Alvin Bragg’s Prosecutors Lie About 2016 Election in Opening Statement to Jurors

Opening statements were underway in President Trump's 'hush payment' trial in New York City on Monday morning.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's top prosecutor lied during his opening statement and claimed Trump "Orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election" when he paid porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair.

"The defendant, Donald Trump, orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Then he covered up that criminal conspiracy by lying in his New York business records over and over and over again," prosecutor Matthew Colangelo - a former top Biden DOJ appointee - told jurors, according to AP. Alvin Bragg indicted Trump last April on 34 felony counts related to 'hush payments' he made to Stormy Daniels.

The payments made to Stormy Daniels did NOT come from Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

The payments were made through internal business records - there was no tax deduction taken and there was no obligation to file it with the FEC, according to Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.

Alvin Bragg didn't explain what exactly he wanted to convict Trump of in the charging documents.

Hillary Clinton got a light slap on the wrist for her crimes while Trump is on trial in New York City. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/just-alvin-braggs-prosecutors-lie-about-2016-election/

REPO Act Passage Has Authorized Biden To Confiscate Russian Assets & Transfer To Ukraine

The US administration has been pursuing a controversial plan to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for reconstruction, and has been aggressively lobbying G7 countries to jump on board, also given most of the $300 billion in Russian assets are held in Europe - particularly France, Germany, and Belgium.

A summary of the REPO Act - H.R.4175 - on the Congressional website, reads: "This bill requires or authorizes various actions related to the confiscation and disposition of Russian sovereign assets." Image: EPA/Shutterstock "Under the bill, the President must require U.S. financial institutions to notify the Department of the Treasury of any Russian sovereign assets located at such institutions. The President may confiscate any such assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction," it continues.

The Ukraine Support Fund may also support an international body or mechanism for reconstruction and rebuilding efforts in Ukraine, humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people, or other purposes which support the recovery of Ukraine and the welfare of the Ukrainian people.

"The bill also directs the President to seek to establish, with foreign partners, an international mechanism to provide compensation to Ukraine using the Ukraine Support Fund and Russian sovereign assets confiscated by foreign partners," the legislation summary says.

"If such measures are implemented, of course, many investors will think ten times before making any investments in the American economy or storing their assets there," Peskov added, noting there's still a long, complex road ahead if Washington ultimately seeks to pull the trigger on stealing Russia's assets.

Below: an interesting take from Sen. J.D. Vance... Starting in February, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen began getting more vocal on the "Moral case" for using Russian assets to aid Ukraine, telling allies they must find a way to "Unlock the value" of the hundreds of billions in immobilized Russian assets, also with an eye towards Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.

Previously some Ukrainian officials floated the idea of "Reparation bonds" backed by future claims for war damages against Moscow, and utilizing frozen Russian assets. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/repo-act-passage-has-authorized-biden-confiscate-russian-assets-give-them-ukraine

Is The IRS Interfering In IG Probe Of Hunter Biden Whistleblowers?

"The IRS needs to get into gear immediately and provide answers about the scope and status of the alleged investigatory process" into the Hunter Biden whistleblowers, Sen. Chuck Grassley told The Federalist.

The IRS commissioner's claim is far from comforting given that a recent court filing indicates the chief counsel office of the IRS is kept apprised of the IG's apparent probe of the whistleblowers.

The IRS is not investigating the whistleblowers, according to an April 12, 2024, letter IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel sent to Grassley.

The IRS Office of Chief Counsel represents the IRS, which Commissioner Werfel maintains is not investigating the whistleblowers.

For the IRS chief counsel to communicate with Special Counsel Weiss about a potential ongoing investigation into the whistleblowers is particularly concerning for a couple of reasons.

When asked why the IRS Office of Chief Counsel would be communicating with Weiss about any potential ongoing investigation, as opposed to TIGTA's chief counsel, the IRS told The Federalist that its "Contacts with the Justice Department were to defend against allegations being made by the defendant." The IRS added that it "Made these appropriate contacts after consulting with the independent authorities."

If the purpose of a referral to TIGTA was to ensure an independent review of the allegations and to safeguard the rights of the IRS employees, involving the IRS Office of Chief Counsel's office is problematic - particularly so because the IRS's chief counsel is a Biden appointee who was recently confirmed in a party-line vote. 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/22/is-bidens-irs-meddling-in-the-ig-investigation-of-hunter-biden-whistleblowers/

Democrat Congressman Introduces Legislation Aimed At Removing Donald Trump's Secret Service Protection

 A Democrat congressman has introduced legislation to terminate Secret Service protection for anyone convicted of a "Federal or State offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year."

In a fact sheet of the bill, Thompson made it clear the legislation would apply to President Trump.

"Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson ran the January 6 committee, which mixed elements of show trial and reality series. Focused solely on Trump, of course. Now, Thompson wants to take away Trump's Secret Service protection if Trump is convicted on any of the 88 felony charges levelled against him by elected Democratic prosecutors and a Biden Justice Department appointee. Obvious subtext here is that removing USSS would make it easier for someone to kill Trump, which is arguably the goal of Thompson's bill, H.R. 8081: The DISGRACED Former Protectees Act," York said.

