WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration mobilized the federal government through the Treasury Department to get out the vote in the 2022 midterms, documents shared with The Daily Wire show, with particular focus on low-income or non-English speaking voters.
The news raises questions about the federal government&#8217;s role in elections, a senior White House official told The Daily Wire, arguing that using the Treasury Department to get out the vote is &#8220;certainly outside the scope of &#8221; its defined purpose.
&#8220;The federal government has a very carefully defined role in the nation&#8217;s elections,&#8221; that official shared, noting that Congress enacted the &#8220;Help America Vote Act&#8221; and the &#8220;National Voter Registration Act&#8221; to modernize election systems and increase voter registration. 
&#8220;But under President Biden&#8217;s leadership, we saw every single aspect of the federal government sort of turned into a massive voter mobilization, voter registration campaign, even for those departments and agencies that are not historically or by statute even involved in the election process,&#8221; the official shared. &#8220;And so that&#8217;s what happened with the IRS and the Treasury Department.&#8221; 
President Biden issued an executive order in March 2021 on &#8220;Promoting Access to Voting&#8221; requiring government agencies to encourage voter registration and voter participation by educating the public on how to cast a ballot, the electoral process, and how to vote by mail.
Under that executive order, the IRS&#8217;s Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC) requirement includes encouraging SPEC Partners to provide information to specific demographics of taxpayers at local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) sites, according to White House documents viewed by The Daily Wire.
VITA is a program designed to assist low to moderate-income taxpayers, but a key component focuses on non-English speakers. TCE applies to the elderly.
What information was shared with these specific demographics at local sites? How and where to register to vote, how and where to vote, how to engage in other non-partisan efforts that promote voter participation, and more, according to a White House document on &#8220;Guidance for Promoting Voter Registration at VITA/TCE Sites for SPEC Partners&#8221; obtained by The Daily Wire.
The official who spoke with The Daily Wire highlighted that this focus on specific demographics is particularly problematic —  and that the Biden administration plan was using the federal government to do something that was &#8220;fundamentally a responsibility to states.&#8221; 
&#8220;It&#8217;s something that the US Constitution hands to the states as their sacred obligation,&#8221; the official explained. &#8220;What the IRS did was to interpret that order to apply, not even to every taxpayer, but only to those taxpayers that were primarily served by certain tax preparers and certain tax agents that they deemed more likely to be associated with politically favored demographics, those that were working with Americans from early on in urban areas and so forth.&#8221;
The Treasury Department also specifically indicated to its employees that they should use internal communications channels to encourage employees to vote and to register to vote. On November 21, 2021, the Treasury&#8217;s Acting Chief Human Capital Officer told bureau Human Resources officers that &#8220;no later than 60 days prior&#8221; to national general elections, Treasury bureaus should use their internal channels to remind employees of their right to vote as well as encourage voter registration and voter participation.
They were directed to send the following email:
<blockquote>Dear staff,
Federal elections are foundational to the American system of government. Every two years in November we come together to elect our leaders and congressional representatives. This year federal election day is Tuesday, November 8, however in many jurisdictions early voting and absentee voting are allowed and may begin as much as 46 days in advance of the official election day.
I encourage you to visit www.vote.gov to learn about voting in your state. This site will help you learn how to register or check your registration status. It also provides important deadlines and associated dates.
I also want to share recent changes from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) related to leave for voting. On March 24, OPM issued updated guidance that directs agencies to provide federal employees up to four hours of administrative leave to vote in federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial elections. The updated guidance also authorizes federal employees up to four hours of administrative leave per year to serve as non-partisan poll workers or observers.
I thank you for your service, and encourage you to exercise your right to vote.</blockquote>
The current White House maintains that under President Donald Trump&#8217;s leadership, the federal government is no longer serving as &#8220;a massive partisan leading voter registration campaign.&#8221; And the release of documents and information about what went on during President Biden&#8217;s administration is a fulfillment of the executive orders that Trump signed in February and March.
&#8220;The roles and functions of the IRS and the Treasury Department are returning to what taxpayers pay them to do, which is manage the nation&#8217;s finances and manage the enforcement of our tax law,&#8221; the White House official explained to The Daily Wire, &#8220;Not once has an American taxpayer paid for the IRS to be a voter registration portal or a voter registration entity, and unfortunately the Biden administration thought that they could force the federal government to do that.&#8221;

