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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith turned up at a left-wing political music festival Saturday wearing a “No Kings” shirt.

Smith attended the “Power to the People” festival in Columbia, Maryland, which featured performances from Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and other anti-Trump activists.

Photos from the event showed Smith wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Bruce Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour No Kings.”

This is nonpartisan Special Counsel Jack Smith…

Wearing an anti-Trump shirt at an anti-Trump concert sponsored by an anti-Trump nonprofit which is funded by an anti-Trump billionaire.

What a scam. pic.twitter.com/mfbIp4rfpd

— C3 (@C_3C_3) October 4, 2026

Foo Fighters frontman David Grohl even gave the former prosecutor his own rock-star treatment from the stage.

“This one goes out to my new friend Jack,” Grohl said before the band launched into its hit song “My Hero.”

At Power to the People Festival, Dave Grohl dedicated “My Hero” to “my new friend Jack” as former special counsel Jack Smith watched from the crowd.https://t.co/JB7eP6eU3H

— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) October 4, 2026

Smith was appointed special counsel by the Biden Justice Department in 2022 and subsequently brought two federal criminal cases against Trump around the January 6th protests with a view to derailing his presidential campaign.

Both cases were ultimately abandoned after Trump defeated Kamala Harris.

Smith’s festival appearance came just days after he perjured himself while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his investigations into Trump.

Reminder that in January Jack Smith testified that he never received the content of calls or messages.

Today Jack Smith has already admitted to receiving the content of calls and messages.

Smith lied under oath. pic.twitter.com/AfnuXKrkDt

— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 29, 2026

Republican lawmakers have been scrutinizing the scope and conduct of those investigations.

This includes the collection of financial information connected to thousands of Americans who made Republican political donations.

Smith has defended his work and insisted that his prosecutions of Trump were not politically motivated.

The “Power to the People” festival meanwhile featured a heavy dose of left-wing politics alongside the music.

Performers and speakers attacked the Trump administration and ICE, while activists chanted “Free Palestine.”

WATCH: Radicalism meets capitalism.

At today’s “Power to the People” anti-Trump music festival featuring Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews, The Neighborhood Kids chant “Free, free Palestine!” and blast “Western imperialism,” then pivot to sales:

“We got merch in that tent!… pic.twitter.com/vhINtNE66Y

— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) October 3, 2026

Springsteen, a longtime Trump opponent who endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024, was among the event’s headline performers.

Bruce Springsteen Headlines Anti-Trump Rally Featuring Socialists, ‘Free Palestine’ Chants and Attacks on ICE (VIDEO)

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The Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government of Yemen announced Sunday it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all parts of the country controlled by the Houthis, a militant group and ally of Iran. The Houthis control vast territory in Yemen including the capital Sanaa.

As Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council made the announcement, the Houthis said they had launched successful missile strikes against Saudi Arabia including at energy facilities. Fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis broke out this July, ending a yearslong ceasefire, after an attack by Riyadh on the international airport in Sanaa.

The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations agency on Sunday reported another oil tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz, the third such attack in two days.

As talks between Washington and Tehran appeared stalled, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday there was no military solution to the conflict. “If our enemies again choose the path of military confrontation, our response will be stronger than before, and we will defend ourselves with even more force,” Araghchi said.

The price of Brent crude oil—a key international benchmark—remains elevated, having closed Friday at $102.25. The average price of regular gasoline in America was $4.37 per gallon on Sunday.

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President Trump nuked Fox News on Sunday morning for not talking about his campaign rallies over the last week on Fox & Friends, saying that his supporters should stop watching the network. 

“Fox spends more time talking to Communists, Socialists, and Dumocrats, often without rebuttal, and MAGA is not, to put it mildly, happy,” Trump said, slamming the network for giving airtime to the Democrats while not talking about his rallies in Ohio on Saturday and Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma on Thursday and Friday.

“We don’t like stupid Jessica Tarlov, and all of the others, that are forced down MAGA’S throats.”

“Who makes these decisions at FoxNews? Probably the same loser that fired the great Maria Bartiromo because she complained about not being allowed to cover ‘TRUMP,’” he added, suggesting that Fox News will soon be as irrelevant as CNN and MS Now.

Full statement below:

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Sen. Tim Scott says Republicans will “without question” retain control of the U.S. Senate in November and could even expand their majority.

The South Carolina senator said this was because Democrats are slate of far-left candidates who lack broader support.

Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, laid out an aggressive final-month strategy Wednesday as Republicans battle across an extraordinary ten competitive states.

“We will hold the Senate majority without question,” Scott declared.

