<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">Republican</a> Celeste Maloy easily defeated Democratic candidate Kathleen Riebe in a special election Tuesday for an open <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> congressional seat that was left vacant by the resignation of Republican Chris Stewart. 
Maloy earned 57% of the vote for Utah’s 2nd congressional district, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/21/us/elections/results-utah-us-house-district-2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winning</a> every county but one. In a victory speech, Maloy, who worked as a lawyer for Stewart, said she understood the responsibility of being a representative. 
“I want everybody in the second district to know that I really do want to be their representative. I want them to know me, I want them to know how to get a hold of me, and I want them to say, ‘That’s my representative, and I know she cares about the things that are happening in my town,’” she <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bo6eqwvhA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
In an <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/21/celeste-maloy-wins-utah-house-seat-00128421" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with POLITICO after the election, she said that Republicans needed to focus on issues like inflation and government overreach to win elections.
“I hope Republicans learn that you can still win running on the issues,” she said. “I think that’s a message that we should be using more nationally. We should be talking about core conservative values. The issues that divide Republicans shouldn’t be the center of all of our campaigns.”
Maloy, who was <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2023/7/24/23791698/celeste-maloy-the-country-girl-running-for-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised</a> in a single-wide trailer in Nevada, defeated former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes for the nomination of the state&#8217;s Republican delegates in June. Maloy was helped by the endorsement of Stewart, who stepped down to help his sick wife. In the September primary, Maloy <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/09/06/utah-election-becky-edwards-celeste-maloy-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">edged</a> out anti-Trump Republican Becky Edwards. 
“I know Congress is a bit of a mess right now and I feel like I can go and be helpful, and be a good solid member who is even keeled and low drama,” Maloy said. 
Riebe conceded to Maloy on Tuesday night, thanking her supporters for their votes. 
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“The voters of the Second District have made their decision. I just spoke to Representative-elect Maloy and wished her the best. I look forward to her advocacy on behalf of our state at the national level, and the pressing issues of water, affordable housing, and sustainable growth that face all Utahns,” she <a href="https://www.riebeforutah.com/blog/detail/election-night-statement-from-senator-kathleen-riebe/">said</a>.

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The FBI issued a press statement on Monday claiming that the 75-year-old Utah man — who was fatally shot and killed during a pre-dawn raid last Wednesday — pointed his firearm at federal agents while resisting arrest, thus leading to his death.
Craig Deleeuw Robertson of Provo, Utah, was shot last week during an FBI raid after the man allegedly made threatening social media posts against President Joe Biden and other elected officials. Robertson was <a href="https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/107284118-1691607605494-Screen_Shot_2023-08-09_at_25839_PM.png?v=1691607655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing</a> three felony counts including interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding, and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat. Details of the incident have remained scarce and the FBI has not released any body camera footage, but PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López tweeted the following comment from the bureau:
&#8220;The FBI continues to review an agent involved shooting which occurred around 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in Provo, Utah,&#8221; the FBI said. &#8220;The incident began when special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants on 75-year-old Craig Deeleuw Robertson at his home for threats to elected officials and law enforcement officers. Robertson resisted arrest and as agents attempted to take him into custody, he pointed a .357 revolver at them.&#8221;
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Robertson, who was visited by the FBI this past March due to other alleged online comments about District Attorney Alvin Bragg, allegedly posted onto Facebook the following messages in the days preceding Biden&#8217;s trip to Utah last week.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” Robertson allegedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-shooting-death-provo-utah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on social media on August 6, also allegedly writing that he was “cleaning the dust off his M24 sniper.”
On July 27, he allegedly <a href="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/9/23826196/fbi-shooting-provo-utah-one-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, “Hey FBI, you still monitoring my social media? Checking so I can be sure to have a loaded gun handy in case you drop by again.”
He also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/utah-biden-fbi-assassination-threat-ba3cc1d3b2f6cca8bd429febdcf04219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly wrote</a> on Facebook, “The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!&#8221;
Robertson&#8217;s neighbors described the man as non-violent and questioned why the FBI used such heavy-handed tactics against the overweight septuagenarian.
“If they were concerned his speech was going to turn into action, they could have waited to see if he was even going to leave his property that day,” neighbor Tim Rich <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/utah-man-shot-dead-by-fbi-agents-was-kind-person-who-posed-no-real-threat-neighbor-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire. “I’d bet my life Craig would have dropped an ill-advised post or two, and nothing else ever would have happened.”
“At worst, they had 45 miles between Craig and the president, more than enough time to get better information as to his intent — beyond just his online words — before taking such forceful action,&#8221; he added.
For its part, the FBI told Barrón-López it would not be providing further comment during its review.
&#8220;The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force officers seriously. In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBl&#8217;s Inspection Division,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;We have no further details to provide at this time.&#8221;
Robertson&#8217;s family issued a statement in part saying, “Though his statements were intemperate at times, he has never, and would never, commit any act of violence against another human being over a political or philosophical disagreement.”
“The Craig Robertson we knew was a kind and generous person who was always willing to assist another in need, even when advanced age, limited mobility, and other physical challenges made it more difficult and painful for him to do so,” the family added.
