Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 4:30 p.m. No.19247567   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7583 >>8042 >>8045 >>8063

Legal Group Sues Biden Admin For Allegedly Concealing FBI Background Investigation Into Mayorkas

 

America First Legal Foundation sued the Biden administration Wednesday for allegedly concealing information regarding an FBI investigation into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, according to a copy of the complaint first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

 

The lawsuit against both the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) asks that the agencies release the documents related to the Mayorkas probe, according to the complaint. The conservative group was previously denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the records regarding the FBI’s investigation into Mayorkas’ background.

 

“The American people deserve to have access to the files we requested to understand the extent to which Secretary Mayorkas disclosed his foreign ties and contacts, among other things. Disclosing these records is consistent with what the FBI did during the Trump Administration when it released portions of the SF-86 for then Attorney General Jeff Sessions, so there is simply no reason why they should not provide the same information for Secretary Mayorkas,” Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice President and General Counsel, said in a statement to the DCNF.

 

The lawsuit’s timing coincides with increasing calls from Republicans in Congress to impeach Mayorkas, mainly for his handling of the security of the southern border.

 

One of the issues the group cites is an inspector general’s report from 2015 that found that Mayorkas, while serving as the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), had personally intervened “outside the normal adjudicatory process” to help foreign investors in the EB-5 visa program who were connected to top Democrats.

 

“Secretary Mayorkas’s abysmal performance has led to the introduction of several impeachment resolutions in Congress,” America First Legal said in a statement shared with the DCNF. The Secretary’s dereliction of duty regarding our immigration system has turned America into a borderless nation, and every state is feeling the consequences of allowing millions of illegal immigrants to flood into the United States. While Americans are dying at the hands of illegal aliens that should never have been allowed to enter America, the Biden Administration and Secretary Mayorkas have turned a blind eye.”

 

America First Legal submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FBI on January 6 for “the FBI background investigation, Form SF-86, and any supporting security clearance documentation, including waiver forms [completed] by Alejandro Mayorkas or his designees for the purpose of allowing the FBI to conduct a background investigation as part of his nomination[s].”

 

The FBI responded on January 13, denying it the request. America First Legal appealed the denial for the reason that the records were submitted to Congress, but the FBI reiterated its denial.

 

https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/26/afl-mayorkas-fbi-background-records/

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 4:32 p.m. No.19247576   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8042 >>8045 >>8063

DeSantis suggests he may tap RFK Jr. to run CDC or FDA

 

During a discussion with Clay Travis, DeSantis rejected the prospect of picking RFK Jr. as his running mate, saying that he would likely be out of step with about 70% of issues.

 

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday suggested that he may appoint Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if elected president.

 

During a discussion with Clay Travis, DeSantis rejected the prospect of picking RFK Jr. as his running mate, saying that he would likely be out of step with about 70% of issues. He did, however, acknowledge that the Democrat was in line with him on COVID-19 related issues.

 

"Yes, the medical stuff, I'm very good on that. So that does appeal to me," DeSantis said. "If you're president, sic him on the FDA if he'd be willing to serve. Or sic him on CDC."

 

Ron Desantis told me he wouldn’t consider @RobertKennedyJr as his VP, but would consider him as head of the FDA or CDC because he was right on covid. Democrats are now losing their minds over this. Watch: pic.twitter.com/dSwY61mFK3

 

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 26, 2023

 

Kennedy and DeSantis have both heavily criticized COVID-19 lockdown policies and vaccine mandates. The governor cruised to reelection in formerly purple Florida last November, due in part, to his swift reopening of the Sunshine State.

 

Kennedy, meanwhile, emerged during lockdowns as a prominent vaccine skeptic, a position that has helped him gain traction with Republicans even as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/desantis-suggests-he-may-tap-rfk-jr-run-cdc-or-fda

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 4:52 p.m. No.19247662   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Thousands of doctors considering jobs outside Israel after Knesset vote

 

Health Ministry director-general implores doctors to stay, in Zoom call after physicians join WhatsApp group sharing intentions to leave the country and exchange information on where best to find work

 

The Director General of the Health Ministry, Moshe Bar Siman-Tov on Wednesday held a Zoom meeting with senior physicians to discuss the intentions of many doctors to leave Israel and find work elsewhere amid the government's legislative push to overhaul the judiciary.

 

"When I first entered the WhatsApp group there were 30 doctors in it but since there has been a tsunami of over 2,000 who say they are considering emigrating. Including senior physicians, residents and interns," Professor Rivka Karmi, ScienceAbroad chairman said. "I admit I am physically shaken. Nothing prepared me for such a possibility that I find even more dangerous than the refusal of pilots to volunteer to serve. Even if most ultimately stay, this is a very problematic process. These people are exhausted and feel like their protest has failed," she said.

