Ashley Biden, daughter of former president Joe Biden, has filed for divorce from her husband of 13 years.
The 44-year-old former first daughter filed the documents in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, per <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/ashley-biden-divorce-howard-krein-20250811.html">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a>. Ashley married Dr. Howard Krein, a plastic surgeon, 13 years ago on June 2, 2012, while President Biden was serving as vice president under Barack Obama.
She and Krein lived in Philadelphia and had no children.
The outlet also noted that Ashley posted a photo of herself to her Instagram stories walking through a park while giving a thumbs up with the Beyoncé song &#8220;Freedom&#8221; playing in the background.
She also reportedly posted the quote, “New life, new beginnings means new boundaries. New ways of being that won’t look or sound like they did before,&#8221; to the social media site with Lauryn Hill’s “Freedom Time” playing as the featured song.
Ashley and Krein began dating in the summer of 2010 after meeting through Beau Biden, one of her older half-brothers who died from brain cancer in 2015.
Ashley and Krein were married at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, in Greenville, Delaware, and hosted a reception for 200 people at her family’s home.
As the activist and social worker <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ashley-biden-files-divorce-2112172">recounted</a> at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, &#8220;I had my wedding reception in my parents&#8217; backyard. At the time, my dad was vice president, but he was also that dad who literally set up the entire reception. He was riding around in his John Deere 4-wheeler, fixing the place settings, arranging the plants, and by the way, he was very emotional.&#8221;
Besides speaking at the DNC, Ashley has remained mostly out of the spotlight during her father’s public career &#8211; but she did go viral in 2020 after pages from her private journal were published in the run-up to the presidential election. 
Pages from the first daughter’s diary, including one talking about being “hyper-sexualized” at a young age and “showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate),” were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snopes-changes-fact-check-rating-on-contents-of-ashley-bidens-diary-from-unproven-to-true">published</a> by a website called National File.
At the time, Ashley claimed that she was targeted because her father had been running for president, and the publicity the diary had drawn led her to be “constantly re-traumatized by it.”
She also said: “Repeatedly, I hear others grossly misinterpret my once-private writings and lob false accusations that defame my character and those of the people I love.”
This was far from the only drama in the Biden family. Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau, became romantically involved with Hunter Biden and said she was &#8220;ashamed&#8221; to have become addicted to crack in 2018 after Hunter introduced her to it.
“I found it [crack] and Googled it because I didn’t know what it was,” Hallie said during Hunter&#8217;s gun trial in 2024. “He told me what it was, crack cocaine.”
“It was a terrible experience I went through and I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed,” Hallie said. &#8220;I regret that time of my life.”

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Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation Wednesday into a group led by Democrat Beto O’Rourke that is bankrolling dozens of Democrats who fled the Lone Star State to block a vote on new congressional maps.
Paxton said that O’Rourke’s group, Powered by People, might have violated laws on bribery, campaign finance, and abuse of office. Powered by People is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beto-orourkes-pac-bankrolls-texas-democrats-escape-from-redistricting-standoff?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Beto+O%E2%80%99Rourke%E2%80%99s+PAC+Bankrolls+Texas+Democrats%E2%80%99+Escape+from+Redistricting+Standoff">funding</a> a group of 50 state Democrats who are each facing a $500 daily fine after fleeing to Illinois, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beto-orourkes-pac-bankrolls-texas-democrats-escape-from-redistricting-standoff?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Beto+O%E2%80%99Rourke%E2%80%99s+PAC+Bankrolls+Texas+Democrats%E2%80%99+Escape+from+Redistricting+Standoff">reported</a>.
“Any Democrat coward breaking the law by taking a Beto Bribe will be held accountable,” Paxton said. “Texas cannot be bought. I look forward to thoroughly reviewing all of the documents and communications obtained throughout this investigation. These jet-setting runaways have already lost public trust by abandoning our state, and Texans deserve to know if they received illegal bribes to do it.”
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BREAKING: I just launched an investigation into Beto O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s radical group for unlawfully funding runaway Democrats.
Any Democrat coward breaking the law by taking a Beto Bribe will be held accountable. <a href="https://t.co/PV2IdwNOBd">pic.twitter.com/PV2IdwNOBd</a>
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1953188955807273440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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O’Rourke — who ran failed presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial campaigns — shot back at Paxton’s investigation, <a href="https://x.com/BetoORourke/status/1953228139271995756">writing</a> on X, “The guy impeached for bribery is going after the folks trying to stop the theft of five Congressional seats.”
Paxton was impeached by the Texas state House in 2023 on bribery charges, but he was later acquitted by the state Senate. The Texas attorney general is now challenging incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn in the 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Powered by People <a href="https://poweredxpeople.org/what-we-do/">focuses</a> on organizing volunteers to help Democrats win elections in “competitive Texas battleground districts.” The leftist group says it is also “focused on creating long-term changes to the Texas electorate that will outlast any one candidate or campaign cycle.”
Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows set a Friday deadline for the Democrats to return to the legislature, but the 50 representatives are hoping to keep their stunt going and are pleading for donations as they remain in Illinois, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-texas-democrats-walkout-trump-payments-59966a83df7cbaa43ee7e410eed2fc08">reported</a>. The House Democratic Caucus set up a website for donations of up to $2,500.
“We’re getting a lot of small-dollar donations, and that’s going to be used to help keep this thing going,” said Democrat House Caucus Chair Gene Wu.
“We’ve already been inundated with donations from across the state of Texas, from across the country, just regular people donating $5, $10, $15,” Democratic state Rep. James Talarico said. “And that’s appropriate, because this fight is for the people and it should be funded by the people. We don’t have billionaires who are funding this operation.”
Earlier this week, Paxton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-ag-asks-judge-to-officially-remove-awol-dems-from-seats">said</a> he would seek judicial orders to remove the AWOL Democrats from office over their “refusal to perform legislative duties.” Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has also pushed to remove Wu from office over the state representative’s refusal to show up for the redistricting vote and reach quorum.
Sen. Cornyn has also asked the FBI to help round up the Democrats and bring them back to the state. President Donald Trump said earlier this week that the bureau “may have to” get involved.

