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The DOJ Was Already Primed. Todd Blanche Lit the Fuse.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been on the job for less than two months, and he’s already made himself hard to ignore.

The president’s restless base is paying attention, and his reputation, at least from the outside, is that he is more aggressive than the woman he replaced.

That read isn’t entirely wrong, insiders tell the Daily Caller. Blanche’s years of federal experience and his time as number two at DOJ have left him with his hands on a lot of projects and the institutional knowledge to actually move them.

“He knows how to uncork the bottle quickly and where the levers of power are in DOJ,” a former Justice official tells the Caller.

In less than two months, he’s indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center and former FBI Director James Comey, and signed off on a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for victims of political prosecutions.

The pace has left Trump allies impressed. But they’re quick to add context: Blanche didn’t build these cases from scratch. He inherited a loaded weapon and knew exactly how to fire it.

“Pam Bondi had to take all the slings and arrows to get where we are now. And now Todd is taking the baton, and he’s the next man up,” Mike Davis, Trump ally and founder of the Article III project, told the Caller.

Trump dismissed Bondi from the Attorney General position in early April. At the time of her firing, a White House official told the Caller that there is no “bad blood” between the president and the AG, but that he was overall dissatisfied with her job performance. In short, the president wanted Bondi to be more aggressive and bring forward more prosecutions.

Bondi, who was never a federal prosecutor, faced a steep learning curve navigating the inner workings of the DOJ, the former official told the Caller. It made her transition to AG more complicated. But her tenure, insiders say, was more spent laying groundwork for the results she wouldn’t get to see through.

Blanche doesn’t have the same problem.

The Acting AG came up as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, one of the country’s most demanding federal districts, and later served as the president’s personal criminal defense attorney before entering the Trump administration as number two at the DOJ. By the time he stepped into the top job, he already knew which cases were live, which prosecutors to trust, and how to push a grand jury toward an indictment.

“The advantage of a number two rising to become the acting number one is that you know where all the balls are in the air,” a former DOJ official told the Caller. “Todd could immediately grab some of those balls and put them into play.”

Nineteen days after Bondi’s firing, Blanche called a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel to announce an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The left-wing activist group had been covertly directing millions to individuals tied to white supremacist and other extremist organizations, Blanche said. The announcement was celebrated as a win for conservative organizations, many of whom were targeted by the SPLC and labeled as “hate groups.”

A few days later, Blanche’s DOJ unveiled a second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. This one was tied to a since-deleted social media post featuring the numbers “8647,” which some interpreted as a veiled call to kill the president.

Under Bondi, the department brought an indictment against him in September over allegations that he lied and obstructed a congressional investigation during 2020 testimony. But that case was dismissed in November.

A DOJ official told the Caller the SPLC case had been in the works for some time, but that Blanche’s arrival as acting AG was what got it across the finish line. His familiarity with grand juries, prosecutors, and the mechanics of building a federal case made the difference.

“A lot of that job is knowing the justice system and how to get things across the finish line. Having that understanding, I think, is where he has found success,” the DOJ official told the Caller.

Still, Bondi’s DOJ played a role in helping build the case, insiders explained.

“I think Blanche is doing a good job, but I don’t think that they’ve just suddenly gotten more aggressive. I, some of this work, particularly like the SPLC, as a result of work that was clearly in progress when Bondi left,” von Spakosky added.

Davis agreed.

“[Blanche is] taking it to the next level, from a strong foundation behind the scenes, to action in public… you can’t just wave a magic wand and bring indictments or predicate investigations. That takes a lot of work. It takes months of work,” he told the Caller.

Whether Blanche gets a permanent nomination remains an open question, and it may stay that way deliberately.

“Congress takes more recess than kindergarten,” a former DOJ official told the Caller. “Why would you waste political capital trying to confirm Todd when what happens if he doesn’t get confirmed?”

Politico has reported there may be a loophole allowing Blanche to remain in the acting role beyond the standard 210-day limit. The White House, for its part, isn’t signaling any urgency to change course.

“President Trump has a great relationship with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and is very pleased with the job he’s doing so far,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Caller.

In the meantime, Davis has a prediction for Blanche’s next move.

“I have very publicly, for four years since the Mar-a-Lago raid, called for a federal grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida to indict Obama for their conspiracy against rights — against President Trump, his top aides, and his allies,” Davis said. “I fully expect this to happen under Todd Blanche.”

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Reagan Reese

White House Correspondent

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Fire Pam Bondi

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President Trump should be done playing games with the spineless relics infesting his administration.

Reports are that he’s fed up with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s pathetic inaction, her failure to unleash hell on the Deep State criminals and Democrat scum who tried to destroy him.

It’s time for a brutal New Year’s shake-up: axe Bondi and install a true warrior like Matt Gaetz or Sidney Powell to lead the DOJ into an ultra-MAGA rampage.

This isn’t optional © it’s a savage necessity to obliterate the swamp, reclaim midterm momentum, and deliver the vengeance the base demands.

Bondi’s weakness is bleeding MAGA dry, handing victories to the radical left while our enemies laugh on CNN.

Trump must strike harder, filter out the RINOs, and weaponize justice against the traitors who rigged RussiaGate, weaponized the FBI, and shielded pedophile networks. Anything less is surrender.

Bondi’s tenure is a disgraceful parade of botched opportunities and cowardly retreats, starting with her catastrophic mishandling of the indictment of James Comey.

This slimy FBI hack was the architect of the Russia hoax, peddling fake dossiers to sabotage Trump’s first term.

Yet under Bondi, the DOJ’s special prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, illegally botched the process, leading a judge to toss the case like yesterday’s trash.

MAGA warriors are raging, and rightfully so — this failure let Comey slither away unscathed, emboldening the Deep State to mock our fight for accountability.

Even Trump’s own allies are howling for Bondi’s head, with calls to disbar her for this amateur-hour screw-up that reeks of incompetence or worse, deliberate sabotage.

The base was promised blood for the RussiaGate perps — Obama, Clinton, the whole cabal — but Bondi delivers zilch, slow-walking indictments while Democrats strut around claiming vindication. This isn’t leadership; it’s treasonous foot-dragging that fractures our unity and saps rally energy just as the 2026 midterms loom.