Leif Le Mahieu and Brent Scher contributed to this report.

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The 75-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> man who was shot dead by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI agents</a> on Wednesday morning for making online threats against President Joe Biden and other government officials was a pillar of his local church community and posed no real threat to anyone, a former neighbor and friend told The Daily Wire.
Tim Rich first heard of the incident through a neighborhood Facebook group, where households posted about hearing gunshots, and later that a SWAT team had raided the home of his friend, Craig Robertson. Rich immediately &#8220;had an inkling of what the nature&#8221; of the raid was — he was Facebook friends with Robertson and saw his political posts, which included one last week in which Robertson said he had to &#8220;dust off&#8221; his sniper rifle in preparation for Biden&#8217;s arrival in Utah for a political fundraiser.
Rich said he mostly ignored Robertson&#8217;s political rants. &#8220;I just dismissed it — he&#8217;s ranting again, voicing his frustrations,&#8221; Rich said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know how many friends he had on Facebook; I would imagine not many and that his posts weren&#8217;t going to many people.&#8221;
Robertson&#8217;s post about shooting Biden referenced his M24 sniper rifle. Other subjects of his Facebook threats included Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland. A post from September 2022 read &#8220;Death to Joe Biden.&#8221;
Rich says he was shocked when he learned the interaction ended with the death of his friend, and believes the choice law enforcement made to conduct an early morning raid led to the avoidable result.
Robertson was largely immobile — standing just about five feet six inches and weighing roughly 300 pounds — the elderly man would hobble around with a cane. He was known to drive to his church, which was only about 200 yards from his home. And law enforcement presumably knew all of these details — as Robertson had been under surveillance for months, and two agents had already interacted with him before the fatal Wednesday morning raid.
Rich believes that &#8220;busting in&#8221; to the home of a man that they knew had a defensive mindset was reckless.
&#8220;It seems like a much lower risk to detain or arrest in the middle of the day as he&#8217;s hobbling out of his vehicle or in a parking lot somewhere,&#8221; Rich said.
&#8220;If they were concerned his speech was going to turn into action, they could have waited to see if he was even going to leave his property that day,&#8221; Rich explained. &#8220;I’d bet my life Craig would have dropped an ill-advised post or two, and nothing else ever would have happened.&#8221;
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&#8220;At worst, they had 45 miles between Craig and the president, more than enough time to get better information as to his intent — beyond just his online words — before taking such forceful action.&#8221;
The man Rich knew was not a violent political extremist, but a &#8220;kind person who looked out for others, was interested to share with them his hobbies and would throw in a joke or a chuckle with every conversation.&#8221; Robertson was a skilled woodworker, and would regularly gift items to friends in the community.
&#8220;Chairs for friends and rocking horses for their kids,&#8221; Rich recalled. &#8220;He always wanted to show my kids the stuff that he was working on. I was very comfortable around Craig and felt that he was somebody who cared about the people around him very much.&#8221;
Last Christmas, Robertson invited Rich to use his workshop to complete a gift he was working on for his wife. Robertson worked alongside him for hours building the thread spool holder, offering his expertise.
Other neighbors who knew Robertson echo Rich&#8217;s perceptions — one man described Rich as a &#8220;teddy bear&#8221; to the <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/9/23826780/witnesses-fbi-kill-utah-man-threats-biden-social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deseret News</a>.
Robertson&#8217;s family says he was a &#8220;kind and generous&#8221; person who never had any intention, or even ability, to carry out the sorts of threats voiced on social media.
&#8220;The Craig Robertson we knew was a kind and generous person who was always willing to assist another in need, even when advanced age, limited mobility, and other physical challenges made it more difficult and painful for him to do so,&#8221; the family <a href="https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/1689870478452658177?s=46&amp;t=3Ufc6XMaHjZ4cNv1cDJXsg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;As an elderly — and largely homebound — man, there was very little he could do but exercise his First Amendment right to free speech and voice his protest in what has become the public square of our age — the internet and social media,&#8221; the family said. &#8220;Though his statements were intemperate at times, he has never, and would never, commit any act of violence against another human being over a political or philosophical disagreement.&#8221;
The FBI has not released many details on the raid, though an unnamed law enforcement source told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/fbi-shooting-utah-biden-threats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> that Robertson was armed. His family acknowledges that he was a &#8220;firearms enthusiast,&#8221; and references to his many guns were commonplace in his threatening Facebook posts.
In one 2022 post, Robertson said he had a &#8220;patriotic dream&#8221; about shooting California&#8217;s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom with his &#8220;suppressed S&amp;W M&amp;P 9mm,” according to the Times.
Accounts from neighbors to the Deseret News indicate that agents used a battering ram to bust through Robertson&#8217;s door, and also entered his house through the windows. His dead body was left outside on the concrete, covered only by a blood-soaked white sheet, the neighbors said.
Rich says he remains in disbelief that it came to this.
