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Police arrest alleged serial r3pist for m8rder of 15-year-old boy in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an alleged serial r@pist, Chidiebere Mbene, for the m3rder of a 15-year-old boy in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 18, 2025, said the suspect k!lled the teenage boy after r3ping his elder sister.
“The Commissioner of Police Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu _fwc MNIPS PhD, today 18th April 2025 commended the Nnewi community for their collaboration with the Police in apprehending an alleged serial r3pist, Chidiebere Mbene ‘m’ aged 33 years,” the statement read.
“The suspect is allegedly involved in the murder of one Nwokedi Michael Somtochukwu a 15-year-old boy in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area on 15th April 2025. The suspect also allegedly r3ped the elder sister of the deceased before he fled the scene.
“This development showcases the effectiveness of community policing and the importance of public cooperation in maintaining law and order.
“To this end, the CP has directed the immediate transfer of the Case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a comprehensive investigation.
“He also notes the Command’s willingness to continue to leverage on community support to effectively apprehend suspects as well as identify unrepentant criminals in the State.”
Source: Linda Ikeji
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NYT Strands Today: Hints, Answers & Spangram for April 19, 2025
If you are finding it hard to spot theme words in today’s puzzle, then you are in serious need of the Strands hints below. Those bored with sensational games like Wordle and Connections are turning their attention to Strands for a challenging new experience. If you happen to be one of them and are struggling with NYT Strands, we can get you sorted. So, to help you out, we have added the Strands hints, answers, and Spangram on Saturday, April 19, 2025, below.
What is NYT Strands?
NYT Strands is a word game created by The New York Times as part of its growing “Games” library. The aim of this New York Times game is to connect letters in a six-by-eight grid to form a bunch of words that share the same theme.
To get you started, the puzzle will give you a theme for today’s NYT Strands. You can use it to form multiple “theme” words which will be relevant to this theme, along with one “special” word called the Spangram. This is a word or phrase that spans the length of the grid, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, giving you the key to crack the rest of the Strands theme words.
The theme for today’s Strands can be relevant in many different ways. So, the puzzle keeps you on your toes every day with its intriguing set of theme words and Spangrams.
NYT Strands Hints for Today’s Theme: “___ a ___“
The theme for today’s Strands on April 19, 2025, is — ___ a ___.
If you can’t figure out answers for today’s puzzle, here’s a quick Strands hint — what rhymes with “make” and is used to convey a variety of actions like “a break”, “a seat”, or “a step”
Here are hints for a couple of Strands theme words to make it easy for you to solve today’s puzzle on your own without having to scroll down to view the answers:
- Hint #1: what’s a male goose called?
- Hint #2: a photograph that one has taken of oneself.
NYT Strands Spangram Hint: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?
The Spangram for today’s Strands on April 19, 2025, is mostly VERTICAL. It starts with the letters “TA“.
The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a phrase used to accompany a physical attack by whoever is speaking.
Spoiler Warning:
Scroll past this point AT YOUR OWN RISK. Hints and answers for today’s Strands below.
Today’s NYT Strands Answers for April 19, 2025
Today’s Strands Spangram Answer
The Spangram answer for today’s Strands on April 19, 2025, is — TakeThat
All Theme Words in Today’s Strands
Still looking for the theme words to get the answers for today’s NYT Strands? You can check them out below:
- HIKE
- HINT
- CHANCE
- GANDER
- NUMBER
- SELFIE
- BREATHER
Image Credit: NYT Games (screenshot by Ajaay Srinivasan/ Beebom) The answers for today’s Strands were pretty straightforward. I started off with the first set of theme words – HIKE and HINT. Once I spotted THAT, solving the Spangram and the rest of theme words was an easy affair.
What is NYT Strands Spangram and How Does It Work?
Every NYT Strands puzzle consists of a unique word or phrase that’s called the Spangram. This word or set of words will run the length of two opposite sides of the grid. One thing to note here is that, a Spangram doesn’t necessarily have to originate or end at the edge of the grid.
In its essence, the Spangram is kind of like a bigger hint that sums up today’s Strands theme in just a word or two. Since it spans across two sides of the puzzle, solving it early helps you figure out the rest of the theme words and vice versa.