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Donald Trump

Elections

Joe Biden

Politics

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday unanimously rejected the Biden administration’s challenge to a Texas law requiring mail-in ballots to include a state identification number or partial Social Security number.
The law invalidates mail-in ballots that do not include the information.
In September 2021, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed the Election Integrity and Protection Act into law. It was immediately challenged by the Biden administration and other leftist groups, including the League of Women Voters, who claimed the law violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In November 2023, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez <a href="https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/LaUnionDelPuebloEnteroetalvGregoryWAbbottetalDocketNo521cv00844WD/5?doc_id=X40B5HEB2GD95KRVH07PP7RUNCL">struck down</a> the provision of the Texas law requiring voters who used mail-in ballots to provide identification numbers.
But last December, the 5th Circuit Court <a href="https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/USAvPaxtonDocketNo23508855thCirDec052023CourtDocket/2?doc_id=X5HOV37ELCU86TASRM5FJ6HIJ3R">paused the 2023 injunction</a>, and on Monday, it dismissed the lower court’s claims. “Mail-in ballots are not secure,” staunch conservative Judge James Ho <a href="https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50885-CV0.pdf">wrote</a>, adding that the law “fully complies with a provision of federal law known by the parties as the materiality provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. &#8230; The ID number requirement is obviously designed to confirm that each mail-in ballot voter is precisely who he claims he is. And that is plainly ‘material’ to determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote.”
“Merely requiring mail-in ballot applications to list the voter’s name and registration address triggers significant election security concerns. That information is easily available to anyone who simply requests it from Texas election officials — who readily provide copies of voter files with such information on request. As a result, any person can request and receive that information about a registered voter, use that information to apply for a mail-in ballot, and then cast the ballot, with minimal risk of detection,” he continued.
“Plaintiffs insist that there isn’t enough evidence to show that the ID number requirement would meaningfully reduce voter fraud. Texas strongly disagrees. Our precedents compel us to side with Texas. We have made clear that States have a legitimate interest in combating voter fraud, and this enjoy ‘considerable discretion in deciding what is an adequate level of effectiveness to serve (their) important interests in voter integrity,” Ho concluded.

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‘Mail-In Ballots Are Not Secure’: Court Gives Texas Green Light To Enforce Voter ID Law

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Voter ID

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday threatened to “punch” back if Texas moves forward with GOP-led plans to redraw its congressional district maps. 
Newsom made the comments as California Democrats consider retaliatory redistricting if Texas moves to redraw its congressional boundaries. He said such a move by Texas would &#8220;trigger&#8221; a California response that would put their retaliatory proposal before voters in November. 
&#8220;They’ve triggered this response and we’re not going to roll over and we’re going to fight fire with fire, but we’re going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/all-out-war-fleeing-texas-dems-side-newsom-redistricting-standoff-continues-fire-fire">said</a>. &#8220;We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.&#8221;
Newsom added that California Democrats&#8217; plans to redraw the maps would not materialize if Texas backed off. 
“I hope they do the right thing, and if they do, then there’ll be no cause for us to have to move forward,” he <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-04/california-texas-redistricting-fight-newsom-abbott">said</a>. 
More than 50 House Democrats in Texas fled the state on Sunday to block a quorum of the legislature from considering new election maps that could yield five more Republican-favorable seats. 
The fight in Texas is still developing as the state House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-house-issues-arrest-warrants-for-rogue-democrats-who-fled-to-blue-states?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Texas+House+Issues+Arrest+Warrants+For+Rogue+Democrats+Who+Fled+To+Blue+States">moved forward</a> on Monday to direct the sergeant-at-arms to track down and arrest the AWOL Democrats. The order is not enforceable outside of Texas, so it will likely have little effect, as most Democrats fled to Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott gave the Democrats until 3:00 p.m. on Monday to return to the state or face expulsion from office.
In 2010, California voters approved Proposition 20, a constitutional amendment that transferred redistricting authority to an independent commission. This means that voters would have to approve any new maps in a special election, giving the Democrats a short time to draft the maps and prepare for the November ballot.
Democrats currently control about 83% of California’s 52 congressional seats and hold a supermajority in the state legislature. In 2024, Kamala Harris won California with about 59% of the vote, and Democrat Adam Schiff won his Senate race with similar margins. 
Republicans are opposing any plans to redraw the California maps.
&#8220;While Governor Newsom frames this redistricting as a defensive move, it undermines California’s nationally respected, voter-approved Citizens Redistricting Commission, and if successful, sets a dangerous precedent that voters’ choices can be overruled whenever politicians find it politically convenient,&#8221; California GOP Chair Corrin Rankin told Fox News. &#8220;Our primary concern is safeguarding Californians’ constitutional rights against partisan manipulation disguised as defending democracy; true democracy means empowering voters, not politicians, to decide representation.&#8221;

California Gov. Newsom Discusses Texas’ Redistricting Plan

Newsom Threatens Retaliation, Says Texas Redistricting Will ‘Trigger’ New California Election Maps

