A Michigan mother who authorities say was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-kills-wife-6-children-sets-home-on-fire-in-apparent-murder-suicide">killed</a> alongside her six children in an apparent murder-suicide documented years of marital problems in Reddit posts that surfaced after the tragedy.
Authorities say Kristopher Karolkiewicz, 47, fatally shot his wife, Amanda Karolkiewicz, 39, and their six children before taking his own life and setting the family&#8217;s home on fire. 
According to The <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/07/27/grand-haven-township-couples-marriage-fraught-issues-mandy-karolkiewicz-reddit-account/91070671007/">Detroit News,</a> Amanda posted under the Reddit username <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MandyK1179/?screen_view_count=3&amp;ext-referrer=SEO">MandyK1179</a>, where she wrote extensively about her marriage and alleged her husband&#8217;s infidelity. The <a href="https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/crime/2026/07/27/amanda-karolkiewicz-wrote-of-infidelity-red-flags-on-reddit/91062005007/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z11xx15p115550c115550e007100v11xx15d--97--b--97--&amp;gca-ft=38&amp;gca-ds=sophi">Holland Sentinel</a> reported that it independently verified the account by matching details about the couple, including their residence, ages, and occupations.
The account, which spanned roughly three years, initially described the marriage as  “living in a Hallmark movie.” Later posts painted a dramatically different picture, including allegations that Kristopher had an affair with an intern. 
“I was the intern at the company we both worked for. He was divorced and older than me… fast forward ten years and five kids, he was cheating with the intern again- the same age I was when I was the intern,” she wrote in the ‘As One After Infidelity’ subreddit. “I was five babies in, and was actually not in bad physical shape, but I was in the trenches of little kids, and just couldn’t be who I was before.”
According to the posts, Amanda also wrote that she was “terrified” and would not have remained married if not for their children.
The account further alleged that Kristopher&#8217;s infidelity led the couple to marriage counseling and therapy. 
“I don’t feel bad still. He towers over me and destroyed me mentally,” the account commented on the page two years ago. “It felt like I was being assaulted and needed to fight back. I think it’s a fight or flight thing.”
The couple had been married for 17 years before the apparent murder-suicide. 
Authorities have not announced a motive and said the investigation remains ongoing.

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Assassin Vance Boelter was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life sentences without parole for murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, in what prosecutors called a politically motivated attack. 
Boelter was convicted on six federal charges stemming from the murders of the Hortmans and the shooting of the Hoffmans, as well as the attempted shooting of the couple&#8217;s daughter, Hope, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/vance-boelter-indicted-murders-melissa-and-mark-hortman-%20shootings-john-and-yvette-0">according</a> to the Department of Justice. 
At Thursday&#8217;s sentencing hearing, Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Melissa and Mark Hortman, described how their lives had been shattered by the murders.  
“In one night, our family went from whole to shattered,” Colin <a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-to-be-sentenced-for-lawmaker-attacks-is-expected-to-receive-over-2-life-sentences/">said</a>, describing his parents as “the best” a child could ask for.
“My mom will never bake me another cake … She was supposed to bake my wedding cake. That was the one wish that I had,” Colin said. “They would have been the best grandparents. They will never meet my children. They would have traveled more, they would have mentored more leaders.”
Sophie Hortman also spoke about the trauma of losing her parents.
 “What I cared about was that my entire life had just been shattered in 30 seconds … We had to stand up and keep going,” she said.
Boelter <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vance-boelter-sentencing-man-killed-minnesota-democratic-lawmaker-face-rcna588852">apologized</a> in court to the Hortman family and his other victims. 
“To every person I have caused loss, pain, heartache, confusion, sadness, shame, or loneliness, I am truly sorry,” he said.
According to court documents, Boelter researched the homes and routines of top Democratic lawmakers before embarking on what prosecutors described as a &#8220;murderous rampage” while disguised as a police officer conducting wellness checks.
In addition to targeting the Hortmans and the Hoffmans, Boelter also went to the homes of Rep. Kristin Bahner and Sen. Ann Rest, both Democrats, but neither answered the door.
A two-day manhunt ended with Boelter&#8217;s arrest near his family home in Green Isle, Minnesota.
Officers found a list of 45 Democratic state officials and their addresses in his car, along with “No Kings” protest signs in the back of his car. Authorities have said Boelter was not a supporter of the demonstrators and had told family members before the shootings to “pray that something takes the wind out of these protests’ sails.” 