&#8220;I just can&#8217;t get over the fact that two agents interacted with him peacefully in the parking lot, surveilled him long enough to know his mobility, and didn&#8217;t come to the conclusion that they could easily intercept him should he leave his house,&#8221; Rich said. &#8220;We enter dangerous territory when the words we say are equated with active, physical intent worthy of deadly force.&#8221;

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Utah Man Shot Dead By FBI Agents Was ‘Kind Person’ Who Posed No Real Threat, Neighbor Says

Utah Man Shot Dead By FBI Agents Was 'Kind Person' Who Posed No Real Threat, Neighbor Says

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The FBI shot and killed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> man in his 70s who was accused of making threatening remarks online about President Joe Biden and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Craig Deleeuw Robertson of Provo, Utah, who was <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/fbi-shoots-and-kills-utah-man-wanted-for-biden-threats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> by the FBI as being between the ages of 70-75, was shot during an early morning FBI raid on his home at about 6:15 a.m.
“The incident began when special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence,” a statement from the FBI said. “The subject is deceased.”
Robertson was <a href="https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/107284118-1691607605494-Screen_Shot_2023-08-09_at_25839_PM.png?v=1691607655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing</a> three felony counts including interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding, and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat.
The FBI said they spied on the man and saw him “wearing a dark suit (later observed as having an AR-15 style rifle lapel pin attached), a white shirt, a red tie, and a multi-colored (possibly camouflage) hat bearing the word ‘TRUMP’ on the front.”
&#8220;I hear Biden is coming to Utah,&#8221; Robertson allegedly <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-shooting-death-provo-utah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on social media on August 6, also allegedly writing that he was &#8220;cleaning the dust off his M24 sniper.&#8221;
On July 27, he allegedly <a href="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/9/23826196/fbi-shooting-provo-utah-one-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, “Hey FBI, you still monitoring my social media? Checking so I can be sure to have a loaded gun handy in case you drop by again.”
In a post from September 2022, Robertson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/utah-biden-fbi-assassination-threat-ba3cc1d3b2f6cca8bd429febdcf04219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly wrote</a> on Facebook, “The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!”
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Neighbors <a href="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/9/23826196/fbi-shooting-provo-utah-one-dead" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> Robertson to Deseret News as being “overweight” and walking with a “cane.”
“I don’t really care who’s president, I don’t think it’s cool to make threats like that, whether they’re legitimate threats or not. Again, Craig, I would say, is a big story teller and likes the attention of big stories,” neighbor Cooper Robinson told Deseret. “So a man that sits at home all day, doesn’t have much to do, if he’s on his phone and is involved in politics and has strong political opinions, I’m not surprised that he would make posts like that to try to receive attention. I’m just hoping that the FBI has some more evidence besides Facebook posts to want to raid his house like they did.”
The Secret Service <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-fatally-shoots-man-utah-allegedly-threatened-biden-alvin-bragg-oth-rcna99083" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it was aware of the incident, and deferred any questions to the FBI.
“The Secret Service is aware of the FBI investigation involving an individual in Utah who has exhibited threats towards a protectee,” a statement said. &#8220;While we always remain in close coordination with our law enforcement partners, this is an FBI-led effort and we would refer any related questions to the FBI.”
The FBI’s Inspection Division is now investigating the shooting. Biden will be arriving in Salt Lake City at around 6:00 p.m.

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A member of Utah&#8217;s state education board is under investigation after she wrote several social media posts accusing schools of &#8220;grooming&#8221; and &#8220;brainwashing&#8221; children with gender ideology.
The board is investigating outspoken conservative member Natalie Cline over her recent social media posts and a possible violation of board bylaws due to a presentation she gave at a library, KSL <a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/2018287/utah-state-board-of-education-member-natalie-cline-under-board-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) firmly believes that children must be protected from inappropriate sexual material in the school setting,&#8221; the board said in a <a href="https://www.schools.utah.gov/File/e3c8fe70-8c9e-4ee9-beee-8afb2c486fe5">statement</a>
&#8220;USBE leadership strongly disapproves of recent social media statements by one board member that schools are ‘complicit in the grooming of children for sex trafficking’ and ‘brainwashing them into queer, gender bending ideologies,’&#8221; the board said.
The board was quoting a Facebook post from Cline that included a promotional poster for the movie &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; which is about a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-inspired-sound-of-freedom-fires-back-at-critics-its-kind-of-sick">former government agent&#8217;s fight</a> to save children from sex trafficking.
Cline <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/07/13/utah-school-board-condemns-member/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in her July 4 post, “Schools are not only complicit in the grooming of children for sex trafficking, but they are aiding and abetting this evil practice by giving kids easy access to explicit, unnatural, and twisted sexual content and brainwashing them into queer, gender bending ideologies.&#8221;
All of Cline&#8217;s posts include the phrase, &#8220;Not official USBE Board position,&#8221; which she was <a href="https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/board-of-education-releases-statement-regarding-members-controversial-statements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> told by the board to add.
The state education board called Cline&#8217;s comment &#8220;inflammatory.&#8221;
&#8220;Such an allegation against schools generally is inflammatory, divisive and unfair to Utah’s teachers, who put Utah’s students first every day and interfere with efforts to provide thoughtful solutions to difficult issues. We also condemn any harassment or discrimination against teachers or students on the basis of sexual orientation as provided by Utah law,&#8221; the board said in its statement.
