The teenagers who brutally assaulted DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have walked away with nothing more than probation—no jail, no meaningful punishment, no accountability.
Coristine, a 19-year-old staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency project and a rising star in the effort to clean up Washington, D.C.’s bloated federal bureaucracy, was savagely attacked by a mob of teenagers during an attempted carjacking in early August. The crime occurred in the nation’s capital, just blocks from the seat of American power.
Only two of the estimated dozen assailants were arrested: a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. This week, in a D.C. courtroom, they pleaded guilty—not to attempted carjacking, not to robbery—but to simple assault, and were sentenced to the judicial equivalent of a participation trophy.
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This was a racist verdict by a racist judge. 
The simple test to apply is if the races has been reversed, the White kids would be in prison.
Equal justice for all! <a href="https://t.co/F8gZ8D3dg0">https://t.co/F8gZ8D3dg0</a>
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The boy received a one-year sentence of house arrest. The girl? A mere nine months&#8217; probation and transfer to a local youth shelter. The court emphasized rehabilitation over punishment, and the judge reportedly scolded the girl for drawing on her hand in the courtroom—as if doodling in court were the actual offense.
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The attack was a violent ambush that left Coristine bloodied and concussed. Coristine<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/big-balls-muggers-evade-prison-sentence-get-probation-for-beating-up-doge-employee/"> told</a> Jesse Watters of Fox News:
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As we get to the car and she begins to fumble for the keys, they begin to shout at us, and really quickly I knew something was really off about this situation. So she unlocks the car, I rush her into the driving seat. I close the door behind her and she’s able to lock the doors. Right as I turn around, they’re right up on me — just a few feet away. They slammed me against the car and started throwing a bunch of punches. I keep my hands up. I’m getting a lot of punches here and I’m just trying to protect my head the best way that I can.
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Footage of Coristine’s bruised face and torn clothes went viral. So egregious was the crime that President Donald Trump personally intervened, deploying the National Guard to D.C. and threatening to revoke the city’s home rule. “Crime is totally out of control,” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “Time to federalize D.C.” Elon Musk, former DOGE head, praised Coristine’s courage and called for urgent reform, saying, “It’s time to federalize D.C.”
But instead of consequences for the attackers, D.C.’s soft-on-crime system delivered a clear message: attack a federal employee in broad daylight and you’ll get a curfew and counseling.
The D.C. Attorney General and prosecutor objected to the light sentences—but their opposition was ignored. Instead, the court took pains to <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/teens-accused-of-attacking-doge-employee-sentenced-to-probation/65-66070bc1-a384-4c0c-a961-7bcc619706a3">explain</a> that juvenile justice is about rehabilitation, not punishment.
Even more galling: both teens are free to roam D.C.—so long as they claim it’s for school or “family obligations.”
Coristine, ever gracious, told one attacker via video, “I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences.”
There were no consequences. Not for the criminals. Only for the city.

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Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was apparently baffled by the fact that Washington, D.C., Police Union boss Gregg Pemberton was less concerned with the January 6th pardons than the 1,537 police officers who’ve been assaulted since that day without justice being served on their behalf.
Pemberton and Durbin went back and forth several times on Tuesday, and the Illinois senator struggled to wrap his brain around the fact that Pemberton was unbothered by President Donald Trump’s blanket pardons for January 6 rioters.
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PEMBERTON: &#8220;More than 1,500 officers have been assaulted by people since that day — and nothing has happened to those suspects!&#8221;
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Durbin asked about the pardons right away, demanding to know how Pemberton had felt upon learning that Trump had pardoned those who’d been arrested and convicted for taking part in the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill.
Pemberton conceded that it was frustrating, but then said it was more frustrating to him that in the months since January 6, 2021, some 1,537 police officers had been assaulted — and after the suspects were arrested, the cases were “no-papered” by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, meaning that they could not proceed.
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Durbin once again asked about the pardons, and Pemberton pointed out the fact that those cases had already been adjudicated and that the defendants in question had already been charged and convicted — and some had served jail time — before those pardons were issued. The cases he was talking about never even made it before a judge — and the assaulted officers could never see justice — because the U.S. Attorney’s Office had stopped them cold.
Durbin raised the question of the pardons yet again, but Pemberton continued to push back.
“More than 1,500 officers have been assaulted by people since that day — and nothing has happened to those suspects!&#8221; he said.
&#8220;My frustration, Senator, is that no one seems to care about police officers who were assaulted after that day or before that day,” Pemberton continued. “It seems like people only care about police officers who were assaulted on that day in the calendar!”

