The judge overseeing Richard Allen’s murder trial and the Indiana attorney general have asked the state Supreme Court to deny a petition that would reinstate Allen’s original defense attorneys and remove the judge from the case.
Judge Fran Gull and Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, have filed a response to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-seek-new-judge-in-delphi-murder-case-citing-bias-against-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a petition</a> from attorneys not directly affiliated with the case, who asked the Indiana Supreme Court to replace Gull. Gull and Rokita argue in their response that the petition should be rejected because it fails to meet proper requirements, Scripps News <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/delphi-judge-indiana-ag-ask-court-to-reject-petition-to-reinstate-richard-allens-attorneys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Gull and Rokita wrote that the petition from the attorneys was inappropriate, and that Allen should have appealed the withdrawal of his original defense team, which he hasn’t done. The judge and AG also argued that Allen didn’t express a “clear and unquestioned” right to reinstate his attorneys, while saying his Sixth Amendment rights were not violated.
Gull argued that it was those rights she was protecting when she removed Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi as Allen’s original defense attorneys following a leak of sensitive case material from Baldwin’s office. A former employee of Baldwin’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-man-charged-with-leaking-evidence-related-to-delphi-murder-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been charged</a> over that leak.
Gull also argued that Rozzi and Baldwin jeopardized the case by failing to report the leak in a timely fashion, not safeguarding case materials, and making statements that could prejudice the case and providing false information to the court.
Earlier this month, attorneys Mark Leeman and Cara Wieneke filed a Writ of Mandus arguing that Allen, who is accused of killing two teenage girls, has had his rights violated by Judge Gull, Fox 59 <a href="https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/defense-attorneys-in-delphi-murder-case-ask-indianas-supreme-court-to-vacate-special-judge/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. In particular, the two point to Allen’s right to a speedy trial and Gull’s alleged bias against the defense.
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Allen, 51, is accused of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German in a case that has attracted national attention. Allen’s original court-assigned attorneys, Baldwin and Rozzi, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/delphi-murder-suspects-attorneys-wanted-to-represent-client-pro-bono-a-judge-said-no" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> from the case in late October – <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-delphi-murder-case-suffers-urgent-medical-condition-closed-chambers-transcript-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the circumstances of which</a> form part of the basis for Leeman and Wieneke’s filing.
Attorneys Leeman and Weineke asked the Supreme Court to install a new judge. In addition, Leeman and Weineke argued that replacing the original attorneys violated Allen’s constitutional right to a speedy trial, as the trial was initially set to begin in January 2024 but now won’t start until mid-October 2024.
Baldwin and Rozzi had already filed a brief with the Indiana Supreme Court to investigate Judge Gull’s handling of the case.
For his part, Allen wrote in a letter that he wanted Baldwin and Rozzi to represent him.
“I want Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Rozzi to continue to represent me until this case is resolved, one way or the other. I believe they are acting in a manner that is in my best interest,” he wrote in his letter to Gull.
Allen, a CVS worker and father, is accused of forcing Abby and Libby off of a trail they were hiking and into a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them both.
The defense team, however, said the girls were killed by “[m]embers of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists.”
“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man,” they wrote.

Todd Rokita

Delphi Murder Trial Judge, Indiana AG, Ask State Supreme Court To Deny Defense Attorneys’ Reinstatement

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An Indiana man has been charged with leaking evidence related to the high-profile murder of two Delphi teenagers.
Mitchell Westerman, 41, has been charged with one count of conversion after admitting that he took pictures of crime scene evidence related to the 2017 murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German, WSBT <a href="https://wsbt.com/news/local/man-charged-in-delphi-evidence-leak-murder-richard-allen-victims-libby-german-abby-williams-teen-pictures-crime-scene-youtube-you-tube-pod-cat-podcast-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Westerman also said he leaked the photos online.
Westerman worked at the law firm of Andrew Baldwin, who was one of the original defense attorneys. The leak led to Judge Fran Gull dismissing Baldwin from the case. Westerman reportedly said he no longer worked for Baldwin but would frequently visit the attorney and his staff at their office.
Westerman said he told Baldwin four days after he leaked the photos that he had done so, saying he found the photos spread out on a conference table in Baldwin’s law office and used his phone to capture the images. Westerman then reportedly shared those photos with a man in Fishers, Indiana. That man then shared the images with a man from Texas, who then distributed the photos to YouTube and podcast creators.
The man from Fishers reportedly took his own life after being questioned by police about the leak, WSBT reported.
The leak was reported on October 5. Weeks later, Judge Gull <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-delphi-murder-case-suffers-urgent-medical-condition-closed-chambers-transcript-released?ref=now.republican" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with</a> Baldwin, his fellow defense attorney Brad Rozzi, and Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland. The group discussed the leak, but Judge Gull stated that was not the only reason she wanted the attorneys removed from representing Richard Allen, who has been charged in the Delphi murders. Gull said the attorneys “potentially” violated the Rules of Professional Responsibility. She told Baldwin he was “grossly negligent” for sending a sensitive email to a “Brad” who was not Rozzi, and questioned whether the two attorneys had fully cooperated with a gag order she had filed. She also said she had evidence the attorneys “left materials all over a conference-room table, accessible to anyone.”
“It pains me to say this, but the totality of these circumstances demonstrate gross negligence and incompetence on the part of the defense team,” Gull said. “I am unsatisfied with your representation of Mr. Allen. I am gravely concerned about his rights to have competent, non-negligent representation. He currently doesn’t have that right now.”
Gull then said she told them this information privately but would say it in open court if they didn’t withdraw. From the transcript of the meeting, which was <a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/delphi-girls-murdered/delphi-murders-trial-transcript-released-conversation-richard-allen-attorneys-disqualification-judge-chambers-libby-german-abby-williams-indiana-case/531-2878bbc2-4e2d-429a-b13e-89a0aa72b467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first obtained by WTHR</a>:
<blockquote>Rozzi: “So basically, what you’re saying is ‘You guys either quit on your own accord or you make me fire you?’ That’s what-“
Gull: “No. I’m saying to you that this is my this is what [I] plan to say in court on the record when we convene at two o’clock.”
Rozzi: “Well, so are – is the culmination of that that you’re removing us from the case?”
Gull: “I will, based on what I’ve just shared with you.”</blockquote>
A little later in the conversation, Rozzi told Gull she had “ambushed” him and Baldwin into a “forced resignation” without giving them a real opportunity to prepare for the meeting.
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Rozzi and Baldwin did withdraw from the case but tried to represent Allen pro bono. Judge Gull denied them that opportunity.
In response, concerned attorneys not directly affiliated with the case <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-seek-new-judge-in-delphi-murder-case-citing-bias-against-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petitioned</a> the Indiana Supreme Court to replace Gull.