Tips and Tricks for Mastering NYT Strands Puzzles
Solving an NYT Strands puzzle successfully isn’t that hard in itself, but in some cases, the approach might not be as straightforward as it looks. So, here are simple tips and tricks that we suggest you follow to crack the theme words and Spangram for Strands puzzles:
- Always start at the corners: No two puzzles are the same. But the chances of the Spangram extending to a diagonal form are quite low. So, the best strategy is to find and decrypt relevant words that are at the corners of the grid.
- Don’t be ashamed to get hints: Sometimes, a theme word could be all you need to solve the entire puzzle. If that requires getting a hint using non-theme words, then that’s the first thing you should do. After all, the point is to have fun and figure this out, like all of us.
- Think both literally and figuratively: Not all themes may land you in the same sense of thought. Some puzzles may welcome more clever answers that may convey something totally different from their actual meaning.
- Aim for the Spangram: The Spangram is what splits the Strands board in half. So, figuring it out will help you cross out other potential approaches for a theme. Deciphering even half of the Spangram can get you close to the rest of the answers.
Still finding it difficult to master the art of NYT Strands? Follow our guide and learn how to play Strands, along with more helpful tips and tricks.
What is the NYT strands theme for April 19, 2025?The theme for today’s NYT strands puzzle is – ___ a ___.
What are the NYT strands hints and answers for April 19, 2025?Today’s Strands puzzle is mostly VERTICAL, and the answers include different phrases that start with “Take a”. The Spangram answer for today’s Strands puzzle is — TakeThat.
What was yesterday’s NYT strands answer?The answer to yesterday’s NYT strands puzzle was – GamePieces and you can find the NYT Strands hints for April 18 here.
Source: Beebom
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Fire razes six shops in Kano market
Fire in the early hours of Friday destroyed six shops at Kurmi (Yan’ Jagal) Market in Kano State.
The spokesman for the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Kano.
He said: “We received a distress from Jakara police division at about 01:35 a.m. that there was a fire outbreak at the Kurmi Jakara market.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene to bring the situation under control.
“At least six shops were completely razed by the fire.
“However, no life was lost, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.”
Source: Ripples Nigeria
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Rep. Jamila Taylor’s Bills for Vulnerable Residents Enacted
Jamila Taylor. By The Seattle Medium
OLYMPIA — In a landmark legislative moment for Washington’s most vulnerable residents, Rep. Jamila Taylor (D-Federal Way) secured the passage of two major bills signed into law by Governor Bob Ferguson on April 16. Together, the laws modernize background checks for caregivers and ensure that all individuals—regardless of pregnancy status—retain full autonomy over their end-of-life healthcare decisions.
As Washington grapples with a shortage of qualified caregivers for individuals with physical or developmental disabilities, Rep. Taylor’s legislation, House Bill 1385, takes direct aim at one of the biggest barriers to filling these roles: slow and outdated background check processes. The new law enables the Washington State Patrol to formally join 35 other states in implementing the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, allowing for faster, more secure interstate sharing of criminal history records.
“We’ve got to get more qualified individuals into the workforce to make sure our developmentally disabled, seniors, and other vulnerable communities are provided for,” said Taylor. “At the same time, we need to make sure those who are working with our vulnerable communities are trustworthy, competent caregivers.”
By designating the State Patrol as the official agency for transmitting and coordinating background records, the bill streamlines checks for noncriminal justice purposes—helping qualified caregivers get to work faster while keeping standards high for safety and trust.
“This is a great example of using technology and collaboration to give our communities an added layer of protection,” Taylor added. “It ensures that the background check process remains fair, secure, and transparent.”
While HB 1385 addresses the structural challenges in workforce development, Taylor’s second legislative victory—House Bill 1215—confronts a long-standing equity issue in healthcare law. Until now, Washington’s advance directive form included a pregnancy clause that effectively invalidated a person’s end-of-life wishes if they were pregnant.
HB 1215 removes that exclusion, ensuring that pregnancy does not override a person’s legally documented healthcare decisions.
“In this Washington, we uphold the fundamental right of adults to determine the end-of-life care they wish to receive,” said Taylor. “Pregnancy should not be a condition that invalidates that right.”
Advance directives, created in consultation with healthcare providers and included in medical records, allow individuals to outline their preferences for care in the event they can no longer communicate. Taylor’s bill eliminates confusion and ensures that patient autonomy is upheld in all circumstances.
The law also clarifies that healthcare providers are not restricted from taking steps to preserve the life of a fetus when appropriate. Providers may still opt out of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment if they disclose their policies to patients in writing ahead of time.
