House Subpoenas Jack Smith Over ‘Brazen’ Arctic Frost Fishing Expedition Targeting Trump, GOP
Jordan's letter demanded Smith appear to testify on Dec. 17, and instructed the former special counsel to turn over documents by Dec. 12.Jordan's letter demanded Smith appear to testify on Dec. 17, and instructed the former special counsel to turn over documents by Dec. 12.'Your nightmare is finally over': Trump pardons Texas Democrat who opposed Biden's border policy
More than a year and a half after a Democrat congressman was indicted on federal charges under the Biden presidency, President Trump has announced that he will be granting an "unconditional pardon."
On Wednesday morning, President Trump announced on social media that he will be granting a "full and unconditional PARDON" for embattled Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar.
'It has tested our faith in ways we never expected, but it has not broken it. We still believe in justice.'
In the post, President Trump slammed Joe Biden for weaponizing the Department of Justice and the FBI against his political opponents — including members of his own party.
Trump suggested that Cuellar was targeted by the Biden regime because of his unflinching demands for tighter border security.
"Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman's wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy! They will attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country," Trump said in the post.
"Because of these facts, and others, I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
In the Truth Social post, Trump included a letter written by the Cuellars' daughters, Christina and Catherine, who asked for a full and unconditional pardon.
In the letter, they wrote, "This ordeal has taken a deep emotional and financial toll on all of us. It has tested our faith in ways we never expected, but it has not broken it. We still believe in justice. We still believe in America — a country built on truth, fairness, and compassion, even during the hardest of times."
Cuellar and his wife were indicted on several federal charges related to bribery in May 2024, though they were never convicted.
At the time, Trump said, "Biden just Indicted Henry Cuellar because the Respected Democrat Congressman wouldn’t play Crooked Joe’s Open Border game. He was for Border Control, so they said, 'Let’s use the FBI and DOJ to take him out!' This is the way they operate."
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Docs: Jack Smith Ignored Constitutional Standards To Target GOP Senators In Arctic Frost Probe
'The closer you look, the more brazen Jack Smith’s actions become,' said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.RealPage, accused of rental price fixing, settles suit with feds
A real estate website once accused of facilitating a "housing cartel" has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice.
After a more than year-and-a-half battle, RealPage and the DOJ have come to an agreement that will limit certain features on the app that renters claimed were unfair.
'Replacing competition with coordination ... renters paid the price.'
In 2024, tenants from a popular building in Jersey City, New Jersey, took RealPage to court over allegations of landlords sharing nonpublic information on the website, including vacancy data.
The tenants said the information inflated rental prices, effectively resulting in price-fixing rent across cities due to landlords using the same algorithm to dictate their prices.
In November 2023, the attorney general of Washington, D.C., submitted a different complaint against 14 other landlords operating more than 50,000 rental units in territory.
"Effectively, RealPage is facilitating a housing cartel," said D.C.'s AG Brian Schwalb.
A DOJ suit in August 2024 seemingly tipped the scales, and now RealPage has agreed to settle on terms.
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According to the DOJ's Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater, RealPage was "replacing competition with coordination, and renters paid the price."
The settlement stops RealPage from coordinating pricing, Slater said in a video posted to X, and forces the app to cease using competitor data to set rents in real time. As well, RealPage can no longer generate "hyper-localized pricing that pushes rent up" and must eliminate features that discourage landlords from lowering prices.
"It means rents set by the market, not a secret algorithm," Slater remarked.
In a press release, RealPage boasted that the settlement led to no findings or admissions of liability, including no financial penalties or damages being awarded.
However, the company did reveal that it agreed to be independently monitored to confirm ongoing compliance with the new terms. Reuters reported that the monitorship will last three years and limit how RealPage collects and uses nonpublic data.
RELATED: Did rent go up? Blame AI price-fixing
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Stephen Weissman, Gibson Dunn partner and former deputy director for the Federal Trade Commission, reiterated the company's denial of any wrongdoing and blamed the spread of misinformation for alleged misconceptions on how the app operates.
"There has been a great deal of misinformation about how RealPage's software works and the value it provides for both housing providers and renters."
Weissman claimed that the company's use of "aggregated and anonymized nonpublic data" has led to lower rents and more "pro-competitive" effects.
Aiden Buzzetti, president of the Bull Moose Project, told Return that he feels the settlement ensures that "Americans who rent are not subject to illegal price-fixing practices."
Buzzetti added, “We support the Trump administration's transformative direction to hold corporations like RealPage accountable when they violate the law."
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Exclusive: New Suit Seeks DOJ Records On Obama-Biden Official’s Role In Russiagate Cover-Up
Monaco reportedly 'prevented Special Counsel Durham from releasing the 30-pp appendix to his final report b/c it implicated her old boss Obama.'Democrat ex-lawmaker who heckled Trump convicted in COVID fraud scheme
A leftist former lawmaker was sentenced last month after being convicted of fraudulently obtaining a COVID-19 relief loan.
Ibraheem Samirah, a former Democratic Virginia state delegate, made headlines in 2019 for interrupting President Donald Trump’s Jamestown speech, holding up a sign that read, “Deport hate” and “reunite my family.”
'The defendant was stealing federal tax dollars at the same time he was deciding how to spend Virginia tax dollars.'
Samirah, 34, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $88,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, according to a Tuesday report from the Washington Post.
Prosecutors argued that the former lawmaker received an $83,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan in May 2020 for his dental practice in Fairfax County. He applied in August 2021 to have the loan forgiven, which would require the PPP funds to have been used for payroll, rent, or mortgage payments.
Samirah claimed that the loan would be used to pay four workers at his practice. However, court documents revealed that his business had no payroll employees. Additionally, it had no active financial account to disburse payroll funds until a few days before applying for the loan.
Samirah allegedly fabricated payroll and tax records to secure the loan. The funds were distributed through bank accounts belonging to the supposed employees and then transferred into Samirah’s own account, according to prosecutors.
“The defendant was stealing federal tax dollars at the same time he was deciding how to spend Virginia tax dollars,” prosecutors wrote.
Samirah told the Post that he had a “mistaken understanding of the PPP loan process,” which he claimed was “weaponized by Donald Trump’s Justice Department.”
He told the news outlet that he intended to use the cash to hire workers to market his business; however, on the loan application, he claimed that the funds would go to existing employees. He explained that he changed his mind about hiring new workers after realizing the pandemic would be prolonged. Instead, he spent the money on dental equipment and office furnishings, which were not authorized uses of the funds.
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With Jocelyn Benson Set To Referee Her Own Race For Governor, Michigan GOP Asks DOJ To Monitor Election
Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, will oversee her own election results when she appears on the ballot.Today's top stories
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