Prosecutors argued Boelter carried out the attacks in an effort to tip  Minnesota’s “delicate” balance of power in Republicans’ favor, KTSP news <a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/an-attack-on-representative-democracy-itself-filing-details-boelters-motives-for-night-of-terror/">reported</a>. They noted that the state House was evenly split 67-67 while Democrats held a one-seat Senate majority. Had Boelter succeeded in killing all four Democratic lawmakers he targeted, prosecutors argued, “the inevitable result would be a shift in the balance of power in both legislative houses.”  

In addition to his federal conviction, Boelter still faces multiple state charges, including two counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder, impersonating a police officer, and animal cruelty for allegedly killing the Hortmans&#8217; golden retriever, Gilbert.  

Boelter also previously served on Minnesota&#8217;s Workforce Development Board after being appointed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Walz has said he did not know Boelter personally, with his office noting that the board has more than 60 members and that governors do not personally interview applicants for such positions. 
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An illegal immigrant will spend 20 years in prison after admitting to murdering a beloved Nashville restaurant owner. 
Ulises Martinez, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, pleaded <a href="https://sci.ccc.nashville.gov/Search/CriminalHistory?P_CASE_IDENTIFIER=ULISES%5EMARTINEZ%5E09131999%5E624024">guilty</a> on Wednesday to second-degree murder after he slammed his truck into 42-year-old Matt Carney during an attempted robbery two years ago. The case drew national attention as President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-decries-vicious-illegal-immigrant-suspected-of-murdering-nashville-restaurant-owner?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Decries+%E2%80%98Vicious%E2%80%99+Illegal+Immigrant+Suspected+Of+Murdering+Nashville+Restaurant+Owner">pointed to it</a> as an example of a migrant crime wave during his 2024 presidential campaign.
The incident took place on June 19, 2024, outside of Smokin Thighs, a popular Nashville chicken restaurant owned and operated by Carney that began as a food truck. Carney was locking up his restaurant when he walked outside to find two men stealing tools from his truck. After Carney confronted them, the men, both illegal immigrants, rammed into Carney with their truck, throwing him onto the sidewalk, before taking off. 
Olivia Lehing, who witnessed the scene, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-confesses-to-killing-nashville-man-in-hit-and-run">said</a> she was driving when she saw a truck send a body “into the air” and then drive “very fast” away from the scene
Carney died from injuries sustained during the incident several weeks later. Martinez was on the run for several weeks before he was arrested on July 18, hiding out in a Nashville motel. 
Smokin Thighs closed down in October 2024 after almost ten years in business. 
“Places like this do not just exist everywhere and in every neighborhood,” former Smokin Thighs manager Landon Allen <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2026/07/22/nashville-smokin-thighs-matthew-carney-murder-guilty-sentence">told</a> The Tennessean. “When he was taken from us, it all died with him.”
In addition to the murder charge, Martinez pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and two counts of theft. Martinez, who required an interpreter throughout the proceedings, is expected to be deported after serving the 20-year sentence. Carney’s widow reportedly supported the plea deal. 
Martinez’s immigration status was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-nashville-restaurant-owner-had-previous-felony-charges-dismissed">first reported</a> by The Daily Wire, with ICE saying that he unlawfully entered the country at an unknown date and location. The other man in the vehicle with Martinez, 31-year-old Adrian Diaz-Aguirre, had previous criminal convictions and has been deported four times.
Just months before Carney’s murder, a Nashville judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-nashville-restaurant-owner-had-previous-felony-charges-dismissed">let Martinez go</a> free after he was accused of stealing a white van, a red truck, and tools from a white truck.
Nashville Judge Jim Todd dismissed all three charges during a preliminary hearing in March 2024, claiming police had failed to show probable cause. 
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-decries-vicious-illegal-immigrant-suspected-of-murdering-nashville-restaurant-owner?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Decries+%E2%80%98Vicious%E2%80%99+Illegal+Immigrant+Suspected+Of+Murdering+Nashville+Restaurant+Owner">discussed</a> the incident during an August campaign rally in Montana. 
“Look at what’s happening to our cities. Our cities are being overrun,” Trump said. “On July 4th, a 42-year-old Nashville man died after he tried to stop an illegal alien from stealing tools out of his truck. The illegal alien did a number on this man that nobody could even believe. The police officers said [it was] one of the most vicious crimes they’ve ever seen.”

