FBI arrests radical Democrat on Boston City Council in connection with bogus kickback scheme



The FBI hauled away one of the radical Democrats on the Boston City Council Friday morning on public corruption charges.

Steve Kelleher, FBI assistant special agent in charge in Boston, revealed at a press conference that Democratic Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who represents District 7, was arrested without incident outside her home in Dorchester.

Anderson, an attendee and defender of Mayor Michelle Wu's racially segregated 2023 holiday party and a former illegal alien who avoided deportation, faces five federal counts of wire fraud and one federal count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.

According to the federal indictment, Anderson — who previously hired her son and sister as salaried employees despite a prohibition against hiring immediate family members, then topped up their salaries by tens of thousands of dollars — allegedly:

defrauded the City of Boston by (A) conceiving and proposing an arrangement whereby Staff Member A would receive additional compensation but would kickback most of this bonus pay; (b) providing materially false and misleading information related to Staff Member A, and related to a bonus payment to be awarded to Staff Member A; (c) omitting material information regarding the bonus payment to be paid to Staff Member A; and (d) accepting approximately $7,000 in cash from Staff Member A pursuant to a concealed bonus kickback arrangement between FERNANDES ANDERSON and Staff Member A.

The unnamed staff member is one of Anderson's relatives.

'This was a situation of her own making.'

"Despite the fact that she was under investigation by the state ethics commission, Ms. Fernandes Anderson hired another family member on her staff at Boston City Hall to handle constituent service," U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said at the press conference. "That staff member was related to her. But Ms. Fernandes Anderson falsely represented to City Hall that there was no familial relationship."

In the lead-up to the alleged kickback scheme for which Anderson apparently required her accomplice to sign a nondisclosure agreement, the Democratic councilor was dodging monthly rent and car payments, facing an impending $5,000 civil penalty from the Ethics Commission, and racking up significant bank overdraft fees, all despite making over $103,000 a year.

Concerning her arrest Friday, Kelleher told reporters, "This was a situation of her own making."

FBI Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen said in a statement, "Using public office for personal gain is a crime, plan and simple."

"Her behavior, as alleged in today's indictment, is a slap in the face to the hardworking taxpayers in the city of Boston who have every right to expect that the city's funds are in good and honest hands," added Cohen.

Anderson, who chairs the council's civil rights, racial equity, and immigrant advancement committee, previously courted controversy by:

  • refusing to properly take the oath of office;
  • marrying a convicted murderer in prison;
  • calling the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians a "military operation" after blocking the passage of a resolution affirming the city's solidarity with Israel;
  • violating American immigration law and nearly getting deported back to Cape Verde before becoming a citizen in 2019; and
  • failing to disclose campaign committee deposits in a timely manner and accepting contributions in excess of state limits.

The Associated Press indicated that Wu suggested Anderson should resign.

"Like any member of the community, Councilor Fernandes Anderson has the right to a fair legal process. But the serious nature of these charges undermine[s] the public trust and will prevent her from effectively serving the city," said the mayor.

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White House's Orwellian attempt to alter record of Biden's 'garbage' smear might be criminal, say lawmakers



President Joe Biden upheld the long-standing Democratic tradition of belittling Republican voters this week, claiming in a videotaped call Tuesday with Voto Latino that Trump supporters are "garbage."

Keenly aware of how damaging Biden's remarks were to Democrats in general but especially to Kamala Harris, who has recently been juggling Nazi accusations and promises of unity, elements of the liberal media attempted to fudge the record. They were not alone, however.

The White House also tried to gaslight Americans into thinking the president said something else entirely. It turns out that doing so not only resulted in a discrepancy between public and official records but was likely illegal.

Citing two U.S. government officials on an internal email, the Associated Press revealed Thursday evening that the White House press office ultimately released a transcript different from that prepared by official White House stenographers.

According to an internal email from the head of the stenography office, the change was made after the White House press office "conferred with the president."

'The Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently.'

In the email, the supervisor claimed that the press office's revisionism constituted "a breach of protocol and spoliation of transcript integrity between the Stenography and Press Offices."

Here is what the White House transcript claimed that Biden said when complaining about comedian Tony Hinchliffe's Puerto Rico joke at President Donald Trump's Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden:

In my home state of Delaware, they're good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter's — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American.

This is the version posted on the White House website and repeatedly shared online by White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates.

