Operation Restore Justice soars, but Predator Poachers’ Alex Rosen faces felony after confronting child predator



Yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi announced “Operation Restore Justice,” which resulted in 205 arrests of alleged child sex predators and the rescue of 115 children — a huge win for justice and the Trump administration.

Patel’s message was spine-chilling in the best way: “If you harm our children, you will be given no sanctuary. There is no place we will not come to hunt you down; there is no place we will not look for you; and there is no cage we will not put you in should you do harm to our children.”

“Are you confident in that message?” Sara Gonzales asks founder of Predator Poachers Alex Rosen, whose literal job is leading sting operations to expose and confront alleged child predators.

“The DOJ, who works for us, has a lot to prove, but I think it's in the right direction,” he says.

Sara is thankful that the Trump administration is at least taking the issue of pedophilia in this country seriously. She recalls how the Biden administration at one point was “taking people who were supposed to work on child sex crimes and putting them on January 6 [cases].”

Even though the Trump administration has already dramatically cleared the pathetically low bar set by the Biden administration, the truth is that sometimes more manpower is needed. That’s where Rosen’s group comes in, and most of the time, it’s smooth sailing.

“Local law enforcement is usually great to us,” says Rosen. However, sometimes, it’s his group that ends up being in the crosshairs.

In March, Rosen was arrested and hit with a felony harassment charge when he confronted a pedophile at a Steak 'n Shake.

Back in October 2024, Predator Poachers had identified an alleged pedophile named Joshua Teague in Branson, Missouri. They turned him in to local law enforcement, but just 24 hours later, he was released with no charges. Three months later, Teague contacted Predator Poachers’ same decoy with explicit messages, including one about “molesting his 12-year-old sister,” prompting Rosen to confront him in person.

At Steak 'n Shake, Teague’s place of employment, “I proceeded to read messages in a louder than usual voice, and I referred to him as a pedophile, and somehow I got a felony harassment charge,” he tells Sara, noting that the charge “wasn't even against [Teague]; it was against somebody else in the store.”

“No threats were made; nothing untrue was said; and of course, I didn't put hands on anybody … and they charged me with felony harassment,” he adds, calling his arrest “collateral” for pointing out the “incompetence” of local law enforcement.

Teague has thankfully been arrested and is currently being held without bond in the Taney County Jail in Branson, Missouri.

To hear more details of Rosen’s story, watch the episode above.

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Trump's FBI rescues 115 children, nabbing 205 alleged sex predators in nationwide sting



President Donald Trump's Department of Justice announced Wednesday the results of a nationwide sting led by the FBI.

Operation Restore Justice was a five-day joint effort between 55 FBI field offices, the DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and United States Attorney's Offices across the country.

'In Washington, D.C., a former Metropolitan Police Department police officer was arrested for allegedly trafficking minor victims.'

The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrest of 205 alleged child sexual abuse offenders.

The suspects were charged with a number of crimes against children, including the production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material, the DOJ stated.

"In Minneapolis, for example, a state trooper and Army reservist was arrested for allegedly producing child sexual abuse material while wearing his uniforms. In Norfolk, VA, an illegal alien from Mexico is accused of transporting a minor across state lines for sex. In Washington, D.C., a former Metropolitan Police Department police officer was arrested for allegedly trafficking minor victims," the department said.

The FBI's Charlotte field office reported that it nabbed six people across North Carolina. One arrested individual, previously convicted of sexual battery and a registered sex offender, was charged with sex trafficking of a minor. If convicted on all counts, the suspect could face up to life in prison.

FBI Cleveland arrested 11 individuals, Boston arrested seven, Newark arrested five, and Baltimore arrested three.

FBI Director Kash Patel explained that some of the alleged offenders included teachers and law enforcement personnel.

Patel said, "Every child deserves to grow up free from fear and exploitation, and the FBI will continue to be relentless in our pursuit of those who exploit the most vulnerable among us."

"Operation Restore Justice proves that no predator is out of reach and no child will be forgotten. By leveraging the strength of all our field offices and our federal, state and local partners, we're sending a clear message: There is no place to hide for those who prey on children," he added.

The DOJ credited "parental vigilance and community outreach" for the successful sting operation.

Attorney General Pam Bondi called the operation "historic" and "unprecedented."

"The Department of Justice will never stop fighting to protect victims — especially child victims — and we will not rest until we hunt down, arrest, and prosecute every child predator who preys on the most vulnerable among us," Bondi stated. "I am grateful to the FBI and their state and local partners for their incredible work in Operation Restore Justice and have directed my prosecutors not to negotiate."