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Joe Rogan claimed on Wednesday’s <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/joe-rogan-reveals-former-podcast-guest-sheldon-johnson-allegedly-decapitated-a-man-after-appearing-on-the-joe-rogan-experience/">episode</a> of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; that a man who sat across from him in 2024 allegedly killed someone and cut off the victim’s head weeks later.
Rogan brought it up while talking with physician Zach Bush about sociopaths. “We had a guy in the studio that cut a guy’s head off after the podcast. He killed a guy and cut his head off,” Rogan said, per the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/joe-rogan-reveals-former-podcast-guest-sheldon-johnson-allegedly-decapitated-a-man-after-appearing-on-the-joe-rogan-experience/">New York Post</a>. 
The guest was Sheldon Johnson. He appeared on Rogan&#8217;s podcast with civil rights attorney Josh Dubin, who runs the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice. Rogan said Johnson was right there in the room with them only weeks before the killing.
“He does the podcast and then afterward goes and visits this guy that apparently he had a beef with, kills him, cuts his head off, puts him in a [suitcase], like puts a wig on, and tries to escape in the hallway through the cameras,” Rogan told Bush.
Johnson was arrested in March 2024. Police found a human torso in a blue bin and a head in a freezer inside a Bronx apartment. The victim was 44-year-old Colin Small. Neighbors had called for a wellness check after hearing gunshots and witnessing a stranger going in and out of the apartment with cleaning supplies.
Surveillance video showed a man matching Johnson’s description stepping off a sixth-floor elevator, looking around, and walking into the apartment. He left around 2 A.M. carrying a blue bin. Earlier, he had been seen with a mop and a bag of cleaning supplies. He later came back wearing a blond wig and different clothes.
When investigators searched Johnson’s Harlem apartment, they found a human arm, legs, and a head with a gunshot wound stored in the freezer. He was charged with murder, manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon, and concealment of a human corpse. He pleaded not guilty.
At the time of the Rogan interview, Johnson was working as a client advocate at the public defender’s office in Queens. He had been released from prison in 2019 after serving 25 years for a string of armed robberies committed in 1999. He told Rogan he had once been a member of the Bloods gang. He was sentenced to a maximum of 50 years for using a gun to rob men who owed him drug money.
During the interview, he talked about that shift and the criminal justice reform work he was doing after his release. He got his GED. “I made the decision that I was going to walk away, and I didn’t care about what the consequences was,” he told Rogan. “And I said to myself, ‘I’ve been doing bad for so long. I’m going to try to do something good.’”

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A North Carolina man is accused of torturing his 19-year-old girlfriend for months before she was found dead inside an apartment, according to court documents.  
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to a 911 call on May 1 after Thomaz Kenon Hamilton, 24, reported that his girlfriend, Isabella Mary Alexandria Stroupe, was unresponsive, <a href="https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/man-faces-murder-rape-charges-after-19-year-old-girlfriend-allegedly-tortured-report-torture-charlotte-north-carolina-death-homicide-investigation-killed-murdered-raped-sex-sexual-assault-blood-true-crime">according</a> to Fox 11 News. 
Officers found Stroupe dead inside an apartment in east Charlotte.  <a href="https://www.wbtv.com/2026/05/06/19-year-old-woman-found-dead-charlotte-apartment-was-tortured-months-affidavit-says/">According</a> to an affidavit cited by WBTV, she was wearing “minimal clothing” and was allegedly tied to a bed with a tow strap.
Investigators said Stroupe suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including broken and fractured bones as well as stab wounds. Her death was ruled a homicide. 
Hamilton, who authorities said was dating and living with Stroupe, allegedly told investigators they had been having sex when she suffered a heart attack. Investigators said the evidence was inconsistent with that account. 
Police said they recovered what appeared to be a bloodstained knife wrapped in cellophane, along with a sword, a baseball bat, multiple cell phones, clothing with possible blood, and a bloodstained mattress. 
According to the affidavit, investigators concluded that “Stroupe was being tortured over a period of several months and that Stroupe would have been physically unable to provide consent for vaginal sexual intercourse.”
Police arrested Hamilton on May 5 and charged him with first-degree murder and rape in connection with Stroupe’s death, <a href="https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/New-page-124">according</a> to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. 
Stroupe’s family later created a<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-give-isabella-a-proper-goodbye"> GoFundMe</a> to help cover funeral expenses, saying her death “has left a huge hole in our lives.” 
“I loved Isabella deeply. She was a total bookworm, always reading and sharing her favorite stories with me,” Stroupe&#8217;s sister said. “She loved fan fiction and My Little Pony, and her creativity brought so much joy to our family. Remembering her passion for books and the happiness she brought to those around her makes this loss even harder.”