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Firebrand Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace launched her bid for South Carolina governor on Monday, joining what&#8217;s quickly becoming a crowded field in the Palmetto State.
Mace joins Rep. Ralph Norman, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, and state senator Josh Kimbrell in the 2026 Republican primary. The congresswoman addressed her supporters at an early morning rally at her alma mater, The Citadel military college, where she announced her run for governor.
&#8220;I&#8217;m running for governor because South Carolina doesn&#8217;t need another empty suit. It needs a governor who will fight for you and your values,&#8221; Mace <a href="https://x.com/NancyMace/status/1952330227755172211">said</a>. &#8220;South Carolina needs a governor who will drag the truth into sunlight and flip the tables if that&#8217;s what it takes.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve walked into firestorms, and I&#8217;ve come out swinging,&#8221; she added.
Incumbent South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who has served since 2017,  will be term-limited from running again in the November 2026 election.
In a video Mace posted on X Monday morning, the Republican emphasized how she has drawn the ire of both Democrats and Republicans and showed clips of President Donald Trump praising her in the past.
&#8220;When she sets her sight on something, she&#8217;s tough,&#8221; Trump said of Mace.
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I’m running to be the Governor of South Carolina!
God’s not done with South Carolina and neither am I. You and me. Our mission begins now.
South Carolina First. Nancy Mace for Governor.<a href="https://t.co/tkO1oN5G0W">https://t.co/tkO1oN5G0W</a> <a href="https://t.co/odvxAKfz5b">pic.twitter.com/odvxAKfz5b</a>
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href="https://twitter.com/NancyMace/status/1952331263710203935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The relationship between the 47-year-old congresswoman and Trump, however, has been rocky. In 2022, Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3523340-mace-defeats-trump-backed-primary-challenger-in-south-carolina/">endorsed</a> Mace&#8217;s primary opponent, Katie Arrington, after Mace <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/trump-hill-republicans-move-on/index.html">said</a> that Trump&#8217;s &#8220;entire legacy was wiped out&#8221; following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Mace came out on top in the 2022 primary and secured a second term in the House. She won again in 2024 and is currently serving her third term.
Mace has focused much of her attention on fighting to keep trans-identifying men out of women&#8217;s bathrooms. She recently got in a fight over women&#8217;s bathrooms with Delaware Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, a man who identifies as a woman. Shortly after McBride was elected, Mace introduced a resolution banning men from women&#8217;s facilities in Congress. McBride <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-identifying-congressman-agrees-not-to-use-female-bathrooms-after-johnson-brings-the-hammer-down?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trans-Identifying+Congressman+Agrees+Not+To+Use+Female+Bathrooms+After+Johnson+Brings+The+Hammer+Down">agreed</a> not to use women&#8217;s bathrooms on Capitol Hill after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a mandate, saying, &#8220;Women deserve women’s only spaces.&#8221;
Mace is well-known on Capitol Hill for her self-assertive nature and her knack for diving into the middle of controversy.
Earlier this year, Mace made headlines when she shared what she called a &#8220;naked silhouette&#8221; of herself during a House subcommittee hearing. Mace shared the photo while addressing the subject of “Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces.” She alleged that the image was captured without her consent, accusing four men of sexual abuse. The men, one of whom is her ex-fiance, have denied any wrongdoing.
“I would run through a brick wall to protect women and girls in South Carolina and to other potential victims, I want you to know I have your back,&#8221; Mace said during the hearing.

Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace Launches Campaign For South Carolina Governor

2026 Midterms

Republican Party

South Carolina

Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-dooley-reepublican-senate-georgia-tennessee-ossoff-a1b7705b3b8d585ba3e5fd683f59f81c">threw his hat in the ring</a> as a Georgia GOP senatorial candidate for 2026 on Monday.
Dooley, 57, the son of famed University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, obtained his law degree from the University of Georgia and briefly practiced law before turning to football, where he became head coach at Louisiana Tech, then Tennessee before serving as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys, the University of Missouri, the New York Giants and the University of Alabama.
Dooley is backed by Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who declined to run for the Senate seat to replace Democrat Jon Ossoff, who won his seat in 2020.
“The only thing that matters to me is that people of Georgia are proud of who’s representing them in Washington, D.C.,” Dooley said in his campaign launch video. “President Trump campaigned on things and he’s turned them into results; I haven’t known a president in my lifetime who’s been able to achieve these kind of results. That’s what the people want; they want somebody who means what they say, say what they mean, and then go deliver results.”
Turning to Ossoff, he declared, “Professional politicians like Jon Ossoff are the problem. Lawlessness, open season on the border, inflation everywhere, woke stuff, that’s what they represent. We need new leadership in Georgia. That’s why I’m running for Senate.”
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Dooley’s chief rival for the GOP senatorial nod is Congressman Mike Collins, who has gained endorsements from various Republicans, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
At the end of March, a non-partisan ethics watchdog, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), filed a complaint against Ossoff, accusing him of violating Senate ethics rules by directly linking official action to a request for campaign contributions.
FACT sent a<a href="https://65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com/ugd/65db76_c14ec0e53bc2448e9a98a4a0e4c00122.pdf"> letter</a> to Ethics Committee Chairman Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Vice-Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) in which they stated:
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On March 14th, 2025, Senator Ossoff sent out an email that contained only two subjects: (1) that he planned to vote against a specific bill; and (2) a request for a campaign contribution. The email began with the statement, “I will vote ‘NO’ on the Trump/Musk/Johnson ‘CR.’” Following several statements about the bill, he then makes a direct request for a campaign contribution: “If you can afford it, please rush $5 to Jon Ossoff’s re-election campaign today. If you’ve stored your info with ActBlue, we’ll process your contribution instantly.” 
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“Senate Ethics Rules specifically prohibit Senators from soliciting campaign contributions based upon any action taken in their official capacity,” the letter continued. “By linking a promise of official action with campaign contributions, a Senator violates a ‘basic principle’ of Senate Ethics that guards against conflicts of interest.”
Additionally, Ossoff, who is Jewish, voted in favor of a resolution to block the sale of some weapons to Israel in November 2024, and last week voted against selling U.S. automatic assault rifles to Israel, and <a href="https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-statement-on-jrd-votes/">joined other anti-Israel Democrats</a> in blaming the Israeli government &#8211; and not the terrorist group Hamas &#8211; for starving the people of Gaza. He said, “I do not believe the United States Senate should acquiesce without objection to the extreme mass deprivation of civilians in Gaza, including the intolerable starvation of children, that have resulted from the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.”

