Oprah Allegedly Disables Instagram Comments over Epstein Accusations

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Oprah Allegedly Disables Instagram Comments over Epstein Accusations

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Social media users have accused leftist billionaire Oprah Winfrey of being listed on Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous flight records, reportedly prompting her team to deactivate comments on her Instagram account. 

Winfrey, along with other celebrities, was falsely implicated in the infamous flight records tied to Epstein-sponsored trips, widely associated with a child sex trafficking ring. 

Several users, some with substantial followings, implied that Winfrey was involved in “young girls getting raped by Bill Clinton and many others at Epstein’s pedophile island.”

Amid these damning allegations, Winfrey appeared to limit her followers’ ability to comment on her Instagram photos, some Twitter users claimed.

 

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Spanish-language Journalist Eduardo Menoni, one of the first individuals to report the alleged comment disabling, reported: “Are the Pedophile and progressive caste of the United States afraid?”

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel also faced accusations. However, he threatened legal action against quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who mentioned his name while discussing the Epstein documents on a podcast.

While the exact timing of Oprah’s comment deactivation isn’t immediately clear, this wouldn’t be the first time of her limiting social media interaction if proven.

According to WBLS, Winfrey disabled her Instagram comments in September 2023 amid widespread criticism for a perceived meager $5 million donation to Maui wildfire victims. 

Critics at the time highlighted the gap between her $5 million pledge and her billion-dollar net worth. Dwayne Johnson, also known as the Rock, faced similar backlash.

What’s Trending reported Winfrey also disabled her comment section in 2020, following the announcement of The Oprah Conversation. At the time, Winfrey came under fire over allegations raised by so-called “QAnon” Twitter accounts.

At the time, some users claimed that Winfrey was arrested for an alleged global sex-trafficking ring.

The allegations prompted a responsen from Winfrey. “Just got a phone call that my name is trending. And being trolled for some awful FAKE thing. It’s NOT TRUE. Haven’t been raided, or arrested. Just sanitizing and self distancing with the rest of the world. Stay safe everybody,” she said on Twitter.

Most recently, Winfrey faced criticism from supporters of actress Taraji P. Henson, who, in a now-viral video, admitted to having contemplated rejecting a role in the film The Color Purple due to low pay. The movie, produced by Winfrey, is a re-adaptation of the 1985 film in which Winfrey acted. 

“I almost had to walk away from The Color Purple,” Henson claimed of the Winfrey-produced film. “Yes, ma’am. … If I don’t take a stand, how am I making it easy for Fantasia [Barrino] and Danielle [Brooks] and Halle [Bailey] and Phylicia [Pearl Mpasi]? Why am I doing this, if it’s all just for me?” 

In the video, Henson also expressed frustration with “Uncle Sam” for claiming nearly half of her income through taxes. Many accused Winfrey of refusing to pay Henson a fair salary.

DOJ Seeks 10 Months Imprisonment for Jan. 6 Journalist

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DOJ Seeks 10 Months Imprisonment for Jan. 6 Journalist

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Justice Department attorneys have asked a judge to send journalist Stephen Horn to prison for 10 months after he was found guilty of four misdemeanor charges stemming from his reporting of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising.

As Headline USA has reported, Horn, by all accounts, was engaging in purely journalistic activities on Jan. 6. The FBI received a tip from someone that identified Horn as a journalist, and charging documents describe him as acting entirely peacefully.

However, the DOJ argued Wednesday that Horn was little different than protestors who committed violence on Jan. 6.

According to the DOJ, him chanting “USA! USA!” with other protestors disqualified him from being considered a journalist—ignoring the fact that undercover officers also chanted “USA!,” along with urging other protestors to “Go! Go! Go!” and to “Keep going! Keep going!” as they entered the Capitol building.

The DOJ also argued that because Horn separated himself from the rest of the crowd upon entering the Capitol building, that somehow means he’s not a journalist.

“His actions were not consistent with that of a journalist. For example, minutes after he entered the Capitol building, Horn walked down an empty hallway away from the initial influx of rioters storming the Capitol,” the DOJ said.

And even though the U.S. Probation Office calculated that Horn’s misdemeanors merit a zero- to six-month prison sentence, the DOJ urged for 10 months of incarceration, 12 months of supervised release, 60 hours of community service, and $500 in restitution.

“Since January 6, Horn has expressed no remorse for the effect of the riot, nor has he accepted responsibility for his participation,” the DOJ said.

“Accordingly, the nature and the circumstances of this offense establish the clear need for a sentence of ten months of incarceration in this matter.”

Horn said he plans issuing his own sentencing memorandum next week.

