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October 2, 2025 - FBI had three informants reporting Biden corruption in Ukraine, but no record of real investigation

Senator Chuck Grassley and Chris Wray (Credit: public domain)

(…) “Whistleblowers have provided my office with two additional FBI 1023 documents. These documents memorialize statements from FBI sources,” Grassley continued. “These two new 1023 documents are from separate FBI confidential human sources during different years.”

Grassley asked Patel directly at the hearing about how the FBI handled these three related allegations from human sources and whether the bureau made any effort to corroborate or obtain any of the records cited by those sources that could serve as proof of their claims.

“Regarding those records, did the Wray FBI make any effort to determine whether they existed? Did the Wray FBI make any effort to obtain those records?” Grassley asked.

“Not to my knowledge, Mr. Chairman,” Patel replied.

Both confidential human sources told the FBI about an alleged corruption scheme involving Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings and its founder Mykola Zlochevsky, who were under investigation by the Ukrainian government, the memos show.

Allegation: Biden money laundered by Burisma through Latvia

They told the FBI that they believed Joe Biden and his son were involved in the scheme while Hunter Biden served on Burisma’s board—a claim that House Republicans separately investigated in their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.

“Burisma Holdings (Burisma) owns 13 companies, which are used to pay dividends through fake consulting contracts. The contracts are paid to US investors and funneled through Latvia and the energy sector of Ukraine,” one informant told the FBI, a February 2019 1032 shows.

“Zlochesky [sic] owns between 30% and 70% of all companies in Burisma. JBIDEN and his son, HBIDEN, have money invested into Burisma. Their investment money was passed through a shell company in Latvia,” the memo reads.

The second confidential informant said that Joe Biden used his position as vice president to advance the interests of his son and Burisma in a meeting with then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, echoing claims by the House Oversight Committee that Biden was engaged in an influence peddling scheme to win earnings for his family.

“The last time JOSEPH BIDEN visited Ukraine, BIDEN met with PETRO POROSHENKO to protect the interests of HUNTER BIDEN. JOSEPH BIDEN would “take care” of BURISMA HOLDING issues around the World and POROSHENKO would protect ZLOCHEVSKY,” a second informant said, according to an earlier June 2017.

You can read both memos released by Grassley below:

1023s_obtained_by_chairman_grassley.pdf

(Read more: Just the News, 10/2/2025)  (Archive)

Another whistleblower who was ignored – Andrii Telizhenko

GrayZone, 7/13/2023)

Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures including Joe Biden have used Ukraine for personal corruption and the geopolitical aim of bleeding Russia — all to the detriment of Ukrainians.

Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in Kyiv before moving to Ukraine’s US Embassy in 2015. He went on to work for Blue Star Strategies, a Democrat-run lobbying firm that represented Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that appointed Biden’s son Hunter to a lucrative board seat.

Telizhenko, who cooperated with Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dig up information about the Bidens’ alleged corruption in Ukraine, has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for “having directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign influence in a United States election.”

October 2, 2025 - Steve Bannon to Peter Schweizer: Charges against Comey ‘are just the appetizers’; historical roots of Lawfare

The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has raised cries of “lawfare” from Democrats declaring that President Donald Trump’s administration is going after his political opponents.

It’s a rich charge to make given the number of prosecutions against both Trump and those in his orbit during and following his first term. One of those targeted during Trump’s first term, Steve Bannon, joins The Drill Down podcast on the most recent episode.

Lawfare — the strategic use of legal systems and processes to achieve a goal traditionally pursued through political means — tries to hamstring political opponents by tying them up in court, ruining their reputation, or bankrupting or even jailing them. Yet, as host Peter Schweizer notes, one man’s idea that “no one is above the law” often clashes with the tactical harassment of a political enemy. So, which one of those is the indictment of Comey?

“I do think we have to put this in perspective because the charges just went down — the lying to Congress and obstruction of justice — are just the appetizers,” Bannon says. He believes Comey’s indictment will lead to further accountability and speculates there will be additional perjury charges coming against former CIA head John Brennan, former National Intelligence director James Clapper, and former FBI official Andrew McCabe on broader conspiracy charges.

“I think that this is going to make Watergate look like the small-time burglary that it was,” he adds.

Schweizer references the charges brought against Comey and says, “It seems to me he’s guilty of those charges, but we’ll see what the trial brings up.”

Lawfare has grown as a tactic since the 1973 Watergate scandal, and there was plenty of it during the first Trump term, used against Trump aide Carter Page and many others. Comey departed from normal FBI procedures in going after retired Gen. Mike Flynn, Trump’s first chief of staff, interrogating him without lawyers present. His case dragged on for all four years of the administration, until the DOJ eventually requested its charges be dismissed.

