Former US Olympian Klete Keller Indicted on Additional Charges Over Capitol Riot

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller was earlier hit with three criminal charges over his participation in the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, after the champion swimmer was identified on video, wearing his US Olympic Team jacket.

A grand jury has returned a new indictment against Keller on Wednesday, hitting the athlete with several additional charges over his involvement in the violent storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters which saw five killed.

The latest court filing indicates the new indictment charges Keller with seven criminal offenses, including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, among other violations.

Keller was previously charged by federal authorities in January with obstructing law enforcement, violent entry and disorderly conduct, as well as entering a restricted building.

According to the Washington Post, prosecutors involved in the case later asked a grand jury to consider whether or not Keller’s actions were deserving of more serious charges, a request that has been made in “many” cases related to the Capitol riot.

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 6, 2021

Keller was taken into custody by federal authorities last month after he was identified on video footage captured by Townhall reporter Julio Rosas. Keller was first reported to have been involved with the Capitol attack by SwimSwam, a news outlet that covers competitive swimming.

The former Olympian, who participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Games, has been released from custody on a personal recognizance bond. He has since returned to his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after being ordered to stay away from Washington DC, unless for court appearances.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202102131082059612-former-us-olympian-klete-keller-indicted-on-additional-charges-over-capitol-riot/

Trade Unions Refuse To Answer Why They Supported Biden Despite His Years Of Promising To Take Down Keystone

Multiple trade unions involved in Keystone XL Pipeline construction refused to explain why they endorsed President Joe Biden who promised to nix the union job-creating project.

The North America’s Building Trades Union endorsed Biden in October, but said it was “deeply disappointed” after his Keystone executive action.

“I wish he hadn’t done that on the first day,” American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Richard Trumka, who endorsed Biden, told Axios. “It did and will cost us jobs in the process.”

Multiple trade unions involved in Keystone XL Pipeline construction refused to explain why they endorsed President Joe Biden who promised to nix the union job-creating project.

Trade unions who had praised the Keystone XL Pipeline for creating thousands of jobs were silent when asked repeatedly by the Daily Caller News Foundation why they supported President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office, revoking the federal permit for the Keystone Pipeline after promising to do exactly that during his campaign.

“The Teamsters strongly oppose yesterday’s decision, and we would urge the administration to reconsider it,” International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said in a statement following the executive action.

“It will reduce good-paying union jobs that allow workers to provide a middle-class standard of living to their families,” Hoffa continued. “America needs access to various forms of energy that can keep its economy running in the years ahead. This decision will hurt that effort.”

The Teamsters, the Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA), the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters signed the Keystone Pipeline’s labor agreement in August. The agreement promised the creation of 42,000 “family-sustaining jobs” in the U.S. and $2 billion in total earnings for the all-union workforce.

While the unions’ leaders all championed the union-friendly project, they still endorsed Biden who explicitly promised to nix the pipeline’s construction.

“We can count on [Biden] to stand with us on issues of critical importance to LiUNA members and their families,” General President Terry O’Sullivan said in a September endorsement message.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/12/trade-unions-support-joe-biden-promise-keystone-pipeline-executive-order/

White House says Biden will shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by the end of his term

There are 41 detainees at the prison in Cuba

The Biden administration said that they intended to shutter the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the end of the president's term.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the intended closure during the media briefing on Friday.

"That certainly is our goal and our intention," said Psaki when asked about the closing of the detention center.

"And we are three weeks in, I realize, at a certain point I can't say that anymore, but we are still just three and a half weeks in, so we are undertaking an NSC process, which is how it should work. Through that, to work with the interagency, to assess the current state of play that the Biden administration has inherited from the previous administration," she explained.

"I would note that in order to see this process through completely and thoroughly, there are a number of key policy roles that still need to be filled within the interagency," Psaki added.

If the Biden administration were successful in their intention to close the prison it would fulfill a promise made by the former Obama administration in Feb. 2016.

"For many years, it has been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security—it undermines it," former President Barack Obama said at the time, with then-Vice President Joe Biden standing next to him.

At the time there were 91 detainees at the prison, but there are currently only 40 left.

Among those detained at the prison is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the al-Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the September 11 attacks that killed 2,997 Americans. In January it was reported that detainees at the center would be given the option to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Here's the video of Psaki's comments:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-shutter-guantanamo-bay-prison

Lincoln Project Co-Founder Resigns Amid Accusations Of Criminality

Update (1900ET): Shortly after completing this post, news broke, via Axios, that Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals.

As a reminder, here is what he said earlier:

“The Lincoln Project will be delighted to open its books for audit immediately after the Trump campaign and all affiliated super PACs do so,” Steve Schmidt said in response to inquiries about how much of the donations went into their personal bank accounts rather than ads designed to defeat Trump.

Maybe he didn't like what he saw when 'he' opened the books?