Prior to his jury trial and conviction last September, the journalist had refused a deal offered by the U.S. government to receive probation in exchange for his guilty plea.

“They wanted me to admit I was there ‘protesting, picketing or demonstrating.’ I was like, ‘Well I can’t really do that because I wasn’t protesting, I wasn’t picketing and I wasn’t parading,’” he told Headline USA in June.

“Obviously, I can’t sign a document saying I did these things when I didn’t.”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Companies Aren’t Bringing Back Variety of Pre-COVID Shopping

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Companies Aren’t Bringing Back Variety of Pre-COVID Shopping

(Eli Pacheco, Headline USA) Reduced retail options from COVID-19-era lockdowns don’t seem to be going anywhere post-pandemic, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Many consumers don’t mind—or, perhaps, didn’t notice. Coca-Cola offers half of the options it did before lockdowns. Companies, such as Newell Products, made these changes to ease supply-chain woes related to coronavirus.

“I don’t think any consumer would have noticed we went from 200 to 150” labels of Yankee Candle, Chris Peterson, chief executive of Newell Brands, told the Wall Street Journal.

Consumer spikes in spending and product shortages forced manufacturers to streamline in 2020 and 2021. But with logistics free of those restrictions, many businesses today are keeping the stock-keeping unit counts low and banking on basic favorites.

“Today, people would rather lose a portion of consumer demand as opposed to spending extra on too much variety,” said Inna Kuznetsova, CEO at ToolsGroup, which specializes in supply-chain planning and optimization.

The data support Kuznetsova’s assessment and suggest that the problems that began with the pandemic supply-chain issues are spilling over into a waning consumer demand as the result of heightened Biden-era inflation.

Market research firm Circana reported that of all retail products in 2023, new items made up 2% of inventory, down 3% from 2019, said the Wall Street Journal.

This included:

  • Beauty products
  • Footwear
  • Toys

Shelf Engine, a tech firm that automates grocery retailer orders, revealed that fresh-food choices were down 15-20%.

This included:

  • Dairy products
  • Deli meats
  • Fruit

Before the pandemic, big grocery chains stocked shelves with as many items as possible to retain customers from the competition. Today, those companies save on costs because they have a smaller catalog to manage. Fewer options can also help cut down on food waste.

From the executive level, thinner product lines can mean a boost to profitability.

With interest rates and raw material costs on the rise, the price of manufacturing is an issue.

Small businesses suffer most from the change, as they struggle to keep products on shelves in stores that are winnowing their offerings to big-brand items.

And brands can’t diversify their offerings as easily as they did before, said Seth Goldman, founder of organic beverage maker Honest Tea.

“There has been less innovation since the pandemic,” Goldman said to the Journal. Coca-Cola bought Honest Tea in 2011 and shut it down in 2022.

For Nick Jensen, vice president of product for furniture retailer Malouf, the supply chain issues gave businesses the chance to test ways to enhance productivity—and how viable reducing product lines could be.

“It was quite shocking as we parsed it out to see we were using a lot of our buying power to really not get much of a return on investment,” Jensen told the Journal.

Florida Surgeon General Orders COVID Vaccines Halt Amid FDA Dispute

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Florida Surgeon General Orders COVID Vaccines Halt Amid FDA Dispute

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo made a major announcement on Wednesday regarding COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, directly rebuking claims by the FDA. 

As reported by Fox News, Ladapo accused the FDA of failing to provide evidence regarding nucleic acid contaminants in Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which he alleged might lead to cancer. Ladapo demanded an immediate halt to their distribution in response.

“I am calling for a halt to the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines,” Ladapo said on Twitter. “The [FDA] and the [CDC] have always played it fast and loose with COVID-19 vaccine safety, but their failure to test for DNA integration with the human genome – as their own guidelines dictate – when the vaccines are known to be contaminated with foreign DNA is intolerable.” 

Several media outlets reported that Ladapo’s drastic measure follows months of debate with the CDC and the FDA.  

In remarks to the Washington Post, CDC Director Mandy Cohen claimed, without citing specific data, that the mRNA vaccine is “one of the most studied vaccines at this point.” 

FDA spokeswoman Cherie Duvall-Jones echoed Cohen’s stance in response.  

“Perpetuating references to information about residual DNA in COVID-19 vaccines without placing it within the context of the manufacturing process and the known benefits of the vaccine is misleading,” she retorted without citing specific data.

In a Dec. 6 letter to the heads of the FDA and CDC, Ladapo cited a study allegedly implying the presence of “billions of DNA fragments per dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.” He pushed for information on whether federal agencies conducted studies to mitigate potential risks, including cancer. 

