The Department of Justice (DOJ) said last week that Tennessee&#8217;s aggravated prostitution law for people with HIV violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and warned that the state could face a lawsuit if it does not stop enforcing it.
In a December 1 release, the DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-enforcement-tennessee-state-law-discriminates-against-people-hiv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Tennessee&#8217;s decades-old prostitution law subjects people with HIV to &#8220;harsher criminal penalties solely because of their HIV status,&#8221; thereby violating the ADA.
&#8220;Today’s announcement comes on World AIDS Day, an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic,&#8221; the department wrote.
The law in question raises prostitution from a misdemeanor to a felony “when, knowing that such person is infected with HIV, the person engages in sexual activity as a business or is an inmate in a house of prostitution or loiters in a public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity.”
Tennessee&#8217;s law, passed in 1991, also requires people who are convicted of engaging in prostitution while HIV-positive to register for life as a “violent sex offender.”
This means the convicted person faces up to 15 years in prison for the felony charge rather than just six months for a misdemeanor charge.
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Prosecutors in the Memphis area most frequently enforce the prostitution law, the DOJ said, singling out for particular criticism the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office and Tennessee&#8217;s Bureau of Investigation.
Memphis residents have <a href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/06/09/neighbors-voice-concerns-speak-up-against-drug-dealing-prostitution-local-community/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a> in recent months about prostitution and drug use encroaching on their neighborhoods.
“Tennessee’s aggravated prostitution law is outdated, has no basis in science, discourages testing and further marginalizes people living with HIV,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ&#8217;s Civil Rights Division.
In October, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Transgender Law Center also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-hiv-lawsuit-sex-offender-34713572f57d02ab39751776dbf80710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a federal lawsuit over the law, which they want scrapped.
“That individuals living with HIV are treated so differently can only be understood as a remnant of the profoundly prejudiced early response to the AIDS epidemic, and the continuing marginalization of the Black cisgender and transgender women who have borne the brunt of the Aggravated Prostitution and related registry requirements,” the lawsuit <a href="https://www.aclu.org/cases/outmemphis-v-lee?document=Complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>.
Since 1991, there has been &#8220;significant progress&#8221; in understanding and treating HIV, Rebecca Bond, chief of the DOJ&#8217;s Disability Rights Section, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-12/2023.11.30_tn_hiv_lof_final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a letter to Tennessee officials.
“Beliefs and assumptions that individuals with HIV will spread it, or that having HIV is a death sentence, are now outdated and unfounded,” Bond wrote.