Mitchell Westerman

Indiana Man Charged With Leaking Evidence Related To Delphi Murder Trial

The judge assigned to oversee the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of murdering two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, back in 2017, was recently in the hospital due to an “urgent medical condition.”
Judge Fran Gull had met with attorneys in the case on October 31, but by November 2, she went to her doctor complaining of feeling sick for several days, Fox 59 <a href="https://fox59.com/indiana-news/judge-overseeing-delphi-murders-case-against-richard-allen-suffers-urgent-medical-condition/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Her doctor concluded that she required treatment for an urgent medical condition,” Allen County court administrator John McGauley said in a statement issued on Tuesday. “Judge Gull was subsequently admitted to a Fort Wayne hospital for inpatient treatment for several days.”
The statement also said that other county judges, as well as colleagues, had been helping Gull with her caseload since her hospitalization.
“Since then, she has been working from home in coordination with her Allen Superior Court colleagues,” the statement said. “Her fellow Criminal Division Judges are handling Judge Gull’s court calendar temporarily until she returns to the office, which she expects to be soon.”
The statement did not clarify whether those judges and colleagues were helping Gull on the case against Allen.
Around the same time Gull’s condition was reported, she released the transcript of her closed-door meeting with Allen’s former defense attorneys, Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi. The transcript, <a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/delphi-girls-murdered/delphi-murders-trial-transcript-released-conversation-richard-allen-attorneys-disqualification-judge-chambers-libby-german-abby-williams-indiana-case/531-2878bbc2-4e2d-429a-b13e-89a0aa72b467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first obtained by WTHR</a>, shows the judge planned to remove the two attorneys prior to her public announcement they had withdrawn.
At the meeting, which included Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland, the group discussed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-for-man-suspected-of-killing-delphi-teens-withdraw-from-case-after-security-breach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a leak of documents</a> from Baldwin’s office, but Judge Gull stated that was not the only reason she wanted the attorneys removed from representing Allen. Gull said the attorneys “potentially” violated the Rules of Professional Responsibility. She told Baldwin he was “grossly negligent” for sending a sensitive email to a “Brad” who was not Rozzi, and questioned whether the two attorneys had fully cooperated with a gag order she had filed. She also said she had evidence the attorneys “left materials all over a conference-room table, accessible to anyone.”
“It pains me to say this, but the totality of these circumstances demonstrate gross negligence and incompetence on the part of the defense team,” Gull said. “I am unsatisfied with your representation of Mr. Allen. I am gravely concerned about his rights to have competent, non-negligent representation. He currently doesn’t have that right now.”
Gull then said she told them this information privately but would say it in open court if they didn’t withdraw. From the transcript:
<blockquote>Rozzi: “So basically, what you’re saying is ‘You guys either quit on your own accord or you make me fire you?’ That’s what-&#8220;
Gull: “No. I’m saying to you that this is my this is what [I] plan to say in court on the record when we convene at two o’clock.”
Rozzi: “Well, so are – is the culmination of that that you’re removing us from the case?”
Gull: “I will, based on what I’ve just shared with you.”</blockquote>
A little later in the conversation, Rozzi told Gull she had “ambushed” him and Baldwin into a “forced resignation” without giving them a real opportunity to prepare for the meeting.
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“The options I’ve been given without any notice the Court really are either I withdraw or I’m gonna be publicly shamed,” Rozzi said, “And that’s the way I see this. And I think that public shaming is not only – there’s not only a professional element to that, I think there’s a personal element too.”
As for the leak, Prosecutor McLeland said he was concerned it wasn’t the only leak in the case, and Rozzi said he had seen TV anchors holding evidence while reporting, arguing that evidence will be leaked during a trial this high-profile.
“The point here is, I’m gonna say this maybe a little loosely, but forgive me, don’t care,” Rozzi said. “I don’t care that all this stuff is out there, because it’s been out there for five or six years. I don’t have time, he doesn’t have time, he doesn’t have time to sit and try to marshal all of this stuff while this case is ongoing, because there’s no end to it.”
Rozzi and Baldwin did withdraw from the case but tried to represent Allen pro bono. Judge Gull denied them that opportunity.
In response, concerned attorneys not directly affiliated with the case <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-seek-new-judge-in-delphi-murder-case-citing-bias-against-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petitioned</a> the Indiana Supreme Court to replace Gull.
Allen, 51, is accused of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German in a case that has attracted national attention.

