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Indian Express
29-07-2025
- Indian Express
1 NYPD officer, 2 civilians shot at Manhattan office building housing Blackstone, NFL offices
In an active shootout reported from the New York City's Park Avenue Tower in Midtown Manhattan, at least one New York Police Department (NYPD) officer and two other civilians were shot on Monday evening near a corporate office housing finance giant Blackstone and the National Football League among others. The New York Fire Department said that emergency crews were called to report of someone being shot at the Park Avenue office building on Monday evening. The spokesperson added that the call came in at 6:30 pm without providing any further detail, Associated Press reported. Due to police activity, please avoid the vicinity of East 52 Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Expect emergency vehicles & delays in the surrounding area. — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 28, 2025 Police said that they were searching for a man with a long rifle, who was seen walking inside the building and they believe the suspect is still inside the building, CNN reported quoting sources. FBI New York Field Office management personnel and agents are responding to provide support at the active crime scene in Manhattan. — Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) July 28, 2025 Confirming the development in a post on X, the FBI's Deputy Director Dan Bongino said 'FBI New York Field Office management personnel and agents are responding to provide support at the active crime scene in Manhattan.' New Yorkers: there is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now. Please take proper safety precautions if you are in vicinity and do not go outside if you are near Park Avenue and East 51st Street. — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) July 28, 2025 Amid the active shootout in Manhattan, the New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on X 'There is an active shooter investigation taking place in Midtown right now. Please take proper safety precautions if you are in the vicinity and do not go outside if you are near Park Avenue and East 51st Street.' The New York Police Department urged the people in a social media post to avoid the vicinity of East 52 Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue. There was no further report of the condition of those shot at the crime scene.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
FBI's Process to Check Epstein Files for Trump Mentions Was Pure Chaos
Analysts tasked to review the Epstein files allege that there was a 'log' to track mentions of Donald Trump. Allison Gill, a legal analyst known for her work covering Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump, reported Sunday that some of the 1,000 personnel from the Information Management Division and the FBI New York Field Office who were instructed to review documents pertaining to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein noticed Trump's name in the fold. Anonymous sources toldGill that a 'log' related to Trump's repeat mentions was drafted. The liberal legal blogger had put out a call on social media hoping to interview former analysts and, within '24 hours,' she said she 'received several messages.' 'Individual analysts were told to flag mentions of Trump by document and page number by logging them in an Excel spreadsheet, then they'd hand in their spreadsheet at the end of their (sometimes 24 or even 48-hour) shift,' Gill wrote, underscoring that agents were directed not to flag Trump 'until later in a process that began mid-March.' Analysts that spoke with Gill alleged that the process was 'chaotic,' with instructions and orders 'constantly changing,' even on a daily basis. 'One person I spoke to on the condition of anonymity said that many agents spent more time waiting for new instructions than they did processing files,' Gill wrote. She noted that, due to the crazed nature of the operation, the files were stored on a 'shared drive' that anyone within the division could access, with the 'usual permission restrictions' not in place. 'This left the Epstein and Maxwell files open to viewing by a much larger group of people than previously thought,' Gill wrote. Staff were additionally instructed that Attorney General Pam Bondi would have sole discretion over what would be released to the public. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin challenged the administration last week about the operation. In a letter addressed to Bondi on Friday, Durbin accused the Justice Department chief of pressuring FBI staff to review 'approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records in order to produce more documents that could then be released on an arbitrarily short deadline.' 'My office was told that these personnel were instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned,' he said. Trump has a well-documented history with the New York financier. Prior to his death, Epstein described himself as one of Trump's 'closest friends.' The socialites were named and photographed together several times; Trump allegedly penned a salacious letter to Epstein for the pedophile's 50th birthday; and the first time that Trump slept with his now-wife Melania was reportedly aboard Epstein's plane, the 'Lolita Express.' After defending Bondi for several weeks, deriding his Epstein-conscious supporters as 'stupid,' and claiming that there was no evidence of Epstein's so-called 'client list,' Trump now seems content with allowing his attorney general to take the fall for the cataclysmic fiasco. 'One thing that's been clear is his feelings about it,' an unnamed White House official told NBC News. 'This now resides within the DOJ.'
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Top official at FBI New York Field Office forced to retire
The top official at the FBI New York Field Office was forced to retire on Monday, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital. James Dennehy was appointed to the position by former FBI Director Christopher Wray in September 2024. He shared the news of his departure with colleagues in an email Monday, obtained by Fox News Digital. He said that he had been informed late Friday that he would need to put in his retirement papers. "I was not given a reason for this decision," Dennehy said. Fbi Raids Homes Of Top Aides For New York City Mayor Eric Adams "Regardless, I apologize to all of you for not being able to fulfill my commitment to you to serve as ADIC NY for at least two years. Read On The Fox News App "But as I leave today, I have an immense feeling of pride – to have represented an office of professionals who will always do the right thing for the right reasons; who will always seek the truth while upholding the rule of law; who will always follow the facts no matter where they lead and be unapologetic about it; who will never bend, break, falter, or quit on your integrity; who will always handle cases and evidence with an overabundance of caution and care for the innocent, the victims, and the process first; and who will always remain independent," he added. Dennehy provided a top 10 list of things he would miss about working for the FBI, though his commute was not one of them. Among the items on his list were the investigations, the intensity, the FBI brand, the camaraderie, the badge, the independence and everyone he worked with. "I've been told many times in my life, 'When you find yourself in a hole, sometimes it's best to quit digging,'" he wrote. "Screw that. I will never stop defending this joint. I'll just do it willingly and proudly from outside the wire," he said. Dennehy's departure is the latest in a series of oustings under President Donald Trump's new administration. News of his departure, which comes shortly after the confirmation of FBI Director Kash Patel, and deputy director Dan Bongino, is likely to touch off new fears of politicalization within the bureau. Lawsuit Tracker: New Resistance Battling Trump's Second Term Through Onslaught Of Lawsuits Taking Aim At Eos Dennehy, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, joined the FBI shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2002, and received numerous awards during his more than two decades as a special agent. His prolific career included numerous promotions and management positions, including recent promotions to serve in the FBI's Washington, D.C., headquarters under the first Trump administration, and as head of the FBI's Newark Field Office and its New York City Field Office, respectively. Most recently, Dennehy was in the spotlight for publicly sparring with the Trump administration over a questionnaire sent to thousands of FBI personnel asking them to detail their role in the sprawling Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigations. Bureau personnel had cited fears of retaliation and political retribution for their roles, and Dennehy was among the bureau employees who had urged his colleagues to "dig in" to protect the FBI's independence from outside interference. He also played a key role in the investigation into New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted on criminal corruption charges last fall before the Justice Department abruptly moved to dismiss the case last month. The presiding judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, has not yet granted the DOJ's request, and instead tasked an outside lawyer, Paul Clement, to advise him on the matter. The departure comes just days after Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested the FBI's New York Field Office was responsible for withholding thousands of pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi sent a scathing letter to Patel last week demanding answers as to why the documents were not made available sooner, and had since vowed to fire the person responsible. It is not clear whether Dennehy had any role in the investigation, or whether his retirement was related in any way to those documents. In his farewell note to colleagues Monday, Dennehy said he is leaving with an "immense feeling of pride" to have represented an office of professionals who will always do the right thing for the right reasons" and "who will always seek the truth while upholding the rule of law…" Click To Get The Fox News App He added: "We will not bend. We will not falter. We will not sacrifice what is right for anything or anyone."Original article source: Top official at FBI New York Field Office forced to retire
