President Donald Trump blasted a reporter on Tuesday for asking a question about child rapist Jeffrey Epstein after the Department of Justice concluded that there was no evidence to prove that Epstein had a client list, had blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered.
During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump responded when Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked about the DOJ&#8217;s findings in the Epstein case.
&#8220;Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?&#8221; Trump asked. &#8220;This guy has been talked about for years. &#8230; We have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things — are people still talking about this guy, this creep?&#8221;
&#8220;That is unbelievable. &#8230; I mean I can&#8217;t believe you&#8217;re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this when we&#8217;re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It just seems like a desecration.&#8221;
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump GOES OFF on reporter for asking about Jeffrey Epstein, Pam Bondi says the child p*rn Epstein files can NOT be released, ever.
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Earlier this week, the DOJ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-drops-11-hour-video-of-jeffrey-epsteins-prison-cell-on-night-he-died">released</a> an 11-hour video showing the hallway near the cell where Epstein was found dead in August 2019. The DOJ concluded that Epstein committed suicide, saying that the footage, which was previously reviewed by the FBI, confirmed that no one entered Epstein&#8217;s cell in the hours before he was found dead. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino have also maintained that the evidence proves that Epstein killed himself.
The DOJ and FBI, however, were criticized after people noticed that the footage of the cell hallway released by the Justice Department doesn&#8217;t include a view of Epstein&#8217;s cell door and skips ahead in one portion, leaving out roughly a minute of footage. Bondi addressed the missing video during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, telling reporters they are investigating whether the prison&#8217;s surveillance system routinely cuts off at that time each night or if it only failed on the night of Epstein&#8217;s death.
Bondi, who said in February that she had Epstein&#8217;s client list on her desk for review, was slammed after the DOJ concluded that there is no Epstein client list. The AG also addressed those criticisms, clarifying that her previous remarks referred to the Epstein files in general, not a specific client list.
&#8220;In February, I did an interview on Fox, and it&#8217;s been getting a lot of attention because &#8230; I was asked a question about the &#8216;client list&#8217; and my response was, &#8216;It&#8217;s sitting on my desk to be reviewed, meaning the file, along with the JFK, MLK files as well,&#8221; Bondi said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I meant by that.&#8221;
Many people remain skeptical of the DOJ&#8217;s findings on Epstein. Lisa Bryant, the director and executive producer of Netflix documentaries &#8220;Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich&#8221; and &#8220;Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich,&#8221; told &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKcB0yY_p4">Morning Wire</a>&#8221; on Tuesday that she calls &#8220;BS&#8221; on the DOJ&#8217;s conclusions that there is no evidence that Epstein blackmailed powerful people who allegedly had sex with minors on his infamous island. She also blasted the DOJ for releasing a video that doesn&#8217;t even include Epstein&#8217;s cell door.
Prominent conservative radio host Glenn Beck <a href="https://x.com/glennbeck/status/1942623712471036164">called</a> for Bondi to resign on Tuesday, &#8220;not because of a cover-up, but for incompetence.&#8221;
&#8220;Not only is there a minute missing from the Epstein cell video, BUT IT WASN&#8217;T EVEN THE RIGHT CAMERA ANGLE,&#8221; Beck added. &#8220;What the DOJ gave us was a partial view of the facility, which JUST MISSES Epstein&#8217;s cell. We&#8217;ve known for years there wasn&#8217;t a working camera on his cell, so WHY RELEASE THIS VIDEO? And why not tell us there&#8217;s a video glitch in advance of the release?! This isn&#8217;t about whether Epstein killed himself or not. What matters more is REAL transparency and justice. But instead what we got was absolute INCOMPETENCE in the Attorney General&#8217;s office.&#8221;

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Trump Rips Reporter For Asking About Epstein Case As Americans Doubt DOJ’s Conclusions

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The Department of Justice released video from the prison in which the late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019, concluding that nobody entered his cell that day and that it was in fact a suicide.
The video was released in a memo that also details Justice Department findings from an investigation into the existence of an Epstein “client list”  and questions around his death. The findings state that Epstein did not keep a “client list” and that his death in 2019 was a suicide.
The memo says that FBI agents reviewed “more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence” in its investigation into Epstein and his death.
