Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) put the screws to Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-says-mayorkas-caught-lying-about-laken-rileys-alleged-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> during a Thursday hearing, accusing him of aiding and abetting the crimes of illegal immigrants in the United States by refusing to secure the southern border.
Johnson joined several of his Republican Senate colleagues in grilling Mayorkas less than 24 hours after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-kills-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-without-full-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Democrats voted to kill</a> the Republican-led House&#8217;s articles of impeachment against the DHS Secretary.
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Sen. Ron Johnson accuses Mayorkas of being complicit and aiding and abetting the murder of Americans because of the administration&#39;s border security policies: 
&quot;You were negotiating for political cover. If you were serious about securing the border you could have done it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kr2ltXKtP7">pic.twitter.com/kr2ltXKtP7</a>
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Johnson started by asking Mayorkas if he had &#8220;any regrets&#8221; for the harm caused by the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;open border policies.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you ever, when you go to bed at night, do you have any regrets? Do you have any remorse for your complicity in the crimes — you have — your open border policies aided and abetted the murder of Americans, the rape of Americans,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;People have lost their loved ones because of this catastrophe, this open border policy. Do you have any remorse? Do you have any regrets?&#8221;
Mayorkas responded by saying that first, &#8220;all of our hearts break for the victims of these heinous crimes.&#8221; He went on to say that only the people who actually carried out the criminal acts should be held accountable for them.
&#8220;They wouldn&#8217;t have been in this country had you not allowed them in,&#8221; Johnson shot back, asking then whether Mayorkas had ever spoken to the families affected by the crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
Mayorkas repeated, &#8220;All of our hearts break for the loved ones of those who have been lost at the hands of criminal conduct.&#8221;
&#8220;So your heart is broken. Do you have regrets?&#8221; Johnson asked again. &#8220;Do you admit your culpability here?&#8221;
Johnson went on to cite statistics showing that crimes committed by illegal immigrants had risen dramatically in the time since President Joe Biden took office.
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Johnson pointed out that former President Donald Trump had taken action to secure the border, and Biden has not only refused to do the same but has actively rescinded the actions Trump implemented.
Referencing the failed bipartisan border bill — which did not make it past the House — Johnson added, &#8220;You weren&#8217;t negotiating to secure the border, you were negotiating for political cover for yourself, for President Biden, for the Democrats in Congress and the Senate &#8230; If you were serious about securing the border you could have done it.&#8221;

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Many of the illegal immigrants who stormed the southern border on Thursday by breaking down razor wire and fencing before pushing into National Guard troops were reportedly processed and released into the United States after the incident. 
Video captured by New York Post reporter Jennie Taer showed hundreds of illegal immigrant men charging the border in El Paso, Texas, and appearing to assault National Guard troops. According to Taer, many of these men were processed by Border Patrol under <a href="https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/why-the-end-title-42-means-the-end-secure-border">Title 8</a>, a measure that allows illegal immigrants to be released while their asylum claims make it through the courts. 
”This sends the message to people around the world that even if you act like this you can probably get into the country,” Taer said during an interview on Fox News. “And I think they continue to push these boundaries and to see what they can get away with and here they got away with some really, really scary stuff.”
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Wow: <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JennieSTaer</a> just confirmed to <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaPerino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaPerino</a> that many of these single adults who assaulted National Guardsmen and rushed the wall were later processed and released into the interior. <a href="https://t.co/7H0zfVMaRi">https://t.co/7H0zfVMaRi</a> <a href="https://t.co/tTHbcckTVx">pic.twitter.com/tTHbcckTVx</a>
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Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) gave a brief update about the incident a few hours after video of the incident garnered millions of views online. Taer’s video of the incident had been viewed nearly 17 million times by Friday afternoon. 
“The TX National Guard &amp; Dept. of Public Safety quickly regained control &amp; are redoubling the razor wire barriers,” Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1770937320151064914">said</a>. “DPS is instructed to arrest every illegal immigrant involved for criminal trespass &amp; destruction of property.”
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Republicans responded to the video by calling on President Joe Biden to secure the border and said that Congress should not approve funding for the government while the crisis continued. Under Biden, illegal immigrants have crossed and been released into the United States in record numbers. 
“Republicans cannot approve government funding for the Biden administration to continue this disaster,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1770895369615872478">said</a>. “The future of our country is at stake.”
“Every American should watch this,” Sen. J.D. Vance <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1770939066525098490">said</a>. “We shouldn’t fund Joe Biden’s government until he does something to address this. The power of the purse is our only leverage.”
“[Biden] and [DHS Secretary Mayorkas] won’t say this is a crisis, they’ll only say it’s a ‘challenge,’” Sen. Ron Johnson<a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1770897090631049241"> said</a>. “No, Mr. President, this is an invasion, and you’re doing nothing to protect America.”