Cline has been a board member since 2020. Since then, she has made a string of comments that have riled her critics.
She also gave a presentation at a local library last month in which she criticized schools for weaponizing Title IX to push an LGBT agenda. During that presentation, she <a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/2018287/utah-state-board-of-education-member-natalie-cline-under-board-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly</a> made a comment about the seemingly ambiguous gender identity of the education board&#8217;s family services staffer, questioning how the person could effectively advocate for families.
Cline has also <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/02/02/petition-remove-utah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Black Lives Matter is &#8220;indoctrination&#8221; and said LGBT students are &#8220;gender-confused,&#8221; sparking a <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/02/02/petition-remove-utah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition</a> to kick her off the state education board.
In 2021, the state education board voted to reprimand Cline for criticizing an LGBT welcome sign at a Utah public high school&#8217;s seminary building, which is connected with the Church of Latter-day Saints.
“Time to make some phone calls. The world is too much with us,” Cline <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/08/25/utah-school-board-member/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
In its letter of reprimand, the board <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/09/03/utah-school-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Cline she has &#8220;repeatedly marginalized&#8221; LGBT people.
&#8220;Your social media posts convey an attitude of prejudice, exclusion, and scorn for a population of students that suffers disproportionally with incidents of bullying, depression, and suicide,&#8221; the board wrote.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah">Utah</a> Republican Gov. Spencer Cox denounced three American medical institutions and agencies on Sunday as &#8220;politicized&#8221; when asked about the state&#8217;s decision to halt children accessing so-called gender-affirming care.
Cox told CBS&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1678064034724081664" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Face the Nation</a> that the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all become partisan on the issue for claiming &#8220;gender-affirming care&#8221; is clinically appropriate for trans-identifying adults and children,
&#8220;All very political groups,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I believe that they are politicized — those groups are politicized &#8230; on this issue. It&#8217;s impossible to get unbiased information out of the United States right now on this issue. I just don&#8217;t believe it.&#8221;
Utah passed a bill earlier this year that placed an indefinite moratorium banning doctors from harming children with life-altering transgender procedures until more data on its effectiveness becomes available, joining at least 18 other states that have also restricted children from accessing medical actions.
Cox <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/29/us/utah-governor-minors-transgender-care-ban/index.html">said</a> in a news release upon signing the legislation that it affects &#8220;our most vulnerable youth requires careful consideration and deliberation.&#8221;
&#8220;While we understand our words will be of little comfort to those who disagree with us, we sincerely hope that we can treat our transgender families with more love and respect as we work to better understand the science and consequences behind these procedures,&#8221; he said.
Cox told CBS that the state has yet to set an end date for the pause.
&#8220;This is such a charged topic that it&#8217;s been impossible — I believe — to get good information here in the United States right now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because half the country doesn&#8217;t want to touch it, and the other half is convinced that they already know the answer.&#8221;
The governor added that he has been looking to European countries as an example, where several have recently adopted restrictive measures on prescribing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transition surgeries for minors.
&#8220;Looking at Sweden and Finland and France and the UK, other countries where they don&#8217;t have the same culture war battles that we&#8217;re having here, where it&#8217;s, you know, it&#8217;s either too political or you know, you can&#8217;t say anything about it, to see what they&#8217;re finding out,&#8221; Cox said. &#8220;And they&#8217;re also pushing pause.&#8221;
Cox has been toeing the gender culture war line since Utah residents elected him two years ago.
Last year, the governor vetoed a bill that would have barred male students who identify as the opposite sex from playing female sports, citing research pointing to high suicide risk rates.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do,&#8221; Cox said, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-governor-becomes-latest-republican-veto-transgender-sports-ban-rcna21116" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC</a>. &#8220;But I want them to live. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.&#8221;
Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro roasted Gov. Cox last year after a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UWWY6NoK5I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> emerged showing the top state official sharing his preferred pronouns with a high school student during a virtual town hall event from the previous year.

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A Utah woman charged with murdering her husband and then writing a children’s book about grief is now suing his estate to collect the proceeds from his business and their house.
A new court filing <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/us/kouri-richins-utah-mom-husband-killing-estate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained by CNN</a> shows that 33-year-old Kouri Richins filed a civil lawsuit against her husband’s estate, seeking half of the equity in the couple’s home, which her attorneys estimated to be worth “at least $1.9 million.” The home was originally bought in 2012 for $400,000. While Kouri’s deceased husband, Eric, held the legal title to the home, mortgage payments were made from the couple’s joint account, CNN reported.
“Kouri is entitled to half of all equity in that Family Home,” the lawsuit says.
Kouri also demands around $2 million in proceeds from Eric’s share of his stone masonry business, which was sold after he died. The couple’s pre-nuptial agreement said that the business would “remain the sole property of the Husband” while they were married, and his “partnership interest in said business shall transfer to the Wife” if he were to die during their marriage.
The proceeds of this business, however, are being held in an estate managed by Eric’s sister. Eric had set up this arrangement with an estate planner prior to his death.