Schweizer mentions two well-known proponents of lawfare — New York City DA Alvin Bragg and NY Attorney General Letitia James, who campaigned for their offices by specifically promising to get Trump. “It’s not like they said, ‘Hey, we’ve been digging through some evidence, and we’ve decided here are some charges that should be brought.’ No, they said, ‘If you elect us, we will find something to charge him with,’” Schweizer says.

“The state of New York changed its constitution so that big Tish James and Bragg could come after me,” Bannon says. “They’ll do anything.”

Lawfare has become the left’s go-to means of asserting power while being out of power.

(Read more: Breitbart, 10/2/2025)  (Archive)

October 3, 2025 - Biden DOJ partnered with hate group, SPLC, to weaponize civil rights enforcement

October 4, 2025 - FBI agent is fired for refusing to arrange a perp walk for Comey

(Credit: YouTube video clipping)

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for refusing to participate in a “perp walk” of former FBI Director James Comey, who was indicted last month on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice.

Comey was charged on September 25 with making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation.

The charges against the former director stem from his September 30, 2020, testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he allegedly made false statements and obstructed a congressional investigation into leaks of sensitive information related to the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, which spawned the bogus “Russian collusion” probe into President Donald Trump.

Comey was issued a summons directing him to appear before to appear a federal court in Northern Virginia for an arraignment on October 9. His lawyers have notified prosecutors that he intends to appear.

According to a report from CBS News, senior FBI officials have discussed the possibility of apprehending the former director and bringing him in for his arraignment as opposed to letting him self-surrender, according to a report from CBS News. According to the report, citing multiple sources familiar with the mater,  the bureau has weighed the possibility of having agents in “full kit,” including kevlar vests and “exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo” conduct the arrest.

Hundreds of January 6 defendants — the majority of whom were charged with non-violent trespassing crimes, as well as senior Trump advisors Peter Navarro, Roger Stone and other targets of the Biden-led Justice Department — were subjected to predawn raids by heavily-armed FBI tactical teams rather than being given the opportunity to self-surrender.

CBS News reported that Chris Ray, a supervisory special agent in the violent crimes division of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, was tasked with the order of putting together the operation. Ray refused, “believing it would be inappropriate and highly unusual for a white-collar defendant like Comey,” a source familiar with the matter told the outlet.

Ray was then suspended for insubordination, according to the source. (Read more: Trending Politica, 10/4/2025)  (Archive)

October 4, 2025 - Feds charge two with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of Federal agents in Chicago; Chicago PD refuse help

Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz (Credit: public domain)

Two individuals have been charged in federal court with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents in Chicago.

According to a criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago, MARIMAR MARTINEZ and ANTHONY IAN SANTOS RUIZ used their vehicles to strike a vehicle being driven by an agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Saturday morning near the intersection of West 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue on Chicago’s Southwest Side.  Two other CBP agents were also in the government vehicle. After striking the agents’ vehicle, the defendants’ vehicles boxed in the agents’ vehicle, the complaint states. The agent was unable to move his vehicle and exited the car, at which point he fired approximately five shots from his service weapon at Martinez, the complaint states.

Martinez drove off but paramedics discovered her and her vehicle at a repair shop about a mile away.  Martinez was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she received treatment for gunshot wounds, the complaint states.

Ruiz also drove away after the collisions, but law enforcement located him and his vehicle at a gas station about a half block away, the complaint states.  Both defendants remain in law enforcement custody, pending initial appearances in federal court in Chicago.

The complaint charges Martinez, 30, and Ruiz, 21, both of Chicago, with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer.

The federal charges were announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI.

The public is reminded that a complaint contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt.  The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

(Department of Justice, 10/5/2025)  (Archive)

The punishment could include DECADES in federal prison for Marimar Martinez.

18 U.S.C. § 111 — Assaulting Federal Officers
• This is the core charge: assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer or employee.

• Because she was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, the assault involves a “deadly or dangerous weapon.”

• Maximum penalty: Up to 20 years in federal prison.
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18 U.S.C. § 924(c) — Using or Carrying a Firearm During a Crime of Violence

• Simply having a firearm “in furtherance of” a violent federal crime (like assaulting an officer) triggers a mandatory consecutive sentence.

Mandatory minimum penalties:

• 5 years for possessing the gun
• 7 years if the firearm was brandished

These years are added on top of any other sentence — they must run consecutively.
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18 U.S.C. § 115 — Retaliating Against or Intimidating Federal Officials

• If her motive was to retaliate against or intimidate the officials (it was) because of their duties, § 115 also applies.