Richard Allen

Judge In Delphi Murder Case Suffers ‘Urgent Medical Condition,’ Closed Chambers Transcript Released

Judge In Delphi Murder Case Suffers ‘Urgent Medical Condition,’ Transcript Released Of Meeting With Former Defense Attorneys

Concerned attorneys unaffiliated with a case involving the murder of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, have petitioned the Indiana Supreme Court to replace the special judge assigned to the case.
Attorneys Mark Leeman and Cara Wieneke filed a Writ of Mandus arguing that the man suspected of killing the two teens, Richard Allen, has had his rights violated by Special Judge Fran Gull, Fox 59 <a href="https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/defense-attorneys-in-delphi-murder-case-ask-indianas-supreme-court-to-vacate-special-judge/amp/">reported</a>. In particular, the two point to Allen’s right to a speedy trial and Gull’s alleged bias against the defense.
Allen, 51, is accused of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German in a case that has attracted national attention. Allen’s original court-assigned attorneys, Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/delphi-murder-suspects-attorneys-wanted-to-represent-client-pro-bono-a-judge-said-no">were removed</a> from the case in late October – the circumstances of which form part of the basis for Leeman and Wieneke’s filing.
Baldwin and Rozzi allege that during a closed-door meeting with Gull, the judge threatened to harm the attorney’s reputation by accusing them of “gross negligence” in open court unless they withdrew from the case. The attorneys withdrew, but filed a petition to represent Allen pro bono. Judge Gull then barred them from representing Allen in any capacity.
Attorneys Leeman and Weineke asked the Supreme Court to install a new judge and release the transcripts of the meeting where Gull allegedly threatened Baldwin and Rozzi. In addition, Leeman and Weineke argued that replacing the original attorneys violated Allen’s constitutional right to a speedy trial, as the trial was initially set to begin in January 2024 but now won’t start until mid-October 2024.
Baldwin and Rozzi had already filed a brief with the Indiana Supreme Court to investigate Judge Gull’s handling of the case. Over the weekend, the judge asked the state’s highest court to give her more time to respond to the filing.
For his part, Allen wrote in a letter that he wanted Baldwin and Rozzi to represent him.
“I want Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Rozzi to continue to represent me until this case is resolved, one way or the other. I believe they are acting in a manner that is in my best interest,” he wrote in his letter to Gull.
Allen, a CVS worker and father, is accused of forcing Abby and Libby off of a trail they were hiking and into a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them both.
The defense team, however, said the girls were killed by “[m]embers of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists.”
“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man,” they wrote.
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The attorneys said in the filing that two groups of Odinists, one from Delphi and the other from Rushville, Indiana, were investigated for their possible involvement in the murders. As evidence the girls were murdered as part of a ritual sacrifice, the attorneys point to ritualistic symbols allegedly found at the crime scene, which include the strange way young Libby’s body was positioned.
A March 2017 search warrant request from the FBI <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/fbi-agent-bodies-moved-and-staged-in-delphi-murders-suspect-took-clothing/">noted</a> that the girls’ bodies looked as though they had been “moved and staged.”
The filing also notes that investigators didn’t further investigate the alleged ritualistic symbols left at the crime scene, which included sticks and tree branches placed on the girls’ bodies that mimicked certain Norse runes. At least one branch appeared to have been cut with an electronic device, suggesting premeditation, the defense argues. Libby’s blood was also used to paint a rune on a tree that was identified as a calling card of the pagan religious cult, they added.
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorful-dramatic-and-highly-unprofessional-prosecutors-push-back-on-defense-theory-about-delphi-murders">dismissed</a> the theory as a “fanciful defense for social media to devour.”

Attorneys Seek New Judge In Delphi Murder Case, Citing Bias Against Defense

Indianapolis police said they arrested a woman on Friday who drove her car into a building she thought was a Jewish school.
Ruba Almaghtheh, 34, was arrested and charged with criminal recklessness.
Almaghtheh told officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department that she had been watching news coverage of the war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas on television and planned an attack on the building after seeing the “Hebrew Israelite” symbol on the front of the structure, which she said offended her.
She passed by the building several times, eventually backing her car into it while several adults and children were inside, police said.
One adult, a 3-year-old, 2-year-old, 1-year-old, and 7-month-old were inside when the crash occurred, court records <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/05/driver-hits-indianapolis-building-black-hebrew-israelites-targeted-jewish-community/71470102007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a>. No one was injured.
The police report said officers were called to the building around 11:30 a.m. on Friday to investigate a hate crime, Fox59 <a href="https://fox59.com/news/indy-police-arrest-terrorist-for-purposely-driving-her-car-into-home-used-by-hate-group/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The woman kept calling the building the “Israel school,” police said, and referenced “her people back in Palestine.”
However, the building is used by the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge, a group that is connected to the Black Hebrew Israelites and has been <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/extremist-sects-within-black-hebrew-israelite-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">labeled</a> antisemitic by the Anti-Defamation League.
Essentially, Black Hebrew Israelites believe people of color are the true Israelites. The Southern Poverty Law Center has also designated the Black Hebrew Israelites a hate group.
Police said the woman told officers, “Yes. I did it on purpose,” and admitted to committing a &#8220;hate crime&#8221; during her phone call with a family member.
Police dubbed the woman a “terrorist.”
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She is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis responded to the incident, saying that a Jewish community security program called Safe Indiana was notified immediately and is working with law enforcement to investigate.
“Safety and security for our community is of the utmost importance, and we are more secure and prepared than ever before,” Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis officials <a href="https://fox59.com/news/indy-police-arrest-terrorist-for-purposely-driving-her-car-into-home-used-by-hate-group/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “Although a Jewish facility was not targeted, solely due to ironic misidentification, this is yet another reminder to maintain security protocols, remain vigilant of suspicious activity and to [report promptly] to the appropriate authorities.”
The alleged hate crime comes nearly a month after Hamas launched deadly terrorist attacks on Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, including children and Americans.

