Crazed Driver Learns the Hard Way That It’s a Bad Idea to Take a Machete to a Gunfight with Police Officers in Los Angeles (VIDEO)

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A crazed driver in downtown LA learned the hard way that it’s a bad idea to take something other than a gun to a shootout, particularly when facing off against police officers.

As KABC reported, officers on Sunday morning responded to Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard near Crypto.com area after hearing reports of an assault with a deadly weapon.

The LAPD said that a man was flashing a huge machete at people and chanting. Once the police arrived, the man decided to charge at them, but they showed restraint.

Witnesses then captured video showing what happened next. The man gets into a black Dodge Challenger and leads the police on a short chase.

He then starts driving around officers and slams into one of the patrol vehicles as he comes to a stop. The loon exits the car while holding the machete and charges right toward the officers again.

This time, the LAPD shows no mercy. As the man raced toward them, two officers fired their weapons in self-defense, causing the suspect to crumple to the ground.

WATCH:

LAPD Detective Meghan Aguilar spoke with KABC about the incident and revealed that the man was sent to a local hospital and is currently in critical condition.

“He was still armed with the machete and charged toward officers again, this time resulting in an officer-involved shooting,” she said. “That suspect was struck by gunfire and transported to a local hospital, where he is in critical condition but receiving medical care.”

Aguilar went on to defend the officers’ common-sense actions, noting how dangerous the suspect’s weapon was.

“You can only give so many warnings, and each officer has to make a decision based on their training and their experience when they constitute using deadly force, in regards to whether it is a handgun or an edged weapon,” Aguilar continued. “Again, this was a very large machete. The behaviors of the individual were very aggressive and violent.”

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Media Lies: Deportation Is Not a Crime—The Truth About ICE Enforcement

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Mainstream media coverage of ICE enforcement misrepresents both the law and reality. They conflate detention with imprisonment, status checks with mass arrests, and lawful deportations with constitutional violations, creating a false narrative of authoritarianism. Trump’s enforcement simply applies existing law through legal, intelligence-driven operations that past administrations ignored.

Every person arrested and deported by ICE is in the U.S. illegally, 100% in violation of federal immigration law. These individuals have no legal right to remain in the country. The Trump administration is simply enforcing laws that have been on the books for decades, regardless of whether the person has additional criminal convictions.

ICE operations aren’t random raids, as the media often claims. They’re professional, legally authorized actions driven by data and intelligence. Target lists are built using law enforcement databases, government records, and public tips, with priority given to those with final removal orders, criminal convictions, gang ties, or national security risks.

ICE also uses advanced tools like LexisNexis Accurint, giving over 11,000 agents access to analytics that automate vetting and targeting. The agency is expanding its surveillance capabilities through new tech contracts, modernizing how it tracks and monitors noncitizens.

Mainstream media also distorts the phrase “no criminal convictions,” implying ICE is deporting innocent people. In reality, many of these individuals have pending charges that are dropped without prejudice to expedite deportation. That doesn’t mean they’re innocent. It means the government is choosing the faster, more effective enforcement option.

Many in this category committed crimes but were never prosecuted because past administrations used “prosecutorial discretion” to avoid enforcement, leaving nearly 20 million aliens in the country illegally.

Dropping charges without prejudice allows the Department of Justice to refile charges if the person returns illegally. Instead of wasting time and money on prosecution, the Trump administration prioritizes swift removal, an approach that’s more efficient and just as effective at protecting public safety by removing dangerous individuals from American communities.

Media outlets routinely misrepresent ICE detention as imprisonment, when it’s actually administrative, temporary holding while deportation is processed. No one is serving a prison sentence; they’re simply awaiting removal, typically for a few weeks or months while travel documents are arranged. Detention is a legal step in the due process that liberals keep claiming is being denied to illegal immigrants.

The media also deliberately conflates “detention” with “arrest” during ICE operations. In reality, collateral encounters involve temporary holds to verify immigration status. U.S. citizens and legal residents are released once confirmed. Only those violating immigration law are arrested. This standard verification process is misframed as mass arrests of innocents, when it’s exactly what happens during raids on bars or other premises for other types of law enforcement, everyone has to show ID, and those who are verified are free to go.

The Biden administration claimed higher deportation numbers than Trump, but the numbers were inflated by counting “enforcement returns,” voluntary border departures, as deportations. Trump, by contrast, focuses on real removals from the interior, where people have established lives. In February 2025 alone, Trump deported nearly 4,300 from the interior, more than double Biden’s 2,100 in February 2024.