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A pair of Senate Republicans want Department of Justice (DOJ) leaders to explain what they said appears to be a &#8220;significant factual omission&#8221; in special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s report on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;</a>s handling of classified documents, according to <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_johnson_to_doj_fbi_special_counsel_-_hur_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a letter unveiled</a> on Monday.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Hur seeking details about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nine-boxes-of-docs-taken-from-biden-attorneys-office-in-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine boxes of materials</a> that were allegedly retrieved from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> office of a personal attorney to Biden that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) previously said the FBI had reviewed nearly one year ago.
[W]e publicly revealed last year that NARA had retrieved nine boxes of Biden records from the Boston office of Patrick Moore, one of Biden’s personal counsels,” the senators said. &#8220;Oddly, Special Counsel Hur’s report did not mention NARA’s retrieval of the nine boxes from Mr. Moore’s office … [I]t is unclear if Special Counsel Hur had any awareness of or reviewed the information contained in these nine boxes.&#8221;
The letter was dated Friday, one day after the release of Hur&#8217;s report that criticized Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents while out of office. Although Hur did not recommend charges, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 388-page report</a> said Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibited memory problems</a> that likely would preclude a jury from convicting the president.
Hur&#8217;s report briefly mentioned how Moore&#8217;s office became a &#8220;repository&#8221; for &#8220;Biden&#8217;s political materials, such as awards and of speeches,&#8221; but, as the senators noted, does not appear to address the nine boxes in question.
Grassley and Johnson have been in contact with NARA, which <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notified</a> them in March of last year that its staff had fetched the nine boxes from the Boston office at the request of the Justice Department in November of 2022 as part of the investigation into Biden&#8217;s handling of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1100-pages-of-biden-docs-found-at-think-tank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a>.
NARA also divulged the FBI <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_johnson_to_doj_fbi_special_counsel_-_hur_report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reviewed</a> the contents of the boxes as of March 2023 and <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/nara_to_johnson_grassley_-_biden_records1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in September that NARA officials had not examined the materials but &#8220;will conduct an appropriate review&#8221; for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-investigators-seek-boston-connection-in-biden-pseudonym-mystery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought-after records</a> that contained any pseudonyms or personal email addresses used for official government business.
“DOJ, FBI, and the Special Counsel’s office owe Congress and the American people a complete explanation regarding this apparent omission in Special Counsel Hur’s report, a detailed description of the contents of the nine boxes, and what was done with them,&#8221; Grassley and Johnson wrote.
The senators posed a number of questions seeking information about the materials and they requested a response by February 23. The Daily Wire reached out to the DOJ and FBI seeking comment. In response, an FBI spokesperson said the bureau had no comment and referred The Daily Wire to the special counsel.