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Former Tennessee Football Coach Enters Georgia Senate Race As Republican

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Jon Ossoff

Senate GOP

U.S. Senate

Former President Joe Biden&#8217;s top political aide, Mike Donilon, was paid $4 million for his work on Biden&#8217;s 2024 re-election campaign and promised an additional $4 million if Biden won, Donilon told congressional investigators on Thursday.
The news, first <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/31/donilon-biden-2024-reelection-testimony-congress">reported</a> by Axios, shows Donilon had a financial incentive to push Biden to run again and remain in the race as questions arose about the octogenarian president&#8217;s declining cognitive fitness and his ability to lead for another four years.
Donilon was interviewed during the GOP-led House Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation into Biden&#8217;s fitness for office.
Donilon told the committee that Biden &#8220;continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any president has ever faced,&#8221; according to a copy of an opening statement obtained by Axios.
Donilon said he believed the nation overreacted to Biden&#8217;s debate performance, when both sides ridiculed him as appearing to be disoriented. Biden dropped out of the race less than one month later.
Donilon&#8217;s $4 million payday was first reported in the book &#8220;Original Sin,&#8221; which was co-written by Axios reporter Alex Thompson. The possible $4 million bonus if Biden won had not been previously reported. According to the book, Donilon left the White House to work on the re-election campaign in early 2024 and insisted on the multi-million-dollar deal. It also states that Biden&#8217;s campaign chair, Jen O&#8217;Malley Dillon, was paid $300,000 despite starting on the campaign at the same time as Donilon.
Donilon had worked for Biden for decades, Axios reported. Other Biden aides have suggested Donilon led the campaign into disaster because of his self-interest and affection for the former president, the outlet noted.
Axios said both Donilon and his spokesperson declined to comment.
&#8220;Original Sin&#8221; reported that Biden&#8217;s physician, Kevin O&#8217;Connor, believed the president&#8217;s aides were not doing enough to take care of Biden. He pleaded the Fifth when interviewed by the Oversight Committee about Biden&#8217;s mental state.

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Top Biden Aide Made $4M On Re-Election Campaign, Would Have Made Way More If They Won

