Tag Archives: FBI

North Carolina Cultist Charged With Racist Hate Crimes

Charlotte’s CBS affiliate reports: A Concord man has been arrested and charged with hate crimes after investigators say he harassed his neighbors—a Mexican family—and Black motorists for more than a year. Marian Hudak was arrested by FBI agents on Thursday. He faces two charges related to intimidating people based on their race. One incident, according to the court document, was …

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WaPo: FBI Quashed Early Trump/Riot Investigation Plan

The Washington Post reports: A Washington Post investigation found that more than a year would pass before prosecutors and FBI agents jointly embarked on a formal probe of actions directed from the White House to try to steal the election. Even then, the FBI stopped short of identifying the former president as a focus of that investigation. A wariness about …

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Mar-A-Lago Staff Moved Docs Ahead Of FBI Arrival

The Washington Post reports: Two of Donald Trump’s employees moved boxes of papers the day before FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the former president’s Florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena — timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious and an indication of possible obstruction. Trump and his aides also allegedly carried out …

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FBI Raids Miami-Area Trump Building In Russia Probe

The Miami Herald reports: The trio of Trump Towers on Sunny Isles Beach draws its share of gawkers, thanks to Donald Trump’s licensing deal that plastered his name on the oceanfront development. But on Thursday, the luxury high-rise complex drew the attention of law enforcement, namely the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A squad of FBI special agents, assisted by local …

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Rioter Turned In By Ex Who Spotted Viral FBI Tweet

NBC News reports: The breakthrough in the FBI investigation started inside a Joann Fabric and Crafts store. Last weekend, a clothing designer was standing in the checkout line waiting to purchase a needle for his sewing machine when his buddy saw something funny on his phone. It was a tweet from the FBI featuring two striking images of the 537th …

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Former Florida Gov Candidate Andrew Gillum Found Not Guilty Of Lying To FBI, Jury Deadlocks On Most Charges

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: After five days of behind-the-scenes drama and deliberations, jurors found former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum not guilty of lying to the FBI about a “Hamilton” ticket and other gifts he got from undercover FBI agents in New York. They deadlocked on the most serious charges against Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor, and his co-defendant, …

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Megachurch Youth Pastor On FBI’s Most-Wanted List

The Christian Post reports: Christopher Burns, a former youth pastor at Perimeter Church in Georgia turned financial advisor, is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for allegedly defrauding dozens of investors of millions of dollars, which he splurged on a lavish lifestyle and an obsession with Disney World. Burns, who was last seen by his ex-wife and children on …

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FBI: Don’t Use Free Public Stations To Charge Devices

CNBC reports: The FBI has warned consumers against using free public charging stations, saying crooks have managed to hijack public chargers that can infect devices with malware, or software that can give hackers access to your phone, tablet or computer. The Federal Communications Commission has also warned about “juice jacking,” as the malware loading scheme is known, since 2021. Consumer …

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Trump Calls For Defunding The DOJ And The FBI

Another late night all-caps rant from Hair Furor: REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTALLY WEAPONIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE VICIOUSLY USING THIS ABUSE OF POWER TO INTERFERE WITH OUR ALREADY UNDER SIEGE ELECTIONS! Which was followed by this: Almost every legal and political analyst …

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Fugitive Republican Dead After Confrontation With FBI

The Washington Post reports: Roy C. McGrath, a fugitive who had been a top aide to Larry Hogan when he was Maryland’s governor, died Monday as the result of a confrontation with the FBI in the area of Knoxville, Tenn., his lawyer said. He had been the subject of a 21-day manhunt launched after he failed to show up to …

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FBI Offers Reward For Fugitive Maryland Republican

Baltimore’s CBS affiliate reports: The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Roy McGrath, the ex-chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is considered a fugitive after failing to appear at his federal trial on March 13. McGrath was indicted on in October 2021, and faces a maximum of 100 years in federal prison for charges …

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FBI Probes Fire At Home Of Just-Arrested Bannon Crony

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: A fire broke out inside an Upper East Side hotel on Wednesday and the FBI is now involved in the investigation. The FBI’s New York Field office is working to determine whether the fire at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in the Upper East Side is linked to the Wednesday morning arrest of exiled Chinese businessman …

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FBI: Trump Lied About Sending Us To “Save” DeSantis

FactCheck.org reports: Former President Donald Trump claimed he “sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys” to Broward County during the 2018 election to stop “ballot theft” and help Ron DeSantis become Florida’s governor. But a spokesman for the county elections office said there was no “federal law enforcement presence” for that election. “The Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office …

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FBI Arrests “Sedition Panda” Cultist In Capitol Riot

NBC News reports: The FBI has arrested a Donald Trump supporter who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing the head of a panda costume. Jesse James Rumson was arrested in Florida on Monday, according to court records, and charged with multiple offenses including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer and engaging in physical violence in a …

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Federal Judge: Former FBI Officials Can Depose Trump

NBC News reports: A federal judge on Thursday ruled that former President Donald Trump can be deposed in a pair of lawsuits brought by two former FBI officials whom he has long publicly disparaged. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on Thursday that former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page would also be permitted to question FBI …

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Another Classified Doc Found By FBI At Pence’s Home

NBC News reports: The FBI discovered an additional classified document at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday during a voluntary five-hour search of the house, a Pence adviser said in a statement. The adviser, Devin O’Malley, said “the Department of Justice completed a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours and removed one document with classified markings and …

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FBI Searches Pence’s Indiana Home For Classified Docs

NBC News reports: The FBI was searching former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday, looking for any classified documents that might be in the house, a senior law-enforcement official told NBC News. The move comes weeks after Pence reported finding a “small number” of classified documents in his Carmel, Indiana house, and a day after it was revealed he’d …

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Jordan Subpoenas FBI Head Over School Boards Memo

Fox News reports: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday, compelling him to turn over documents and communications related to the FBI’s “misuse of federal criminal and counter terrorism resources” to target parents at school board meetings. Fox News Digital first reviewed the subpoena, which compels Wray to turn over documents to the committee …

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FBI To Search Pence’s Indiana Home For More Docs

The Indianapolis Star reports:  The FBI plans to search the home of Mike Pence, the former vice president Indiana governor. In the wake of classified documents found on President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s properties, Pence’s lawyer recently disclosed that classified documents were found at his home. The Wall Street Journal reported that officials could search Pence’s home …

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Biden Cooperates With FBI Search Of Rehoboth Home

CNN reports: The FBI is conducting a search of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday as a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified material begins in earnest. “Today, with the President’s full support and cooperation, the DOJ is conducting a planned search of his home in Rehoboth, Delaware,” Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer wrote …

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