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Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Shocking allegations made against mother who appeared at White House after illegal migrant murdered her daughter
The family of Maryland mom Rachel Morin has filed a lawsuit against the murdered woman's mother claiming she stole money from a fundraiser meant for the orphaned children. Eldest daughter Faye McMahon, 19, is suing her grandmother Patty Morin, who recently visited the White House and spoke with President Trump over the death of Rachel at the hands of an illegal migrant. McMahon is also and her aunt Rebekah Morin, alleging that the two took over $50,000 she says was donated to her murdered mom's children. According to filings seen by The Baltimore Sun, there was tens of thousands of dollars raised on GoFundMe to help Rachel's kids after she was found dead in 2023. McMahon, along with the fathers of Morin's younger kids Joseph Custer and Jonathan Alderson, filed the suit saying didn't receive any of the money raised in the wake of the brutal rape and murder. 'To date, even after requests for funds for childcare and health reasons, the trustees have refused the immediate needs of the trust requests,' the lawsuit states. 'Defendants, by their actions, have committed fraud by misrepresenting the intended use of the funds raised through the GoFundMe account and other fundraisers.' It adds that after Morin's remains were found a GoFundMe page was started by aunt Rebekah Morin, who retained control of the trust account linked to the fundraiser. According to a screenshot of the online fundraiser at the time, it said 'if there are any remaining funds, they will go toward things her five children may need'. The lawsuit states that just over $54,000 was raised on the site, which then went into a controlled account ran by Rebekah and Patty Morin. After that, a law firm saw the funds directed into a Interest on Lawyer Trust Account controlled by Rice, Murtha and Psora, LLC - the suit says. The suit says that the money was then transferred to a bank account titled 'Honor of Rachel Morin Trust', which was set up by Patty and Rebekah. It adds: 'The In Honor of the Rachel Morin Trust was not designed for the immediate needs and benefits of the children. 'The trustees of [the fund] have the unfettered ability to deplete the trust for 'trust expenses' even though it is for the benefit of the Rachel Morin Children.' McMahon, Custer and Alderson have asked the courts to order the two to hand over the money and provide a full accounting breakdown. They are also seeking compensatory and punitive damages in the case, which they hoped to be determined at a trial. Rachel Morin's illegal immigrant killer Victor Martinez-Hernandez was found guilty last month of first degree murde r, first degree rape and kidnapping. Jurors had heard Morin was on the Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air when she was dragged into the woods and savagely brutalized. Her body had been stuffed in a tunnel drain. An autopsy revealed Morin died from a combination of strangulation and blunt-force trauma. Police say Hernandez had been living in the United States illegally since February 2023 - just months before targeting his victim. Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler slammed the immigration system which allowed Hernandez to enter the country and stay in the US despite committing other crimes. He said: 'The failure here, again, is the immigration system that allowed this person to enter our country illegally and remain in our country and commit crimes in Los Angeles and then here in Harford County. 'We all suspected that Rachel was not his first victim. It is my understanding that this suspect, this monster, fled to the United States illegally after committing the brutal murder of a young woman in El Salvador a month earlier in January of 2023.' Morin's murder inflamed debates about illegal immigrants after details of his previous alleged crimes emerged. Trump weighed in on the conviction in a Truth Social post, paying tribute to the 'beautiful mother of five' who was 'heinously murdered.' Following that, Patty was invited to the White House and even spoke at a press briefing alongside Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. 'Moments ago, the Illegal Criminal, who was allowed into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden, was convicted of the heinous murder of Rachel Morin,' he wrote. 'Rachel was a beautiful mother of five from Maryland, and her life was taken at the hands of a monster who should have NEVER been here in the first place.' Trump said Hernandez is 'actually an MS-13 Gang Member and Foreign Terrorist from El Salvador. 'We will never forget Rachel Morin, and are committed to protecting women like her across our Country. We will deport Illegal Murderers, Rapists, and Criminals.' Martinez-Hernandez went on the run after the crime and was ultimately arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 2024 after his DNA was found at the scene. A search of his phone showed he had searched for the terms 'Bel Air,' 'Rachel' and an incorrect spelling of her surname after the murder, the court was told. Martinez-Hernandez is set to be sentenced for the heinous murder in August of this year. A legal representative for Patty and Rebekah declined to comment further on the suit when approached by
Fox News
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Angel mom of Rachel Morin condemns Dems' trip to see deported migrant, mainstream media bias