In his statement he claims he was molested as a 13 year old. Because when all else fails, just fall back to #MeToo.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lincoln-project-facing-multiple-scandals-accused-own-co-founder-likely-criminality

Former intelligence boss Nick Warner joins lobbying firm while working as a consultant for Prime Minister's Department

A career diplomat who headed Australia's intelligence community until last year is working for a corporate lobbying firm while also being paid as a consultant by the Prime Minister's Department.

Key points:

The ABC can reveal Nick Warner started being paid as a consultant for the Prime Minister's Department in January

This is despite working for a private lobbying firm with close links to the Middle East

Mr Warner is a former director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Nick Warner completed his term as the first director-general of the Office of National Intelligence (ONI) in December and has recently been hired as a "counsellor" for Dragoman, a Melbourne-based international strategic advisory office with close links to the Middle East.

The ABC can reveal that in January, the country's former top intelligence official also began paid consultancy work for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) but the Government will not say if any potential conflicts of interest have been declared.

During his lengthy public service career, Mr Warner served as the director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Defence Department secretary and ambassador to several nations, including Iran.

Dragoman's managing director and sole publicly declared lobbyist is former Federal Liberal Party vice-president Tom Harley and its chairman of counsellors is former defence minister Robert Hill, who served during the Howard government.

On its website, Dragoman boasts of bringing "deep commercial knowledge from its broad networks, contacts, insights, analysis, first-hand experience and expertise".

The firm also touts the ability to "shape favourable policy outcomes" by "providing insight into key players and ensuring clients maintain a practical understanding of the political and policy imperatives of key decision-makers and influencers."

According to the government's official register, Dragoman has declared it only lobbies directly on behalf of Australian global engineering firm Worley Limited, but the ABC understands it has also provided advice to numerous defence and national security companies.

In 2019, the ABC revealed Dragoman's Mr Harley approached Mr Warner for information about one of his client's corporate rivals, while he was still in charge of ONI.

At the time, Mr Warner declined to comment and the ABC is not suggesting he acted inappropriately in response to Mr Harley's request.

The ABC has again approached Mr Warner for comment on whether he has declared any potential conflicts of interest with his new roles, but he has not responded.

Dragoman has also not responded to several questions sent to its office by the ABC.

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Scott Morrison referred all questions about Mr Warner's PM&C consultancy role to the department, which declined to detail what work he is being paid for.

"Mr Warner has been engaged as a consultant by PM&C," a departmental spokesman told the ABC.

"The arrangement commenced on 25 January, 2021," the spokesperson added without confirming if Mr Warner has been provided with an office inside the department or any staff for his consulting work.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-13/former-boss-office-national-intelligence-job-political-lobby/13148216

Trump Impeachment Attorney Drops a Bomb on Democrats, Reminds Americans – “One of the First People Arrested was a Leader of Antifa”

Boom!

Trump impeachment attorney Michael T. van der Veen dropped a bomb on Democrats Friday during their sham political impeachment.

Van der Veen reminded the American public, “One of the first people arrested was a leader of Antifa.”

The Gateway Pundit previously reported–

Antifa-Insurgence leader John Earl Sullivan was arrested in Utah after the US Capitol riots.

As reported previously Antifa protester John Sullivan was caught on video posing as a Trump supporter during the rioting at the US Capitol on January 6th.

Footage obtained by the Gateway Pundit from militant Black Lives Matter and Antifa activist John Sullivan’s Discord server shows the so-called “civil rights activist” reveling inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6 as he damaged federal property.

Sullivan has maintained in multiple interviews that he regularly attends protests only to record what’s going on, but did not actively partake in the insurgence in Washington. This is a lie. He is a leader of the Utah Antifa-BLM movement and has been previously arrested.

“It’s just recording, solely, and not being active in it,” he told Fox News last week.

Sullivan also organized an Antifa-Insurgence rally on January 6th at the Washington Monument at 11 AM before they stormed the US Capitol.

The mainstream media refuses to report these facts.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/one-first-people-arrested-leader-antifa-trump-impeachment-attorney-drops-bomb-crazed-democrats-video/

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Northeast Ohio doctor pleads guilty to sex trafficking six children

CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – A Canfield doctor pleaded guilty Thursday to several federal sex trafficking charges.

According to court documents, Albert Aiad-Toss pleaded guilty to eight charges of sex trafficking and production of child pornography.

Sentencing is scheduled for June. 3.

Prosecutors say Aiad-Toss, 52, had six victims ranging in age from 12 to 15 years old.

Court records say Aiad-Toss enticed the victims into performing “commercial sex acts” and forced a 15-year-old to perform a sex act on camera.

Police arrested Aiad-Toss at an airport in Florida in July 2019. He was returning from a trip to Peru.

Aiad-Toss was contracted to work as an emergency room physician at Mercy Health Boardman. He no longer works there. His medical license was indefinitely suspended in December 2019 by the Ohio State Medical Board.

https://fox8.com/news/northeast-ohio-doctor-pleads-guilty-to-sex-trafficking-six-children/