• Penalties: Up to 10 years (threats) or 20 years (actual assault or injury). Several federal officers were injured.
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Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer (18 U.S.C. § 1114)

•If the intent was to kill (it was) — and especially if she used the car as a weapon (she did) — prosecutors could charge attempted murder of a federal officer.

• Penalty: Up to life imprisonment
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Destruction of Government Property (§ 1361) or Vehicle as a Weapon (§ 111(b))

• The vehicle itself can be treated as a “dangerous weapon” under § 111(b).

She rammed a federal vehicle therefore adding additional charges for property destruction adding up to 10 years (or more if damage exceeds $1,000).

She injured and attempted to kill a federal official, federal prosecutors can stack several of these charges, leading to a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.

This footage is NOT from the attack in Chicago involving the 10 car caravan blockading our law enforcement, not involving “La Maggie.” This is from ANOTHER vehicular assault later that day in Chicago where an individual rammed an @ICEGov vehicle. This violence is rampant, as much as JB Pritzker wants to white wash the facts on the ground.

October 5, 2025 - Maria Bartiromo reveals the document deep state actors were looking for during the Mar-a-Lago raid but couldn’t find

(…) On Sunday, Maria Bartiromo invited former Congressman Devin Nunes on her popular morning show.

During their discussion, Maria held up a copy of one of the reports the FBI-Deep State- Biden regime was looking for during their raid on Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

The FBI was looking for  the Majority (Republican) Report on the Intelligence Community Assessment of the Russia influence campaign targeting the 2016 election.

** Here is a copy of the now declassified document that explains how the Democrats and Deep State apparatus worked to frame candidate Trump on bogus charges of Russia collusion to take the attention away from Hillary Clinton’s criminal email scandal!

NOTE: The Gateway Pundit posted a link on Sunday to the report that would not work later in the day.

So TGP downloaded the entire document — HERE IS A COPY OF THE ENTIRE REPORT.

The report was finally declassified in July 2025.

A synopsis of the unclassified report on the so-called Russian interference in the 2016 election:

** There was NO evidence that Putin wanted Trump to win.

** There is NO evidence Trump worked with Putin in anyway to swing the election.

** Leadership at the FBI, CIA, and Democrat leaders including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all lied to the American public in their attempt to bring down the Trump administration.

** President Trump survived a coup of gigantic proportions that was nothing short of a miracle.

** Numerous top officials committed crimes and participated in the attempted coup.

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 10/5/2025)  (Archive)

October 5, 2025 - Russ Vought drops the hammer and freezes $18 billion of New York DEI mandated/Green Energy funds

Russ Vought just dropped the hammer on Schumer and Jeffries!

$8 [$18] BILLION in New York funding is now frozen.

The Hudson Tunnel project and the Second Avenue Subway extension, the crown jewels of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ New York empire, are suddenly on ice.

Why? Because Vought made it crystal clear: federal dollars will not be spent on projects warped by unconstitutional DEI mandates.

For decades, Democrats have treated the federal treasury like their personal piggy bank.

They demand billions for “infrastructure” in New York City, then quietly lace the contracts with race based quotas, equity requirements, and woke nonsense that has nothing to do with pouring concrete or laying steel.

It has always been about power, patronage, and ideology.

And every time, taxpayers from Iowa to Ohio foot the bill.

Not this time.

Vought’s move landed like a thunderclap.

Billions that Schumer and Jeffries were counting on just vanished overnight.

Projects they bragged about back home are now stalled because their gravy train runs on DEI fuel.

And when the watchdogs furloughed by the shutdown cannot rubber stamp the spending, the money does not move.

Cue the outrage.

Governor Kathy Hochul is already screaming about “political payback.”

Schumer and Jeffries are panicking because they know their constituents will blame them when the subway extension stalls and the Hudson Tunnel grinds to a halt.

But let us be clear.

This is not sabotage.

This is accountability.

This is what happens when you build billion dollar projects on an unconstitutional foundation.

The Left has grown comfortable with shutdown theater.

They threaten chaos, point fingers, and then quietly cash their checks while the rest of America pays the price.

But this time the script flipped.

Vought did not blink.

He froze their money and told them: if you cannot build without woke ideology, you do not get to build at all.

And that is why this moment matters.

It is proof that conservatives do not have to sit back and complain about waste and woke overreach.

With the right leadership, we can choke off the slush funds, dry up the equity mandates, and put America First in how our money is spent.

So let the Democrats howl.

Let the media rage.

At the end of the day, $18 billion is locked up, New York’s political machine just got kneecapped, and Schumer and Jeffries are left explaining to their voters why their pet projects are stalled.