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Speaking alongside Texas Democrat legislators who fled their state in order to block the Texas GOP from pursuing redistricting, Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker reached the zenith of hypocrisy, declaring that changing election maps in Illinois was “not something that I want to do,” while rhapsodizing, “We&#8217;re fighting for democracy.”
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Illinois <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovPritzker</a>: &#8220;Here in the state of Illinois, it is possible to redistrict. It&#8217;s not something that I want to do &#8230; We&#8217;re fighting for democracy. There are not rules anymore, apparently.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/fvWnsaW1M2">pic.twitter.com/fvWnsaW1M2</a>
— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1952760209434087518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Pritzker presided over a congressional redistricting in Illinois in 2021 that received an “F” for its partisanship from gerrymander.princeton.edu, a website that specializes in tracing gerrymandering across the nation.
In 2018, in his first campaign for governor, Pritzker stressed the need for independent congressional and state legislative redistricting, <a href="https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2021-04-27/gop-accuses-pritzker-of-breaking-campaign-promise-on-fair-maps">saying</a>, “We should amend the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps, but in the meantime, I would urge Democrats and Republicans to agree to an independent commission to handle creating a new legislative map.”
In January 2021, Pritzker reiterated that promise; his spokesman <a href="https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-breaks-promise-to-end-illinois-gerrymandering/">said</a> Pritzker “has been clear he <a href="https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/01/05/illinois-house-republican-propose-redistricting-reform/6551834002/">will veto</a> a partisan map.” But by April 2021, he said he trusted state lawmakers — as both chambers of the state government were controlled by Democrats — to draw a fair redistricting map, claiming it was too late for an independent commission. Republican House leader Jim Durkin slammed Pritzker, saying he “seems to suffer from retrograde amnesia.”
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) echoed, “Governor Pritzker lied to people of Illinois, plain and simple. When he was a candidate for Governor in 2018, Pritzker made an ironclad promise to voters that he would veto any redistricting proposal that was drawn by legislators. That turned out to be a lie. Now that he’s in power and the Democrats have maintained their supermajority control of the General Assembly, Pritzker is enabling a partisan redistricting process that will be used to tighten his party’s grip on power for another decade.”
Illinois House Assistant Minority Leader Tim Butler (R-Springfield) pointed out Pritzker had previously said if there were not an amendment, he would support creating an independent commission. “Butler added that he has a bill ready to go, but Democrats have blocked the effort rather than Republicans as Pritzker now claims,” Illinois Policy reported.
“I would say it’s your friends and the Democratic Party that are not engaging. And we need to have you hold to your word, governor, that you will veto, veto, a partisan map like your office has said,” Butler told the Illinois State House.

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Mr. Hypocrisy: Pritzker Bashes Texas Maps, Forgets His Own Power Grabs In Illinois