Kouri called 911 just after 3:20 a.m. on March 4, 2022, saying her husband wasn’t moving. When responders arrived at the home, they found Eric on the floor at the foot of his bed and attempted to perform life-saving measures. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kouri told police she and her husband had been celebrating closing on a home she wanted to flip for her business and that she made him a Moscow Mule and served it to him in bed. She told investigators she then went into one of her kids’ bedrooms, where she fell asleep after the child had a nightmare.
“(Kouri) said she awoke around 3 a.m. and came back to her and Eric’s bedroom. She felt Eric, and he was cold to the touch. That is when the defendant called 911,” court documents say, <a href="https://ksltv.com/548093/utah-author-arrested-accused-of-murdering-husband/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to KSL-TV</a>.
Kouri also told police that she had left her cell phone in her bedroom with her husband, but phone records later showed the device had been used multiple times in the child’s bedroom, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/09/grief-book-author-kouri-richins-accused-of-murdering-husband/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“In addition, tolls on the defendant’s phone show that messages were sent and received during that time. These messages were deleted,” said court documents reviewed by KSL-TV.
An autopsy revealed Eric’s cause of death to be a fentanyl overdose. He had five times the lethal dosage of the drug in his system, the medical examiner found.
Police immediately investigated Eric’s death and obtained a search warrant for Kouri’s phone and computers. They quickly found messages between her and an “unnamed acquaintance,” from whom Kouri allegedly bought the drugs to poison her husband.
Investigators interviewed the acquaintance on May 2, who at the time was already facing multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, as well as other drug-related offenses. Between December 2021 and February 2022, Kouri allegedly asked the acquaintance for “prescription pain medication for an investor.”
Kouri “told (the acquaintance) to leave the pills at a house defendant was flipping in Midway, Utah. (The acquaintance) left the pills at the house, and the defendant left cash for them,” the documents said, according to KSL-TV.
It appears Eric long suspected his wife of trying to kill him. Years earlier, Eric called one of his sisters during a vacation in Greece to tell her Kouri had mixed him a drink that made him violently ill, KPCW <a href="https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-05-08/summit-county-mom-arrested-for-husbands-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The sister reportedly told investigators that she believed Kouri was trying to kill her brother at the time.
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In January 2022, just two months before Eric died, Kouri attempted to make herself the sole beneficiary on a life insurance policy Eric held jointly with his business partner. The insurance company notified the two men about Kouri’s attempted change and was able to cancel it.
Eric then removed Kouri from his will and added his sister as a beneficiary to ensure the money he left behind when he died went to his children. His sisters reportedly told investigators that Eric believed Kouri would “kill him for the money.”
Yet Eric stayed. On Valentine’s Day in 2022, Eric again became very ill after having dinner with his wife, KUTV reported. Eric reportedly broke out in hives and couldn’t breathe after eating. He then passed out after taking a Benadryl and using his son’s EpiPen.
“Eric believed that he had been poisoned. Eric told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him,” a probable cause statement said.
On February 26, 2022, the acquaintance allegedly sold Kouri 15-30 fentanyl pills for $900. Just more than a week later, Eric died.
The day after Eric died, Kouri closed on a $2 million home she wanted to flip. Eric hadn’t wanted to purchase the home, reportedly saying it was too expensive. While celebrating the closing, Kouri allegedly assaulted one of Eric’s sisters, who went to the home while Kouri was throwing a party for the closing.
A little more than a year after Eric died, Kouri published a children’s book called “Are You With Me?” to help children cope with losing a loved one.

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A Utah public school district that removed the Bible from elementary and middle school libraries <a href="https://apnews.com/article/utah-davis-schools-bible-ban-reversed-54cdd932d2493eb4b73064f17c640db0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> Tuesday to reverse the decision, officials said in a statement. 
The Davis School District, located north of Salt Lake City, pulled the Bible from most library shelves earlier this month after a review committee decided only to make it available to high school students. But on Tuesday, after backlash over the decision, an appeals committee reversed the ban in a unanimous decision.  
“Based on their assessment of community standards, the appeal committee determined that The Bible has significant, serious value for minors which outweighs the violent or vulgar content it contains,” the committee <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/21/utah-school-district-returns-bible-appeals-outcry-00102830#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBased%20on%20their%20assessment%20of,along%20with%20school%20board%20materials." target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in its decision. 
Last year, the Utah legislature passed a law that allowed parents to challenge books available in public schools that contained “sensitive materials.” In December, the district received a request from an unknown individual to review the Bible. 
A review committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bible-pulled-from-utah-school-district-libraries-because-of-vulgarity-or-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decided</a> on June 2 to keep the Bible only in high school libraries, citing “age appropriateness due to vulgarity or violence.” Almost immediately, parents began filing challenges to the decision, with at least 70 people appealing the controversial call. 
“It is my firm opinion that the King James Version of the Bible is a historically significant, very important book of scripture with deep spiritual meaning for many people,” Brigit Gerrard, Davis School District vice president, <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/06/20/utah-school-district-votes-return/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“The magnitude of the value of the Bible as a literary work outweighs any violence or profanity which may be contained in the book,” she added. 