Border turnarounds do nothing to reduce the estimated 20 million illegal immigrants already inside the country. Under Trump, ICE arrests have surged from 310 to 650 per day since FY2024.

Contrary to media claims, ICE operates fully within the bounds of the law and the Constitution. The agency uses administrative warrants for public arrests and obtains judicial warrants for home entries when required. When entering private residences, agents rely on legal methods such as voluntary consent, exigent circumstances, or hot pursuit, standard exceptions long upheld by the courts.

There is no evidence of illegal home invasions or constitutional violations. ICE agents follow established law enforcement protocols, including the lawful use of ruses to gain consent, an accepted tactic under the Fourth Amendment. The Constitution bars unreasonable searches, not legal entry under recognized exceptions.

The 287(g) program and ICE detainer system are lawful tools for federal-local cooperation. When local police make arrests, they check immigration status and can issue detainers so ICE is notified before release. This is standard coordination between agencies.

Yes, many encounters begin with traffic stops, but that doesn’t make the enforcement illegitimate. Police regularly uncover outstanding warrants or other violations during routine stops, immigration checks are no different. A minor offense like speeding isn’t the reason for deportation; it’s how illegal status is discovered. No one is being deported for failing to signal, they’re deported for being in the country illegally. Under Trump, ICE signed hundreds of new agreements with local agencies, including highway patrols, empowering officers to check immigration status during routine policing.

Previous administrations used prosecutorial discretion to selectively enforce immigration law, which helped create today’s reality, a nation overrun by illegal immigrants. The Trump administration reversed course, choosing to enforce existing law consistently, marking a return to the rule of law.

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US Rep. Salud Carbajal – Part of Violent Mob Attacking ICE at California Marijuana Farm – Likely Entered US Illegally and He Refuses to Share Documentation on His Entry

US Rep. Salud Carbajal was part of a violent mob that attacked and shot at ICE at a California Marijuana Farm.  It turns out that Carbajal’s passion for illegals may be because he entered the US illegally himself.

On Sunday The Gateway Pundit reported on US Rep. Salud Carbajal.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) was “part of a violent mob of protestors attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement as they executed a criminal search warrant at a marijuana facility”.  Carbajal also doxxed an ICE agent by handing the individual’s business card to members of the violent group.

According to ICE, the doxxed agent was also “left bloody” after the mob hurled rocks at agents who were doing their job.

The officers were conducting criminal warrant operations at marijuana farms operated by the Glass House Brands Inc. in Carpinteria and Camarillo when the chaos unfolded.

Carbajal claimed in an X post that ICE agents were “using unnecessarily aggressive and militarized tactics against local farm workers and peaceful protesters.”

But ICE responded on X to Carbajal’s tweet:

Rep. Salud Carbajal was part of a violent mob of protestors attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement as they executed a criminal search warrant at a marijuana facility. He cites “peaceful” protestors, when in fact these rioters were launching rocks at officers, injuring at least one ICE employee who was left bloody.

According to agents on the ground, the congressman doxed that same ICE employee by sharing his business card with members of the violent mob.

THIS is precisely the rhetoric that has led to orchestrated attempts to murder officers and a 700% increase in officer assaults.

When the dust settled, 200 illegals were arrested by ICE and numerous trafficked children were set free.

It turns out that Carbajal may be so emotionally connected to illegal immigrants because he likely entered the US illegally himself. 

The Santa Barbara Current reported on Carbajal’s immigration history in February this year.  The Current shared the following:

In a previous article titled Consequences, Congressman Salud Carbajal’s inspiring immigrant story was briefly mentioned. However, his office strongly objected to the following statement:

“Salud Carbajal, who immigrated illegally with his family at age five (first to Arizona and then) to Oxnard, where his father worked on a farm. Salud eventually became a U.S. citizen, served in the military, and was elected to public office. While Salud’s success story is admirable, it is not the reason many argue for illegal immigration.”

His office specifically challenged the claim that he entered the U.S. illegally, calling it “patently and provably false.” In response, we invited Mr. Carbajal’s office to provide proof of his legal entry, given their assertion that such proof exists and given his extensive public discussion of his immigration story throughout his campaigns. The response? “We have nothing more to discuss.”