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Texas state lawmakers plan to break quorum, derailing a Republican-led attempt to redraw the state&#8217;s voting districts, because they do not have the votes to win by legitimate means.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/03/democrats-flee-texas-redistricting-00491487">reported</a> on Sunday that Texas Democrats planned to flee — by the dozens — in order to put a stop to the legislative process that would likely result in Republicans gaining as many as five GOP-leaning seats in the already traditionally red state.
&#8220;The choice was clear: Stand by while Abbott silences millions of Black and Latino voters, or use every tool available to stop this assault on our democracy. This corrupt special session is over,&#8221; the Texas Democrats declared in a statement.
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The choice was clear: 
Stand by while Abbott silences millions of Black and Latino voters, or use every tool available to stop this assault on our democracy.
This corrupt special session is over.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/zjs2Qz4nku">pic.twitter.com/zjs2Qz4nku</a>
— Texas House Democrats (@TexasHDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/TexasHDC/status/1952112272626606151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The full statement read:
<blockquote>For two weeks, while families in the Hill Country mourned the loss of over 130 Texans in catastrophic floods, Texas Democrats fought to make their relief the legislature&#8217;s top priority. Instead, Governor Abbott and Republican leadership used the tragedy as political cover.
After thousands of Texans testified against this corrupt bargain in hearings across the state, their pleas were ignored.
&#8220;Governor Abbott has turned the victims of a tragedy into political hostages in his submission to Donald Trump. We will not allow disaster relief to be held hostage to a Trump gerrymander. As of today, this corrupt special session is over.&#8221;</blockquote>
Objecting to what they claim is an effort to &#8220;gerrymander&#8221; the districts in favor of Republicans, the Democrats plan to run away to a state where lawmakers wrote the book on partisan gerrymandering: Illinois.
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Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois — home to one of America’s most brutal partisan gerrymanders — is not the win they think it is <a href="https://t.co/Pbf9RZZFM3">pic.twitter.com/Pbf9RZZFM3</a>
— Matthew Foldi (@MatthewFoldi) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewFoldi/status/1952098512650563843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Democrats attempted the same stunt in 2021 over an election bill, which passed along party lines in their absence but then could not proceed until they returned to the state 38 days later and they were able to achieve a quorum.
Governor Greg Abbott threatened to take action against the lawmakers who went AWOL in 2021 instead of doing their jobs, saying at one point that he would veto the section of the state constitution that ensured their pay.
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I will veto Article 10 of the budget passed by the legislature.
Article 10 funds the legislative branch.
No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities.
Stay tuned.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1399428885008236544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Once they step back into the state, they will be arrested and brought back to the Capitol and we will be conducting business,&#8221; Abbott told Fox News host Laura Ingraham at the time, saying that if the legislators returned to the state, he would dispatch law enforcement in order to force a quorum.
Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison has called on Abbott to take the same stance as Democrats attempt to employ the same strategy once again.
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🚨DEMOCRATS FLEE TEXAS TO BREAK QUORUM.
I am calling on Speaker Burrows to IMMEDIATELY issue a Call of the House and have them ARRESTED.
This was 100% preventable, and is yet another failure of Austin Republican “leadership.” <a href="https://t.co/QwQ6EVeMi9">pic.twitter.com/QwQ6EVeMi9</a>
— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianeharrison/status/1952115815752298992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Texas Dems Can’t Win Redistricting Fight, So They Bravely Turn Tail And Flee The State

Texas Dems Can't Win Redistricting Fight, So They Bravely Turn Tail And Flee The State