 

https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/bjes0111sh

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 4:57 p.m. No.19247699   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Consulting firm PwC pulled off a remarkable feat as Adani pushed to open its Carmichael Coal Mine — it got paid by both the miner and its government overseer

 

A humble footnote on page 30 of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s 2016-17 annual report reads: “PwC supported NAIF in the development of its Risk Management Framework.” NAIF was in the news in late 2016 because it had reportedly given “conditional approval” of a $1 billion loan to Adani for its Carmichael Coal Mine.

 

In news that may surprise precisely no one, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was also working for Adani. In fact, not only did PwC “act for” Adani in trying to secure the NAIF loan, the firm also produced economic modelling that purported to show that delays to the Adani mine had cost Queensland 2,665 jobs.

 

Would you like to read that economic report yourself? Well, you can’t, because it’s “strictly private and confidential”.

 

The report was so strictly private and confidential that it was never published by Adani or PwC. It was also so strictly private and confidential that Matt Canavan used it in a speech, Nick Cater used it in The Australian and it got written up in the Courier Mail.

 

The Australia Institute has obtained a scan of a hard copy, shown above. Reading the report reveals that it was based on “information provided by Adani”, and also on Adani’s infamous 10,000 jobs report, which was later shot down by another consultant to Adani.

What’s better than two dips? Three, of course

 

At the same time they were “supporting” NAIF and “acting for” Adani, PwC was also providing consulting services to the Federal Department of Industry… which oversees/facilitates NAIF. According to AusTender, PwC did about $1.5m worth of work for the Department of Industry in 2016 and 2017.

 

So PwC was working for Adani, working for NAIF, and working for the department that oversees NAIF. With such a set-up, readers might be surprised to learn that Adani didn’t get the $1bn loan.

 

Why? Because of a conflict of interest!

 

Not the conflict of interest between PwC and its clients on both sides of the deal, mind you. No, the conflict of interest was that Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was dating a senior PwC executive.

 

https://michaelwest.com.au/pwc-and-the-adani-mine-triple-dip-a-conflict-of-interest-surely-not/

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:05 p.m. No.19247743   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7750 >>7756 >>7762 >>7818 >>7842 >>8042 >>8045 >>8063

Nearly 140 arrested in massive SoCal child sex abuse crackdown

 

139 people were arrested in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown on child sex abuse and child pornography this month, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Wednesday.

 

The crackdown, dubbed Operation Online Guardian, involved over 100 agencies that comprise LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.

 

“Child exploitation is one of the most horrendous crimes affecting our most vulnerable members of the community,” Joe McNally, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, said at a news conference Wednesday morning. “Through these crimes, predators target those who can’t protect themselves.”

 

The operation unfolded in two phases.

 

In the first, officers went undercover on social media to identify individuals who were trafficking child porn, LAPD said. The second phase involved executing search warrants in five Southern California counties.

 

“Vulnerable children were rescued from further abuse, and victims who had been silenced by the atrocious crimes of child sexual abuse found their voices restored,” LAPD said in a statement.

 

Police did not reveal how many children were rescued and did not release the names of any suspects.

 

Charges include sodomy of a child, sexual abuse of a child, lewd acts, possession of child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender.

 

“Although Operation Online Guardian has concluded, the LA ICAC Task Force will remain vigilant and continue their mission to protect our children. Despite the numerous resources that assist the LA ICAC Task Force in the battle against the sexual exploitation of children, there are victims who are unnoticed,” LAPD said.

 

The department is asking the community to help combat child sex abuse by monitoring their child’s online activity. It also encouraged parents to visit missingkids.org/NetSmartz for internet safety tips and resources.

 

Law enforcement has acknowledged that resources are stretched thin when it comes to investigating the shocking number of crimes involving internet child predators.

 

This void has led to the creation of underground groups, including Southern California’s CC Unit, which takes matters into its own hands by arranging sting operations and providing evidence to police.

 

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/nearly-140-arrested-in-massive-socal-child-sex-abuse-crackdown/

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:09 p.m. No.19247765   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7779 >>7792 >>7842 >>8042 >>8045 >>8063

Montgomery County yearlong sex abuse sting nets 28 arrests, rescues 19 children

 

A yearlong investigation by several Montgomery County law enforcement agencies into the distribution of child sexual abuse material resulted in the arrest of 28 people and the rescue of 19 children.

 

According to information from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, during the investigation dubbed “Operation Hydra,” detectives rescued the children who had been sexually abused or exploited by people from 17 states who made sex abuse material available in Montgomery County.