The message is clear.

UNLEASH RUSS VOUGHT!

October 6, 2026 - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson creates ‘ICE-free zones' to impede illegal alien arrests

During a Monday press conference, the left-wing Democrat mayor excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as “a rogue, reckless group of heavily armed, masked individuals” and claimed to have made certain parts of the city off-limits to federal law enforcement officers.

Johnson claimed that his order “establishes ICE-free zones.”

“In recent weeks, federal agents used several City-owned properties — including parking lots near Harrison and Kedzie, and a vacant lot at 46th and Damen — as staging sites for immigration enforcement. Such use of City property undermines community trust and runs counter to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance, which ensures that all residents — regardless of immigration status — can live, work, and seek services without fear,” Johnson bloviated.

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids,” the mayor added.

At the press conference, Johnson blasted the Trump administration.

“We have a rogue, reckless group of heavily armed, masked individuals roaming throughout our city that are not accountable to the people of Chicago,” he exclaimed. “Their actions put all Chicagoans at risk.”

“Our school parking lots are not for ICE to load their weapons; they are for Chicagoans who drop their kids off to learn,” he said. “Our libraries are not for ICE to prepare for a raid; they’re for Chicagoans to read and relax. Our parks are not for ICE to set up checkpoints; they are for Chicagoans to play and enjoy.”

The mayor’s office later followed up by posting the order to social media.

“We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority.” Johnson’s office said after he signed this likely illegal order meant to impede federal law enforcement. “ICE agents are detaining elected officials, tear-gassing protestors, children, and Chicago police officers, and abusing Chicago residents. We will not stand for that in our city. With this Executive Order, Chicago stands firm in protecting the Constitutional rights of our residents and immigrant communities and upholding our democracy.”

Johnson also escalated his dangerous, violent rhetoric by claiming that center-right Americans “want a re-match of the Civil War” and that Trump has “declared war on the people of Chicago and people across America.”

(Read more: Breitbart, 10/6/2025) (Archive)

October 6, 2025 - A financier of international Antifa and the author of the Antifa Handbook, announces he is fleeing to Europe

Mark Bray @Mark__Bray, a financier of international Antifa and the author of the Antifa Handbook, has announced he is fleeing to Europe (believed to be Spain). The announcement follows the U.S. government declaring Antifa domestic terrorists, and the intelligence community looking to establish the international links to declare international Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization.

Without evidence, Bray says the reason is because of “death threats + doxing.” Bray is one of the major financiers of the International Antifa Defence Fund, which also announced that it was shutting down to relocate its operations abroad in an attempt to escape U.S. prosecution.

@RutgersU employs the violent extremist advocate as an assistant teaching professor. He previously taught at Dartmouth and earned a rare rebuke for his advocacy of Antifa political violence. Antifa believe in maiming and killing targets branded as “fascists” to further their terrorist cause. (Dartmouth)

October 7, 2025 - The Salt Lake Tribune incites violence with “Hole-in-the Head” cartoon

The Salt Lake Tribune published a cartoon calling for the assassination of Utah Republican lawmakers nearly one month after Charlie Kirk was murdered in Utah.

TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University last month.

Earlier this week, nearly one month to the day that Charlie Kirk was murdered by a pro-transgender leftist, one of Utah’s oldest newspapers called for more Republicans to be assassinated.

“Less than a month removed from Charlie’s assassination in Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune published this cartoon entitled “The Hole-in-the-Head Gang” depicting a wanted poster with elected officials from the state (with red around the neck?!),” said Andrew Kolvet, Executive Producer of the Charlie Kirk Show.

“Absolutely disgusting,” he added.

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 10/11/2025) (Archive)

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October 7, 2025 - Violent protest leads to multiple arrests and injured officers in downtown Boston

At about 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, officers assigned to District A-1, the Citywide Bicycle Unit, Special Operations, and multiple units citywide responded to the Boston Common for the commencement of a rally.

At approximately 6:46 PM, while officers were responding to an unrelated emergency three blocks away, the protest group, estimated at 200 to 300 individuals, blocked Tremont Street near Winter Street, preventing police vehicles from passing. Many protesters, wearing facial coverings and gloves, interlocked arms, chanted over amplified bullhorns, and refused to clear the roadway.

When officers attempted to move the group to the sidewalk to allow emergency vehicles to pass, protesters surrounded police cruisers, kicked vehicle doors, and resisted dispersal efforts. Several officers were assaulted during this period, including one struck in the face. Protesters also ignited smoke devices and flares, further endangering officers and bystanders.

