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Government watchdog group Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Chris Wray on behalf of an FBI analyst, Marcus Allen. The FBI accused the analyst, Marcus Allen, of espousing "conspiratorial views" which they say "indicates support for the events of January 6th". https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Allen-v-Wray-Complaint-04536.pdf https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Allen-v-Wray-FBI-Suspension-letter-1.pdf https://www.judicialwatch.org/decorated-vet-and-fbi-analyst-sues/ https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-sued-suspending-analyst-military-vet-espousing-conspiratorial-jan-6

Twitter's Deputy General Counsel, James Baker, has been fired from the company, following revelations of his involvement in the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story. https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1600243756074049537 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1600237095364096000?s=20&t=5y3JfAb1IlfaACvbt7JxVQ https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1600240461070749696 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598836516553641989?s=20&t=i9Qgep25ZG1xeRjHnnbpSA https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/musk-fires-twitter-lawyer-over-alleged-role-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/6/elon-musk-fires-james-baker-over-possible-role-sup/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/12/04/six-degrees-from-james-baker-a-familiar-figure-reemerges-with-the-release-of-the-twitter-files/

Last week, an FBI agent testified that the bureau held weekly meetings with Big Tech companies in the lead up to the 2020 election, in an effort to censor so-called "disinformation" from their platforms. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-weekly-big-tech-ahead-2020-election-agent-testifies https://nypost.com/2022/12/04/fbi-warned-twitter-of-hunter-biden-hack-before-censoring-the-post/ https://nypost.com/2022/12/03/whats-missing-from-the-twitter-files-the-truth-about-the-fbi/ https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/doc-84---second-amended-complaint.pdf?sfvrsn=ddefcefa_2 https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/7827/7827_08.pdf https://www.ktvu.com/news/fbi-predicts-safest-election-yet-for-2022-mid-terms

The 11th Circuit court of appeals has overturned a district court judge's appointment of a special master, who was in the process of reviewing documents seized in the FBI search of Mar-a-lago this August. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23323310-221201-11th-c-vacate https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/appeals-court-shuts-down-special-master-review-mar-lago-documents?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/appeals-court-tosses-trumps-lawsuit-over-mar-a-lago-search-00071743 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-reverses-appointment-special-master-trump-documents-probe-2022-12-01/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/14/trump-motive-mar-a-lago-documents/

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump, three days after he announced his candidacy for President in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVybuMyA_tw https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-0 https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1552896/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5042068/president-trump-responds-appointment-special-counsel

In a press conference on Thursday, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), outlined their plans for committee investigations in the House of Representatives. They discussed the ongoing investigation of Hunter and Joe Biden's foreign business dealings, and how the Oversight and Judiciary committees would proceed under GOP control in the next session of Congress. https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/release/comer-biden-familys-influence-peddling-threatens-national-security/ https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Interim-Staff-Report-A-President-Compromised-The-Biden-Family-Investigation.pdf https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-4393-d7aa-af77-579f9b330000 https://republicans-judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/HJC_STAFF_FBI_REPORT.pdf

On Tuesday November 15th, before a Congressional hearing on Global Terror Threats, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) asked FBI Director Christopher Wray about the FBI's used of confidential informants at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. https://www.c-span.org/video/?524098-1/house-homeland-security-hearing-global-terror-threats

On November 3rd, Trump administration official Kash Patel was compelled to testify before a Grand Jury. His testimony was would cover the declassification of documents seized in the FBI's raid of Trump's home. https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-ally-kash-patel-says-compelled-give-federal-grand-jury-testimony-denies https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3719372-prosecutors-focus-on-trump-declassification-claims-in-kash-patel-testimony-report/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220425174208/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/business/trump-media-truth-social.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220425174245/https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=TRUMPMEDIATECHNOLOGYGROUP%20F220000023900&aggregateId=forp-f22000002390-e05d1087-0994-4cd9-b31e-91e39a24d511&searchTerm=trump%20media&listNameOrder=TRUMPMEDIATECHNOLOGYGROUP%20F220000023900 https://www.archives.gov/files/trump-pra-representatives-designation-letter.06.19.2022.pdf