Worse still, Bondi’s Epstein files fiasco is a gut-punch to every patriot demanding exposure of the elite pedophile ring. Trump signed the bill mandating full release, vowing to unmask the monsters who trafficked kids with impunity.

But Bondi dragged her feet, dumping redacted dribbles with no bombshells, hiding names that could torch the swamp’s untouchables. Lawmakers are pounding her for status updates, accusing her of stonewalling to protect powerful allies from the Deep State. Republicans warn her not to bury the files with delays or blackouts, but Bondi’s overhyped “phases” have enraged the base, sparking chaos and mockery from the left.

This isn’t caution; it’s cover-up cowardice that erodes trust and lets predators like Clinton and Obama remain untouchable.

MAGA won’t stand for it — frustration is fracturing our ranks, sucking oxygen from Trump’s real wins on borders, economy, and peace deals. Democrats stay locked in fascist unity while we bicker; Bondi’s placeholders protect permanent Washington, demoralizing voters and dooming us to midterm slaughter.

The swamp left thrives on Bondi’s impotence, pumping their chests on news shows as she fires career prosecutors probing their corruption but spares the big fish. Her history screams trouble: clashing with Senate members over weaponizing the DOJ, and even denouncing judges in a tirade that exposes her as a partisan hack unfit for the role.

Civil rights groups blast her as lacking independence, a recycled insider shielding abuses. Trump’s base is pissed, and he’s listening — insiders whisper he’s eyeing a post-midterm purge to dump underperformers like Bondi and Kash Patel.

He demands she prosecute foes now, not later, but her promises on Fox evaporate into zero indictments. Patience? That’s code for betrayal. Keeping her is a self-inflicted wound, letting intelligence abuses fester and radical Dems like Rep. Ilhan Omar skate.

Enter the real fighters: Sidney Powell or Matt Gaetz, beasts ready to unleash the kraken on the corrupt.

Powell has the righteous fury to hunt down the Russia hoax architects — Gen. Mike Flynn himself demands Trump appoint her immediately, ditching Bondi’s weakness.

She’s battled deep state plots, so she’s perfect for an ultra-MAGA DOJ that prosecutes without mercy.

Gaetz, the firebrand who terrorizes RINOs, was Trump’s original AG pick and still commands Florida’s GOP base with ironclad loyalty. He’s eyeing bigger roles, but as AG, he’d dismantle the weaponized bureaucracy, delivering the accountability that Bondi failed to deliver.

Either would transform the department into a MAGA strike force, prosecuting Obama-Biden corruption, FBI abuses, and terrorist enablers with unrelenting force.

Trump’s second term can’t afford Bondi’s dithering — it’s war, not a tea party. Firing her isn’t just smart; it’s existential for MAGA survival. The base is devastated, momentum hemorrhaging as Democrats mock our chaos.

Demand better, patriots: bombard Mar-a-Lago, flood X, rally outside the DOJ.

This shake-up is Trump’s Merry Christmas gift to America — purge the weak, install the warriors, and watch the swamp drain in rivers of redacted tears. Ultra-MAGA isn’t a slogan; it’s the hammer we wield to crush our enemies. Fire Bondi now, or watch 2026 slip into leftist oblivion.

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How Epstein Used The Ivy League To Launder His Reputation

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Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein ensured that a Google search for his name would return several websites about his donations to science before any headlines about his 2008 conviction, new documents show — the clearest evidence yet that he courted the Ivy League to whitewash his sexual crimes.

Epstein had help amplifying links about his scientific largess in order to crowd out headlines about his exploitation of underage girls, emails released by the House Oversight Committee on Nov. 12 show. One aide to Epstein described the project as “wack-a-mole,” hammering headlines about his pedophilia into search engine obscurity with hyperlinks portraying Epstein as a benevolent booster of evolutionary biology and mathematics.

Though Democrats have used the Epstein case as a political cudgel against Trump, the new disclosures demonstrate that some of Epstein’s most powerful ties in fact stemmed from liberal Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The House documents shed light on Epstein’s relationships to Democratic powerbrokers like Harvard economist Larry Summers and LinkedIn cofounder and former advisor to the MIT Media Lab Reid Hoffman, whom Trump described as a “sleazebag” while answering questions from reporters on Nov. 19.

“I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT,” Hoffman said on X on Nov. 14.

“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused,” Summers said in a statement on Nov. 17. “I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.”

Harvard announced that it would initiate a new probe into its ties to Epstein on Nov. 19, and Summers announced he would leave his role as a Harvard instructor during the investigation. MIT has announced no such renewed probe.

Harvard added J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management CEO Mary Erdoes to the governing board of its endowment on Nov. 25, the Harvard Crimson reported. Erdoes was in constant contact with Epstein while he was one of JP Morgan’s wealthiest clients, according to a Nov. 19 Senate memo.

Harvard did not respond to a request for comment.

MIT spokesperson Kimberly Allen said the university has nothing to add to the 2020 report it commissioned on Epstein.

“Following that review, MIT took a number of steps, including enhancements to our gift acceptance processes and donating to four nonprofits supporting survivors of sexual abuse,” Allen said.

Hoffman could not be reached for comment. Summers did not respond to a request for comment sent to his spokesperson.

‘Profiles In Science’

The cyber scrubbing effort began in 2010 with two bespoke blogs.

Al Seckel — a leader of the “freethought” atheist movement and an author of books about optical illusions, including for MIT Press — helped create two websites portraying Epstein as the benefactor of an exclusive circle of luminaries at science’s frontier, the emails indicate. The websites, though now defunct, are available through the Internet Archive: www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com and www.jeffreyepstein.org. A third website, www.edge.org, documented the gatherings of researchers, science writers and Silicon Valley executives organized by John Brockman and underwritten by the Epstein-funded Edge Foundation.

A request for comment sent to an email for the Edge website did not receive a reply.

Many of the scientists with connections to Epstein also have connections to the Edge Group, a defunct, invite-only club for scientific lectures “at the edge of the world’s knowledge,” which in turn grew out of The Reality Club, scientific realists who met in the 1980s and 1990s, sometimes at the New York Academy of Sciences.