Republicans currently control the chamber 53-47, forcing Democrats to defend all their vulnerable seats while simultaneously flipping four Republican-held seats to win outright control.

Scott said the GOP enters the final stretch armed with more than $400 million across the NRSC, Senate Leadership Fund and MAGA Inc.

Report: Tim Scott said that Republicans are positioned to retain control of the United States Senate and could even expand their majority pic.twitter.com/f5xCPaGbsz

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 1, 2026

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Republican Senate leaders are also preparing to descend on battleground states as the party looks to mobilize voters.

Scott said that weaker Democratic candidates include Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and James Talarico in Texas.

He branded El-Sayed “perhaps the most radical, dangerous, and weird Democrat candidate in the field,” pointing to his positions on ICE and policing.

Scott also said that Texas would ultimately remain “ruby red” amid a close race between Talarico Attorney General Ken Paxton.

NRSC Chair Tim Scott just did a call with reporters. He said that “Republicans will hold the Senate majority without any question” and said it’s “not outside the realm of reason” for them to pick up seats (He says NH, Mich., Minn., and Ga. are all still pick-up opportunities)…

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) September 30, 2026

Republicans are also eyeing several pick-up opportunities.

Former Rep. Mike Rogers is battling El-Sayed for Michigan’s open Senate seat, while Mike Collins is attempting to topple Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is Minnesota, where former sportscaster Michele Tafoya has turned a traditionally difficult state for Republicans into a competitive contest against Democrat Peggy Flanagan.

“She may be the best recruit in Minnesota in half a century,” Scott said.

Minnesota Senate Republican Candidate Michele Tafoya Surging Against Walz-Tied Peggy Flanagan

The GOP is simultaneously fighting to protect seats in Maine, Iowa, Alaska, Ohio and other states as Democrats attempt to break the GOP majority.

Scott acknowledged the races remain extraordinarily close.

But with hundreds of millions of dollars available, Trump hitting the campaign trail and Democrats forced to defend seats of their own, Scott believes Republicans can get over the line.

“Cash is king,” he said. “We have the firepower necessary to really share our message.”

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More than a third of the men snared in a Hamilton County, Indiana, child-sex sting are illegal aliens from four different countries, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed, including a Senegalese national the Biden administration caught and released at the border in 2023.

According to Fox News, DHS told the network that 4 of the 11 suspects arrested in the operation, 36 percent, are in the country illegally. Police say the men believed they were chatting online with young girls, then drove to a meet-up for sex. Undercover detectives were waiting.

The Hamilton County Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, working with officers from Greenwood, Westfield, and Lebanon, ran the three-day undercover chat operation from September 22–24.

Each suspect traveled to the Westfield area expecting to meet a child. All 11 were charged with child solicitation, a Level 4 felony. Several face additional counts.

ICE has lodged detainers on all four illegal aliens. A DHS spokesperson told Fox News the department is calling on Indiana to honor those detainers: “All of their claims will be heard by an immigration judge, and they will receive due process. This administration will not ignore the rule of law.”

Per DHS, the illegal-alien suspects are:

• El Hadji Babacar Ndiaye, 26, of Indianapolis, a Senegalese illegal alien caught and released at the Lukeville, Arizona border by the Biden administration in September 2023. Local charging documents list one count of child solicitation. He is accused of messaging someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl and saying he wanted to have sex with her.
• Lucky Philip Udoudo (also rendered Odoudo in the DHS confirmation), 30, of Carmel, a Nigerian illegal alien who entered as a gotaway at an unknown time and location. He is charged with child solicitation and attempted sexual misconduct with a minor after allegedly arranging to meet a 15-year-old for sex.
• Filomeno Ricardo Flores Marin (booked as Ricardo Flores), 43, of Indianapolis, a Mexican illegal alien who first entered illegally in Arizona in 2002. He faces child solicitation, attempted sexual misconduct with a minor, and attempted dissemination of matter harmful to minors. Local reporting says he sent a nude photo and a sex video to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Court records also show a prior stolen-property arrest; ICE picked him up in Indianapolis on January 18, 2019 while assisting the DEA, then he was released on bond on March 7, 2019.
• David Josue Gomez-Posada, 21, listed as from Texas, a Salvadoran illegal alien who first crossed illegally as a juvenile in 2017. He is charged with child solicitation.

The other seven suspects were not identified by DHS as illegal aliens.

BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that 4 out of 11 (36%) alleged pedophiles arrested in a child sex sting operation in Hamilton County, IN are illegal aliens from four different countries. Police say the men thought they were communicating with young girls online, then drove to meet them for sex, but were met by undercover detectives instead and arrested. Per DHS, the illegal alien suspects include:

– El Hadji Babacar Ndiaye, a Senegalese illegal alien who was caught and released at the border in Lukeville, AZ by the Biden admin in September 2023.