If Mr. Carbajal has publicly shared his immigration story for years, why is he now refusing to discuss it?

To be clear, we do not question Mr. Carbajal’s current U.S. citizenship and sincerely hope that he and his family entered the country legally in 1970. However, as an elected official advocating for immigration reform, transparency about his own immigration history is both relevant and necessary.

This response raised important questions and concerns:

  • Mr. Carbajal claims his legal entry is provable yet refuses to provide documentation.
  • He shared on X, formerly Twitter, a Mexican government photo stating, “This was the picture on my green card when I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in 1970 at age 5.”
  • The Bracero Program, which allegedly allowed his entire family to immigrate legally, ended in December 1964—one month after his birth and six years before his reported arrival in 1970.
  • While Mr. Carbajal has frequently stated that his father was a farmworker, his official biography indicates his father worked in an Arizona mine when his family came to the U.S.
  • The Bracero Program was limited to temporary workers in agriculture and railroads due to WWII labor shortages—the mining industry was not part of the program.
  • The program granted visas only to individual male laborers, not their families. If his father was a Bracero, how did the entire family enter legally?
  • Mr. Carbajal has stated that his family “was not separated” when they came to the U.S. if he was the “last of his seven siblings to come to the U.S” how can both statements be true?
  • He was born in Moroleón, Mexico—1,000 miles from the U.S. border. If his family traveled that distance, who facilitated their journey? If he arrived later, how did a young child travel that far alone?
  • He has stated multiple times that he was five years old when he immigrated, yet he has also said he came to the U.S. in 1970, which would have made him six years old.

Further Questions

  1. How did Mr. Carbajal prove his legal permanent residency when joining the military? While citizenship is not required for enlistment, a green card is. Did he present one? He did not become a citizen until 1990.
  2. He applied for U.S. naturalization in 1985 at age 21, after attending UCSB. How did he prove his legal permanent residence at that time?
  3. What prompted him to seek citizenship after living in the U.S. for around 15 years?
  4. What role did the UCSB organization El Congreso, associated with MEChA and the Aztlán movement, play in his application to citizenship?
  5. Did he have to show proof of citizenship when running for public office, or was it simply a checkbox on a form?

It appears that US Rep. Carbajal was in the US for more than a decade illegally and somehow was able to obtain his citizenship.  How was he legally able to do this?

No wonder Rep. Carbajal is so emotionally connected to illegal immigrants.  He entered the US illegally himself. 

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Elon’s End Game Is Going Live — And It Could Make You a Fortune

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by Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist, The Oxford Club

The media and the so-called experts have laughed at Elon Musk his entire career.

CBS called PayPal “one of the 10 worst business ideas ever.” Founder Peter Thiel saw 227,490% returns in one year.

Tesla was dismissed as “a rich man’s toy.” Now it’s worth more than the next 40 car companies combined.

Congress said SpaceX would fail. Today it’s valued at $350 billion.

The media mocked OpenAI. Employees and other pre-IPO investors have seen 260,000% gains.

Peter Thiel said it best:

“Never bet against Elon Musk.”

But these were just warm-up acts.

Elon’s true end game is now here: Elon Musk’s $34 Trillion AI Breakthrough In Austin.

A fully autonomous AI network that experts say could unlock $34 trillion in new wealth by 2030.

And it’s about to begin just days from now…

  • Tesla vehicles have driven 3.6 billion autonomous miles

  • Their AI boasts a 97.5% real-world success rate

  • In Texas, one even drove a heart attack victim to the ER – no human intervention.

Now, with President Trump fast-tracking deployment, Musk’s most ambitious vision is becoming reality.

And this time, Tesla may not be the biggest winner.

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So click here to my free presentation on Elon Musk’s End Game before the window closes.

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Monthly Inflation Increases in June

Inflation picked up in June to 2.7 percent, according to the Consumer Price Index report released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is an increase over May’s annualized inflation rate of 2.4 percent, but still below the inflation rate of 3 percent in January of this year when Donald Trump took office as president. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, increased to 2.9 percent.

Fears that tariffs would significantly raise inflation rates have not yet materialized, although some of June’s increase may be attributable to them. Higher inflation also makes it less likely that the Federal Reserve will decide to lower interest rates, which Trump has argued should be cut to 1 percent. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has expressed a lack of interest in accepting the suggestion, stoking speculation that the president may try to replace him with a new appointee more amenable to lowering rates.