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A 30-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia faces three counts of second-degree murder after allegedly opening fire inside his apartment complex&#8217;s leasing office in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, taking the lives of three staff members following a disagreement over a garage parking contract.
Authorities arrested Tsegaab Binessu, a former truck driver, in the city of Virginia, Minnesota, about 200 miles away from the crime scene, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/us-news/minnesota-migrant-tsegaab-binessu-allegedly-executes-3-apartment-complex-staffers-over-parking-contract-dispute/">reported</a>. He was apprehended driving a vehicle belonging to one of the victims.
According to charging documents, the murderous spree stemmed from a $65-a-month parking garage agreement. Binessu, who was preparing to enlist in the U.S. Navy, contacted the leasing office seeking to terminate the agreement. Staff members informed him that cancellation was not possible because he had recently renewed the contract. Binessu then informed workers he was heading down to the office in person to discuss the matter.
Surveillance footage captured Binessu speaking with community manager Adam &#8220;AJ&#8221; Wilwerding, 43, and assistant manager Dena Silcox, 56. Video shows the suspect lifting his shirt, drawing a firearm, and shooting both employees, according to authorities.
According to the criminal complaint, Binessu shot Wilwerding at least six times, including three times after Wilwerding fell to the ground, the St. Paul Pioneer Press <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2026/07/21/st-paul-man-charged-triple-murder-highland-park/">reported</a>. Silcox was shot five times &#8220;in rapid succession,&#8221; and then hit a sixth time as she attempted to get away from Binessu, according to the complaint.
The camera then allegedly captured him moving toward a back room where 25-year-old staff member Nansi Fuentes Zambrano was trying to escape through a window. She was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators recovered 21 spent shell casings at the scene.
Police were alerted after receiving multiple emergency calls reporting gunshots and screaming. Binessu’s roommate also <a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/charges-man-killed-three-people-at-saint-paul-apartment-over-garage-rental-contract/">contacted law enforcement</a>, reporting that Binessu had confessed to the shooting during a phone call and said he was attempting to turn himself in.
During police interrogations, Binessu expressed frustration with the American immigration system, explaining that a seven-year struggle to bring his wife and children from Ethiopia had ultimately ruined his marriage. Documents reveal he said he had been unfairly treated because of his race, stating that he felt he had lost everything that mattered to him, including his family, business, and peace of mind. He did not offer a full formal confession to police.
Residents in the Highland Park community organized vigils and memorials outside the office, remembering the victims.
Binessu is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Wednesday. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in prison for each murder charge.

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Judge Tony Graf Jr. denied a request from Erika Kirk and her late husband&#8217;s parents, saying that he would not display in open court all of the evidence in the assassination of the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Graf said that the court would weigh evidence on a case-by-case basis and that only some would be displayed in the gallery for all of those present at the hearing.
&#8220;The court has considered the request that exhibits be displayed in real time to the courtroom. After careful consideration, the court determines that not all exhibits will be visually displayed to the gallery and notes that it will use a tiered method as described first, whether it will be admitted to the court for consideration as it relates to probable cause. Second, whether it will be displayed only to the gallery, and third, if it will be published through the camera, to the public at large,&#8221; Graf said.
In a win for the Kirk family and the prosecution, Graf also agreed that several key pieces of evidence — specifically text messages and Discord messages — could be released to the public, despite objections from the defense.
As the preliminary hearings continue for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering Kirk last September at Utah Valley University, the Kirks submitted a filing through attorneys on Thursday. In it, they claimed that the victims of crimes — in addition to being allowed to be present in the courtroom during proceedings — should be allowed to see the evidence presented in open court.
&#8220;The Victim&#8217;s Family&#8217;s position is simple. At a minimum, every exhibit entered into evidence during the preliminary hearing must be visible to every person lawfully present in the courtroom,&#8221; the court filing read, noting that the family had waited months for the hearing to begin — and then, upon their arrival, found that they&#8217;d be unable to view some of the evidence.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/live-tyler-robinson-preliminary-hearing-day-4?contentProgram=Daily%20Wire%20News&amp;contentType=ShowEpisode&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;location=Home%20Tab&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel">WATCH: Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing</a>
&#8220;To receive evidence in a manner shielded from those seated in the courtroom — as happened today — is not transparency. And in the absence of transparency, speculation and conspiracy theories related to the tragic assassination of Mr. Kirk will continue to proliferate in the public domain, breeding doubt and distrust in the judicial system. This is not what anyone should want.&#8221;
The filing went on to argue that the family&#8217;s guaranteed right to be present in the courtroom and to observe the court proceedings carried no real weight if they were not also able to see the evidence that was being presented.
