Judge Expands Texas AG's Restraining Order Over Texas Democrats' Fundraising
In the order, Judge Megan Fahey wrote that O'Rourke, also a presidential candidate in the 2020 election, cannot send money out of Texas. She ruled in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, after Paxton sought to remove the charter of Powered by People, the organization headed by O'Rourke.
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- New York Post
Trump weaponization czar teases ‘more' developments with Schiff, warns J6 Committee alums to ‘keep an eye on their mailbox'
President Trump's weaponization czar Ed Martin dropped hints that his team may soon take additional investigative actions against Sen. Adam Schiff and members of the since-defunct House Select Jan. 6 Committee who weren't pardoned by former president Joe Biden. Martin, who helms the Justice Department's Weaponization Working Group, took note of the criminal probe of Schiff (D-Calif.) over allegations of mortgage fraud and strongly implied something else is in the works. 'There's a referral from Bill Pulte about mortgage fraud about Adam Schiff. That's publicly discussed. His own lawyers have been out there,' Martin told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures.' Advertisement 'Now there's more on Adam Schiff.' Martin did not specify what else could be coming down the pike. 3 Ed Martin teased that his weaponization working group has additional investigations into Adam Schiff and the since-defunct Jan. 6 Committee in the works. AP Advertisement 3 Sen. Adam Schiff was one of President Trump's top Democratic adversaries in the House during his first term. REUTERS Back in May, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte referred Schiff to the Justice Department for 'multiple instances' between 2003 and 2019 when the senator allegedly 'falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms.' This includes accusations that he listed his Maryland home as a primary residence in multiple mortgage refinancing filings despite being an elected member of Congress from California at the time. Some lawmakers have homes in both their states and in the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia area during their time in Congress. But Pulte alleged that Schiff also sought a similar exemption on a Burbank, Calif., condo that he also dubbed his primary residence. Advertisement In a separate matter, Schiff recently faced surfaced accusations from a former Democratic House Intelligence Committee aide who alleged the then-congressman approved leaks of classified information to harm President Trump during the height of Russiagate. It is unclear if those allegations are what Martin was referencing. DOJ officials concluded Schiff may have had liability protections for those leaks under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution, according to an FBI memo on the accusations obtained by The Post. 'All we're going to do, again, is get to the facts of this and use all the tools that we have in our system,' Martin stressed. 3 Ed Martin inspected Letita James' Brooklyn home last Friday. New York Post Advertisement Last week, Martin was seen in Brooklyn checking out New York Attorney General Letitia James' multi-family residential property that is subject to a mortgage fraud inquiry. Pulte alleged that the AG may have 'falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.' Similar to the Schiff accusations, Pulte alleged that James declared a Norfolk, Virginia, property purchased in 2023 her 'principal residence' while calling her Brooklyn brownstone she's owned since 2001 her second residence. Beyond Schiff and James, Martin also teased that he is reviewing members of the since-defunct House Select Jan. 6 Committee, despite Biden's sweeping 11th-hour pardon for the panel. 'We're all in that too,' Martin said. 'A lot of people did not get a pardon that were involved in the select committee, and they ought to be keeping an eye on their mailbox, because there's a lot to be asked about.' Martin didn't specify names, but noted that US Attorney General Pam Bondi 'let us loose on' issues of alleged government weaponization.
