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Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 9, 2020SAN DIEGO – Self-christened campaign guru Ravneet (“Ravi”) Singh was re-sentenced in federal court today to one year in prison for conspiring with Mexican billionaire Susumo Azano to make almost $600,000 in illegal political contributions to candidates Bonnie Dumanis and Bob Filner in the 2012 San Diego mayoral campaign in an effort to buy “a friend in the Mayor’s office.”U.S. District Judge Michael M. Anello also ordered Singh to pay a $10,000 fine. Singh’s re-sentencing brings to a successful end this long-running investigation into corruption in local...

Soros is the “liberal Führer” turning Europe into a “gas chamber,” wrote Szilard Demeter in an opinion piece for the Internet portal Origo.hu, a Hungarian pro-government outlet.

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin finished its recount of votes cast in this month’s presidential election on Sunday, with only minuscule changes in the results that saw Democrat Joe Biden defeat Republican Donald Trump in the battleground state. Dane County, which includes the state capital of Madison, reported only small changes in its vote totals, mirroring the earlier results of the recount conducted in Milwaukee County. Trump gained 45 votes in Dane County, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Biden won the state by nearly 20,600 votes and his margin in Milwaukee and Dane counties was about 2-to-1. “As we have...

SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Justice today announced that United Microelectronics Corporation, Inc. (UMC), a Taiwan semiconductor foundry, pleaded guilty to criminal trade secret theft and was sentenced to pay a $60 million fine, in exchange for its agreement to cooperate with the government in the investigation and prosecution of its co-defendant, a Chinese state-owned-enterprise. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge.A federal grand jury had indicted UMC in September 2018, along with Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (Fujian Jinhua), a state-owned enterprise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and three...

Public health officials are bracing for a new round of COVID-19 case spikes as many Americans traveled and held large family gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday in defiance of mitigation guidance from the government, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned that as the nation heads into December, officials expect “we might see a surge superimposed on the surge we are already in.” “I don’t want to frighten people except to say it’s not too late at all for us to do something about this,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Fauci urged...

Action Follows Last Month’s Seizure of 92 IRGC DomainsSAN FRANCISCO – The United States has seized 27 domain names that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unlawfully used to further a global covert influence campaign.As described in the seizure documents, all 27 domains were being used in violation of U.S. sanctions targeting both the Government of Iran and the IRGC. Four of the domains purported to be genuine news outlets but were actually controlled by the IRGC and targeted audiences in the United States, to covertly influence United States policy and public opinion, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration...

A founding member of the Black Lives Matter Global Network accused former Vice President Joe Biden of capitalizing “on our efforts to defund the police.” The organizer of the group’s BLM Los Angeles chapter said Biden also tried to condemn the effort at the same time. Former Vice President Biden “capitalized on our efforts to defund the police, and then tried to condemn the words at the same time,” BLM Los Angeles chapter lead organizer Dr. Melina Abdullah said during a Tuesday morning protest, according to the Daily Wire.

Seizure Of Bitcoins Represents The Largest Cryptocurrency Seizure To DateSAN FRANCISCO - The United States filed a civil complaint today to forfeit thousands of Bitcoins, valued at over $1 billion dollars, seized by law enforcement on November 3, 2020, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson of the Northern District of California and Special Agent in Charge of the Washington DC Field Office, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Kelly R. Jackson. The seizure represents the largest seizure of cryptocurrency in the history of the Department of Justice.“Silk Road was the most notorious online criminal marketplace of its day,” said...