Investigation Continues At Site Of Congressional Baseball Shooting Incident

Police Say ‘Terrorist’ Purposely Drove Car Into What She Thought Was Jewish School

Police Say 'Terrorist' Purposely Drove Car Into What She Thought Was Jewish School

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Defense attorneys who reportedly withdrew from representing the man accused of killing two Delphi, Indiana, teenagers have been told they can’t defend the suspect, even pro bono.
The attorneys were representing Richard Allen, 51, who is accused of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German in a case that has attracted national attention.
Defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi filed paperwork stating their intent to represent Allen pro bono. They appeared in court on Tuesday with Allen but were told by the judge that they couldn’t represent him at all, even for free, Fox 59 <a href="https://fox59.com/indiana-news/defense-team-removed-from-delphi-case-plans-to-represent-richard-allen-pro-bono/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;I cannot and will not allow these attorneys to represent you,&#8221; Judge Fran Gull said at the hearing.
Baldwin responded to the judge by saying, “Allen has asked us to represent him,” while Rozzi added, “We&#8217;re on a different page on how we acted.&#8221;
Prosecutors told the judge their concern was for Allen to have a fair trial.
In court filings, Baldwin and Rozzi claimed Gull met with them in chambers and read a prepared statement with a list of issues she had about how the attorneys had been handling Allen’s case, which she called “gross negligence.” The attorneys claimed she then gave them the choice to withdraw from the case or have that statement read in open court before she disqualified them.
Gull announced during an October 19 hearing that they had “voluntarily” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-for-man-suspected-of-killing-delphi-teens-withdraw-from-case-after-security-breach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawn from the case</a>. The reason for the withdrawal was suspected to be an evidence leak from Baldwin’s office.
Rozzi, according to new court filings, pushed back on the judge and called for her to be disqualified by the Indiana Supreme Court, saying she had shown a prejudice against defense counsel.
Rozzi also reportedly said he and Baldwin were not allowed to defend themselves in open court because it would lead to reputational damage and could taint the potential jury pool.
Allen wrote in a letter that he wanted Baldwin and Rozzi to represent him.
“I want Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Rozzi to continue to represent me until this case is resolved, one way or the other. I believe they are acting in a manner that is in my best interest,” he wrote in his letter to Gull.
Judge Gull issued an order restating that Baldwin and Rozzi were dismissed as attorneys and their names removed from the court docket. Gull has already appointed new public defenders to represent Allen.
Those public defenders requested that Allen’s trial be pushed back from January 2024. The trial is now set to begin in mid-October 2024.
Baldwin and Rozzi had set forth an alternate theory of the case, suggesting the girls were murdered by a group known as Odinists, a pagan Norse religion taken over by white nationalists.
Allen, a CVS worker and father, is accused of forcing Abby and Libby off of a trail they were hiking and into a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them both.
The defense team, however, said the girls were killed by “[m]embers of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists.”
“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man,” they wrote.
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The attorneys said in the filing that two groups of Odinists, one from Delphi and the other from Rushville, Indiana, were investigated for their possible involvement in the murders. As evidence the girls were murdered as part of a ritual sacrifice, the attorneys point to ritualistic symbols allegedly found at the crime scene, which include the strange way young Libby’s body was positioned.
A March 2017 search warrant request from the FBI <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/fbi-agent-bodies-moved-and-staged-in-delphi-murders-suspect-took-clothing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the girls’ bodies looked as though they had been “moved and staged.”
The filing also notes that investigators didn’t further investigate the alleged ritualistic symbols left at the crime scene, which included sticks and tree branches placed on the girls’ bodies that mimicked certain Norse runes. At least one branch appeared to have been cut with an electronic device, suggesting premeditation, the defense argues. Libby’s blood was also used to paint a rune on a tree that was identified as a calling card of the pagan religious cult, they added.
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorful-dramatic-and-highly-unprofessional-prosecutors-push-back-on-defense-theory-about-delphi-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> the theory as a “fanciful defense for social media to devour.”

Delphi Murder Suspect’s Attorneys Wanted To Represent Client Pro Bono. A Judge Said No.

Delphi Murder Suspect's Attorneys Wanted To Represent Client Pro Bono. A Judge Said No.