Taken together, these two new laws reflect Rep. Taylor’s commitment to advancing equity and safeguarding dignity for all Washingtonians—whether through fairer hiring practices or affirming the right to make deeply personal healthcare decisions.
“It’s a small change that will ensure clarity, fairness, and dignity for all Washingtonians during the hardest moments of their lives,” Taylor said. “Even if they are unconscious or no longer able to speak for themselves.”
Source: Seattle Medium
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Leader of BCS remains His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu – Board of Trustees affirms
By Kelvin Obambon
The Board of Trustees of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has affirmed His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu as leader of the religious organization, stating that his leadership is permanent and is not subject to change.
This affirmation was made Friday during a press conference held at the BCS World Headquarters, 34 Ambo Street, Calabar, Cross River State.
A member of the Board of Trustees and Secretary, General Affairs, BCS, Senator Biobarakuma Degi, who addressed the press, emphasized that “the Leader of BCS remains His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, The King of kings and Lord of lords who was publicly anointed and crowned as the King of kings and Lord of lords 24 solid years ago by His Father, The Almighty Supreme Leader Olumba Olumba Obu to lead BCS. He is the Chairman of BCS Board of Trustees and Head of Administration, BCS Worldwide.”
According to Degi, “The World Headquarters of BCS remains 34 Ambo Street, Calabar and BCS pilgrimage place or destination is the Holy City of Biakpan.”
Read Also: Anambra: Valentine Ozigbo Sues APC, INEC Over Primary Election
He explained that “The attempt by the breakaway handful of disloyal persons to change BCS Board of Trustees failed as they were unable to satisfy stipulated lawful requirements.
“The certificate issued erroneously to the breakaway group led by Victoria Clarke had since been withdrawn by CAC through a letter dated 26th February, 2025.
“Accordingly, the current status of BCS remains the Board of Trustees composed of Leader Olumba Olumba Obu, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu and 10 others as obtainable currently from the CAC official portal.”
Speaking further, Degi said “The foundation of BCS by Leader Olumba Olumba Obu is divine. He laid it on a solid and unshakable rock. BCS Members, Corporate Organizations, Government Institutions and the general public are hereby advised to disregard the claims by the breakaway group and disassociate from them as they may still be tempted to be parading as trustees of BCS.
“We reiterate our mission of upholding the truth for the benefit of humanity and to spread Leader Olumba Olumba Obu’s gospel of peace and universal love for one another in fulfilment of the scriptures as captured in Matthew 24:14.”
In attendance at the press conference were other members of the Board of Trustees.
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Gabbard Exposes Alarming Biden-Era ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Strategy
Gabbard Exposes Alarming Biden-Era ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Strategy
Biden administration allegedly “censoring disfavored speech on the Internet by labeling such speech ‘misinformation,’ ‘disinformation,’ ‘hate speech,’ ‘domestic terrorism.’” ~America First Legal
Joseph Lord | The Epoch Times
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on April 16 fulfilled her past promise to declassify information related to President Joe Biden’s domestic counterterrorism strategy.
Dubbed the “Strategic Implementation Plan” (SIP), the 15-page-long document details the Biden administration’s findings and action plan to counter an alleged increase in homegrown domestic terrorism.
Gabbard released the documents in response to prompting from conservative groups like America First Legal, which expressed concerns about the Biden administration allegedly “censoring disfavored speech on the Internet by labeling such speech ‘misinformation,’ ‘disinformation,’ ‘hate speech,’ ‘domestic terrorism.’”
Coming in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, after which the Biden administration claimed that domestic terrorism was the greatest terror threat the United States faced, the SIP represents the government-wide counterterrorism strategy.
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Here’s what the declassified documents show.
Four-Pillared Plan
The plan in the declassified documents is based on four pillars:
- “Understand and Share Domestic Terrorism-Related Information,”
- “Prevent Domestic Terrorism Recruitment and Mobilization to Violence,”
- “Disrupt and Deter Domestic Terrorism Activity,” and
- “Confront Long-Term Contributors to Domestic Terrorism.”
The broad goals laid out by the plan included identifying and intervening with “potentially dangerous individuals,” “strengthen[ing] norms of non-violent political expression and rejection of racism and bigotry,” and increasing Americans’ “faith in democracy and the government.”
The plan called for dedicated research and analysis of domestic terrorism, including any potential links to international organizations or governments.
To the same end, it called for increased information sharing within federal law enforcement related to domestic terrorism.