&#8220;The right &#8216;to be present&#8217; is hollow if the victim or his representative is physically in the room but is prevented from seeing the evidence the Court is receiving. A right to attend that does not include the ability to perceive what is happening is not meaningful presence at all,&#8221; the filing explained.
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NEW: Erika Kirk&#8217;s attorney claims in a new court filing that after waiting ten months for the preliminary hearing, Erika and Charlie Kirk&#8217;s parents have been denied the ability to meaningfully observe evidence in court <a href="https://t.co/YfBTsaQ0s6">pic.twitter.com/YfBTsaQ0s6</a>
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) <a href="https://x.com/MattFinnFNC/status/2075195265464856977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A quiet corner of Ireland&#8217;s postcard-perfect Killarney has been thrown into chaos after an American mom — who expressed hard-Left views — was found <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0709/1582500-jamey-carney-ireland/">bludgeoned to death</a> in her rented home, and her apparent Muslim lover allegedly skipped the country.
Jamey Carney, 43, a New York native who traded the Hudson Valley for the emerald hills of County Kerry back in 2021 and had “Free Palestine” and “F*ck ICE” heading her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carney_jamey/">Instagram page</a>, was discovered dead last Tuesday afternoon by a horrified relative who came to check on her. Gardaí, the Irish national police force, say she was bludgeoned in the head sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning in the very bedroom where she&#8217;d once posted photos gushing about her dream mountain view.
Carney, who worked for a healthcare company in nearby Tralee and raised her 13-year-old daughter alone after her <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/09/main-suspect-in-killarney-murder-inquiry-believed-to-have-fled-ireland/">father died</a> less than a year ago, was by all accounts beloved locally — active in community groups, sports leagues and, notably, pro-Palestinian activism.
But the man investigators are desperate to find is believed to be thousands of miles away. Gardaí say the person of interest — a Middle Eastern national in his late 20s or early 30s who reportedly first landed in France before settling in Ireland as an asylum seeker — hopped a bus out of Killarney hours before Carney&#8217;s body was even found, then boarded a Dublin Airport flight bound for Turkey. Whether he continued on to his home country is still being pieced together, with Interpol and European authorities now in the loop.
The man&#8217;s name has not yet been publicly released.
Reports suggest the mother&#8217;s lover had occasionally stayed at her home and that neighbors <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41876342.html">overheard</a> a heated argument the night before her death. He&#8217;s officially been labeled a &#8220;person of significant interest&#8221; — cop-speak for a person they very much want in an interview room.
Complicating matters: Irish extradition law bars authorities from hauling a suspect back purely for questioning. He&#8217;d first need to be formally charged, meaning prosecutors face a legal maze even if he&#8217;s tracked down.
The case has already ignited political sparks. Irish officials, wary of the optics given the suspect&#8217;s origin, have voiced concern; and online chatter has already zeroed in on Carney&#8217;s activism.
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Jamey Carney from New York State, moved to Ireland with her kid. 
Started dating Ahmad Al-Saqar, a &quot;refugee&quot; from Jordan. 
She wore Keffiyeh, was pro pally, hated ICE, apparently converted.
The inevitable happened. 
Her child found her dead.
The &quot;refugee&quot; is on the run. <a href="https://t.co/ZPcEXYnNJG">pic.twitter.com/ZPcEXYnNJG</a>
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) didn&#8217;t mince words after a screaming match on Capitol Hill Tuesday — branding Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal &#8220;f*cking a**holes&#8221; in the hallway outside a House Judiciary hearing on sanctuary cities, and doubling down that the pair deserved every syllable of it.
The New York Republican&#8217;s fury erupted after Jayapal and Raskin used their opening statements to gripe about sitting through a &#8220;fourth&#8221; hearing on sanctuary policies — moments before grieving mother Jessica Gorman was set to testify about her daughter Sheridan, murdered in Chicago by an illegal immigrant.