The Edge Group hosted an annual event referred to as “Billionaires’ Dinners” timed with the annual Ted Conference from 1999 to 2015. Attendees included former MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito, who resigned after his solicitations of grants from Epstein for the Media Lab became public; MIT artificial intelligence scientist Marvin Minsky, whom Epstein funded with a $100,000 grant to MIT and whose memorial prompted a visit by Epstein to the Media Lab; Santa Fe Institute theoretical physicist Murray Gell-Mann, whose research Epstein funded; and MIT quantum information scientist Seth Lloyd, whose research Epstein supported with a $225,000 grant to MIT and who accepted a $60,000 personal gift from the pedophile.

The academics brushed shoulders with other celebrity scientists and tech executives including Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Minsky died in 2016. Gell-Mann died in 2019. Ito and Lloyd did not respond to requests for comment. Lloyd acknowledged in a 2019 public apology letter that the donations amounted to “professional as well as moral failings.”

“By continuing to participate in discussions he had with me and other scientists and by accepting his donations, I helped Mr. Epstein protect his reputation, and I disempowered his victims,” he said.

The MIT Media Lab grew out of the earliest Ted Conference in 1984, according to a 2002 New York Times report. Ito resigned when his funding solicitations to Epstein became public in 2019.

Seckel also described “hacking on” Epstein’s Wikipedia page in order to highlight “philanthropic work, Epstein Foundation, promotion of scientists” and to downplay his pedophilia with “careful editing and wording” in a December 2010 email.

Seckel’s emails spell out the purpose of the blogs — replacing “toxic references” with “good ones.”

“It is constant wack-a-mole,” Seckel said in a Dec. 16, 2010, email.

“You have your active detractors out there. Just the way it is,” he said. “On the second page, we have replaced 8 toxic references with good ones, and there are four toxic ones left, which were pushed off the first page.”

The emails indicate Epstein may have paid anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 for Seckel’s work. The documents do not indicate how much Epstein paid other publicists and consultants.

Seckel, who dated the sister of Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, Isabel Maxwell, died in 2015.

An archived version of Epstein’s “profiles in science” blog, www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com, shows very brief posts stating Epstein’s interest in subjects as diverse as digital currency, theoretical physics, cognitive neuroscience and “minimally invasive surgery,” many with Epstein’s name in the headline: “The Value of Complexity as Seen by Jeffrey Epstein,” “Jeffrey Epstein: Thoughts on Quantum Computing,” and “Why Evolutionary Biology Intrigues Jeffrey Epstein.”

The site features photos from a scientific conference organized by Arizona State theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss at Epstein’s Caribbean island, Little Saint James, in 2006, featuring three Nobel laureates.

The new emails include emails between Epstein and Krauss, who remained friends with the pedophile during his incarceration and for years afterward.

“Let’s do a men of the world conference. Kevin Spacey, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, Woody Allen,” Krauss wrote to Epstein in an April 2018 email.

Krauss did not respond to a request for comment.

In 2011, Seckel helped Epstein organize a conference he dubbed the “Mindshift Conference” on Little Saint James featuring several eminent scientists — then highlighted the conference on Epstein’s website, the archived site shows.

A second website, www.jeffreyepstein.org, also promotes Epstein as a science philanthropist, an archived version shows.

It prominently features Epstein’s support of Martin Nowak, the head of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED) at Harvard, whom Epstein’s website claimed he supported with $30 million in funding by 2010, though the university disputes that figure, placing it at $6.5 million. Summers, then the president of Harvard, helped Epstein establish the lab in 2003 alongside Harvard mathematician Benedict Gross, according to the program’s website at that time.

Epstein describes Nowak’s lab as “my istittue [SIC] at harvard” in an email released on Nov. 12.

“George church and i havng lunch at my istittue [SIC] at harvard sunday. join.?” he wrote to new age guru Deepak Chopra in a November 2018 email. Church is a Harvard Medical School geneticist and former dean of Harvard College who accepted an estimated $2 million from Epstein-connected donors.

Nowak and Church did not respond to requests for comment.

Epstein had an office space at Nowak’s lab, which was located steps away from Harvard Square. Epstein visited at least 40 times, often accompanied by young women, the university acknowledged in its 2020 fact finding report on Epstein’s relationship to the school.

The November 2018 visit revealed in the new documents is not reflected in Harvard’s 2020 report, which described his final campus visit as having occurred in October 2018.

According to that same 2020 report, a public relations associate for Epstein — again seeking to improve his Google search results — persuaded the lab to add a page dedicated to Epstein on its webpage, hosted on the search engine-optimizing harvard.edu domain. The page featured his photo, biography and links to the blogs created by Seckel’s team.

“It would be very helpful in terms of Google results if his name were attached to a Harvard.edu url,” a publicist told Nowak’s lab, per the 2020 report.

Nowak agreed.

The new documents show that this move came amid a 60-day sprint to boot negative headlines from the first page of Google.

“The [Program for Evolutionary Dynamics] set up a page called ‘Friends’ which is where they’ll place jeffrey. I’ll send you the URL when done,” the publicist for Epstein wrote in a 2014 email.

Like Seckel, the publicist recommended that Epstein’s team optimize the algorithm by linking his name to as many prominent scientists as possible, a separate December 2011 email shows. She also sought to fix Epstein’s Wikipedia page, which she described in an email to her boss as having “totally lopsided and damning content on you.”

“I think it’s worth seeing how people like Prince Andrew managed to create an stellar profile—or Bill Clinton for that matter,” she wrote. “You need to update your website immediately by adding the bio on you from The Edge if you can and adding a longer summary of science and scientists that you are/have worked with.”

She recommended using the service Reputation.com.

Epstein continued to direct funds to Harvard and MIT and continued to attempt to scrub Google by promoting these grants up until his 2019 arrest.

In 2017, Epstein positioned himself as a counterforce to Trump in science funding. Another publicist placed an opinion piece in the Huffington Post with the headline “Private Donor Helps Fund Scientists After Trump’s Proposed ‘Anti-Science’ Budget Cuts” featuring Epstein’s support of Nowak, Llyod, Minksy and others, generating yet another positive hyperlink.

The new documents show Ito raising funds for the MIT Media Lab from Epstein in May 2019, just weeks before his July 2019 arrest.

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Emily Kopp

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Ukraine’s Holy War Comes To America

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Republicans are demanding the Trump administration investigate certain Russian Orthodox churches in the United States, claiming they may be compromised by Russian intelligence — but members of an Orthodox delegation pushed back against those assertions to the Daily Caller.