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” said the memo, obtained by <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration">Axios</a>.
As part of the investigation, FBI agents reviewed footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York from the day Epstein died. The Justice Department released nearly 11 hours of footage from the common area of the “Special Housing Unit” in the facility where Epstein was held.
The Department of Justice released two versions of the footage, a “<a href="https://www.justice.gov/video-file1">raw</a>” and “<a href="https://www.justice.gov/video-file2">enhanced</a>” version. The enhanced version of the footage the FBI made by “increasing its contrast, balancing the color, and improving its sharpness for greater clarity and viewability.”
“[A]nyone entering or attempting to enter the tier where Epstein’s cell was located from the SHU common area would have been captured by this footage. The FBI’s independent review of this footage confirmed that from the time Epstein was locked in his cell at around 10:40 pm on August 9, 2019, until around 6:30 am the next morning, nobody entered any of the tiers in the SHU,” the memo says.
“After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019,” the memo says. “This conclusion is consistent with previous findings, including the August 19, 2019 autopsy findings of the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the November 2019 position of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in connection with the investigation of federal correctional officers responsible for guarding Epstein, and the June 2023 conclusions of DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General.”
The department&#8217;s findings echo statements that FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino have said about Epstein since taking up posts at the agency. In May, Bongino in an appearance on Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clear-as-day-bongino-says-fbi-will-release-convincing-video-on-epsteins-death">said</a> that the Justice Department would eventually release video that shows “clear as day, [Epstein is] the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it.”

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DOJ Drops 11-Hour Video Of Jeffrey Epstein’s Prison Cell On Night He Died

DOJ Drops 11-Hour Video From Prison On Night Epstein Died

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Federal authorities are investigating allegations of China-tied, for-profit baby selling operations in California, The Daily Wire can first report.
Federal sources inside California confirmed the investigation into the alleged &#8220;rent-a-womb&#8221; scheme on Wednesday evening, after The Daily Wire inquired into claims that the California Department of Child and Family Services removed over 20 babies from the home of a Chinese couple running the Marks Surrogacy agency.
Surrogate mother Kayla Elliot shared with The Daily Wire that she was one of many women contacted through Facebook by Marks Surrogacy, which is now going by the name &#8220;<a href="https://www.futurespringsurrogacy.com/">Future Spring Surrogacy</a>,&#8221; an agency that pairs parents with potential surrogate mothers. She entered into a contract with the agency, carried the baby to term, and gave up the baby to its &#8220;intended parents,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire.
She says that she and multiple women across the country were contracted by the surrogacy agency to carry children for the same “intended parents&#8221; — who, she says, turned out to be Mandarin-speaking employees of the surrogacy agency that had recruited her. 
Then she learned, to her horror, that the California child services agency had allegedly discovered 21 babies in the home of the &#8220;intended parents,&#8221; and that the baby she had birthed was in the care of the state. Elliot said she has since been contacted by the FBI and questioned thoroughly about the agency, its handling of the baby, its ties to China, and more.
The California Department of Child and Family Services and Future Spring Surrogacy did not immediately return The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.
A federal source who spoke with The Daily Wire expressed concerns about the number of children who are born at California delivery centers.
This official described the situation as &#8220;very bizarre,&#8221; saying: &#8220;Babies are being neglected, then transported back to China.&#8221; And further, the official pondered, the children are born in the United States and thus have citizenship, but how does one prove that each baby is who the parents are saying they are?
&#8220;It&#8217;s a national security threat,&#8221; he stressed.
Elliot <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUAou2sIyzM&amp;feature=youtu.be">first shared her story</a> with the Center for Bioethics and Culture Executive Director Kallie Fell, who told The Daily Wire that her team was &#8220;devastated&#8221; by the story — but not surprised. Fell said that the case reflects a disturbing, deeper pattern of &#8220;commodification, deception, and international legal loopholes&#8221; in the surrogacy industry.