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Rapper Lil Nas X has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer, after he was arrested last week while wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear.
The 26-year-old recording artist, whose legal name is Montero Hill, was released from jail after posting $75,000 bail on Monday. He spent the weekend locked up after being arrested on Thursday, per an <a href="https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/rapper-montero-hill-known-lil-nas-x-charged-assaulting-police-officers">update</a> from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and now has a hearing scheduled for September 15.
“Attacking police officers is more than just a crime against those individuals but a direct threat to public safety,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. “Anyone who assaults law enforcement will face serious consequences, no matter who they are or how famous they may be.”
The “Old Town Road” singer is also being required to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings four times per week, as it’s suspected he was under the influence of drugs when the incident occurred. 
The news release provided details about Hill’s arrest, noting how law enforcement was dispatched after being told the rapper was wandering Ventura Avenue in Studio City in his underwear just before 6 a.m. Hill proceeded to physically assault the responding officers and injured three of them, according to police.
If convicted on all charges, Lil Nas X could face up to five years in prison.
The rapper’s attorney, Christy O’Connor, defended her client, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lil-nas-x-lapd-felony-charges-780ef8560cd075102257a5404f882b8f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling the allegations</a> “an absolute aberration in his life.”
“Nothing like this has ever happened to him,” she added.
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&#8220;He’s never been in trouble for a split second in his existence, we’re not going to let one little event change the trajectory of his amazing life,&#8221; another member of Hill’s legal team, Drew Findling, told <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lil-nas-x-charged-battery-police-officer-arrest-1236352928/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. 
&#8220;There’s no way to have a sense of what happened this immediately, but we’re going to look into it and do the right thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Anybody that has kids, you hear about things like this all the time. Don&#8217;t forget, he&#8217;s 26 years old. It&#8217;s not unusual for something like this to happen, particularly when you have the pressure of being recognized internationally like him.&#8221;
The Atlanta-born recording artist burst onto the scene with viral hits like “Old Town Road” and “Industry Baby,” but quickly became controversial due to his provocative routines, which often included satanic imagery and messaging. 
In 2021, he promoted 666 pairs of limited-edition ‘Satan Shoes’—unauthorized Nike Air Max 97s released alongside the Satan-themed hit &#8220;Montero.&#8221; That same year, Lil Nas X gave an over-the-top, sexually explicit performance of the song during the season finale of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

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Lil Nas X Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Assault, Leaves Jail After Posting Bail

Rapper Lil Nas X Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Assault Charges, Gets Released From Prison

