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Brazilian federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating jewelry he received while head of state, including luxury items given by the Saudi Arabian government, two police sources said, according to Reuters. This is the second time police have formally accused Bolsonaro of a crime. He was charged in March with forging his COVID-19 vaccine records. The jewelry, some of it made by Chopard of Switzerland, was valued at $3.2 million and included a diamond necklace, ring, watch and earrings given to Bolsonaro and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government....

FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA—On July 2, Judge Ural Glanville published the full transcripts of a secret meeting he had with rapper, Young Thug, who has been jailed on racketeering charges. On July 3, Judge Glanville put the trial on hold, recused himself over allegations of misconduct, and published the transcripts. The meeting reportedly took place on June 10. The jury was on break until Monday, July 8th. This and the case of the state of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump have been postponed. Judge Glanville made the following statement regarding the meeting. “The court, is of the opinion, based on the...

'The economy is fine!' 'Wages are up!' 'Inflation is down!' If all of those things sound familiar, it's because that's what the Biden administration has been telling us for years. They bragged about saving you a whopping 16 cents on your Fourth of July dinner a couple of years ago and bragged about cheaper Thanksgiving dinners, too. Now -- four months from the election -- Biden finally admits grocery prices are still too high. This is something 99.9% of Americans could've told you, and something that pops up as a major concern in polling. And here's Biden's plan to 'fix'...

Grocery costs are too high for families across the country. We have a plan to tackle them. Partnering with 31 state Attorneys General to take on price gougingSuccessfully calling on grocery chains to lower costs -- urging more to join leaders like Target, Walmart and ALDI in lowering pricesProviding low-income families of four $2000 more for groceries by improving SNAP and launching summer EBT

Andrea Widburg is an attorney, Managing Editor for American Thinker, and owner of the website Bookwormroom.com. On the podcast we discuss unrest in Europe, Trump/Biden debate, SCOTUS ruling, lawfare, 2024 election and much more.

The tip of the Lawfare spear consists of a small group of former DOJ attorneys and Main Justice leftists who helped AG Eric Holder create the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) when it was formed on behalf of President Obama. Lawfare, writ large, are a tribe of leftists who strategically weaponize the justice systems within the DOJ. They are also the main guides, strategists and legal analysts who previously used Robert Mueller and currently use Jack Smith. The tribe is led by a trio of fellow travelers: Mary McCord, Norm Eisen and Andrew Weissmann. If you research the group, you...

Biden’s corrupt Justice Department will continue to pursue the two lawfare cases against Trump past election day if Trump wins. According to a leak to The Washington Post, Special Counsel Jack Smith will continue to file motions and possibly conduct a trial after Election Day if Trump wins in a race against the clock before Inauguration Day. The Justice Department cannot charge a sitting president so they want to ‘get Trump’ before he is sworn in on January 20, 2025. “Justice Department officials plan to pursue the criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day even if he wins, under...

Justice Department officials plan to pursue the criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day even if he wins, under the belief that department rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day in January, according to people familiar with the discussions. That approach may become more consequential given this week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, which probably will lead to further delays to Trump’s election interference trial in D.C. and has already affected one of his state cases. Senior law enforcement officials have long viewed the two federal indictments against Trump —...

The contempt charges stem from Garland's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur. South Carolina GOP Rep. Ralph Norman, who sits on the powerful House Rules Committee, said on Monday that he believes his party has enough votes to charge Attorney General Merrick Garland with inherent contempt of Congress. Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduced inherent contempt articles against Garland last week, after the Justice Department announced it would not take action against the attorney general. The contempt charges stem from Garland's refusal to...