&#8220;For years, we’ve warned that the commercial surrogacy industry operates in legal and ethical gray zones, creating conditions ripe for abuse,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This case isn’t just about one agency or one couple; it reflects a deeper pattern of treating women as wombs-for-hire and children as commodities.&#8221;
&#8220;We believe this case points to a form of organized reproductive trafficking, and the public should be outraged,&#8221; Fell said. &#8220;And it won’t stop unless we hold the fertility industry accountable and close our borders to international surrogacy arrangements.&#8221;
Mark Surrogacy first reached out to the surrogate mother who spoke with The Daily Wire in January 2024 on Facebook, according to messages reviewed by The Daily Wire.
&#8220;I saw your post that you&#8217;re interested in becoming a surrogate,&#8221; the message said. &#8220;I currently am working with a Chinese couple located in Los Angeles CA. They are seeking to find a surrogate to have a baby for them. Would you be open to talk more about it?&#8221;
Elliot agreed to the conversation. She met the agency&#8217;s requirements and signed on with the agency in February. A July 2024 Facebook post from Mark Surrogacy shows Elliot smiling with a bouquet of flowers, saying that &#8220;the embryo is transferred successfully by early July this month.&#8221;
When she was about 17 weeks pregnant, however, Elliot began connecting with other surrogate mothers online. She told The Daily Wire that multiple women she connected with said that they had carried babies for the same Chinese couple, all at the same time.
“That’s when I knew something was seriously wrong,&#8221; she said in an interview with Fell. After the baby&#8217;s birth, she was connected with even more women who had carried babies for the same &#8220;intended parents.&#8221; 
These women, Elliot shared, were from Pennsylvania, Georgia, and California, and they had been talking to each other about the bizarre situation for weeks. They all began sending each other pictures of the same intended mother, she said. 
“There was actual diehard, like, picture proof of all these women holding their babes with the same mom standing right next to them,&#8221; she told Fell. &#8220;Some of them were within weeks of each other. I had the baby March 13, there was a girl who delivered the last week of February, another girl who delivered a couple weeks after I did.”
The women did not know who to contact or what to do, Elliot said. But, now that authorities are involved, they may get some answers.
&#8220;This is something NO ONE would have ever imagined,&#8221; Elliot wrote on Facebook. &#8220;Ever. Worst possible case scenario ever. We are all being patient as well, waiting to hear as investigations move forward. The only facts we have are the facts about our own personal journeys, yet somehow they all tie together in a strange twisted way&#8230;One day soon I&#8217;m sure this will all be up to the public on the news.&#8221;
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<div dir="auto">&#8220;Since I&#8217;ve come forward on other social media platforms and now [Facebook], many women have stepped forward, making posts in multiple agency review groups, and trying to raise awareness about this horrific agency,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Yes, all the stories are real. We don&#8217;t have guaranteed facts about what has been going on with this agency for years prior but we do now what they&#8217;re being investigated for now, so stay away and stay aware!&#8221;</div>
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Through a GoFundMe, Elliot is now <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kayla-secure-custody-for-surrogate-baby?attribution_id=sl:df10acd4-e1dd-4050-9cf7-dbeb2d30e4b4&amp;utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link">asking for funds</a> to hire a family lawyer to get custody of the baby she birthed this summer.

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EXCLUSIVE: Feds Investigating Alleged China-Linked ‘Rent-A-Womb’ Surrogacy Scandals In California

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The FBI announced Tuesday that it had selected the Ronald Reagan Building complex in Washington, D.C., to replace the historic J. Edgar Hoover Building as its headquarters.
The news comes after FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kash-patel-says-fbi-is-shutting-down-d-c-hq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in May that the bureau would be leaving the Hoover building, where it has been for over 50 years. The announcement was made in conjunction with the General Services Administration (GSA), which said the move to an existing government building instead of a new one would save taxpayer dollars. 
“This is a historic moment for the FBI,” Patel said. “Through our strong partnerships with members of Congress and GSA, we are ushering FBI Headquarters into a new era and providing our agents of justice a safer place to work. Moving to the Ronald Reagan Building is the most cost effective and resource efficient way to carry out our mission to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution.”
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There have been talks for nearly two decades about moving the FBI from the Hoover building, which was completed in 1975. A <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-12-96.pdf">2011 report</a> from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the building needed serious repairs and was “inefficient” for the FBI’s needs.