However, Fox News reported that Dr. Peter Marks, head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, deemed such a risk as “implausible.” 

Marks specifically claimed, “We would like to make clear that based on a thorough assessment of the entire manufacturing process, FDA is confident in the quality, safety, and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines.” 

He added, “Additionally, with over a billion doses of the mRNA vaccines administered, no safety concerns related to residual DNA have been identified. 

Ladapo criticized the responses, stating they did not “provide data or evidence” of DNA integration assessments being conducted. 

“Instead, they pointed to genotoxicity studies — which are inadequate assessments for DNA integration risk. In addition, they obfuscated the difference between the SV40 promoter/enhancer and SV40 proteins, two elements that are distinct,” he continued. 

De Blasio Spotted ‘Cold and Homeless’ After Affair w/ Married Woman, $500K Fine

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De Blasio Spotted ‘Cold and Homeless’ After Affair w/ Married Woman, $500K Fine

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The New York Post unveiled photographs capturing former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio seeming vagrant and lonely, just weeks after he was spotted strolling the city streets with his alleged girlfriend, a married woman from Michigan. 

“Bill de Blasio looked like a forlorn, aging city hipster as he spent the morning after New Year’s all alone, dressed in sweats and a wool cap, gazing wistfully out the window of a NoHo coffee shop,” the NY Post reported. 

According to a source, the former mayor was seen at Gasoline Alley Coffee Shop on Tuesday. “He looked lonely, cold and homeless, sitting right next to the door,” a witness said. “Had the coffee not been so pricey, I would’ve handed him a $1 note.” 

De Blasio’s solitude contrasts starkly with photos taken three weeks earlier when he was seen allegedly dating a married woman. The woman reportedly ignored her husband’s phone calls. 

Owen Stark told the NY Post last month that he was attempting to salvage his 12-year marriage with Kristy Stark before she was caught holding hands with the former mayor. 

“Kristy is still the most amazing woman I’ve ever met,” said the apparently estranged husband. “The only thing that’s ever mattered is what she wants.”

In contrast, de Blasio and former New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray announced their separation in 2023, with the couple taking to the New York Times to speak candidly about their ruptured relationship. 

“You can’t fake it,” McCray said regarding her failed marriage with de Blasio. “You can feel when things are off and you don’t want to live that way.” Referring to the period after de Blasio’s unsuccessful presidential bid, she added, “I just want to have fun.”

De Blasio mentioned that he “always” questioned whether marrying McCray, a self-proclaimed ex-lesbian, was a “time bomb ticking.” 

“For the guy who took the chance on a woman who was an out lesbian and wrote an article called ‘I Am a Lesbian,’ there was a part of me that would at times say, ‘Hmmm, is this like a time bomb ticking? Is this something that you’re going to regret later on?’ So I always lived with that stuff,” he told the NY Times. 

De Blasio’s downturn didn’t end with his marriage. Shortly after withdrawing from the Democratic primary race in 2020, he opted to run for Congress in 2022 but quickly withdrew when polls showed him trailing the other candidates (Rep. Dan Goldman ultimately won the newly redrawn district).

De Blasio stated that his unsuccessful congressional bid made him realize it was time to step away from politics.

He left the political arena with a whopping $500,000 fine for misusing the NYPD for his unsuccessful presidential bid.

Fox Taps New Host While Hannity Makes Major Announcement

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Fox Taps New Host While Hannity Makes Major Announcement

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Fox News saw significant changes within the first three days of the new year, announcing a new weekend show host and a major life-changing decision by one of its prominent hosts.

According to a Wednesday press release, Fox News named radio host Jimmy Failla as the anchor of a new weekend show titled Fox News Saturday w/ Jimmy Failla. 

Failla, a New York City-based comedian and Fox News Radio host, cheerfully shared the news on Twitter. 

“THRILLED to announce this former cabbie has been named The HOST of ‘Fox News Saturday Night w/ Jimmy Failla,’” he said. “HUGE thanks to Fox leadership for believing in a small town gal like me. Group hug w/ everyone who forgives my Tweets from the bar later. We are going OUT TONIGHT girl!” 

The show’s announcement, first reported by the Daily Caller, is set to air weekly from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST. 

Another member of the Fox family has also revealed a significant change. 

Primetime host Sean Hannity, who also leads The Sean Hannity Show on radio, announced Tuesday that he has moved from New York to the Sunshine State. 

“If anybody is listening to this program for any length of time, been threatening now to do this for quite a while, but we are now beginning our first broadcast of my new home, and that is in the free state of Florida,” Hannity said. 

