Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 7:56 p.m. No.24773032   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3060 >>3306 >>3358 >>3651

Kamala is definitely losing the last brain cells she had. Maybe has parasites are eating her brain. She cannot possibly think she can be President, if she tries to run again, she won’t even get black democrats to vote for her. She is either drunk again as always or she’s believing her bullshit.Plus, Joy ReidTrashes America's Independence Day As a Symbol of Slavery of Black People

 

12:26

 

https://rumble.com/embed/v79lwfe/?pub=4

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 8:18 p.m. No.24773087   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3306 >>3651

Texas Congressman Brandon Gill has introduced legislation to end the use of American taxpayer dollars to back mortgages for illegal aliens and other non-permanent residents.

 

The bill will finally prioritize citizens for federal housing programs designed to help Americans achieve homeownership.

 

Gill announced the Homeownership Eligibility Reform Act on X on Monday.

 

He wrote, “I just introduced a bill to restrict taxpayer-backed mortgages to U.S. citizens

 

“The sole purpose of our housing programs is to help Americans build wealth and achieve the American Dream.Illegal immigration is making that impossible,” Gill added.

 

The legislation comes shortly after the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Trump administration took steps to tighten eligibility.

 

Gill noted that under previous policies,about six percent of all FHA-insured mortgages went to non-citizens, including those without permanent legal status. He argued that an administrative fix alone is not enough because it could be undone on day one by the next Democrat president,which is why his bill codifies the restrictions into statute.

 

The legislation requires anyone receiving these taxpayer-backed mortgages to be a U.S. citizen.

 

It bars illegal aliens and other non-permanent residents fromqualifying for FHA loans and prevents Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from buying or guaranteeing mortgages made to noncitizens.

 

This builds directly on recent HUD changes that eliminated the category of non-permanent residents from FHA programs, explicitly cutting off access for illegal aliens and refocusing resources on citizens who play by the rules.

 

The announcement spread quickly online, with many expressing outrage that illegal aliens were ever able to access these programs in the first place.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/rep-brandon-gill-introduces-legislation-ban-taxpayer-backed/

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 8:32 p.m. No.24773107   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3306 >>3563 >>3651

3:06 PM / June 29, 2026

Iran says delegation heading to Qatar won't meet with U.S.

 

Iran on Monday said a delegation of experts would travel to Qatar's capital of Doha this week for discussions on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., but no meetings would be happening between the two countries.

 

"An expert delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran will travel to Doha later this week" to discuss the implementation of clauses of the memorandum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.

 

"We have not yet entered the stage of negotiating a final agreement," he said, noting that "over the coming days, we will not have any negotiation meetings with the U.S. side at any level."

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-peace-talks-timetable-unclear-strait-of-hormuz-clashes/#post-update-9605f58a

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 8:42 p.m. No.24773122   🗄️.is 🔗kun

2 hours ago

Tehran daily splashes Trump in crosshairs, vows 'revenge is certain'

 

Hamshahri, a newspaper owned by Tehran Municipality, published a front page on Tuesday showing US President Donald Trump framed in a sniper scope's crosshairs beneath the headline: "Revenge is certain."

 

The cover attributed the message to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and carried the subheading: "War criminals must be confronted."

 

It also featured comments from several senior clerics calling for retaliation over the killings of Iranian leaders during the joint US-Israeli military campaign.

 

Hamshahri, one of Iran's highest-circulation daily newspapers, is funded by Tehran Municipality.

 

 

Says Iran will honor MoU if US upholds commitments

 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran will abide by the memorandum of understanding with the United States if Washington honors its commitments,signaling continued support for diplomacy despite recent tensions.

 

"Understanding is a two-way matter. If the American side abides by the memorandum, we will also fulfill our commitments," Pezeshkian wrote on X.

 

He added that Iran's response to "unreasonable rhetoric and baseless threats" is to rely on "rationality and human dignity in decision-making, and firm and fearless action when necessary."