-Lucky Philip Odoudo, a Nigerian illegal alien who entered the US as a gotaway at an unknown time and location.

– Filomeno Ricardo Flores Marin, a Mexican illegal alien who first entered the US illegally in Arizona 2002.

– David Josue Gomez-Posada, a Salvadoran illegal alien who first crossed into the US illegally as a juvenile in 2017.

DHS says ICE placed detainers on all four men with local law enforcement.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 2, 2026

Indiana is not a sanctuary state. DHS is still publicly pressing local authorities to honor the four detainers so these men are transferred to ICE after the criminal cases, not released back into Hamilton County.

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President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to finally put real teeth behind the government’s war on fraud, mandatory prison sentences for criminals caught stealing from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

In a video released Saturday, Trump demanded legislation establishing mandatory minimum sentences for fraudsters who loot the federal programs millions of Americans depend on.

Under Trump’s proposal, probation would no longer be an option for covered fraud offenses.

“Today, I’m calling on Congress to pass legislation to address fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs,” Trump said.

“First, Congress must impose mandatory minimum sentences on fraudsters who steal from critical benefit programs designed to take care of the sick, feed the hungry, care for our children, and protect our senior citizens’ retirements.”

“Under our proposal, probation is no longer an option for the fraudsters. If you steal from the American people, you will go to prison and for a long period of time. And the more you steal, the longer you’ll stay in that prison,” he said. “If you’re a convicted fraudster who gets caught stealing from the American people a second time, your sentence will be doubled.”

Then he went after the politicians.

“Second, Congress must make sure that crooked and corrupt politicians who willfully turn a blind eye to fraud finally face real consequences,” Trump said.

“Under our proposal, if a state or local politician knows about fraud and has the ability to stop it, but does nothing about it, they can be personally liable for the full loss of the American taxpayers’ money that they should have stopped and they should have saved.”

The White House published the president’s announcement Saturday under the title “Minimum Sentences on Fraudsters.”

WATCH:

FOR THE FRAUDSTERS! https://t.co/ZVV7ZYDAey

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2026

One 2026 Justice Department operation charged 455 defendants tied to more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims, CRBC News reported.

House Republicans, according to Fox News, have been pushing a package of Medicaid-fraud bills after warnings that improper payments in federal health programs are running into the hundreds of billions. Rep. Jodey Arrington has described the losses as roughly $1 million a minute.

Nowhere has the rot been more obvious than Minnesota.

The Gateway Pundit has reported for months on the Medicaid and welfare schemes that flourished under Governor Tim Walz.

In January, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz ordered a full federal audit of Minnesota Medicaid billings and told Walz fraudulent claims would be clawed back, after state programs were tied to more than $1 billion in suspected theft.

In April, The Gateway Pundit reported that Abdirashid Said, the lead defendant in an $11 million personal-care-assistant Medicaid scheme, fled the country before trial after a Hennepin County judge let him keep his passport on a $150,000 bond.

In May, legal scholar John Yoo told Fox News that Minnesota officials who knew money was moving to terrorist-linked networks could face prison for material support.

In June, Vice President JD Vance referred Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department’s fraud division after a House Oversight report said senior officials had credible fraud warnings as early as 2019 and still kept the money flowing, including in the $250 million Feeding Our Future case, where state officials kept paying for months after flagging deficiencies.

In September, The Gateway Pundit reported that a longtime associate of Democratic Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan was running an autism center the state had already kicked off Medicaid.

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The British government has handed out more than 1,000 taxpayer-funded hijabs to migrants arriving illegally across the English Channel.

According to internal Home Office figures reported by The Daily Mail, officials distributed 974 of the Islamic head coverings to small-boat migrants, an average of 162 every month between January and June.

At that rate, the total handed out at taxpayer expense is likely in the thousands

“The Government must stop handing out hijabs to illegal immigrants immediately,” Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said.

“It’s an insult to hard-working British taxpayers that they’re funding religious items for people who have broken into our country. It should not be for us to fund someone else’s religious practices.”

UK hands out 1,000 hijabs to channel migrants https://t.co/peiaQ9AzU3

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) October 3, 2026

Many are also wondering why British taxpayers are paying to promote a symbol of female subservience.

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott recently came out against hijabs forming part of school uniforms.

“I do not believe the state should be party to an instrument of female suppression,” she said.

The taxpayer-funded clothing is being distributed as Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government refuses to stop the boats despite promises to do so.

