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'Personal Slush Fund for MAGA Henchmen': FBI Director Kash Patel Hit With Unlawful $1M Bonus Investigation

FBI Director Kash Patel is under scrutiny for allegedly approving over $1 million in bonuses for agents, raising questions about legality and transparency in the bureau's compensation practices.

International Business Times UK

Trump's 'Leon' Slip Fuels New Concerns Over Cognitive Health

Donald Trump's verbal slip, calling Elon Musk 'Leon', has reignited scrutiny over his cognitive health, with critics citing it as part of a pattern of memory lapses.

International Business Times UK

House Oversight Staff Hit a Wall at Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas Prison, Leaving Them With More Questions Than Answers About Her Move

The fact that Maxwell is the only sex offender at the minimum-security federal prison camp adds to the confusion.

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Democrats Allege Kash Patel's FBI 'Bonuses' To Be Hush Money for Agents Who Saw Him Drinking During 'Date Nights and Bro Trips'

House Democrat Jamie Raskin accuses FBI Director Kash Patel of using over £790,000 in bonuses to silence agents amid allegations of misconduct and heavy drinking, raising legal and ethical concerns.

International Business Times UK

Why Did Trump Need 22 Doctors? Rep. Jamie Raskin Demands Answers on President's Health

Raskin seeks names of physicians and medication details as White House dismisses transparency concerns

International Business Times UK

Dems visit Ghislaine Maxwell prison to investigate allegations she has a puppy, custom meals, laptop access, report ‘serious concerns’

"Bureau of Prisons leadership repeatedly shut down our lines of questioning"

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Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein

Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard president

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US House staff visit Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison after claims of laptop and puppy

Epstein associate’s lawyer rejected preferential treatment claims in January, saying ‘humane treatment isn’t special’

The Guardian - US

Kash Patel accused of directing $1m to ‘slush fund’ to pay bonuses to loyalist agents

Congressman Jamie Raskin alleges FBI director authorized substantial recurring payments to agents in his inner circle

The Guardian - US

Kash Patel Allegedly Built FBI 'Payback Squad' With $1M Taxpayer Fund Rewards

FBI Director Kash Patel is accused of misusing over $1 million in taxpayer funds to reward loyal agents, sparking political controversy. Allegations remain unproven, but concerns persist.

International Business Times UK

Kash Patel accused of sliding ‘cash to friends’ in bonuses with taxpayer funds

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The Independent UK

Kash Patel accused by lawmaker of having a ‘personal slush fund’ to pay FBI loyalists and agents on his protective detail

Democrat Jamie Raskin claims some FBI agents received up to $40,000 in bonus payments, pushing compensation beyond the cap

The Independent UK

Trump Secretly Pushing GOP to 'Void' Impeachments as Raskin Exposes Deep 'Shame and Disgrace' over Jan. 6

Donald Trump is reportedly urging Republicans to pass a resolution that would symbolically 'void' his two impeachments, despite constitutional experts saying such a move has no legal effect.

International Business Times UK

Trump is pushing to have Congress ‘expunge’ his impeachments - even without a law saying its possible

The president said Congress should pass the resolution to scrub his first-term impeachments, claiming he did ‘nothing wrong’

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The Independent UK

Trump has once again chucked a grenade on the Senate floor ahead of a key funding deadline

ANALYSIS: Senate Majority Leader John Thune could well end up the loser of Trump’s war with Democrats over Bill Pulte simply because House Speaker Mike Johnson is closer to the president, writes John Bowden

Roll Call

ActBlue CEO invokes Fifth Amendment to lawmakers

ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones did not answer questions from lawmakers at a House Administration Committee hearing Wednesday, invoking her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Wallace-Jones and the Democratic fundraising platform have been under scrutiny for years, as House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., and other Republicans have pressed her on…

International Business Times

Congress Democrats Grill Treasury Secretary About Trump's $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee asked Treasury and IRS officials to explain their role in an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" for people who claim they were wrongly targeted by the Biden administration.

The Independent UK

‘Dirty deal’: Trump bailed himself out of IRS trouble and got a $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies. Legal experts sound the alarm

IN FOCUS: Anyone cutting checks to Trump’s allies or throwing out tax investigations should start lawyering up, experts tell Alex Woodward

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The Conversation

When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise

Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that insurrectionists relinquish their status as citizens the moment they seek to overthrow the government and should never be rewarded for doing so.

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‘Illegal and unconstitutional’: Jamie Raskin explains exactly how Donald Trump turned DOJ cash into his personal slush fund

The cure may become the disease.

International Business Times

Democratic Rep. Raskin Says Trump Seeks To Fund 'Private Militia' With $1.8 Billion Fund From IRS Settlement

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said President Trump seeks to fund his own "private militia" with the $1.8 billion from a settlement with the IRS.

Roll Call

Former DOJ attorney lambasts settlement with Live Nation

A former Trump Justice Department official on Monday criticized what he called the administration’s “shocking” settlement with Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, telling lawmakers that the department abused its prosecutorial discretion to reach the deal. Roger Alford, a former principal deputy assistant attorney general in the department’s Antitrust Division,…

The Independent UK

Trump drops IRS lawsuit amid reports of fund for allies

The disclosure was made in a federal court filing in Florida, where the lawsuit was initially lodged last year

The Guardian - US

Could voters in US’s bluest district deliver a ‘Mamdani moment’ in Philadelphia?

Pennsylvania’s third district, a Democratic bastion, will see a face-off between party’s traditional wing and insurgents

The Independent UK

Trump’s ICE is deporting crime victims, witnesses and defendants before trial, report finds

The administration’s mass deportation strategy is a ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ card for immigrants accused of crimes, Democrats say

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