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Newly declassified intelligence documents released Thursday revealed Hillary Clinton personally approved a campaign plan to &#8220;smear&#8221; then-candidate Donald Trump with false Russian collusion claims to distract from her email scandal during the 2016 presidential race.
Special counsel John Durham uncovered the information during his multi-year investigation into intelligence activities during the 2016 election.
The <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/895553887/Declassified-Durham-Annex-Released-by-Chairman-Grassley#download&amp;from_embed">intelligence</a>, released Monday by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), came from two memos obtained by the Obama administration containing &#8220;confidential conversations&#8221; between members of the DNC and George Soros&#8217;s Open Society Foundations before the 2016 election.
According to the declassified files, Clinton personally approved a plan proposed by her foreign policy advisor, Julianne Smith, to &#8220;smear Donald Trump by magnifying the scandal tied to the intrusion by the Russian special services in the pre-election process to benefit the Republican candidate.&#8221; Smith was later appointed to serve as Ambassador to NATO under President Joe Biden.
One stunning email written by Open Society Foundations Senior Vice President Leonard Bernardo, dated July 27, 2016, stated: &#8220;HRC [Hillary Clinton] approved Julia&#8217;s [sic] idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections. That should distract people from her own missing email, especially if the affair goes to the Olympic level.&#8221;
&#8220;The point is making the Russian play a U.S. domestic issue,&#8221; Bernado continued, adding, &#8220;In absence of direct evidence, Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect will supply the media, and GRU [Russia&#8217;s foreign intelligence arm] will hopefully carry on to give more facts.&#8221;
Durham’s team spoke with analysts and officers who assessed these emails were likely authentic. The special counsel&#8217;s team believe the emails, apparently from Benardo, were a &#8220;composite&#8221; of emails hacked by Russian intelligence from U.S. think tanks.
The Clinton campaign&#8217;s plan included &#8220;raising the theme of &#8216;Putin&#8217;s support for Trump'&#8221; and pushing public opinion to &#8220;equate&#8221; the Russian leader&#8217;s influence campaign with actual election infrastructure hacking. It also involved distributing &#8220;the necessary information through the FBI-affiliated … technical structures … in particular, the Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect companies, from where the information would then be disseminated through leading U.S. publications,&#8221; according to another email from Bernardo.
The email predicted that the FBI would &#8220;put more oil into the fire&#8221; of the Russia collusion narrative, with Obama even <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/31/us-news/hillary-clinton-approved-plan-hatched-by-campaign-aides-to-smear-trump-with-russia-collusion-declassified-docs/">considering</a> shutting down the bureau&#8217;s investigation into Clinton&#8217;s emails, according to the New York Post.
&#8220;Smith was, at minimum, playing a role in the Clinton campaign&#8217;s efforts to tie Trump to Russia,&#8221; Durham concluded.
Senator Chuck Grassley <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/newly-declassified-appendix-to-durham-report-sheds-additional-light-on-clinton-campaign-plan-to-falsely-tie-trump-to-russia-and-fbis-failure-to-investigate">said</a> in a statement: &#8220;Based on the Durham annex, the Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton&#8217;s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means.&#8221;
&#8220;The American people deserve the full, unfiltered truth about the Russia collusion hoax and the political abuse of our justice system it exposed,&#8221; FBI Director Kash Patel stated, characterizing it as &#8220;one of the most shameful frauds ever perpetrated on the American public.&#8221;
The Russia collusion narrative dominated headlines for years during the first Trump administration. It led to multiple investigations, including Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s probe, which ultimately found no evidence of criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President

Hillary Clinton Greenlit Russia Hoax To Hide Email Scandal, Declassified Docs Reveal