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An actor featured in the DailyWire+ comedy &#8220;Lady Ballers&#8221; was arrested following the premiere in Nashville last week for charges related to his presence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Federal authorities arrested Siaka Massaquoi on November 30 after he and his wife, Charlotte, arrived back in California following the showing, according to a legal defense <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/siaka" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraiser</a> set up in his name.
&#8220;Upon their arrival, Siaka was separated from his wife and abruptly arrested by the FBI,&#8221; according to the fundraising page. &#8220;At the time, Charlotte was told the charges had to do with January 6th; however, she was not presented with any arrest warrant.&#8221;
Massaquoi, who appeared in the new comedy from The Daily Wire, was taken to the Monterey Park Jail, where he stayed overnight after being charged with four misdemeanors in connection to January 6, according to the fundraiser page.
Three years ago, approximately 20 FBI agents dressed in tactical gear raided Massaquoi&#8217;s North Hollywood home just before 6 a.m. on a Thursday — about six months after that infamous day in 2021, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-12/fbi-raids-home-of-los-angeles-based-actor-who-entered-u-s-capitol-on-jan-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Los Angeles Times</a>.
Video footage from the Capitol breach posted by StopHate, a Texas-based activist group, claims to show Massaquoi inside the Capitol building.
&#8220;He was at the threshold of the door for maybe a minute, &amp; even helping the police direct the flow of foot traffic out the door. Crime?&#8221; the group wrote in a December 2 post.
Massaquoi reposted the group&#8217;s video on his X account. &#8220;Witness why I was raided 2 years ago and recently arrested and charged Nov 30th 2023 almost 3 years later,&#8221; he said.
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Witness why I was raided 2 years ago and recently arrested and charged Nov 30th 2023 almost 3 years later <a href="https://t.co/0YH97WqftF">https://t.co/0YH97WqftF</a>
&mdash; Siaka Massaquoi (@_SiakaMassaquoi) <a href="https://twitter.com/_SiakaMassaquoi/status/1731055218790392177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Massaquoi also starred in The Babylon Bee&#8217;s &#8220;Californians Move to Texas&#8221; series. Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire website, called Massaquoi&#8217;s arrest &#8220;political persecution.&#8221;
&#8220;If you&#8217;ve watched our Californians Move to Texas series, then you&#8217;re already familiar with Siaka. You know how funny and talented he is,&#8221; Dillon wrote in an X-post. &#8220;But he isn&#8217;t just a talented actor and friend of the Babylon Bee; he also happens to be a Trump supporter. And he&#8217;s being punished for it by our government.&#8221;
In a Monday post, Dillon posted the arrest warrant presented to Massaquoi, revealing charges including knowingly entering a restricted building, and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building.
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Here&#39;s the arrest warrant containing the charges brought against <a href="https://twitter.com/_SiakaMassaquoi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_SiakaMassaquoi</a>.
He has a hearing scheduled for this Thursday morning (10 am) at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles. <a href="https://t.co/Z0wlUs83Fl">pic.twitter.com/Z0wlUs83Fl</a>
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1731836160660418729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Although authorities never charged Massaquoi, the fundraiser&#8217;s page said that the family has &#8220;feared that this day might come, in which the government would charge him for something he didn&#8217;t do,&#8221; adding the actor has been &#8220;scrutinized at airports for several years.&#8221;
The fundraiser for Massaquoi has raised nearly $40,000 of its $115,000 goal to cover the legal expenses. The campaign page also requested to keep the family in prayer support as the couple is expecting their first child.
According to podcast host Lori Mills, authorities arraigned Massaquoi on Friday and released him with conditions.
&#8220;This judge was fair. Preliminary trial next week,&#8221; she wrote in an X-post. &#8220;We are praying it gets thrown out as DC wants the case.&#8221;
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Yes. He was arraigned yesterday and released with conditions. This judge was fair. Preliminary trial next week. We are praying it gets thrown out as DC wants the case. There is a go fund me. We were all there and stood with him. Love him and Char so much. His Jesus Saves… <a href="https://t.co/gBhK3RUoM3">pic.twitter.com/gBhK3RUoM3</a>
&mdash; Lori Mills (@LoriMills4CA42) <a href="https://twitter.com/LoriMills4CA42/status/1730987999897514244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Massaquoi — an actor who has landed parts in shows like &#8220;S.W.A.T,&#8221; &#8220;NCIS: Los Angeles,&#8221; and &#8220;Lethal Weapon&#8221; — also appeared as Duece Johnson in The Daily Wire&#8217;s first-ever feature-length comedy &#8220;Lady Ballers.&#8221;
The film&#8217;s director and co-founder of The Daily Wire, Jeremy Boreing, spoke out in defense of Massaquoi.
&#8220;Siaka is a good man and a huge talent,&#8221; Boreing <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1731027952471568391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1731027952471568391%7Ctwgr%5Eed40d0ce63363dcd743420e9e6e46f117faa9ab7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthepostmillennial.com%2Fbidens-doj-arrests-prominent-conservative-actor-in-front-of-pregnant-wife-for-attending-jan-6-protests-three-years-after-the-fact-charges-him-with-4-misdemeanors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an X-post. &#8220;The FBI arresting a man at the airport three years after the event &#8211; and after raiding his house and not charging him already &#8211; and then only charging him with misdemeanors is one of the most absurd things I&#8217;ve ever heard.&#8221;
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Federal authorities arrested Massaquoi more than two months after he filed a group lawsuit against the FBI, Bureau Director Christopher Wray, the Department of Justice, and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
<a href="https://www.ntd.com/biden-fbi-arrests-conservative-actor-for-taking-part-in-jan-6-protests_958093.html">According</a> to the lawsuit filed in a district court in Florida on September 20, the plaintiffs requested the court to certify the legal challenge as a class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals &#8220;who were peacefully protesting in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, but who did not commit any felonies or engage in any violence, but have been subjected to unconstitutional, illegal surveillance by Defendant Wray and his agents in the aftermath.&#8221;
&#8220;While there were a few people who chose to enter and engage in acts of violence in the U.S. Capitol, Plaintiffs were not among those involved in any such conduct,&#8221; the lawsuit said. &#8220;All Plaintiffs did was exercise their right to peacefully assemble and protest under the Constitution.&#8221;
The Department of Justice has reportedly charged more than 1,069 individuals from nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia in connection to January 6.
A spokesperson with the FBI declined to comment when contacted by The Daily Wire.