“FBI&#8217;s existing headquarters at the Hoover building is a perfect example of a government building that has accumulated years of deferred maintenance, suffering from an aging water system to concrete falling off the structure,” said GSA Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian. “I am proud of GSA&#8217;s commitment to working with Director Patel and his FBI team to find a building that best supports their mission and their people.”
Both Maryland and Virginia attempted to get the FBI headquarters moved to their state, but President Trump said he wanted to keep the FBI based in D.C. Trump scuttled plans from former President Joe Biden to build a new $2.5 billion building in suburban Maryland for the FBI.
The Reagan Building currently houses U.S. Customs and Border Protection and was previously occupied by USAID, which has been shut down and transferred to the State Department. 
Before he became FBI director, Patel <a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/02/20/senate-confirms-kash-patel-as-fbi-director/">said</a> that he would “shut down the FBI Hoover building on Day 1 and [reopen it the] next day as a museum of the deep state.” Patel has also pledged to disperse the FBI employees across the country away from D.C.

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Two Chinese nationals were arrested for allegedly working on behalf of a Chinese intelligence agency to recruit members of the United States military to betray America, the Justice Department announced.
The Justice Department said Tuesday that the FBI on June 27 had arrested 38-year-old Yuance Chen, a Chinese national who has legal permanent residency in Oregon, and 39-year-old Liren “Ryan” Lai, a Chinese national who entered the country on a tourist visa in April. Both were charged with operating within the United States as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the attorney general.
The criminal complaint against them says that they were working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security (MSS), Communist China’s primary foreign intelligence service. Specifically, they are accused of attempting to recruit members of the Navy to be assets for the MSS.
“This case underscores the Chinese government’s sustained and aggressive effort to infiltrate our military and undermine our national security from within,” <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/justice-department-charges-two-individuals-acting-agents-prc-government">said</a> Attorney General Pam Bondi. “The Justice Department will not stand by while hostile nations embed spies in our country – we will expose foreign operatives, hold their agents to account, and protect the American people from covert threats to our national security.”
In January 2022, the pair facilitated the leaving of a backpack containing $10,000 from MSS in a locker at a recreational facility in Livermore, California, in a dead-drop payment in exchange for national security information on the United States, according to the Justice Department.
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“The FBI arrested two Chinese nationals who were allegedly attempting to recruit U.S. military service members on behalf of the PRC,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “The Chinese Communist Party thought they were getting away with their scheme to operate on U.S. soil, utilizing spy craft, like dead drops, to pay their sources.”
The two also allegedly worked together to obtain recruitment information from a Naval installation in Washington and a Navy recruitment center in San Gabriel, California. Chen stole personal recruitment information and sent it to an MSS agent in China, the Justice Department said.
Chen allegedly met with MSS intelligence officers in April 2024 and March 2025 to discuss his assignments and what he would be paid. If convicted, the pair of Chinese nationals could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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Iran&#8217;s senior Shiite cleric has declared war on the President of the United States. The Islamic Republic’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi issued a <a href="https://x.com/mdubowitz/status/1939343304836911200">fatwa</a> stating that threats against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — particularly by President Trump — constitute a war against Islam. &#8220;Any collaboration,&#8221; he wrote, &#8220;is forbidden. Muslims must respond with &#8216;severe punishment.'&#8221;
This is not empty rhetoric. It’s a directive. The regime is using religious law to justify action against American political leadership. This fatwa is not an outlier — it is state-sanctioned pretext for terror.
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🚨 FATWA: Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi — one of the most senior Shia clerics in Qom — has issued a ruling declaring that threats against Khamenei by President Trump and others amount to a “war against Islam.” Remaining silent is “haram,” he says, and Muslims must… <a href="https://t.co/2jbgPjpW0l">pic.twitter.com/2jbgPjpW0l</a>
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The Islamic Republic has a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-princeton-scholar-was-once-a-high-ranking-iranian-official-why-is-he-still-here?author=Aidin+Panahi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=This+Princeton+Scholar+Was+Once+A+High-Ranking+Iranian+Official.+Why+Is+He+Still+Here%3F">documented history</a> of carrying out extraterritorial operations: assassinations in Europe, surveillance of U.S. targets, plots against dissidents, and support for militant proxies. Now, after President Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and humiliated Khamenei in his press conference, the regime is escalating. It is signaling its operatives — at home and abroad — that retaliation is not just permissible. It is required.