The Satanic Temple lost its lawsuit against Indiana&#8217;s abortion ban on Wednesday when a federal judge threw out the suit.
In her decision, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson pointed out that the Satanic Temple does not run any abortion clinics in Indiana and failed to disclose any specific Satanic Temple members who are being affected by the ban.
“In sum, the Satanic Temple’s allegations fail to prove it has suffered any injury in fact,” the judge <a href="https://fox59.com/indiana-news/judge-dismisses-satanic-temple-lawsuit-that-challenged-indiana-abortion-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The Satanic Temple sued in September 2022, alleging the abortion ban violates their members&#8217; religious rights and is unconstitutional. Indiana&#8217;s abortion ban prohibits abortion at any point of pregnancy except when the woman&#8217;s life or health is seriously at risk, in cases of rape or incest, or when there is a &#8220;lethal fetal abnormality.&#8221;
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2023/10/26/satanic-temple-loses-lawsuit-against-indianas-abortion-restrictions/71326591007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the lawsuit &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; and said the win &#8220;sustains a pro-life law that is constitutionally and legally sound&#8221; in a statement Thursday.
“We Hoosiers continue to build a solid culture of life whether satanic cultists like it or not,&#8221; Rokita said.
Pro-life advocates quickly praised the decision as well.
&#8220;BIG win for LIFE! If your &#8216;religion&#8217; involves killing babies, you should find another religion,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/KristanHawkins/status/1717647160211353623" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America.
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The Satanic Temple&#8217;s attorney said he was disappointed in the decision. It is not clear whether the group will appeal.
“It takes a desperate and irresponsible judge to refuse to hear our case because of a baffling refusal to accept that any of our membership in Indiana may get pregnant in the future,” said Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple.
The Satanic Temple <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2023/10/26/satanic-temple-loses-lawsuit-against-indianas-abortion-restrictions/71326591007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has</a> about 11,300 members in Indiana. Despite its name, members of The Satanic Temple do not actually believe in Satan — rather it is an atheist group that seeks to subvert Christianity’s role in American life. The group believes that “one’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone,” which includes a belief in abortion.
The Satanic Temple does not run any abortion clinics in Indiana, but it did <a href="https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/samuel-alitos-moms-satanic-abortion-clinic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launch</a> a telehealth clinic out of New Mexico last year called &#8220;Samuel Alito&#8217;s Mom&#8217;s Satanic Abortion Clinic,&#8221; a reference to the conservative Supreme Court justice.
The telehealth abortion clinic says it provides abortion medication through the mail to Satanic Temple members in New Mexico.
Last year, The Satanic Temple <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fourth-grade-teacher-owned-satanic-temple-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sponsored</a> “After School Satan” clubs, saying the clubs were a response to the Christian Good News Clubs at public schools across the country.

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Authorities in Indiana have identified the remains of a man who disappeared in 1993 on property belonging to a suspected serial killer.
Allen Livingston was 27 years old when his family reported him missing in August 1993, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remains-1996-allen-livingston-victim-suspected-serial-killer-herbert-baumeister-indiana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. His family long suspected that he had been killed by Herbert Baumeister, a business and family man who frequented gay bars.
Eight bodies were found on Baumeister’s 18-acre estate, with many more remains that had not been identified. Now, a leg bone was matched to Livingston using his mother’s DNA for comparison, making him the suspected ninth victim.
Baumeister is believed to have lured gay men to his home in the 1980s and 90s before killing them and dumping their bodies around his estate, called Fox Hollow Farm. He killed himself while visiting Canada in July 1996 before investigators could question him about the remains that had been found on his property.
Remains were recovered in 1996, but DNA technology was not advanced enough to identify them all, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/30-year-mystery-solved-missing-mans-remains-found-suspected-serial-kil-rcna121259?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&amp;_branch_match_id=1133745504221936325&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=NBC%20News&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9avKHBJyyrMjTBySQIAkmM%2FhiQAAAA%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Large amounts of skeletal material were needed back then, but today, only a very small sample is needed to develop a DNA profile.
Eric Pranger, Livingston’s cousin, told NBC that “Hearing about Allen was a little roller coaster of feelings.”
&#8220;We&#8217;re happy because we got closure and we were able to identify him but sad because we had to relive it a bit,&#8221; he added.
Pranger has requested Livingston’s disappearance be reopened last year. Livingston’s mother, Sharon, provided a DNA sample and <a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/i-need-closure-before-i-go-woman-hopes-renewed-look-at-baumester-case-brings-clues-in-sons-1993-disappearance-phone-mystery-hamilton/531-be2f2772-8000-4524-b736-a775e063993b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> WTHR that she really hoped the case would be solved, as she had just been diagnosed with cancer.
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“I do not have my son’s remains, and until I have that, it will be unfinished for me, and I hope I get them before I pass away,” Sharon told the outlet last year.
Livingston’s remains were returned to Sharon by the Hamilton County Coroner&#8217;s Office.
Livingston’s leg bone was just one part of 44 sets of remains submitted in the first batch for DNA testing.
“What are the odds that of our first identification from 10,000 pieces of bone would be to that family that made the initial call?” coroner Jeff Jellison asked, as reported by NBC.
It is unclear at this time how many sets of remains will be identified.
Four other DNA profiles were identified in the batch of remains that included Livingston’s, but so far they can’t be connected to a missing person without a reference sample from family members.

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Remains Of Man Missing For 30 Years Found On Suspected Serial Killer’s Estate