Three Republicans, led by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson, requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) initiate a review and consider an investigation into whether Russia has sought to “recruit, leverage, influence, or otherwise compromise the independence” of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), according to a Thursday letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by the Caller.

The letter asks the DOJ to look into whether the New York-based ROCOR maintains ties to Russia or its intelligence services through the Moscow Patriarchate.

“Such an inquiry should assess potential espionage activity, coercive activity, recruitment of agents, and other national security risks arising from Russian state exploitation of religious organizations connected to the Moscow Patriarchate,” the letter stated.

The letter claims the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, previously served as an officer of the KGB and now provides “explicit theological justification for Russia’s war against Ukraine, portraying it as a ‘holy struggle’ against the West.”

ROCOR Letter by erinvannatta

During an August visit to Ukraine, state officials and national leaders from across Ukraine’s Christian denominations told the Caller their congregants and clergy were actively being persecuted by occupying Russian forces in Crimea. They pointed to allegations of murder, arrests and the destruction of places of worship.

These leaders agreed that the ROC and Kirill played a key role in pushing for the war and Russia’s persecution of Ukrainian Christians.

The U.S. State Department designated Russia as a “Country of Particular Concern” in 2022 under the Religious Freedom Act. Trump recently gave this designation to Nigeria over the mass murder of thousands of Christians by radical Islamist forces.

The letter references reports documenting ROCOR-affiliated clergy participating in or condoning persecution of Christians within the occupied Ukrainian territories.

The letter comes as a response to Wilson’s discovery that leaders within the ROCOR and other Orthodox churches engaged in “lobbying efforts claiming to represent interests of Ukrainian Christians.”

Wilson shared a screenshot on X of an email calling on Orthodox Christians to join the delegates on Capitol Hill in support of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). The email claimed the UOC is “facing increasing pressure and persecution in Ukraine.”

The UOC has historically been affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate, while the larger Orthodox Church of Ukraine was established more recently as a separate Orthodox church independent of Russian influence.

The congressman responded to the email Monday on X and asserted the ROC is an extension of Russia’s government. He later posted a clarification saying he was only speaking about the ROCOR “operating under the umbrella of the Moscow Patriarchate” and that “most Orthodox churches are NOT affiliated with Moscow.”

“This development raises legitimate concerns that ROCOR or other entities subordinate to Patriarch Kirill could serve as vehicles for intelligence collection or sabotage operations directed at U.S. policymakers,” the letter read. “The vast majority of Orthodox Christians around the world are not subservient to Moscow, but remain proudly Orthodox affiliated with other spiritual leadership.”

A priest of ROCOR and a member of the delegation told the Caller on Wednesday that his church does not have administrative ties with Russia, and it was founded as a Soviet-era response to Russia’s embrace of communism. He said ROCOR only holds spiritual ties with the ROC, along with every other Orthodox church. The priest claimed Wilson’s comments demonstrated an ignorance of Orthodoxy.

Along with ROCOR leaders, the delegation also consisted of Catherine Whiteford, co-chair of the Young Republican National Federation and an Orthodox Christian; senior Orthodox bishops and clerics of the churches of Antioch and Serbia; and a lawyer working for Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer who represents the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), Amsterdam told the Caller in a statement.

The Orthodox Church in America was also part of the delegation, according to The Hill.

The pan-Orthodox delegation represents around 80% of Orthodox faithful in the U.S., including many of Wilson’s constituents, the ROCOR priest told the Caller.

The lawyer representing Amsterdam’s firm in the delegation told the Caller the delegation had not suggested halting U.S. aid to Ukrainian forces but was only speaking to the rights of UOC members who face unfair treatment from the Ukrainian government for alleged relations with Moscow.

The ROCOR priest also clarified that the delegation’s main focus was to raise awareness and support for the UOC.

Wilson told the Caller in the statement that the UOC maintains a direct connection to the ROC.

“[The UOC] declared intent to separate from the Moscow Patriarchate in 2022 after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but it is not formally independent and retains remnants of Moscow leadership from Soviet occupation, which pose substantiated threats to the safety of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers,” his statement read.

His statement clarified that the UOC is different from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was established in 2019.

“It is prudent to highlight these factual complexities in church leadership to preserve religious freedom. Well-meaning people should be aware that there are efforts led by Patriarch Kirill to subvert the Christian message to justify invasion and atrocity,” Wilson’s statement concluded.

Viktor Yelensky, head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, also told the Caller in August that the UOC was investigated and found to hold a connection with the ROC through the Moscow Patriarchate and is now facing a full-scale crackdown by the Ukrainian government.

Amsterdam said that his firm has not worked with the ROC.

“The firm has never been in touch or worked with the Russian Orthodox Church or any of its leadership, clergy or officials,” he said.

Amsterdam also challenged Wilson’s claims, saying the UOC is independent of the ROC. He pointed to the UOC gaining the right to self-governance and broad autonomy in 1990 and declaring full canonical independence from the Moscow Patriarchate following Russia’s attack on Ukraine in 2022.

“Since then, it has undertaken a range of practical measures to prove its separation from the Russian Orthodox Church,” Amsterdam said. “The UOC has provided vast sums in humanitarian aid, and many of its parishioners have and continue to serve in the Ukrainian army on the front lines.”

The Caller previously spoke to leaders of the UOC in Cherkasy and Dnipro, Ukraine, who emphasized that their church has cut ties with the ROC in every way but canonically, which they claim has no bearing over the teachings or administrative processes of the church.

Those leaders, along with local parishioners of the UOC, told the Caller that severing the canonical tie would create another schism instead of preserving the UOC as part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

The UOC members also said they have faced the unfair seizure of churches, harassment and injury resulting from misinformation regarding their alleged relationship with Moscow.

Amsterdam said the November meetings are meant to “present vital evidence and raise awareness of the persecution of the UOC.” He pointed to Pope Francis, JD Vance, the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, the Church of England and the World Council of Churches for having spoken out against the alleged persecution of UOC parishioners and clerical leaders.

Amsterdam emphasized that the churches involved in the delegation have been serving “the spiritual needs of millions” in the U.S. for decades.