The addition of an apostrophe to "supporters" radically changes the meaning such that in a world where there was no video of Biden's remarks, Democrats could argue, perhaps with greater success than they have this week, that the president was just suggesting Hinchcliffe's supposed demonization of Latinos was unconscionable garbage.

There is, however, video evidence of remarks, where Biden clearly says:

The Puerto Rican that that I know — or Puerto Rico where I'm fr — in my home state of Delaware, they're good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His, his, his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it's un-American.

The Associated Press confirmed that "supporters" in the original transcript prepared by the White House stenographers contained no apostrophe.

"If there is a difference in interpretation, the Press Office may choose to withhold the transcript but cannot edit it independently," the supervisor noted in the internal letter. "Our Stenography Office transcript — released to our distro, which includes the National Archives — is now different than the version edited and released to the public by Press Office staff."

'The move is not only craven, but it also appears to be in violation of federal law.'

The stenography office supervisor reportedly wrote to White House communications director Ben LaBolt, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other Biden officials, "Regardless of urgency, it is essential to our transcripts' authenticity and legitimacy that we adhere to consistent protocol for requesting edits, approval, and release."

The supervisor apparently declined to comment, whereas Bates doubled down, suggesting, "The President confirmed in his tweet on Tuesday evening that he was addressing the hateful rhetoric from the comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. That was reflected in the transcript."

On Wednesday, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) penned a letter to White House counsel Edward Siskel, demanding that the Biden White House retain and preserve all documents and internal communications pertaining to the release of the doctored transcript.

Stefanik and Comer suggested that by releasing a false transcript, the Biden White House may have violated the Presidential Records Act.

"Americans were rightfully insulted when President Biden, seeking to boost Ms. Harris's presidential campaign, referred to an enormous swath of the country as 'floating ... garbage,'" the Republicans noted in their letter. "President Biden's vindictive words were unsurprising, given his previous statements regarding people who choose not to vote for his preferred candidate. Unsurprising too were the White House's actions after he said them."

"Instead of apologizing or clarifying President Biden's words, the White House instead sought to change them (despite them being recorded on video) by releasing a false transcript of his remarks. The move is not only craven, but it also appears to be in violation of federal law, including the Presidential Records Act of 1978," added the letter.

The lawmakers also demanded that the White House issue "a corrected transcript with the accurate words."

Biden and his allies should by now be accustomed to correcting the record.

The Biden-Harris FBI recently had to change its crime statistics for 2022. Whereas the bureau originally claimed that violent crime fell by 2.1% that year, it actually spiked by at least 4.5%.

Blaze News reported in August that the Biden-Harris Bureau of Labor Statistics came clean about overstating job gains by 818,000 and was forced to revise down the total in its preliminary annual benchmark review.

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Leftist Activist Suggests ‘Criminal Charges’ For Refusing To Certify Election Results

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Hunter Biden's laptop got him convicted. Intel officials who called it Russian disinfo remain unapologetic.



Hunter Biden was convicted today in part owing to the verified contents of his laptop, which the New York Post reported on before the 2020 election.

A cabal of former U.S. intelligence officials released an open letter on Oct. 19, 2020, regarding the Post's Oct. 14 report about the discovery and damning contents of Hunter Biden's laptop, which the FBI had "verified" one year earlier.

Among the 51 signatories of the letter were:

  • James Clapper, former director of national intelligence under Democratic President Barack Obama;
  • Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA under Obama;
  • Leon Panetta, former secretary of defense under Obama and CIA director;
  • John Brennan, former CIA director under Obama;
  • Glenn S. Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency;
  • Richard H. Ledgett Jr., former deputy director of the NSA;
  • Jeremy Bash, the former chief of staff both of the CIA and the Department of Defense; and
  • Michael Morell, former acting director of the CIA.

Their letter asserted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was likely a thing of Slavic fantasy — that the story had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

While Clapper, Brennan, and the other 49 so-called experts were willing to admit in the letter to both not knowing whether the Hunter Biden emails provided to the New York Post were "genuine" and having no "evidence of Russian involvement," they nevertheless suggested a "laptop op" designed "to discredit Biden ... would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy."

The letter was framed thusly by Politico and left uncorrected by the signatories: "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say."

According to the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, then-senior Biden campaign adviser and now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken got the ball rolling on this misleading and election-influencing letter. The letter was allegedly drafted with the aim of setting the narrative before the Oct. 22, 2020, presidential debate, wherein Biden ultimately used it to great effect. Blinken later denied conceiving of or soliciting signatures for the letter.