Remains Of Man Missing For 30 Years Found On Suspected Serial Killer's Estate

Attorneys for the man accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017 have withdrawn from the case after a security breach.
Defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi will no longer represent Richard Allen, 51, after confidential information pertaining to the case was leaked from their office, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/19/richard-allens-lawyers-withdraw-from-delphi-murders-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The leaked information contained photographs of the crime scene where the bodies of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German were found.
The lawyers are withdrawing just one month after the pair introduced a 136-page motion explaining that a racist pagan cult killed the girls because one of the mother of one of the victims was in a mixed-race relationship.
The withdrawal came as a surprise, as Special Judge Fran Gull said during a scheduled hearing on Thursday.
“We’ve had an unexpected turn of events,”  she said.
The judge did not explain why the attorneys dropped their client, but they reportedly withdrew the same day the court learned about the leaked court documents.
On Thursday, an attorney representing Baldwin said in a memorandum that authorities were investigating the leak and that there are three suspected “disseminators” who “betrayed” Baldwin. Those three allegedly gained access to the case documents, which were kept “locked in a room or a locked fireproof file cabinet.”
“Attorney Baldwin did nothing wrong. He was snookered and abused,” said David R. Hennessy, Baldwin’s representation, in the memo.
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Allen’s trial was set to begin on January 8, but it no longer looks like that will be possible due to the change in representation.
“I don’t believe counsel will be prepared within the next couple of months to try a case of this magnitude in January,” Gull said at the hearing on Thursday, adding that she would appoint a new public defender for Allen.
Allen’s previous attorneys set forth an alternate theory of the case, suggesting the girls were murdered by a group known as Odinists, a pagan Norse religion taken over by white nationalists.
Allen, a CVS worker and father, is accused of forcing Abby and Libby off of a trail they were hiking and into a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them both.
The defense team, however, said the girls were killed by “[m]embers of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists.”
“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man” they wrote.
The attorneys wrote in the filing that two groups of Odinists, one from Delphi and the other from Rushville, Indiana, were investigated for their possible involvement in the murders. As evidence the girls were murdered as part of a ritual sacrifice, the attorneys point to ritualistic symbols allegedly found at the crime scene, which include the strange way young Libby’s body was positioned.
A March 2017 search warrant request from the FBI <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/fbi-agent-bodies-moved-and-staged-in-delphi-murders-suspect-took-clothing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the girls’ bodies looked as though they had been “moved and staged.”
The filing also notes that investigators didn’t further investigate the alleged ritualistic symbols left at the crime scene, which included sticks and tree branches placed on the girls’ bodies that mimicked certain Norse runes. At least one branch appeared to have been cut with an electronic device, suggesting premeditation, the defense argues. Libby’s blood was also used to paint a rune on a tree that was identified as a calling card of the pagan religious cult, they added.
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorful-dramatic-and-highly-unprofessional-prosecutors-push-back-on-defense-theory-about-delphi-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> the theory as a “fanciful defense for social media to devour.”

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Attorneys For Man Suspected Of Killing Delphi Teens Withdraw From Case After Security Breach

Prosecutors working the case of two Delphi, Indiana, teenagers who were murdered said the defense team’s latest filings are “fanciful.”
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland this week filed new court documents responding to last week’s motions from the defense that included an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-for-delphi-murder-suspect-claim-young-teens-were-killed-by-white-nationalist-pagan-group-in-ritual-sacrifice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alternate theory</a> of the crime. In those filings, defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi alleged that the man arrested for the crime, 50-year-old Richard Allen, did not murder best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, in 2017. Instead, the attorneys wrote, the girls were murdered by a group known as Odinists, a pagan Norse religion taken over by white nationalists.
McLeland, however, said that only 13 pages of the defense’s 136-page filing were relevant to the hearing they called for, known as a “Franks hearing,” which allows a judge to determine whether a law enforcement officer lied in order to obtain a search warrant.
&#8220;The remaining 90% of the Memorandum outlines its fanciful defense for social media to devour,&#8221; McLeland wrote.
The prosecutor added that while the allegations from Allen’s defense team are “colorful, dramatic and highly unprofessional, it is not completely true.”
&#8220;[T]he State believes the allegations outlined by the Defense are not supported by evidence that they have collected,&#8221; McLeland added.
Allen, a CVS worker and father, is accused of forcing Abby and Libby off of a trail they were hiking and into a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them both.
The defense team, however, said the girls were killed by “[m]embers of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists.”
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“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man” they wrote.