<p>Following the decision, some legal experts speculated on what impact the ruling could have on the case in Fulton County, Georgia. Trump was indicted by Willis last August in a 2020 election interference case following a phone call he had with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in January 2021 when he asked him to "find" more than 11,000 votes ...</p>

On Monday evening, President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Trump v. United States, a 6-3 decision which found that presidents has immunity when acting in what the Court stressed was their official capacity. How did he manage to do so? He spoke for less than four minutes, and left without taking any questions. In case there was any doubt how he felt, the president screeched that he agreed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent, declaring "I dissent!" That doesn't mean Biden wasn't prone to some truly hypocritical points in his remarks, which were very clearly prewritten by someone else and...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: JUDGE MERCHAN WILL HIT TRUMP WITH A MULTIYEAR SENTENCE ON JULY 11TH - MIKE DAVIS Real America's Voice (RAV) @RealAmVoice HUMAN EVENTS: LEFT CALLS FOR TRUMP’S ASSASSINATION AS BANNON REPORTS TO GULAG 1:56 PM · Jul 1, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release its final opinions on July 1, the last day of the current term.The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release its final opinions on Monday, the final day of the court’s current term.The most significant—and controversial—decision involves a question on whether former President Donald Trump should be declared immune from prosecution in relation to election-related criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith.“At that time, we will announce all remaining opinions ready during this term of the court,” Chief Justice John Roberts said from the bench on June 28, according to courthouse...

A Georgia real estate agent has filed a “cancel culture” lawsuit against LGBTQ+ activists she says have repeatedly used false claims to prevent her from earning a living in her field. On Tuesday, Julie Mauck, a real estate agent in Oconee County, Georgia, filed a lawsuit funded by the Coalition for Liberty against Athens Pride and Queer Collective, its leader Danielle Carmella Bonanno, and Fiona Bell (a.k.a. Felix Bell). According to a copy of the complaint provided to CNSNews, the lawsuit alleges that the activists engaged in a “cancel culture” campaign to prevent Mauck from earning a living and to...

Five mental health professionals, some of whom already accused Donald Trump of being “dangerous,” prepared a risk assessment for New York state Judge Juan Merchan to consider in his July 11 sentencing decision on Trump, according to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a longtime critic of the former president. It isn’t clear whether all five are psychiatrists or may have other training. Their risk assessment could be a factor in the severity of Merchan’s sentence for Trump in Manhattan Criminal Court, which could be up to 20 years in prison for all 34 felony counts on which he was...

DC judges who went along with the DOJ's unlawful application of 1512(c)(2) in J6 cases:Judge Beryl Howell (Obama, former chief judge)**Judge James Boasberg (Obama, current chief judge)Judge Rudolph Contreras (Obama)Judge Trevor McFadden (Trump)Judge John Bates (GW Bush)Judge Amit Mehta (Obama)Judge Dabny Friedrich (Trump)Judge Royce Lamberth (Reagan)Judge Richard Leon (GW Bush)Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton)Judge Amy Berman Jackson (Obama)**Judge Timothy Kelly (Trump)Judge Randolph Moss (Clinton)Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton)Judge Christopher Cooper (Obama)D.C. Circuit Court Judge Florence Pan (Biden)—Pan wrote both appellate court decisions upholding 1512c2D.C. Circuit Court Judge Justin Walker (Trump)D.C. Circuit Court Judge Cornelia Pillard

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has funneled several million dollars to law firms at the center of the “lawfare” campaign against former President Donald Trump, the Daily Caller reported on Tuesday. The DNC paid roughly $2 million, earmarked as “legal services,” to Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, a law firm founded by Roberta A. Kaplan, the Caller reported, according to Federal Election Commission’s reports. Kaplan is the attorney who represented E. Jean Carroll in her harassment and defamation lawsuits against Trump. Notably, the DNC payments to Kaplan’s firm began just two years after Carroll launched her assault and defamation lawsuits...

It appears Bannon's New York criminal case is no longer assigned to Justice Merchan:

CNN reported: Former President Donald Trump can now publicly speak about witnesses like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels who testified at his New York criminal trial, according to a court order on Tuesday that rolls back parts of a gag order Judge Juan Merchan imposed before the trial began. Trump, however, cannot discuss any prosecutor, court staffer or their family members, as the latest order from Merchan upholds that portion of the gag order. That aspect of the gag order remains in effect at least until his sentencing, which is set for July 11, the latest ruling says.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has sent millions of dollars to law firms that are intimately involved in an “unprecedented lawfare” campaign against former President Donald Trump, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records reviewed by the Daily Caller. The DNC has paid close to $2 million since August of 2021 to Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP for “legal services,” according to the DNC’s FEC filings. Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP founding partner Roberta A. Kaplan represented E. Jean Carroll in her sexual assault and defamation suits against Trump. The New York Times previously reported that Reid Hoffman, the billionaire...