Even though the story was undermined by the letter and censored online, the laptop was real all along, and its contents — like those of Ashley Biden's troubling diary — were as authentic as they were incriminating. FBI Special Agent Erika Jensen made this especially clear in court last week.

'51 intelligence agents, that phony story. Remember?'

Former President Donald Trump recently suggested that the 51 officials who leveraged their perceived credibility and former status to shield Biden from the truth may soon face a comeuppance.

Trump was recently discussing false narratives spread by the Biden camp and broached the subject of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

"51 intelligence agents, that phony story. Remember? 'The laptop from Russia,' they said. And they should be prosecuted for what they did, okay?" said Trump. "Let's see what happens.

Ahead of Hunter Biden's criminal conviction, Fox News Digital reached out to the signatories of the October 2020 letter, asking whether they regretting misleading the nation. While some of the election-swaying former officials flatly say no, as in the case of Clapper, others doubled down.

Mark S. Zaid, an attorney representing Ronald Marks, Marc Polymeropoulos, Douglas Wise, Paul Kolbe, John Sipher, Emile Nakhleh, and Gerald O’Shea, suggested the letter was important and signing it was "patriotic."

Zaid even suggested that criticism of the letter amounted to disinformation but did not go so far as to pin blame on Russia.

"There continues to be by many a calculated or woefully ignorant interpretation of the October 2020 letter signed by fifty-one former intelligence officials concerning Hunter Biden's laptop," Zaid told Fox.

"A careful and objective reading of the document reflects that even today its content is accurate. It served as nothing more than a warning letter of what we have known for decades: certain foreign governments — including Russia — continue to try and actively interfere in our domestic affairs and our guard must remain vigilant. Every patriotic American should have signed that letter," added Zaid.

Signatory Greg Treverton, former chair of the National Intelligence Council, said, "What we said was true, we were inferring from our experience, and it did look like a Russian operation. We didn't, and couldn't of course say it was a Russian operation. Enough said."

Michael Hayden, who intimated late last year that Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Al.) should be removed from the human race, simply hung up the phone and dodged subsequent requests for comment.

The Post noted that Panetta defended the letter in July 2023, saying he had no regrets about signing it.

"I signed that letter for one reason, which was to make the American people aware that the Russians deliberately were engaged in a disinformation campaign in the United States and trying to impact on our election and trying to impact on our ability to have free and fair elections," Panetta told CNN.

Concerning the letter's additional spin in Politico, Zaid told the Post, "With respect to the Politico story, had I been representing my clients at the time I would have certainly asked for them to modify their headline as it is too categorically and broadly asserted a conclusion that the letter did not."

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Minnesota state senator's burglary arrest could jeopardize Democrats' hold on power



Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) was arrested Monday and charged with burglary in the first degree — a crime for which an American citizen without political connections could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $35,000.

The 49-year-old leftist's alleged attempt to steal into her estranged stepmother's home and abscond with human remains may not have only jeopardized her career but her party's control over the Minnesota Senate where Democrats only have a one-seat majority. With Mitchell behind bars, her comrades may find it difficult to advance their agenda in the state, at least in the final weeks of the present legislative session.

KVRR-TV reported that Mitchell, a former Minnesota Public Radio meteorologist and a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, traveled hundreds of miles away from her Twin Cities stomping grounds to a home in Detroit Lakes, whose owner called police around 4:45 a.m. Monday to report "an active burglary in process."

Police quickly arrived on the scene, searched the residence, and detained Mitchell, who just days earlier posted about her discussions with a gun-grab group about "safer communities."

It appears Mitchell, 49, did not choose the 700 block of Granger Road at random.

The criminal complaint indicated the house Mitchell allegedly targeted and broke into belongs to her stepmother. The Democrat was found lurking in the basement, dressed in all black clothing and a black hat, reported WCCO-FM.

Investigators indicated Mitchell had stolen inside in hopes of retrieving some of her recently deceased father's belongings as well as his remains. Apparently, the Democrat's stepmother wasn't interested in talking to her even before this alleged violation of home and trust.

A pair of laptops, a cell phone, various documents, and a Senate ID were found inside Mitchell's black backpack. According to the complaint, Mitchell claimed one of the laptops was gifted her by her stepmother, which the victim denied.

The criminal complaint indicated that Mitchell admitted to driving from her home in Woodbury to Detroit Lakes early Monday morning and entering her stepmother's house via the basement window where her go-bag was found, reported KSTP-TV.