This fatwa gives legal and religious cover for future attacks. It sets the stage for proxy operations, lone actor violence, and state-sponsored terror framed as divine justice. The regime has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/from-fordow-to-freedom-a-strategy-for-ending-the-islamic-republic?author=Aidin+Panahi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=From+Fordow+To+Freedom%3A+A+Strategy+For+Ending+The+Islamic+Republic">authorized</a> retaliation against American and Israeli targets. The network is active. The planning is done. All that remains is execution. The regime’s intentions are not hypothetical. In the months leading up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Iranian operatives were actively plotting to assassinate Donald Trump, according to Western intelligence sources.
<div id="attachment_941273" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-941273" class="size-large wp-image-941273" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-1988734032-864x576.jpg" alt="Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi is delivering a sermon during a turban-wearing ceremony at a seminary in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-1988734032-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-1988734032-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-1988734032-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-1988734032.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi is delivering a sermon. February 8, 2024. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images.</div>
These networks are not limited to Iran or the Middle East. They are embedded inside the United States. The regime has exploited Palestinian solidarity movements, college encampments, and so-called cultural centers to build cover and infrastructure for future operations. What appears to be activism is, in many cases, ideological and logistical preparation. The Islamic Republic has skillfully used progressive activists, woke institutions, and even elements of the Democratic political class as unknowing tools — shielding itself behind civil rights rhetoric while laying the groundwork for subversion and violence. In <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/two-men-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-united-states">2011</a>, an Iranian-American working for the Quds Force was charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, D.C. That was over a decade ago. The capabilities have only expanded since.
This is not a theoretical risk. It’s an operational doctrine.
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The United States must respond accordingly.
First: Federal authorities must treat this fatwa as an actionable threat. DHS, FBI, Secret Service, and intelligence agencies must identify and dismantle regime-linked cells, proxies, and influence networks operating inside the United States under cultural, religious, or diplomatic cover.
Second: Islamic Republic’s top officials who issue or endorse calls for violence must be designated as enablers of terrorism and sanctioned accordingly. That includes financial, digital, and travel restrictions without exception.
Third: The regime must not outlast this escalation. The U.S. must adopt a policy of full support for regime change led by the Iranian people. That means providing technical, financial, and political support to Reza Pahlavi, who has accepted the responsibility of leading the transition after millions of Iranians — both inside the country and abroad—have chanted his name and called on him to represent their national will.
Fourth: The U.S. must support Israel’s precision operations targeting the regime’s nuclear, military, and intelligence assets — and where necessary, extend that support to neutralizing select political and religious officials who are operational leaders in the regime’s state-directed terror infrastructure. This must be framed and executed as counterterrorism.
Fifth: The U.S. must initiate immediate and comprehensive <a href="https://www.hstoday.us/featured/perspective-the-u-s-must-investigate-iranian-regime-networks-inside-the-homeland/">screening</a> of Iranian nationals already inside the country — including visa holders, green card recipients, and naturalized citizens — who maintain any connection to regime institutions, propaganda networks, or clerical systems. If the U.S. accepts that it is under asymmetric threat, it must respond accordingly. A national emergency declaration should be on the table.
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These actions are not optional. They are overdue. If left unchecked, this regime will act on its threats.
There is no negotiation pathway. There is no moderation. The Islamic Republic is not a government. It is a transnational threat actor. It issues religious rulings as operational orders. It does not fear diplomacy; it fears consequences.
The fatwa against President Trump is a signal. September 11th began with similar rhetoric. Now, another one has been issued — and this time, the target is named. If the U.S. ignores it, the next attack will not be a press release. It will be a body count.
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Dr. Aidin Panahi is an Iranian-American research professor, energy expert, and political activist. He is the cofounder of the “From Boston to Iran” initiative and his analyses on security and policy issues have appeared in outlets including The Jerusalem Post, Washington Times, the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, Middle East Forum, Homeland Security Today, and Visegrád24. X: @Aidin_FreeIran
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An illegal alien and suspected member of foreign terror organization Tren de Aragua has been charged with attempted murder of a federal officer after he violently resisted arrest and attacked FBI and Homeland Security agents.