&#8220;We&#8217;re sorry for your loss, but &#8230;&#8221; is how Lawler <a href="https://x.com/TMZ/status/2072063340038242467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2072063340038242467%7Ctwgr%5E57959a7cd992bd2b4acad89c96074ca6fa7a7dca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fmedia%2Ftv%2Fmike-lawler-brands-democratic-lawmakers-fcking-aholes-after-explosive-hearing-fight%2F">summed up</a> the Democrats&#8217; posture in an interview with TMZ afterward. &#8220;There&#8217;s no &#8216;but.&#8217; Sanctuary policies are the reason their daughter is dead.&#8221;
The shouting match itself was pure cable-news chaos. When Lawler pressed his colleagues on whether they felt the same outrage over Sheridan Gorman and Laken Riley that they&#8217;ve expressed for other victims, Raskin snapped back that he did feel the outrage — only for Lawler to fire back that he didn&#8217;t, &#8220;because if you did, you would not support sanctuary jurisdiction.&#8221;
Raskin&#8217;s response? &#8220;You don&#8217;t belong in this committee. You should get the hell out of here.&#8221;
Lawler wasn&#8217;t backing down. &#8220;You&#8217;re a disgrace,&#8221; he shot back, prompting Raskin to lecture him that he didn&#8217;t &#8220;understand the rules of the committee&#8221; or &#8220;the Constitution.&#8221;
Lawler said afterward, &#8220;Jamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal are f*cking a**holes. Their conduct in that hearing was disgraceful. I&#8217;m introducing my constituents. They lost their daughter. I&#8217;m telling their story. And the tragedy that they&#8217;ve had to endure because my colleagues refuse, refuse to cooperate when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws, holding criminals accountable.&#8221;
He pointed out the Democrats&#8217; irritation at rehashing sanctuary-city policy said everything about their priorities. He noted Jayapal had opened by complaining this was the committee&#8217;s fourth hearing on the subject — a gripe Lawler said rang hollow given the body count.
&#8220;These folks shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 118 days,&#8221; Lawler told TMZ, blasting his colleagues for refusing &#8220;to fund ICE, refused to fund Customs and Border Patrol&#8221; during that stretch. &#8220;They refused to enforce federal law.&#8221;
He saved particular scorn for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul:
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You have the governor of New York — a complete a**hole, who decides that she&#8217;s going to ban the ability of state and local police from cooperating with federal law enforcement on the issue of immigration   enforcement and specifically honoring detainer requests and specifically turning over people who are in New York&#8217;s jails for committing crimes under state law; refusing to cooperate and turn them over to federal immigration officials. So I don&#8217;t want to hear anything from any of them.  They are so full of s***, it&#8217;s not even funny. 
And you guys may well think this is like a joke. I have a constituent who is dead because of these policies and because they refuse to listen. They had the gall to come in there. They showed up late to begin with, but then they had the gall to dismiss why these Angel families are here?
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Lawler also turned the tables on Democrats over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota — invoking the case to argue his colleagues&#8217; selective outrage was the real scandal. &#8220;You had two people that should be alive,&#8221; Lawler said, arguing local police were &#8220;prohibited from engaging in crowd control and traffic control by the feckless politicians that refused to enforce the law.&#8221; His point: the same hands-off approach Democrats defend in immigration enforcement created chaos on the ground in Minnesota too.
&#8220;When you refuse to address the fundamental flaws in policy that result in the deaths of innocent Americans, then yes, there is a fundamental problem,&#8221; Lawler said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what they deserve.&#8221;
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😳 Rep. Lawler tells <a href="https://x.com/jacob_wass?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jacob_wass</a> that Raskin, Jayapal, and Hochul are &quot;f**king assholes&quot; for sanctuary city policies. <a href="https://t.co/8YRukzgmT8">pic.twitter.com/8YRukzgmT8</a>
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An attorney who&#8217;s working on Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s appellate team just publicly dissed the convicted murderer&#8217;s parents and supporters, seemingly outlining the team&#8217;s appeal strategy.
In a post published to social media, attorney Justin Moore ripped Anthony&#8217;s parents for mocking the father of victim Austin Metcalf, 17, and for going on a &#8220;press tour&#8221; to tout a false racial narrative.
“[Thirty-five] years,&#8221; Moore posted online, referring to Anthony&#8217;s prison sentence. &#8220;They showed no mercy. Kinda hard to when the defendant&#8217;s parents had a press conference mocking the dead victim’s father right after the incident.&#8221;
Following the murder, Jeff Metcalf, the victim&#8217;s father, was thrown out of an Anthony family presser when he asked to speak to the family and possibly pray with them. He was effectively painted as a racist.