New York Post
44 minutes ago
- New York Post
Lindsey Graham threatens bill designating Russia state sponsor of terror over kidnapping of Ukrainian children
President Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened to champion bipartisan legislation designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over the kidnappings of Ukrainian children unless Moscow returns them. Throughout its brutal war on Ukraine, Russia has been accused of abducting over 20,000 Ukrainian children and putting some of them up for adoption, with the goal of raising them to be Russian. 'I intend to push the return of these children until I can't push anymore,' Graham vowed on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures.' Advertisement 'If they do not return these children to Ukraine, the 19,000, then I'm going to push legislation to make Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law,' the South Carolina Republican said, warning such a move would make Russia 'radioactive.' Estimates of the children abducted by Russia vary, with some Ukrainian officials pegging it closer to 35,000. 3 Sen. Lindsey Graham demanded that Russia release the thousands of Ukrainian children it has allegedly abducted. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement 3 Russian leader Vladimir Putin met with President Trump in Alaska on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin was vexed back in 2014 during Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, in which protesters ousted its pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych and shifted towards the West. Russia's demented kidnapping of Ukrainian children appears to be part of a broader strategy to remold Ukraine into a Russian sphere of influence over the long term. In some instances, the abducted children have been put on the battlefield to fight against Ukraine, according to top officials in Kyiv and nongovernmental organizations. Advertisement Ahead of President Trump's meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Friday, the White House stressed that the mass abduction of Ukrainian children 'remains a concern.' Trump handed Putin a letter from the first lady pushing him to pursue peace and warning about the negative toll war has on children, without explicitly delving into the kidnapping issue. Graham argued that Russia deserves to be labeled a state sponsor of terrorism to tarnish its image abroad for its actions. 3 The issue of abducted Ukrainian children looms large over President Trump's efforts to secure peace in Ukraine. Advertisement 'They should be a state sponsor of terrorism, Russia, until they return the children. So any peace deal must include the return of the kidnapped children by Russia to Ukraine,' Graham said. 'If you don't do, that's not a just end of the war. And if Putin doesn't return these kids, he should be a state sponsor of terrorism designation under U.S. law. And that makes Russia radioactive.' Graham has also introduced a bipartisan sanctions bill alongside Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) So far, Trump has indicated he wants to act unilaterally to slap secondary tariffs and sanctions against Russia, rather than the bill. Graham and Blumenthal have some 85 co-sponsors. 'The way to end this war is to make Russia believe that, if they don't end it, we're going to destroy their fossil fuel economy,' Graham said. 'I'm going to let him [Trump] determine that,' Graham said about the timing of when that sanctions bill might get passed. 'I trust his judgment. I can't think of a better person to be in the room with Putin than President Trump.' Graham also said that he's 'cautiously optimistic we will get' to an end of the war. Trump is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Monday and will also meet with a group of European leaders backing Ukraine.
New York Post
44 minutes ago
- New York Post
FBI urged to probe NYC's seedy 'Market of Sweethearts'
Queens activists are demanding the FBI investigate the 'foreign national' crime syndicates turning seedy Roosevelt Avenue into a 'gangland' — claiming the criminals pose a national security threat. 'We request that you initiate an investigation into what we understand are gangs engaging in criminal enterprises including human trafficking, illegal narcotics sales and the mass distribution of fraudulent documents which poses a national security threat,' wrote Rosa Sanchez, head of the Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition, and Democratic district leader Hiram Monserrate in an Aug. 14 letter to FBI Director Kash Patel. Federal intervention is required because state and local laws are limited and inadequate to address the problem, the activists said. Advertisement 5 A suspected sex worker seen outside of a brothel on Roosevelt Avenue near 89th Street in Queens on Aug. 17, 2025. NY Post 5 Local activists are calling on the FBI to investigate 'foreign national' crime syndicates operating on Roosevelt Avenue. NY Post In their missive, Sanchez and Monserrate thanked the FBI and other agencies in the Trump administration for prosecuting members of migrant gangs — including the Venezuelan-based Tren de Aragua and the 18th Street gang, which regularly extort brothels, beat rivals and sell drugs and phony IDs to finance an illicit network based in El Salvador. Advertisement 'However, both gangs continue to operate in our community and we impress upon you that more needs to be done to keep our community safe,' they told the FBI director. They noted that the NYPD has made more than 500 prostitution-related arrests thus far this year along what is called 'The Market of Sweethearts,' but brothels continue to operate. 5 Suspected sex workers on the sidewalk in the 'Market of Sweethearts' on July 27, 2025. New York Post Many of them are controlled by Chinese gangs, Sanchez and Monserrate said. Advertisement 'According to our sources several locations are being operated and controlled by Chinese organized crime. … The information we have continued gathering is unsettling,' the Corona-Elmhurst neighborhood leaders said. Monserrate said the Triads are one of the Chinese groups involved in sex-trafficking. 5 Illegal street vendors seen on Roosevelt Avenue near 89th Street in Jackson Heights on Aug. 17, 2025. Gregory P. Mango 5 Vendors set up on the sidewalk in Jackson Heights near the 'Market of Sweethearts' on Aug. 17, 2025. Gregory P. Mango Advertisement The 18th Street Gang members are still selling fraudulent green cards, Social Security and driver's licenses on Roosevelt Avenue between 80th and 84th Streets, too, the letter writers said. 'Organized crime by both Latino and Chinese foreign nationals continues to wreak havoc in our community,' Sanchez and Monserrate said. 'We urge your agency to respond and rid our community of modern slavery and a dangerous criminal element that operates flagrantly.' They forwarded suspected addresses of brothels to the FBI. In the past year, The Post has exposed the seediness, crime, drug-peddling and illegal vending along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor. Gov. Kathy Hochul last year even dispatched state troopers to assist the NYPD to crack down the lawlessness.