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, whose combination of power and scintillating defense led the Chicago Cubs to their first-post-season appearance in 38 years in 1984, died Monday at the age of 65.
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With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today. <a href="https://t.co/LJJ0jGqSy5">pic.twitter.com/LJJ0jGqSy5</a>
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Ryne Sandberg. Second to None. <a href="https://t.co/jR0FCCiXwD">pic.twitter.com/jR0FCCiXwD</a>
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&quot;The last couple of days, he wanted to speak to me, Andre [Dawson] and Mark Grace. He told us that he loved us and he loved all you <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cubs</a> fans too. Go Cubs.&quot;
An emotional Shawon Dunston speaks on the impact his legendary double play partner, Ryne Sandberg, made on him. <a href="https://t.co/OiHCJpAEcD">pic.twitter.com/OiHCJpAEcD</a>
&mdash; MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1950245687561769133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sandberg, the father of five children and eleven grandchildren, had been fighting metastatic prostate cancer, which he announced in January 2024 before he went into remission in August, then revealed the cancer had spread and returned last December.
“The support has been tremendously overwhelming right from the first week, and it’s continued throughout,” he told the Chicago Tribune last year. “It’s just been incredible and I think that’s been as much medicine to me as anything really.”
“While I am continuing to fight, I’m looking forward to making the most of every day with my loving family and friends,” he wrote on July 16. “I haven’t been to Wrigley Field as much as I hoped in the first half but I’m watching every game and am excited to see Wrigley rocking like 1984!”
Sandberg, who won nine Gold Gloves, and made the All-Star team in ten consecutive seasons, won the national League’s MVP award in 1984, when he batted .314 with 19 home runs, 36 doubles, 19 triples, 84 RBIs, 114 runs and 32 stolen bases. On June 23, 2024, the Cubs unveiled a statue of Sandberg to mark the 40th anniversary of “The Sandberg Game,” when he slugged game-tying home runs in the ninth and 10th innings off St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter in an 11-inning Cubs win at Wrigley Field.
“Some of the things I wanted on the statue was being on the balls of the feet, being ready for every single pitch,” Sandberg told reporters when the statue was unveiled. “My defense was very important for me. For me, it was ‘Bring your glove every single day.’ You might go into some hitting slumps, but as far as defense goes, as long as I did my pregame work, I wanted to play defense every day for the pitcher, for everybody on the field.”
“In 16 seasons, Sandberg hit .285 with 282 home runs and 1,061 RBIs in 2,164 games. His 68.1 wins above replacement rank third in Cubs history behind Cap Anson (84.8) and Ron Santo (72.2),” the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/ryne-sandberg-chicago-cubs-dies/?lctg=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_email=B4845491D5F64499A4E4B513EB&amp;utm_source=listrak&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2f2025%2f07%2f28%2fryne-sandberg-chicago-cubs-dies%2f&amp;utm_campaign=trib-chicago_tribune-breaking_news_sports-nl&amp;utm_content=alert">Chicago Tribune</a> noted. “Sandberg hit 25 home runs or more six times, including a career-high 40 in 1990, and had back-to-back 100-RBI seasons in ’90 and ’91. His 344 steals rank fourth on the Cubs’ all-time list.”
Growing up in Spokane, Washington, Sandberg was All-State in basketball and named to Parade Magazine’s Prep All-America Football Team, receiving scholarship offers from Nebraska and Oklahoma.
“I never thought it was a mistake to decide on baseball instead of football and college,” he recalled. “But I thought it was going to be a long, hard road. They say the odds are that only one or two guys in A-ball will ever make it to the big leagues.”
In mid-season 1994, hitting only .238 and in the middle of a terrible slump, he temporarily retired. “I am not the type of person who leaves my game at the ballpark feeling comfortable that my future is set regardless of my performance,” he admitted. “And I’m certainly not the type of person who can ask the Cubs organization and Chicago Cubs fans to pay my salary when I am not happy with my mental approach and performance.” He returned for the 1996 and 1997 seasons.

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A Wall Street Journal poll released over the weekend revealed the popularity of the Democratic Party has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-party-poll-voter-confidence-july-2025-9db38021?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAiHgZpqzGtTgH8aAJUb0z2ZAeLkfl8uKnQaQFgV6RkTNm7wEZmRlhTMB0H3YkU%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6887a65b&amp;gaa_sig=LWJ5OzLS6j1dmPqi17NnXkMvf3i6YJXDOQ82hMozQep-S2AEPoFareak7CyKP7fEOGml9NHKRMWVTVY0eR89Ww%3D%3D">plunged to its lowest level</a> in at least 35 years.
The poll surveyed 1,500 registered voters between July 16 and 20.
A whopping 63% held an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, with only 33% having a favorable view. Only a paltry 8% of voters viewed Democrats “very favorably.”
“Disapproval of Trump’s handling of inflation outweighs approval by 11 points, and yet the GOP is trusted more than Democrats to handle inflation by 10 points,” the Journal noted. “By 17 points, voters disapprove rather than approve of Trump’s handling of tariffs, and yet Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 7 points.”
Voters trusted congressional Republicans 17 points more than Democrats on immigration in general and 24 points more on illegal immigration.
“The Democratic brand is so bad that they don’t have the credibility to be a critic of Trump or the Republican Party,” Democratic pollster John Anzalone, who joined Republican Tony Fabrizio to conduct the survey, told the Journal. “Until they reconnect with real voters and working people on who they’re for and what their economic message is, they’re going to have problems.”
The Journal noted that in 2017, Democratic voters outnumbered Republicans by six percentage points, but more voters currently identify as Republicans. With the 2026 Congressional elections pivotal as the Republicans hold a perilously narrow majority in the House of Representatives, one salient fact stands out: “Campaign-finance reports out this week show that the Republican National Committee ended the first half of the year with more than $80 million on hand, compared with $15 million held by the Democrats’ national campaign arm,” the Journal reported. “The Democratic committee <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-donors-progressive-aoc-zohran-mamdani-825242e9?mod=article_inline" data-type="link">raised roughly 20% less than it did</a> in the first six months of 2021, a comparable period in the last midterm cycle, and has in the bank a quarter of what it did four years ago.”