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Minnesota Representative and Democratic Senate candidate Angie Craig condemned President Donald Trump&#8217;s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., although she once swore to put a man who assaulted her in her D.C. apartment behind bars.
Referring to Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hell-push-for-long-term-extensions-of-d-c-federal-takeover?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+He%E2%80%99ll+Push+For+%E2%80%98Long-Term+Extensions%E2%80%99+Of+D.C.+Federal+Takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployment</a> of the National Guard to the nation&#8217;s capital, Craig <a href="https://x.com/RepAngieCraig/status/1955428012289065257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X Tuesday that &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s actions are totally unjustified and a waste of taxpayer dollars.&#8221;
But Craig was not opposed to cleaning up the city streets when she was assaulted in an elevator of her own apartment complex by a homeless man who was reportedly acting like he was on drugs.
In February 2023, Craig reported seeing a man, who was later identified as 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, in the lobby area of her apartment building &#8220;acting erratic,&#8221; as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-release-photo-of-suspect-in-assault-of-house-democrat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The congresswoman told police that after she told Hamlin &#8220;good morning,&#8221; he followed her into the elevator and &#8220;began to randomly do push ups.&#8221; Craig told police that he then punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck.
After defending herself, Craig escaped with no major injuries and called for the man to be brought to justice.
Hamlin was soon arrested, although he <a href="https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/1625484488695328769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assaulted</a> the two officers who apprehended him. It then came out that Craig was Hamlin&#8217;s &#8220;assault number 13&#8221; on the repeat offender&#8217;s record, which made Craig promise &#8220;to do everything in my power to make sure there is not a 14, a 15, a 20.&#8221;
Hamlin is serving a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-member-congress-and-two-police-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">27-month sentence</a> on assault charges.
According to Craig, what bothered her was that Hamlin had previously attacked 12 people and had never served more than 30 days in jail.
While announcing her Senate bid for the 2026 election year, Craig said in an <a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-morning-news-with-vineeta-sawkar-2e837/episodes/angie-craig-on-the-biggest-factor-for-voters-to-support-her-us-senate-run-i-dont-hesitate-to-talk-to-anyone-i-can-sit-down-and-talk-to-family-farmers-or-any-worker-a8440?action=AUTOPLAY_FULL&amp;actionContentId=201-91d55cea-ecaa-4019-ad02-ef5a851fa7f7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that her harrowing experience just two years prior was &#8220;a pivotal moment in my life&#8221; and that &#8220;it took about six months to build up the mental health strength … to be able to evaluate whether I was going to move forward or not.&#8221;
Craig continued by saying that &#8220;Understanding that the man who assaulted me was homeless and was an addict and that we failed him as a country — all of those things can be true at the same time– in addition to [the fact that] I was his thirteenth count of assault.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s hypocritical and shameful for Congresswoman Craig, a DC crime victim who experienced a traumatic assault, to oppose efforts to ensure what happened to her doesn&#8217;t happen to anyone else,&#8221; National Republican Senate Committee Press Secretary Nick Puglia said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;All Americans deserve to be safe, regardless of their job title, but Craig claims efforts to make the nation&#8217;s capital safe are &#8216;unjustified.'&#8221;
Although many Democrats have criticized Trump&#8217;s move to crack down on crime in the nation&#8217;s capital, the president is swiftly moving forward with plans to extend his takeover of the city by calling on Congress to pass a resolution enabling him to do so.
&#8220;We think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously,&#8221; Trump said.

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This Congresswoman Called Trump’s Crime Crackdown ‘Unjustified.’ She’s Been Assaulted In DC.

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A Catholic priest and well-known exorcist who was accused of misconduct has been cleared of all charges.
Fr. Carlos Martins, an expert in Catholic relics, was leading an event with some 200 people at Queen of Apostles Parish in Joliet, Illinois, in November 2024. The priest, who hosts “The Exorcist Files” podcast, was on a <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/265661/father-carlos-martins-cleared-of-misdemeanor-charges-after-incident-at-illinois-parish" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/265661/father-carlos-martins-cleared-of-misdemeanor-charges-after-incident-at-illinois-parish&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1R4tlgIdpm4ZRfY9kOJ_3x">16-month tour</a> where he lectured on relics. At the Joliet event, he reportedly joked with a group of attendees, commenting on his baldness, and allegedly briefly touching a girl’s hair.
This week, prosecutors “withdrew those charges and dismissed the case” without finding that Martins had done anything wrong or criminal, lawyers for the priest said.
Police reports, obtained by The Daily Wire through Freedom of Information Act requests, the girl—a minor— claimed Martins placed her hair in his mouth and flossed with it, and then sat behind her group, “growling” at them.
Martins and his legal team denied the allegations, and no security footage or independent evidence was presented to support the allegations prior to the police being notified by the parish. The negative media attention led Martins to cancel the remainder of his tour.
On July 30, 2025, Will County Circuit Court dropped the charges and acknowledged that Martins did nothing wrong.
Speaking with Daily Wire, Fr. Martins said he was grateful to be exonerated.
“A Christian doesn’t merely respect the truth —he recognizes it as a person. I trusted that, in God’s time, the facts would be revealed.”
The Joliet Police Department began investigating post-allegations in November, but only filed one count of misdemeanor battery charges on January 23, 2025. Martins <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/02/04/exorcist-carlos-martins-pleads-not-guilty-battery-249837" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/02/04/exorcist-carlos-martins-pleads-not-guilty-battery-249837&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1WdRQbNkf7ipo-haU1jjag">pleaded</a> not guilty on January 27, 2025, with a pretrial set for February 24, 2025.
During the investigation, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office <a href="https://jolietpolicing.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/download/OAG%20Investigation%20of%20the%20Joliet%20Police%20Department%20(Dec.%2012,%202024).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jolietpolicing.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/download/OAG%2520Investigation%2520of%2520the%2520Joliet%2520Police%2520Department%2520(Dec.%252012,%25202024).pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PMi9NLv0yZWT6PmeblGGr">released</a> a December 12, 2024, report on the Joliet Police Department, finding patterns of unreasonable force, discrimination, and failure to hold officers accountable for misconduct. Examples included officers’ false statements and unaddressed <a href="https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/12/14/illinois-ag-report-joliet-police-department-fails-to-hold-bad-officers-accountable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/12/14/illinois-ag-report-joliet-police-department-fails-to-hold-bad-officers-accountable/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zhhEbKbeYUSknLIooa27M">violations</a>.
In legal records obtained by The Daily Wire, questions arose as to the methods of police interrogation. No notes or body cam footage, no recordings of any kind, or statements by witnesses were included in Freedom of Information Act documents issued by the Joliet Police Department; only a summary of allegations made by the original investigating officer.
The Daily Wire reached out to Sergeant Dwayne English of the Joliet Police Department for comment, but did not hear back before publication.