As violence escalated, additional police resources were deployed to the intersection of Tremont and Winter Streets, where protesters continued to resist dispersal. Officers engaged in crowd control to restore order and effect lawful arrests.

During the disturbance, officers reported equipment being forcibly removed or damaged, including body-worn cameras, radios, bicycles, and other duty gear. Despite these challenges, officers made numerous arrests of individuals engaged in unlawful assembly, violent resistance, and the obstruction of emergency response efforts.

Four officers were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. No arrestees required medical attention.

The following individuals were placed under arrest and are expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court:

  • Osama Khatib, 26, of Watertown charged with Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct, Disturbing the Peace
  • Roder Atwood, 21, of Somerville charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Unlawful Assembly, Disturbing the Peace, Interfering with a Police Officer, Destruction of Property, Assault and Battery on a Police Officer, Assault and Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury
  • Atalanta Carrig-Braun, 20, of Boston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Haley MacIntyre, 24, of Dorchester charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Madeline Weikel, 27, of Watertown charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Jacob Pettigrew, 22, of Malden charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Amun Prophet, 25, of Allston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Laith Hintzman, 19, of Boston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Benjamin Choucroun, 20, of Medford charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Owen Woodcock, 26, of Boston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Prahlad Iyengar, 25, of Boston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Styx Hatch, 19, of Boston charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace
  • Gabrielle Smith, 28, of Cambridge charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Disturbing the Peace

This remains an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact District A-1 Detectives at (617) 343-4571.

Anyone with information related to similar illegal activity is encouraged to contact the Boston Police Department, or call 911 in case of an emergency. (Boston Police Department, 10/8/2025)  (Archive)  h/t Gateway Pundit

October 8, 2025 - Eric Trump erupts on Chris Cuomo and drops truth bombs about the weaponization of government against his family

Chris Cuomo has an uncomfortable moment on-air as he sets Eric Trump OFF into a rage over his comments about Trump going after his political opponents.

This did not sit well with Eric, who blew up on Cuomo for nearly 3 minutes straight.

CUOMO: “Do you think that it is fair to say it looks like the administration is going after its political opponents now and doing exactly what you say you oppose?”

TRUMP: “What, Comey?… It certainly seemed like he lied to me. I’m also wondering what an FBI director is doing taking memos from the FBI and leaking them to The New York Times.”

That’s when Trump got personal, accusing Cuomo of playing coy even though his own family had also faced political lawfare.

Cuomo pushed back, insisting he wasn’t being coy… before accusing the Trump administration of going “right after Biden.”

Eric Trump then rattled off a series of examples to prove that his father is the victim, not the aggressor, in what can only be described as a mic-drop moment:

• “Did we raid Biden’s home?”

• “Did we try and bankrupt Biden?”

• “Did we weaponize every AG and DA against Biden?”

• “Did we do that against Hunter Biden, who had a laptop from hell, pictures of cocaine, illicit drug use, prostitution?”

• “Did we make up a dirty dossier about Biden?”

• “Did they try and destroy Biden’s marriage?”

• “Did we make up stories that Biden had secret servers in the basement of his home communicating with the Kremlin in Russia?”

• “Did we strip Biden off the ballot of multiple states?”

• “Did we take Biden off of Twitter and Instagram and Facebook and try and silence his voice so he couldn’t communicate?”

• “Did we put Biden in a courtroom every single day, 91 felony counts that have all been overturned for my father now for nonsense, to try and keep him off of a campaign trail and to try and destroy his life. DID WE DO ANY OF THAT?”

ERIC TRUMP: They Raided Mar-A-Lago Over “National Archives”? A Glorified Library Wasn’t Calling The Shots. It Was All About Destroying My Father And Our family

October 8, 2025 - James Comey pleads not guilty to federal charges

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty in federal court on Oct. 8 to charges of making a false statement and obstructing a congressional proceeding.

Comey, 64, dressed in a dark suit and red tie, sat quietly at the defense table throughout the proceeding. His attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, requested a jury trial.

The trial date is tentatively set for Jan. 5, 2026, although Fitzgerald said he intends to argue that the case is politically motivated and seek a dismissal.

The federal government was represented by Lindsey Halligan, U.S. attorney for the district of Eastern Virginia, who brought the indictment, accompanied by Gabriel Diaz and Nathaniel Lemons.

On arrival, Comey bypassed the public entrance to the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse, where a handful of protesters carried signs denouncing the charges as a weaponization of government.

Comey appeared before Judge Michael Nachmanoff, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a former public defender who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021. Nachmanoff was randomly assigned to the case.