President Trump on Sunday said he regretted endorsing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), taking a swipe at the top Republicans in the state ahead of two critical Senate runoff elections. The president decried the use of Dominion Voting Systems machines in Georgia, which are the subject of unproven conspiracies among some conservatives. He placed blame at the feet of Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) for approving the rules of the election. "Everything has to be approved by the legislature, and they had judges making deals, and they had electoral officials making deals like this character in...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A group of people is walking up to families’ front doors in Snohomish County, saying they are the rightful owners of waterfront homes. The group has taken over homes in different parts of the country, claiming legal ownership of the land beneath it. In one case, they told a homeowner she was being evicted. Edmonds detectives say the group knocked on doors in the most upscale neighborhoods in Woodway and Edmonds, identifying themselves as Moorish Sovereign Citizens. They carry official-looking documents, say they own the property and announce they’re moving in. “They have basically come to...

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SAN FRANCISCO – James Calvert was sentenced today to 12 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distribution and receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge. Calvert, 27, of San Bruno, California, pleaded guilty to the charges on August 14, 2020. According to the plea agreement, Calvert admitted that in May of 2019, he posted a video that depicted a prepubescent minor female performing oral sex on an adult male...

Philippine lawmaker testifies that the Philippine experienced the same problem of with Smartmatic going back 10 years.

Defendant Orchestrated and Participated in Stabbing Attacks Against Other Inmates in Monterey County Jail SAN JOSE – Johnny Magdaleno, a/k/a “Soldier Boy,” was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his federal RICO conspiracy conviction, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. Magdaleno was a high-ranking Norteño gang member who orchestrated and participated in multiple attempted murders in the Monterey County Jail. Magdaleno, 33, of Salinas, pleaded guilty on February 13, 2020, to a RICO conspiracy charge and admitted in his plea agreement to being a member...

In 1888 Mark Twain (born this day, Australian time, in 1835) said, “Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.” Now POTUS 45 is an upmarket version of Archie Bunker in the White House. He knows what Nixon’s Silent Majority still wants and he cuts through and communicates it. This old majority’s grip on power is not as strong as it was. But Donald Trump has been underestimated in politics ever since he came down the Golden Escalator. “It is a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you...

Matt Braynard with the Voter Integrity Project (VIP) dropped a bombshell on Twitter early Sunday morning. According to Mr. Braynard, the FBI has requested evidence of illegal ballots that VIP uncovered during their review of the 2020 election results. Mr. Braynard said that by Tuesday, his group will provide the files, including names and addresses, to the FBI for criminal investigation. He tweeted: Update: – The @FBI has proactively and directly requested from me the VIP findings that indicates illegal ballots. – By Tuesday, we will have delivered to the agency all of our data, including names, addresses, phone numbers,...

Cindy McCain did her part to help get the far left's trojan horse candidate elected president by endorsing Joe Biden in September. McCain called Biden a "good and honest man" who "stands up for our values as a nation." For her part in handing Arizona over to the Democrats, the Biden team is reportedly offering the lifelong "Republican" an ambassadorship to the United Kingdom. "It’s hers if she wants it," a Biden insider told The Times of London. "She delivered Arizona. They know that."

Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that a statewide coronavirus shutdown was still “on the table.” Fill-in anchor Bret Baier said, “You have not ruled out a statewide shutdown like you did in the spring. Why is that? You hear the WHO saying it’s the last possible resort, considering the economic impact of that. You heard Dr. Anthony Fauci say something similar, but yet you’re saying it’s possible in your state?”

Recology Executive Laundered $1 Million in Bribes, Often Through An Intermediary Charity, To Former DPW DirectorRecology Executive Laundered $1 Million in Bribes, Often Through An Intermediary Charity, To Former DPW DirectorSAN FRANCISCO - Paul Fredrick Giusti, the former Group Government & Community Relations Manager for Recology’s San Francisco Group, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with bribery and money laundering, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair.The complaint alleges that Giusti, 64, of San Francisco, engaged in...

FRESNO, Calif. — As part of a multi-agency operation, more than 60 individuals associated with the Aryan Brotherhood were arrested in California, Nevada and Montana on federal and state charges in connection with their gang activities, including violent crimes, illegal firearms trafficking and possession and drug trafficking.The charges were announced today by U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp, Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman of the ATF’s San Francisco Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims.“For the...