The attorneys wrote in the filing that two groups of Odinists, one from Delphi and the other from Rushville, Indiana, were investigated for their possible involvement in the murders. As evidence the girls were murdered as part of a ritual sacrifice, the attorneys point to ritualistic symbols allegedly found at the crime scene, which include the strange way young Libby’s body was positioned.
A March 2017 search warrant request from the FBI <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/fbi-agent-bodies-moved-and-staged-in-delphi-murders-suspect-took-clothing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the girls’ bodies looked as though they had been “moved and staged.”
The filing also notes that investigators didn’t further investigate the alleged ritualistic symbols left at the crime scene, which included sticks and tree branches placed on the girls’ bodies that mimicked certain Norse runes. At least one branch appeared to have been cut with an electronic device, suggesting premeditation, the defense argues. Libby’s blood was also used to paint a rune on a tree that was identified as a calling card of the pagan religious cult, they added.
While such a claim sounds outrageous, the attorneys note that those investigating the Delphi murders early in the case claim to have consulted a Purdue professor who said a cult was not responsible, which is why the angle was dismissed. The defense attorneys claim that those leading the investigation can’t name this professor, and that three law enforcement officers continued to pursue this lead prior to Allen’s arrest. One of the officers, Todd Click, was so concerned about the information used to arrest Allen that he obtained an attorney to help him draft a letter to the prosecutor in this case. This letter was only shared with defense attorneys until after it became clear they would most likely talk to Click – more than four months after the letter was sent to the prosecutor.
In addition to not turning over the letter, law enforcement also allegedly withheld an 85-page compilation of reports from Click and the other officers who investigated the white supremacist angle and several videotaped statements that all supported Allen’s innocence.
Included in the compilation is a statement that an FBI profiler had determined that the person or person’s responsible for Libby and Abby’s murder “were involved in Nordic beliefs,” the defense wrote.
Click agreed to attend a meeting with a law enforcement officer, hoping he would prove to Click that Allen was, in fact, the killer. But in an affidavit after the fact cited by Allen’s defense, Click wrote that this officer did not provide any evidence as to why Allen was the killer, and that he believed “the interview was an attempt by them to clean up their loose ends…”
Through Click’s investigation, names of alternate suspects were given to Delphi law enforcement no later than February 2018, the attorneys wrote.
The attorneys have also <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/672090544/Franks-Motion-in-Richard-Allen-Delphi-Case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested a hearing</a> to present evidence that the search warrant obtained for Allen’s home should be suppressed at trial because it was based on faulty probably cause. The attorneys argue that detective Tony Liggett did not include “crucial information” and “provided false statements” that led to a judge approving the warrant. Had the detective included the missing information, including the evidence compiled by Click and the other officers, then the judge never would have approved the warrant, the defense argues. The attorneys also accuse Liggett of withholding information that altered the timeline of the crime, which would exclude Allen as a suspect.
Finally, the defense attorneys point to members of the cult as alleged suspects, whom The Daily Wire will not be naming since they have not been charged with any crimes. One of these named individuals’ social media posts contained images that mimicked the runes found at the crime scene, even though such images have never been released to the public, according to the defense. The individual allegedly also posted numerous “easter eggs” on social media that pointed to his involvement in the crime, including a recreation of the crime scene involving two women posing as dead with sticks over their bodies, just like the actual crime scene. This same individual also seemingly taunted police on social media, the defense claims.
One further tie to the victims is that this man’s son was allegedly “dating” the young victim Abby.
Police cleared this individual as a suspect within 30 days of the murders, even with this evidence, the defense argues.
This individual’s ex-wife also allegedly told police that he and another man in the Odinists had a falling out in February 2017 after conducting a ritual in the woods, near a river. The main alternate suspect lived very near to where the girls’ bodies were found, according to the defense’s filing. This ex-wife also allegedly told police that her ex-husband and “his people” killed the girls because one of their mothers was “mixing” with people who weren’t of the same race.
This individual was also tied to others who allegedly confessed to the crime. One of these individuals allegedly told his sister that he was involved in the crime and included details of the crime scene that were never released to the public. This man was also questioned, but denied involvement, according to the court documents. According to a state trooper who dropped him off at his home, this individual allegedly returned to the trooper’s vehicle and asked if he would still be in trouble if his spit was found on one of the victims, saying he could explain it away. This individual also told another one of his sisters that he spit on one of the victims, according to the defense.
This individual and a fourth man provided shaky alibis to police for their whereabouts at the time of the murder, with contradictory stories, Allen’s defense attorneys contend.
The connection between the four individuals – two in Delphi and two in Rushville – was a recruiter for the Odinists, who knew all the men, the attorneys continued.
Police knew all of this information, yet didn’t include it when seeking warrants against Allen, whose sole connection to this crime is an unspent shell casing that can’t be forensically linked to his gun, according to the defense attorneys.