Patty Morin, the mother of murdered Maryland woman Rachel Morin, recounted her daughter's brutal death and delivered a searing critique of the media, failed immigration enforcement, and political leaders she says failed her family. "She was raped. She was strangled. There wasn't a part of her body that didn't have some kind of bruise, abrasion, cut," Morin told Fox News Digital, recounting the horrific details revealed during the trial of Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, who was recently found guilty of raping and murdering Morin in August 2023. The jury returned a unanimous verdict in 46 minutes after a weeklong trial that exposed the graphic details of the crime and the cross-country manhunt that followed. For Morin, the pain of her daughter's story became a driving force behind her call for immigration reform. Last week Morin joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at the podium to talk about her daughter's August 2023 murder. "As soon as I got up to the podium, everyone shut off their cameras… Nobody wanted to record it live except for Fox News," she said. "They didn't want the American people to know how violent these crimes are and how rampant they are." She criticized the mainstream media for what she perceives as a deliberate effort to downplay crimes involving migrants. "It was very sad to see the state of our media and how they have a particular narrative that they want to play, and they want to promote whatever that narrative is, instead of just doing honest genuine journalism where you present the facts and let the American people decide themselves," she said. The murders of Rachel Morin, Lizbeth Medina, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Laken Riley became flashpoints in the 2024 election as the American public put faces to the spiraling migrant crisis at the southern border. "I really do believe that these crimes and having them become talking points in the election were pivotal to President Trump winning the election," Patty Morin said. "But also it shows the heart of the American people." Morin slammed former President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for not reaching out following Rachel's horrific murder. "Their silence and their actions or lack of actions speak volumes to their character and the values that they hold." Morin called Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., flying to El Salvador last week to defend Kilmar Abrego Garcia – an alleged illegal immigrant, MS-13 gang member – "despicable." Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona and Maxine Dexter of Oregon flew to El Salvador on Monday to support Garcia, who was deported from Maryland. "They would rather champion his cause, a criminal, than the victim," she said. "Americans and especially Marylanders are outraged. This political stunt that he's pulled." "It makes me angry just talking about it because it shows that I'm of no value, my daughter is no value to them, and she was very precious to me." Fox News Digital reached out to Van Hollen. Through tears, Morin spoke about how her Christian faith has sustained her through loss. "I know that there is a God and that He's sovereign over all things… I want to glorify God with my life and my words." As she looks to the future, Morin said that she plans to rest and regroup after months of media appearances. "I'm tired. I'm actually going to go away for a couple of weeks just to emotionally rest," she said. "But I had to speak and tell the truth because I couldn't allow another life to perish because I didn't say something."
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump administration excoriates CNN, MSNBC for not airing Patty Morin's appeal to journalists at White House
White House officials are shaming CNN and MSNBC for not airing Patty Morin's appeal to journalists live at the White House on Wednesday. "SHAMEFUL that @CNN and @MSNBC refuses to take Angel Mom Patty Morin as she recounts the terrible tragedy of how an illegal killed her sweet daughter, Rachel," Steven Cheung, assistant to the president and White House director of communications, posted on X Wednesday. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk replied to Cheung's post on X with a "100" emoji. Rachel Morin's Mother Believes 'Justice Was Served' After Jury Convicts Illegal Immigrant On All Counts In another post on X quoting Cheung's post, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security advisor, said, "CNN's and MSNBC's contempt for the victims of migrant crime is reprehensible." Patty Morin joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a Wednesday White House press briefing to talk about her daughter Rachel Morin's August 2023 murder by Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez. Read On The Fox News App CNN and MSNBC did not carry the briefing with Morin live. CNN did play a clip of Patty Morin from the briefing on Thursday afternoon. According to a Grabien Media search, CNN mentioned Rachel Morin on the air each day this week, while MSNBC hasn't mentioned her at all, including on flagship morning show "Morning Joe." Rachel, a Maryland mother of five children, was jogging when Martinez-Hernandez beat, raped and strangled her to death. On Monday, a Maryland jury found Martinez-Hernandez guilty on all counts of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense and kidnapping. Patty Morin begged journalists in tears to "tell the truth, tell how violent it really is," and said the conversation about immigration "is about protecting our children. It's more than just politics or votes or just anything. It's about national security, protecting Americans, protecting our kids." She also called out Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday "to show solidarity" with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member who lived in Maryland before the administration deported him to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center. Rachel Morin Verdict Is A Conviction For The Biden Administration, Says Patty Morin's Attorney Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, went so far as to say that "Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular 'Maryland man.' When the truth comes out, they ignore it." MSNBC is owned by NBCUniversal, a Comcast subsidiary, and CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Carr added that "Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn't cut it." According to a study published Wednesday by the Media Research Center, ABC, CBS, and NBC spent zero seconds on the Martinez-Hernandez trial, but 64 minutes were spent on Abrego Garcia between April 1 and 15. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment as well as CNN and MSNBC, but did not immediately receive a article source: Trump administration excoriates CNN, MSNBC for not airing Patty Morin's appeal to journalists at White House
Fox News
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump administration excoriates CNN, MSNBC for not airing Patty Morin's appeal to journalists at White House