Mitchell, who has no priors, appeared in court Tuesday. She obtained release without bail on the conditions that she shows up for future court appearances, doesn't break the law, and doesn't leave the state with the exception to Cass County in North Dakota for official duties.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson said in a statement just hours after his Democratic colleague was tossed in the Becker County Jail, "Knowing very few details at this time, I am shocked by the news of Sen. Nicole Mitchell's arrest for first-degree burglary."

"The public expects Legislators to meet a high standard of conduct," continued Johnson. " As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the legislature."

Sources have told KSTP that Republican state Senate leaders are considering calling for the Democrat's resignation.

The Minnesota Senate Democratic Caucus reportedly indicated that it was "aware of the situation and has no comment pending further information."

State Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy said, "The allegations against Senator Mitchell are upsetting, for me and for anyone who has gotten to know and work with her."

"The behavior alleged is far outside the character she has established in the Senate and in her distinguished career in the military," added Murphy. "We believe in due process, and Senator Mitchell has the right to a full defense of her case in court. In the coming days and weeks, Senator Mitchell must also have serious and difficult conversations with her colleagues, constituents and family."

Mitchell was elected to the Senate in 2022. Barring removal or resignation, she will remain in office until 2027.

Had Mitchell been successful last year in passing SF 2469, then she would have been guaranteed supportive arts programs if convicted.

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Suspected Kansas City Chiefs parade shooter picked a target at random during dispute, then started shooting: Court docs



One of the suspected Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooters told police he was "just being stupid" when he allegedly started shooting indiscriminately into a crowd full of kids, according to court documents.

Lyndell Mays, 23, and Dominic Miller, 18 — two of the suspects Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) called "thugs," to the chagrin of Kansas City's Democratic Mayor Quinton Lucas — have both been charged with murder in relation to the horrific Valentine's Day shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade.

The afternoon shooting claimed the life of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old mother of two, and grievously wounded at least 24 other people, ages ranging from 8 to 47.

The murder charges come just days after a pair of teens were charged with gun-related offenses as well as with resisting arrest in connection with the parade shooting. More arrests may yet be made as the investigation progresses.

According to court documents, Mays was found after the bloodletting just north of West Pershing Road and Kessler Road, suffering from a gunshot wound. Shell casings were located next to his person along with a stolen Glock 9mm handgun. The gun contained a 15-round magazine with six live rounds remaining, including one that was chambered.

Court documents indicate Mays admitted to police that "he drew a gun first, in a crowd of people with kids, picked one of the individuals in the group at random, and started shooting, all because they said, 'I'm going to get you,' and to him, that meant, 'I'm going to kill you.'"

When pressed on why he advanced on the group of males to begin with, Mays allegedly told police, "Stupid, man. Just pulled a gun out and started shooting. I shouldn't have done that. Just being stupid."

A female witness who was with Mays when the shooting began west of Union Station reportedly told police that "a group of four males approached Lyndell Mays, and one of the males asked Lyndell Mays what he was looking at, because they didn't know him."

The female witness' boyfriend told police that Mays and a group of individuals were "arguing about why they were staring at each other." He indicated that while it was clear the confrontational males had in their possession a firearm, "at no time did the individual touch the firearm or make any threatening statements" to him, his girlfriend, or Mays.

The female witness claimed that upon spotting firearms, she begged Mays to leave. After her supposed attempt at de-escalation, she allegedly turned her back on Lyndell and the other men, at which point she heard gunshots.

Jacob Gooch Sr., a man who took a bullet at the parade along with members of his family, told "CBS Mornings" last week that prior to the shooting, he heard a girl begging one alleged shooter, "Don't do it. Not here. This is stupid."

Gooch indicated that his daughter observed the alleged shooter break free of the woman, then begin "shooting and spinning in a circle."

Court documents suggest surveillance footage confirms that Mays played a lead role in escalating the situation.

"Lyndell Mays starts to approach the individuals in an aggressive manner, at which time Witness 9 puts her hand on Lyndell Mays in an attempt to stop him from advancing further," says the court documents. "It appears Witness 9 and Lyndell Mays continue to verbally argue with individuals in the group."

After yelling at the other men and pointing his finger at them "in an angry manner," Mays allegedly circled "behind a person and pull[ed] out a handgun with his right hand and point[ed] it at one of the individuals," none of whom apparently had yet produced a firearm.

Mays allegedly chased after an unarmed individual with his gun drawn, prompting the other men to pull out their guns and then start shooting. In the melee, Mays apparently caught a bullet to the side of the head.