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‘Colorful, Dramatic, And Highly Unprofessional’: Prosecutors Push Back On Defense Theory About Delphi Murders

'Colorful, Dramatic, And Highly Unprofessional': Prosecutors Push Back On Defense Theory About Delphi Murders

Attorneys for an Indiana man charged with murdering two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, claim that the girls were actually killed by a white nationalist group.
Richard Allen, 50, is accused of killing best friends Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, while they were hiking through the Delphi Historical Trails in Indiana on February 13, 2017. Allen’s attorneys maintain their client is not guilty.
Defense attorneys Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi filed <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/672126677/DELPHI-Memorandum-in-Support-of-Motion-pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 136-page document</a> on Monday alleging that Allen did not murder the girls. Instead, the attorneys wrote, the girls were murdered by a group known as Odinists, a pagan Norse religion taken over by white nationalists.
“Members of a pagan Norse religion, called Odinism, hijacked by white nationalists, ritualistically sacrificed Abigail Williams and Liberty German,” the attorneys wrote.
“Richard Allen has zero connections to any pagan cult or pagan cultists, and furthermore no forensic evidence (such as DNA) or electronic evidence links Richard Allen to the girls or to the crime scene – i.e., he is a completely innocent man” they wrote.
The attorneys wrote in the filing that two groups of Odinists, one from Delphi and the other from Rushville, Indiana, were investigated for their possible involvement in the murders. As evidence the girls were murdered as part of a ritual sacrifice, the attorneys point to ritualistic symbols allegedly found at the crime scene, which include the strange way young Libby’s body was positioned.
A March 2017 search warrant request from the FBI <a href="https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/fbi-agent-bodies-moved-and-staged-in-delphi-murders-suspect-took-clothing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the girls’ bodies looked as though they had been “moved and staged.”
The filing also notes that investigators didn’t further investigate the alleged ritualistic symbols left at the crime scene, which included sticks and tree branches placed on the girls’ bodies that mimicked certain Norse runes. At least one branch appeared to have been cut with an electronic device, suggesting premeditation, the defense argues. Libby’s blood was also used to paint a rune on a tree that was identified as a calling card of the pagan religious cult, they added.
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While such a claim sounds outrageous, the attorneys note that those investigating the Delphi murders early in the case claim to have consulted a Purdue professor who said a cult was not responsible, which is why the angle was dismissed. The defense attorneys claim that those leading the investigation can’t name this professor, and that three law enforcement officers continued to pursue this lead prior to Allen’s arrest. One of the officers, Todd Click, was so concerned about the information used to arrest Allen that he obtained an attorney to help him draft a letter to the prosecutor in this case. This letter was only shared with defense attorneys until after it became clear they would most likely talk to Click – more than four months after the letter was sent to the prosecutor.
In addition to not turning over the letter, law enforcement also allegedly withheld an 85-page compilation of reports from Click and the other officers who investigated the white supremacist angle and several videotaped statements that all supported Allen’s innocence.
Included in the compilation is a statement that an FBI profiler had determined that the person or person’s responsible for Libby and Abby’s murder “were involved in Nordic beliefs,” the defense wrote.
Click agreed to attend a meeting with a law enforcement officer, hoping he would prove to Click that Allen was, in fact, the killer. But in an affidavit after the fact cited by Allen&#8217;s defense, Click wrote that this officer did not provide any evidence as to why Allen was the killer, and that he believed “the interview was an attempt by them to clean up their loose ends…”
Through Click’s investigation, names of alternate suspects were given to Delphi law enforcement no later than February 2018, the attorneys wrote.
The attorneys have also <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/672090544/Franks-Motion-in-Richard-Allen-Delphi-Case">requested a hearing</a> to present evidence that the search warrant obtained for Allen’s home should be suppressed at trial because it was based on faulty probably cause. The attorneys argue that detective Tony Liggett did not include “crucial information” and “provided false statements” that led to a judge approving the warrant. Had the detective included the missing information, including the evidence compiled by Click and the other officers, then the judge never would have approved the warrant, the defense argues. The attorneys also accuse Liggett of withholding information that altered the timeline of the crime, which would exclude Allen as a suspect.
Finally, the defense attorneys point to members of the cult as alleged suspects, whom The Daily Wire will not be naming since they have not been charged with any crimes. One of these named individuals’ social media posts contained images that mimicked the runes found at the crime scene, even though such images have never been released to the public, according to the defense. The individual allegedly also posted numerous “easter eggs” on social media that pointed to his involvement in the crime, including a recreation of the crime scene involving two women posing as dead with sticks over their bodies, just like the actual crime scene. This same individual also seemingly taunted police on social media, the defense claims.
One further tie to the victims is that this man’s son was allegedly “dating” the young victim Abby.
Police cleared this individual as a suspect within 30 days of the murders, even with this evidence, the defense argues.
This individual’s ex-wife also allegedly told police that he and another man in the Odinists had a falling out in February 2017 after conducting a ritual in the woods, near a river. The main alternate suspect lived very near to where the girls’ bodies were found, according to the defense&#8217;s filing. This ex-wife also allegedly told police that her ex-husband and “his people” killed the girls because one of their mothers was “mixing” with people who weren’t of the same race.
This individual was also tied to others who allegedly confessed to the crime. One of these individuals allegedly told his sister that he was involved in the crime and included details of the crime scene that were never released to the public. This man was also questioned, but denied involvement, according to the court documents. According to a state trooper who dropped him off at his home, this individual allegedly returned to the trooper’s vehicle and asked if he would still be in trouble if his spit was found on one of the victims, saying he could explain it away. This individual also told another one of his sisters that he spit on one of the victims, according to the defense.
This individual and a fourth man provided shaky alibis to police for their whereabouts at the time of the murder, with contradictory stories, Allen&#8217;s defense attorneys contend.
The connection between the four individuals – two in Delphi and two in Rushville – was a recruiter for the Odinists, who knew all the men, the attorneys continued.
Police knew all of this information, yet didn’t include it when seeking warrants against Allen, whose sole connection to this crime is an unspent shell casing that can’t be forensically linked to his gun, according to the defense attorneys.

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Attorneys For Delphi Murder Suspect Claim Young Teens Were Killed By White Nationalist Pagan Group In ‘Ritual Sacrifice’

Attorneys For Delphi Murder Suspect Claim Young Teens Were Killed By White Nationalist Pagan Group In 'Ritual Sacrifice'

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/endorsement">endorsed</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> on Monday, becoming the 11th GOP senator to rally behind the former president&#8217;s 2024 bid to retake the White House.
Braun, who is running for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-gop-senator-mike-braun-announces-hes-running-for-governor">governor of Indiana</a>, made the announcement in a <a href="https://twitter.com/braun4indiana/status/1703808632763064764">statement</a> posted to his campaign account on X. He picked Trump over fellow Hoosier <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence">Mike Pence</a>, a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana">Indiana</a> governor and Trump&#8217;s former vice president.
&#8220;As a Main Street Entrepreneur and political outsider, I&#8217;ve seen firsthand how the Washington swamp works against Hoosiers and works overtime to hamper our prosperity,&#8221; Braun said.
&#8220;Donald Trump is a businessman and outsider. Together we took on the Washington swamp with a historic victory in the 2018 Indiana Senate race. We installed constitutional conservatives on the Supreme Court who have protected the unborn and our Second Amendment rights, and we disrupted the cozy, self-serving Washington elites who are bankrupting our country,&#8221; the senator added.
&#8220;Donald Trump is the candidate capable of returning us to the America First policies that delivered unmatched prosperity and security for the American people. I give Donald Trump my endorsement for President of the United States,&#8221; Braun concluded.
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Braun is the <a href="https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1703817685773991980">11th senator</a> to endorse Trump, following: Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Hagarty (R-TN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and J.D. Vance (R-OH).
Trump also has the endorsements of 75 members of the U.S. House, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-has-endorsed-donald-trump-president-2024-republicans-gop-2023-2">according to an Insider tracker</a>.
A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/us/trump-pac-legal-fees.html">great deal of resources</a> are being spent on helping Trump combat four criminal indictments, but he remains the front-runner in polling for the GOP nomination contest with more than 55% support among a <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html">large field of competitors</a> — and his national polling average once again edged out President Joe Biden in a hypothetical general election rematch with about 415 days until the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">2024 general election</a>.

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