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Charges against the Gold Star father arrested after heckling President Biden during his State of the Union address were dropped Tuesday by Washington, DC’s Democratic attorney general.Steve Nikoui, 51, was taken into custody by Capitol Police after he yelled, “Abbey Gate!” and “Second Battalion, First Marines!” down at Biden, 81, during his speech earlier this month.

During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel on Tuesday that was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “America Reports,” Steve Nikoui, the father of Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, who was killed during the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing, stated that the charges against him for interrupting President Joe Biden’s State of the Union haven’t been dropped and no one from the Biden administration has tried to help him, which he isn’t surprised by, because Biden won’t recognize his own grandchild and “it’s nothing new. It’s been this way for the last two-and-a-half years.” Fox News Congressional Correspondent Aishah...

The mother of a Marine killed during the US’ botched withdrawal from Afghanistan on Saturday called “BS” on the fallen hero’s father getting arrested for heckling President Biden during his State of the Union address.“I was shocked because I thought it was complete BS that they arrested him,” Shana Chappell told The Post. “He shouldn’t have been arrested, he’s a Gold Star father. He’s in the same room as the man that he knows is responsible for our son’s death, so why was he arrested?”Chappell, 51, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., said she’s still struggling to survive nearly three years after...

Bad optics for the censorious Regime.. Last Updated on March 7, 2024 Steve Nikoui, the father of fallen Marine Kareem Nikoui, interrupted Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night. The man’s son, Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, was among 13 U.S. military servicemen who died during Joe Biden’s disastrous “Abbey Gate” pullout from Afghanistan. A terrorist attack felled the American troops at a Kabul airport named for Hamid Karzai, the Bush administration’s puppet leader of Afghanistan after the U.S. invasion. The Capitol Police confirmed that they arrested Nikoui. Steve Nikoui attended the event as the guest of Florida...

A man identified as Steve Nikoui, the father of Marine Lance Col. Kareem Nikoui who was killed in the August 21, 2021 terrorist attack on Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airport during Joe Biden’s retreat from Afghanistan that killed thirteen U.S. servicemembers and about 170 Afghan civilians trying to flee the triumphant Taliban, was arrested and put in handcuffs by security at the Capitol Thursday night after he heckled Biden about the attack during the State of the Union address. Listeners heard Nikoui call out “United States Marines!” and “Abbey Gate!” among other things in the brief outburst. Nikoui was...

This is not going to come as a surprise to most readers here, but this testimonial by Marlon Bateman deserves to be shared. This story reflects what the core of Donald Trump is about.Marlon Bateman – “Last week, I had the honor to accompany several Gold Star parents to meet with President Trump in Bedminster. These parents lost their children when Abbey Gate was bombed in the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was orchestrated by Joe Biden.While Biden continues to ignore these families’ requests for answers, President Trump listened to them, he mourned with them, and he was genuinely devastated...

Gold Star father Mark Schmitz had harsh words towards President Biden Tuesday for his response to the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 13 service members in August 2021. Testimony before House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Gold Star dad and father of a US Marine killed during the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan exploded at Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying he is a “disgrace to this nation” and has “more American blood” on his hands “than any president in US history.” Mark Schmitz, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, who was killed in a bomb blast on Aug. 26, 2021, during a military evacuation at the Kabul airport, participated in a roundtable discussion before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “Not a single person has been held accountable,” Schmitz said. “Our so-called...

We've done several posts on President Joe Biden repeating the lie that his son Beau was killed in Iraq. You'd think he'd lie about something that wasn't so easy to fact-check, but Biden's the consummate politician: If he's talking to a crowd of veterans, he's going to relate to them by telling them about his son's death overseas. Things got ugly this week at a forum for Gold Star families whose family members were killed in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during Biden's botched evacuation from Afghanistan. Mothers recalled how Biden told them that he knew how they...

Biden has a disgusting habit of making moments when he should be offering gratitude to service members and their families about himself instead.Two years after a suicide bombing in Kabul took the lives of 13 American service members during the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the mother of 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, who was killed in the attack, blasted the president for falsely claiming to “know how” it felt to lose a child in combat.“His words to me were, ‘My wife, Jill, and I know how you feel. We lost our son as well and brought him...

As Twitchy reported earlier, Rep. Darrell Issa had a forum in California Monday featuring Gold Star families who lost their loved ones in the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The parents had plenty to say to President Joe Biden, who ended up calling the withdrawal a "success." Thirteen U.S. servicemembers died as the result of a suicide bomber who targeted the airport where people were crowded together in a desperate attempt to get out of the country before the Taliban took over. I really despise Joe Biden. I don't buy into his "grandfatherly" image at all. He flew off the handle...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The families of some of the 13 servicemembers who were killed in a deadly blast at the Kabul Airport in 2021 are seeking answers. Appearing alongside the families is senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48). "For almost two years, the Gold Star Families of the fallen in Afghanistan have waited for answers and accountability for the loss of their loved ones - and they have waited long enough," said Rep. Issa. "At every turn, they've been shut out and ignored by the Biden Administration that prefers to turn the page on...

WATCH LIVE: Gold Star families speak on deadly Afghanistan withdrawal Gold Star Families demand answers for deaths of 13 service members during Afghanistan withdrawal https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332575612112

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MESA COUNTY, CO – Tina Peters, the Gold Star mother and election clerk for Mesa County, was indicted on a myriad of felony and misdemeanor charges roughly a week after her releasing a damaging report regarding Dominion voting machines. Furthermore, this 66-year-old woman who has been accused of all non-violent offenses apparently had her bail set at $500,000 and with the added stipulation of being cash-only. On March 8th, a grand jury indicted Peters on seven felony charges and three misdemeanors that include multiple counts of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, criminal impersonation, identity...

The Mesa County grand jury indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley on 13 counts, on Monday evening. These charges are all related to an investigation into allegations of election equipment tampering and official misconduct. PETERS CHARGES Three counts of attempting to influence a public servant (F4) One count of conspiracy to commit attempting to influence a public servant (F5) Criminal impersonation (F6) Two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation (F6) Identity theft (F4) First-degree ofiicial misconduct (M2) Violation of duty (M) Failing to comply with the secretary of state (M)

...Just days after 13 American flags were vandalized in Riverside County, more than two dozen more have now gone missing....The community is now fighting back by buying more flags. ... a local resident had hung 13 American flags honoring the sacrifice of the 13 US service members who were killed last month during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. There was also a US Marine Corps flag, but all of them were vandalized over Labor Day weekend. In response, another family replaced the 13 American flags, which inspired others to place 13 more flags on the fence across Ivy Street. But just...

The mother of a Marine who died in the suicide attack at Kabul Airport in August has invited Donald Trump to his funeral after the former president responded to her viral social media attack on President Joe Biden. Shana Chappell, the mother of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, asked Trump to attend the service which is due to take place at the Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, on September 18th.

Appearing Monday on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, Cheyenne McCollum, the sister of U.S. Marine Rylee McCollum who was killed recently in an ISIS-led terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, said “everything felt fake” about President Joe Biden’s in-person apology for her brother’s death. A transcript is as follows: ROB FINNERTY: Your father and your sister chose not to meet President Biden at the dignified transfer, but you did alongside Rylee’s widow, who is pregnant. Tell us about that. CHEYENNE MCCOLLUM: I wouldn’t say I necessarily stayed to meet him. I stayed to support Rylee’s wife because I didn’t want her to...

Appearing Monday on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, Cheyenne McCollum, the sister of U.S. Marine Rylee McCollum who was killed recently in an ISIS-led terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, said “everything felt fake” about President Joe Biden’s in-person apology for her brother’s death.