 

“Over the last 12 months, detectives with the Montgomery County division of the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force monitored chat groups on a popular social media application,” said Mike Holley, first assistant with the district attorney’s office. “The defendants were identified as participants in various group chats dedicated to distributing child sexual abuse material. Most of the defendants posted illicit images to the groups.”

 

Holley said some defendants were administrators of the groups and controlled who could access the groups.

 

“These cases underscore the fact that such crimes often cross jurisdictional boundaries, spanning counties, states and even countries,” Holley said.

 

Detectives used advanced investigative techniques to identify and located the individuals involved and worked with authorities in those jurisdictions to arrest the defendants, Holley said.

 

Holley called the operation a “stark reminder” of the realities of child sexual exploitation and the availability of child sexual abuse material on the internet.

 

Operation Hydra was spearheaded by the Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office along with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and included officials with the Montgomery County Constables’ offices, the Conroe Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshal Service and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

 

https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/montgomery-county-sex-abuse-sting-18261587.php

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:10 p.m. No.19247774   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7842

18 arrested in human trafficking and child exploitation investigation in Bozeman

 

This investigation was part of a sting operation between the Bozeman Police Department and other collaborators, said Detective Captain Dana McNeil.

 

Detectives posted an advertisement for sexual services. They set up a dialog with those who responded and scheduled a time to meet up. When respondents arrived, police arrested them, McNeil said.

 

McNeil said it is hard to say whether trafficking is on the rise in the Bozeman area. There was a huge spike 15-20 years ago, but the means people use are constantly changing.

 

During the arrests, police seized cocaine, fentanyl and other physical evidence.

 

“We have concerns in sexual trafficking cases where people will meet up with somebody that's being trafficked to try and solicit them to come over and work for them. And they will bring money and they'll bring drugs and those sorts of things to try and entice somebody away. So, that’s part of the dynamics in these cases,” McNeil said.

 

According to the affidavits released by Gallatin County, the eighteen people arrested are as follows:

 

Jessie Lee Donnes

 

Alejandro Guerrero Aviles

 

Brian Heck

 

Mark Nahorniak

 

David Stoker

 

Dana Williams

 

Joseph Reed

 

Floyd Harmonson Jr.

 

Kevin Contreres Chicas

 

Bryce Widner

 

Kenneth Williams

 

Alfredo Landaverde

 

Steven Frey

 

Steven Strickland

 

Joshua Cook

 

Jose Garcia Gonzalez

 

Ian Nicklin

 

John Schwabel

 

https://www.montanarightnow.com/bozeman/18-arrested-in-human-trafficking-and-child-exploitation-investigation-in-bozeman/article_ef18bd9e-2a3b-11ee-a5a2-5f99ebe6190c.html

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:13 p.m. No.19247799   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7842 >>8042 >>8045 >>8063

Former Chairman of 1 Global Indicted for Running $250 Million Securities Fraud Scheme

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/former-chairman-1-global-indicted-running-250-million-securities-fraud-scheme

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:15 p.m. No.19247809   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7842 >>8045 >>8063

Several convicted in $16 million cartel drug conspiracy

 

A total of 22 people in South Texas and Mexico

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/several-convicted-16-million-cartel-drug-conspiracy

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:20 p.m. No.19247842   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7866 >>7886 >>7888

>>19247743 Nearly 140 arrested in massive SoCal child sex abuse crackdown

>>19247765 Montgomery County yearlong sex abuse sting nets 28 arrests, rescues 19 children

>>19247774 18 arrested in human trafficking and child exploitation investigation in Bozeman

>>19247799 Former Chairman of 1 Global Indicted for Running $250 Million Securities Fraud Scheme

>>19247809 Several convicted in $16 million cartel drug conspiracy

 

 

>>19247778 Namefaggot baker is a clown who hides serious pedestry and crime regularly. When caught out he claims he was getting to it then fails to note it.

 

GATEKEEPER

 

Should not be allowed to bake

Anonymous ID: 4bbaad July 26, 2023, 5:29 p.m. No.19247907   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7912

Attempted Child Rape Arrests Result of Sting

 

The arrests of three men in Auburn last month for attempted rape were the results of a sting operation.

 

The Citizen reports Anthony Bartolotta of Auburn offered to pay for sex and requested nude photos from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl but was really an undercover police officer.

 

On June 8th, he drove to Olympia Terrace, believing he was going to meet up with the girl. He honked his horn at an officer posing as the girl’s aunt but left when the girl didn’t show up.

 

He, along with Brian Neilson of Seneca Falls and Daniel Miller of Liverpool, would later be arrested on the 21st following a two-week-long operation by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.

 

Finger Lakes News

 

https://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/local/cayuga/attempted-child-rape-arrests-result-of-sting