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On this week’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Attorney General Eric Holder suggested President Joe Biden “let the system do its work” in the event of a hypothetical conviction of former President Donald Trump. Holder argued for signs of remorse from Trump and that he had turned his life around before Biden granted the pardon.

The lead prosecutor in the Hunter Biden criminal tax case is refusing for now to cooperate with a congressional investigation into IRS whistleblower allegations that the Justice Department substantially interfered with the investigation to spare the president’s son more severe punishment. “I am not at liberty to provide the materials you seek,” Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss wrote House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday in a letter obtained by Just the News. “The whistleblowers’ allegations relate to a criminal investigation that is now being prosecuted in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware,” Weiss added....

U.S. Delaware Attorney David Weiss on Friday confirmed his “limited” authority to charge Hunter Biden in the jurisdictions of Washington, DC, and California. IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley told Congress the Department of Justice (DOJ) prevented Weiss from bringing charges against Hunter Biden in Washington, DC, and California. The New York Times independently confirmed Shapley’s statement on Tuesday by reporting the DOJ’s practices demand that Weiss obtain approval and cooperation from the U.S. attorneys in California and Washington, DC, before proceeding with charges in their districts.

It is suggested that 30 to 45 new charges could be brought against the former president.The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly seeking indictments against several people within former President Donald Trump’s camp as well as the 2024 GOP frontrunner. It is also possible additional charges will be brought against the former president, including seditious conspiracy concerning the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The Independent reported that the DOJ is making preparations to bring a “superseding indictment” against Trump, meaning that there will be additional indictments brought against an already-indicted defendant. The development could lead to more serious charges...

Jack Smith is reportedly preparing to hit President Trump with 45 additional charges as a ‘backup plan’ should Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, delay or thwart the classified documents case currently in the Southern District of Florida. The additional charges are expected “in the coming weeks,” The Independent reported. President Trump was recently indicted on 37 federal counts in a Florida court in Jack Smith’s classified documents case. According to the latest leak, the special counsel’s prosecutors are preparing a “superseding indictment” – a separate set of charges against Trump in the Southern District of Florida. Jack Smith’s prosecutors...

The feds are targeting a top aide to former President Donald Trump, Susie Wiles, as part of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents. Federal investigators have contacted Susie Wiles as part of the investigation following allegations that she viewed a classified map during a meeting at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster post-presidency. According to reports, Wiles has “spoken to federal investigators numerous times.” CNN cited a source who asserted that, while Wiles is not named in the formal indictment of the former president, she is believed to...

A former business associate of Hunter Biden reportedly offered to testify in front of a Delaware grand jury, but never received an invitation. Tony Bobulinski, who worked with Biden on a 2017 deal with the Chinese energy company CEFC, sent an offer to testify to the U.S. attorney in Delaware David Weiss but never received a response, according to CBS News. Bobulinski has asserted publicly that Biden engaged in influence peddling with his father, the sitting president of the United States, to score hefty payouts from foreign agents. “I’ve heard Joe Biden say that he’s never discussed business with Hunter....

Just as more and more criminal conduct is revealed against Joe Biden and the Biden Crime Family, including likely treasonous acts, the DOJ springs into action and leaks that they are going to indict Trump’s attorneys and add more bogus charges against President Trump. You are witnessing the final stages of a once great nation. The government is now openly working with Democrats to indict, smear, bankrupt, and imprison their political opposition – Donald Trump, his supporters, and his attorneys. Now Merrick Garland’s DOJ is set to indict Rudy Giuliani and fellow Trump attorneys who questioned the fraudulent election and...

Federal investigators have quizzed former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as part of their investigation into the 45th president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The former New York City mayor was joined by his attorney Robert Costello for the recent interview, though it is not entirely clear which topics were broached during the questioning, CNN reported late Tuesday. “The appearance was entirely voluntary and conducted in a professional manner,” Giuliani adviser Ted Goodman told the outlet. Special counsel Jack Smith was tasked last year with overseeing the Justice Department’s two investigations revolving around the 77-year-old Trump: his role in...