“Even at the height of the Cold War, the United States left these churches to worship peaceably,” Amsterdam told the Caller. “It is shocking that there are sitting congressmen willing so blatantly to violate the founding principles of this nation — the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech — and put these churches and their parishioners at risk of reprisals.”

Wilson’s letter urges the DOJ to assess whether Russia or its intelligence services sought to compromise the ROCOR. It also requests that the DOJ “determine whether any clergy, staff, or volunteers of ROCOR or other Russian Orthodox institutions affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate” maintain operational or financial relationships with the Kremlin.

Finally, the letter asks Trump’s DOJ to “evaluate whether hierarchical, financial, or property ties between the Moscow Patriarchate and U.S.-based Russian Orthodox entities create vulnerabilities to coercion, sanctions evasion, or state-directed influence.”

“Given the continuing Russian war against Ukraine with mass murder of civilians and kidnapping of children and the well-documented role of the Russian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate in supporting the invasion, I urge the Department to treat this matter with appropriate urgency,” Wilson wrote.

The letter’s other signatories include Republican Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, who called on the ROC on Tuesday to condemn Putin’s actions, and Republican Georgia Rep. Austin Scott.

The DOJ offered no comment to the Caller.

Reps. Bacon and Scott have not responded to the Daily Caller’s requests for comment as of publication.

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Derek VanBuskirk

Reporter

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MAGA Isn’t Buying Pam Bondi’s Explanation On Epstein Video Footage

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Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi addressed the missing minute in Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse footage at a Trump Cabinet meeting Tuesday, sparking renewed scrutiny from MAGA.

Bondi fielded several questions from a reporter regarding the memo’s release, Epstein’s possible ties to intelligence and missing footage from the jailhouse video.

“Your memo released yesterday on Jeffrey Epstein left some lingering mysteries. One of the biggest ones is whether he ever worked for an American or foreign intelligence agency.”

“So could you resolve whether or not he did? And also, could you say why there was a minute missing from the jailhouse tape?” the reporter asked.

“The video was not conclusive, but the evidence prior to it was showing he committed suicide,” Bondi stated at the press conference.

“And there was a minute that was off the counter, and what we learned from the Bureau of Prisons is every night they redo that video, so every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing,” she added.

A Department of Justice (DOJ) memo obtained by Axios Sunday said there was no “incriminating ‘client list,’” and Epstein died by suicide.

Multiple prominent conservative media figures including Mike Benz, Jack Posobiec and Glenn Beck expressed disappointment in the lack of transparency.

Beck called for Bondi to resign over “incompetence” and pointed out apparent inconsistencies in the released footage.

“What the DOJ gave us was a partial view of the facility, which JUST MISSES Epstein’s cell,” Beck stated in a post on X.

“We’ve known for years there wasn’t a working camera on his cell, so WHY RELEASE THIS VIDEO? And why not tell us there’s a video glitch in advance of the release?!”

Posobiec, one of the media figures who received Epstein-related documents from Bondi in February, voiced his frustration Wednesday.

“I am sick of the lies! … You looked at us and you lied right to our faces,” he said on his show “Human Events with Jack Posobiec.”

The nearly 11-hours of footage show the common area of the Special Housing Unit (SHU) outside Epstein’s cell from the evening of August 9 through the early hours of August 10 — the night Epstein died according to authorities.

Epstein was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges at the time of his death.

The memo states the FBI worked to further enhance the footage for improved “clarity” and “view-ability.”

A digital clock visible on the bottom left corner of the video skips from 11:58:58 p.m. to 12:00:00 a.m., and the footage also fails to show the moment prison guards entered Epstein’s cell and discovered his body.

Images of Epstein’s cell were made public by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” in 2020. One photo shows the door of his cell marked off by yellow police tape, according to a CNN report.

The recently resurfaced photo drew attention for apparent inconsistencies — particularly the door, which does not appear to match the FBI-released footage.

A federal indictment revealed that weeks before his death, Epstein was found “on the floor of his cell with a strip of bedsheet around his neck,” according to CBS News.  

The government labeled the incident a failed suicide attempt, but Epstein asserted he was assaulted by his cellmate, former police officer Nick Tartaglione, according to the report.

Tartaglione denied the accusation, according to CBS News. His attorney insisted that “Absolutely nothing like that happened” and claimed jail officials cleared Tartaglione of any wrongdoing.

AUTHOR

Ashley Brasfield

Reporter

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100 Days In, Here’s How Trump Has Already Dismantled The Deep State

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President Donald Trump celebrated day 100 of his administration Tuesday, and he’s already dealt several blows to the deep state — from declassifying assassination files to revoking security clearances.

Since assuming her role as head of the intelligence community (IC), Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has attempted to root out politicization. She announced the Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG), a task force aimed at promoting transparency, in early April.

Gabbard also declassified the Biden administration’s “Strategic Implementation Plan For Countering Domestic Terrorism.” The strategy targeted gun rights, hate crimes and “misinformation.”

Trump directed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to work with Gabbard to declassify the assassination files of President John F. Kennedy (JFK), Senator Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK).

Gabbard declassified over 10,000 pages of RFK documents in April, following the release of nearly 80,000 pages of JFK files in March.

The MLK files have yet to be released, but Gabbard previously said they will be declassified.

At Trump’s directive, Gabbard also revoked the security clearances of various officials, including the 51 former national security officials who signed the letter casting doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop emails.

The infamous letter claimed the emails the New York Post reported had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

Democratic New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken also had their security clearances revoked.

Former President Biden also no longer receives the President’s Daily Brief (PBD).

Moreover, Trump removed the security details of retired Gen. Mark Milley, John Bolton and Anthony Fauci.

While left-wing judges have attempted to thwart Trump’s agenda, particularly on immigration, the FBI recently arrested a Wisconsin judge for allegedly obstructing an immigration arrest.

“Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a since-deleted tweet.

An agency that has long abused its power, especially under the Biden administration, appears to be rolling back some firearms regulations.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) repealed Biden’s “Zero Tolerance Policy” and announced a review of two other gun regulations in April at the direction of AG Pam Bondi and then-Acting Director Kash Patel.

Trump also issued pardons to many prosecuted under the Biden administration, including around 1,500 January 6 defendants and 23 pro-life activists.

“Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government” was one of Trump’s first executive orders.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) requested information from the FBI regarding their investigations into January 6. The bureau handed over the names of employees involved in investigating January 6 to the DOJ in February, according to an email.