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President Joe Biden told reporters on Saturday that there was no crisis at the southern border even as illegal crossings surge to record-highs. 
As he was leaving for Camp David, Biden was asked by Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson whether he considered there to be a crisis at the southern border. Biden responded by saying that there was no crisis at the border and shifted blame for the situation to Republicans. 
“No,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have been pushing them – my Republican colleagues since they got in office. I think we have to make major changes to the border.&#8221;
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Before departing for Camp David, I asked President Biden if the situation on the southern border is a crisis. &quot;No,&quot; Biden replied. &quot;I have been pushing them – my Republican colleagues since they got in office. I think we have to make major changes to the border.&quot;
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Republicans ripped into Biden over his comments, pinning the blame on the Biden administration’s policies. 
“[Biden], the architect of the open border crisis, is also delusional if he believes Republicans have not been willing to secure it,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1746206805187833905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “The truth is that he is the most dishonest, corrupt, and incompetent President in American history.”
“Since President Biden took office, over 6.7 million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border.  There IS a crisis at our southern border. And it’s all at the hands of the White House and the Democrat Party,” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1746217216700276852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
“Ridiculous. There IS a crisis at the border, and it’s of Joe Biden’s making. [House Republicans] passed the strongest border security legislation in decades nearly a year ago. He has ignored it,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1746206733242925105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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In December, Border Patrol reported over 300,000 encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border, an all-time high. Record numbers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-nationals-are-flooding-across-southern-border-at-record-pace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of individuals from China</a> also crossed into the United States in the last year at the same time as thousands of Africans are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thousands-of-africans-flying-to-central-america-before-crossing-illegally-into-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly taking flights</a> into Central America before looking to cross into the U.S. 
Many of the illegal immigrants have been released into the United States, straining the infrastructure of small towns and major cities across America. Earlier this wee, New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-moves-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-to-high-school-gym-due-to-high-winds-forcing-students-to-switch-to-remote-learning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">placed illegal immigrants</a> in a high school overnight, a decision that forced students to leave early and switch to remote learning the next day.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-sending-millions-overseas-to-address-root-causes-of-illegal-immigration-its-not-working" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: Biden Sending Millions Overseas To Address ‘Root Causes’ Of Illegal Immigration. It’s Not Working.</a>

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-army" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Army</a> sent letters earlier this month to nearly 2,000 former service members fired under the Biden administration’s COVID <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vaccine-mandate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vaccine mandate</a> telling them how to correct their military records and pointing them to recruiters if they wished to return to the military. 
The letter <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-covid-vaccine-mandate-reversal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> sent out before Veteran’s Day and told the fired soldiers that they could change the characterization of their dismissal from the military because of the expiration of the COVID vaccine mandate. The letter also pointed the former soldiers to recruiters if they hoped to rejoin the military. 
“As a result of the rescission of all current COVID-19 vaccination requirements, former Soldiers who were involuntarily separated for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccination may request a correction of their military records from either or both the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB) or the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR),” a <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-covid-vaccine-mandate-reversal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> from Brig. Gen. Hope Rampy, Army Director of Personnel Management said. 
Rampy said that &#8220;individuals can request a correction to military personnel records, including regarding the characterization of discharge.&#8221; 
Over 8,400 service members <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/13/pentagon-back-pay-troops-covid-vaccine-mandate-00077902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were</a> kicked out of the military due to the vaccine mandate while thousands more had their requests for religious exemptions rejected. According to Task and Purpose, 8,945 soldiers, 10,800 airmen and guardians, 4,172 sailors, and 3,717 Marines were denied religious exemptions. 
The Army, which has struggled to meet recruiting goals in recent years, also suggested that the former service members could return to the military.
&#8220;Individuals who desire to apply to return to service should contact their local Army, US Army Reserve (USAR) or Army National Guard (ARNG) recruiter for more information,&#8221; Rampy said. 
A spokesperson said that the letters were required to be sent out after Congress pushed the Pentagon to revoke the mandate. 
“As part of the overall COVID mandate rescission process mandated by Congress, the Army this month mailed the letters to approximately 1,900 individuals who had previously been separated. The letter provides information to former service members on how to request a correction of their military records,” a spokesperson <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/military-letters-sent-ex-servicemembers-fired-over-covid-vax-mandate#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Just the News. 
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In response to the letter, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that the Army should provide the fired service members with back pay and an apology.
“Maybe an apology and back pay would be appropriate as well … Or even an admission that it was a really stupid and misguided policy. Will [the DOD] finally be transparent with their data on vaccine injuries in DMED?” Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1726987565323125109" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X. 
The Army <a href="https://apnews.com/article/army-recruiting-overhaul-college-job-hunting-cc2d8200467f3920e333197e42eee2ea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> short 15,000 recruits in 2022 and is on track to be short of recruits again this year.

