a statement on Jan. 22 expressing belief that the DOJ is seeking even more serious Jan. 6 charges as retaliation. Mr. Baker, a former independent journalist, now writes for Blaze Media. “We now have information that...

Mariposa Castro told the judge that “dark energy forces” had “sucked” her in during the riot.A Donald Trump supporter who entered the U.S. Capitol through a broken window and declared "this is war" on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 45 days behind bars on Wednesday. Mariposa Castro, of Gilroy, also known as Imelda Acosta, went live on Facebook on Jan. 6 when she was at the western front of the Capitol, where some of the most violent attacks on law enforcement during the Capitol siege took place. While atop the inauguration platform, she also entered the Capitol building. Advertisement |...

Now it begins to make sense - deep state “fixer,” Henry John Kerner, the Coverup Expert.....Years of questions about how so many DC scandals never ended up with any accountability are now slowly beginning to make sense.Ed. Note: the continuing evil from the grave of John McCain.....Thanks to the efforts of Judicial Watch, we now (6/23/18) find a name at the very heart of some of the most controversial investigative collapses in modern political history.The same John McCain staffer who told the IRS to weaponize their database to target Tea Party groups, was intimately involved in Fast-and-Furious, Benghazi, IRS and...

I guess freedom of assembly is not in style anymore… This was left on the voice mail of the organizer of today’s Audit the IRS Tea Party rally. The Capitol Police left this message attacking the Tea Party folks in Washington DC. “There are members of your group that are moving into other areas of the Capital grounds joining other groups on the east front of the Capitol. That activity is not authorized.” They didn’t want the Tea Party protesters to join the immigration rally on the other side of the Capitol building. They said it was not authorized.

EXCERPT “Given the scope of these programs, it’s understandable that many would be concerned about issues related to privacy,” he said. “But what is difficult to understand is the motivations of somebody who would intentionally seek to warn our nation’s enemies of the programs, of the lawful programs, created to protect the American people, and I hope that he will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” McConnell said it was clear that the two programs were subject to rigorous oversight. “What is clear from this information released by the [Director of National Intelligence] is each of these...

FRIEND$ AT THE TOP: Former President Bill Clinton and British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair both sit on the advisory board of Teneo Holdings, which was paid at least $625,000 to do public-relations and financial-consulting work for Jon Corzine’s failed brokerage, MF Global. ....Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna said “President Clinton does not advise clients on the firm’s behalf.” Clinton does make money from Teneo, but has declined to disclose the sum. Corzine and the former president have been close for years. Clinton campaigned for Corzine repeatedly and Corzine, in turn, became the first sitting governor to endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bid...

<p>The hubris of Saamir Kaiser was impressive, even by the limited standards of a city unable to pick up a phone to check the veracity of its job applicants.</p> <p>You invented the wheel and printing press? No problem. Tell it to the city. The city believes anything, as long the lie is on an official-looking resume.</p>