Additionally, this pillar proposed that the government “explore” ways to identify domestic terrorism through financial activity, including through greater involvement with financial institutions and scrutiny of citizens’ financial records.
It also called for the government to “Enhance [its] understanding of how foreign state and non-state information operations, particularly disinformation, relate to the domestic terrorism threat.”
That’s essentially federal government parlance for analyzing the impact of foreign actors online.
The Biden administration and Democrats repeatedly claimed that Russian “trolls” were responsible for spreading disinformation and misinformation online.
Relatedly, the SIP reveals a plan to “implement evidence-based digital literacy programming to combat online disinformation and DT recruitment and narratives.”
The plan also calls for the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, among others, to “share with relevant technology and other private-industry companies, as appropriate and as expeditiously as possible and on a consistent basis, relevant information on [domestic terrorism]-related and associated transnational terrorist online content.”
It called for guardrails on information-sharing with technology companies, factoring in “legal, privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties review.”
Many conservatives have long been critical of alleged collusion between federal agencies and tech platforms, with many saying that the Biden administration sought to censor and deplatform conservative viewpoints in violation of the First Amendment.
Social Proposals
The final pillar of the plan, calling to “confront long-term contributors to domestic terrorism,” is laden with potentially controversial social proposals.
This section identifies “ghost guns”—unregistered weapons without a serial number, often created via 3D printer—as one such contributor, and calls to “[r]ein in the proliferation” of such weapons, “encourage state adoption of extreme risk protection orders, and drive other executive and legislative action including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”
It also called for “advancing inclusion” as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to “mitigate xenophobia and bias.”
This would be in order to “address hate crime reporting barriers faced by disadvantaged communities by promoting law enforcement training and resources to prevent and address bias-motivated crimes,” according to the SIP.
Additionally, the plan encouraged “teaching and learning of civics education that provides students with the skill to fully participate in civic life,” and promoting “literacy education for both children and adult learners and existing proven interventions to foster resiliency to disinformation.”
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We decided to give the final word to Matt Margolis over at PJMedia (worth a read): who summarized this shitshow perfectly:
The founding fathers would be rolling in their graves…
Let’s cut through the bureaucratic noise and call this what it really is: a systematic blueprint for targeting and silencing conservative Americans.
While Biden was preaching “unity” from his teleprompter, his administration was quietly crafting plans to turn Big Tech into their personal censorship machine.
Remember this the next time you hear Democrats pontificating about “defending democracy.”
They’ve shown us exactly what they mean by “democracy,” and it looks nothing like the Constitutional Republic our founders envisioned.
Well said, Matt.
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Colo. man convicted of posing as wife’s ex, stalking, and fatally stabbing her in the heart
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (TCN) — A jury found a 44-year-old man guilty of multiple charges, including murder, for posing as his wife’s ex-boyfriend, stalking her, then beating and stabbing her to death in their home.
On Dec. 14, 2023, Broomfield Police Department officers went to a home on the 3100 block of Promontory Loop for a welfare check and found 43-year-old Kristil Krug deceased inside. Four days later, investigators arrested her husband, Daniel Krug, on one count of first-degree murder. The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office formally charged him on Dec. 21, 2023, with first-degree murder, two counts of stalking, and one count of criminal impersonation.
According to the district attorney’s office, starting around October 2023, Krug reportedly began stalking his estranged wife and “carried out an elaborate scheme to impersonate a fictitious stalker, attempting to frame an ex-boyfriend of Kristil’s who lived in Utah.” The ex-boyfriend, however, had a “verifiable alibi” and police did not find any proof that he traveled to Colorado.
Daniel Krug reportedly bought burner phones, created fake email addresses, harassed her online, and “terrorized Kristil under the false identity.” Krug reportedly shared a photo from the fake account of him showing up to work “to support the illusion that someone was stalking both of them.” Kristil Krug became scared for her safety due to the stalking, so she started carrying a gun and taking firearm safety classes. Her kids knew about the stalker, and undercover police got involved to help figure out the person’s identity.
On Dec. 14, 2023, just before 8 a.m., Kristil Krug came home from dropping her kids off at school and entered her garage. Daniel Krug was reportedly “lying in wait,” where he “ambushed Kristil from behind, striking her in the head multiple times with a blunt object before fatally stabbing her in the heart.”
Daniel Krug reportedly tried to mislead detectives by sending texts from Kristil Krug’s phone to her brother and to a Broomfield Police detective about how she had been unfaithful. Those claims, however, were false. Daniel Krug used her phone to turn off the home security system and then covered the doorbell camera with tape.