Before releasing Comey on personal recognizance, Nachmanoff instructed attorneys for both sides to agree on a discovery schedule by Oct. 10 or else submit their proposed schedules by Oct. 13.

The judge instructed the Department of Justice to provide security clearances as necessary if any evidence in the trial is classified.

Initially, Comey was set to be arraigned on Oct. 9, but the hearing in Alexandria, Va., was moved to the morning of Oct. 8. Both charges stem from Comey’s Sept. 30, 2020, testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Read more: Epoch Times, 10/8/2025)  (Archive)

October 8, 2025 - Highlights of Trump's White House roundtable on Antifa violence

US President Donald Trump chairs a roundtable about Antifa in the White House State Dining Room (Credit: Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump hosted a White House roundtable discussion on Antifa violence—focusing on the anti-fascist movement’s alleged role in domestic unrest. The event took place in the State Dining Room and featured administration officials, conservative influencers, and independent journalists who shared personal accounts of confrontations with Antifa members.

Key Participants The event included a mix of high-level officials and media figures critical of Antifa:
Category
Participants
Administration Officials
– President Donald Trump (host) – Attorney General Pam Bondi – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem – FBI Director Kash Patel – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Journalists & Influencers
– Andy Ngo (conservative journalist, known for covering Antifa in Portland) – Jack Posobiec (right-wing commentator) – Brandi Kruse (former reporter focused on Portland protests) – Nick Sortor (independent journalist recently arrested near an ICE facility in Portland) – Jonathan Choe (Seattle-based reporter)

(Grok)

During a press conference on Wednesday, President Trump said “the people that fund [antifa]. Probably some of the people I know, some of the people I dine with.”

Andy Ngo, an independent journalist for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news site, spoke to President Donald Trump Wednesday during a roundtable about covering protests and Antifa.

Ngo described the times he has been attacked while covering protests.

“Thank you so much for acknowledging Antifa, and directing your administration to treat them as domestic terrorists. It’s going to be really challenging.”

During the meeting, independent journalists from the Pacific Northwest shared their encounters with Antifa while covering protests.

Brandi Kruse, an independent journalist based in Seattle who has developed a large following through her political Podcast unDivided with Brandi Kruse, urged the federal government to take action.

“So we want the federal government to take as many cases as possible,” Kruse said. “Look at the interstate travel between Portland and Seattle when it comes to these people committing violent acts. And hopefully in 3 and a half years they will be a shell of their former selves.”

…

Another Independent investigative journalist Katie Daviscourt also attended and recounted her experience of being injured during a protest at a Portland ICE facility.

“Black clad anarchist militants concealing their faces behind facial coverings have been assaulting reporters just for being able to cover their crimes,” Daviscourt said. “Today I am sitting here with a black eye and a concussion after being violently hit in the face with a pole while reporting outside the ICE facility just this past week.”

Seamus Bruner

During a White House roundtable on Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with independent journalists and researchers who’ve directly encountered Antifa’s violence.

Among the panelists was Seamus Bruner, research director at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), who described the administration’s “whole-of-government” crackdown now underway.

“President Trump is taking it very seriously,” Bruner said. “This is not just a story about violence and chaos, as you alluded to, Mr. President. This is a money story. At the Government Accountability Institute, my colleague Peter Schweizer and I, along with our team, followed the money — and we followed it to the top of what we call the protest industrial complex: Riot, Inc.”

Bruner laid out shocking findings from GAI’s research, revealing that over $100 million has flowed through radical networks connected to Antifa and similar groups, including at least $4 million in U.S. taxpayer cash.

He noted that these networks bankroll bail funds and activist legal groups that help violent offenders return to the streets within hours of arrest, perpetuating an endless protest cycle in Democrat-run cities like Portland, Seattle, and Chicago.

GAI investigations, Bruner said, have uncovered patterns of paid transportation, coordinated logistics, and exploitation of homeless individuals, all tied to left-wing funding pipelines that stretch across states.

Perhaps most damning, Bruner revealed that U.S. taxpayer funds have been intertwined with these radical networks, either through grants to partner nonprofits or government-backed foundations.

He specifically cited the “Stop Cop City” riots in Atlanta, where more than 60 militants were charged with domestic terrorism, noting that several groups involved received money from the same pool of left-wing foundations and government grants.

Seamus Bruner:
“We found a network of NGOs. It’s not just the Soros network — the Open Society network — it’s other funding networks: the Arabella funding network, the Tides funding network, Neville Roy Singham and his network, and foreign cash. It’s also big left-wing funders. Some of them are not even citizens of this country — Mr. Hansjörg Wyss of Switzerland.

They’re pouring money into this entire ecosystem. So I want to share three money facts with you about what we call Riot, Inc.
Number one: like any corporation, Riot, Inc. has many divisions.