The 30-year-old Venezuelan illegal alien Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco was hit with the federal charge after he attacked an FBI agent and Homeland Security Investigations agent who attempted to apprehend him in Bellevue, Nebraska.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) explained that Hurtado-Cariaco violently resisted arrest, injuring one agent when the illegal alien sent the agent’s head slamming against the pavement. The suspected Tren de Aragua member also placed one agent in a chokehold during the altercation, not letting go until the other agent placed Hurtado-Cariaco in a chokehold.
“Deadly violence against law enforcement officers will not be tolerated by this Department of Justice,” Attorney General Pam Bondi charged. “We have charged this illegal alien with attempted murder.”
After the attack, Hurtado-Cariaco fled on foot before being successfully captured by the federal agents at his apartment. The injured agent was then transported to the hospital.
&#8220;Federal law enforcement officers are tasked with enforcing the laws of the United States and they must be able to do so safely,” U.S. Attorney Lesley A. Woods said. “These federal agents maintained their professionalism while being met with potentially fatal violence. Despite sustaining injuries, the agents did not give up and made a successful arrest.”
The illegal alien has since appeared before a judge, who ordered that he must remain in law enforcement custody. Hurtado-Cariaco could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the crime.
“The arrest and prosecution of this vicious Tren de Aragua gang member underscores our unwavering commitment to protecting our law enforcement officers in the line of duty,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche asserted. “Violent attacks from terrorists against those who serve our communities will be met with swift and decisive justice.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday that the FBI had uncovered documents pertaining to an &#8220;alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots&#8221; ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Patel shared a screenshot of a headline from Just the News that read, &#8220;FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020&#8221; — along with his own comment confirming that the FBI had, in fact, turned such information over to Congress for additional scrutiny.
&#8220;The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP. I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review,&#8221; Patel posted.
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The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 U.S. election, including allegations of interference by the CCP.
I have immediately declassified the material and turned the documents over to the Chairman Grassley for further review. <a href="https://t.co/sBVNUgN2BJ">pic.twitter.com/sBVNUgN2BJ</a>
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1934797478609477704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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According to the <a href="https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/fbi-gives-congress-intel-alleged-chinese-plot-create-fake-mail">report</a> published by Just the News, the alleged scheme involved the mass production of fake American driver&#8217;s licenses. The intelligence reports that raised the concern were from August of 2020 — and have now been declassified by Patel and turned over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
Grassley knew of the intelligence reports, and had been concerned that they had never been properly investigated at the time. Instead, after President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, his newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines declassified an <a href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf">intelligence report</a> in March stating that there had been no attempt by Communist China to interfere in the outcome of the election.
That report, declassified on March 10, 2021, stated in part, &#8220;We have no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results.&#8221;
With regard to China, the report said, &#8220;We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election.&#8221;
The report also determined that Iran had made attempts to influence the election in Biden&#8217;s favor, but had not been successful in doing so.

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Two illegal aliens facing criminal charges were caught by the FBI days after breaking out of a privately held ICE detention facility in New Jersey. 
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez of Honduras and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada of Colombia were apprehended on Sunday, three days after escaping from the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark by breaking through a wall. The details of their captures were not released. Two fellow escapees, Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and Andres Pineda-Mogollon, are still on the run. 
The FBI is currently offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of Bautista-Reyes and Pineda-Mogollon. Both men have been charged with escape from the custody of an institution or officer and have had previous criminal charges. 
Bautista-Reyes, an illegal immigrant from Honduras who illegally entered the country in 2021, was arrested last month by the Wayne Township Police Department for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.
Pineda-Mogollon, an illegal immigrant from Colombia who overstayed his tourist visa in 2023, was arrested in April by the New York Police Department on charges of petit larceny and again in May by law enforcement in Union, New Jersey, for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools.
The Department of Homeland Security said last week that the two men were public safety threats. 
The two men captured on Sunday also had criminal histories. 
Sandoval-Lopez, who illegally entered the country in 2019, was arrested by the Passaic Police Department for aggravated assault in February and was arrested in October 2024 for unlawful possession of a firearm. Castaneda-Lozada, who unlawfully entered the country in 2022, was arrested last month for burglary, theft, and conspiracy to commit burglary.