&#8220;Y’all non lawyers can argue about if he were guilty or not,&#8221; Moore continued. &#8220;Most real lawyers realize this was a punishment case. With that being the case, you simply don’t run around going on a press tour touting a false narrative. I’m pissed.&#8221;
&#8220;And it’s the people that were around Karmelo who sold this story to folks. Trying to sell racism for personal gain,&#8221; he added. Notably, the Anthony family raised well over $600,000 through a GiveSendGo fundraiser that was launched soon after Metcalf was murdered. &#8220;Y’all really showed out this time,&#8221; Moore said.
The social media post was reported by independent journalist Sarah Fields, who was inside the courtroom for the entire murder trial.
&#8220;Extremely interesting statement from Justin Moore, a member of Karmelo Anthony’s legal team,&#8221; Fields commented. &#8220;They have virtually no chance on appeal.&#8221;
&#8220;What I find most interesting is that even Karmelo’s own legal team seems to be throwing his parents under the bus,&#8221; she added. &#8220;When the people closest to the case start pointing fingers internally, that should tell you everything you need to know.&#8221;
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Extremely interesting statement from Justin Moore, a member of Karmelo Anthony’s legal team.
They have virtually no chance on appeal. What I find most interesting is that even Karmelo’s own legal team seems to be throwing his parents under the bus.
When the people closest to… <a href="https://t.co/nNTYdUDGSJ">pic.twitter.com/nNTYdUDGSJ</a>
— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) <a href="https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/2069625091969724796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://x.com/douglassmackey/status/2069830842101174681">Douglass Mackey</a> — who was targeted by the Biden Department of Justice for posting satirical memes about Hillary Clinton and won in court — said the comments from Moore reveal the legal team&#8217;s new strategy.
&#8220;The new appellate lawyer has now officially thrown Karmelo Anthony&#8217;s parents and his supporters under the bus,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;The goal seems to be to try to make Karmelo Anthony more sympathetic to win a new sentence on appeal.&#8221;
Jeff Metcalf, the slain teen&#8217;s father, publicly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/austin-metcalfs-father-snaps-on-karmelo-anthonys-parents">called</a> Anthony&#8217;s parents, Andrew Anthony and Kayla Hayes, “cowards&#8221; soon after the trial.
“Drew Anthony. Kayla. You’re cowards,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/austin-metcalfs-father-snaps-on-karmelo-anthonys-parents">said</a>. &#8220;You wouldn’t even show up for your son’s sentencing or victim’s statement impacts. You abandoned your kid. You left him there.&#8221;
&#8220;I guess he’s no more use to you because you can’t get any more GoFundMe money or [GiveSendGo] money,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You are grifters. You should be ashamed of yourself. You raised that child, and I swear to God, CPS should come check on those other three that you still have.”
Metcalf was fatally stabbed by Anthony at a track meet in April 2025. Video footage and eyewitness accounts indicate that Metcalf was stabbed after he told Anthony to leave his team&#8217;s tent and possibly shoved him. Metcalf died in his twin brother&#8217;s arms.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-development-in-karmelo-anthonys-case-comes-with-baggage">The Latest Development In Karmelo Anthony’s Case Comes With Baggage</a>

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A trove of evidence — including a number of gruesome photos and videos and audio from 911 calls — from the Karmelo Anthony murder trial was released on Friday.
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The Collin County court released photos from the autopsy of football player Austin Metcalf, 17 — who was stabbed to death by Anthony at a track meet in Texas — showing the knife wound in his chest with a forensic ruler beside it. Other photos showed the murder weapon, Anthony&#8217;s backpack, and a blood-soaked jacket that had been used as a coach attempted to stop the bleeding.  <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/ss3DQJnwQqSQoV9czPzZ801QF1v002daT2?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=46618119-b4c7-4f8d-a7de-2c9bf93ee754&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-19%20Karmelo%20Anthony%20Austin%20Metcalf%20evidence%20photos%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2F5db6f84f-dd7a-4b40-bc06-265e85e5a7c1.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Also included was a screenshot of a text message from the coach to Metcalf prior to the track meet: &#8220;You and Rhett are on early bus. Get tent, and whatever else we need. Set examples of how to conduct yourself today. Be a leader. I need you and Rhett to hold us down. I will be helping with hosting the meet, so I&#8217;m going to lean on my older guys.&#8221;
Metcalf&#8217;s quick reply: &#8220;for sure coach gotchu.&#8221;
The coach&#8217;s next text came the day after the murder, sent to Metcalf&#8217;s phone despite the fact that he would never see it. &#8220;Love you man. Sorry I didn&#8217;t say enough,&#8221; he said.