Either the attorney general of the United States or the U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware is lying about the investigation into Hunter Biden's alleged tax crimes. Jonathan Turley laid the situation out three days ago:"I'm not the deciding official."Those five words, allegedly from Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, shocked IRS and FBI investigators in a meeting on October 22, 2022. This is because, in refusing to appoint a special counsel, Attorney Garland Merrick Garland had repeatedly assured the public and Congress that Weiss had total authority over his investigation.IRS supervisory agent Gary A. Shapley Jr. told Congress he...

(Challis, Idaho) — In a surprising and unprecedented move, the Idaho Republican Party has taken a strong stance against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), by passing a resolution a condemning the “corrupt government agency” and calling for its abolition if it is deemed that the agency cannot be reformed. The resolution passed unanimously out of the body which is comprised of 216 elected Republican representatives, contained a laundry list of excesses, abuses, and unconstitutional overreaches which the resolution alleges has “undermined the trust that the American people have in their government.” The resolution outlines some of the most egregious...

The federal prosecutor tasked with investigating Hunter Biden told at least six witnesses last year that he lacked authority to charge the first son outside Delaware and was denied special counsel status, according to an IRS whistleblower — and now the House Judiciary Committee wants to talk to them. Delaware US Attorney David Weiss made the shocking disclosure at an Oct. 7, 2022, meeting with top IRS and FBI officials — contradicting sworn testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland, IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley told the House Ways and Means Committee last month. “He surprised us by telling us on...

Monday, CNN aired a recording of former President Donald Trump talking about “highly confidential, secret” documents at his club in Bedminster, NJ. Cooper said, “We begin tonight with breaking news. We have obtained what is expected to be a central piece of the government’s case against Donald Trump, the actual audio recording of the former president talking as if he’s showing a highly classified document on US war plans against Iran with people not cleared to even know it exists, let alone what’s in it. In a moment only on CNN you will hear what jurors will hear one day.”...

Special Counsel Jack Smith is quietly ramping up his January 6 case against Trump in Washington DC. President Trump was recently indicted by a grand jury in Florida hearing evidence in Jack Smith’s classified documents case. In a separate grand jury in DC, Jack Smith is quietly continuing his investigation into January 6 and Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election. At least six Secret Service agents were forced to testify before a January 6 grand jury in Jack Smith’s case in Washington DC, according to a leak to NBC News. Roughly five or six agents have appeared, the sources...

When last we left the proceedings in U.S. v. Trump, the federal case regarding former President Donald Trump’s purported improper retention of classified documents, Special Counsel Jack Smith had moved for a continuance of the trial date from August 14, 2023, to December 11, 2023, and further disclosed the existence of 84 witnesses, the list of which the government sought leave to file under seal.As previously reported, during Trump’s arraignment, the parties discussed conditions of his release, resulting in a subsequent order that prevents the former president from discussing the criminal case with witnesses or co-defendant Walt Nauta. This order...

CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. The recording, which first aired on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” includes new details from the conversation that is a critical piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump over the mishandling of classified information, including a moment when Trump seems to indicate he was holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran. “These are the papers,” Trump says in the audio recording, while he’s discussing the Pentagon attack...

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@LeadingReport BREAKING: Idaho GOP has voted to abolish the FBI and ban them from the state if it is deemed they cannot be reformed.

Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a federal judge to push back the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he willfully retained national security secrets and obstructed justice. In a court filing, Smith requested US District Judge Aileen Cannon to delay the trial by nearly four months — from Aug. 14 to Dec. 11 — arguing that both the prosecution and the defense need more time to prepare. The special counsel noted that the 77-year-old president’s defense team does not object to moving the date. Smith argued that the Aug. 14 date “would deny counsel...

This week, Special Counsel John Durham told the House Judiciary Committee that "the FBI was too willing to accept and use politically funded and uncorroborated opposition research from the Clinton campaign. The FBI abetted this dirty trick to try to help Clinton win the 2016 election. When Trump won that election the FBI continued its efforts to undermine his presidency." Durham went on to contrast "the falsely premised assault on Trump with the failure to pursue the known crimes of Hillary Clinton's illegal transmission of classified material over unencrypted media and her destruction of evidence that had been subpoenaed. It...