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Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly informed President Donald Trump earlier this year that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
During a May briefing on the Epstein case, Bondi informed Trump that his name and the names of other high-profile figures had come up in her reexamination of the Epstein documents that have not been made public, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-named.html">reported</a>, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjsr5JwlFG5_hitg6eyWvb2sbXUBl5zWTOwyLsrdoBUU9KsrzebEvD02IJHmw%3D%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6882630b&amp;gaa_sig=02QLyZ6Azwi9tJ8UJ1Mqnn1va5uIw1eenxHbeDWxESYBVt9hFKDzdPEmHOGblBJFS-M53xNQ48h-igGCC0XG9w%3D%3D">citing</a> administration officials and people familiar with the discussion.
&#8220;As part of our routine briefing, we made the president aware of the findings,&#8221; Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, said in a joint statement. &#8220;Nothing in the files warranted further investigation or prosecution.&#8221;
It was already known that Trump&#8217;s name appears in documents related to Epstein — his name showed up in files that have been made public. The files reportedly contain hundreds of names, and a name&#8217;s appearance does not indicate wrongdoing.
Trump and Epstein socialized in the early 2000s, but Trump reportedly <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510604-book-claims-trump-barred-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-after-financier-hit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 for harassing a club member’s teenage daughter. In 2020, Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510604-book-claims-trump-barred-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-after-financier-hit/">said</a> he was “not a fan” of Epstein and “threw him out” of Mar-a-Lago, adding that they had not spoken in 15 years.
Epstein was found dead at 66 in what was ruled a suicide in his Manhattan jail cell back in 2019. He was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges after being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-predator-prowling-the-streets-the-trial-of-ghislaine-maxwell">accused</a> of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, as well as procuring underage girls for prominent men on his private island in the Virgin Islands, Little St. James.
At the briefing, Trump <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjsr5JwlFG5_hitg6eyWvb2sbXUBl5zWTOwyLsrdoBUU9KsrzebEvD02IJHmw%3D%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6882630b&amp;gaa_sig=02QLyZ6Azwi9tJ8UJ1Mqnn1va5uIw1eenxHbeDWxESYBVt9hFKDzdPEmHOGblBJFS-M53xNQ48h-igGCC0XG9w%3D%3D">reportedly</a> said he would defer to the Justice Department on whether to release any more Epstein files. Bondi told Trump that senior Justice Department officials were not planning on releasing any more because the files contained child pornography and victims&#8217; personal information.
White House spokesperson Steven Cheung <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-told-bondi-appeared-multiple-times-epstein-files/story?id=124014441">called</a> it &#8220;fake news&#8221; when asked this week whether Bondi had told Trump that his name is in the files.
&#8220;This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about,&#8221; Cheung said.
The Trump administration&#8217;s decision not to release any more Epstein files has frustrated parts of Trump&#8217;s base.
On July 7, the Justice Department posted a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl">memo</a> stating that it had done an &#8220;exhaustive review&#8221; of the Epstein files and found no incriminating “client list” or &#8220;credible evidence&#8221; that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals, and &#8220;no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.&#8221;
However, on Tuesday, Blanche said he plans to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein&#8217;s former girlfriend, who was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking.
&#8220;If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,&#8221; Blanche <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1947622027587723365">said</a> in a statement.