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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a> producer is suing the network, saying it fired him due to his “refusal to report false information,” such as concerns about harmful effects of COVID vaccines. But Fox News says Jason Donner was fired for infractions including not showing up for work — which Donner blames, ironically, on the fact that the COVID vaccine made him sick for more than a week.
Donner, who was a Capitol Hill producer, filed a lawsuit in D.C. court in September saying Fox discriminated against him “as a result of Mr. Donner speaking out against the false news stories being published by Fox News and his political affiliation.”
One of those stories came in June 2021, when Donner was assigned to run a story on Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) raising questions about COVID vaccines. “Donner stated that it was dangerous to cover the story without interviewing a doctor for the opposing point of view,” the lawsuit said.  “Forced to cover the press conference, Donner reported accurately on the issue and thereby debunked/fact-checked each of Senator Johnson’s claims in his required story pitch. He was praised by fellow Fox staffers for presenting the facts but raised the ire of management.”
According to a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-johnson-letters-moderna-pfizer-vaccine">FoxNews.com article</a>, by other reporters, on June 28 Johnson held a press conference with people “who experienced adverse reactions to the vaccines and experienced &#8216;refusal or reluctance&#8217; from their doctors to acknowledge that their symptoms might be tied to the vaccine.”
Johnson said he was “pro-vaccine” but held the hearing because people who did experience ill effects were “having a hard time getting their truths communicated… without being censored.” He wrote to Pfizer and Moderna asking them to provide data about adverse reactions.
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Donner had other complaints. On January 6, 2021, when in Donner’s view Fox’s on-air comments did not sufficiently condemn what his lawsuit calls an “insurrection,” he called Fox’s control room and said, “I don’t want to hear any of this f—ing sh—t on our air ever again because you’re gonna get us all killed.” 
He said there were “reports of shots fired” — which was likely the sound of a police officer killing an unarmed protester.
In October 2021, Donner complained to management about Tucker Carlson’s coverage of January 6 and worked “on a story debunking the false claims.”
By 2022, Fox management said Donner was creating a “toxic environment” and needed “more self-awareness,” the lawsuit said. “Fox News’ management was pushing a far right-wing agenda in the news division, and Donner would not comply with their demands,” the lawsuit said.
In September of that year, Donner was fired, with Fox allegedly telling him it was because he was late for work and did not show up for work.
Donner said, ironically, that that’s because he had taken the COVID vaccine and had a severe adverse reaction — of the sort he didn’t want Sen. Johnson talking about without “debunking” it. 
“On September 26, 2022, Donner called in sick because he was recovering from the COVID vaccine that he had recently received. Donner had received the COVID vaccine the previous week, but fell ill from it. Despite being ill, he continued to work because he did not want to leave his coworkers short-handed. Nonetheless, by September 26, 2022, he was too ill to continue to work and so he called in sick. His body gave out on him because he had kept working while ill,” the <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/2023-CAB-006055.pdf">lawsuit</a> said.
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“On September 27, 2022, Donner’s supervisor… accused Donner of being irresponsible and challenged Donner’s work ethic, despite the fact that Donner worked past 9pm three nights in the preceding week while ill from the COVID vaccine. Essentially, [supervisor NuNu] Japaridze faulted Donner for calling in sick the day before when he was recovering from the COVID vaccine. The call ended with Japaridze hanging up on Donner,” the lawsuit said.
The next day, the D.C. Bureau Chief ”told Donner that he was fired because he was late for work and did not show up for work (presumably referring to September 26, 2022 when Donner called in sick),” the lawsuit said, alleging that “this was a pretextual firing based on Donner’s political views and affiliation.”
The lawsuit was filed in D.C. Superior Court, invoking the D.C. Human Rights Act, on September 27, and was moved to federal court on November 13.
Fox and Donner’s lawyer did not return requests for comment.