He further remarked: “I am out. I am done. I’m finished. New York, New York, goodbye. Florida, Florida, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But it’s great to be here.”

As reported by Fox News, Hannity’s departure from New York coincides with widespread criticism aimed at Democrats in the state. 

During the 2022 midterm elections, New York Democrats suffered significant defeats in three congressional seats in districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020. 

The election of Reps. Nick LaLota, Anthony D’Esposito and George Santos (now a former member of Congress) helped Republicans in securing the House majority in 2022. 

Similarly, the 2022 New York governor’s race between Lee Zeldin and Kathy Hochul marked the closest election since George Pataki ousted Mario Cuomo (father of Andrew Cuomo) in 1994. 

Hannity cited Florida’s conservative politics as part of the reason behind his move. 

“And finally, for the first time that I can think of in my adult life, I actually have representatives in the state that I’m living in that share my values. I have a governor by the name of Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Rick Scott. So I’m feeling a lot better about it,” he said.

“And I’m not going to go through the whys, the how comes, because it’s obvious this migration out of the blue states with high taxes, burdensome regulation, high crime, horrible school districts is real,” he concluded. 

Raskin Threatens Retaliation if Clarence Thomas Doesn’t Recuse from Trump Cases

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Raskin Threatens Retaliation if Clarence Thomas Doesn’t Recuse from Trump Cases

(Headline USA) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., threatened this week to take action against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas if the judge doesn’t recuse himself from all cases related to former President Donald Trump and the 2020 election.

Citing reports that Thomas’s wife, Ginni, corresponded with then-chief of staff Mark Meadows about Trump’s response to the Jan. 6 Capitol uprising, Raskin claimed Thomas cannot oversee such cases impartially.

“I think anybody looking at this in any kind of dispassionate, reasonable way would say, if your wife was involved in the big lie and claiming that Donald Trump had actually won the presidential election and had been agitating for that and participating in the events leading up to January 6, that you shouldn’t be participating,” he said during an appearance Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.

Raskin, the ranking minority member on the House Oversight Committee, went on to issue what appeared to be a vague threat of retaliation against the justice.

“The question is, what do we do if he doesn’t recuse himself?” he said.

Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley said Raskin’s comments “raise ongoing concerns over efforts to influence or intimidate justices”

Democrats also have raised the level of rhetoric with threats to pack the court and impose term limits, effectively politicizing the judicial branch despite the intent stipulated in the U.S. Constitution that the high court be above politics and free from its influence.

Meanwhile, Democrat leaders like Raskin have issued dogwhistle calls for stochastic terrorism, picked up loud and clear by George Soros-funded radicals.

With tacit support from leftist officials, including the Justice Department, activists have illegally engaged in protests outside the justices’ homes and even an assassination attempt against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“There is nothing Congress can do to force Thomas off the appeal,” Turley wrote on his blog. “The concern is that Raskin is encouraging new targeting of justices at their homes by protesters.”

During his interview with CNN, Raskin also suggested he supported Democratic efforts to ban Trump from the ballot.

“Donald Trump can strike the pose of the martyr in any given context,” he said.

“If he loses, he will feel himself a martyr there, and he will try to overturn the election result again,” Raskin continued. “So I don’t think we can run scared from Donald Trump. We have got to enforce our Constitution.”

The Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine secretary of state recently ruled that Trump was barred from their states’ respective ballots, citing a clause in the 14th Amendment.

Both orders have been stayed pending a Supreme Court decision.

Touchy Comedian Jimmy Kimmel Threatens to Sue Aaron Rodgers over Epstein Insinuation

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Touchy Comedian Jimmy Kimmel Threatens to Sue Aaron Rodgers over Epstein Insinuation

(Headline USA) Late night host Jimmy Kimmel threatened to sue NFL star Aaron Rodgers this week after Rodgers suggested Kimmel’s name might be on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs.

Rodgers made the comment during an interview with “The Pat McAfee Show” when one of the hosts brought up the impending release of Epstein’s unredacted flight logs.

“There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, are really hoping that doesn’t come out,” Rodgers said. “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle!”

Kimmel responded in a post on social media on Tuesday, calling Rodgers an “a**hole” and threatening legal action.

“Dear A***hole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any ‘list’ other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality,” wrote Kimmel.

“Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court,” he added.

Kimmel has been connected to at least one of Epstein’s former associates. In fact, Adam Perry Lang, who served as Epstein’s private chef, was arrested by authorities at Kimmel’s California beach house in January of 2019.

Kimmel bailed Lang out of jail for $50,000, and his lawyer suggested that the incident was a case of “swatting”–the reporting of a false emergency.