Pam Bondi Sworn In As Attorney General In The Oval Office

Bondi Told Trump His Name Was In Epstein Files, No Actionable Allegations Found

Pam Bondi Told Trump His Name Was In Epstein Files

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Three Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies were killed in an explosion at a training center Friday morning.
Local and federal authorities are on the scene investigating after &#8220;a loud noise&#8221; was heard at the sheriff department&#8217;s Biscailuz Center Training Academy, east of downtown, around 7:30 a.m. PT, KTLA <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/explosion-reported-at-east-l-a-sheriffs-training-center/">reported</a>. Aerial footage from the scene showed damage to the rear windshield of what appears to be an L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department bomb squad truck.
L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna revealed in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/IJJb24ADfgI?si=1-NyZoM0JB9-Uqha&amp;t=10967">press conference</a> that the three deputies killed were assigned to the arson explosives detail. It was previously reported that a fourth person was injured in the explosion and transported to a hospital, but Luna clarified that no one else was wounded in the blast.
&#8220;This is, unfortunately, is the largest loss of life for us as the L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department since 1857. Between all three sworn members, they had served the community proudly for 74 years,&#8221; Luna said.
Authorities are not yet releasing the names of those killed in the blast as family members are still being notified.
Luna said that &#8220;there is a lot more that we don&#8217;t know than what we do know&#8221; about what caused the explosion. He added that homicide detectives are on the scene investigating the deaths with the assistance of the FBI. The LAPD&#8217;s bomb squad successfully &#8220;render[ed] the devices safe,&#8221; shortly before the sheriff took the podium. Luna said there &#8220;is no threat to this community.&#8221;
The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-18/explosion-la-sheriff-training-facility">reported</a> that a bomb squad was moving an explosive ordnance at the time of the explosion. The Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad arrived at the scene a little over an hour after the blast.
&#8220;I just spoke to [U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli] about what appears to be a horrific incident that killed at least three at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles,&#8221; U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1946234954620313884">said</a>. &#8220;Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more. Please pray for the families of the sheriff’s deputies killed.&#8221;
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🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: 3 KILLED AFTER EXPLOSION AT LA COUNTY SHERIFF FACILITY
A deadly explosion rocked the LA County Sheriff’s S.E.B. compound in East L.A.
It reportedly happened next to a Bomb Squad vehicle and shattered nearby windows.
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&#8220;The City of L.A. is supporting the @LASDHQ through this horrific incident in Monterey Park. LAFD/ATF arson investigators and members of the LAPD bomb squad are assisting at the training facility,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1946243632152846400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1946243632152846400%7Ctwgr%5E131f531b4ebaf2443accd12c347fa8ef63b09541%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7.com%2Fpost%2Fat-least-3-killed-apparent-explosion-lasd-facility%2F17180373%2F">said</a> L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. &#8220;The thoughts of all Angelenos are with all of those impacted by this blast.&#8221;
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Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera, who’s been touring the United States with a supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll named Annabelle, died unexpectedly at a hotel, sparking a big reaction online.
Rivera, 54, was found dead in his room on Sunday at the end of his three-day stop in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of his “Devils on the Run Tour” with the doll. 
Pennsylvania State Police shared a more detailed report on Wednesday.
“Members from PSP Gettysburg responded to a hotel in Straban Township, Adams County for a report of a deceased [man],&#8221; the report <a href="https://x.com/psptroophpio/status/1945469138668773605?s=46&amp;t=mwcG9TleShkOgZ4z0YNszA">said</a>. &#8220;The decedent was discovered in his hotel room by workers.
“Nothing unusual or suspicious was observed at the scene,” it added. “This case is pending autopsy results.”
The New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR) <a href="https://tonyspera.com/about/">described</a> this particular doll as “demonically possessed.” It was given to a nursing student in 1968, and she claimed that something wasn’t right with it.
“Almost immediately, the roommates noticed strange occurrences with the doll and they were introduced to a medium who told them the doll was inhabited by the spirit of a young girl named Annabelle,” the organization reported. “The two roommates tried to accept the doll’s spirit and please it only to have it reciprocate maliciousness and violent intent.”
The society’s late founders, Ed and Lorraine Warren, kept the doll stored in a glass case in an effort to “contain the evil spirited entity.”
The movie “The Conjuring” is based on the story of the “haunted” doll Annabelle. Meanwhile, many people are skeptical of the claims that the doll is possessed. 
A statement from NESPR stated that the tour would continue. “We believe with all our hearts that Dan would have wanted the work to continue — bringing people together, sharing knowledge, and honoring the memory of Ed and Lorraine Warren,” it said. “We will carry his spirit in everything we do.”
Colleagues of Rivera also called out commenters who tried to claim that his death was in some way staged to drum up interest for the tour. 
“Ghost Hunters” star Jason Hawes shared his thoughts on Facebook, saying, &#8220;The world lost a good man. 
&#8220;Dan Rivera was an Army veteran, a father of four, a husband, and someone who truly cared about people,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;What’s even harder to see right now are the posts blaming his death on things like the Annabelle doll and attacking places like Ghostly Images of Gettysburg Tours and other locations for having events. That needs to stop.&#8221; 
 
&#8220;His family shouldn’t have to read that kind of nonsense while they’re grieving,&#8221; Hawes <a href="https://www.facebook.com/highlandpara/posts/well-said-jason-hawestaps-it-really-is-horrible-to-see-folk-attempt-to-cash-in-o/1161918589307430/">added</a>. &#8220;Some people are using his passing to push an agenda for profit, and it’s just disgusting. Dan was a family man, a respected paranormal investigator, and he left this world way too soon&#8230;Honor the man. Forget the garbage.&#8221;

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Paranormal Investigator Dies While Touring With ‘Demonically Possessed’ Annabelle Doll