It doesn’t just have the Antifa “boots-on-the-ground” division — it has PR divisions, marketing divisions, and a very well-funded legal division to get these “boots on the ground” back on the streets as quickly as possible.

But it does have those investors that I mentioned.

Number two: we have identified dozens of radical organizations — not just the decentralized Antifa groups — but dozens of radical organizations that have received more than $100 million from the Riot, Inc. investors. These would be the lawyer groups, the advocacy groups that label good, honest Americans as “fascists,” etc.

And then, number three — I think the most shocking thing — we found that more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funding has flowed into these funding networks, including at least $4 million directly to these groups themselves.

Not just Antifa types. There was an event in Atlanta called “Stop Cop City.” Over 60 rioters were charged with domestic terrorism. These groups received money for that — from both the billionaire class and taxpayer funds.

One other thing — this money also helps fund decentralized crowdfunding platforms. These are the ways Antifa, the John Brown Gun Club of Elm Fork (which had links to the attack on the ICE facility), and the Socialist Rifle Association receive money.

And just because they don’t have LLCs or EIN numbers doesn’t mean they can’t get paid. Some of these crowdfunding platforms are funded by this network we call Riot, Inc.

So again, I want to thank you for your leadership — for the whole Cabinet’s leadership on this. We’re going to keep following the money and appreciate everything you’re doing, sir.”

Elon Musk chimed in, blasting the report and declaring, “It’s way more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money.”

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October 7, 2025 - Obama's Spies & Lies: The Junk Intel Scandal - Declassified

People in Washington DC are starting to realize the full scale of the Obama surveillance system. All of the evidence and datapoints, those released and those yet to surface, flow in one direction. Even the professionally reluctant are starting to admit.

What Obama, Biden, Comey, Crossfire Hurricane, Robert Mueller, Arctic Frost and Jack Smith were doing, was using their offices -and govt systems- to watch their opposition, spy on them, then take action based on the results.

Friend of the Treehouse John Spiropoulos has put together a series of videos explaining how President Obama, FBI Director James Comey and CIA Director John Brennan constructed a coverup to hide their political surveillance operation. Today, the fourth segment in the series.

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From the perspective of Obama, Comey and Brennan, expanding Hillary Clinton’s Trump-Russia collusion narrative was the key element to hide the activity of the administration prior to the November 2016 election.  That’s the motive for the FBI and CIA to collaborate on the agenda after the shocking outcome of the 2016 election result; but pay close attention to the activity of the primary “at risk” official, James Comey.

The December ‘16  Joint Analysis Report (JAR), and the January ’17 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), were fabricated to enhance a spying coverup. Spiropoulos has taken the time to put the deconstruction of the ICA into a simple to follow video format.

From a risk management perspective, initially the surveillance and spying operation was a low-risk endeavor. Obama held power and was going to hand off operations to Hillary. The Clinton administration would retain the officials who were doing the surveillance/spying, and no one would ever know.

Donald Trump was not expected to win the election. When he did, all of the participants were suddenly at risk. President Obama and every member of his cabinet involved in the spying operations, then used Clinton’s “Russiagate” smear to cover up Obama’s “Spygate” activity.

The IRS was used to identify targets 2010 through 2012, until discovered in April ’12.  Suddenly, President Obama has a problem. President Obama then sends his Chief of Staff, Jack Lew, to run the IRS and block discoveries around the IRS weaponization.

From 2012 through April 2016, the Obama administration was spying on their political opposition using the FBI to conduct surveillance through their access to the NSA database.

In April 2016, NSA Admiral Mike Rogers was alerted by the NSA compliance officer who noted the uptick in database access activity by the FBI searching the Republican primary candidate field.

Post April 2016, the Obama administration had a problem. Enter FBI operation “Crossfire Hurricane,” July 2016, in an effort to remove the political risk.

October 2016, the FBI rushes a FISA application through the FISC, circumventing the missing ‘Woods File’, with the Chris Steele dossier as evidence.

October 2016, NSA Director Rogers sends the first official notification of the FBI using the NSA database to the oversight body, the FISA Court.

December 2016, worried about Trump now discovering the NSA database spying, the Obama administration wraps the Clinton smear into official policy, blaming the Russians and validating Crossfire Hurricane. That’s where the Intelligence Community Assessment becomes critical.

May 2017, needing to extend the coverup of the FBI activity, special counsel Robert Mueller then takes over Crossfire Hurricane. All FBI evidence and personnel transfers to Mueller.

April 2019, Robert Mueller operation wraps up, prior activity coverup shifts to Impeachment process.