“Mr. Lang will be cleared of any wrongdoing. He was fast asleep with his ringer off. He immediately cooperated once he was notified of the commotion,” his lawyer said.

Kimmel has also slammed Rodgers in the past for speculating about Epstein’s flight logs, calling him a conspiracy theorist.

“Might be time to revisit that concussion protocol, Aaron,” Kimmel said, dismissing him as a “whack Packer” and a “tin foil hatter.”

Menendez Hit w/ New Bribery Allegations Involving Qatar Government

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Menendez Hit w/ New Bribery Allegations Involving Qatar Government

(Headline USA) Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing new bribery allegations in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday that accuses him of illegally doing favors for Qatar and Egypt officials in exchange for money.

The indictment does not add new charges against Menendez, who was indicted last year for federal bribery. But it provides additional evidence that Menendez and his wife, Nadine, used the senator’s influence to aid foreign governments that then paid them off.

In one instance, Menendez allegedly brokered a multimillion-dollar real-estate deal between a Qatari investor and Fred Daibes, a New Jersey developer who is also charged as a defendant in the case, according to the indictment.

Correspondence between Menendez, Daibes and Qatar officials shows Menendez purposefully released public statements praising the Qatari government to help the deal go through, prosecutors alleged. 

“Menendez provided Daibes with these statements so that Daibes could share them with the Qatari Investor and a Qatari government officials associated with the Qatari Investment Company,” they wrote in the indictment.

The following month, Daibes texted Menendez photographs of luxury watches valued as much as $23,990, asking, “How about one of these?”

At one point, Menendez even personally reached out to the Qatar investor involved in the deal, writing in January 2022, “I understand my friend is going to visit with you on the 15th of the month. I hope that this will result in the favorable and mutually beneficial agreement that you have been both engaged in discussing,” according to the indictment.

Then, in May, the Qatari official provided tickets to the 2022 Formula One Grand Prix to a close relative of Nadine Menendez, prosecutors said.

Menendez has repeatedly denied the allegations against him, claiming prosecutors have “no evidence” that he was involved in the bribery scheme.

“At all times, Senator Menendez acted entirely appropriately with respect to Qatar, Egypt, and the many other countries he routinely interacts with,” attorney Adam Fee said in a statement.

“Those interactions were always based on his professional judgment as to the best interests of the United States because he is, and always has been, a patriot,” Fee continued. “This latest Indictment only exposes the lengths to which these hostile prosecutors will go to poison the public before a trial even begins. But these new allegations don’t change a thing, and their theories won’t survive the scrutiny of the court or a jury.”

Judge Tosses Most of J6 Civil Case Tied to Death of Officer Brian Sicknick

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Judge Tosses Most of J6 Civil Case Tied to Death of Officer Brian Sicknick

(Headline USA) A U.S. district judge dismissed most of the charges against former President Donald Trump in a civil case related to the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising at the U.S. Capitol and the unrelated death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Fox News reported.

After having been on the front lines protecting the Capitol during the melee, Sicknick, a Trump supporter, died of natural causes on the evening of Jan. 6, according to medical examiners.

Nonetheless, his purported girlfriend, Sandra Garza, filed a suit against Trump and two men who were at the scene of the Capitol, Julian Khater and George Tanios.

Garza accused them of wrongful death, conspiracy to violate civil rights and negligence under an anti-riot law in Washington, D.C.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, dismissed three out of the five accounts on Tuesday, leaving only the conspiracy to violate civil rights charge and Garza’s claim under the D.C. Survival Act.

The latter allows an individual’s legal representative to pursue legal action on his behalf after the person’s death. It is unclear, however, that Garza has any legal right to do so based on her relationship with Sicknick.

The D.C. medical examiner’s office said Sicknick suffered two strokes at the base of his brainstem caused by a clot in an artery but claimed, without evidence, that what transpired on Jan. 6 “played a role in his condition.”

Khaner was sentenced to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to spraying Sicknick, causing him to collapse. Tanios pleaded guilty to lesser charges. However, neither man was criminally charged with Sicknick’s death.

“We are pleased to see that our lawsuit in pursuit of justice for the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died in the aftermath of the January 6th insurrection [sic], has been permitted to continue,” said far-left activist Mark Zaid, an attorney representing Garza. “We are now considering our next step options, to include deposing former President Trump.”

Trump is still facing a separate federal investigation into his role in the Jan. 6 uprising as one of several lawfare attacks being waged by activist groups seeking to thwart his reelection. However, contrary to Zaid’s claim, he has not been criminally charged with insurrection, nor with anything related to Sicknick’s death.

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