(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Some might call it the latest sign that the U.S. government is a collapsing empire—though compared to the civil liberties abuses, endless wars and theft of taxpayer funds, others might argue that it’s not the most vulgar event to transpire on Capitol Hill.
In any event,...
(The Center Square) A former top FBI agent was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for helping a Russian oligarch avoid U.S. sanctions.
Charles McGonigal, 55, the former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York was sentenced to 50 months in...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) About a decade before the FBI infiltrated Midwest militias and fomented a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the bureau targeted Alaska’s militias as part of an apparent attempt to disrupt what was once a thriving Tea Party movement in that state.
The FBI’s main...
(Headline USA) A federal grand jury in Montana has indicted two men accused of killing about 3,600 birds, including bald eagles and golden eagles, and selling them on the black market.
The indictment returned in U.S. District Court last week charges Simon Paul and Travis John Branson with 13 counts of...
(Headline USA) The man charged with setting a small fire at the courthouse hosting Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial burned papers bearing complaints about criminal justice, prosecutors said Thursday.
Wednesday's fire forced an evacuation of the main Manhattan civil court building hours after testimony wrapped up in the former president's trial. But there was no...
(Headline USA) A man who climbed onto a campaign event platform in upstate New York last year and accosted Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin received three years probation Thursday.
David Jakubonis approached the then-U.S. representative while carrying a keychain with two sharp points at a campaign rally near Rochester, New York in...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) It was a bold claim made by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., last month at a congressional hearing: Two busloads of FBI informants were sent to Washington DC to foment violence at the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest-turned-riot.
Days later, Higgins doubled down on his claim, telling Newsmax there were...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A federal appeals court has upheld the firing of former FBI agent Michael Langeman, who was found to have mishandled the investigation into sex abuse allegations against USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Langeman had sued the FBI in late 2021, after Deputy Director Paul Abbate fired...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker announced Thursday that he’s expecting to be charged for entering the Capitol to document events during the Jan. 6, 2021, protest-turned-riot.
“I have to self-surrender on Tuesday. Charges are yet unknown,” he said. “Stay tuned for more information to follow this...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In August, the alleged “ringleaders” of the 2020 militia conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed appeals to overturn their convictions due to FBI malfeasance and a lack of a fair trial.
In their appeals, Adam Fox and Barry Croft pointed out in their appeals that their lawyers said they were improperly...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A shocking new poll from the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports revealed that one in every five voters who sent mail-in votes for the 2020 election engaged in vote fraud in one way or another.
When asked if they filled out a ballot for a friend...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) When it was revealed earlier this month that the inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin was previously an FBI informant, numerous conservative pundits jumped to the conclusion that the U.S. government was purposely trying to Chauvin—the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murder after George...