Video footage showed Krug leaving the house at 8:24 a.m., which was about 30 minutes later than the time he typically left. He deactivated his car’s dashcam, then bought coffee before driving to work at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. He called and texted Kristil Krug at around noon, then called police and requested a welfare check. Officers arrived at their home at 12:28 p.m., and she was declared dead at 12:43 p.m.
The district attorney’s office said the evidence “pointed directly to Daniel,” including a phone being at the exact locations as his personal phone several times, as well as one of the fake email addresses being created on his work network. He reportedly Google searched on Dec. 13, 2023, “How hard would you have to hit someone in the head to make them unconscious?” and “How long can you be unconscious without brain damage?”
Krug’s trial lasted two weeks, and on Thursday, April 17, a jury found him guilty of all charges. The murder conviction has a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
- Broomfield Defendant Convicted of Murdering, Stalking Wife Following Multi-Week Trial – 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
- Promontory Loop Homicide Arrest, 12/18/2023 – Broomfield Police Department
- 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Files First-Degree Murder Charge Against Daniel Krug, 12/23/2023 – 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
Source: True Crime Daily
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Biden WH Cover-Up Exposed
Judicial Watch Lawsuit Forces Release of Nashville School Shooter “Manifesto” Records
White House Revisions to Biden Special Counsel Interview Transcript Revealed
Did Democrat Arizona AG Announce Trump ‘Investigation’ to Sway Election?
Public Pre-K-8 “Inclusivity” Books Push Gender Transitioning, Drag Queens
Happy Easter!Judicial Watch Lawsuit Forces Release of Nashville School Shooter “Manifesto” Records
We just received 112 pages of documents of the “manifesto” of the March 27, 2023, shooter at The Covenant School in Tennessee. The records were an interim release in response to our FOIA lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:23-cv-01483)).
The records detail the shooter’s violent thoughts, the targeting and planning of the shooting attack on the Covenant School, and transgender-related distress. The records show she considered an attack on a mall but did not pursue it because of the facility’s security measures.
The Covenant School killer’s ‘manifesto’ records are exceedingly disturbing but should have been released long ago. We appreciate the Trump administration’s transparency. These records may help Americans understand and perhaps better prevent and protect their schools and other targets from mass shooters.
Separately, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of retired Hamilton County Sheriff James Hammond and the Tennessee Firearms Association, Inc. (“TFA”) (Hammond et al. v. Metropolitan Govt of Nashville et al. (No. 23-0538-III)). The lawsuit is on appeal after a lower court upheld efforts to keep all the records secret.
White House Revisions to Biden Special Counsel Interview Transcript Revealed
Joe Biden’s handlers, including his White House lawyers, bent over backwards to prevent the American people from learning that he wasn’t up to the job.
We’re adding to the evidence.
Judicial Watch received 52 pages of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice showing White House staffers suggesting edits to transcripts of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur regarding his handling of secret documents.
We received the documents thanks to our FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records of communication between the agency and White House regarding the altered transcripts of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s October 2023 interviews of President Biden in the criminal investigation into Biden’s theft and disclosure of classified records (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:24-cv-02176)).
In a separate lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch, a federal court ordered the Department of Justice to declare whether it intends to continue denying Judicial Watch’s request for the full audio of former President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The Trump Justice Department has until May 20, 2025, to report its position on the release of the videotape. (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:24-cv-00700))
Also, previously in that lawsuit, we forced the Biden administration to confess that the transcripts of the audio recordings have been altered and are not accurate.
The new documents provided in this case include a chart of suggested changes by Biden White House and personal lawyers to the transcript. Also included are emails that detail Biden lawyer Bob Bauer’s requesting access to interview exhibits and a meeting with the special counsel to discuss the case. Justice Department official Marc Krickbaum confirmed most White House revisions to the transcript were accepted, including minor clarifications and changes potentially masking Biden’s confusion, such as correcting who said “Yeah” or altering references to Biden’s Delaware garage and President Biden’s seeming inability to recall the name of the Defense Secretary.
These documents provide an extraordinary insight into a cover-up of the White House of Biden’s cognitive challenges. The Bondi Justice Department should follow up with the full release of the actual audio of President Biden’s disastrous interview with the special counsel on his document theft and mishandling.