After Tuesday’s decision, district spokesman Chris Williams <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/20/utah-school-district-board-votes-retain-bible/">denied</a> that the initial request and ruling were intended to “intentionally manipulate” the state’s sensitive materials law, which is designed to keep “pornographic or indecent” materials out of schools. Williams said these accusations were “wholly untrue” and argued the review process is “thoughtful” and “respectful of varying perspectives.”
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Across the country recently, parents and some conservative lawmakers have been demanding the removal of sexually explicit books available to children in school libraries. In some cases, Republican-led states, like Utah, have enacted legislation to allow parents to challenge books that may be inappropriate for children.
“The Bible is the premier text our nation was founded on, and has immeasurable literary and cultural value,” State Representative Tyler Clancy told The Daily Caller regarding the decision. “In today’s divided times, we need leaders to stand up for basic Christian values and affirm the principles that hold our society together.”

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A Utah woman charged with murdering her husband and then writing a children’s book about grief allegedly made some incriminating searches after her husband’s death.
Kouri Darden Richins, a 33-year-old mom of three from Kamas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a>, allegedly searched for “what is a lethal dose of fentanyl” after her husband, Eric, died from a fentanyl overdose, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/us/utah-mom-husband-killing-court-documents/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Richins <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-wrote-a-book-about-grief-after-her-husband-died-now-shes-charged-with-his-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been charged</a> with aggravated murder and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after allegedly purchasing $900 worth of fentanyl and spiking her husband’s drink.
In addition to the search related to fentanyl, Richins also allegedly searched the phrases “can cops force you to do a lie detector test?” “Luxury prisons for the rich in America,” “death certificate says pending, will life insurance still pay?” “If someone is poisoned what does it go down on the death certificate as,” and “How to permanently delete information from an iPhone remotely,” according to CNN.
The documents containing the search history were released Friday. Her defense attorneys argue “there is no substantial evidence to support the charges” and that Richins should be released from jail before her trial.
Richins called 911 just after 3:20 a.m. on March 4, 2022, saying her husband wasn’t moving. When responders arrived at the home, they found Eric on the floor at the foot of his bed and attempted to perform life-saving measures. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kouri told police she and her husband had been celebrating closing on a home she wanted to flip for her business and that she made him a Moscow Mule and served it to him in bed. She told investigators she then went into one of her kids’ bedrooms and fell asleep there after the child had a nightmare.
“(Kouri) said she awoke around 3 a.m. and came back to her and Eric’s bedroom. She felt Eric, and he was cold to the touch. That is when the defendant called 911,” court documents say, <a href="https://ksltv.com/548093/utah-author-arrested-accused-of-murdering-husband/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to KSL-TV</a>.
Kouri also told police that she had left her cell phone in her bedroom with her husband, but phone records later showed the device had been used multiple times in the child’s bedroom, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/09/grief-book-author-kouri-richins-accused-of-murdering-husband/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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“In addition, tolls on the defendant’s phone show that messages were sent and received during that time. These messages were deleted,” said court documents reviewed by KSL-TV.
An autopsy revealed Eric’s cause of death to be a fentanyl overdose. He had five times the lethal dosage of the drug in his system, the medical examiner found.
Police began investigating Eric’s death immediately and obtained a search warrant for Kouri’s phone and computers. They quickly found messages between her and an “unnamed acquaintance,” from whom Kouri allegedly bought the drugs to poison her husband.
Investigators interviewed the acquaintance on May 2, who at the time was already facing multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, as well as other drug-related offenses. Between December 2021 and February 2022, Kouri allegedly asked the acquaintance for “prescription pain medication for an investor.”
Kouri “told (the acquaintance) to leave the pills at a house defendant was flipping in Midway, Utah. (The acquaintance) left the pills at the house, and the defendant left cash for them,” the documents said, according to KSL-TV.
It appears Eric long suspected his wife of trying to kill him. Years earlier, Eric called one of his sisters during a vacation in Greece to tell her Kouri had mixed him a drink that made him violently ill, KPCW <a href="https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-05-08/summit-county-mom-arrested-for-husbands-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The sister reportedly told investigators that she believed Kouri was trying to kill her brother at the time.
In January 2022, just two months before Eric died, Kouri attempted to make herself the sole beneficiary on a life insurance policy Eric held jointly with his business partner. The insurance company notified the two men about Kouri’s attempted change and was able to cancel it.
Eric then removed Kouri from his will and added his sister as a beneficiary to ensure the money he left behind when he died went to his children. His sisters reportedly told investigators that Eric believed Kouri would “kill him for the money.”
Yet Eric stayed. On Valentine’s Day in 2022, Eric again became very ill after having dinner with his wife, KUTV reported. Eric reportedly broke out in hives and couldn’t breathe after eating. He then passed out after taking a Benadryl and using his son’s EpiPen.
“Eric believed that he had been poisoned. Eric told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him,” a probable cause statement said.
On February 26, 2022, the acquaintance allegedly sold Kouri 15-30 fentanyl pills for $900. Just more than a week later, Eric died.
The day after Eric died, Kouri closed on a $2 million home she wanted to flip. Eric hadn’t wanted to purchase the home, reportedly saying it was too expensive. While celebrating the closing, Kouri allegedly assaulted one of Eric’s sisters, who went to the home while Kouri was throwing a party for the closing.
