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

day (02/29, Jansen, Groppe), Vanity Fair (02/29, Lutz), CNN (02/29, Biskupic), Financial Times (02/29, Palma, Politi), Reuters (02/29, Kruzel), and Courthouse News Service (02/29, Reichmann). Additional analysis, including opinions and editorials, were provided by two articles from the Wall Street Journal (02/29, Edit

ton Examiner (05/11, Dunleavy) reported that President Joe Biden weighed in on an active Justice Department investigation by contending that his son Hunter did "nothing wrong" even as congressional Republicans lay out new details about the younger Biden's shady overseas business dealings. The article a

ng other rioters through a bullhorn; a decision by Judge Royce Lamberth is pending. Couple and Their Friend Who Stormed the Capitol All Get Prison Courthouse News Service (05/11, Knappenberger) reported that a federal judge sentenced a married couple and their friend for their involvement in the January 6, 2021 Capito

it to a strip club. The article added that as the first lady sat in the front row, the courtroom grew quiet when Kathleen Buhle, who was married to Hunter for 20 years, walked in. She testified that she discovered her husband was using drugs when she found a crack pipe in an ashtray on their porch on J

ibility of riots," according to Snelling. 'The Man Who Conned the Pentagon' Can't Pursue Lawsuit Against FBI for Raiding Home, Ninth Circuit Rules Courthouse News Service (06/05, Ribakoff) reported that a Ninth Circuit panel agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Nevadan dubbed "the man who conned the Pentagon" by

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

d by the Washington Post (01/17, Jackman), Associated Press (01/17, Kunzelman), New York Times (01/17, Mayorquin), The Hill (01/17, Fortinsky), and Courthouse News Service (01/17, Knappenberger). Maine Court Defers Ruling on Election Official Disqualifying Trump Because of 14th Amendment ABC News (01/17, Murray) repor

ading to a series of high-profile suspensions involving the city manager and police chief. Additional reporting provided by The Detroit News (08/11, Hunter), News from the States (08/11, Davidson), WDIV (NBC-4) (08/11, Jones), and WXYZ (ABC-7) (08/11, Staff Writer) Virginia Social Worker to Pay $1.2m i

nd and protecting American citizens and protecting our children," he insisted. Additional reporting on the story was provided by BBC (08/11, Faguy), Courthouse News Service (08/11, Weiss), Newsweek (08/11, Castro, Parry), New York Magazine (08/11, Staff Writer), USA Today (08/11, Garrison, Brook, et al.), Washington Pos

st several of Trump's most prominent political adversaries, according to a criminal complaint, which said that his targets included Comey, James and Hunter Biden. Two of the posts appeared within a few weeks of the recent indictments of Comey and James. The man, Gregory Formicone, 58, of Bradenton, Fla., cou

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warned that the U.S. intelligence community, including the CIA and FBI, has become politicized and may interfere in the 2024 election. He cited the Hunter Biden laptop story, alleging that former intelligence officers, including ex-FBI worker Asha Rangappa, downplayed it to aid the Biden campaign. According

/04, Durkee), Reuters (01/04, Goudsward), MSNBC (01/04, Rubin), Esquire (01/04, Pierce), New York Post (01/04, King), HuffPost (01/04, Blumenthal), Courthouse News Service (01/04, Knappenberger), Spectrum News (01/04, Tasolides), Yahoo News (01/04, Knowles), and ABC News (01/04, Faulders) also reported on the story. B

vices. The article mentioned that the lawsuit also seeks any records that would show Biden family members were given defensive briefings related to Hunter's so-called "sugar brother," Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, who lent him over $6 million to pay his IRS debts and fund his lifestyle. Morris was nam

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