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Two medical center employees were arrested and charged with federal crimes after they allegedly assaulted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while attempting to prevent them from capturing an illegal alien who was hiding there.
Bill Essayli, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, shared details on the situation after several social media posts falsely painted the illegal alien in question as an &#8220;innocent landscaper&#8221; and said that he had been arrested in the middle of a surgical procedure.
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“Get your hands off of him! You don’t even have a warrant for him.”
Trump’s masked Gestapo invades a surgical center to grab an innocent landscaper as medical staff tell him to leave their private facility.
A lawless regime. <a href="https://t.co/GOZzP1cOkM">pic.twitter.com/GOZzP1cOkM</a>
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&#8220;My office has filed federal criminal charges against Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, of Highland, and Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona, who are accused of assaulting and interfering with an ICE investigation earlier this month at a surgery center in San Bernardino County,&#8221; Essayli said, naming the two employees who had attempted to physically bar ICE agents from doing their jobs.
&#8220;The media originally reported that the illegal alien was taken during a medical appointment,&#8221; Essayli continued. &#8220;That was false. The illegal alien arrested inside the surgery center was not a patient. He ran inside for cover and these defendants attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents.&#8221;
&#8220;It doesn’t matter who you are or where you work, if you assault our agents or otherwise interfere with our operations, you will be arrested and charged with a federal crime,&#8221; he concluded.
Essayli discussed the situation further with Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin.
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NEW: US Attorney <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAttyEssayli</a> joined me to discuss his decision to arrest two SoCal medical workers on federal charges of interfering w/ ICE.
“The politicians in California have emboldened people to stand up to ICE, they think it’s okay to interfere or obstruct,” Essayli said.… <a href="https://t.co/wV6mfKZPQc">pic.twitter.com/wV6mfKZPQc</a>
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&#8220;The politicians in California have emboldened people to stand up to ICE, they think it’s okay to interfere or obstruct,” Essayli said. “We’ve said this over and over again, if you get in our way, if you lay a hand on a federal agent, you will be arrested and you will be charged.&#8221;
Melugin asked whether federal charges were an overreach in situations like these, but Essayli&#8217;s answer was an emphatic &#8220;no.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s the opposite. We have to charge these cases. We have to set an example. We have to enforce the rule of law. Federal agents are off limits. Do not touch them,&#8221; he said.

