Tag Archives: DOJ

FBI Arrests Capitol Rioter Who Wore Company Shirt

The Messenger reports: The FBI has arrested a man who live-streamed himself at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. Dustin Ray Williams was seen wearing a T-shirt with his company name and number on it on the day of the riot, so his identity was quickly verified by authorities. And after a nearly two-and-a-half years-long search, he was …

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DOJ: Fugitive Christian Missionary Embezzled $30M+

From the Justice Department: A former Dublin, Ga., resident is being sought internationally on multiple federal charges alleging he orchestrated a scheme that misdirected more than $30 million donated for Christian ministry in China. Jason Gerald Shenk, 45, is charged in a newly unsealed federal indictment with four counts of Wire Fraud; three counts of International Concealment Money Laundering; 13 …

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Trump Money Beg: I’m Facing “Six Lifetimes” In Prison

Today’s money beg from Hair Furor: Patriot, With Crooked Joe’s corrupt DOJ having unlawfully INDICTED yours truly yet again, reports indicate that I could now face a combined 561 YEARS in prison from the Left’s witch hunts. 6 LIFETIMES…There’s only ONE MESSAGE someone can send by trying to throw you in jail for 6 lifetimes, and that’s FEAR. The fear …

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LIVE VIDEO: Special Counsel Makes Announcement

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a frantic but ultimately failed endeavor that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the US Capitol. Special counsel Jack Smith, whose office is leading the Justice Department’s investigation, is making an …

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Special Counsel To Make Announcement Tonight

CNN reports:  The federal grand jury hearing evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election handed up an indictment on Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC. The foreperson of the grand jury along with a Justice Department prosecutor were present in the courtroom when the indictment was returned. A judge agreed to …

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New Trump Defense Fund May Be “Flipping” Insurance

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s new legal defense fund for aides and employees may double as both an act of benevolence and a potential insurance policy against a practice he has long loathed: flipping. New federal charges against Trump — who once said cooperating with prosecutors in exchange for leniency “ought to be illegal” — rely in large part on …

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Trump: I Expect Next Indictment “Any Day Now”

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: I assume that an Indictment from Deranged Jack Smith and his highly partisan gang of Thugs, pertaining to my “PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY Speech, will be coming out any day now, as yet another attempt to cover up all of the bad news about bribes, payoffs, and extortion, coming from the Biden “camp.” …

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Trump Team To Create New Legal Defense Fund

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump’s team is creating a legal-defense fund to handle some of the crush of legal bills stemming from the investigations and criminal indictments involving him and a number of employees and associates, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The fund, which is expected to be called the Patriot …

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Trump Denies Deleting Mar-A-Lago Security Video

Yet another all-caps rant from Hair Furor: MAR-A-LAGO SECURITY TAPES WERE NOT DELETED. THEY WERE VOLUNTARILY HANDED OVER TO THE THUGS, HEADED UP BY DERANGED JACK SMITH. WE DID NOT EVEN GO TO COURT TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING THESE TAPES. I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY TO DELETE THEM. PROSECUTORIAL FICTION & MISCONDUCT! ELECTION INTERFERENCE! Trump spiraling out-of-control. Screams in all-caps …

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Trump PAC Has Spent $40M In Legal Costs In 2023

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump’s political group spent more than $40 million on legal costs in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump, his advisers and others, according to people familiar with the matter, financing legal work that has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest between Trump and witnesses. Save America, the former …

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Rioter Who Assaulted Michael Fanone Gets 50 Months

From the Justice Department: A New York man was sentenced today for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Thomas F. Sibick, …

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Former Trump Lawyer: “Evidence Is So Overwhelming”

The Guardian reports: A former Trump White House lawyer said the evidence against the former president over his handling of classified documents was now “overwhelming” and would “last an antiquity”, after new charges were filed in the case on Thursday. “I think this original indictment was engineered to last a thousand years and now this superseding indictment will last an …

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Rioter Who Beat Cops With US Flag Gets 52 Months

The New York Times reports: A truck driver who assaulted a police officer with a flagpole at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Monday to 52 months in federal prison. The attack by the driver, Peter Stager, produced one of the most disturbing images to emerge from the Capitol attack. Mr. Stager, 44, of Conway, Ark., was …

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Justice Dept Sues Texas Over Rio Grande Barriers

NBC News reports: The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit against Texas for placing buoys in the Rio Grande as part of an effort by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to deter migrants from crossing into the United States. The civil suit said Texas violated federal law by installing the barrier and asked a judge to order its removal. The …

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DOJ To Sue Texas Over Rio Grande Razor Wire Barrier

Texas Public Radio reports: The Justice Department has notified Texas that it plans to file a lawsuit over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barrier in the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing illegally. The DOJ sent a letter to Abbott on Thursday demanding that Texas remove the buoys and razor wire along the Rio Grande by Monday, July 24, …

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Trump: May 2024 Trial Date Is “Major Setback” For DOJ

Via press release from the Trump campaign: Today’s order by Judge Cannon is a major setback to the DOJ’s crusade to deny President Trump a fair legal process. The extensive schedule allows President Trump and his legal team to continue fighting this empty hoax. Crooked Joe Biden is losing and attempting to use his weaponized DOJ against his top political …

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Trump Appointee Convicted On Seven Rioting Felonies

NBC News reports: Donald Trump political appointee who attempted to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 was convicted of seven felonies on Thursday, the same day that a grand jury deciding whether to indict the former president for his efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power was hearing testimony from former White House aide William Russell. Federico Klein, who …

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NJ Man Whose $230M Ponzi Scheme Sentence Was Commuted By Trump Is Charged In New Fraud Scheme

Politico reports: A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Donald Trump was charged on Wednesday in a new, sophisticated fraud scheme that included falsely promising deals to send supplies to Ukraine. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey charged Eliyahu Weinstein and four others in a plan that allegedly cost investors millions of dollars. Weinstein …

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Armed Capitol Rioter Sentenced To Seven Years

NBC News reports: A Jan. 6 rioter who was armed with a concealed weapon as he led a mob that overran police on the steps of the Capitol was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Wednesday. Christopher Alberts, a Maryland Donald Trump supporter was found guilty on nine charges in April after he testified that “instinct took over” …

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“Bullhorn Lady” Rioter Found Guilty On Felony Charges

NBC News reports: A Pennsylvania mother who was known as “Bullhorn Lady” because she used the sound amplifier to instruct rioters at the Capitol was convicted Tuesday of nine federal counts. Rachel Powell was found guilty on a variety of charges, including felony charges of interfering with officers performing their duties and obstruction of an official proceeding. Powell’s bench trial …

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