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Federal agents interviewed a priest and a choir director as part of an investigation into so-called <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-suspected-of-inconsistencies-in-anti-catholic-memo-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Radical-Traditional Catholics</a> as potential domestic terrorists, according to a new <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-12-04-the-fbis-breach-of-religious-freedom-the-weaponization-of-law-enforcement-against-catholic-americans.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the House Weaponization Committee.
The House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government launched an investigation into the FBI earlier this year after former agent-turned-whistleblower Kyle Seraphin leaked an internal memo from the bureau&#8217;s Richmond Field Office. The memo painted certain &#8220;radical-traditionalist Catholics&#8221; as violent extremists and proposed opportunities for the FBI to infiltrate Catholic churches as a form of &#8220;threat mitigation.&#8221;
&#8220;The FBI&#8217;s Richmond memorandum is a startling reminder that Americans&#8217; civil liberties and core Constitutional rights must be vigorously guarded against government overreach, including in this case from an overzealous law enforcement agency,&#8221; the committee wrote in the report.
Whistleblower disclosures in the report said FBI authorities interviewed a priest and choir director of The Society of Saint Pius (SSPX) — an international priestly society promoting traditional practices affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia, between November and December 2022.
The whistleblower disclosures revealed that the FBI interview was used to &#8220;inform on the parishioner under investigation&#8221; and that the memo would still operate in the agency&#8217;s systems, which lawmakers said violates the religious liberties of millions of Catholic Americans.
Although federal agents refused to disclose the contents of the interviews, the committee noted the whistleblower&#8217;s allegations showed the FBI directly communicated with Catholic clergy and staff about parishioners practicing their faith around the same time the analysts started drafting the memorandum.
The committee also claimed in the report that the FBI relied on at least one undercover agent to develop its assessment and proposed developing sources among the Catholic clergy and church leadership. The basis of the memo then relied on a single investigation into the Richmond Field Office&#8217;s area of responsibility which included a subject who ‘self-described’ as a ‘radical-traditionalist Catholic.'&#8221;
Lawmakers found that when FBI employees were preparing, editing, or reviewing the memorandum, they could not define the meaning of an Radical-Traditional Catholic, which the two co-authors sourced the idea from left-wing publications including the Southern Poverty Law Center, Salon, and The Atlantic.
FBI Richmond’s Special Agent in Charge Stanley Meador told the committee that the analysts who co-authored the Richmond memorandum had been employed with the FBI for approximately 20 years.
The FBI &#8220;abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists,&#8221; according to the committee&#8217;s report.
Almost immediately after the document leaked, FBI authorities spiraled into damage control and purged the ant-Catholic memo from its system, saying the bureau would &#8220;never conduct investigative activities or open an investigation based solely on First Amendment protected activity.&#8221;
&#8220;While our standard practice is to not comment on specific intelligence products, this particular field office product — disseminated only within the FBI — regarding racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism does not meet the exacting standards of the FBI,&#8221; a spokesperson told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Upon learning of the document, FBI Headquarters quickly began taking action to remove the document from FBI systems and conduct a review of the basis for the document.&#8221;
But the committee said while the federal agency claims it does not categorize investigations as domestic terrorism based on religious beliefs, including Catholicism, the FBI-wide memorandum &#8220;did just that&#8221; and found that there &#8220;was no legitimate basis for the memorandum to insert federal law enforcement into Catholic houses of worship.&#8221;