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A poll from Reuters/Ipsos conducted this week showed that a large majority of Americans believe the federal government is hiding information on the Jeffrey Epstein case, as President Donald Trump calls those continuing to focus on the case &#8220;pretty bad people.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/EPSTEIN-POLL/zjvqoexxgvx/">poll</a>, which surveyed 1,027 U.S. adults and ran on Tuesday and Wednesday, found that 69% of respondents said that the federal government is covering up details about Epstein&#8217;s alleged client list. Only 6% said there was no cover-up, and 25% said they were unsure or did not answer. The survey results also showed that around two-thirds of Republicans believe the government is hiding something about Epstein&#8217;s supposed clients.
On Epstein&#8217;s death, 60% of Americans said the federal government is hiding information from the public, including 55% of Republicans.
Trump has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-story-is-kept-alive-by-pretty-bad-people-including-fake-news?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Epstein+Story+Is+Kept+Alive+By+%E2%80%98Pretty+Bad+People%2C+Including+Fake+News%E2%80%99">asked</a> about the case multiple times this week, and on Wednesday, he lashed out at his &#8220;past supporters&#8221; who he says have fallen for a &#8220;hoax&#8221; pushed by Democrats.
&#8220;Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this &#8216;bulls***&#8217; hook, line, and sinker,&#8221; he wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.&#8221; He added that he no longer wants the support of those who continue to focus on the Epstein case.
In a press gaggle on Tuesday night, Trump told reporters, “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It’s pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring, and I don’t understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.”
The Trump administration&#8217;s handling of the case has sparked controversy among the president&#8217;s base as Republicans and Democrats gear up for the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats have already <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-put-previous-misgivings-hit-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-rcna218608">latched</a> onto the issue to attack Trump, voting in the House to release the Epstein files, a move that Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-rejects-claims-of-blocking-epstein-files-a-misunderstanding">called</a> a political stunt and a power grab.
Among all of the issues respondents were asked about in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, Trump scored the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-faces-backlash-69-believe-epstein-details-concealed-reutersipsos-poll-2025-07-17/">worst</a> on his handling of the Epstein case, with just 17% of Americans approving of the job his administration has done on the issue. Thirty-five percent of Republicans said they approved of Trump&#8217;s handling of the Epstein case compared to 30% who disapproved. The rest of the Republicans polled either said they were unsure or didn&#8217;t answer the question.
Conservatives have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-pam-bondi-botched-epstein-rollout-eight-ways-from-sunday">blasted</a> Attorney General Pam Bondi&#8217;s handling of the Epstein case after the Department of Justice said last week that it did not find evidence of a client list existing and concluded that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Bondi said in February that she had the client list sitting on her desk, but months later, she clarified that she meant that she was reviewing the Epstein files.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino were also reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-or-bongino-bongino-wont-remain-at-fbi-if-bondi-keeps-job-source-says">frustrated</a> with Bondi&#8217;s handling of the case, and Bongino considered resigning if Bondi remained in her position. Trump said that Bondi did &#8220;very well&#8221; handling the Epstein case, and is also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-in-good-shape-trump-speaks-with-bongino-after-flare-up-with-bondi">continuing</a> to back Patel and Bongino as the White House attempts to smooth things over. Bongino has not resigned, and Trump said on Sunday that he&#8217;s &#8220;in good shape.&#8221; Bongino&#8217;s official X account, which is usually active, has not <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/with_replies">posted</a> since last Wednesday.
Some right-wing political commentators and Republican lawmakers have urged the administration to be more transparent with the details surrounding the Epstein case. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/epstein-files-trump-bondi">said</a> earlier this week that he&#8217;s &#8220;for transparency&#8221; on the issue.
“It’s a very delicate subject. We should put everything out there and let the people decide it,” Johnson said.

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More Than Two-Thirds Of Americans Believe Government Is Hiding Details On Epstein Case: Poll