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The Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet Incident – Al Jazeera, CAIR, and the Strategic Terrorist Deployment of Palestinian Americans

The Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet Incident: Al Jazeera, CAIR, and the Strategic Terrorist Deployment of Palestinian Americans

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Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet and Razek al-Shalabi, two Palestinian-American men were killed during a violent confrontation near Susya, in Judea and Samaria, on July 12, 2025.  They are part of the strategic exploitation of American citizens through media ecosystems used by Islamists worldwide.

Within one hour of the incident on July 12, Al Jazeera released a tightly packaged narrative portraying the deaths as politically motivated extrajudicial killings by Israeli forces. The speed, coordination, and emotional polish of the coverage— complete with high resolution visuals, curated family statements, and coordinated advocacy demands
reflect a well-established pattern of information warfare carried out by Qatari state media and reinforced by U.S.-based Islamist networks, particularly CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations).

Below is a picture of Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet.

This incident is not isolated. It fits a broader operational strategy of radicalization, conflict activation, and narrative laundering. Dual-national Palestinian-Americans—often embedded within radical ideological ecosystems in the U.S.—are inserted into volatile regions where they engage in confrontational or militant activities. When these engagements result in death, they are immediately reframed as martyrdom, allowing foreign and domestic media actors to mobilize outrage and apply pressure to U.S. and Israeli policymakers.

In Musallet’s case, the linkage to terrorism is explicit. Shortly after his death, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued an official martyrdom announcement naming him a “jihadi fighter” killed during a “heroic operation” against Israeli settlers. Photographic evidence places Musallet posing with PLO and Hamas flags
while in the U.S., and his documented affiliations suggest ideological alignment with militant jihadist narratives. His case represents not merely a foreign battlefield death, but the culmination of radicalization that began within U.S. territory.

Following their deaths, CAIR-Florida, operating out of Tampa—an area with a heavy concentration of past Islamist activism—launched a campaign demanding international sanctions against Israel and framed the event as an ‘extrajudicial execution’ of innocent Americans.

The infrastructure behind this incident is the Florida Islamist radicalization network, the narrative manipulation apparatus of CAIR, and the propaganda capabilities of Al Jazeera, which acts as a media wing for Muslim Brotherhood-aligned regimes.

The Florida Muslim Terror Network

This is not the first time Palestinian-American identity in Florida has been wrapped in terrorist violence, radical ideology, and media-driven sanctification. Consider the following high-profile cases:

• Omar Mateen: Born in NY, raised in Fort Pierce, FL. Carried out the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando (2016), killing 49; pledged allegiance to ISIS during the attack.
• Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha: Vero Beach, FL; Palestinian-American. Became the first American suicide bomber in Syria (2014); close friend of Mateen; attended the same Fort Pierce mosque.
• Sami Osmakac: Radicalized in Tampa, FL. Arrested in 2012 for plotting mass-casualty attacks in the Tampa Bay area using car bombs and suicide belts.
• Raeed Al-Rousan: Palestinian-American, Jacksonville, FL. Arrested in 2017 after pledging allegiance to ISIS and threatening a church bombing.

All of these individuals emerged from the Florida ideological ecosystem, particularly mosques and activist hubs affiliated or overlapping with CAIR-Florida.

Much more is provided in the composite document below describing the full story behind The Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet Incident.

American Martyr in Israel by Joe Ho on Scribd

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WAYNE ROOT: “3 for Price of 1: Here’s How Trump Turns the Epstein List Fiasco into Home Run and as Biggest Bonus of All-Time, Also Sends Obama and Hillary to Gitmo.”

By Wayne Allyn Root

I’m a patient man. I’ve been waiting many years for justice. First for the man I believe is the ultimate communist plant, fraud, traitor and “Manchurian Candidate” – my Columbia University classmate Barack Hussein Obama.

Second, I’ve been waiting for justice for many years for one of the biggest scams in world history, RussiaGate.

Third, I’ve been waiting for justice for the names on that Epstein List- because we always have to remember there are over 1,000 victims. All of them were underage girls. The people on this list are monsters- pedophiles and sickos.

I think I’ve found the perfect compromise that becomes a Trump grand slam home run!

First, the Epstein List. All Trump has to do is name a Special Counselor/Prosecutor. Put the ball in his or her hands. Give him or her all the money and manpower they need to investigate Epstein’s list from A to Z. End of story.