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FBI pushed 'false narrative' about leftist terrorist's shooting of Scalise, GOP baseball practice: House report



Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and several other Republican lawmakers were practicing for a charity baseball game on June 14, 2017, when a leftist terrorist took aim at them and opened fire. Alexandria police officers and U.S. Capitol police officers were able to permanently neutralize the shooter, a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — but not before he hit Scalise and three others.

Days after the shooting, the FBI acknowledged that the shooter, James Hodgkinson, had repeatedly espoused "anti-Republican views"; identified six members of Congress as targets; prepared for months; and ensured that the individuals on the field were Republicans before his attack. However, the FBI concluded there was "no nexus to terrorism" and ultimately spun the attack as suicide by cop.

A newly released congressional report claims that the bureau "used false statements, manipulation of known facts, and biased and butchered analysis to support a narrative that Hodgkinson committed suicide by cop without any nexus to domestic terrorism."

The majority staff report from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released Tuesday noted that years after this mischaracterization, "based upon no new information or evidence gathering, the FBI changed its previous decision that this case was a purely criminal matter involving suicide by cop," and recognized the attack as a "domestic terrorism event."

'This report definitively shows the FBI completely mishandled the investigation.'

"The FBI arrived at the obvious conclusion four years too late," continued the report. "Unfortunately, the timing of the changed position indicates politics rather than Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity by an agency that should be guided by an apolitical commitment to uphold the Constitution."

Scalise, who took a bullet to the hip and suffered fractured bones, damaged organs, and severe bleeding, said in a statement, "This report definitively shows the FBI completely mishandled the investigation into the Congressional baseball shooting of 2017 — ignoring crucial and obvious facts in order to sell a false narrative that the shooting was not politically motivated."

Scalise thanked FBI Director Kash Patel and the committee "for finally getting to the truth of the matter: this was a deliberate and planned act of domestic terrorism toward Republican Members of Congress."

Patel enabled the committee to review the FBI case file, which congressional investigators received in two tranches, altogether amounting to roughly 4,400 pages.

Congressional investigators determined on the basis of the case file that the FBI investigation failed to substantively interview eyewitnesses to the shooting, failed to develop a comprehensive timeline of events, and improperly classified the file at the Secret level, "which may have assisted the FBI in obfuscating its substandard investigative efforts and analysis."

'Based upon one erroneous factual conclusion and two false premises.'

The House report also picked apart the FBI's preferred narrative as well as some of the bureau's public statements, noting for instance that:

  • whereas the FBI publicly stated Hodgkinson told a family member he was traveling to Washington, D.C., but had not provided "any additional information on his travel," the case file indicates the bureau had by that time interviewed five of the terrorist's family members, "all of whom provided considerable additional information";
  • the FBI gave undue weight to the suggestion by Hodgkinson's brother that the terrorist wanted to commit suicide by cop, which was apparently based not on a discussion with his brother but on a post-action opinion on his brother's "poor markmanship during the attack";
  • "since there were no uniformed officers present at the time of the attack and Hodgkinson had no reason to believe there were police present, the suicide by cop determination does not make sense" especially since he took "several actions that may indicate he hoped to survive the firefight";
  • a desire to die is not mutually exclusive with domestic terrorism — after all, "suicide bombs are a routine tactic of terrorism";
  • whereas the FBI claimed "no context was included" on Hodgkinson's kill list, the list included physical descriptions of Republican lawmakers as well as the names of two Republicans on the congressional baseball team present for the fateful practice;
  • the FBI's assertion that "Hodgkinson's list of six congressmen found in his vehicle does not appear to be a 'hit list'" is "based upon one erroneous factual conclusion and two false premises";
  • the FBI intimated there were only two documents in the terrorist's possession when in fact there were pages of notes "demonstrating his political thoughts and motivations";
  • the FBI claimed the terrorist "was not a member of any extremist organization and did not have contact with individuals who were affiliated with extremist organizations" but glossed over his membership in a Facebook group called "Terminate The Republican Party"; and
  • the FBI claimed it "found no information to indicate Hodgkinson chose to act to impact government policy or the political system" despite the terrorist claiming before leaving Illinois with his weapons that he was going to D.C. to protest government policy.

The committee recommended that Patel figure out how the FBI arrived at its 2017 decision to frame the attack as suicide by cop — as well as whether then-acting Director Andrew McCabe or another senior leader pushed for that conclusion.