 

The remarks come as Tehran and Washington prepare for another round of technical talks aimed at implementing the interim agreement after recent exchanges of strikes threatened to derail the fragile deal.

 

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202606274036

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 8:59 p.m. No.24773151   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3156 >>3159 >>3166 >>3306 >>3651

San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

By Olga R. Rodriguez The AP

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed topay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday.

 

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to write an apology letter to each survivor as part of the settlement.

 

The settlementalso requires the archdiocese to implement a series of child protection and transparency reforms, including creating a list of clergy accused of abuse, said Jeff Anderson, an attorney representing dozens of child sexual abuse victims.

 

The settlement comes three years after the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy andwill cover approximately 530 survivors of child sexual abuse, Anderson said. It is the latest agreement over clergy sexual abuse claims.In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to a record $880 million settlement.

 

Several archdioceses in California filed for bankruptcy after facing hundreds of lawsuitsbrought under a California law approved in 2019 that allowed decades-old claims to be filed by Dec. 31, 2022.

 

Cordileone, the archbishop, said in a statement that he believes the settlement provides “a path toward fair compensation for survivors who have borne the weight of this abuse for a lifetime.”

 

“The hope is that this proposal will allow us collectively to move forward,”he said,

 

“We accept full responsibility for what happened, and I sincerely apologize to all those who have been harmed,” Cordileone added.

 

Margie O’Driscoll sued the archdiocese alleging she was sexually abused almost 50 years ago by a priest while she was a student at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, a community north of the Golden Gate Bridge. She said the settlement was hard-fought and puts the responsibility on church officials, not survivors.

 

“I, like every survivor, have carried this pain and shame along like a ball and chain for a very, very long time,” O'Driscoll said during a news conference. “Ashamed and confused about what happened, scorned by the archdiocese, and sometimes not even believed by family and friends, and I think today shame is gonna change sides.”

 

Anderson said a committee of survivors who spent thousands of hours over the last three years negotiating with Cordileone is empowered with establishing protocols on how to distribute the funds.He said every survivor will be given an opportunity to submit their story of abuse to an allocatorhired by the committee to receive what Anderson said would be “an equitable distribution based on the unique circumstances of that survival.”

 

Besides the funds,the archdiocese will be required to follow 14 child protection and transparency demandsthat include maintaining and making public a comprehensive, up-to-date list of all accused clergy that details allegations and the outcomes of investigations. The archdiocese will also be banned from imposing confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.

 

I’ve been working with survivors for decades and I’ve never heard of anything quite as significant, as rigorous, as robustas what is being required of the Archdiocese of San Francisco," Anderson said.

 

(https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/national/san-francisco-archdiocese-agrees-to-pay-395-million-to-settle-child-sex-abuse-lawsuits/article_9af69c55-a93e-5426-9f7e-44709d99dcc3.html

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 9:02 p.m. No.24773160   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3168 >>3306 >>3651

Helicopter pilot reports 2nd near miss with remote-controlled plane near JFK

Monday, June 29, 2026 9:58PM

 

NEW YORK (WABC) – A helicopter pilot says he was almost hit by a remote-controlled plane near John F. Kennedy Airport - the second close call reported on Monday.

 

"Just almost ran into a gigantic RC airplane right over there at Floyd Bennett," he told air traffic controllers. "…A big one, at 500 feet."

 

The FAA said it is aware of reports that a helicopter pilot reported a remote-controlled plane flying close to it and has notified local authorities. The agency is not investigating at this time.

 

Earlier in the day, a JetBlue flight was hit by a drone while landing at JFK Airport.

 

According to the JetBlue pilot, the incident occurred at around 3,000 feet during the airline's approach to the runway. The plane landed safely, and JetBlue says there was no damage.

 

The FAA and the FBI are investigating.

 

This all comes after another close call at Newark on Friday.

 

The FAA says it gets more than 100 complaints a month of unmanned aircrafts in airspace they shouldn't be in, which is exactly why it launched a public safety campaign just this month.