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Barack Obama

Christopher Steele

Hillary Clinton

Russia Collusion Hoax

Trump Administration

Refusing to recant his previous statement from 2020 that called for defunding the police, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gave an evasive answer when asked if he wished he hadn’t made such a comment.
Mamdani has been elusive about his “defunding the police” statements after a mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan left four people dead, including an NYPD officer. Earlier this week, he stated, “I am not running to defund the police.”
Yet when he was asked on Wednesday by a reporter at the leftist 32BJ Service Employees International Union headquarters, “Do you wish you hadn’t said some of those things a few years back?”, Mamdani replied, “My statements in 2020 were ones made amidst a frustration that many New Yorkers held at the murder of George Floyd and the inability to deliver on what Eric Adams, of all people, described as the right for all of us to be able to enjoy safety and justice, that we need not choose between the two.”
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Mamdani is asked point-blank if he wishes he hadn’t called to defund the police. 
He doesn’t say “yes.” 
That’s utterly disqualifying. <a href="https://t.co/Ylep2q2caI">pic.twitter.com/Ylep2q2caI</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1950637509316378885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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As recently as last December, Mamdani tweeted, “Today the NYPD deployed the Strategic Response Group (SRG) to harass + arrest striking @teamsters. As Mayor, I will disband the SRG, which has cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements + brutalized countless New Yorkers exercising their first amendment (sic) rights.”
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Today the NYPD deployed the Strategic Response Group (SRG) to harass + arrest striking <a href="https://twitter.com/Teamsters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@teamsters</a>. 
As Mayor, I will disband the SRG, which has cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements + brutalized countless New Yorkers exercising their first amendment rights.
&mdash; Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1869848787201532169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“The SRG is one of the NYPD’s special operations units, which, according to the force’s official website, specializes in disorder response, crime suppression and crowd control and ‘responds to citywide mobilizations, civil disorders, and major events with highly trained personnel and specialized equipment,’” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-zohran-mamdani-pledged-disband-key-police-unit-handles-mass-shootings">Fox News</a> noted.
In 2020, Mamdani posted tweets calling for the defunding of police with <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-disbanding-nypd-unit-that-responded-to-nyc-shooting-but-backs-off-unpopular-defund-stance/">these statements</a>:
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Our police: threatening the physical safety of politicians who oppose their agenda. Our prosecutors: turning their own offices into super-spreader event because of all their COVID truthers. The entire carceral system is an unreformable public health hazard. Defund and dismantle.
Together, we can tax the rich, heal the sick, house the poor, defund the police &amp; build a socialist New York. Solidarity forever.
We don&#8217;t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD. But your deal with @NYCMayor uses budget tricks to keep as many cops as possible on the beat. NO to fake cuts &#8211; defund the police.
@NYCSpeakerCoJo: &#8220;The Mayor promised to spend the same amount on cops in schools, but pay for it with different money.&#8221;@NYCMayor spokesperson: &#8220;Actually we never even promised that!&#8221; None of these people are fit to lead. We need a socialist city council to defund the police.
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One police source commented, “People are fools to believe he will help the city. A wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel found a trove of classified documents related to the Trump-Russia probe buried inside &#8220;burn bags&#8221; in a secret room at FBI headquarters, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/patel-found-thousands-sensitive-trump-russia-probe-docs-inside-burn-bags-secret-room-fbi">reported</a> on Wednesday.
Among the thousands of documents discovered was the classified annex of special counsel John Durham&#8217;s final report on the Russian collusion conspiracy, according to multiple sources cited by Fox News. Durham&#8217;s classified annex reportedly contains the purported evidence against President Donald Trump that he reviewed. The burn bags found by Patel are used to destroy classified documents.
Sources told Fox News that the classified annex contains evidence from &#8220;credible foreign sources&#8221; indicating that the FBI might have played a role in spreading the Trump–Russia collusion conspiracy before it launched the Crossfire Hurricane probe.
&#8220;Ultimately, the release of the classified annex will lend more credibility to the assertion that there was a coordinated plan inside the U.S. government to help the Clinton campaign stir up controversy connecting Trump to Russia,&#8221; said one source who spoke to Fox News on condition of anonymity.
The Trump administration is in the process of declassifying Durham&#8217;s annex as Patel coordinates with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and acting National Security Agency Director William Hartman. The report comes shortly after Gabbard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-receives-tusli-gabbards-criminal-referral-for-obama-russia-intel-controversy-report">released documents</a> indicating that the Obama administration knew it had no evidence to pin Trump on the bogus Russian collusion charges, but pushed the narrative forward anyway.
Gabbard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gabbard-obama-launched-years-long-coup-treasonous-conspiracy-against-american-people?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Gabbard%3A+Obama+Launched+%E2%80%98Years-Long+Coup%2C%E2%80%99+%E2%80%98Treasonous+Conspiracy%E2%80%99+Against+American+People">said</a> that the evidence points to former President Barack Obama &#8220;leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment.&#8221; President Trump accused Obama of committing “criminal acts” over the Russiagate hoax, adding that the former president, along with other Democrats, should face &#8220;severe consequences.&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-scotus-immunity-ruling-could-protect-obama-he-owes-me-big">said</a> earlier this week, however, that the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last year would likely shield Obama from prosecution.
The FBI has opened <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-doj-puts-brennan-and-comey-under-investigation-for-russiagate-report">investigations</a> into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey over their role in the Trump-Russia probe.
Patel and his team reportedly found the documents in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) that was previously undisclosed in the FBI headquarters. The FBI director hinted at finding a secret room at the bureau&#8217;s headquarters during a June interview with podcast giant Joe Rogan, but he did not reveal what documents the room contained.
&#8220;Just think about this,&#8221; Patel said during the interview. &#8220;Me, as director of the FBI, the former &#8216;Russiagate guy,&#8217; when I first got to the bureau, found a room that Comey and others hid from the world in the Hoover Building, full of documents and computer hard drives that no one had ever seen or heard of. Locked the key and hid access and just said, &#8216;No one&#8217;s ever gonna find this place.'&#8221;