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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are up a mind-boggling 830% between January 21st and July 14th, 2025, over the same dates one year earlier.
The Department of Homeland Security shared the staggering information in a press release on Tuesday along with an official statement from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
&#8220;Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals. ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law,&#8221; she wrote.
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Just one day earlier, President Donald Trump&#8217;s rapid response team had shared a series of comments made by elected Democrats that the administration believes have put a target on the backs of federal agents who are doing their jobs to enforce immigration law.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) encouraged people to push back against the Trump administration &#8220;in the streets&#8221; and has repeatedly called for ICE agents to be unmasked despite threats against them and their families.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJayapal</a>, who calls ICE agents “deranged” and says it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/V7cgpCv62H">pic.twitter.com/V7cgpCv62H</a>
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called the protesters who have been obstructing — sometime violently — the efforts of ICE agents to enforce the law &#8220;inspiring,&#8221; and referred to the agents themselves as &#8220;deranged.&#8221;
Fresh off her own charges of &#8220;forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers&#8221; after a physical altercation with agents in Newark, New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) encouraged her supporters to &#8220;shut down the city,&#8221; saying, &#8220;we are at war.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a> (disgraced loser), who smears ICE agents as the “modern-day Gestapo.”<a href="https://t.co/iEnIIu09Ya">pic.twitter.com/iEnIIu09Ya</a>
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Governor — and former vice presidential candidate — Tim Walz (D-MN) invoked the Nazi regime when he called ICE agents the &#8220;modern-day Gestapo.&#8221;
Rep. Eric Swalwell <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1944925167391793305">criticized</a> ICE agents for covering their faces — many of whom are doing so due to threats against themselves and their families — comparing them to &#8220;some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia.&#8221;
Both acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Border Czar Tom Homan have voiced support for those agents who choose to cover their faces, saying that they have to be allowed some measure of protection against the unprecedented attacks.

‘Reprehensible’: Assaults On ICE Agents Skyrocket, Up 830% Over Last Year

'Reprehensible': Assaults On ICE Agents Skyrocket, Up 830% Over Last Year

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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have increased 500%, according to <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/">Breitbart News</a>.
&#8220;Just this week, an ICE officer was dragged 50 yards by a car while arresting an illegal alien sex offender,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the outlet. &#8220;Every day the men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.&#8221;
ICE successfully arrested the illegal alien, and the officer is expected to make a full recovery, the department <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1935735846973452427">said</a>.
The data comes after Antifa rioters attacked an ICE building in Portland, Oregon, last night, forcing agents to use rubber bullets and flash bangs to disperse the mob, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-rioters-violently-target-federal-law-enforcement-at-portland-ice-building?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Masked+Rioters+%E2%80%98Violently%E2%80%99+Target+Federal+Law+Enforcement+At+Portland+ICE+Building">reported</a>.
Anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, California, led President Donald Trump to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-guard-rolls-into-los-angeles-after-days-of-anti-ice-riots?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=National+Guard+Rolls+Into+Los+Angeles+After+Days+Of+Anti-ICE+Riots">deploy</a> the National Guard and the Marines, a move criticized by Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Riots have also spread to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-protesters-surround-seattle-ice-office-with-agents-and-detained-illegals-inside?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=33&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Masked+Protesters+Surround+Seattle+ICE+Office+With+Agents+And+Detained+Illegals+Inside">Seattle</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">San Francisco</a>.
McLaughlin also criticized Democrat politicians for contributing to violence against agents.
&#8220;Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,&#8221; McLaughlin told Breitbart. &#8220;From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is despicable. This violence against ICE must end.&#8221;
Nashville Mayor Freddie O&#8217;Connell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents">doxxed</a> federal agents working with local law enforcement in May. O&#8217;Connell said the names were released by mistake, but the DHS disagreed.
&#8220;They claimed it was a mistake,&#8221; McLaughlin said at the time. &#8220;There’s zero chance it was a mistake and there will be repercussions.&#8221;
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dems-rage-over-nashville-ice-raids-that-targeted-rapists-and-gang-members?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Dems+Rage+Over+Nashville+ICE+Raids+That+Targeted+Rapists+And+Gang+Members">exclusive report</a> by The Daily Wire revealed that, out of 196 illegal aliens arrested in Nashville during a weeklong raid, 95 had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. Another 31 had reentered the U.S. after being previously deported.
O&#8217;Connell had said he was &#8220;frustrated&#8221; by the raid.
&#8220;The Nashville Mayor is protecting illegal aliens and gang members over his constituents,&#8221; DHS said.