On October 12, 2023, Bob Bauer, personal attorney to Biden and White House Counsel for President Obama, writes to Marc Krickbaum, then-Deputy Special Counsel, and others, including several White House staffers:
Gentlemen:
Now that the interviews of the President have concluded, we would like to discuss with you the written presentations that we are preparing to aid in the resolution of this matter, as well as the schedule for their timely submission. To this end, we request a meeting for the purpose of hearing from you where matters stand in the case, which would enable us to focus our presentations on the issues it would be most helpful for us to address. The meeting would include both personal and White House Counsel.
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As you know, we also have an outstanding request for copies of the exhibits you provided in your interview of the President. We have noted that these exhibits would be necessary in our review of the transcripts of the interviews to check for any omissions or inaccuracies. We believe it is fair that we have access to this material at least for this purpose. This is one of the issues we would like to resolve at the meeting, along with an understanding for our planning purposes of when the interview transcript may be available for review in both audio and video form.
In a follow-up email, he corrects himself: “…the reference to ‘video’ can, of course, be disregarded.”
On December 21, 2023, Krickbaum writes to Rachel F. Cotton, Deputy Counsel to the President in the Office of the White House Counsel, and others showing the court reporter rejected some of the proposed edits to the Biden transcript
Dick and Rachel,
We had the court reporter who prepared the transcript review your suggested revisions. She accepted most of them. This table lists your revisions and then describes whether we did or did not make changes.
We may have to send the transcript itself on the high side [classified] next week. I will let you know when we do.
Thank you.
Marc
Some proposed transcript edits detailed in a chart produced by the Justice Department suggest that the Biden White House changes to the transcript might be considered an effort to cover up Biden’s mental confusion. White House suggests:
PRESIDENT BIDEN: The date is 4-20-09. Was I still Vice President? I was, wasn’t I? Yeah. Yeah.
Mr. Bauer: Yeah.
President Biden: Yeah.
On this entry, the White House attaches a note: “Audio indicates that ‘Yeah’ was said twice in succession by President Biden. Mr. Bauer did not say ‘Yeah.’
The court reporter records:
PRESIDENT BIDEN: The date is 4-20-09. Was I still Vice President? I was, wasn’t I? Yeah. Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: Yeah.
Other changes also seem significant. One seems to refer to Biden’s garage at his Delaware home, where secret documents were found.
The White House proposed this change:
were delivered my the garage
The court reporter records:
were delivered to the – my garage.
At another point, Bien might have been confused about the name of the Secretary of Defense. The White House proposedthis change:
Secretary of Defense? Gates
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: Gates.
A White House entry on that notes states: According to the audio, President Biden says “Gates” prior to the unidentified male speaker.
The court reporter records:
Secretary of Defense? Gates?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE SPEAKER: Gates.
The White House responds:
The court reporter inserted a question mark that is unsupported by the audio recording. It is clear that the President said “Gates” as a statement rather than a question. We ask that the question mark be replaced with a period …
Regarding that last entry and another, on January 3, 2024, Amish [probably Amish Shah, Senior Associate Counsel in the White house Counsel’s Office], emails Krickbaum:
Thank you for sending. We have reviewed and are fine with almost all of the court reporter’s responses. However, we ask the SCO to reconsider the attached two corrections on Day 2. Both corrections are supported by the audio recording of the interview.
On January 22, 2024, Krickbaum replies:
We will send a revised transcript of the President’s interview on yellow [higher security], and attached is a revised list of edits. For the two revisions you suggested in your last email, the court reporter adopted the second and adopted a slightly modified version of the first.
On February 28, 2024, an Executive Officer in the Special Counsel’s Office emails Free State Reporting:
Good evening. Would you be able to come back (hopefully, the last time) on Friday, 3/1 or Monday, 3/4 (the sooner, the better? There are more edits to the President’s transcript. I’ll have an exact number tomorrow. I’m getting the computer back so it will be blank when you arrive so it will need your software on it again. It got wiped when I thought everything was finished. I’ll meet you out front with a new parking pass. My apologies for the inconvenience.
It’s not clear what these last-minute changes were.
We have several ongoing FOIA lawsuits about Biden’s document scandals and the related unprecedented partisan prosecutorial and judicial abuses of former President Donald J. Trump. I will have updates for you as events warrant!
Did Democrat Arizona AG Announce Trump ‘Investigation’ to Sway Election?
Here is yet another example of “lawfare” abuse targeting Donald Trump.
