Steven Singer, Common Dreams Behind the story of missing text messages from the U.S. Secret Service and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, is a bigger scandal: Former President Donald Trump placed his loyalists in key executive branch positions for a reason. Many are still there. Trump’s Loyalists …
Read More »Secret Service Deleted Text Messages From Jan. 5-6, Watchdog Group Says
Text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, were deleted by the Secret Service, according to a letter sent by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to the House and Senate Homeland Security committees. Though the Secret Service maintains that the text messages were lost as …
Read More »DOJ, Civil Rights Groups Reach Settlement On Lafayette Square Protests
The Justice Department said Wednesday that settlements have been reached in four civil cases after protesters were removed from D.C.’s Lafayette Square during civil rights demonstrations in June 2020. As part of the settlements, the United States Park Police and Secret Service will “update and clarify” policies on demonstrations “within …
Read More »A $211,000 Trump Campaign Bill Was Sent To Collection Agency
The city of Albuquerque sent a $211,175.94 bill from former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign rally in 2019 to a debt collection agency. “In my mind, he owes us a lot more because there was about a day and a half where we couldn’t even function as a city,” Albuquerque Mayor …
Read More »Man Arrested Outside Of Vice Presidential Residence With Guns And Ammunition
A man was arrested Wednesday for gun and ammunition offenses near the official vice president’s residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington, police said. Paul Murray of San Antonio, Texas was detained and arrested after he was stopped by police near the Naval Observatory — the vice presidential …
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