Epstein Secrets

Wall Street Journal (02/29, Forrest, Balhaus, Viswanatha) reported that for years, the man now charged with lying about President Biden and his son Hunter brought information to the FBI while trying to cash in on his connections with the agency. The article added that Alexander Smirnov pitched himself

sma. The article mentioned that prosecutors now say the Biden allegations were fabrications, and Smirnov recently acknowledged that one story about Hunter Biden came from Russian intelligence sources. Smirnov, 43 years old, has been detained as he awaits trial on charges of lying to the FBI, with a federal j

r Post (02/29, Factor), and CBS News (02/29, Richardson). Defiant Jan. 6 Rioter Spars With Judge at Sentencing Hearing The Washington Post (02/29, Rizzo) reported that Brandon Fellows, a 29-year-old former tree cutter and chimney repairman, was sentenced to 3Y2 years in prison for his participation i

ongtime IRS investigator, wanted to air his accusations that the federal government had mishandled the tax investigation into President Biden's son Hunter, the information he had was so sensitive he couldn't even provide it to his own lawyer without potentially committing a felony. The article added th

ed himself as a girl in some of those communications. Those allegations are not explicitly referenced in his plea deal. The Washington Post (07/21, Rizzo), Los Angeles Times (07/21, Battaglio), Daily Beast (07/21, Bolies), Rolling Stone (07/21, Rawnsley), New York Post (07/21, DeGregory), and Business

in the court documents, Biden's DOJ said the IRS and FBI obtained a search warrant for tax violations in August 2019 and were able to get access to Hunter's Apple iCloud account. By September 2021, Apple produced backups of data from various electronic devices Hunter backed up to his iCloud account. Th

er, Molina, Perlman) also reported on the story. MS-13 Terrorized Northern Virginia by Killing at Random, Witnesses Say The Washington Post (01/17, Rizzo) reported that the MS-13 members had been cruising all night in a gray Mercedes, searching for rival gang members to kill in Maryland or Virginia so

ways: 1. Trump offered no course correction on coronavirus. 2. Biden sharpened his coronavirus closing argument. 3. Trump tried to make an issue of Hunter Biden, in fits and starts. • Toluse Olorunnipa, Amy Wang and Josh Dawsey: "Second Trump- Biden debate has fewer interruptions but more counterpunches." •

y claims during the debate. "Trump yet again broke the fact-check meter ... while [Biden] made relatively few gaffes," per Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly. • "It came down to muting the president. That's what it took to stage a reasonably civil debate," writes critic-at-large Robin Givha

cs accusing Trump of manufacturing an emergency to seize greater control of Washington and target Democratic cities. The Washington Examiner (08/19, Hunter) reported that AG Bondi announced the arrest of an MS-13 gang member as part of a federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. The crackdown has resu

BI data showed, those crimes across the country decreased 13 percent. Additional reporting on the story was provided by The Washington Post (08/19, Rizzo), The Guardian (08/19, Lerner), New York Times (08/19, Barrett), and The Daily Beast (08/19, Kimmins). Continued Reporting: Deputy Director Bongino