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Top lawmakers on the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations are asking for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> to provide unredacted documents on Saudi Arabia’s “role” in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/9-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9/11</a> as numerous records on the subject have remained classified.
In a <a href="https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/4A131859-DDBB-4A6D-8D88-EA7A76631F14" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) ask for unredacted documents so they can better understand <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/saudi-arabia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saudi Arabia</a>’s connection to 9/11.
“No one was more affected by these attacks than the families of those whose lives were lost on that day, and who have struggled to obtain accountability ever since. Our inquiry into Saudi Arabia’s attempts to influence U.S. affairs has underscored, yet again, the need for transparency, particularly regarding Saudi Arabia’s connection to the 9/11 attacks,” the senators wrote on Sunday, one day before the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people. 
The senators said that they had previously asked in July for “the U.S. government finally provide full transparency into what it knows about the attacks, particularly as it relates to Saudi Arabia’s involvement,” but had not yet heard back. 
They said that they asked again on August 8 for an unredacted copy of a record on “Operation Encore,” but had not yet received a single document from the FBI or the DOJ. &#8220;Operation Encore&#8221; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/11/senate-sept11-saudi-arabia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> the name given by the FBI to describe links between Saudi nationals and the terrorists who crashed the planes on 9/11. 
“Your failure to respond to our letter only adds to our concerns about the U.S. government’s longstanding refusal to provide full transparency to the American public, and particularly for the families of 9/11 victims, about Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 attacks,” the senators wrote. 
Blumenthal and Johnson said that if the federal entities did not respond to their new call for unredacted documents, they could turn to other methods to ensure compliance with their request. 
Families and survivors of the 9/11 attacks have long pushed for more U.S. officials to press Saudi Arabia on the terrorist attacks. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in July 2022, the families and survivors asked Biden to discuss the attacks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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“Please stand where no other President since 9/11 has stood, with the September 11 community in our pursuit for justice, and prioritize a full and complete discussion of the Saudis’ continued denial of their complicity in the attacks,” the families said in a <a href="https://911familiesunited.org/9-11-families-president-biden-must-demand-saudi-accountability-for-the-september-11-attacks/">letter</a>.
Although Biden has released some 9/11 documents, they have remained heavily redacted and lawmakers and victims have continued to push for more information.

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Senators Push For 'Transparency,' Unredacted Documents On Saudi Arabia's 'Role' In 9/11

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A pair of Senate Republicans want to know if <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nine-boxes-of-docs-taken-from-biden-attorneys-office-in-boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine boxes of materials</a> retrieved from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> office of a personal attorney to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> contained any pseudonyms or personal email addresses.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/johnson_grassley_to_nara_-_biden_records_follow_up1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> this week to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), asking whether the agency has reviewed the contents of the boxes obtained earlier this year from Patrick Moore&#8217;s law firm in Boston after allegedly being moved from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-hasnt-been-interviewed-yet-in-classified-docs-probe-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden&#8217;s former think tank office</a> in Washington, D.C.
&#8220;If so, did any of the Biden records discovered at Mr. Moore’s Boston office include the pseudonyms and email addresses listed below that then-Vice President Biden used?&#8221; they asked. The senators listed: &#8220;RobinWare456@gmail.com,&#8221; &#8220;Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov,&#8221; &#8220;JRB Ware,&#8221; and &#8220;67stingray.&#8221;
NARA <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notified</a> the senators in March that its staff had fetched the nine boxes from the Boston office at the request of the Justice Department in November as part of an investigation into Biden&#8217;s handling of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1100-pages-of-biden-docs-found-at-think-tank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified documents</a> currently led by special counsel Robert Hur. Grassley and Johnson had asked in prior correspondence whether NARA knew if the same email addresses appeared in any of the materials from Boston, but the agency <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-03-07_nara_to_grassley_johnson_biden_records.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that its staff had not reviewed the contents at the time.
Biden&#8217;s suspected use of fake names has started to gain more attention in recent days as a group called the Southeastern Legal Foundation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/law-group-sues-national-archives-demanding-federal-agency-turn-over-5400-biden-pseudonym-emails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> NARA to turn over approximately 5,400 records connected to Biden’s pseudonym accounts.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-seeks-records-of-biden-allegedly-using-pseudonym-as-vice-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter to NARA</a> earlier this month requesting all unredacted records and communications regarding Biden’s official duties as vice president that overlapped with his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine — specifically mentioning a document allegedly sent to &#8220;&#8216;Robert L. Peters&#8217; — a pseudonym the Committee has identified as then Vice President Biden.&#8221;
For years, Biden claimed to have never spoken to Hunter about his business dealings, but as GOP investigators have uncovered a pattern of millions of dollars flowing to members of the First Family from foreign nationals under suspicious circumstances, the White House has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-snarls-at-lousy-question-about-calls-with-sons-business-partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taken to saying</a> the elder Biden never did business with his son. Now House Republicans appear to be on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-biden-impeachment-inquiry-imminent-as-republicans-call-for-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cusp of starting an impeachment inquiry</a>.
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In their latest letter, Grassley and Johnson pressed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan to declare whether NARA is certain that the roughly 5,400 records that the <a href="https://www.slfliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/08/20230828-Complaint-Exhibit-4-Doc.-1-4.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agency told</a> the Southeastern Legal Foundation was potentially responsive to the group&#8217;s Freedom of Information Act request make up the &#8220;complete subset of records that contain Biden’s pseudonyms and personal email addresses used for official government business&#8221; if NARA staff have still not reviewed the boxes from Boston. &#8220;Please explain,&#8221; they added.
Other demands made by the senators include a request for details on NARA&#8217;s efforts to respond to the Southeastern Legal Foundation, including the review of the “approximately 5,138 email messages, 25 electronic files and 200 pages of potentially responsive records.&#8221;
The senators asked NARA to provide the requested information by September 12.
A NARA spokesperson told The Daily Wire that the agency received the letter from Grassley and Johnson but did not comment any further on the matter.