Our open records lawsuit reveals that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes seems to have used her office for political purposes in threatening a prosecution of President Trump on the eve of the 2024 presidential election (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Kris Mayes et al (No. CV 2025 00675)). Only one document was found (and kept secret) relating to a criminal investigation, while dozens of media-related documents were revealed.
In an October 31, 2024, interview with Tucker Carlson at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Trump said of Liz Cheney: “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.’ “
On November 1, 2024, Mayes, a Democrat, said during the taping of the Channel 12 “Sunday Square-Off” news show: “I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona’s laws.” She conducted multiple media interviews within days of the election.
Mayes’ office provided comments to CBS, NBC, CNN, AZ Family, Forbes, Fox, News Nation, Sky View Networks, Law and Crime News Network, Newsweek, and Reuters in what appears to be an attempt to paint Donald Trump as a criminal shortly before the election.
The records show the threatened “investigation” of President Trump was merely an oral request from the Arizona General Mayes to a top staffer to evaluate the Liz Cheney statement. The only record of the investigation that exists is a 3-page memo from the Attorney General’s criminal division chief back to Mayes, which the Court reviewed in camera and determined was protected attorney work product and therefore can be withheld. Presumably (and probably from media sources) the memo declined to open a more substantial investigation or initiate a prosecution.
The lack of records further supports our theory that the investigation—purportedly launched on the Friday before the 2024 presidential election and dropped shortly thereafter—was a sham to try to influence the outcome of the election in an important swing state.
Mayes ended the “investigation” on November 13, 2024, telling the Arizona Republic that Trump’s comment “very likely may have been an effort to intimidate Cheney” but the investigation showed there was “no reasonable likelihood that we could obtain a conviction for Trump’s statements. We think it’s equally likely a reasonable person could conclude Trump was discussing war, and Liz Cheney not wanting to go to war.”
We filed our lawsuit in the Superior Court for the State of Arizona, Maricopa County, this past January after Mayes’ office failed to comply with a November 12, 2024, Arizona Public Records Act request for records regarding Mayes’ office and/or the criminal division chief analyzing Trump’s statement as qualifying as a death threat; the determination whether the statement was analyzed to be a violation of Arizona and/or federal law; the costs to carry out the investigation; and any documents in which Mayes addresses the limits of free speech as addressed in the First Amendment.
(Additionally, we asked for records regarding the dismissal of criminal charges against Arizona citizen Rebekah Massie, who was arrested during an August 20, 2024, Surprise City Council meeting after she criticized a proposed pay increase for the city attorney.
Maricopa County Judge Gerald Williams dismissed with prejudice the trespassing charge against Massie, writing: “No branch of any federal, state, or local government in this country should ever attempt to control the content of political speech. In this case, the government did so in a manner that was objectively outrageous.”)
Public Pre-K-8 “Inclusivity” Books Push Gender Transitioning, Drag Queens
Public schools in Maryland, right next door to the nation’s capital, are definitely promoting left-wing extremist and anti-American ideas to children as young as pre-kindergarten. Our Corruption Chronicles blog has the details.
Leftwing activism has run amok in two Maryland public school districts with “inclusivity” books for elementary students that champion gender transitioning, drag queens and children’s pronoun preferences and a high school student suspended for questioning why all his classrooms do not have an American flag as state law requires. The taxpayer-funded districts are situated about an hour apart but practice the same woke ideology that has gripped academic institutions throughout the United States, a leftist conditioning that President Trump has vowed to abolish. An executive order issued in late January states that federal funding and support will be eliminated for indoctrination in K-12 schools, including based on gender ideology and discriminatory equity ideology and that parental rights will be protected. “Young men and women are made to question whether they were born in the wrong body and whether to view their parents and their reality as enemies to be blamed,” Trump’s order reads. “These practices not only erode critical thinking but also sow division, confusion, and distrust, which undermine the very foundations of personal identity and family unity.”
The order’s language is especially relevant to the first case, which involves Maryland’s largest school district,Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), with about 160,000 students in 210 campuses located a short distance from Washington D.C. In 2022 the Montgomery County Board of Education announced that students in pre-K through eighth grade would use over 20 new “inclusivity” books that promote gay pride parades, gender transitioning and pronoun preferences for kids. One book directs three and four-year-olds to search for images from a list of words that includes intersex flag, drag queen and underwear as well as the name of a celebrated LGBTQ sex worker turned activist. Other books promote gender transitioning for children, stating that it does not have to make sense and that doctors only guess when identifying a newborn’s gender. When education officials announced the district would use the pride storybooks, it assured concerned parents they would be notified so they could opt out their children. A year later the policy changed, so parents would no longer be warned.