An FBI official who worked with Facebook in 2020 to censor accurate stories about the Hunter Biden laptop is now giving briefings to social media companies about suppressing misinformation online. https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/doc-84---second-amended-complaint.pdf?sfvrsn=ddefcefa_2 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23129257-030122-cisameeting https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23175380-dhs-cybersecurity-disinformation-meeting-minutes https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23129270-fb-portal https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/fbi-hunter-biden-laptop-supression-disinformation-role https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/31/laura-dehmlow-fbi-censorship/ https://amgreatness.com/2022/11/01/fbi-agent-who-first-censored-hunter-biden-story-now-playing-a-key-role-in-administrations-misinformation-strategy/ https://freebeacon.com/democrats/fbi-officials-who-briefed-facebook-on-hunter-biden-story-are-dem-donors/ https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/ https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&contributor_name=dehmlow%2C+laura

Two different congressional GOP investigations have urged the Department of Justice to examine Hunter Biden's dealings with the Chinese energy company CEFC, which was tied to the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/47B0B666-3D40-40B6-897E-440857B0BD95 https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-26-Letter-to-FBI-HB-Associate-Jiaqi-Bao_Redacted.pdf https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2.%20Hudson%20West%20III%20LLC%20Agreement.pdf https://thenationalpulse.com/2020/10/27/biden-recording-spy-chief-and-sdny/ https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/hunter-bidens-chinese-secretary-who-urged-joe-to-run-is-new-gop-focus/ https://justthenews.com/government/congress/top-oversight-republican-calls-fbi-director-probe-hunter-bidens-ccp-tied https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-grassley-johnson-give-us-attorney-hundreds-of-bank-records-belonging-to-presidents-son https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/grassley-johnson-send-prosecutor-evidence-hunter-biden

A new report has documented evidence of 459 crimes committed by the President's son, Hunter Biden, as shown by the contents of his laptop. The comprehensive 630-page report was prepared by the non-profit watchdog group, Marco Polo. https://bidenlaptopreport.marcopolousa.org/Report.pdf https://marcopolousa.org/ https://www.bidenlaptopemails.com/ https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-bidens-laptop-documents-at-least-459-legal-violations-watchdog-group-says https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/watchdog-finds-more-400-alleged-crimes-documented-hunter-biden-laptop

A jury has found Igor Danchenko "not guilty" on all 4 counts of lying to the FBI. While Danchenko was on trial, John Durham's team emphasized throughout the proceedings that the FBI repeatedly failed to properly vet the claims in the dossier, and ignored evidence that they were likely fabricated. https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/durhams-denchenko-trial-goes-closing-argument-expected-final-day https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/john-durham-unmistakably-puts-fbi-trial-alongside-its https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/sunfrom-durham-cia-evidence-mounts-fbi-told-steele#article https://www.ntd.com/special-counsel-durham-takes-aim-at-fbi-in-closing-arguments-in-danchenko-trial_857422.html https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2020-04/RedactedHorowitzFootnotes.pdf

On Thursday, the Supreme Court denied former President Trump's request for intervention in the case of documents seized by the FBI from Trump's home. This means the special master will be limited to only reviewing the documents without a classified marking. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/101322zr_2d8f.pdf W. Bush records: https://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/george-w-bush-white-house-lost-22-million-emails-497373.html https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2009/01/transfer_of_bush_records/ Obama records: https://www.archives.gov/findingaid/presidential-library-explorer/list/bho https://www.wbez.org/stories/whats-that-building-why-this-hoffman-estates-warehouse-stores-barack-obamas-presidential-papers/403ad644-8934-4ee6-85d9-97812af484e6 https://www.archives.gov/findingaid/presidential-library-explorer/list/bho https://web.archive.org/web/20190219223019/https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/letter-of-intent-re-obama-digitization-project.signed.2.pdf

FBI analyst Brian Auten testified to Special Counsel Durham on Tuesday that the bureau offered Christopher Steele up to 1 million dollars to corroborate evidence in his infamous dossier on President Trump. https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/jurors-sworn-denchenko-trial-open-argument-set-begin https://technofog.substack.com/p/day-1-of-the-igor-danchenko-trial?utm_source=email https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/meet-the-fbi-analyst-behind-the-decades-biggest-political-disinformation-campaigns/