The committee also suggested the possibility of pursuing legislation that "establishes criminal liability for the politicization of intelligence analysis."

Democrats on the committee agreed with the majority's finding that the shooting was a "domestic terror attack motivated at least in part by political animus" and suggested the FBI should have made that determination sooner. However, the Democratic members cast doubt on whether political considerations factored into the FBI's failure to immediately recognize the attack as domestic terrorism and advocated against considering criminal charges against intelligence analysts.

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Newly Released Emails Show Politicized FBI Targeting Trump Officials For Obeying The Law

To help Democrats, Biden's Department of Justice brought the hammer down on Peter Navarro for engaging in conduct that was not even remotely criminal.

Inside Trump’s plan to make the FBI great again



From its founding more than a century ago, the FBI has been regarded as the premier law enforcement agency in the world. But during my time as an acting section chief at FBI headquarters, I saw firsthand how the bureau lost its way over the past four years, weaponizing against law-abiding American citizens solely based on their politics.

Now, with President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a new FBI director in charge, the bureau has a chance to reclaim its legacy. Here’s how.

Kash Patel’s focus on getting back to basics and focusing on the mission is exactly what the FBI needs.

Under Joe Biden, FBI leadership turned the bureau into a political weapon, sacrificing public safety in the process. Top officials redirected personnel and resources away from genuine threats, including foreign terrorism and Chinese espionage, and toward prosecuting Jan. 6 defendants.

While violent crime surged across the country, the FBI prioritized ideological targets. Agents scrutinized traditional Catholic services, harassed parents who spoke out at local school board meetings, and carried out Attorney General Merrick Garland’s unprecedented order to raid President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago.

No more waste

Most FBI employees serve the public with integrity. But Director Kash Patel needs to act swiftly to fire the bad actors who damaged the bureau’s credibility in recent years. He should also dismiss any career personnel who resist or slow-roll President Trump’s tough-on-crime agenda.

The Department of Government Efficiency is reviewing every agency to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse — and it must make a long stop at the Hoover Building. Patel should cut unnecessary travel and rein in wasteful spending, especially inflated payments to confidential human sources.

The bureau — or the DOGE — should also conduct a full audit of contracts with outside organizations, just as other agencies have already begun to do.

Get out of DC

But more than just overspending on unnecessary travel, the FBI can be reorganized to promote more efficiency — not just for the sake of saving taxpayer dollars, but for the sake of ensuring speed and effectiveness in enforcing the law. For instance, the Bureau could easily do without the intelligence branch and merge its personnel and mission into other FBI units.

The FBI is not an intelligence agency. It is, rather, a law enforcement agency that uses intelligence. The bureau should not try to be a domestic version of the CIA.

Any reorganization should also move FBI headquarters out of Washington, D.C. Right now, about one-third of FBI personnel work in the Washington area. That’s a terrible idea.

Threats to our country are not concentrated in and around the District of Columbia. FBI headquarters should be moved to Huntsville, Alabama, Quantico, Virginia, or to other established FBI locations outside the Beltway. This would save taxpayer money, refresh the culture at the bureau, and enhance the quality of life for FBI personnel and their families.

Revive merit-based hiring

For future hiring and recruitment, Patel should ensure the end of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the bureau and reinstate merit-based hiring. The bureau’s DEI office was shut down after President Trump’s election in November, but Patel must make sure that the diversity scourge does not return under a different name.

We need the best and the brightest at the FBI — regardless of what they look like — so that they can protect every American of every race, color, and creed.

Director Patel has already brought about a sea change at the bureau. Applications for new agents are breaking records, signaling renewed public trust in the bureau. a The FBI has already apprehended three of the top 10 most wanted criminals in just three months — after finding zero in total last year. The FBI has also brought to justice one of the terrorists who killed 13 Americans during President Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan.

These results show that Patel’s focus on getting back to basics and focusing on the mission is exactly what the FBI needs.

The road ahead

More work remains — not just over the next four years, but well beyond. Long-term reform requires congressional action. Lawmakers must strengthen legal penalties for FBI employees who abuse their positions, whether for personal gain or to serve a political agenda.

Congress also has a duty to impose serious oversight. Without it, the bureau will repeat the abuses of the recent past.

The FBI remains one of America’s most powerful institutions, with a long record of service and sacrifice. With strong leadership and sound policy, it can rebuild trust — and become better than ever.

