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  1. Kash Patel Has ‘Slush Fund’ For FBI Loyalists, Democrats Claim

    Topline Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee told FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday they’ve received reports of…
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    newsbeep.com/596164/

  2. “We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the FBI as a personal slush fund to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen who have engaged in misconduct,” says a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin to Patel.

    ms.now/news/kash-patel-may-hav #KashPatel #FBI #SlushFund #corruption #JamieRaskin #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #HJC

  3. Mike Florio wonders if Rupert Murdoch’s political pressure leads NFL to dump Fox

    Fox has been an NFL broadcasting partner since 1994, but Mike Florio could see that longstanding relationship coming…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NFL #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #MikeFlorio #NFLonFox #RupertMurdoch #Sports
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  4. As political pressure on the NFL intensifies, will the league eventually dump Fox as a partner?

    Regardless of how it happened, it’s happening. For the first time ever, Congress is taking a careful look…
    #NewsBeep #News #NFL #antitrustexemption #AU #Australia #ClayTravis #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #rupert-murdoch #sports
    newsbeep.com/au/728533/

  5. House Judiciary Committee disputes NFL’s claim that “87 percent” of games are on free TV

    The NFL is very good at coming up with useful statistics — and then repeatedly hammering them. As…
    #NewsBeep #News #NFL #broadcasttelevision #broadcastTV #CA #Canada #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #Sports #TheNFL
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  6. Congress asks NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to testify about league’s embrace of streaming services

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been invited to testify before Congress as the league faces increasing federal scrutiny…
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  7. ActBlue employees took the Fifth in House depositions 146 times in probe on alleged donor fraud

    WASHINGTON — ActBlue employees invoked their Fifth Amendment right at least 146 times in depositions with congressional committees…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #democrats #fundraising #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #houseoversightcommittee #JamesComer #JimJordan #Politics #UnitedStates #Us #USNews #USA
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  8. Trump’s celebration of Robert Mueller’s death sparks scorn – and echoes of history

    EDITOR’S NOTE:  The final two episodes of “Standoff: The FBI, Power, and Paranoia” air Sunday, March 29, at…
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  9. Jimmy Kimmel Rips Pam Bondi Over DOJ Search Printout: ‘Delicate Balance Between Stupid and Evil’ | Video

    Jimmy Kimmel laid into Pam Bondi after it was revealed the attorney general seemingly had a printout of…
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  10. Bondi’s Paperwork at Epstein Hearing Suggests Trump’s DOJ Is Spying on Congress

    Bondi's notes at a House hearing included the search history of a lawmaker who has been reviewing the Epstein files.

    murica.website/2026/02/bondis-

  11. #PamBondi gets hit with NIGHTMARE news as #Republican #ThomasMassie floats CONTEMPT CHARGES for her by compelling people named in the files to testify, before Bondi completely loses it and tries to avoid answering any questioning during her #HouseJudiciaryCommittee hearing youtu.be/-biVhmM1kF4?...

    Bondi Gets News She FEARED Ove...

  12. Rep. @[email protected] (D-CO) sparred with Attorney General #PamBondi over a question about two offices within the #JusticeDept. that he says were “gutted” by the Trump administration. in the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee youtu.be/mwG_s3X2C1A?...

    Dem Rep.: ‘What’s happening at...

  13. LIVE | Epstein Survivors Speak Out at Press Conference | Trump | Epstein | US News

    - Members of the Democratic Women's Caucus are joined by Epstein survivors for a news conference ahead of the testimony of Attorney General Pam Bondi before the House Judiciary Committee #Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #PamBondi #AttorneyGeneral #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #DemocraticWomensCaucus #Congress #live

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  14. Trump ripped on the special counsel who prosecuted him, calling #JackSmith a “deranged animal” and hoping Attorney General #PamBondi is “looking into” Smith’s conduct. Trump made the remarks in a Truth Social post as Smith testified before the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee www.al.com/politics/202...

    al.com/politics/2026/...

  15. Jan. 6 riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress – NPR

    In this image from video released by the House Judiciary Committee, former special counsel Jack Smith speaks during a deposition Dec. 17, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
    House Judiciary Committee / AP

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    Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
    December 31, 20259:15 PM ET

    By The Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
    Special Counsel Jack Smith, seen here in August 2023, defended his work to House members Wednesday.

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    Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress

    The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee released on Wednesday a transcript and video of a closed-door interview Smith gave about two investigations of Trump. The document shows how Smith during the course of a daylong deposition repeatedly defended the basis for pursuing indictments against Trump and vigorously rejected Republican suggestions that his investigations were politically motivated.
    Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment against Donald Trump in August 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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    Special counsel Jack Smith says evidence against Trump was enough to convict him

    “The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit,” Smith said, bristling at a question about whether his investigations were meant to prevent Trump from reclaiming the presidency in 2024.

    “So in terms of why we would pursue a case against him, I entirely disagree with any characterization that our work was in any way meant to hamper him in the presidential election,” he added.

    The Dec. 17 deposition was conducted privately despite Smith’s request to testify publicly. The release of the transcript and video of the interview, so far Smith’s only appearance on Capitol Hill since leaving his special counsel position last January, adds to the public understanding of the decision-making behind two of the most consequential Justice Department investigations in recent history.

    Trump was indicted on charges of conspiring to undo the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, and of willfully retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Both cases were abandoned after Trump’s 2024 election win, with Smith citing Justice Department policy against the indictment of a sitting president.