July 2019, John Durham kicks in extending DOJ/FBI control through 2020 election.

Fall 2020, mail-in ballots triggered to facilitate 2020 election outcome.

January 2021, FBI triggers Operation Arctic Frost, targeting Trump supporters and 2020 election researchers. FBI again using NSA database search queries to identify targeting.

March 2021, FBI Arctic Frost results fed to J6 Committee and DHS. TSA trigger “Quiet Skies” targeting via results from Arctic Frost.

August 2022, FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago to retrieve any evidence Donald Trump might have of FBI spying and surveillance activity.

September 2023, Jack Smith targets congressional members who had contact with President Trump.

It’s one long continuum of coverup activity within Main Justice and the FBI, supported by all other various agencies who operate in support. What are they covering up? The 2012 through 2016 political spying operation within the Obama administration, as carried out by the same Main Justice and FBI operations.

Let’s Roll America/John Spiropoulos

(Conservative Treehouse, 10/7/2025) (Archive)

(Timeline editor’s note: Conservative Treehouse has given permission to anyone who wants to republish their work.)

October 8, 2025 - House Oversight: Biden's staff ordered the CIA to suppress a report voicing concerns about his son Hunter’s corrupt foreign business dealings

October 8, 2025 - FBI Director Kash Patel says 110,000 gang members are running wild on Chicago streets

FBI Director Kash Patel says there are FBI Director Kash Patel says there are 110 THOUSAND GANG MEMBERS on the streets of Chicago

“We learned that the Chicago city streets have 110,000 gang members. That’s right. You heard me right. They had 1,200 shootings this year alone, 360 homicides.”

“When politicians choose to side with those metrics and not their citizenry, thank God we have President Trump and this Department of Justice and this FBI going in there and crushing violent crime.”

“And President Trump sent us into these cities quietly to set the stage, to set up for the National Guard, to see the success that we saw in Washington, D.C., in Memphis.”

“The agents at the FBI know that they have the backing of the American people and their government.”

October 8, 2025 - Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be jailed

As The Gateway Pundit reported, federal officers from CBP and ICE were recently ambushed by a convoy of roughly ten vehicles in what officials described as a “coordinated assault” by domestic extremists against law enforcement.

Chicago police, however, were explicitly ordered to stand down and ignore the distress calls from federal agents.

“The governor knew about it, the mayor knew about it,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday, while suggesting criminality.

Trump called for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be jailed on Truth Social this morning, stating, “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!“

When questioned on whether he has asked the Justice Department to look into charging the disgraced mayor and governor, Trump did not say, but he did describe the move to have police stand down as “illegal.”

Trump passed the question to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said the elected officials in Illinois “should absolutely be prosecuted.”

Noem further revealed that police in Portland were witnessed by ICE officers “cheering” with “fists in the air” for Antifa terrorists that were calling for the murder of ICE officers. “Those kind of individuals who are perpetuating murder should absolutely be prosecuted, in my opinion,” she said.

(Read more: Gateway Pundit, 10/8/2025) (Archive)

October 9, 2025 - Letitia James is indicted by a grand jury for mortgage fraud

New York Attorney General has been indicted in Virginia, according to deep state reporter Scott MacFarlane of CBS News.

Reuters confirms:

October 9 (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.

CNN has more details and background here.

Here’s more from AP News.

(Revolver News, 10/09/2025)

‘Hoisted On Her Own Petard’: Gregg Jarrett Breaks Down How Letitia James Incriminated Herself

October 9, 2025 - FBI fires 2 special agents who worked on Jack Smith probe

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The FBI has fired two special agents involved in former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump, according to multiple reports.

On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released an unclassified document showing that the FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress in 2023. The document, dated Sept. 27, 2023, says a bureau special agent — whose name is redacted — completed “preliminary toll analysis” of eight Republican senators and one GOP representative.

The records obtained were of the lawmakers’ communications Jan. 4-7 in 2021, covering events prior to, during and after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the committee said in a news release. The committee, chaired by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), added that the data obtained shows when and to whom a call was made, the duration of the call and the location of the call. It does not include what was said on the call. (The Hill, 10/09/2025)

The FBI has reportedly fired two special agents that were part of special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and his election challenges.

The names of the agents have not been made public, according to The Hill. NBC News reported that while the bureau fired at least two agents, it took some form of personnel action against three.

The move follows revelations that the FBI had surveilled the phone records of multiple congressional Republicans as part of operation “Arctic Frost,” a precursor investigation of Smith’s probe.

All three of the agents who faced personnel action were listed in documents related to Arctic Frost.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.

(Just the News, 10/09/2025)