 

"The fact is that people are still not following the rules and all it takes is one to end up wrecking an engine or impacting a cockpit," said ABC News contributor and aviation expert John Nance.

 

Nance says because drones can't be detected unless they're physically seen, the distraction alone can be dangerous, since that can happen too late to avoid it.

 

"Drones simply do not carry transponders," he said. "It has to do with the weight and the amount of equipment that you put on board. But the fact is, that makes it even more important that nobody operates one in the wrong place, close to an airport, especially at 3,000 feet."

 

It is a federal crime to interfere with the operation of an aircraft, with penalties of up to $100,000. Flying a drone near an airport is considered exactly that, and the FAA encourages anyone who witnesses someone doing this to report it.

 

In a statement, the FBI asked the public to report incidents of unsafe drone flights to 1-800-CALL-FBI.

 

https://abc7ny.com/post/helicopter-pilot-reports-miss-remote-controlled-plane-jfk-airport/19416230/

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 9:08 p.m. No.24773171   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3173 >>3179 >>3306 >>3457 >>3651

Trump Erupts on ‘Magot’ Haberman in Wild Late-Night Post: ‘She Continues to Spew Out Garbage’

Joe DePaoloJun 28th, 2026, 9:39 am

 

President Donald Trump trashed New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman — one of the co-authors of a blockbuster new book about his second term in office.

 

In a Truth Social post early Sunday just after midnight, the president sounded off about the new book — Regime Change — which sold more than 150,000 copies on its first day.

 

“Based on a very quick and boring briefing concerning the Magot Hagerman book about me, it is mostly made up, Fake News, largely fiction, as have been most of the things she has written about me for so many years,” Trump wrote. “She is a third rate writer and intellect, who has made a first rate income because of your favorite President, ME. She was wrong about me on the Elections, although she knew I was going to win, BIG! She was wrong about me on the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, and she was wrong about me on just about everything else. But she continues to spew out garbage, and people continue to buy it.”

 

Trump also denied that Haberman and co-author Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings from inside the Situation Room — which reportedly has been a concern of White House aides.

 

“And they don’t have the audio tapes that they imply they have,” Trump wrote. “Just another Margot Con Job! And Iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon!!”

 

Haberman and Swan, across numerous interviews promoting their book, have not commented on whether or not they have Situation Room tapes — which, if they did, would be a stunning leak from a highly-secured space. But Swan told MS Now on Monday, “it is notable that there haven’t been denials of very specific scenes inside the Situation Room, which include extensive dialogue.”

 

There have been dozens of splashy revelations from the book, which has been the talk of Washington for the past week.

 

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-erupts-on-magot-haberman-in-wild-late-night-post-she-continues-to-spew-out-garbage/

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 9:18 p.m. No.24773188   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3190 >>3306 >>3651

uwe boll

@BollFILMS

 

Keep watching Citizen Vigilante and we can start shooting Part 2 soon

 

(He’s already pulled in about $700,000 so he can do more)

 

https://x.com/BollFILMS/status/2071203117186662590

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 9:42 p.m. No.24773224   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3229 >>3306 >>3651

The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force

The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?

 

Josh Gerstein

No one was hurt, but the incident and the stark criminal charge that would later be filed against Roske — attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice — proved to be the driving force behind moves to implement tougher security around the justices.

 

During a virtual recruiting event in April, a Supreme Court Police officer said the attempt on Kavanaugh’s life led directly to the ongoing surge in security.

 

“They arrested someone, it was very national news, that had attempted to come up to Justice Kavanaugh’s home,” Sgt. Mark Hosier said. “This is right after the leak of the case came out. …It showed the need for a serious, growing residential security unit, which is still in the process. … And we are hiring for all these units right now, at the same time.”

 

The episode also reinforced longstanding doubts about the role the Marshals Service has played inprotecting the justices and hastened moves toward bringing more of their security under the high court’s direct control.

