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3 days ago
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‘Reckless and Dangerous:' Nadler Attacks Trump After DHS Detained His Staffer
Rep. Jerrold Nadler criticized Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after officers detained a crying staff member in Nadler's district office. While protesters gathered outside an immigration courthouse, DHS officers attempted to enter Nadler's Manhattan office in the same building and accused his staff of 'harboring rioters.' The incident, first reported by Gothamist, was captured on camera. In the video, which the outlet said was recorded by a person who was monitoring activity in immigration court, DHS is seen handcuffing an unidentified staff member. 'No she did not. That is not what happened,' another staff member said off camera. 'She pushed him back,' an unidentified officer responded. 'I'm a federal officer,' a DHS official said to a staff member who was stopping him from entering a private section of the office and asking if they had a search warrant. The officer said no, they did not have a warrant, but the staff member eventually allowed him to enter the area. Nadler blasted Trump and DHS for 'aggressive and heavy-handed tactics' used in this incident and to detain others across the country. 'President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are sowing chaos in our communities, using intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner. In the most recent and deeply troubling incident, DHS agents forcefully entered my Congressional office and handcuffed a member of my staff,' Nadler said in a statement released Saturday. Nadler said the officers actions demonstrate 'a deeply troubling disregard for proper legal boundaries.' 'If this can happen in a Member of Congress's office, it can happen to anyone — and it is happening,' the New York congressman said, calling on DHS and Trump to 'halt the use of these dangerous tactics.' Nadler also criticized the administration's 'use of the expedited removal process which denies due process to immigrants and citizens alike.' The detained staff member was ultimately not arrested, nor was she charged with a crime. She told Gothamist that 'everything resolved' but did not comment further. More from Rolling Stone Mike Johnson and Russ Vought Continue to Lie About Medicaid Cuts Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone How a Radical Ideology Infected the Supreme Court and Poisoned the Country Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
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3 days ago
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Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone
Donald Trump reposted a baseless conspiracy theory claiming Joe Biden was 'executed in 2020' and replaced with a robot clone. The president shared a post from a user on Truth Social late Saturday that alleged: 'There is no #JoeBiden – executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. #Democrats don't know the difference.' Similar unfounded theories about Biden have been floating around the internet for years. An eight-hour Facebook video posted in 2021 claimed that 'Biden is computer generated.' Others have more recently purported that Biden was replaced with artificial intelligence. The Truth Social account that posted the allegation that Biden is a robot has dabbled in other conspiracy theory lies, including that the 2020 election was 'stolen' as part of a 'military-grade coup' and that Trump has saved the world 'from the Satan Worshipping Deep State (DS) Global Elites.' The president's supporters encouraged the conspiracy in the replies, sharing side-by-side photos of Biden that they say are evidence he was replaced by a lookalike. One user shared a video that claimed 'Joe Biden's eyes changed from blue to black.' This is not the first conspiracy theory Trump has dabbled in, although it may be one of the weirdest. Trump has relentlessly — and falsely — claimed the 2020 election was 'rigged.' He alleged that former president Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. (and then falsely blamed Hillary Clinton for starting the birther controversy). And he has said the physical attack against Paul Pelosi, husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, was staged. During the 2024 campaign, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance repeated fabricated claims that Haitian immigrants were eating pets. These theories have all been proven untrue or have zero credible evidence to back their assertions. Members of Trump's administration have also pushed conspiracy theory lies into the mainstream. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has shared debunked claims, including that vaccines cause autism and that condensation emitted by airplanes is actually made up of harmful chemicals (a.k.a. chemtrails). These high-profile endorsements have arguably led to more people believing in them, including state legislators in Louisiana who recently voted to ban chemtrails. Trump's FBI Director Kash Patel has frequently endorsed the beliefs of QAnon, a specious conspiracy theory that alleges the U.S. government is run by a 'Deep State' pedophile ring of Satan worshipers. More from Rolling Stone How a Radical Ideology Infected the Supreme Court and Poisoned the Country 'Of Course I'm Going to Testify': Mike Lindell's Defamation Trial Is Going to Be Wild Elon Musk Denies Report He Took So Much Ketamine He Doesn't Pee Right Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
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27-05-2025
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Trump to Pardon Reality TV Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Who Were Convicted of Fraud, Tax Evasion