While it appears that Mays may have started the shooting, court documents indicate that the bullet that killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan was fired from a Taurus G3 9mm — "the firearm Miller acknowledged possessing and firing." Court documents indicate that Mays was initially tackled and detained by a witness.

Blaze News previously reported that two heroic dads at the parade chased down one of the suspected shooters and held him until police arrived.

Mays and Miller each face charges of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. They are both being held on a $1 million bond.

Lopez-Galvan's family said in a statement Tuesday, "The effort and dedicated hours spent to expeditiously investigate this senseless act of violence is extremely commendable. It is reassuring for our family and the entire community to know that this joint team effort has resulted in the identification of the suspects involved."

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NYC man filmed hacking police with machete won't be charged with attempted murder



A deranged Brooklyn man was caught on film last week hacking at NYPD officers with a machete. Although wounded in the attack, the officers nevertheless managed to subdue the suspect.

This bloodletting was apparently not enough to convince a New York City grand jury to hold 40-year-old Jean Blain accountable for his alleged actions. While willing to hit Blain with some lesser charges, the jury decided not to indict him with attempted murder.

NYPD officers were called to an apartment on New York Avenue near Beverley Road around 3:20 p.m. on Jan. 22, following reports of a man acting erratically, reported the New York Daily News.

Officers reportedly spoke to Blain's family prior to engaging him.

The New York Post indicated that Blain has been arrested on at least three other occasions and has a history of emotional disturbances. In 2015, he was arrested for reportedly exposing his genitals to women in Times Square. On another occasion, he was arrested for allegedly stealing his neighbor's car.

Footage of the incident shows Blain, who reportedly also goes by "Insane Blain," beginning to freak out as officers calmly attempt to make the arrest.

"No! No! No!" roars Blain, still seated on his bed.

"Please be cooperative," responds one of the officers.

"You know what?" shouts Blain, sliding a hand under the sheets and grabbing a hidden machete. "F*** that."

The deranged man stands on the bed and raises the machete.

Someone off-camera yells, "Oh sh**, look out!" as Blain begins hacking repeatedly at the officers.

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Police indicated that Blain slashed a 40-year-old sergeant on the right side of the head. Another was slashed on the wrist while attempting to subdue the attacker. The third officer was reportedly struck by the machete on the shoulder.

The officers were taken to Kings County Hospital and have since been discharged.

Sources told the Post that Blain, who was ordered held without bail Wednesday, had allegedly slashed another victim two weeks earlier, cutting the victim's ear and hand just three blocks away in an unrelated, unprovoked attack.

The victim, Giovanty Guinea, told the Post, "I just went to get my coffee and he came out of the store."

"He asked me, 'What do you want?'" continued Guinea. "I didn't say anything and he just attacked me. I didn't know what to do. I just ran."

"I just want justice," added Guinea. "He tried to kill me. That's never happened to me before. And he tried to kill me."

Blain has not yet been charged in connection to Guinea's attack.

Despite his alleged history of violence and the distinct possibility that any machete stroke could have been life-ending, a grand jury decided during Blain's appearance in Brooklyn Criminal Court that he should be spared from attempted murder charges largely due to his supposed mental instability.

The Daily News noted he was, however, ultimately charged with assault, menacing, and weapon possession.

Vincent Vallelong, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, indicated in a letter to members that the grand jury "refused to indict him for Attempted Murder and were undecided on charges of Assault in the First Degree."

"This unbalanced justice system has created an unprecedented dangerous environment," wrote Vallelong. "Had the machete not been dull, we would have been attending at least one police funeral, possibly more. Why is this case not eligible for remand? Who takes responsibility if this deranged man harms or kills others while he is free awaiting trial?"

Vallelong stressed that New York City officials "have proven that they are clueless in how to address real-life daily dangers that so many New Yorkers are needlessly facing."

Blain is currently being held in psychiatric ward as investigators look into his alleged attack on Guinea.

Blain's apparent machete attack came just days before a mob of illegal aliens viciously assaulted NYPD officers. The migrant mob was released without bail shortly thereafter.

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Trump prosecutors' meetings with Biden White House raise new concerns over Fani Willis' 'lawfare'



A motion was filed Monday to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the election interference case of one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in Georgia. The 127-page motion not only exposed Willis to a possible federal criminal investigation and threatened her case but has also prompted questions over whether the White House has been directly involved in efforts to prosecute President Joe Biden's top rival.