"House Democrats move to try to ensure Trump is murdered by removing his Secret Service protection?" Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton questioned.

"They're literally trying to remove Trump's Secret Service protection under a new bill. If this happens, and something happens to him, BLOOD is on your hands. And we won't let that go," Ryan Fournier stated.

President Trump is facing 34 charges in the case, with each count carrying a maximum jail time of four years.

In the case, President Trump is alleged to have falsified his business records regarding diverting funds to his former lawyer Michael Cohen.

https://100percentfedup.com/democrat-congressman-introduces-legislation-aimed-removing-donald-trumps/

Why SCOTUS Will Toss 350 J6 Convictions

In 2021, the DOJ redefined "Official proceedings" to mean anything the government does, including certification of Electoral College votes.

Alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or.

Otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

Joseph W. Fischer was among those charged with "Obstruction of an official proceeding." However, when his case got to an actual court, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols dismissed the "Obstruction" charge because Fischer did nothing "With respect to a document, record, or other object in order to corruptly obstruct, impede or influence Congress's certification of the electoral vote." The DOJ took their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed Judge Nichols's ruling.

It's risky to predict a SCOTUS ruling based on oral arguments, but most of the justices were dubious about the DOJ's use of Sarbanes-Oxley in J6 prosecutions.

Predictably, Justices Kagan and Sotomayor went after Fischer's attorney, Jeffrey T. Green, in an attempt to undermine his argument that the key problem with the DOJ's case is its misinterpretation of "Otherwise" in 1512(c)(2).

Chief Justice Roberts also pressed Prelogar on the DOJ's broad interpretation of "Otherwise." Referring to a unanimous opinion he wrote in Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries that was just released on April 12, he cited it as an example of the proper interpretation of "Otherwise:" "[W]hat it said is you had specific terms, a more general catchall, if you will, term at the end, and it said that the general phrase is controlled and defined by reference to the terms that precede it. 

https://spectator.org/why-scotus-will-toss-350-j6-convictions/

Climate Change Is Normal and Natural, and Can’t Be Controlled

Are we humans responsible for climate change? And what can we do about it? "The climate of planet Earth has never stopped changing since the Earth's genesis, sometimes relatively rapidly, sometimes very slowly, but always surely," says Patrick Moore in Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom.

The effects of solar cycles on Earth vary, with some regions warming more than 1°C and others cooling.

Climatic changes occur as a result of variations in the interaction of solar energy with Earth's ozone layer, which influences ozone levels and stratospheric temperatures.

The Milankovitch cycles also involve obliquity, or the angle that Earth's axis is tilted.

The tilt is why there are seasons, and the greater the Earth's tilt, the more extreme the seasons.

Moving from outer space to Earth, ocean and wind currents also affect the climate.

Because the Sun warms Earth the most at the Equator, air on either side of the Equator is cooler and denser. 

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/04/21/climate-change-is-normal-and-natural-and-cant-be-controlled/

Military Could Hit Troops With Courts-Martial For Refusing To Use Preferred Pronouns, Experts Say

The military could seek to formally punish service members for refusing to use another service member's preferred pronouns under existing policy, according to military experts.

A 2020 Equal Opportunity law opened the door for commanders to subject someone who refuses to affirm a transgender servicemember's so-called gender identity to the Uniform Code of Military Justice for charges related to harassment, Capt. Thomas Wheatley, an assistant professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The military "Is right to want to protect the rights and welfare of its transgender service members. But it owes the same protection to those who share a different perspective on the issue, especially when that perspective is a deep-seated expression of personal conscience," Wheatley told the DCNF. None of the military's rules explicitly prohibit so-called "Misgendering," when someone uses pronouns to describe a transgender person which do not correspond to the person's new gender identity, Wheatley explained.

Existing guidance implies that using pronouns rejected by another person violates Military Equal Opportunity regulations against sex-based harassment and discrimination.

"I knew, given the cultural gap between the civilian world and the military, the issue would be overlooked as it concerned service members. So, I got to work," he told the DCNF. In a peer reviewed article recently published in the Texas Review of Law and Politics, Wheatley argued that, despite the existing EO policy, Articles 133 and 134 of the UCMJ are not strong enough to prosecute troops for spurning another's preferred pronouns.

"The military policy and legal infrastructure clearly exist to wage war on Americans with deeply-held traditional beliefs about man and woman," William Thibeau, director of the Claremont Institute's American Military Project, told the DCNF. Wheatley's article "Should be a red flag to policy makers and elected officials to end this tyranny of liberalism before it is formally levied against American Soldiers preferring to live in reality."

The experts advocated stronger measures too, including decriminalizing unspecified MEO violations and to narrow its scope so that it only applies to activities a servicemember performs while on normal duty hours or contributing to an official military mission.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/21/military-could-hit-troops-with-court-martials-for-refusing-to-use-preferred-pronouns-experts-say/