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Omar Fateh, the Somalian American democratic socialist running for mayor of Minneapolis, once went to bat for the fraudsters behind a $250 million scam that involved stealing from a government child nutrition program during the COVID pandemic.
Later, when the infamous Feeding Our Future scam in Minnesota was exposed, Fateh returned $11,000 in campaign donations that he received from donors tied to the scam.
Fateh is now running for Minneapolis mayor, and earlier this month, he rocketed to the top of the race when the city&#8217;s local Democratic Party <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-omar-fateh-the-radical-somali-american-democratic-socialist-running-for-minneapolis-mayor?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Meet+Omar+Fateh%2C+The+Radical+Somali+American+Socialist+Poised+To+Be+The+Next+Mayor+Of+Minneapolis">endorsed</a> him.
Feeding Our Future was a key player in the massive fraud scheme — the nonprofit distributed federal money meant for low-income children to groups running fake meal distribution sites, who, in turn, gave Feeding Our Future kickbacks, prosecutors <a href="https://alphanews.org/several-dfl-donors-charged-in-free-food-fraud/#:~:text=ImageLiban%20Yasin%20Alishire%2C%20right%2C%20pictured,Omar%20Fateh%2C%20center">said</a>.
Fateh <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/16/feeding-our-futures-political-connections-should-serve-as-a-warning-to-the-dfl/">fought</a> for Feeding Our Future when Minnesota moved to pause the group&#8217;s funding, saying it didn&#8217;t keep records properly.
In June 2021, Fateh attended an event with Feeding Our Future celebrating the group&#8217;s legal victory over the state on the funding freeze.
&#8220;I want to thank also Aimee and her team, Feeding Our Future for making this first court victory a reality,&#8221; Fateh <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxJzMmFjg4&amp;t=95s">said</a> at the event.
Aimee Bock, the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million">ringleader</a> of the fraud scheme, was <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/19/aimee-bock-and-said-salim-guilty-on-all-counts-in-feeding-our-future-trial/">found</a> guilty earlier this year on all charges related to the scam, including wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery.
Fateh also said at the event that he had met with state officials and confronted them about the funding.
&#8220;In that meeting, we were asking what was going on, and we asked very directly, was there any evidence of fraud? Was there any concerns or suspicions?&#8221; Fateh told the audience. &#8220;And they told us that there was zero evidence. Nothing was there. So to us, that was immoral, what was going on.&#8221;
A staffer from Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s office also spoke at that event and said that Feeding Our Future &#8220;sticks to the truth, and the truth wins.&#8221;
At one point, Fateh <a href="https://alphanews.org/several-dfl-donors-charged-in-free-food-fraud/#:~:text=ImageLiban%20Yasin%20Alishire%2C%20right%2C%20pictured,Omar%20Fateh%2C%20center">was</a> also photographed with one of the scammers, Liban Yasin Alishire.
Alishire operated a fake food site that falsely claimed to serve 800,000 meals to low-income children between February and October 2021, according to the indictment against him. He also created a shell company that he used to buy a luxury <a href="https://alphanews.org/several-dfl-donors-charged-in-free-food-fraud/#:~:text=ImageLiban%20Yasin%20Alishire%2C%20right%2C%20pictured,Omar%20Fateh%2C%20center">resort</a> in Kenya with the stolen taxpayer dollars.
Alishire ultimately <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/brooklyn-park-man-pleads-guilty-his-role-250-million-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme">pled</a> guilty to fraud, with prosecutors saying he pocketed $712,084 in stolen taxpayer dollars.
The next year, Fateh condemned the fraud.
“In 2021, I supported the USDA programs that were allegedly stolen from,” Fateh <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/omar-fateh-feeding-our-future-campaign-contributions/">said</a> in a statement in 2022. “Providing free nutritious meals to kids in urban food deserts is something the state is morally obligated to do. Getting rich by exploiting those same children and using them as cover is the opposite of what I stand for, what the people elected me for.”
Fateh also <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/omar-fateh-feeding-our-future-campaign-contributions/">returned</a> $11,000 in campaign donations, a total of 11 donations, seven of which came from people specifically named in search warrants related to the scam. The donations were made in the summer of 2021 when the scam was in full swing.
Fateh has radical <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-omar-fateh-the-radical-somali-american-democratic-socialist-running-for-minneapolis-mayor?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Meet+Omar+Fateh%2C+The+Radical+Somali+American+Socialist+Poised+To+Be+The+Next+Mayor+Of+Minneapolis">goals</a> for Minneapolis, including making it the “last line of defense” against Donald Trump and a “safe haven” for transgender surgeries.
The state senator, 35, is running on an uber-progressive <a href="https://www.fatehformayor.com/vision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">platform</a> that includes cracking down on the police, getting “economic justice” for LGBT and minorities, and keeping Minneapolis a sanctuary for not just illegal migrants, but also for abortions and transgender drugs and surgeries, all while spending lots of taxpayer dollars.