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A lenient California judge has allowed a man who pleaded no contest to groping a mother and then smashing her face with a rock to avoid jail time because of marijuana use and mental health issues at the time of the attack.
Trevor Lee Colombano, 38, faced up to nine years in state prison and an additional 18 months in county jail after he pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon, sexual battery, and mayhem, <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/no-prison-time-for-santa-rosa-man-who-bashed-disfigured-mothers-face-in-front-of-child/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KRON4 reported</a>. Instead, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Dana Simonds sentenced him to just four years of probation for the attack, which occurred on October 30, 2023.
Colombano’s attack left a mother, who has not been identified, permanently disfigured. Prosecutors said the victim left her home in Santa Rosa with her 13-year-old daughter, 13-year-old cousin, and the family dog. Shortly after leaving her apartment, Colombano approached the woman from behind and pressed up against her. When the mother tried to get away, Colombano began punching her in the head and grabbed a rock, which he used to repeatedly bash her in the face. He also ripped off the woman’s shirt and bra during the attack. Two bystanders managed to pull Colombano off the victim and hold him until the Santa Rosa Police Department arrived. The attack has left the victim permanently disfigured.
“I have cried more in the last six months than I have in my entire lifetime,” the mother said during Colombano’s sentencing, according to KRON. “My daughter and my little cousin, both thirteen at the time, had to witness the whole thing … I cannot even put into words the feeling of not being able to protect yourself or your child at the same time.”
The Sonoma County Probation Department had recommended a prison sentence for Colombano, saying he “is statutorily limited from receiving probation and we cannot, even after much effort considering the complexities, favorable, and mitigating factors involved in this case, identify any factors that mark this matter an unusual case for probation consideration.”
But Simonds disregarded the recommendation and sentenced Colombano to only probation, saying his mental health issues, as well as his marijuana consumption and stress level were contributing factors in the attack.
“Justice was not served in this case,” Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said in a statement after the sentencing. “This woman will be permanently scarred for the rest of her life, both physically and emotionally. Her daughter and niece’s sense of safety and well-being will never be the same. Mr. Colombano is a menace to public safety, period, and should be sitting in prison.”
It is not the first time Judge Simonds has allowed a dangerous offender to avoid prison time. In February 2024, she overruled the prosecutor’s objections to sentence a repeat felony DUI offender to probation, the DA’s office <a href="https://da.sonomacounty.ca.gov/repeat-felony-dui-offender-sentenced-to-probation-for-a-second-time-was-on-felony-probation-at-the-time-of-this-offense-now-has-five-dui-convictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
Juan Garnica Vigil was convicted of DUI five times. On his fourth conviction, instead of jail time, Simonds sentenced him to probation. Vigil was then convicted of DUI a fifth time, but again Simonds only sentenced him to probation.

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Cali Judge Lets Man Avoid Jail Time After Severely Beating Woman, Cites Mental Health And Drug Use

California Judge Lets Man Avoid Jail Time After Severely Beating Woman Because He Was High On Weed