The president has appointed critics of the surveillance state to key positions, including Gabbard at DNI and Patel as FBI director. He’s also nominated people who have been critical of endless wars, including Elbridge Colby for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Trump has also taken a hammer to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with his executive orders. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several intelligence agencies have targeted DEI programs in compliance with Trump’s directives.

However, there are still areas that conservatives are pushing the Trump admin to address — including the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The DOJ gave right-wing influencers binders with the first tranche of “Epstein Files,” although they reportedly contained few revelations.

Others are pressing Trump’s intelligence agencies to clean house, specifically at the FBI.

Steven Jensen, a key FBI official in the January 6 investigations, was recently promoted to assistant director in charge (ADIC) at the Washington Field Office.

Gabbard said her office would revoke the security clearances of more than 100 staffers in February over sexually explicit chat messages on a National Security Agency (NSA) platform.

AUTHOR

Eireann Van Natta

Intelligence State Reporter.

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EXCLUSIVE: The First Photos Of The FBI’s Arrest Of Major MS-13 Leader

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The Daily Caller exclusively obtained the first photos of the FBI’s raid Thursday that resulted in the arrest of a major MS-13 leader.

Law enforcement arrested top MS-13 leader, Henry Josue Villatoro-Santos, in an early morning raid in Northern Virginia.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Virginia GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest at a press conference March 27. Villatoro-Santos, who was allegedly one of the top three leaders of the gang in the U.S., was caught just miles outside of Washington, D.C.

The FBI shared with the Caller the first photos of the raid, offering a behind the scenes look at the operation.

MS-13 is an international criminal syndicate that has been tied to countless murders, rapes and other heinous crimes across the country. The gang originated in Los Angeles, but is now largely associated with Salvadoran nationals.

“He was the leader for the East Coast, one of the top three in the entire country, right here in Virginia, living half an hour outside of Washington, D.C.,” Bondi said at a joint press conference. “He is an illegal alien from El Salvador and he will not be living in our country much longer.”

“America is safer today because one of the top domestic terrorists in MS-13 is off the streets,” Bondi continued.

In two photos obtained by the Caller, FBI Director Kash Patel is seen thanking agents for their work the day of the raid.

To capture Villatoro-Santos, an FBI SWAT team breached the front and rear door of his mother’s home, the New York Post reported. After agents spotted Villatoro-Santos trying to hide and refusing to surrender, agents lobbed a stun grenade and pulled him out of the house, according to the outlet.

Bondi said on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle” that Villatoro-Santos had been recruited to join the gang in middle school. According to officials, he had a stash of weapons, ammunition, and silencers in his garage when they found him.

Villatoro-Santos’ mother denied to WUSA9 News, a local outlet, that her son was a part of the gang.

Daily Caller Senior Editor Amber Duke asked Patel during Thursday’s press conference how long the gang member had been living in the United States.

“The bottom line is — for FAR too long … If you’re here for a minute, a day, a month, or a year you’ve been here far too long,” Patel answered.

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

White House correspondent. Follow Reagan on Twitter.

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Trump Administration Releases JFK Assassination Files

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The Trump administration released 80,000 pages of previously classified President John. F Kennedy assassination files late Tuesday.

President Trump signed an executive order in January directing Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard to present him with a plan on releasing the files within 15 days.

The order also directed the AG and DNI to present a plan within 45 days to release the assassination files of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Then, Trump unexpectedly announced Monday that the files would be released the following day, unredacted. They were released Tuesday around 6 p.m., some appearing to be at least partially redacted. However, some redacted files that had previously been redacted now appear to be unsealed.

“We are announcing and giving all of the Kennedy files,” Trump said yesterday. “So people have been waiting for decades for this, and I’ve reached out to my people.”

Trump said on Monday he doesn’t believe there would be redactions in the approximately 80,000 pages of documents.

“We have a tremendous amount of paper and a lot of reading,” Trump said. “I don’t believe we are going to redact anything. I said ‘just don’t redact it, you can’t redact it.’”

The National Archives in 2017 released nearly 3,000 records concerning the JFK assassination.

The FBI discovered an additional 2,400 records related to JFK in February. The bureau said they were “previously unrecognized” as pertaining to the JFK assassination.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is still in the process of releasing the Jeffrey Epstein Files.

Backlash circulated online when the first phase of files was distributed to conservative influencers through binders and reportedly contained few revelations. Bondi accused the FBI Field Office in New York of deliberately hiding thousands of pages of Epstein files in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel on Feb. 27. She demanded the bureau deliver the “full and complete Epstein files” to her office by 8 a.m. on Feb. 28.

Bondi said she received a “truckload” of files from the FBI in New York but did not give a timeline as to when she would release those to the public.

As of publication, those Epstein files have yet to be released.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Daily Caller White House Correspondent Reagan Reese in March that DNI Gabbard and the DOJ are “working…diligently” to release the Epstein and JFK files.

Leavitt stated during the briefing that she also does not have a timeline for the release of the Epstein documents.

AUTHOR

Eireann Van Natta

Intelligence state reporter.

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Pam Bondi Vows To Prosecute FBI agents, Government Officials Who Leak Info On ICE Raids

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THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed on Wednesday to prosecute any FBI agents, or other members of the government, who leak information on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

White House Border Czar Tom Homan suggested on Monday that someone within the FBI may be leaking information on the raids, potentially putting officers’ lives at risk. The Daily Caller asked Bondi at her first press conference what the consequences would be for those within the FBI if they were ultimately caught leaking information about the raids.

“Has the DOJ gotten any closer to determining if these leaks are coming from within the FBI? And what will the consequences be if they can identify the leakers from the FBI?” the Daily Caller asked.

“The great men and women in law enforcement standing behind me today, they deserve, they must be protected, and anytime anyone leaks or tips off anything regarding a pending investigation that jeopardizes lives. You’re telling a bad guy what’s about to happen. It could jeopardize the lives of all the men and women in law enforcement,” Bondi began.

“We will not stand for it. We will find you. We’re going to investigate it, no matter what agency it came from. We don’t know for certain. We have an open investigation, so I can’t talk about it in detail, but we will do everything in our power to hold you accountable and it is a crime, and you will be prosecuted when we find you,” she finished.