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The tranche of evidence also included video of the activity around the tent in the moments leading up to the murder as well as body cam footage from police officers as they went to arrest Anthony — including one in which Anthony could be heard declaring, &#8220;I&#8217;m not alleged. I did it.&#8221;
Video also showed Anthony, wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the words &#8220;fear of God,&#8221; crying as he was taken into custody by police and searched.
&#8220;He put his hands on me,&#8221; Anthony cried, apparently referring to Metcalf. &#8220;I told him not to, he put his hands on me.&#8221;
Police searched him again before putting him in a vehicle, asking him first whether or not he was carrying anything that could hurt them while they searched his pockets.  <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/cFupKy202f8L18rwMe89GQ12pVVamCrO3?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=3a179ad0-bacb-400f-b0ea-8a9b236e023a&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-19%20Karmelo%20Anthony%20cries%20during%20arrest%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2F624d16df-32cd-4f10-96b5-56fc6f9f5d71.jpg&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Audio from multiple 911 calls were also released on Friday. On one, someone could be heard saying, &#8220;My friend’s bleeding everywhere&#8221; as another voice in the background said, &#8220;Fight through, fight through!&#8221; Another caller, identified as &#8220;Mason,&#8221; told dispatchers, &#8220;You need to send an ambulance right now,&#8221; and said, &#8220;My friend just got stabbed.&#8221; Callers informed the dispatcher that, at the time, Metcalf was unconscious but still breathing.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-move-in-karmelo-anthonys-case">Anthony</a> was convicted and sentenced to serve 35 years in prison for the murder — and his attorneys almost immediately filed his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karmelo-anthony-whines-from-prison-about-something-he-no-longer-has-to-worry-about">intent to appeal</a> the conviction. In preparation for that appeal, Anthony&#8217;s family retained a new attorney.
Since the trial, Anthony&#8217;s family members and others have falsely claimed that the jury was &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-race-card-karmelo-anthonys-father-is-playing-gets-scorched-by-facts">all white</a>&#8221; and thus not truly the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-flaw-in-a-professors-race-based-defense-of-karmelo-anthony">jury of his peers</a>&#8221; the justice system is supposed to provide.

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Convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony has a new lawyer representing his appeal, according to court records. 
Anthony, who was convicted this month for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, will now be represented by court-appointed lawyer Lara Bracamonte Davila, Collin County Court records <a href="https://cijspub.co.collin.tx.us/PublicAccess/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2546749">show</a>. Anthony is currently behind bars after a jury sentenced him to 35 years in prison for murdering Metcalf at a track event in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. 
Fox News first <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/another-lawyer-joins-karmelo-anthony-appeal-killer-claims-cannot-pay-counsel">reported</a> the news that Bracamonte Davila had been appointed to take over the appeal process. Before Bracamonte Davila was appointed, criminal defense attorney Donny Perales represented Anthony for a short time. 
&#8220;It is expected that the Anthony family will be retaining an attorney for the appeal,” Perales told Fox News. 
Bracamonte Davila describes herself as a lawyer who is “compassionate but tough.” 
“There are many people who don’t have the courage, strength, or knowledge of how to stand up for themselves,” her <a href="https://www.bracamontelawfirm.com/">website</a> says. “I strive to be the voice for the voiceless, whether that’s a teen in trouble, a woman in an abusive situation, a father struggling to gain parental rights, or any individual charged with a crime.”
If someone is found guilty, she says her job is “to ensure the punishment doesn’t exceed the crime.”
One day after a jury sentenced him to prison, Anthony filed a notice of appeal. The filing begins the formal process of challenging both his conviction and sentence, which can take years to progress through the courts and does not guarantee a new trial.
Anthony’s parents have falsely claimed that the jury that sentenced their son was “all white” and blamed racism for the outcome. Kayla Hayes, Anthony’s mother, also claimed that her son was just defending himself when he stabbed the unarmed Metcalf. 
“My son is no murderer. My son didn’t intend to hurt anyone,” Hayes said. “My son was defending himself, and that’s what hurts so bad.”
The judge who oversaw the high-profile case <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-breaks-his-silence?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+In+Karmelo+Anthony+Murder+Trial+Breaks+His+Silence">said</a> the jury made the correct decision. 
“Yes,” said Judge John Roach. “They did because they were picked based upon the law, they listened to the facts, it happened in this courtroom, and they got a verdict.”

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