Willis and her alleged lover, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, apparently met with elements of the Biden White House before and after their recommendation of charges against Trump, giving greater weight to congressional lawmakers' previous concerns that the Georgia case against the Republican front-runner was "coordinated" with Democratic partisans and politically motivated from the start.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and state Attorney General Christopher Carr have been urged to investigate Willis over the various damning allegations in the motion, including the White House visits.

White House meetings

The Monday motion to disqualify Willis highlighted a number of meetings that the Democratic DA's alleged lover, Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade, apparently had with elements of the Biden White House.

An invoice sent from Wade to the Fulton County DA's office in May 2022 — ostensibly paid for by Georgia taxpayers — requested $2,000 for an eight-hour meeting on May 23 labeled "travel to Athens: Conf[erence] with White House Counsel."

Another invoice to Willis' office in January 2023 requested a payment of $2,000 for an eight-hour White House meeting on Nov. 11, 2022, three days after Trump announced his bid for re-election.

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In addition to these supposed meetings with elements of the Biden White House, Wade's invoices indicated he met with elements of the Jan. 6 committee on at least four occasions in 2022 — April 18-21; on May 31; Sept. 7-9; and on Nov. 16.

Willis also brushed shoulders with those in Washington most desperate to see the Republican presidential candidate carted away.

Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project noted that Willis visited the Biden White House for roughly five hours on Feb. 28, 2023, months ahead of Trump's Georgia indictment. It appears that Willis met with Vice President Kamala Harris.

A grand jury in Fulton County recommended indictments in the Trump election probe just weeks prior, on Feb. 16.

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Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik asked, "Why would Wade be meeting with The White House Council? Who is directing the Fani Willis investigation? The White House, the DOJ?"

Trump suggested the "purpose of the visit was to illegally coordinate the prosecution of your favorite President, Me!"

Investigating Willis

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a complaint with Gov. Kemp and Georgia AG Carr Wednesday, requesting they order "the immediate and formal criminal investigation into the alleged criminal misconduct" by Willis, along with Wade.

Greene highlighted various troubling allegations raised in the Monday motion to disqualify Willis, including the Fulton County DA's alleged "illegal conflict of interest."

Willis hired Wade, previously a middling associate municipal court judge in Marietta, Georgia, in November 2021 without the approval of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners as required by law, according to the motion. Wade, whose compensation — exceeding $650,000 since January 2022 — Willis authorized, is alleged to have taken his boss on luxurious vacations.

The motion alleged that Willis' "apparent intentional failure to disclose her conflict of interest to Fulton County and the Court, combined with her decision to employ the special prosecutor based on her own personal interests may well be an act to defraud the public of honest services since the district attorney 'personally benefitted from an undisclosed conflict of interest.'"

Greene noted further that "Willis even used taxpayer funds to pay Nathan Wade for two trips to coordinate with President Biden's White House staff before bringing her unprecedented indictment of President Trump, Biden's chief political rival in 2024."

The congresswoman suggested in her complaint that the allegations point to an effort to "illegally politicize and weaponize her public office to wage lawfare against President Trump for the purpose of interfering in the 2024 presidential election."

NBC News indicated Willis has not responded to the underlying claims in court filings or through requests for comment.

Democratic machinations

Willis' White House visits and alleged affair are not the only interactions that have raised eyebrows in recent weeks.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, noted in a letter to Willis last month that extra to "coordinat[ing] its politically motivated prosecutions with the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith," her office "also coordinated its investigative actions with the partisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol."

"To the extent that your politically motivated prosecutions are now relying in any way on records obtained from the partisan January 6 Select Committee, it only reinforces concerns about your commitment to due process and whether you have fulfilled your obligations to properly disclosed this material," wrote Jordan.

Jan. 6 committee staff reportedly guided Willis' team in the early days of its probe into Trump, with correspondence taking place over the course of several months.

Politico indicated the Jan. 6 committee was willing to help Willis' probe "even as it rebuffed the Justice Department's requests for material in the separate federal criminal probe of Trump's election subversion" because unlike the Fulton County team, "federal prosecutors might have been required to disclose the evidence in ongoing criminal cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol."

In his Dec. 5 letter, Jordan requested documents and communications between the Fulton County District Attorney's Office and the Jan. 6 committee.

Willis refused to comply with congressional investigator's request, claiming in a Dec. 19 letter that the request "violate well-established principles of federalism and separation of powers."

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