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday night that the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case is being kept alive by &#8220;pretty bad people,&#8221; including the &#8220;fake news&#8221; media.
Trump was asked about the Epstein case, which has set him at odds with much of his base over the past week, multiple times on Tuesday. On his way back to the White House after meeting with tech and energy executives in Pittsburgh, the president was asked by a reporter why his supporters &#8220;have been so interested in the Epstein story and so upset with how it&#8217;s been handled.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand it, why they would be so interested, he&#8217;s been dead for a long time,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don&#8217;t understand what the interest or what the fascination is, I really don&#8217;t. The credible information has been given.&#8221;
&#8220;Don&#8217;t forget, we went through years of the Mueller witch hunt and all of the different things, the Steele dossier, which was all fake. All that information was fake,&#8221; the president added. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It&#8217;s pretty boring stuff. It&#8217;s sordid, but it&#8217;s boring, and I don&#8217;t understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.&#8221;
&#8220;But credible information, let them give it,&#8221; he continued, referring to the Department of Justice investigation into the case.
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NOW &#8211; Trump: &quot;I don&#39;t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It&#39;s pretty boring stuff. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/JL8xMR7VIU">pic.twitter.com/JL8xMR7VIU</a>
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Trump unloaded on his &#8220;past supporters&#8221; in a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114863203348237352">post</a> on Wednesday morning, claiming that they are going along with &#8220;the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax&#8221; pushed by Democrats and &#8220;have bought into this &#8216;bulls***&#8217; hook, line, and sinker.&#8221;
&#8220;I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!&#8221;
Those calling for more transparency on the Epstein case include Democrats and Republicans, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/epstein-files-trump-bondi">including</a> House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
“It’s a very delicate subject. We should put everything out there and let the people decide it,” Johnson said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backs-bondis-handling-of-jeffrey-epstein-case-insists-dems-made-up-the-files?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Backs+Bondi%E2%80%99s+Handling+Of+Jeffrey+Epstein+Case%2C+Insists+Dems+%E2%80%98Made+Up%E2%80%99+The+Files">praised</a> Attorney General Pam Bondi for her handling of the Epstein case, as she faces criticism from many conservatives over her handling of the investigation. Trump also cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Epstein files, saying they &#8220;were made up&#8221; by former FBI Director James Comey, along with the Obama and Biden administrations.
“And we went through years of that, with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax and all of the different things that we had to go through. We’ve gone through years of it,” he added.
The Epstein case controversy has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-or-bongino-bongino-wont-remain-at-fbi-if-bondi-keeps-job-source-says">blown up</a> among Trump supporters and within the administration after the Department of Justice said last week that it did not find evidence to prove that Epstein had a client list or that powerful co-conspirators were involved in his child sex crimes. The DOJ also said that the evidence showed that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell in August 2019.
Five months ago, Bondi promised to reveal major details in the case, and the White House even handed out binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1&#8243; to right-wing influencers. Since then, no new bombshells have been reported regarding the Epstein case. The attorney general also stated in February that she had Epstein’s client list on her desk, but walked that statement back last week when the DOJ said that it did not find evidence of a client list existing. Bondi later clarified that she was referring to a file on the Epstein case, not an actual client list.
“I think that Pam Bondi botched this eight ways from Sunday. I have not seen a bigger botchery of a rollout of a story maybe ever,” Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backs-bondis-handling-of-jeffrey-epstein-case-insists-dems-made-up-the-files?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Backs+Bondi%E2%80%99s+Handling+Of+Jeffrey+Epstein+Case%2C+Insists+Dems+%E2%80%98Made+Up%E2%80%99+The+Files">told</a> journalist Megyn Kelly earlier this week.
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck <a href="https://x.com/glennbeck/status/1945212091553444275">said</a> on Tuesday that the Epstein case matters to Trump&#8217;s supporters because &#8220;it has become a vessel to carry all the hopes and dreams that MAYBE someone will clean up Washington, DC.&#8221;
&#8220;After months of promises of transparency, after Pam Bondi TOLD US the evidence was sitting on her desk and the [U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York] was withholding information, we were told the list never even existed. We were told to move on after being LED ON,&#8221; Beck added. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we can&#8217;t be satisfied with this. It feels like the vessel has been shattered. That doesn’t mean it can’t be repaired. But the administration MUST release what they can and ask the courts to unseal their evidence.&#8221;

Trump Says Epstein Story Is Kept Alive By ‘Pretty Bad People, Including Fake News’

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Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan is accusing President Donald Trump and his administration of &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; the intelligence community in their efforts to investigate his actions in 2016 — which, according to a recently published <a href="https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf">CIA review</a>, amounted to him weaponizing the intelligence community against Trump.
CIA Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-doj-puts-brennan-and-comey-under-investigation-for-russiagate-report">John Ratcliffe</a> referred both Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey to the FBI for investigation and potential prosecution pursuant to their actions during the Trump-Russia investigation — and Brennan specifically was cited in the review as showing &#8220;a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness.&#8221;
The review also indicated that Brennan accepted evidence that backed his predetermined conclusions — such as the widely discredited Steele Dossier — even when others in the intelligence community warned against it, and was &#8220;more swayed by the Dossier&#8217;s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.&#8221;
But now that Brennan is in the hot seat, he&#8217;s arguing that investigating the &#8220;multiple procedural anomalies&#8221; — over which he presided, alongside Comey — is what actually amounts to the weaponization of intelligence.
Brennan, speaking to MSNBC&#8217;s Nicolle Wallace, claimed that he was a victim of &#8220;the authoritarian playbook&#8221; and that the Trump administration was taking actions that were reflective of the early days of Nazi Germany.
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🚨John Brennan says the investigation into him and James Comey for their role in the Russian Collusion Hoax is &#8220;the authoritarian playbook.&#8221;
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&#8220;If a president of the United States is willing to weaponize intelligence and justice&#8230;we really are in… <a href="https://t.co/cl1sekq79x">pic.twitter.com/cl1sekq79x</a>
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&#8220;If a President of the United States is willing to weaponize intelligence and justice and, you know, law enforcement investigators, and the people who head up these departments and agencies are willing to bow to it, we really are in deep, deep trouble,&#8221; he claimed.
Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume weighed in on the investigation as well, saying first that it was worth looking into and then reminding audiences that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had financed the Steele Dossier upon which Brennan and Comey had built their case.
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🚨 WATCH: Fox’s <a href="https://twitter.com/brithume?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brithume</a> on the investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey: “It’s worthy of investigation.”
“It all comes down once again after all these years to the Steele Dossier which was a dogs breakfast of scurrilous… <a href="https://t.co/p1KSiUsxIZ">pic.twitter.com/p1KSiUsxIZ</a>
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/1943075038745317684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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