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U.S. prosecutors charged a former ambassador to Bolivia for secretly working for the Cuban government and supporting its clandestine intelligence-gathering mission against the United States for more than four decades, according to unsealed court documents released on Monday.
Victor Manuel Rocha, who served in various roles within the State Department, was arrested on Friday in Miami, Florida, on a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/media/1327021/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal complaint</a>. According to the Justice Department, federal prosecutors charged Rocha with committing multiple federal crimes, including acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government and using a passport obtained by false statement.
&#8220;This action exposes one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent,&#8221; Attorney General Merrick B. Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-ambassador-and-national-security-council-official-charged-secretly-acting-agent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news release.
Rocha, 73, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Colombia, allegedly spent 40 years secretly working as an agent on behalf of Havana while seeking out and obtaining positions within the U.S. government to gain access to classified information with the ability to affect its foreign policy.
The indictment does not specify details about the information Rocha allegedly shared with conspirators inside Cuba&#8217;s intelligence community.
Between 1981 and 2002, Rocha rose through the ranks of the State Department under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He worked in U.S. Embassies in Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico City and served a short stint on the White House&#8217;s National Security Council as the director of inter-American affairs focused on Cuba from 1994 to 1995.
Rocha later became an advisor to the Commander of the U.S. military&#8217;s Southern Command — a joint command of the U.S. military whose area of responsibility includes Cuba —from around 2006 to around 2012, according to the Justice Department.
During a series of meetings beginning last year, Rocha admitted to his decades of work as a Cuban intelligence agent to an undercover FBI agent who posed as a covert Cuban General Directorate of Intelligence representative.
Rocha allegedly told the undercover agent his efforts to &#8220;infiltrate&#8221; the U.S. government were &#8220;meticulous,&#8221; &#8220;very disciplined,&#8221; and had &#8220;strengthened the revolution immensely.&#8221;
The accused spy told the undercover agent at their first meeting outside a Miami church that his &#8220;number one priority was …any action on the part of Washington that would – would endanger the life of — of the leadership…revolution itself.&#8221;
Prosecutors allege throughout the meetings, Rocha behaved as a Cuban agent and consistently referred to the U.S. as &#8220;the enemy,&#8221; praised Fidel Castro as the &#8220;Comandante,&#8221; referred to his contacts in Cuban intelligence as his &#8220;Compañeros&#8221; and the Cuban intelligence services as the &#8220;Dirección.&#8221;
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&#8220;I have to protect what we did because what we did…the cement that has strengthened the last 40 years,&#8221; Rocha allegedly told the undercover agent during their second meeting, &#8220;What we have done&#8230;it&#8217;s enormous&#8230;More than a grand slam.&#8221;
It was not immediately clear if Rocha&#8217;s legal representation issued a comment.
His wife, Karla Wittkop Rocha, declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t need to talk to you,&#8221; she reportedly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fbi-cuba-bolivia-former-ambassador-arrested-af9d80a4f268099364dff249dd74b3ec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet before hanging up.
Rocha was expected to make an initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Miami on December 4.
The arrest comes nearly a year after U.S. authorities released a high-ranking federal official from prison after serving more than two decades for leaking information and identities of some American spies to Cuba.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-releases-ex-pentagon-official-who-spied-for-cuba-spy-from-prison-after-two-decades" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ana Belen Montes</a>, 65, a former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, pled guilty in 2002 to conspiracy to commit espionage and using her status to leak classified information and four U.S. spy identities to Havana.

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The Department of Justice appears to have collected information on anyone who liked, followed, or retweeted Donald Trump&#8217;s Twitter account — among other actions in connection to the former president&#8217;s social media — in the days leading up to the January 6 U.S. Capitol breach.
Special Counsel Jack Smith ordered a search warrant against X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this year as part of his investigation into Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election and the events at the nation&#8217;s capitol just before Congress certified Joe Biden as the next president in 2021.
But after several media outlets filed a lawsuit to obtain the document and other related documents, the <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.259110/gov.uscourts.dcd.259110.22.3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">search warrant</a> released on Monday showed federal authorities gathered a massive trove of data from users who interacted with Trump&#8217;s personal Twitter account from October 2020 to January 2021.
&#8220;All information from the &#8216;Connect&#8217; or &#8216;Notifications&#8217; tab for the account, including all lists of Twitter users who have favorited or retweeted tweets posted by the account, as well as all tweets that include the username associated with the account (i.e. &#8216;mentions&#8217; or &#8216;replies&#8217;),&#8221; the warrant reads.
The 14-page document — half of which has been redacted — has been described by American citizens as an Orwellian nightmare and a breach of privacy and a violation of their constitutional right to free speech.
Smith&#8217;s warrant also sought to access Trump&#8217;s search history on X, including drafted posts, blocks, mutes, and direct messages, while also demanding a list of all devices used to log in or access the account.
&#8220;The content of all direct messages sent from, received by, stored in draft form in, or otherwise associated&#8221; with the former president&#8217;s account, and the users Trump &#8220;has followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked, or unblocked, and all users who have followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked, or unblocked,&#8221; the search warrant lists.
The warrant <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/27/news/heavily-redacted-documents-related-to-search-warrant-for-trumps-twitter-account-released/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> included a nondisclosure order that forced X officials to keep Trump in the dark about the search. According to the New York Post, the social media company initially refused the order, claiming in a failed court challenge that the warrant violated the First Amendment and the Stored Communications Act.
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The delay resulted in the company receiving a $350,000 fine.
The Justice Department argued in another <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.259110/gov.uscourts.dcd.259110.22.4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavily redacted document</a> released on Monday that the nondisclosure order &#8220;was granted based on facts showing that notifying the former president would result in destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, or other serious jeopardy to an investigation or delaying of trial.&#8221;
&#8220;For what appears to be the first time in its history, Twitter Inc. (&#8216;Twitter&#8217;) has filed a motion to vacate or modify an order that it not disclose the existence of a search warrant,&#8221; Smith said, adding that &#8220;there is reason to believe notification to the former president, a sophisticated actor with an expansive platform, would result in a statutorily cognizable harm.&#8221;
Trump was indicted earlier this year on multiple felony charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing a congressional proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
He reacted to the search warrant on his Truth Social account in August, criticizing the special counsel for seeking information on his former Twitter account.
&#8220;How dare lowlife prosecutor, Deranged Jack Smith, break into my former Twitter account without informing me and, indeed, trying to completely hide this atrocity from me,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110886100439412597" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;What could he possibly find out that is not already known.&#8221;