GOP Investigators Seek Boston Connection In Biden Pseudonym Mystery

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Senate Republicans blasted the “open border” policies of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> during a Thursday press conference, saying that his policies were allowing sex trafficking and the flow of drugs across the border.
A group of Senate Republicans <a href="https://www.republican.senate.gov/2023/07/20/senate-gop-why-doesnt-joe-biden-care-about-85000-missing-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tore into</a> Biden over the border, highlighting reports that the administration had been unable to make contact with the sponsors of roughly 85,000 children who had illegally come across the border and then been released into the U.S. 
“Of the 300,000 children who have been placed with sponsors in the United States,” Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) said. “In 85,000 of those placements the 30-day wellness call that is typically made by the Administration went unanswered. Not only does the Biden Administration not know where 300,000 children currently reside – whether they are going to school, whether they are getting health care, whether they are being recruited for gangs, whether they are being trafficked for sex, or just simply neglected or abused – the Biden Administration doesn’t know, and the truth is they don’t care.”
As record numbers of unaccompanied minors have crossed from Mexico into the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with about 85,000 children and was unable to make contact with the children&#8217;s guardians. According to an April <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the New York Times, many of these children are ending up as underage workers. 
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) said that Biden was culpable for allowing the illicit trafficking, referencing testimony about a young boy who was found left in the field with a phone number on his shoe. 
“We’re not talking about that enough. We’re not talking about the human depredation as a result of President Biden’s open border policy. His open border policy is facilitating the multi-billion-dollar business model of some of the most evil people on the planet,” Johnson said. “It’s about $18 billion we are funneling to these human trafficking, sex traffickers, and drug traffickers.”
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In June, there were 211,575 encounters at the border, meaning over 7,000 people were crossing into the U.S. each day. However, some analysts have said that this number is low, <a href="https://www.fairus.org/immigration-reform-news-press-releases/june-border-data-show-biden-administration-hiding-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that many others have been allowed to enter using the CBP One app or directed to other points of entry where they would be classified differently. 
“Those who are entering through these back channels illegally created by the administration are still illegal aliens and still impose the same burdens on communities and taxpayers struggling to cope with the impact of Biden’s policies. The June encounter numbers are hardly cause for celebration, but rather another example of the administration’s resolute effort to maintain an open-borders policy while claiming they are controlling it,&#8221; Federation for American Immigration President Dan Stein said in a statement.