A little over a year after Eric died, Kouri published a children’s book called “Are You With Me?” to help children cope with losing a loved one.

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State attorneys general and lawmakers across the U.S. have responded to the disturbing revelations from Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walsh-undercover-investigation-catches-trans-health-care-providers-falsifying-patient-info-to-fast-track-sex-change-surgeries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">undercover investigation</a> into trans health providers. 
One attorney general said he stands “ready to ensure the law is followed,” while a representative who chairs the House Healthcare and Financial Services Committee called the findings “utterly disgusting.”
Walsh revealed Wednesday in a <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1666496308150951954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1666496308150951954%7Ctwgr%5Eb4f8d6745e2ca72979b7d0628983f55c54e4c004%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fmatt-walsh-undercover-investigation-catches-trans-health-care-providers-falsifying-patient-info-to-fast-track-sex-change-surgeries">Twitter thread</a> that two of the largest transgender health care providers in the country, Plume and Folx, appear to be rubber-stamping approvals for life-altering sex-change operations so insurance companies will cover the medical expenses. Walsh’s producer Gregg Re was approved for an orchiectomy — a procedure to remove testicles — after just a 22-minute virtual appointment with Plume.
The two health care providers assist patients in nearly every state, with Plume operating in 41 states and Folx holding a presence in 47 states. Walsh asked if medical insurance companies were aware that the transgender medical providers were sending letters of recommendation “based on obviously false information.” The Daily Wire reached out to attorneys general and lawmakers across the country to inform them of the troubling practices uncovered by Walsh and his team and give them an opportunity to provide comments on how their offices will address the issue. 
“Medical insurance fraud in any form is a very serious crime. But even more troubling are reports of physicians committing such illegal acts in blatant disregard for the law and the long-term health of many vulnerable patients,” Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes told The Daily Wire. “In Utah, we prioritize investigating and prosecuting these types of unethical and fraudulent cases.”
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti responded to Walsh’s investigation, saying his office wants to know if “any health care providers are cutting corners.”
&#8220;There is no political exception to health care fraud. If any health care providers are cutting corners at the expense of patients and state funds, whether it&#8217;s in pursuit of profit or ideology, we want to know about it,&#8221; Skrmetti said in a statement. 
Tim Griffin, the attorney general of Arkansas said, “Telehealth providers operating in Arkansas must, of course, follow our laws, and I stand ready to ensure the law is followed.”
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Plume and Folx both operate in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah. 
State- and federal-level lawmakers also responded to Walsh’s investigation. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told The Daily Wire, “It is incomprehensible that some health care providers are potentially breaking the law to mislead vulnerable patients and fast-track irreversible procedures. This isn’t health care — it’s forcing an ideological agenda.”
House Healthcare and Financial Services Committee Chair Lisa McClain (R-MI) said, “Only in a country that’s lost its soul can major sex-change surgeries be expedited like buying a fast-pass at a theme park. This is utterly disgusting, and we cannot continue down this path of insanity. It’s time America wakes up to reality and casts away progressive ideology that is literally putting people’s lives at risk.”
Tennessee state Sen. Jack Johnson (R) and House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R), who both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-bill-to-ban-sex-change-procedures-on-minors-advances-to-governors-desk">led the charge</a> to pass a law banning sex-change procedures on minors in Tennessee, said they were disgusted by what Walsh found. 
“These tactics make a mockery of the health care profession at the expense of vulnerable patients who are in serious need of mental health treatment,” Lamberth said in a statement to The Daily Wire. “If any provider is making deceptive claims for the purpose of defrauding an insurance company, that should be investigated.”
“Another disgusting attempt to label the mutilation of children as ‘healthcare.’ I appreciate [Matt Walsh] for exposing this deranged behavior. This is a real battle, and it is a battle we will win,” Johnson tweeted. 
Oregon Republican state Rep. Ed Diehl, who sits on the Oregon House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee, warned of what the implications of Walsh’s investigation mean for his state if it passes a radical abortion and transgender health care <a href="https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/05/22/heres-what-oregons-controversial-abortion-gender-affirming-care-bill-would-do/">bill</a>. 
“Under Oregon&#8217;s House Bill 2002B, doctors following these same practices, ignoring gatekeeping and quickly affirming life altering meds and surgeries, would be protected. The bill mandates that doctors can&#8217;t lose their malpractice insurance or medical license for performing ‘gender-affirming care.’ And, these surgeries are paid for by your tax dollars and insurance premiums,” Diehl <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_EdDiehl/status/1666621168034660353">tweeted</a>. “Our standards of care are not rigorous, and we are harming children and young adults.”

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bible</a> has been pulled from the shelves of libraries in a school district in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> after a parent claimed that it could be considered “pornographic.”
Elementary and middle school students in Utah’s Davis School District, located north of Salt Lake City, will no longer be able to find the Bible at school libraries after a district review committee <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-parent-upset-book-bans-gets-bible-pulled-school-shelves-expose-ba-rcna87450" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decided</a> to make it only available at high school libraries. 