    Smith repeatedly made clear his belief that the evidence gathered against Trump was strong enough to sustain a conviction. Part of the strength of the Jan. 6 case, Smith said, was the extent to which it relied on the testimony of Trump allies and supporters who cooperated with the investigation.

    “We had an elector in Pennsylvania who is a former congressman, who was going to be an elector for President Trump, who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government and illegal,” Smith said. “Our case was built on, frankly, Republicans who put their allegiance to the country before the party.”

    Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Jan. 6 riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress : NPR

    #AP #AssociatedPress #December172025 #DepartmentOfJusticeSpecialCounselJackSmithFinalReportOnTheSpecialCounselSInvestigationsAndProsecutions #Deposition #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #JackSmith #Jan6 #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #RiotJanuary6th #USCapitol #USCongress #WashingtonDC #WithoutTrump
  16. Jack Smith deposition: House Judiciary Committee releases video and transcript on New Year’s Eve – CNN Politics

    Politics 7 min read

    House Judiciary Committee releases video and transcript of Jack Smith deposition

    By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, and Casey Gannon

    Updated 9 hr ago

    Jack Smith, right, is seen during his deposition in a still from a video released by the House Judiciary GOP on December 31, 2025. House Judiciary GOP

    The House Judiciary Committee on New Year’s Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

    The deposition conducted earlier this month lasted more than eight hours, during which Smith was grilled by lawmakers over the twin criminal investigations into Trump – one probing the mishandling and retention of classified documents and a second inquiry into his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.

    “The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for nine of those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the 10 indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts,” Smith told the committee.

    Republican lawmakers have lambasted the investigations as alleged “weaponization” of the justice system against the president and his allies, particularly criticizing Smith for subpoenaing the phone records of lawmakers who spoke with Trump about the election scheme.

    Giving testimony was a significant risk for Smith as Trump has called for him to be prosecuted.

    CNN has reached out to Smith for comment.

    Here are the highlights of Smith’s testimony:

    Toll records were ‘very important’

    The GOP-led committee grilled Smith on his office’s move to obtain toll records from members of Congress, meaning phone records showing whom lawmakers had called and the time of the calls. Toll records do not provide the content of phone calls.

    Smith said that evidence was “very important” for showing Trump’s alleged criminal intent in the election subversion case.

    “Having a record that is a hard record about a time, and the timeline of that afternoon was particularly important because the violence had started. The president refused to stop it,” Smith said.

    “He endangered the life of his vice president, and then he’s getting calls, and not just – not calls from Democrats, not calls from people he doesn’t know – calls from people he trusts, calls from people he relies on – and still refuses to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol,” he added.

    Asked about calls from lawmakers for “accountability” because their phone records were obtained, Smith said Trump was ultimately responsible for their records being subpoenaed.

    “These records are people, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.”

    ‘Grave risk of obstruction of justice’

    Smith also faced sharp questions about whether his pursuit of lawmakers’ toll records violated the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which shields legislators from certain law enforcement actions related to their legislative duties.

    Smith said his team consulted with Justice Department experts and that he was not aware of court precedents that would have prohibited those subpoenas. He also defended the move by his office to obtain orders from court that prevented phone companies from disclosing to the lawmakers that their records had been turned over to investigators.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Jack Smith deposition: House Judiciary Committee releases video and transcript on New Year’s Eve | CNN Politics

    Tags: 2025, America, CNN, CNN News, Deposition, Donald Trump, Health, History, House Judiciary Committee, Jack Smith, Library, Library of Congress, Politics, Resistance, Transcript, Trump, Trump Administration, United States, Video
    #2025 #America #CNN #CNNNews #Deposition #DonaldTrump #Health #History #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #JackSmith #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Politics #Resistance #Transcript #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #Video
  17. The #Republican-led #HouseJudiciaryCommittee, led by Jim Jordan, gets instantly mocked after their social media account makes an insane post about Rudolph. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. youtu.be/PrlT-ckRYUs?...

    Republicans SINK As Embarrassi...

  18. #courts #housejudiciarycommittee #HouseJudiciary

    This should be the biggest new story in the country. The "Big Beautiful Bill" contains a provision effectively stripping courts of their ability to hold federal officials in Contempt of Court.

    Retroactively. Page 116, Section 70303.

    cato.org/blog/congress-move-st

  19. The threats have prompted the #FBI to create a stand-alone unit to investigate & mitigate them, according to a previously unreleased transcript of congressional #testimony.

    “We have stood up an entire #ThreatUnit to address #threats that the FBI employees’ facilities are receiving,” Jennifer L. Moore, then an exec asst dir of HR for the FBI, told the #HouseJudiciaryCommittee in June. “It is unprecedented. It’s a number we’ve never had before.”

  20. …#Lieu asked #Wray about #RogerStone, #ElliottBroidy, #MichaelCohen, #PaulManafort, #RickGates, & #GeorgePapadopoulos, all of whom were found #guilty of various #crimes in federal court.

    Lieu pointed out that all of the advisers were prosecuted by Trump appointees: #BillBarr, #MatthewWhitaker, & #JeffSessions. Wray, who was already leading the #FBI at the time, is also a #TrumpAppointee.

    #ChrisWray #DOJ #Justice #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics

  21. The CloWn HoUsE Holds Another Hearing: Grills FBI Director Christopher Wray on ‘Weaponization’
    Gym Jordan's House Judiciary Committee "grilled FBI Director Chris Wray about the alleged “weaponization” of law enforcement agencies against former President Donald Trump and conservat
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    #TheGQPClownHouse #ChristopherWray #Hearing #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #ShitShow

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