Political commentator Megyn Kelly slammed the media for ignoring a story that was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doug-emhoff-accused-of-hitting-ex-girlfriend-in-the-face-at-high-profile-event-report">published</a> this week about accusations that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; husband, Doug Emhoff, hit a woman he was dating in the face because he thought she was flirting with another man.
&#8220;Look, people have marital problems, and they make bad decisions when they&#8217;re married to people that they don&#8217;t love,&#8221; Kelly began. &#8220;However, banging your child&#8217;s nanny and impregnating her is in a special league of its own.&#8221;
&#8220;I think most of us would have left it alone if he hadn&#8217;t then paraded himself out there and let the media parade himself out there like he was the ideal husband on steroids, like he is the new version of what it means to be a real man &#8230; and should really be the role model for my boys and yours,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;F that. I want my boys to be like my husband, who did not bang the nanny, nor impregnate another woman while married to me, or ever. It&#8217;s just insane that they tried to sell us this lie.&#8221;
Kelly then showed a clip of former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declaring in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had “reshaped the perception of masculinity.”
She then highlighted this week&#8217;s story from the Daily Mail detailing accusations that he hit the woman, only identified in the story as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; in the face.
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He &#8220;actually smacked an ex-girlfriend in the face, either a smack or a punch,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;That this super guy who&#8217;s redefined toxic masculinity actually beat a woman that he was dating prior to Kamala. The Daily Mail reports that he did not respond to requests for comment on the article. What does that mean? There&#8217;s not even going to be a denial? I guess they&#8217;ll get around to it, just an allegation right now, but let me tell you, take some time today to read that Daily Mail report, because it&#8217;s incredibly detailed with several friends of the very successful attorney that he was dating, his alleged victim, going to the Daily Mail, providing records to the Daily Mail, speaking in great detail about the call that the abuse victim alleged [sic] made to them after he smacked her in front of other people, in front of French valets over there in Cannes, France.&#8221;
Kelly concluded by saying that she hoped that Pskai &#8220;wasn&#8217;t aware of&#8221; the allegations when the interview occurred.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, if this were a Republican, it would be leading every news channel,&#8221; Kelly said.
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Megyn Kelly on the Daily Mail report that Doug Emhoff beat his ex wife: 
&#8220;Interesting gesture there at the end with the hand in your face. This &#8216;so-called always supporter of women&#8217; actually smacked an ex girlfriend in the face. 
This super guy who redefined toxic masculinity… <a href="https://t.co/RLauIT5nzR">pic.twitter.com/RLauIT5nzR</a>
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1841605233333469351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, reportedly hit his ex-girlfriend in the face because he thought that she was hitting on another man at a high-profile event more than a decade ago.
Three friends of the woman, a New York lawyer, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13898791/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_dailymailus">told</a> the Daily Mail about the alleged attack in 2012 on the condition that neither they nor the woman, who was only identified as &#8220;Jane,&#8221; be named out of fear of retaliation.
The altercation reportedly happened at the May 2012 Cannes Film Festival in France as Emhoff and Jane waited in line for a taxi to take them back to their hotel room.
The two met on an online dating website and had been dating for three months when the incident occurred, the report said. The friends provided the British publication with photos of the two together, travel documents, and emails that they say confirm that the two were in a relationship and attended the event together.
The disturbing incident comes after former Biden-Harris official and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki declared in a recent interview with Emhoff that he had &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221;
Psaki made the remarks even though it had been recently revealed that Emhoff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-husband-admits-to-impregnating-babysitter-while-cheating-on-first-wife">impregnated his children&#8217;s babysitter</a>, which led to the end of his first marriage.
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Jen Psaki to Second Gentleperson &#8220;Doug&#8221;: You have &#8220;reshaped the perception of masculinity.&#8221; 🤢 <a href="https://t.co/Hsd3EIWkZW">pic.twitter.com/Hsd3EIWkZW</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1840432441762136144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
Jane received tickets to the star-studded May 24, 2012, event from wealthy friends and decided to take Emhoff as her plus one.
The first person who Jane told about the alleged assault was one of her male friends, who is a top New York businessman, the report said, who got a phone call from her moments after the attack happened.
&#8220;It was hard to hear her because she was sobbing. She told me she was with a guy and he hit her,&#8221; he told the publication. &#8220;It was very clear what she was telling me. She said she was with a guy, her date, she was at the Cannes Film Festival, and he hit her. She was in the car with the guy at the time.&#8221;
He said he did not know how to respond and wasn&#8217;t sure if he needed to call the police in France.
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&#8220;It was something like 3am. They were trying to get out of there and they both had been drinking. There was a gigantic line for taxis,&#8221; he said, adding that she &#8220;went up to one of the valet guys, offered him 100 Euros or whatever, to get to the head of the line.&#8221;
&#8220;She told me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought that she was flirting, and came over and slapped her in the face,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;She slapped him back. My impression is that he had a lot to drink. She was sobbing [on the phone afterwards], but she wasn&#8217;t slurring her words. She told me that she broke up with him that night.&#8221;
Jane reportedly told a second friend, who is also a lawyer in New York, about the attack around the time that it happened.
&#8220;They had dinner. She said Doug was very charming, and it was lovely. Then I believe it was between 2-3am, it was still raging, but she was wearing four-inch heels and a floor-length gown, so it was time to depart,&#8221; the lawyer said. &#8220;She said there&#8217;d been no fight before he hit her. You would have thought it was this fairytale trip.&#8221;
&#8220;She put her hand on the valet&#8217;s shoulder, and as she was talking to him, Doug comes up,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;She said he turned her around by her right shoulder, and she was completely caught off guard. He hauled up and slapped her so hard she spun around. She said she was in utter shock.&#8221;
The second friend said that Jane had slapped him back and that she had tried to get out of there by herself but that Emhoff had forced his way into the taxi.
&#8220;She couldn&#8217;t believe he is the person that he is, and that it turned into this trailer trash moment,&#8221; the second friend said. &#8220;It woke her up about the self-delusion she was having, explaining away the teacher story. She realized he was bad news. This was the first time she saw his ugly side.&#8221;
&#8220;She said she called [her male businessman friend] because she wanted Doug to see her on the phone, telling somebody,&#8221; the second friend said. &#8220;She felt that would afford her some protection.&#8221;
A third friend, a female executive, said that Jane told her about the story in 2018.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it was an aggressive slap or a punch, but it was something that I know she would never forget, and something that would end a relationship immediately,&#8221; the third friend said. &#8220;She had never been hit in her life. [Jane] is a gorgeous, strong woman and you would never expect somebody to hit her.&#8221;
&#8220;I asked her if he ever apologized. She said no, but he commented about the hit she gave him. It was a tennis metaphor. But no apology at all,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;He was a tennis fan. All he said to her was, &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry about it, you got one across the court and down the line.'&#8221;
The friends said that Emhoff allegedly told Jane that he impregnated his child&#8217;s babysitter and that the nanny claimed Emhoff was so &#8220;aggressive with her, shouting or whatever, to the degree that she lost the baby.&#8221;
The publication obtained Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) records that showed they were called to the home where the nanny was living in 2009, around the time she was allegedly pregnant, about a &#8220;life threatening emergency, lights and sirens on.&#8221;
The department did not release any information about the incident or who was involved.
The female executive told the publication that she and Jane were both Democrats, and she felt that the public needed to know about Emhoff, given the possibility that his wife could end up becoming president.
&#8220;He&#8217;s holding himself out to be something he absolutely is not. And that&#8217;s bulls***.&#8217; she said. &#8220;[Jane] was always leaning Democratic. I have always voted Democratic. If anything I would like to tell a story on the other side. But this is the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s a really bad guy,&#8221; she added. &#8220;To hold him out as a supporter of women is just disgusting.&#8221;
Neither Emhoff nor Jane responded to requests for comment.