 

Historically, the marshals have been tasked with protecting justices only on a part-time basis — typically when they traveled outside Washington.After the Dobbs leak in 2022, the marshals’ role expanded abruptly, because the court’s own police force simply lacked the personnel to provide round-the-clock protection of the justices’ homes and families==.

 

The Supreme Court Police, which began as a guard force for the building, found itself straining to meet the security demands involved in the justices’ day-to-day lives, public appearances and travels across the country and the globe.

 

“There was a passage of time there that probably didn’t need to happen,” said John Muffler, a former Marshals Service chief inspector.

 

Muffler said the Marshals Service is sometimes strained when forced to quickly contribute large numbers of personnel to long-term judicial security assignments and that in an all-hands-on-deck moment, the agents being sent “may be green around the gills.”

 

The Marshals Service recently transitioned out of its role in providing residential security for the justices,completing its transfer to Supreme Court Police just last month. Asked if that freed up personnel for other activities, theMarshals Service spokesperson called protecting the federal judicial process, including personnel and court buildings, “a core” duty, adding, “As our missions dictate, we ensure the right amount of deputies are in the right locations doing the missions that are required.”

 

Still, the varied responsibilities of the Marshals Service, including arresting fugitives, protecting lower-court federal judges and safeguarding witnesses, have also led to divides in the workforce between those who specialize in one mission but are sometimes pulled into another.

 

“Being on a protective mindset is a different skill set,” Muffler said. “The difference of somebody who’s wearing a suit and tie and an earpiece and looking sharp, and a guy that’s kicking a door in.”

 

‘Stalking the chief justice’

 

For most of the Supreme Court’s history, security seems to have been an afterthought and — to some justices — an annoyance.

 

During the 19th century, the justices regularly “rode the circuit” they were assigned to, traveling from one city to the next under their jurisdiction to hear cases. They typically went unaccompanied and sometimes encountered angry crowds or litigants. In 1839, Justice John McKinley was hit in the face by a court crier while overseeing debt-collection trials in Mississippi.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/06/28/supreme-court-justices-security-police-00969784

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 29, 2026, 11:44 p.m. No.24773322   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3326 >>3651

Kurt Schlichter

@KurtSchlichter

 

Counterpoint: It would never have been necessary if people like David hadn’t imported tens of millions of foreign invaders against our will

 

David J. Bier

@David_J_Bier

Jun 26

In many parts of the country now, ICE pays state police set up immigration checkpoints in the interior of the United States. The assault on our freedom as Americans is unrelenting.

 

POLICY SCHOLARS- BIO

David J. Bier

DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION STUDIES, AND THE SELZ FOUNDATION CHAIR IN IMMIGRATION POLICY

CATO Institute

 

Bier’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, and many other print and online publications. The US Supreme Court and multiple federal appeals courts have cited his research and writing. Bier has testified before House and Senate committees on several occasions.

 

From 2013 to 2015, Bier drafted immigration legislation as a senior policy adviser for Rep. Raúl Labrador (R‑ID), then a member and later the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 

David J. Bier is the Director of Immigration Studies and occupies The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy.He is an expert on legal immigration, border security, and interior enforcement.

 

https://x.com/KurtSchlichter/status/2071365015819767917

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 30, 2026, midnight No.24773347   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3352 >>3651

Interior Dept agrees to pay Duke Energy $129 million to cancel offshore wind project.

 

Duke to reinvest $129M after canceling NC offshore wind lease

 

Two months after the Trump administration canceled two large offshore wind energy leases, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a settlement with Duke Energy.

 

The agreement, announced Monday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum,allows Duke Energy, the state’s largest electrical producer and provider, to voluntarily terminate its federal offshore wind lease for its Carolina Long Bay project. The Carolina Long Bay project was planned around 22 miles south of Bald Head Island in Brunswick County and was expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes.

 

Federal officials say the agreement allows Duke to redirect nearly $129 million previously tied to the offshore wind project toward investments in additional generating capacity and grid improvements. According to the DOI, those investments could include new natural gas generation,advanced nuclear technologies and other infrastructure designed to improve grid reliability while helping keep customer costs as low as possible.