School district spokesman Christopher Williams told NBC News that the committee chose to &#8220;retain the book in school library circulation only at the high school level based on age appropriateness due to vulgarity or violence.&#8221; 
The decision came after a parent, upset by a recent state law designed to keep “pornographic or indecent” materials out of school, filed a complaint against the Bible. 
&#8220;I thank the Utah Legislature and Utah Parents United for making this bad faith process so much easier and way more efficient,&#8221; the complaint said. &#8220;Now we can all ban books and you don’t even need to read them or be accurate about it. Heck, you don’t even need to see the book!&#8221;
&#8220;Incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide,&#8221; the complaint continued. &#8220;You’ll no doubt find that the Bible, under Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227, has ‘no serious values for minors’ because it’s pornographic by our new definition.&#8221;
Another person has already <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/03/22/utah-parent-says-bible-contains/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a complaint to put the Bible back into circulation at all school levels, not just high school. 
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The controversy in Utah followed a host of complaints around the country about sexually explicit books being available at school libraries. This has prompted drives from conservative lawmakers and parents to remove the content. 
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), for instance, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/library-group-frames-removal-of-graphic-sexual-content-from-school-libraries-as-record-number-of-book-bans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently </a>pushed to remove volumes such as “Let’s Talk About It,” which shows graphic depictions of how children can masturbate, as well as “Gender Queer,” which includes cartoons of homosexual activity.
In Virginia, a mother named Stacy Langton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-mother-who-exposed-pornographic-reading-material-in-curriculum-barred-from-entering-high-school-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was barred</a> from entering the school’s library after she exposed pornographic reading material available to Fairfax High School students. She made national news when she read from several books available to students that included graphic depictions of sex and pedophilia.

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A legal advocacy group led by former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-sign-order-to-end-birthright-citizenship-if-re-elected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump administration</a> official Stephen Miller has set its sights on five taxpayer-funded hospitals in Republican-led states that appear to be involved with gender transitions, demanding that they provide statistics about their operations on children.
America First Legal Foundation (AFL), which has outraged liberals by winning court battles finding that discriminating against whites is illegal, fired off Freedom of Information Act requests to hospitals in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Utah, and Virginia. The letters note that even European countries have moved away from providing gender surgeries on minors, raising the question of why conservative states were using taxpayer dollars to do so.
“For example, in 2021, Swedish hospitals halted the use of puberty blockers in five out of six clinics, with a single clinic only using them for clinical trials,&#8221; the letters state. &#8220;Sweden also now emphasizes psychotherapy for gender dysphoric minors instead of puberty blockers.&#8221;
Targets include the <a href="https://uihc.org/services/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-and-questioning-lgbtq-clinic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Iowa’s LGBTQ and Questioning Clinic</a>, which says it provides “post-surgical care for those who have undergone gender affirming surgery” and “gender-affirming voice services”—something AFL calls “brazen” in a rural state like Iowa.
Another is the <a href="https://childrens.uvahealth.com/services/transgender-youth-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Virginia Health’s Youth Transgender Clinic</a>, whose website shockingly says “we offer transgender youth health services for ages 11 to 25” and adds that “Our services include… puberty blockers … cross-sex hormones [and] referrals for gender affirming surgeries.” Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin won office in part for his stand against gender ideology in schools.
In Georgia, the <a href="https://www.gradyhealth.org/care-treatment/primary-care-centers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grady Center in Atlanta</a> says it has a “Gender Center [that] supports gender transition for transgender and gender non-conforming people.” AFL asked the Georgia Department of Public Health how many minors have been transitioned at Grady, how many had complications to their surgeries, and how many “desisted,” or change their mind, afterwards.
AFL said that Utah has passed a law placing an “indefinite moratioum” on puberty blockers and hormones for minors, but that the University of Utah Health’s <a href="https://healthcare.utah.edu/transgender-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gender Management and Support Clinic</a> has used a “loophole” to continue to provide services. Indeed, the university’s web page features a section titled “Health Services for Transgender Teens &amp; Youth” that lists “puberty blockers” and “gender-affirming hormones.” Utah’s legislature is about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-did-wyoming-kill-school-choice-deep-red-states-often-dont-act-like-it-data-shows">80% Republican</a>, though an analysis found that those Republicans often behave surprisingly liberal.
Then there is <a href="https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/gender-affirming-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio State University Wexner Medical Clinic</a>, which says it is an “academic health center” that offers “bottom gender-affirming surgery” as well as “facial feminizing surgery” and “prosthetics.”
Finally, in Cleveland, Ohio, Metro Health has a unit called <a href="https://www.metrohealth.org/lgbtqi-pride-network/kids-pride" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kids Pride Gender Care</a>. The unit says “the initial intake includes three appointments,” one with parents, one with the child, and the third with both, “to review what has been said and to discuss the next steps,” such as “their gender goals and interest in transitioning.”
The groups are likely to be sued if they do not turn over the records.
“While children and adults across the United States are being experimented on, the American public remains largely in the dark about these clinics and their insidious practices,&#8221; the foundation said in a statement. &#8220;America First Legal is determined to obtain documents related to the total number of minors treated by these clinics each year, data regarding puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones prescribed annually, and other critical data on these so-called &#8216;transitions.&#8217;”

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