A group of Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian parents sued, and a federal district court and a court of appeals ruled against them so they petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed earlier this year to hear their case. A Washington D.C. nonprofit dedicated to protecting the free expression of all faiths represents the concerned parents and will argue before the nation’s highest court on April 22. Upholding parental rights meant that children would not be subjected to age-inappropriate instruction against their parents’ wishes, but the policy change denies parents the right to decide when their elementary-aged children are exposed to books promoting transgender and queer ideology, attorneys for the group say. “The Board cannot refuse parents who want to opt their children out of instruction that violates their religious beliefs on sensitive matters,” the nonprofit representing the parents further points out, adding that it is “unlawfully coming between parents and their kids and targeting them because of their religious beliefs about gender and sexuality.” That violates both Maryland law and the school board’s own policies as well as the U.S. Constitution, the religious freedom charity asserts.
In the other case, a high school student about an hour away in Baltimore County was suspended for seven days over his patriotism. The 18-year-old, Parker Jensen, who has enlisted in the military, is a senior at Towson High School and got punished for questioning why all the classrooms in his campus do not have an American flag even though Maryland law says every classroom must have one. When school administrators failed to provide an explanation, Jensen drove to the Baltimore County Board of Education headquarters to ask about the flag violation and district officials called the police on him, according to a local news report. The high school senior was subsequently suspended for seven days. This month Jensen filed a lawsuit against Baltimore County Public Schools claiming that the district violated his Constitutional rights when it suspended him for inquiring about missing American flags in public school classrooms. “He was summarily suspended without any due process whatsoever, which every student in Baltimore County and Maryland has the right to and they stripped him of that within five seconds,” said Jensen’s attorney, who assures the student’s Constitutional rights were violated.
Happy Easter!
“Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” ~ Clarence W. Hall
In this season, Christians around the world are celebrating the resurrection of Christ. There are no more powerful symbols of hope than the cross and the empty tomb. From me and mine, I wish you and yours all the joy of Easter! For those celebrating Passover, I wish you a Happy Passover, as well!
Until next week,
Source: Judicial Watch
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Congressmen sound alarm over data privacy following 23andMe bankruptcy
Three congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are raising concerns over data privacy weeks after the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, putting millions of customers’ personal information up for sale.
The Republican representatives — Brett Guthrie from Kentucky, Gus Bilirakis from Florida and Gary Palmer from Alaska — sent a letter to 23andMe interim Chief Executive Joe Selsavage on Thursday requesting answers to several questions by May 1.
The questions revolve around the fate of 23andMe’s genetic database, which includes DNA information from more than 15 million people. The congressmen asked the company how it would protect the data in an event of a sale and how it would vet potential buyers.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
23andMe declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March and received authorization from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to sell substantially all its assets. The company, founded in 2006 and once valued at $6 billion, popularized at-home DNA test kits and spurred a trend of ancestry hunting and amateur criminal investigations.
But the venture failed to establish a sustainable business model, and as it struggles to stay afloat, experts, customers and government officials are worried genetic information could fall into the wrong hands.
“Given the lack of HIPAA protections, the patchwork of state laws covering genetic privacy, and the uncertainty surrounding what happens to customer information should a sale of the company or customer data and information transpire, we are concerned that this trove of sensitive information is at risk of being compromised,” the Energy and Commerce letter said.
Though any buyer of 23andMe must agree to comply with the company’s privacy policy, that policy can be unilaterally changed at any time, according to Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
“I would be very concerned if I had given a swab to 23andMe,” Geoghegan said. “There is little we can do to control what happens to it.”
The bankruptcy filing prompted California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to issue a consumer alert urging customers to delete the data they had provided to the company.
“Given 23andMe’s reported financial distress, I remind Californians to consider invoking their rights and destroy any samples of genetic material held by the company,” Bonta wrote.
The 23andMe website crashed following the warning as customers rushed to log in, the Wall Street Journal reported. Thursday’s letter raised the issue, noting that “customers are experiencing issues accessing and deleting their data.”
Guthrie, Bilirakis and Palmer are the latest government officials to voice concern over the situation. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Federal Trade Commission have also sent letters to 23andMe recently inquiring about data protection.
23andMe issued an open letter to customers in late March assuring them that their data would remain protected in the event of a sale.
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