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Armed Cultists Rally At Phoenix FBI Office [VIDEO]

Phoenix’s Fox affiliate reports: Signs reading “Honor your oath” and “Abolish FBI” were seen outside the FBI office in Phoenix on Aug. 13, just days after news broke that the agency searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Several of those who were there were armed with guns. FBI agents seized classified records from Trump’s home during the …

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FBI: Company Led By GOP Ex-Florida House Speaker Bilked Local Govts Millions For 2018 Hurricane Cleanup

The Fort Myers News-Press reports: GAC Contractors, a local company whose top executives include former House Speaker Allan Bense, bilked “millions of dollars” from local governments in 2018 when it was contracted to clean up debris caused by Hurricane Michael, newly released court documents from an ongoing federal investigation show. The company’s top executives, including Bense and its late CEO …

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FBI Search Was For Classified Docs On Nuclear Weapons

The Washington Post reports: Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located …

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Man Who Shot At Cincinnati FBI Office Is Dead, Tied To Extremists, Likely Attended Jan. 6 Attack On US Capitol

The New York Times reports: Investigators are looking into whether the man who tried to breach the F.B.I.’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday had ties to extremist groups, including one that participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter. The suspect, identified by the officials as Ricky Shiffer, …

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Suspect ID’d In Cincinnati FBI Headquarters Shooting

The Associated Press reports: An armed man decked out in body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Ohio on Thursday, then fled and was injured in an exchange of gunfire in a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. Federal officials said the man had “attempted to breach” the visitor’s screening area at …

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Kirk On Shooting At FBI Office: They’re Playing Victim

“The director of the FBI had strong words Wednesday for supporters of former President Donald Trump, who have been using ‘violent rhetoric’ in the wake of his agency’s search for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. “He says that threats against federal agents and the Justice Department are deplorable and dangerous. “How many of those threats are planted by the FBI themselves? We …

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Shots Fired At Cincinnati FBI Headquarters [VIDEO]

Cincinatti’s NBC affiliate reports: Interstate 71 in Ohio was shut down Thursday morning in both directions and there was a lockdown in effect after shots were fired in the area. The Clinton County Emergency Management Agency said there was an armed suspect in the area of State Road 73, Smith Road and State Road 380. Multiple news outlets are reporting …

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Informant Told FBI Where To Look At Mar-A-Lago

Newsweek reports: The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, two senior government officials told Newsweek. The officials, who have direct knowledge of the FBI’s deliberations and were granted anonymity in …

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MAGA Rep. Scott Perry: The FBI Has Seized My Phone

Fox News reports: Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania says that the FBI has confiscated his cellphone. Perry, in an exclusive statement, told Fox News on Tuesday that while traveling with his family earlier in the day, he was approached by three FBI agents who handed him a warrant and requested that he turn over his cellphone. “This morning, while …

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BREAKING: FBI Executes Search Warrant At Mar-A-Lago

The Daily Beast reports: The FBI executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday. Trump confirmed the raid in a statement posted to his Truth Social platform. Trump said his Florida residence was “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents” who, among other things, “broke into” a safe belonging …

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Cultist Blabs His Way Into Capitol Riot Charges [Video]

The Daily Beast reports: Trumpland social media influencer William Kit—better known as Semore Views to his 37,200 YouTube subscribers and 78,700 Instagram followers—was arrested Tuesday for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The feds were tipped off in December by someone who provided images of him at the riot, a statement of facts reveals, but they also didn’t have …

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Christian School Chain Accused Of Bilking Vets Of $7M

The Christian Post reports: A nonprofit organization called the House of Prayer, a chain of schools that students branded as a cult, has been accused of recruiting veterans and active service members and then bilking them out of more than $7 million in GI Bill benefits and disability checks to pay for Bible classes that were not accredited. On June …

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FBI: Woman Sold Fake COVID Test Results To Tourists

Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: A Miami woman was arrested after authorities said she was selling phony COVID-19 test results to people who needed to test negative to travel. Melissa Stephanie Barbery, 33, was arrested Tuesday on a felony count of fraudulent use of personal identification information, an arrest report said. The results were to be presented by people traveling abroad …

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FBI Seeks “Crypto Queen” Behind $4 Billion Scam

Axios reports: The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward in its search for Ruja Ignatova, the so-called “Cryptoqueen” who allegedly helped defraud investors out of $4 billion with a cryptocurrency scam. Ignatova was added to the FBI’s list of the 10 most-wanted fugitives this week. The FBI is asking for any information about the alleged fraudster, who disappeared in 2017. …

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FBI Opens Molestation Probe Into NOLA Archdiocese

The Associated Press reports: The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press. More than a dozen …

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FBI Raids Three “Cult” Churches That Were Allegedly Using Young Girls To Lure Military Members [VIDEO]

The Savannah Morning News reports: The FBI on Thursday raided three churches associated with the House of Prayer Christian Church in Georgia and Texas.  The House of Prayer is owned by the foreign nonprofit company House of Prayer Christian Churches of America Inc., which registered with the Georgia Secretary of State in 2004. Its churches, which are primarily located near …

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FBI Subpoenas PA Republican Official Over Fake Electors

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: FBI agents interviewed the chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party at his home early Thursday morning as part of a nationwide investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to send alternate electors from key swing states to Washington to overturn the 2020 election. Agents spent about an hour at party chairman Sam DeMarco’s Oakdale home …

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DC Chiropractor Arrested On Capitol Riot Charges

NBC News reports: A D.C. chiropractor who stormed the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 was arrested on federal charges Wednesday as FBI special agents descended on his office just blocks from the Capitol. A source familiar with the case confirmed to NBC News the arrest of David Walls-Kaufman of the Capitol Hill Chiropractic Center. It was not immediately clear …

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Think Tank Places Retired General On Leave After FBI Launches Probe Into Alleged Illegal Lobbying For Qatar

The Associated Press reports: The prestigious Brookings Institution placed its president, retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen, on administrative leave Wednesday amid a federal investigation into his role in an illegal lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. Brookings’ announcement came a day after The Associated Press reported on new court filings that show the …

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Rioter Who Claimed Riot Was “All Antifa” Pleads Guilty

Law & Crime reports: An Ohio man who claimed to believe that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was “all Antifa” has pleaded guilty to storming the building. Stephen Michael Ayres, 39, admitted Wednesday to engaging in disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6. Ayres was featured in a video posted to …

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