White House officials are shaming CNN and MSNBC for not airing Patty Morin's appeal to journalists live at the White House on Wednesday. "SHAMEFUL that @CNN and @MSNBC refuses to take Angel Mom Patty Morin as she recounts the terrible tragedy of how an illegal killed her sweet daughter, Rachel," Steven Cheung, assistant to the president and White House director of communications, posted on X Wednesday. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk replied to Cheung's post on X with a "100" emoji. In another post on X quoting Cheung's post, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security advisor, said, "CNN's and MSNBC's contempt for the victims of migrant crime is reprehensible." Patty Morin joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a Wednesday White House press briefing to talk about her daughter Rachel Morin's August 2023 murder by Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez. CNN and MSNBC did not carry the briefing with Morin live. CNN did play a clip of Patty Morin from the briefing on Thursday afternoon. According to a Grabien Media search, CNN mentioned Rachel Morin on the air each day this week, while MSNBC hasn't mentioned her at all, including on flagship morning show "Morning Joe." Rachel, a Maryland mother of five children, was jogging when Martinez-Hernandez beat, raped and strangled her to death. On Monday, a Maryland jury found Martinez-Hernandez guilty on all counts of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sexual offense and kidnapping. Patty Morin begged journalists in tears to "tell the truth, tell how violent it really is," and said the conversation about immigration "is about protecting our children. It's more than just politics or votes or just anything. It's about national security, protecting Americans, protecting our kids." She also called out Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday "to show solidarity" with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member who lived in Maryland before the administration deported him to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center. Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, went so far as to say that "Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular 'Maryland man.' When the truth comes out, they ignore it." MSNBC is owned by NBCUniversal, a Comcast subsidiary, and CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Carr added that "Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn't cut it." According to a study published Wednesday by the Media Research Center, ABC, CBS, and NBC spent zero seconds on the Martinez-Hernandez trial, but 64 minutes were spent on Abrego Garcia between April 1 and 15. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment as well as CNN and MSNBC, but did not immediately receive a response.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump admin officials rip CNN, MSNBC for refusing to air Rachel Morin's mom's emotional White House remarks: ‘SHAMEFUL'
Several Trump administration officials took CNN and MSNBC to task Wednesday over their refusal to cover Patty Morin's White House remarks — in which she described the barbaric rape and murder of her daughter, Rachel, by an illegal immigrant. During the 'Angel Mom's' speech in the White House briefing room, MSNBC opted to instead cover Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) rally in Montana and interview Puck News columnist John Heilemann, according to Mediaite. Over on CNN, the network discussed Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and ran a segment on the NBA, the outlet reported. White House communications director Steven Cheung described it as 'shameful' that the two left-leaning networks didn't cover Patty Morin's remarks. 'SHAMEFUL that [CNN] and [MSNBC] refuses to take Angel Mom Patty Morin as she recounts the terrible tragedy of how an illegal killed her sweet daughter, Rachel,' Cheung wrote on X. Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk replied with a '100' emoji on Cheung's post. Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller declared that CNN's and MSNBC's 'contempt for the victims of migrant crime is reprehensible.' Meanwhile, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused the networks of failing to 'serve the public interest' by cutting away from the briefing where White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also shared information linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia — an illegal immigrant whose deportation is at the center of a legal battle — to the MS-13 gang. 'Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public — implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular 'Maryland man,'' Carr wrote on X. 'When the truth comes out, they ignore it,' the Trump administration official added. CNN is owned by WarnerMedia while MSNBC is owned by NBCUniversal, a Comcast subsidiary. 'Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn't cut it,' Carr continued. 'Abrego Garcia came to America illegally from El Salvador, was validated as a member of the violent MS13 gang — a transnational criminal organization — and was denied bond by an immigration court for failure to show he would not pose a danger to others. 'Why does Comcast ignore these facts of obvious public interest?' Representatives for CNN and MSNBC did not respond to The Post's request for comment. During her remarks, Patty Morin went into graphic detail to describe the 2023 rape and murder of her 37-year-old daughter in Maryland by Victor Martinez-Hernandez, a 24-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant who was convicted of the crime earlier this week. Morin also expressed outrage that Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is pushing for Abrego Garcia's release from a megaprison in El Salvador while having 'barely' acknowledged the death of her daughter, a mother of five children. 'There was no remorse on his face at all,' Morin said of her daughter's killer. 'These are the kind of criminals President Trump wants to remove from our country. These are the kind of criminals that we need to remove from our country. 'I don't care about politics. Well, I do, but I want to preserve life, and that's the only reason why I have spoken about Rachel.'