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Republican Wisconsin Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> called for more whistleblowers to come forward and expose “corruption” within the media and the federal government as Republicans look into alleged Biden family corruption.
Johnson made the comments on Twitter alongside a video interview with Newsmax host Rob Schmidt, where he said that the FBI had interfered with his and Republican Iowa Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-grassley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Grassley</a>’s investigation into the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> laptop. 
“For years I&#8217;ve been saying there is a much larger story than Biden family corruption. The corruption inside our federal agencies and MSM is extensive,” Johnson wrote on Twitter. “We need more whistleblowers to come forward and tell us the truth. That is the only way to restore integrity and credibility.”
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For years I&#39;ve been saying there is a much larger story than Biden family corruption. The corruption inside our federal agencies and MSM is extensive.
We need more whistleblowers to come forward and tell us the truth. That is the only way to restore integrity and credibility. <a href="https://t.co/1H70XNO5HB">pic.twitter.com/1H70XNO5HB</a>
&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1673676867260280836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Wisconsin Republican added that he “took no joy” in investigating Hunter, but added that he was “concerned if then-candidate Biden would become president he’d be compromised, and he is.” 
Johnson said that the corruption in Washington is “breathtaking” and goes back years, pointing to the Obama-era IRS scandal and the exoneration of Hillary Clinton by the FBI over her email scandal, before focusing in on 2020.
“People didn’t like the fact we were investigating Hunter Biden and his connection to Joe Biden. The mainstream media literally printed more than 100 articles about how we were soliciting and disseminating Russian disinformation,” Johnson said. 
He then said that the FBI knew that the Hunter Biden laptop was “authentic,” yet they told him and Grassley that the two senators were being targeted by Russian disinformation. 
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IRS whistleblower Gary Shapely told Congress in a recently released interview that the FBI had authenticated Hunter’s laptop as early as November 2019. “The whole discussion was about: Can we rely on this information on the laptop, is it Hunter Biden&#8217;s? And their opinion was, it was, and it was not manipulated in any way,” Shapley <a href="https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/fbi-validated-hunter-biden-laptop-months-experts-falsely-claimed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the FBI. 
Johnson’s comments come as Republicans continue to investigate <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/no-biden-claims-ignorance-of-hunters-foreign-business-dealings-in-face-of-mounting-evidence-to-the-contrary/">alleged influence peddling</a> by the Biden family around the world, including in China and Ukraine. Newly released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-threatened-chinese-business-partner-for-payment-i-am-sitting-here-with-my-father">alleges</a> that Hunter threatened a Chinese business partner for payment by invoking his father. 
&#8220;We would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled,&#8221; Hunter reportedly wrote in a July 2017 text to a Chinese businessman. &#8220;I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.&#8221;
Just 10 days later, Hunter received $5.1 million from a Chinese official linked to CEFC China Energy, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Sen. Ron Johnson Calls For More Whistleblowers To Come Forward, Details ‘Breathtaking’ Corruption

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) got a disgusted sigh from Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner on Tuesday after he informed her that he had evidence that President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled son Hunter had spent thousands on sex-trafficked prostitutes.
Johnson joined the popular anchor for a wide-ranging discussion, and the topic turned to Hunter Biden&#8217;s growing legal woes — and the possibility that he could soon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-urges-feds-not-to-indict-hunter-biden-before-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">face indictment</a> from the Department of Justice.
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Ron Johnson: 
&quot;We have the evidence that Hunter Biden paid tens of thousands of dollars for prostitutes that were sex trafficked through an international sex trafficking ring.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/aKe1XcrZZ4">pic.twitter.com/aKe1XcrZZ4</a>
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&#8220;One thing we don&#8217;t talk enough about, I know President Biden&#8217;s just &#8216;so proud&#8217; of his son, but let&#8217;s — you know, we have the evidence that Hunter Biden paid for, paid tens of thousands of dollars for prostitutes that were sex trafficked through an international sex trafficking ring.&#8221;
&#8220;Ewww,&#8221; was Faulkner&#8217;s audible reaction.
&#8220;I mean — yes, ick,&#8221; Johnson agreed, adding, &#8220;And President Biden, during about a four to five month period, offered to pay for about $100,000 of Hunter Biden&#8217;s bills when he was spending tens of thousands of dollars on these women who were sex trafficked.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, that is at a minimum morally reprehensible and wrong, and the president is defending that?&#8221; Johnson continued. &#8220;And the media isn&#8217;t even looking into it —&#8221;
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&#8220;Well, wouldn&#8217;t that be a felony?&#8221; Faulkner asked then. &#8220;You&#8217;re doing business with a sex trafficking ring? That&#8217;s more than ethically offensive.&#8221;
&#8220;It is grotesque,&#8221; Johnson agreed, lamenting the fact that by and large, legacy media outlets wanted nothing to do with the story. He noted that the evidence supporting his claim — along with the financial transactions that he had mentioned regarding Joe Biden&#8217;s willingness to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/joe-biden-inadvertently-helped-hunter-pay-russia-linked-escorts-report/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">foot the bill</a> — had been included in his report, but that no one wanted to talk about it. &#8220;It&#8217;s just galling to hear the president talk about how proud he is of Hunter, and he enables this.&#8221;
The segment comes less than 24 hours after liberal Fox News contributor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/juan-williams-gives-impassioned-defense-of-hunter-biden-newt-gingrich-finishes-him-in-five-words" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juan Williams</a> offered a full-throated defense of both Hunter — who he said was simply an addict — and President Joe Biden, who he claimed was not guilty of anything more serious than acting as a concerned father.