Delaney Hall, which is operated by GEO Group, has faced criticism from some Democrats and activists who say that those detained there are treated poorly. 
DHS has denied those allegations, saying on Friday that “there has been no widespread unrest” at the facility and that it “remains dedicated to providing high-quality services.”
Delaney Hall is the same facility where Newark Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers">Ras Baraka</a>, along with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-indicted-over-ice-facility-clash-faces-up-to-17-years-in-prison">LaMonica McIver</a> (D-NJ), were arrested during altercations with law enforcement after they attempted to storm into the building last month. McIver was indicted on three counts of forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers and faces up to 17 years in prison.

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WASHINGTON—The FBI has nabbed hundreds of child abusers in a coordinated enforcement to protect children in Texas, The Daily Wire has learned.
Agents held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to announce the results of Operation Soteria Shield, a coordinated Crimes Against Children enforcement operation across Texas, the FBI shared with The Daily Wire, including more than 70 local, state, and federal partners.
Over 100 children were rescued during the enforcement operation, 244 offenders were arrested by authorities, and 368 total charges were filed, both federal and state. The operation — which was jointly managed by the FBI Dallas Division, Dallas Police Department, Plano Police Department, Wylie Police Department, and Garland Police Department — also involved 165 search warrants and the seizure of 1,130 digital devices, an FBI spokesman shared.
“FBI leadership has made it crystal clear: If you harm children in America, there will be no place for you to hide,&#8221; FBI spokesman Ben Williamson told The Daily Wire. &#8220;The FBI will spare no effort to pursue you, find you, and bring you to justice.&#8221;
&#8220;We are proud of our Dallas teams and local partnerships in the region for once again delivering a successful operation and making American neighborhoods safer,&#8221; Williamson added.
This marks the tenth year that Operation Soteria Shield has been conducted in April, which is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
<a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/more-than-100-children-rescued-month-long-north-texas-operation">According to Fox4Dallas</a>, this year&#8217;s operation included 124 cyber tip cases, 73 chat-based undercover operations, 30 responses to calls for service that were direct leads to child rescues, and 23 high-risk victim rescues.
“Operation Soteria Shield brought together over 70 agencies from across the state of Texas, including police departments, federal agencies, state and federal prosecutors, children’s advocacy centers, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,&#8221; FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joseph Rothrock explained. &#8220;We had a common goal, which was to rescue children from abuse and exploitation.&#8221;
&#8220;This was not an easy operation, but a necessary one,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to protect the children in our communities and we will hold child predators accountable for their crimes.”
The FBI also said Tuesday in a release that in addition to their law enforcement actions, investigators &#8220;seized extensive volumes of digital evidence, including terabytes of illicit data stored on electronic devices that were used in the commission of these crimes.&#8221; Those devices are reportedly undergoing forensic analysis and &#8220;may lead to further arrests and the identification of additional victims.&#8221;

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The FBI has identified a man who threw rocks at federal officers during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County over the weekend, the Justice Department announced.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Monday that 40-year-old Elpidio Reyna, a resident of Compton, California, was the man captured on video throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles in Paramount, injuring one federal officer and damaging government vehicles. Reyna has not yet been arrested, and the FBI is offering $50,000 for information that leads to his capture. 
“Elpidio Reyna can run, but he can’t hide. He threw rocks at federal officers leaving a command post in Paramount on Saturday, a brazen attack caught on film and that could have resulted in deaths. Reyna, 40, is charged with assault on a federal officer, and faces up to eight years in prison if convicted,” Essayli posted on X. 
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WANTED: Elpidio Reyna can run, but he can’t hide. He threw rocks at federal officers leaving a command post in Paramount on Saturday, a brazen attack caught on film and that could have resulted in deaths. Reyna, 40, is charged with assault on a federal officer, and faces up to… <a href="https://t.co/YYgqRxo73a">pic.twitter.com/YYgqRxo73a</a>
— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1932267820798353760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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A video shared with the post shows a man wearing a motorcycle helmet pelting rocks at federal vehicles on Saturday afternoon. 