The most recent leak was reported by the Los Angeles Times, who obtained a document about ICE’s plans to target the city next with “large scale” action. Homan told Fox News host Sean Hannity that they believe the leaks are coming from inside the administration and that in addition to jail time, anyone convicted of leaking such information will lose their jobs or their pensions. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Meet The Worst Criminals ICE Arrested This Week … So Far)

Because of another leak, members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were allegedly able to avoid apprehension by ICE agents because of the leaked information, according to a Fox News report.

“It’s only a matter of time before we walk into a place where there’s going to be a bad guy who doesn’t care. He’s going to be sitting and waiting for the officers to show up and ambush them. This is not a game,” Homan told Hannity.

At her first press conference, Bondi also announced that the Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit against New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James for allegedly failing to enforce immigration laws.

“We sued Illinois, and New York didn’t listen, so now, you’re next,” Bondi said.

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

White House correspondent. Follow Reagan on Twitter.

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‘Completely Unhinged’: Victor Davis Hanson Says Dems’ Fury Against Trump Nominees During Hearings Is Political Misstep

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Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson explained on Friday how Democratic senators’ attacks on President Donald Trump’s nominees during confirmation hearings are backfiring politically because of conservatives’ current ability to push their messages more effectively online.

Many Democratic senators have taken adversarial approaches to Trump’s cabinet nominees, including screaming at them, interrupting them and hurling accusations against them. Hanson, on “Victor Davis Hanson Show,” said that Trump’s nominees have all excelled at their hearings as they have come under fire from Democrats.

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“The funny thing about all these nominees that some of the RINOs [Republicans in name only] in the party deprecated: Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, man when they go before those people— Sean Duffy — they have all of the answers,” Hanson said. “They’re really impressive people and they go head-to-head. It’s kind of they have a wink and a nod, and I think their logic, I’m just suggesting this, I don’t have any confirmation, but their attitude — they go in very confident.”

“So, their attitude is basically, ‘I have 53 senator votes and you have none to stop me. You can’t stop me. Now you think you’re going to get [Republican senators Lisa] Murkowski and [Susan] Collins and maybe Mitch [McConnel]? I can still get confirmed,’” he continued. “‘So, I’m not going to kiss up to you in any way possible. In fact, the only thing I worry about is not getting 50 senators. And the only way I would not get 50 senators is to sell out Donald Trump, and I’m not going to do that. I’m not stupid, and I don’t want to anyway.’ And that gives them a lot of confidence.”

McConnell, Murkowski and Collins all voted against Hegseth’s confirmation to be secretary of defense, but Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie to confirm him on Jan. 24. His confirmation followed a hearing that included Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine accusing him of infidelity and Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand lecturing him for eight minutes about women serving in the military.

“And then you get these people frustrated, like [Democratic Massachusetts Sen.] Elizabeth Warren. She’s come off as completely unhinged. And then they don’t understand the media that the left — polling right now — 37% — and I guess it was the latest Emerson poll, 37% said they approve of the Democratic Party,” Hanson added. “Do they understand how they drive that down when somebody like Elizabeth Warren just cuts off [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] RFK, won’t let him answer a question, screams and yells.”

Hanson referenced how Warren pressed Kennedy to “commit” to not accepting compensation for any lawsuits against drug companies during his potential tenure at HHS and for four years after, which prompted a heated exchange. He asserted that immediately after the clash, “the right-wing blogosphere” noted that Warren and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were the two senators who raised the most money in pharmaceutical contributions.

Senators on both sides of the aisle who critically questioned Kennedy at his Wednesday and Thursday hearings found their contributions from the healthcare industry and their personal investments in the pharmaceutical industry and companies that make highly processed food being highlighted on X, receiving millions of views.

The Democratic Party’s approval rating plunged to 31% among registered voters, according to Quinnipiac polling released Wednesday.

Sanders exploded at Kennedy during his Thursday confirmation hearing after the nominee accused him of corruption for accepting pharmaceutical industry donations. Hanson suggested Warren and Sanders are examples of “hypocrites that are defending big pharma against RFK,” saying “that doesn’t work” because of conservatives’ ability to push their agenda in part because of how billionaire Elon Musk has run social media platform X.

Hanson also said Democrats wrongly assumed attorney general nominee Pam Bondi was “just a blonde bimbo” and that they could “tear her apart.” He said that she instead “t[ore] them apart.” He similarly said they underestimated Hegseth.

“And then they see Pete Hegseth. And they go, ‘This guy is weird. He’s got the Jerusalem cross, you know, and he’s been married three times. And we’re just going to slice him up because I’m Senator Sanders and I’m Senator [Chuck] Schumer, I’m Senator Warren, I’m Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.’ And then he just destroys them,” Hanson said.

He also said Kennedy “destroyed” the Democratic senators while FBI Director nominee Kash Patel dealt with them “like carving a Christmas turkey.”

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VIDEOS: President Trump Nominates Pam Bondi, an ‘America First Fighter’, for Attorney General

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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social:

I am proud to announce former Attorney General of the Great State of Florida, Pam Bondi, as our next Attorney General of the United States. Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida Families. Then, as Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, which have destroyed many families across our Country. She did such an incredible job, that I asked her to serve on our Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during my first Term — We saved many lives!

For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!

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President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Pam Bondi to be his next attorney general, in a social media post Thursday that touted the former Florida attorney general’s history as a prosecutor who “was very tough on Violent Criminals.”

Bondi, if confirmed, would oversee a sprawling Department of Justice responsible for federal criminal prosecution and a wide array of law enforcement. In the role, she could advocate for certain funding priorities, implement internal changes, and shift policy on topics like immigration, voting rights and antitrust enforcement.

“As Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the tragedy of Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, which have destroyed many families across our Country,” Trump said in the post. “She did such an incredible job, that I asked her to serve on our Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during my first Term — We saved many lives!”

Trump also said he’s known Bondi for years and described her as “smart” and an “AMERICA FIRST Fighter.”

“For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore,” Trump said in the post. “Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again.”

Bondi would likely be tasked with implementing Trump’s plans to remake an agency he fumed at during the campaign trail.