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Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins announced Monday his entrance into the Georgia Senate race, vowing to &#8220;steamroll the radical Left&#8221; and deliver on President Trump&#8217;s America First agenda.
The second-term congressman is challenging Senator Jon Ossoff, who narrowly won his first term in 2020 shortly after the January 6 riots, edging out GOP incumbent Sen. David Perdue in a runoff election. Ossoff is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-ally-mike-collins-launch-key-battleground-state-bid-flip-democrat-held-senate-seat">seen</a> by many in the GOP as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat incumbent in 2026, as Trump carried the state in 2024, according to Fox News.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know who Jon Ossoff really works for, but it sure as heck isn&#8217;t Georgia,&#8221; Collins says in his campaign launch video posted on X. &#8220;Jon Ossoff does not represent Georgia&#8217;s values and has attacked our state&#8217;s best interests at every opportunity. He&#8217;s voted to raise taxes on Georgia families, supercharge inflation, open our Southern Border, and allow men to play women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
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Collins, a prominent Georgia businessman elected to the House in 2022, is a close ally of President Trump and features audio of the president praising him in his launch video.
&#8220;Mike Collins. Mike, you were fantastic. He loves this state, and he took this very personally,&#8221; Trump says in the clip.
Collins highlights his work on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-laken-riley-act-into-law">Laken Riley Act</a>, legislation that strengthens detention capabilities for federal officials dealing with undocumented immigrants charged with crimes like theft and burglary. The legislation was named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered by an illegal immigrant while jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February 2024.
The bill, which Collins sponsored, was the first piece of legislation Trump signed into law during his second term.
Collins, whose family owns a trucking company, promises to &#8220;send a trucker to the U.S. Senate to steamroll the radical left, deliver on President Trump&#8217;s America First agenda, and put the people of Georgia back in the driver&#8217;s seat.&#8221;
Collins enters an increasingly competitive Republican primary. Rep. Buddy Carter has already announced his candidacy, with both candidates <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5423594-gop-primary-georgia-senate/">courting</a> Trump&#8217;s endorsement, according to The Hill. Other candidates, such as former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, are also rumored to be considering a run.
Ossoff has been building a substantial war chest, reporting double-digit fundraising hauls over recent quarters, as he prepares for what will likely be one of the most closely watched Senate contests in 2026, alongside North Carolina, after former Governor Roy Cooper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-former-gov-roy-cooper-runs-for-senate-turning-north-carolina-into-2026s-key-battleground?author=Nathan+Gay&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Leftist+Former+Gov+Roy+Cooper+Runs+For+Senate%2C+Turning+North+Carolina+Into+2026%E2%80%99s+Key+Battleground">announced</a> his run on Monday.

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Former North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper jumped into what many predict will be the most competitive race of the 2026 midterms on Monday, announcing his campaign for the U.S. Senate in a video posted to social media.
&#8220;I never really wanted to go to Washington … but these are not ordinary times,&#8221; the former governor said. “I thought on it and prayed about it, and I’ve decided: I want to serve as your next United States senator, because even now, I still believe our best days are ahead of us.”
Cooper&#8217;s entry comes after incumbent GOP Senator Thom Tillis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tillis-buckles-to-trump-threat-wont-seek-reelection">announced</a> last month he wouldn&#8217;t seek reelection following President Trump&#8217;s public attacks on his vote opposing a motion to advance the Big, Beautiful Bill, which was signed into law on July 4.
Cooper, who served as North Carolina&#8217;s governor from 2017 to 2025, enters the race as a formidable candidate — a two-term governor who won statewide elections in 2016 and 2020, while Trump carried North Carolina, according to POLITICO.
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I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina. <a href="https://t.co/jXvuioO1T0">pic.twitter.com/jXvuioO1T0</a>
— Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC/status/1949801503801155964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The former governor&#8217;s announcement, combined with Tillis&#8217; exit, has bolstered Democrats&#8217; otherwise slim chances of retaking control of the Senate, where Republicans currently maintain a 53-47 majority.
Cook Political Report <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings">rates</a> North Carolina as Democrats&#8217; only &#8220;toss-up&#8221; pickup opportunity, while listing Susan Collins&#8217; Maine seat as &#8220;Lean Republican.&#8221; Republicans have their own &#8220;toss-up&#8221; chances in Democrat-held seats in Georgia and Michigan — both states Trump carried in 2024 — meaning Democrats are likely to hold just 49 seats even in their best-case scenario.
Cooper brings a proven ability to appeal to swing voters and donors that Democrats desperately need, but also an extreme record that has drawn <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article311488761.html">criticism</a> from conservatives.
During his tenure, he vetoed multiple Republican-backed bills, including legislation banning trans surgery for minors and a bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE. His handling of COVID-19 restrictions sparked controversy, with many Republican lawmakers accusing him of government overreach.
Republicans quickly dismissed Cooper, with the National Republican Senatorial Committee branding him a &#8220;Democrat lapdog.&#8221;
&#8220;North Carolina wants a senator who will champion working families, safety, and American values, not an incompetent, far-left career politician like Cooper who will wreck everything they care about,&#8221; <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/roy-cooper-north-carolina-senate-campaign-00479710">said</a> NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez, per POLITICO.
Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley is expected to announce his bid in the coming days, although he has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-endorses-two-america-first-candidates-in-battle-for-senate-control">received</a> an endorsement from President Trump.
Lara Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lara-trump-steps-aside-clearing-path-for-rnc-chairmans-senate-bid">cleared</a> the path for Whatley&#8217;s candidacy, announcing last week she would not seek the seat. Whatley previously served as the North Carolina Republican Party chairman before assuming leadership of the RNC under President Trump.

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