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‘Yes, Ick’: Ron Johnson Grosses Out Harris Faulkner With Comment About Hunter Biden And Sex Trafficking

Ron Johnson Grosses Out Harris Faulkner With Comment About Hunter Biden And Sex Trafficking

Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/antony-blinken" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antony Blinken</a> lied to Congress about his communications with President Joe Biden&#8217;s son Hunter Biden, a GOP senator claimed on Sunday.
A <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-wife-emailed-frequently-hunter-biden-raising-questions-role-laptop-cover-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report</a>, which revealed emails sent between Blinken and Biden in 2015, led Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) to declare plans to release the transcript from a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/27/biden-adviser-ukraine-probe-disposition-403844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 2020 interview</a> in which Blinken allegedly said such communications never happened.
&#8220;Now, because of more information that&#8217;s come out, we know that he lied bold-faced to Congress about never e-mailing Hunter Biden,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://rumble.com/v2la562-ron-johnson-we-now-have-evidence-that-show-blinken-boldface-lied-while-unde.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said during an appearance on Fox News</a> — alluding to what would be a crime that could warrant up to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/what-happens-if-you-lie-to-congress.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">five years in prison</a>.
&#8220;My guess is, he told a bunch of other lies, that, hopefully, we will be able to bring him and his wife back in, tell them to preserve their records,&#8221; he added during an interview with &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo. &#8220;You cannot trust Joe Biden. You cannot trust Hunter Biden. You can&#8217;t trust the Biden family. You can&#8217;t trust so many of the people that they have surrounded themselves with.&#8221;
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Biden family co-conspirators inside intel agencies, DoJ, FBI, and the legacy media need to be exposed. They represent the greatest threat to our democracy.
More whistleblowers need to come forward. <a href="https://t.co/z4oRfH6Rmg">pic.twitter.com/z4oRfH6Rmg</a>
&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1652707089104396292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-wife-emailed-frequently-hunter-biden-raising-questions-role-laptop-cover-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported on the emails</a>, which showed correspondence between Blinken and the younger Biden in 2015, talking about scheduling a meeting at a time when Blinken was serving as deputy secretary of state.
The report also showed emails in 2010 and 2011 between Blinken&#8217;s wife, Evan Ryan, who has held positions in the State Department and White House, and Hunter Biden as well as Hunter Biden&#8217;s longtime business partner, Eric Schwerin.
Upon being reached for comment on Johnson&#8217;s interview, the State Department directed The Daily Wire to <a href="https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-april-21-2023/#post-439830-Misc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a recent statement</a> by an agency spokesperson to reporters and said the State Department has no further comment.
In the referenced exchange, a reporter asked Deputy Press Secretary Vedant Patel if Blinken disputed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-start-calling-for-blinken-to-resign-over-hunter-biden-laptop-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations that he played a role</a> in prompting an October 2020 statement signed by 51 intelligence veterans suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation. The report also asked if Blinken plans to respond to a GOP letter with a May 4 deadline.
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&#8220;That is not a State Department issue, so I don&#8217;t have a comment for you on that,&#8221; Patel said. Asked whom reporters should contact if not the State Department, Patel simply responded: &#8220;It is not a State Department issue, and I don’t really have a comment on this from the State Department.&#8221;
The White House, where Ryan currently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/us/politics/state-dinner-guest-list.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">works as cabinet secretary</a>, has fired back at GOP investigators. &#8220;House Republicans are weaponizing their power to go after their political opponents and re-litigate the 2020 election with misleading claims,&#8221; White House spokesman Ian Sams <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-wife-emailed-frequently-hunter-biden-raising-questions-role-laptop-cover-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News</a>.
Johnson, who for years has investigated the Biden family and raised allegations of corruption, said Blinken needs to be subpoenaed. But with Democrats in control of the Senate, Johnson pushed for voluntary cooperation and, if that does not happen, held out hope for the GOP-led House to issue subpoenas.
&#8220;We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to show how corrupt these individuals are,&#8221; Johnson said.

Secretary Of State Antony Blinken

GOP Senator Claims Blinken Lied Under Oath About Hunter Biden Contacts

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