Trump's DOJ nails alleged ringleaders forcing kids into sex crimes, self-mutilation in depraved abuse ring



President Donald Trump's Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it took down the alleged ringleaders of "a violent online network that seeks to destroy civilized society through the corruption and exploitation of vulnerable populations, which often include minors."

The DOJ charged Leonidas Varagiannis, 21, and Prasan Nepal, 20, for operating a child exploitation subgroup within 764, an online transnational extremist network.

'One of the most heinous online child exploitation enterprises we have ever encountered.'

Varagiannis, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in Greece on Monday. Nepal was nabbed on April 22 in North Carolina.

The defendants are accused of producing and distributing sadistic child sexual abuse material in the subgroup 764 Inferno. The men allegedly groomed, manipulated, and extorted minors into producing sexual and self-harm content.

The DOJ reported, "The affidavit alleges that the group targeted vulnerable children online, coercing them into producing degrading and explicit content under threat and manipulation. This content includes 'cut signs' and 'blood signs' through which young minors would cut symbols into their bodies."

It noted that the defendants and their co-conspirators used the violent and sexual content to "create digital 'Lorebooks,' which [nihilistic violent extremists] used as digital currency within the 764 network — traded, archived in encrypted 'vaults,' and used as a means to recruit new members or maintain status within the network."

"In multiple instances, the defendants threatened and caused their victims to engage in self-mutilation, online and in-person sexual acts, harm to animals, sexual exploitation of siblings and others, acts of violence, threats of violence, suicide, and murder," the DOJ stated.

The department identified at least eight minor victims. The youngest victim was 13 years old.

Attorney General Pam Bondi called the case "one of the most heinous online child exploitation enterprises we have ever encountered."

"We will find those who exploit and abuse children, prosecute them, and dismantle every part of their operation," she stated.

FBI Director Kash Patel explained that the defendants allegedly recruited and trained other users on how to "exploit children."

"Let me be very clear about our efforts," Patel said. "The FBI and our partners are determined to protect juveniles from predators, and we will track down and hold accountable those who engage in these criminal activities. We will continue to work closely with our partners at the Department of Justice to bring justice to the victims of such cruel abuse."

Varagiannis has reportedly denied the DOJ's allegations and formally opposed his extradition.

Xanthippi Moysidou, Varagiannis' lawyer, told the Associated Press, "Throughout the period during which the alleged offenses took place, he was residing in Greece."

"Therefore, Greek law and courts have jurisdiction over the case, and his extradition is explicitly prohibited," Moysidou remarked.

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Grassley Asks Patel To Declassify FBI Analysis Of Criminal Referral For Famed Russia Collusion Hoaxer

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FBI arrests judge for helping illegal alien facing violent charges 'evade arrest': Kash Patel



FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday morning that the agency recently arrested a Wisconsin judge, claiming that she helped an illegal alien "evade arrest."

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on obstruction charges, according to Patel.

'They were asked whether they had a warrant, and the agents presented the warrant as well as their identification.'

The FBI director wrote in an X post that Dugan attempted to obstruct an "immigration arrest operation last week."

"We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest," he stated.

"Thankfully, our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public," Patel wrote.

He noted that the agency would have "more to share soon" on Dugan's arrest and thanked the FBI Milwaukee for its "excellent work."

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Federal sources confirmed Dugan's arrest to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, stating that she is scheduled to appear in court on Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries.

Dugan's arrest occurred at the courthouse, according to multiple Milwaukee County judges, the news outlet reported.

Dugan declined the Journal Sentinel's request for comment regarding the investigation on Thursday. On Tuesday, she told the news outlet, "Nearly every fact regarding the 'tips' in your email is inaccurate."

Flores-Ruiz, whom Dugan is accused of assisting in evading authorities, is reportedly a 30-year-old Mexican national facing three misdemeanor battery counts. His pretrial conference was scheduled for April 18 in Dugan's courtroom.

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrived in Dugan's courtroom, the judge allegedly instructed Flores-Ruiz and his attorney to escape out a side door leading to a private hallway with an exit into a public area, sources told the Journal Sentinel.

According to an email from Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley to judges, the ICE agents had an arrest warrant.

"They were asked whether they had a warrant, and the agents presented the warrant as well as their identification," the email reads. "They were asked to go to Chief Judge's office. They complied. … They presented a warrant, which we copied."

Dugan responded to Ashley's email on April 21, stating, "As a point of clarification below, a warrant was not presented in the hallway on the sixth floor."

ICE previously arrested two individuals at the same courthouse in March and April.

The FBI did not respond to requests for comment from the Journal Sentinel.

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