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Florida Pedophile Sentenced to 885 Years in Prison

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This week, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution announced the sentencing of a Seminole County sex offender to 885 years in prison for possession of massive amounts of child pornography. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation, multiple images containing child pornography were retrieved from a laptop in Shawn Ryan Thomas’ bedroom. The investigation also revealed that Thomas discussed with an informant, plans to kidnap a child, kill the parents and sexually batter the child while producing child pornography. Thankfully, FDLE quickly intercepted Thomas before he carried out his plans.

The Honorable Marlene Alva, Circuit Judge in Seminole County, sentenced Thomas to 885 years in prison on 59 counts of possession of child pornography, 15 years for each count, and 15 years of sex offender probation for one count of possession of child pornography.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi notes, “Thanks to my Office of Statewide Prosecution’s tenacious prosecution of Thomas and FDLE’s investigation, this dangerous predator should now never be released from prison.”

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The Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida reports that the Florida Democratic League (FDL), and People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality (PULSE), two parties in the homosexual so-called “marriage” lawsuit,  filed more than 6,000 signatures with Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin calling on Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel to dismiss the pending discriminatory lawsuit.

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“In a nation of laws, no one can be above the law. What law gives Plaintiffs the right to arbitrarily,  declare a personal behavioral choice, be it sexual or otherwise, a constitutional “right,” and then file a sham lawsuit to force the rest of society to accept it as such?, said Florida Democratic League Chairman Dr. Eladio Jose Armesto.

“Six days ago, Monroe Circuit Judge Luis Garcia shocked voters when he arrogantly trashed the votes of nearly 8 million Floridians. The backlash to that corrupt decision was so great that over the last six days more than 6,000 Miami-Dade residents  signed a letter to Judge Zabel calling on her to dismiss this discriminatory lawsuit”, stated People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality (PULSE) Executive Director Nathaniel Wilcox.

“Undoubtedly, there is a growing backlash to the homosexual so-called ‘marriage’ lawsuit in Miami-Dade when 6,000 of those who elected Judge Zabel signed a letter in just days asking for the sham lawsuit’s dismissal. This is evidence of the growing anti-corruption backlash taking place”, concludes Anthony Verdugo, Founder and Executive Director, Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida.

Florida AG Pam Bondi Says “No” To Marijuana Measure

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Florida’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi, continues to say no to pot, as she continues to press the left-leaning Florida Supreme court to scrap the legalization of medical marijuana measure that will be on the November ballot.

The initiative would allow marijuana to be used in several specified conditions. But it also includes a part that says it could be used for “any other conditions for which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient.”

Bondi, a Republican elected in 2010, said that language is too broad and will allow greater use of marijuana than the public has been told by supporters. She cited a scenario of a 15-year-old boy being able to get a marijuana prescription for a minor pain through a chiropractor as a possibility. She said voters are not getting a clear explanation of what they are being asked to approve.

“They need to know what they are voting for,” Bondi said during a joint meeting with the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters of Sarasota.

The Republican-led Florida legislature is open to the idea of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, and are trying to find a balance with the controversial issue.

Word to the legalizing marijuana lobby, quit smoking your own issue, and work with the legislature to find a solution that will benefit everyone.

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Citizens Insurance Under-fire for Rate Increase

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Hundreds of thousands of Florida homeowners are receiving notices from their insurance carriers stating, “You are paying more for your policy due to an emergency assessment from Florida Citizens.”

Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is the state-run insurer that provides insurance to individuals who are unable to secure coverage through other insurance carriers. Those covered are often in high-risk or coastal areas. The emergency assessment is “necessary to enable Florida Citizens to pay claims they received from past hurricane seasons.” The emergency assessment is for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF). The rate increase was passed in July, 2012. According to SunSentinel.com, “Personal residential policies would receive a 10.2 percent statewide average increase, including 10.5 percent for homeowners and 9.7 percent for renters.”

For one homeowner who contacted Watchdog Wire – Florida the emergency assessment on their $160,000 home was $200 per month or $2,400 a year.

Florida has many senior citizens who live on fixed incomes, have seen their investments dwindle and property values drop. A rate increase of this magnitude is problematic for many others who have homes in Florida but live in other states.

To make matters worse it appears that senior officials at Florida Citizens have been spending lavishly while passing on the costs to Florida homeowners. The Florida Citizens website states, “We will demonstrate steadfast adherence to our values and ethical code of conduct.” However, after combing through hundreds of expense reports from the last three years, a team of writers from the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald found executives at the state-run insurance company were living the high life on the company’s dime.

According to investigative reporters Susan Taylor Martin, Jeff Harrington and Toluse Olorunnipa from the Times/Herald, “Chief financial officer Sharon Binnun spent at least $70,000 on travel from January 2011 to June 2012. During trips to Manhattan, Binnun stayed at hotels that cost up to $500 per night. In an April business trip to Bermuda, she upgraded to ‘gold’ status at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, bringing the cost of her room to $633 per night.”

“Former Citizens president Scott Wallace, general counsel Dan Sumner and board chairman Carlos Lacasa indulged in meals that often cost three times the limit put on rank-and-file staff. Wallace flew first-class to London for a meeting with insurers. Travel costs for Citizens — a government corporation run by a board appointed by Gov. Rick Scott and other state leaders — are projected to more than double this year, from $1.5 million to $3.4 million,” note Martin, Harrington and Olorunnipa.

Florida Senator Mike Fasano is having none of these shenanigans. He has sent a letter to Governor Scott and the cabinet asking for an investigation of Florida Citizens. The Tampa Bay Times reports, “Citizens’ top executives and board members have been shameless in the way they lavishly spend tax dollars on travel and related expenses,” Fasano, R-New Port Richey, said in a statement. “While crying poor mouth they stay in posh hotels, eat expensive meals, and engage in international travel. While so many of their customers are struggling to cut their personal budgets so they can pay their ever increasing premiums, Citizens’ higher-ups are living high on the hog on the public dime.”

This prompted a letter from Barry Gilway, the new President/CEO and Executive Director of Florida Citizens, stating, “As a government entity operating in an international industry, Citizens walks a fine line between fiscal stringency and the need to conduct business internationally on behalf of all Floridians. We also recognize that there is always is room for improvement and that we have a duty to achieve efficiencies in everything we do, whether in Tallahassee or London.”

The next Cabinet meeting chaired by Governor Scott is scheduled for September 18, 2012. Some have questioned the fiscal soundness of Florida Citizens should a major hurricane hit the state.