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Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) subpoenaed a federal prosecutor who allegedly placed constraints on the years-long investigation into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, House Republicans <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1727076808657682589" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf of Delaware was directed to appear for a deposition <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1727362535157072043" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on December 7</a> as part of the House GOP&#8217;s review of how the Department of Justice (DOJ) has conducted its criminal probe into Hunter Biden as well as the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-has-reached-stage-for-key-witness-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment inquiry</a> against his father, President Joe Biden.
Jordan explained in a <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-11-21-jdj-to-wolf-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Wolf the various ways in which information obtained by the judiciary panel indicates she was &#8220;responsible for many of the decisions to deviate from standard investigative protocol during the Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden.&#8221;
These included claims that Wolf, either directly or by instructing others, blocked certain lines of inquiry about Joe Biden and tipped off Hunter Biden’s legal team about a planned search of a storage unit.
In addition, testimony from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/internal-revenue-service-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internal Revenue Service (IRS) </a>whistleblower Gary Shapley alleged that Wolf &#8220;obstructed&#8221; another U.S. attorney&#8217;s team in Pennsylvania from briefing Delaware U.S. Attorney Davis Weiss&#8217; office about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-biden-bribery-file-released-burisma-head-says-he-was-coerced-into-paying-bidens-10-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bribery allegations</a> concerning Joe and Hunter Biden, the letter said.
The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ seeking comment on the subpoena. Previously, the agency has raised concerns to Jordan about <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23886269/justice-department-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;misrepresentations&#8221;</a> that could impede public confidence in the administration of justice.
Jordan said the DOJ has allowed other employees to testify, &#8220;albeit with substantial scoping limitations,&#8221; but noted that Wolf is an exception because of &#8220;unpersuasive&#8221; arguments that the agency has an &#8220;ongoing investigation&#8221; as well as a &#8220;longstanding policy&#8221; of not making non-Senate-confirmed and line-level DOJ employees available for interviews.
After a plea deal with Hunter Biden collapsed under scrutiny from a judge, Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> Weiss special counsel status in August of this year, giving Weiss broader authority to bring charges outside of his own district.
A federal grand jury in Delaware indicted Hunter Biden on federal gun charges in September, after which he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-to-gun-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. The first son may also face an indictment on tax evasion charges, which were part of the plea agreement.
Weiss testified in a deposition before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month, after which Jordan indicated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;the key takeaway&#8221;</a> was that the prosecutor requested but did not receive <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/515#:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General%20or%20any,jury%20proceedings%20and%20proceedings%20before" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special attorney powers</a> that would have allowed him to bring charges outside of his jurisdiction in Delaware last year without the partnership of the local U.S. attorney.
That would appear to affirm concerns, spurred by whistleblower testimony from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblower-says-story-from-hunter-biden-prosecutor-has-been-changing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shapley and another IRS agent</a> who also worked on the Hunter Biden case, that the DOJ slow-walked the inquiry in a way that may have <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-irs-whistleblowers-expose-how-bidens-were-treated-differently%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precluded other serious charges</a> due to the statute of limitations.
In response to an inquiry by The Daily Wire, the DOJ shared a statement from Weiss to the House Judiciary Committee in which he said &#8220;processes&#8221; associated with investigative and charging decisions did not &#8220;interfere&#8221; with his authority.
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&#8220;At no time was I blocked, or otherwise prevented from pursuing charges or taking the steps necessary in the investigation by other United States Attorneys, the Tax Division or anyone else at the Department of Justice,&#8221; he testified.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> is reportedly on course to not be charged in the federal investigation into his retention of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/classified-documents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a> while out of office.
Special counsel Robert Hur is preparing a report that will criticize Biden and his aides for their handling of the records, but the president will likely not face a criminal case, sources familiar with the situation told <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/biden-expected-to-face-harsh-criticism-in-classified-document-probe-39c3c27f?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
The report on Biden&#8217;s conduct is expected to be long and is anticipated to be released in the coming months, possibly before the end of the year. Investigators have interviewed roughly 100 people, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-interviewed-by-special-counsel-in-criminal-probe-into-his-handling-of-classified-material" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden himself</a> last month.
Biden’s team said they found about 10 records marked classified while clearing out Biden’s office at a D.C. think tank in the days before the 2022 midterms, although that discovery was not made public until early this year, when CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-center-classified-documents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the story</a> of a Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry.
Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/merrick-garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-investigate-biden-classified-document-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Hur, who served as a U.S. attorney in Maryland during the Trump administration, would lead the probe as special counsel in January.
Further searches by Biden’s lawyers and the FBI also took place at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, which turned up more materials of interest to investigators.
Some of the documents found in locations linked to Biden date back not only to his time as vice president but also to his tenure as a U.S. senator. Biden’s representatives have said they have been cooperative with investigators and the president himself claimed there is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-special-counsel-classified-documents-025f25d04a5c0e45d758fbaaa2f231b8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;no there there.&#8221;</a>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans">House Republicans</a> have signaled that Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-signals-classified-docs-of-interest-in-biden-impeachment-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">related</a> to their corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment">impeachment</a> inquiry and recently <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Remus-Deposition-Subpoena-11.13.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> former White House Counsel Dana Remus to appear for a deposition to discuss the materials.
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“Instead of doing their jobs to fund the government and avoid yet another extreme and dangerous government shutdown of their own making, House Republicans are focused on a baseless fishing expedition just to try to smear the president for political purposes,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said about the House GOP&#8217;s investigation.
Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, who may face Biden in a 2020 rematch in the presidential election next year, is also the subject of a classified documents probe led by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-personal-aide-plead-not-guilty-to-new-charges-in-us-documents-superseding-indictment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a> in that criminal matter and in three other cases — all of which he has decried as politically motivated.
Yet another DOJ classified documents inquiry, this one focused on former Vice President Mike Pence, closed in June with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-pence-will-not-face-criminal-charges-over-classified-documents-scandal-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no charges filed</a>.