More than 19,000 migrants have made the journey so far this year, with hundreds, if not thousands, more arriving every week.

Although overall crossings are down from 2025, boats have become increasingly crowded, carrying an average of 67 people per vessel.

The Home Office defended the practice by claiming it has obligations to provide appropriate basic clothing to migrants in short-term holding facilities.

“All arrivals receive a basic dry clothing pack where required,” a spokesman said. “The items available form part of standard welfare arrangements.”

The RNLI are transferring illegal migrants onto a Border Security Command Ship in the middle of the English Channel.

This is orchestrated from the very top.

ABSOLUTELY INSANE! pic.twitter.com/P6K7W8FLKb

— (@wewillnotshutup) September 22, 2026

Government figures also reveal the enormous quantity of other types of clothing being provided to illegal migrants.

Officials handed out 10,694 male clothing packs, alongside 2,670 female packs, 773 for boys, and 829 for girls.

The taxpayer-funded supplies also included hundreds of beanie hats and babygrows.

“Illegal immigrants crossing the Channel are breaking into our country,” Philp added. “They have no legitimate reason to flee France, which is clearly safe.”

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Washed-up rocker Bruce Springsteen headlined a star-studded left-wing political festival Saturday as musicians and activist groups joined forces to mobilize opposition to President Trump ahead of the midterms.

The “Power to the People” festival was held at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.

The event featured Springsteen, Dave Matthews, and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello alongside a collection of progressive activist organizations.

Although marketed as a music festival, politics dominated the event.

The festival promoted voter registration and political organizing while declaring its intention to harness the power of ordinary people to “shape” the country “on, and beyond, Election Day.”

A hip-hop group opening the festival led chants of “Free Palestine,” denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a “terrorist organization” and railed against “Western imperialism.”

Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews are headlining a music festival in Maryland today built around a network of anti-Trump nonprofits and Democratic-aligned activists mobilizing ahead of the midterms, reports @FoxNews Digital’s @AsraNomani and @M_Dorgan.

The “Power To The… pic.twitter.com/iAGofsVm0y

— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) October 3, 2026

Morello, a longtime left-wing activist, used his appearance to attack “fascists and the would-be dictators” as well as wealthy “oligarchs.”

The festival grounds also contained a “Freedom Village” featuring activist organizations including Indivisible, the ACLU and Third Act.

WATCH: Radicalism meets capitalism.

At today’s “Power to the People” anti-Trump music festival featuring Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews, The Neighborhood Kids chant “Free, free Palestine!” and blast “Western imperialism,” then pivot to sales:

“We got merch in that tent!… pic.twitter.com/vhINtNE66Y

— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) October 3, 2026

Indivisible has played a major role in organizing anti-Trump demonstrations, including the “No Kings” and “Hands Off” protests.

Springsteen himself has become increasingly involved in Democratic politics and anti-Trump activism.

The rock star endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz during the 2024 presidential election and performed at a Harris campaign rally in Philadelphia.

He has since used many of his shows to rally against Trump, ICE, and the conflict in Iran.

‘Let ‘Em Hear You in the F*cking White House!’ Bruce Springsteen Unleashes Profane Six-Minute Anti-Trump Meltdown at D.C. Concert (VIDEOS)

Most of the performers had close ties to the Democratic Party.

Matthews previously participated in a concert promoting Joe Biden, Harris, and Democratic candidates, while also expressing support for Bernie Sanders.

Festival DJ Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, created Barack Obama’s famous “Hope” poster before producing political artwork supporting Harris in 2024.

Saturday’s festival comes just weeks before Americans vote in midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

The concert ultimately resembled less a conventional music festival than a massive left-wing political rally.

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The Baltimore Rock Opera Society has fired its new executive director, Kelly Carnes, after a video showed the white arts executive wearing cornrows at the Burning Man festival, and leftists complained that the hairstyle was cultural appropriation.

Carnes had only been on the job for about two weeks when she was canned.

The volunteer-run theater group, which has staged original rock-and-roll shows in Baltimore since 2009, welcomed her on Instagram on September 14, writing that it was “excited for the new stories about to unfold under AWOL’s leadership as she supports us in our 7,000-year mission of incredible rock theater.”

Less than two weeks later, they fired her.

An email to volunteers, obtained by the Baltimore Banner, announced the firing and said four of the six board members would step down on December 31.

“For BROS to continue, there is an URGENT NEED for qualified people to step up and take these responsibilities from the current board immediately,” the email said.

WBAL reports:

The organization added it was revising its Anti-Discrimination Policy to address cultural representation and dress and enforcing anti-racism leadership training.