 

“President Trump’s vision of unleashing affordable, reliable American energy for our country’s communities and using common sense to put the American people first is being implemented,” said Burgum in a statement. “Duke Energy will now be able to convert a national security concern into projects that will lower the costs for its customers in North Carolina and surrounding states. The agreement is a win-win scenario that has become a hallmark for how the Trump administration operates.”

 

Duke’s position on offshore wind has shifted significantly over the past year. In filings with the North Carolina Utilities Commission,the company concluded that offshore wind energy production is not currently the most reliable, cost-effective energy source, and the energy companywould not be issue requests for proposals to pursue these projects.The utility cited rising project costs, lengthy development timelines and rapidly growing electricity demand driven by population growth and new industrial development.

 

The move also comes as utilities across the Southeast face record electricity demandfrom manufacturing expansion, data centers, and population growth, increasing the need for reliable and affordable electrical generation.

 

This settlement allows Duke Energy to refocus $129 million in ways that directly benefit our customers and communities in the Carolinas,” said Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy Carolinas.

 

Under the agreement, Duke Energy will reinvest nearly $129 million in additional generating capacity, which may include advancing new nuclear and natural gas generation, and grid enhancements to strengthen reliability,support continued growth in the Carolinas and keep costs as low as possible.”

 

Discussions over utility rates have been a focus during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2026 short session. Multiple bills, including SB 730, the Ratepayer Protection Act, and HB 1192, the Energy and Housing Affordability Act, have advanced through the legislative process, though neither measure has received final approval from lawmakers.

 

Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, said the settlement is a significant victory for North Carolina ratepayers, arguing itredirects investment away from costly offshore wind and toward more affordable and reliable sources of electricity.

 

“This decision will translate into a win for North Carolina ratepayers,” Balfour told Carolina Journal. “Offshore wind is an incredibly inefficient means of generating electricity, meaning it is much more expensive and far less reliable than baseload sourcesof energy like nuclear and natural gas. North Carolinians expect – and deserve – affordable electricity when they need it. Duke Energy intends to use these funds to instead invest in either nuclear, natural gas, or some combination of both, which is a beneficial trade off and improvement for electricity customers.”

 

The agreement marks another step in the Trump administration’s effort to move away from offshore wind and instead focus on expanding nuclear, natural gas and other reliable sources of electricity.

 

https://www.carolinajournal.com/duke-to-reinvest-129m-after-canceling-nc-offshore-wind-lease/

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 30, 2026, 12:07 a.m. No.24773357   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3362 >>3651

Board of trustees approves $1.9M settlement with Shirinian over Charlie Kirk comment

Olivia Lee

 

Former UT anthropology professor Tamar Shirinian is to receive $1.9 million from the university to settle her contentious wrongful termination case.

 

Shirinian’s attorney, Robert Bigelow, said the settlement “will resolve this matter in its entirety.” Bigelow filed the notice of settlement June 29, eight months after Shirinian’s lawsuit was first filed on Oct. 29.

 

UT Chancellor Donde Plowman began termination proceedings against Shirinian in September after her private online comment about the assassination of political influencer Charlie Kirk surfaced on social media, drawing the attention of state politicians and the UT community.

 

“The world is better off without him in it,” Shirinian said in the comment.

 

The board’s Audit and Compliance Committee sanctioned the settlement after its annual meeting June 29 in a separate, nonpublic meeting. The settlement must now be approved by Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.

 

Despite expressing desire to return to the classroom throughout her case,Shirinian’s agreement with the university does not include being reinstated.

 

Shirinian’s termination, which Plowman finalized in February, sparked heated discussion over free speech and due process on campus. These issues became part of a broader, national conversation over academic freedom as professors at other institutions faced terminations similar to Shirinian’s.

 

Shirinian is not the first professor in the country nor the state to receive compensation for a termination of this nature.Austin Peay State University reinstated professor Darren Michael in January, four months after he was terminated for a post he shared online after Kirk’s assassination, and paid him $500,000.