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Biden Expected To Get Scolding From Prosecutor, No Charges Over Classified Docs: Report

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Lawyers for former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said in a legal filing on Friday that his federal election criminal trial should be televised so that Americans can see how he is being treated unfairly.
Trump’s filing expresses his support for a request from a media coalition asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to allow the trial to be broadcast. Trump is accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
“For the first time in American history, an incumbent administration has charged its main, leading electoral opponent with a criminal offense. Aware that its charges are meritless, the prosecution has sought to proceed in secret, forcing the nation and the world to rely on biased, secondhand accounts coming from the Biden Administration and its media allies,” Trump’s <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.260552/gov.uscourts.dcd.260552.19.0_2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filing</a> said. “As a result, the citizens of our great country are unable to review for themselves what the facts of this case show, and how unfairly President Trump is being treated at the hands of his political opponent.”
Federal court rules <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-election-interference-trial-televised-chutkan-60d4d87c4123b8bc4741a62364e988b7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently stipulate</a> that federal trials cannot be broadcast, but Trump and the media hope to be granted an exception. 
The filing added that the public would benefit by seeing the case and would see that it was a “charade.”
“President Trump absolutely agrees, and in fact demands, that these proceedings should be fully televised so that the American public can see firsthand that this case, just like others, is nothing more than a dreamt-up unconstitutional charade that should never be allowed to happen again,” the filing said. 
Trump’s lawyers said that confidence in the American justice system would be undermined if the proceedings took place “behind closed doors.” The former president’s legal team also said that the prosecution had given them millions of pages of evidence and thousands of hours of videos with little time to review. 
The filing added that Trump could present evidence about the 2020 election during the trial which the public would have a right to see. 
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Media organizations have filed to broadcast the trial saying that it would be useful for future historical writing and evidence.
“It would be a great loss if future generations of Americans were forever deprived of being able to access and view the events of this trial even years after the verdict, which would immeasurably improve the ability of future journalists and historians to retell accurately and meaningfully analyze this unique chapter of American history,” Rebecca Blumenstein, president of editorial for NBC News, said in a court filing.
The Department of Justice does not want the trial broadcast.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-swat-team-conducts-early-morning-raid-arrests-pro-life-activist-at-pennsylvania-home-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro-life activist</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> father of seven Mark Houck and his wife are suing the Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/doj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> over Houck&#8217;s shocking arrest last year by an estimated 20 armed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents at his Pennsylvania home in front of his children.
The DOJ targeted Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, over an incident from 2021 involving his then-12-year-old son at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility. The family says Houck, who was facing 11 years behind bars and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-pro-life-activist-arrested-fbi-charged-assaulting-clinic-escort">fines</a> up to $350,000, was defending his son from a harassing pro-abortion activist. In January, Houck was acquitted of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances a.k.a. FACE Act charges.
According to the suit, which was filed Monday, Houck is seeking $1.1 million for malicious prosecution, retaliatory prosecution, false arrest, abuse of process, and assault, The Daily Signal <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/08/mark-houck-family-sue-biden-doj-for-malicious-and-retaliatory-prosecution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The suit describes the infamous arrest as “unnecessary and unlawful show of force&#8221; and an infringement of Houck&#8217;s Fourth Amendment rights. Officers used &#8220;excessive force&#8221; to arrest the activist on &#8220;non-violent charges when he had not threatened law enforcement, did not own a gun, and had offered to turn himself in to authorities if indicted,&#8221; the suit reads.
His wife, Ryan-Marie Houck, is seeking $3.25 million in damages. The complaint says Ryan-Marie has had numerous miscarriages in the wake of the traumatic arrest due to stress and PTSD, and now finds herself infertile.
&#8220;Mrs. Houck has also shouldered the emotional distress of caring for her seven children and their individual needs as they each process their own trauma from these events,&#8221; the suit reads. &#8220;The children continually come to her crying and suffering from nightmares. They slept in bed with her and her husband for the first month after the arrest, and they continue to ask to sleep in their parents’ bed. The children are easily triggered whenever the situation is brought up or unannounced guests arrive at the property, and she spends a significant amount of time counseling and comforting them.&#8221;
In the aftermath of the arrest, a fundraising account on platform GiveSendGo set up for the Houck&#8217;s described the incident as follows: &#8220;Mark and his son were praying in front of the [Planned Parenthood] at 12th and Locust. When one of the escorts began harassing Mark’s son they walked down the street away from the entrance to the building. The escort followed them, and when he continued yelling at Mark’s son, Mark pushed him away.”
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“It’s all on video,” the post continues. “But that hasn’t stopped Planned Parenthood and the Biden Administration. With no prior warning, and in spite of the fact that Mark is represented by an attorney, Biden’s Justice Department sent a fully armed SWAT team into a home full of young children at daybreak, to arrest a father for protecting his son.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-tells-congress-fbi-raided-his-home-to-instill-fear-in-pro-life-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Acquitted Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Tells Congress FBI Raided His Home ‘To Instill Fear In Pro-Life America’</a>