Essayli’s post came after Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ag-bondi-says-fbi-has-identified-suspect-accused-assaulting-federal-officer-trump-vows-tough-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Sean Hannity that the FBI was conducting a search warrant at Reyna’s home. Bondi added that he would be on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. 
&#8220;He has been identified by the great police work by the FBI,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So, you can run, you can’t hide. We are coming after you federally. If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on police officers, we’re coming after you.&#8221;
Dozens of arrests have already been made throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco as rioters have been charged with vandalism, looting, and assaulting police officers. The unrest began after ICE started conducting operations in Los Angeles County on Friday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gang-members-sex-offenders-and-more-heres-who-ice-actually-picked-up-during-la-raids?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=43&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Gang+Members%2C+Sex+Offenders%2C+And+More%3A+Here’s+Who+ICE+Actually+Picked+Up+During+LA+Raids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arresting</a> sex offenders, gang members, and others who had been convicted on gun and drug charges.
Trump authorized sending another 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Monday and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deploys-hundreds-of-marines-to-los-angeles?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Deploys+Hundreds+Of+Marines+To+Los+Angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployed</a> hundreds of Marines. He promised to throw the book at anyone who went after the troops. 
“The Insurrectionists have a tendency to spit in the face of the National Guardsmen/women, and others,” he posted on Truth Social. “These Patriots are told to accept this, it’s just the way life runs. But not in the Trump Administration. IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”

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A Chinese national from Wuhan studying for a PhD was arrested on Sunday for attempting to smuggle &#8220;biological materials&#8221; into a laboratory at the University of Michigan, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/alien-wuhan-china-charged-making-false-statements-and-smuggling-biological-materials">announced</a> on Monday.
The arrest of Chengxuan Han at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-arrest-chinese-scholar-for-attempting-to-smuggle-pathogen-used-for-agroterrorism-into-u-s">second time</a> this month that a Chinese citizen with connections to the University of Michigan has been charged with smuggling potential biological threats into the country. According to the United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, Han sent four packages containing &#8220;concealed biological material&#8221; from China to the United States. The packages were all addressed to people &#8220;associated with a laboratory at the University of Michigan,&#8221; the DOJ said in a press release.
“The alleged smuggling of biological materials by this alien from a science and technology university in Wuhan, China—to be used at a University of Michigan laboratory—is part of an alarming pattern that threatens our security. The American taxpayer should not be underwriting a PRC-based smuggling operation at one of our crucial public institutions.”
Han is studying at a university in Wuhan — the city where the COVID virus likely leaked from a lab before it shut down the world&#8217;s economies and killed millions of people. The Chinese PhD student was questioned by Customs and Border Protection officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Sunday. During the questioning, Han &#8220;made false statements about the packages and the biological materials she had previously shipped to the United States,&#8221; which she later admitted to the FBI, according to the DOJ.
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Han also allegedly told the FBI that she had previously sent the packages and said that they contained biological material related to <a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2023/bioluminescence-may-shine-light-on-roundworm-secrets/#:~:text=Even%20though%20roundworms%20are%20nearly,crop%20losses%20worldwide%20each%20year.">roundworms</a>, a parasitic worm that can &#8220;pose major problems in corn, soybean, peanut and other crops,&#8221; according to the U.S. government. There are many species of roundworms, many of which are uncommon in the United States. Some can cause health issues for humans, such as abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea, if they get into the digestive system, the Cleveland Clinic <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15240-roundworms">states</a>.
FBI Director Kash Patel revealed last week that a Chinese scholar at the University of Michigan was arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle a biological pathogen into the United States that could be used for agricultural terrorism, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-arrest-chinese-scholar-for-attempting-to-smuggle-pathogen-used-for-agroterrorism-into-u-s">reported</a>.
According to federal prosecutors, Michigan scholar Yunqing Jian, along with her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, tried to <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/chinese-nationals-charged-conspiracy-and-smuggling-dangerous-biological-pathogen-us">smuggle</a> Fusarium graminearum into the United States. Fusarium graminearum can cause “head blight,” a disease that can wipe out wheat, barley, maize, and rice crops and “is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year.” The pathogen can also cause “vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock.”

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