 

https://utdailybeacon.com/212550/news/board-of-trustees-approves-1-9m-settlement-with-shirinian-over-charlie-kirk-comment/

Anonymous ID: 982f11 June 30, 2026, 12:19 a.m. No.24773374   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3651

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction

Guo Wengui was convicted of massive financial fraud.

 

NEW YORK — A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China’s wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years in a U.S. prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars.

Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago and reinvented himself as a U.S.-based Communist Party critic, was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom packed with his supporters by Judge Analisa Torres. She said he “preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China,” taking their money so he could live

Before he was sentenced, Guo protested his treatment in jail, saying he was taken to the hospital early Monday. He disputed a prosecutor’s portrayal of him as a malinger faking illness, saying he repeatedly vomited as he was returned to jail before being brought to court.

“When I came here, I said: ‘I have a tummy ache, I need to go to the bathroom, I don’t feel well,’” Guo said through an interpreter of his courthouse arrival. Later, Guo wiped his mouth repeatedly with a tissue.

He only briefly addressed the criminal case, defending his intentions by saying in reference to the Chinese Communist Party: “The reason I came to the U.S. was to destroy the CCP.”

The judge, in sentencing him, read snippets of letters she received from victims who described losing their life savings and feeling severely anxious and shamed and having family members turn on them for their poor investment choice.

Torres said Guo “takes no responsibility for his actions and instead insists incredibly his conduct caused no loss and harmed no one.” She said he “has called upon supporters to harass and intimidate those who dare to speak out against him.”

The judge ordered Guo to forfeit $889 million in restitution.

Wei Chen, a victim who testified at trial, told Torres that Guo’s fraud “destroyed my life” and that of her family.

As Guo left the courtroom after the sentencing, supporters applauded and shouted toward him.

Before his arrest and detention without bail three years ago, Guo grew so close to conservative political strategist Steve Bannon that they announced a joint initiative to overthrow the Chinese government in 2020. He lived in a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park and had joined President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida golf club.

Prosecutors had requested he serve at least 30 years in prison, saying his “astonishing” fraud from 2018 to 2023 “destroyed hundreds of lives” and left “a wreckage of victims and families who have been devastated financially, emotionally, and psychologically.”

Prosecutors said in court papers that his ill-gotten riches fueled “a lifestyle of extraordinary excess and indulgence, a gilded life of mansions, yachts, race cars, designer clothes and luxury furnishings.”

Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.

In a court filing, Guo’s lawyers wrote that he was the victim of the Chinese Communist Party’s “grand, pervasive, and life threatening” pursuit of him. They alleged that the party recruited elites in U.S. business, entertainment and politics to conspire against him.

They said in presentence court papers that a lengthy prison term would only validate China’s smear campaign and “embolden further efforts to eliminate Chinese dissidents from public life” while defendants in similar cases received prison terms of two-to-four years.

The lawyers noted that a court probation officer wrote to the sentencing judge that Guo, also known as Miles Guo and Ho Wan Kwok, had scars and disfigurements from physical torture he endured in China and subsequent surgeries he underwent from 1993 to 2022 to repair the injuries.

Defense lawyers said Guo’s wealth grew as his family became the largest shareholder of China’s largest publicly traded securities company, but he became a target of Chinese government officials as he exposed them as corrupt. Eventually, the lawyers wrote, Guo moved to Hong Kong, London and then New York in 2017.

Chinese authorities accused him of rape, kidnapping, bribery and other crimes, but Guo said those allegations were false.

Prosecutors say Guo convinced hundreds of thousands of people to invest more than $1 billion, total, in entities he controlled, including his media company, GTV Media Group Inc., and his so-called Himalaya Farm Alliance and the Himalaya Exchange.

Guo, the government alleged in presentence court papers, was “entirely unrepentant” for his crimes after he took advantage of lax U.S. asylum laws to flourish in America.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/chinese-billionaire-30-years-prison-fraud-00981076