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Pro-Life Father Mark Houck Sues Biden DOJ Over Arrest, Raid For Millions

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A high-end brothel network servicing &#8220;wealthy and well-connected clientele&#8221; in apartment complexes in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> was uncovered by federal investigators, leading to the arrest of three men allegedly connected to the commercial sex ring.
&#8220;This commercial sex ring was built on secrecy and exclusivity, catering to wealthy and well-connected clientele,&#8221; acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-virginia-brothel-prostitution-commercial-sex-ring-arrests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news conference in Boston.
Authorities said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/three-arrested-operating-high-end-brothel-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> the commercial sex buyers included elected officials, high-tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors who possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists, and accountants, among others.
&#8220;Pick a profession; they&#8217;re probably represented in this case,&#8221; Levy said.
Levy said the identities of the commercial sex buyers were not shared, but indicated that could change as the investigation is ongoing and far from over.
The three individuals charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to travel to engage in illegal sex activity included James Lee, 68, of Torrance, California, Han Lee, 41, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Dedham, Massachusetts.
According to the court documents, the three men operated an interstate prostitution network in multiple brothels in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, as well as in Fairfax and Tysons, Virginia, from at least July 2020.
Authorities said the men allegedly enticed primarily Asian women to travel to Massachusetts and Virginia to engage in prostitution in rented high-end apartment complexes as brothel locations that were furnished and regularly maintained.
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The three men accused allegedly ran two websites that advertised nude Asian models for professional photography at upscale studios as a front for prostitution offered through appointments with women listed on their websites.
Levy said clients would first have to fill out a form with personal information, including their names, work information, email addresses, phone numbers, and a reference, before booking an appointment, costing up to $600 an hour.
The clients were then given a &#8220;menu&#8221; of options and paid the women in cash.
&#8220;Business is booming, until today,&#8221; Levy told reporters.
If convicted, the charged individuals face up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.
&#8220;It&#8217;s through these investigative efforts that we shine a light on sexual trafficking as a global issue,&#8221; Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine Elow <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/feds-to-announce-sophisticated-high-end-brothel-network-bust-in-mass-va/3184748/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said at the news conference.