“The mission of this group will focus on initiatives and systemic changes related to community culture, anti-racist practices, inclusion, accountability, equity, and access within BROS,” the statement posted on social media adds.

The scandal began with a video from a BROS public event.

Carnes had just returned from Burning Man, the annual arts festival in the Nevada desert. She said she had her hair put in cornrows as a “protective style” against the wind and dust, and that she kept the braids because she did not have time to take them out before her first event with the group.

The style featured cornrows along the top, then longer braids and extensions.

She told The Banner that she had checked with fellow campers, including people of color, and with people she works with at home, before wearing it.

The group later removed the video.

Before a September 22 meeting, the board posted that it had “received many heartfelt and concerned messages from members of our community regarding a video circulated on social media showing our new Executive Director, who is white, wearing cornrows at a recent BROS public event.”

The statement said the board shared “the weight of these concerns” and took the matter seriously.

Carnes said the termination letter did not mention the hairstyle. It said she was “not a good fit,” but she does not accept that explanation.

“People can have different opinions about my hairstyle,” she wrote to the Banner. “But someone’s personal opinion about my hairstyle is one thing. Making an employment decision based on my physical appearance is another.”

The ousted director added, “I believe the circumstances surrounding my termination raise serious questions about discrimination, governance, and whether the values BROS presents publicly are actually extended to the people it employs.”

She said that she is “exploring those issues with counsel” and told WBAL she understands the concerns and is sensitive to them, but that she wears the style only for the two weeks she camps at Burning Man.

“I’m disappointed that I never even got the chance to do my job,” said Carnes. “It’s kind of a classic judging a book by its cover story instead and, of course, that’s incredibly disappointing, especially coming from an arts organization whose part of their ethos is that radical and fearless self-expression is a part of their dynamic.”

Her lawyer, Owen Bement, said she may be protected by the state’s CROWN Act, which was created to prevent discrimination against black women based on their hairstyles and textures.

Bement explained, “In Maryland, BROS may not lawfully separate my client because it believes one group of people may have a certain hairstyle while others may not. That is as clear cut a violation of Maryland’s anti-discrimination laws as I have ever seen.”

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A longtime Florida public school teacher has been arrested on a felony child abuse charge after authorities say she grabbed a seventh-grade student by the arm and dragged him roughly 20 feet out of her classroom and into a hallway.

Fada Concepcion, 52, a seventh-grade science teacher at Tuskawilla Middle School in Seminole County, was arrested by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office following the September 29 incident.

Concepcion has worked for Seminole County Public Schools for 29 years, according to FOX 35 Orlando.

She now faces a third-degree felony charge of child abuse without great bodily harm.

According to an arrest report obtained by WFTV, investigators allege Concepcion grabbed the student from his seat during third-period science class and dragged him by the arm at least 20 feet into an exterior hallway.

The alleged incident was reportedly captured on the school’s surveillance camera system.

School officials became aware of the allegation the following day after Assistant Principal Cynthia Woods received a statement from a student. Woods then notified Principal Randy Shuler, child protection officials and a school resource deputy.

Another assistant principal later reviewed surveillance footage and contacted deputies.

Investigators subsequently interviewed 15 students who had been marked present during the class.

The student involved also provided a sworn statement, while his father reportedly told investigators that he had not given Concepcion permission to physically handle his son and wanted authorities to pursue the matter.

Concepcion, however, disputes investigators’ version of events.

During questioning, Concepcion reportedly told deputies she did not remember “dragging” the student and maintained that she had instead escorted him from the classroom while he repeatedly slumped over.

Her attorney also challenged prosecutors’ characterization of the encounter during a bond hearing.

The defense argued that the student had been misbehaving and had not suffered bruising or other physical injuries, drawing a distinction between investigators describing the encounter as “dragging” and Concepcion describing it as “escorting.”

But prosecutors pushed back, and the judge ultimately found probable cause for the case to proceed, according to WFTV.

Parents send their children to school expecting teachers to educate and protect them, not to have allegations like this emerge from inside a classroom.

And in this case, investigators say there is surveillance footage that could become a critical piece of evidence as the case moves forward.

Prosecutors initially sought a $5,000 bond, but the judge reduced Concepcion’s bond to $1,000.

She was also ordered to have no contact with the student and prohibited from returning to Tuskawilla Middle School for the time being.

Seminole County Public Schools placed Concepcion on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

The district said in a statement that it takes allegations concerning student safety seriously and will continue cooperating with law enforcement and its Office of Professional Standards.

Concepcion is scheduled to return to court on November 10.

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