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Doug Emhoff Accused Of Hitting Ex-Girlfriend In The Face At High-Profile Event: Report

An illegal immigrant from Honduras suspected of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Louisiana surrendered to the Kenner Police Department on Wednesday.
Diego Rodriguez-Salvador, 24, is accused of holding a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint while driving her to his trailer park home and raping her, NBC&#8217;s New Orleans affiliate WDSU <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/kenner-kidnapping-rape-teen-suspect-sought/62056382" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Police asked for the public&#8217;s help in finding Rodriguez-Salvodor before he turned himself over to authorities in New Orleans. WDSU reported that police initially struggled to find the suspect because he is &#8220;undocumented,&#8221; and Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley described him as &#8220;a ghost.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve said it over and over again, it is a challenge for law enforcement across the whole country. When [illegal immigrants] come into this country, they&#8217;re basically ghosts,&#8221; Conley said at a news conference. &#8220;They disappear. We have no identifiers. It&#8217;s challenging to even identify them through any of our databases.&#8221;
The 13-year-old victim told police that she previously knew Rodriguez-Salvador since he was one of her brother&#8217;s friends. The girl said that Rodriguez-Salvador told her he was driving her to the store, but when she noticed he was driving in the wrong direction, she told authorities that the suspect pulled out a knife. After arriving at his trailer park home, Rodriguez-Salvador allegedly forced himself on the girl.
&#8220;Anybody that uses a knife and overpowers a 13-year-old girl to rape them and then flees, that&#8217;s a coward,&#8221; Conley said.
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MIGRANT CRIME: An illegal alien in Kenner, Louisiana has been arrested for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl.
Kamala&#8217;s illegals are committing horrific crimes every single day.
President Trump will send these criminals back to where they came from. <a href="https://t.co/3giPp6ouoT">pic.twitter.com/3giPp6ouoT</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1831710484564697524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The chief added that the date Rodriguez-Salvodor entered the U.S. is still unknown. The Department of Homeland Security is involved in the investigation.
Earlier this year, two illegal immigrants from Venezuela were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mother-of-12-year-old-alleged-murdered-by-venezuelan-illegal-aliens-speaks-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> in the murder of 12-year-old Houston girl, Jocelyn Nungary. Prosecutors allege that Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, &#8220;lured&#8221; Nungaray &#8220;under a bridge&#8221; where they &#8220;remained with her for over two hours, took her pants off, tied her up and killed her, then threw her body into the bayou.&#8221;
Illegal immigration has become a top concern for voters heading into the 2024 election as Customs and Border Protection has reported record numbers of migrant encounters at the southern border under the Biden administration.

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