On October 5th, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter to the Attorney General and FBI Director, citing the concerns of "highly credible whistleblowers" within the department. These whistleblowers provided records to the senator indicating that "hundreds of FBI employees have retired or resigned because of sexual misconduct allegations against them and that they did so in order to avoid accountability" https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_doj_fbi_sexual_misconduct_allegations.pdf

Former President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in his legal dispute with the Department of Justice over documents seized during the FBI's Mar-a-lago raid. Motion: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23118467/read-trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-dispute-over-mar-a-lago-search-and-seizure-of-documents.pdf 1993 NY Times article: https://web.archive.org/web/20221004213849/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/14/us/some-bush-white-house-tapes-lost-archivists-say.html 2009 CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/lost.hard.drive.clinton/index.html https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-asks-supreme-court-intervene-mar-lago-fbi-case?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3673943-trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-legal-fight-over-special-master/ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/04/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-mar-a-lago-documents-case-00060300 --------------------------------------------- (This video was originally set to be uploaded on Oct. 5th, but Youtube locked this account for 24 hours without giving any warning or reason) Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-1879805

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has overruled the special master's request to Donald Trump's legal team, asking that they provide a detailed list of the documents they believe were planted by the FBI during the August 8th raid of Mar-a-lago. Raymond Dearie request: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.106.0_5.pdf Judge Aileen Cannon ruling: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.125.0.pdf https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-scores-another-win-mar-lago-case https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/filing-reveals-almost-200-000-pages-documents-found https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3656739-special-master-asks-trump-team-to-back-up-claim-fbi-planted-evidence/

Last week, FBI whistleblower Stephen Friend filed a complaint with the Inspector General for the Department of Justice, alleging widespread political bias and misconduct relating to the January 6th investigation. https://justthenews.com/accountability/whistleblowers/fbi-whistleblower-says-swat-teams-being-misused-j6-defendants-rights#article https://nypost.com/2022/09/21/fbi-hero-paying-the-price-for-exposing-unjust-persecution-of-conservative-americans/ https://nypost.com/2022/09/25/facebook-silencing-activity-related-to-fbi-whistleblower-steve-friend/

Judge Raymond Dearie held his first hearing Tuesday as Special master in the case of documents seized at Donald Trump's home in Mar-a-lago. On Wednesday September 21st, the 11th circuit court of appeals granted the DOJ's request for a partial stay pending appeal. Trump says "there doesn't have to be a process" for declassification.

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has appointed Raymond J. Dearie as special master to review documents seized in the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago. ORDER APPOINTING SPECIAL MASTER - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.91.0.pdf Dearie accepts special master role- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.90.0.pdf ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PARTIAL STAY PENDING APPEAL - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.89.0.pdf Government agrees to Dearie as proposed SM candidate - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.86.0_2.pdf Carter Page FISA application signed by Dearie- https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/4614708/Carter-Page-FISA-Application.pdf Kevin Clinesmith indictment -https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.221058/gov.uscourts.dcd.221058.1.0_4.pdf

A recently unsealed court filing by Special Counsel John Durham reveals that Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the baseless Steele dossier, was on the payroll for the FBI. Motion that was unsealed: https://www.scribd.com/document/594155360/78-Gov-Motion-in-Limine-Danchenko-Copy Judge granted motion unseal on 9/13: https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-09/gov.uscourts.vaed_.515692.81.0.pdf TechnoFog analysis: https://technofog.substack.com/p/durham-shocker-danchenko-was-a-paid

The Department of Justice has appealed a judge's ruling to appoint a special master in the case of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's home in Florida. September 8 filing by DOJ - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.69.0_1.pdf September 5 judge ruling -https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.64.0.pdf

A federal judge has issued a ruling granting former President Donald Trump's request for a Special Master to review documents seized by the FBI in their search of Mar-a-lago on August 8, 2022. September 5 ruling -https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.64.0.pdf Original motion- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.1.0_15.pdf Government response Aug 29- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.31.0_8.pdf