Three Men Arrested In Connection To Sex Trafficking Ring Servicing ‘Wealthy And Well-Connected Clientele’

Sex Trafficking Network Involving 'Wealthy And Well-Connected Clientele' Busted By Authorities, 3 Men Arrested

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Three people have been charged in a “high-end” brothel scheme in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/massachusetts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> that had politicians, tech executives, and government contractors as customers, according to the Department of Justice. 
Han Lee of Cambridge, Massachusetts, James Lee of Torrance, California, and Junmyung Lee of Dedham, Massachusetts, were charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity. 
According to the DOJ, the three suspects <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/three-arrested-operating-high-end-brothel-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly</a> ran “sophisticated high-end brothels in greater Boston and eastern Virginia. Commercial sex buyers allegedly included elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors that possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists and accountants, among others.”
According to an <a href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/usa_v._han_lee_et_al_-_complaint_affidavit_redacted.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affidavit</a> from a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security who investigated the case, the suspects advertised women for commercial sex on two different websites “under the guise of professional nude photo shoots” and “established brothels.”
The locations in Massachusetts used for the commercial sex were in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, both cities not far from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a>. The locations used in Virginia were in Tysons and Fairfax, wealthy northern Virginia cities not far from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C</a>.
Clients would book appointments with an Asian woman on one of two websites and then would be sent a location, according to the DOJ. Both sites claimed to not promote commercial sexual activity, but investigators said women were advertised on the sites for prostitution. 
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The investigation has been ongoing since 2020 and about 20 “sex buyers” were interviewed, the affidavit said. Customers would be sent a “menu” and would be able to choose what kind of sexual experience they would have, the DOJ said. Investigators said customers paid between $350 and $600 per hour for sexual services. 
“All three target subjects have engaged in substantial amounts of cash deposits and peer-to-peer transfers with one another and others who I believe are tied to the conspiracy. I believe this transfer of money is consistent with the targets sharing the proceeds of the prostitution business and also disguising the true nature and source of the funds,” the affidavit said.
The customers, which included politicians and military officials, were not named. The affidavit said that this was because the investigation into their involvement with prostitution was ongoing.

Feds Bust ‘High-End’ Prostitution Network That Had Politicians, Pharma Execs, And Military Officials As Customers

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Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> said an effort to &#8220;completely gut&#8221; the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice (DOJ)</a> and intelligence agencies is needed to remove corruption in the federal government.
During an <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=447077" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Haley on Thursday, Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo noted former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is facing four criminal indictments — which Trump claims are politically motivated — while asserting there is &#8220;increasing evidence&#8221; that President Joe Biden and his family <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-subpoenas-hunter-biden-presidents-brother-and-ex-business-associate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accepted money</a> from U.S. adversaries in an influence campaign.
&#8220;If you are commander-in-chief, what are you going to do to right the ship here in terms of wiping out this corruption and ensuring that the DOJ is not covering it up?&#8221; Bartiromo asked.
&#8220;You&#8217;re going to have to completely gut, you know, our Department of Justice and our intelligence agencies. I mean, look, the way they&#8217;ve treated the Bidens and the Clintons compared to the way they&#8217;ve treated Trump, I don&#8217;t care what you think about any of them, it&#8217;s wrong,&#8221; Haley said. &#8220;There&#8217;s political bias, we can see it. It&#8217;s not treating all of them equally. And it&#8217;s leaving America distrustful. That&#8217;s what you don&#8217;t want. The American people need to trust that agencies are doing their mission, and that they&#8217;re not playing politics. And I think that what we&#8217;re seeing is a whole lot of politics.&#8221;
Haley then vowed to replace the head of every agency.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll go in and where we need to clean out and clean house. We&#8217;ll do it, and where we need to go and focus them back on their missions, we&#8217;ll get it done,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We need government to work for the people. We&#8217;ve got to &#8230; stop this where the people are working for government.&#8221;
Haley is a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador during the Trump administration. Roughly two months until the Iowa caucuses, Haley has <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">risen in national Republican primary polling to roughly 8.7%</a> on average. However, she is still far behind Trump, the GOP frontrunner.
While new presidents typically start their administrations with a broad shakeup of leadership across the federal agencies, not every department is necessarily impacted. For instance, the FBI director is picked to serve a 10-year term, unless that official is fired — as James Comey was by Trump.
Haley&#8217;s press secretary, Ken Farnoso, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/21/gop-2024-candidates-pledge-fire-fbi-director/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Daily Caller</a> that the candidate would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was picked during the Trump administration and kept on under Biden to serve a 10 year-term, &#8220;as part of a larger overhaul that would go after both senior and middle management at the FBI and DOJ.”

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Haley Says Gutting DOJ, Intel Agencies Needed To Root Out Corruption

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