Trump is out of it. Pam Bondi is out of it. None of the pressure is on them anymore. But by naming this Special Counselor investigation, Trump ends the controversy that has divided MAGA and gets credit for going where no other president has dared to go before.

This solves Trump’s dilemma- if the issue is that Trump doesn’t want to ruin the lives of good people on that list who just happened to go to lunch, or dinner, or attend a meeting, or talk business deals with Epstein.

Let the Special Counselor go through every name, interview them all, study their lives, study their stories and alibies, and decide who are the real evil-doers. The good guys won’t be named. Only the bad guys will be named, ruined and prosecuted. Problem solved.

Name someone tough and powerful. Like Judge Jeanine, Matt Gaetz, Ed Martin, or Joe DiGenova.

But here’s the key to the whole thing…

Take it away from the DOJ. Which means it won’t be prosecuted in DC- where the jury pool is 100% radical, crazed, Democrat nutjobs.

Which is fair- because Jeffrey Epstein lived in Florida. Name a Special Prosecutor to investigate and try the case in Florida.

Guess what? The day after President Trump makes the announcement of a Special Counselor, he never has to spend a minute worrying about Epstein ever again.

Now he is free to focus on the things he needs to do to make America great again- the economy, jobs, GDP, bringing manufacturing back to the USA, tariffs, pushing Fed Chief Jerome Powell to resign, so we can get lower interest rates; getting rid of income taxes; ending the threat of WW3; sealing the border; expanding the mass deportation; getting rid of DEI in government, military, corporations and colleges; removing transgender brainwashing from our schools; getting boys out of girls sports events; and making elections honest again by getting Voter ID passed, preventing illegal aliens from voting, and removing illegal aliens from the census count.

These are the things Trump is great at. These are the things that will make America great again. Let the Special Counselor worry about outing and punishing the evil doers on the Epstein List.

Now we come to my pride and joy- sending Obama and Hillary to Gitmo.

That story demands another Special Counselor. And because RussiaGate is tied to the raid on Maralago, this case also demands to be investigated and tried in the great state of Florida.

No rigged communist DC judges or juries can be involved.

Now to the “how” of getting Obama and his sidekick Hillary indicted, convicted and sent to Gitmo.

We already know that DOJ is focusing on Brennan and Comey.

P.S. Where is Clapper? Why wasn’t his name mentioned? These three traitors (that’s my opinion- by the way) belong together always- for eternity.

But those are the low-hanging fruit. The strategy is actually simple. Offer those three a choice- life in a super max prison for TREASON…or immunity and no prison time, if they give up Obama and Hillary.

Twist their arms. Never see your spouses or children ever again. Never taste freedom ever again. Or walk free like nothing ever happened. Just hand your bosses who gave the orders.

It’s so obvious- a blind, deaf and dumb man could see this one coming. No one, not Comey, or Brennan, or Clapper, or any other Democrat criminal, committed those crimes of national treason without orders from, or approval from Obama the president.

And Hillary the candidate for President absolutely was in on it. She had the most to gain from it. She probably came up with the plan; recruited Comey, Brennan and Clapper; and brought it to the capo di tutti Obama for final approval.

The moment Obama gave the green light to frame Trump, and to coordinate with our sworn foreign enemies to carry out the plan, and to spy on Trump’s presidential campaign, he was guilty of TREASON.

This is the whole enchilada…the whole kitchen sink…the kitten caboodle. We don’t want Comey, Brennan, or Clapper. We don’t want low hanging fruit. We want Obama and Hillary.

This is not a job for Trump, or Pam Bondi. This is a job for a hand-chosen, pit bull Special Counselor.

End of story. 3 for the price of 1. President Trump names Special Counselors and all his troubles go away. These aren’t his cases anymore. Let the chips fall where they may.

I want my guy- the G.O.A.T.- President Trump dealing with the economy, and the border, and deporting millions of illegal foreign invaders. Let Trump be Trump. This is all he should be dealing with 24/7/365.

And one P.S. Don’t stop there. Name Special Prosectors to investigate…

*The 2020 rigged and stolen election…

*Democrats using the Cloward-Piven plan and the open border with Mexico to carry out “the Great Replacement” and the intentional destruction of the great American middle class.