President Donald Trump said he will pardon reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were convicted of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in 2022. Trump's Communications Advisor Margo Martin posted a video to social platform X on Tuesday of the president speaking on the phone to the couple's daughter, Savannah Chrisley, announcing the news of their pardons. 'It's a terrible thing, but it's a great thing because your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow,' Trump told Savannah in the video. 'We're try getting it done tomorrow. I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.' Before Julie and Todd Chrisley became reality stars, prosecutors previously alleged, the couple used falsified documents to obtain fraudulent loans, then took out more fraudulent loans to pay off their old ones. The couple was also convicted of tax evasion, with prosecutors alleging they defaulted on more than $20 million in debt when Todd declared bankruptcy in 2012. Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Julie to seven, and the couple's accountant, Peter Tarantino, also received three years for his role in the scheme. The Chrisleys were ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. In the press release announcing their 2022 prison sentence, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said 'their lengthy sentences reflect the magnitude of their criminal scheme and should serve as a warning to others tempted to exploit our nation's community banking system for unlawful personal gain.' Last summer, a three-judge panel on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a trial judge had incorrectly calculated Chrisley's sentence by holding her accountable for the whole bank fraud scheme. The appellate panel sent her case back to the lower court so her she could be resentenced. She was resentenced to seven years in prison by a federal judge last September for her conviction on bank fraud and tax evasion charges, declining her appeal for a reduced sentence. More from Rolling Stone Russian State Media Mocks Trump for Posts About Putin Trump Pardons Criminal Whose Mom Attended Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser Trump's Medicaid Cuts Will Gut a 'Medical Lifeline' for Millions Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
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27-05-2025
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Trump to Pardon Reality TV Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Who Were Convicted of Fraud, Tax Evasion
President Donald Trump said he will pardon reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were convicted of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in 2022. Trump's Communications Advisor Margo Martin posted a video to social platform X on Tuesday of the president speaking on the phone to the couple's daughter, Savannah Chrisley, announcing the news of their pardons. 'It's a terrible thing, but it's a great thing because your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow,' Trump told Savannah in the video. 'We're try getting it done tomorrow. I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.' Before Julie and Todd Chrisley became reality stars, prosecutors previously alleged, the couple used falsified documents to obtain fraudulent loans, then took out more fraudulent loans to pay off their old ones. The couple was also convicted of tax evasion, with prosecutors alleging they defaulted on more than $20 million in debt when Todd declared bankruptcy in 2012. Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Julie to seven, and the couple's accountant, Peter Tarantino, also received three years for his role in the scheme. The Chrisleys were ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. In the press release announcing their 2022 prison sentence, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said 'their lengthy sentences reflect the magnitude of their criminal scheme and should serve as a warning to others tempted to exploit our nation's community banking system for unlawful personal gain.' Last summer, a three-judge panel on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a trial judge had incorrectly calculated Chrisley's sentence by holding her accountable for the whole bank fraud scheme. The appellate panel sent her case back to the lower court so her she could be resentenced. She was resentenced to seven years in prison by a federal judge last September for her conviction on bank fraud and tax evasion charges, declining her appeal for a reduced sentence. More from Rolling Stone Russian State Media Mocks Trump for Posts About Putin Trump Pardons Criminal Whose Mom Attended Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser Trump's Medicaid Cuts Will Gut a 'Medical Lifeline' for Millions Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
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05-05-2025
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Trump Directs Federal Bureau of Prisons to ‘Reopen a Substantially Enlarged and Rebuilt Alcatraz'
President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. The notorious former 'last resort prison' on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco shuttered in 1963 due to infrastructure issues and high operation costs. The former penitentiary was turned into a museum and opened to the public in 1973. 'For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering,' Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday night. 'When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That's the way it's supposed to be.' He added: 'That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America's most ruthless and violent Offenders.' His announcement to reopen Alcatraz comes on the heels of his clash with courts, including the Supreme Court, as his administration refuses to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegally deported from Maryland to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador in March in violation of a 'protection from removal' order barring his deportation to the Central American country. Trump has gone so far as to espouse that he would 'love' to send American criminals to the El Salvador prison along with alleged gang members and immigration detainees. His post on Sunday night went on to chastise the American judicial system for following the principles of due process. 'We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally,' he wrote. 'The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA Great Again!' Trump told reporters on Sunday night that 'radicalized judges' who are holding firm that deportees be given due process prompted his idea to reopen Alcatraz, which he said, via the Associated Press, is a 'symbol of law and order. You know, it's got quite a history.' A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement to AP that the agency 'will comply with all Presidential Orders.' More from Rolling Stone Donald Trump Wants to Impose a '100% Tariff' on U.S. Films Made Outside the Country Democrats Denounce Rubio Holding Four Roles in Trump Administration Trump White House Engages in 'Star Wars' Cosplay to Demonize Immigrants Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