*The massive Biden autopen scandal

*And of course, last but not least, to indict Anthony Fauci and his friends at Big Pharma for mass murder and crimes against humanity. They knew from day one this Covid vaccine was poisonous and deadly- but they didn’t care. They tried to cover it up by sealing the trial results for 75 years- until all of us are dead. They killed millions so they could make hundreds of billions of dollars.

Send them all to Gitmo.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET and his video podcast “WAR Zone presented by The GatewayPundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET here TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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House Republicans Block Democrat-Led Effort to Force Release of Epstein Files to the Public — Here Are the Five Republicans Who Voted Against Transparency

In a jaw-dropping move late Monday, House Republicans once again slammed the door shut on transparency, voting 7‑5 in the Rules Committee to block Rep. Ro Khanna’s amendment that would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to publish all Epstein‑related files publicly.

Last week, Rep. Ro Khanna (D‑CA) announced he will introduce an amendment on Tuesday, forcing a House vote to release the full trove of Epstein-related files to the public.

The same party that spent years stonewalling investigations, blocking the release of Epstein’s client list, and downplaying his vast connections to the global elite is now suddenly pretending to care about transparency.

Jeffrey Epstein was a monster, but his real ties were to the Democrat elite. Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s Lolita Express at least 26 times, rubbing elbows with the pedophile financier while jet-setting around the world.

“Why are the Epstein files still hidden? Who are the rich & powerful being protected?” Khanna wrote on Saturday.

“On Tuesday, I’m introducing an amendment to force a vote demanding the FULL Epstein files be released to the public. The Speaker must call a vote & put every Congress member on record.”

He continued, “Will the House allow a vote on Tuesday on the Khanna Amendment demanding the full release of the Epstein files?”

In a 7–5 late-night Monday vote, House Republicans on the Rules Committee shut down a Democratic-led amendment spearheaded by Rep. Ro Khanna (D‑CA).

The measure would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice to publish all Jeffrey Epstein–related documents—including flight logs, communications, and purported client lists—on a publicly accessible website within 30 days.

Only one brave Republican, Rep. Ralph Norman (R‑S.C.), defied party pressure and sided with Democrats, while Texas Rep. Chip Roy wisely abstained.

Here are the names of the U.S. Representatives who voted “No” to releasing the Epstein files:

  • Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
  • Nick Langworthy (R-NY)
  • Austin Scott (R-GA)
  • Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
  • Brian Jack (R-GA)
  • Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
  • Erin Houchin (R-IN)

“Rules voted 5-7 to block the full House from voting on my amendment to have a FULL release of the Epstein file. People are fed up. They are fed up. Thanks ⁦@RepRalphNorman. Need to put the American people before party!” Khanna wrote on X.

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Woah: President Trump Announces Loathsome Senator Adam Schiff Has Been Caught Allegedly Committing Mortgage Fraud

President Trump announced on Tuesday that loathsome Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) has been caught allegedly committing mortgage fraud by Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division.

“I have always suspected Shifty Adam Schiff was a scam artist,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “And now I learn that Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division have concluded that Adam Schiff has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible Mortgage Fraud.”

“Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA because he was a Congressman from CALIFORNIA,” Trump added.” I always knew Adam Schiff was a Crook. The FRAUD began with the refinance of his Maryland property on February 6, 2009, and continued through multiple transactions until the Maryland property was correctly designated as a second home on October 13, 2020.”

“Mortgage Fraud is very serious, and CROOKED Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice.”

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Schiff has claimed his primary residence as Maryland.

In April 2023, a concerned citizen from the state of California uncovered what is believed to be crimes committed by Schiff.

Schiff was elected to Congress in 2000. In 2003, he reportedly purchased a home in Maryland with his wife, stating they would occupy this home for 12 consecutive months as their “primary residence.” Despite this claim, Schiff continued to vote in California.

Schiff’s primary residence is a large 3,420-square-foot home in tony Montgomery County. He reportedly maintains a little condo in Burbank, California, as another “primary” residence likely to reduce his tax bill.

It’s questionable whether he even goes there.

Schiff refinanced his Maryland home in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013. In 2009, a House Ethics investigation claimed that Schiff did this, and Schiff argued it was an error, and he repaid the exempt taxes to the state of Maryland.

Steven Watkins, a fellow member of Congress from Oklahoma, was charged with criminal counts for doing the same thing.

Will Schiff pay the same price? Unlikely, because the rules are different for Democrats, especially in the nation’s capital.

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