Lawmakers To Issue Subpoenas Over Alleged ActBlue Foreign Election Interference Scheme
Sen. Ron Johnson says the FBI director seems 'clueless' about allegations of campaign finance crimes tied to the Democrat fundraising platform.Sen. Ron Johnson says the FBI director seems 'clueless' about allegations of campaign finance crimes tied to the Democrat fundraising platform.Democrat powerbrokers in New Jersey arrested after apparent racketeering scandal
Several powerful New Jersey leaders affiliated with the Democratic Party have now been indicted in connection with an alleged corruption scandal that stretches back more than a decade.
On Monday, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat appointed to office in 2022 by Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy, announced multiple charges, including first-degree racketeering, against six defendants: George Norcross III, Philip Norcross, William Tambussi, Dana Redd, Sidney Brown, and John O'Donnell.
'The alleged conduct of the Norcross Enterprise has caused great harm to individuals, businesses, non-profits, the people of the State of New Jersey, and especially the City of Camden and its residents. That stops today.'
According to Platkin's press release, a group referred to as the Norcross Enterprise used unseemly means to acquire property, especially in Camden, and then coordinated with government officials to "craft" laws and regulations that benefited them. When officials and other residents refused to play along, the enterprise resorted to "coercion, extortion, and other criminal acts" to get their way, the press release said.
This scandal dates back at least to 2012, Platkin alleged, and officials have been investigating it for "years."
"On full display in this indictment is how a group of unelected, private businessmen used their power and influence to get government to aid their criminal enterprise and further its interests," Platkin said in a statement. "The alleged conduct of the Norcross Enterprise has caused great harm to individuals, businesses, non-profits, the people of the State of New Jersey, and especially the City of Camden and its residents. That stops today. We must never accept politics and government – that is funded with tax dollars – to be weaponized against the people it serves. Today we reaffirm that no one in our state is above the law – period."
Of the six defendants charged in the indictment, Redd, the former mayor of Camden and a Democrat former state senator, is the only one to have been elected to office. Nevertheless, the rest, especially George Norcross, wielded considerable influence over their state's political landscape.
Politico claimed 68-year-old George Norcross "ruled" the state of New Jersey for "decades" and that "many politicians feared crossing" him. The AP described him as one of "the most influential unelected Democrats in the state."
Norcross, a former member of the Democratic National Committee and the former chair of the Camden County Democratic Party, also joined forces with high-profile New Jersey Republicans, including former Gov. Chris Christie. Currently a resident of Palm Beach, Florida, Norcross was also a former member of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.
One New Jersey insider compared the indictment to a political "earthquake," another to an "atomic bomb."
'I want to witness an extraordinary embarrassment and outrageous conduct from a government official who stands up there and tries to act like he’s holier than thou.'
Norcross even attended Platkin's press conference to announce the indictment. "I want to witness an extraordinary embarrassment and outrageous conduct from a government official who stands up there and tries to act like he’s holier than thou," he said after the conference.
"I want Matt Platkin to come down here and try this case himself, because he’s a coward, because he has forced people in this building to implement his will."
One of Norcross' brothers, Philip Norcross, a Philadelphia attorney with an "unblemished reputation," according to his attorney, has also been charged. Another Norcross brother, Donald Norcross, a Democrat U.S. representative from New Jersey, has not.
"I love my brothers. I believe in the rule of law, and they will have the opportunity to defend themselves during their day in court," Rep. Norcross said in a statement.
Tambussi is also an attorney who once served as outside counsel to the City of Camden. For the past 35 years, he has also served as counsel to the Camden County Democratic Committee. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment from the AP.
Redd's attorney Henry Klingeman insisted she has "done nothing wrong." Klingeman claimed Redd served her community and cooperated in the investigation.
The other defendants have not yet hired an attorney.
The first-degree racketeering charge alone carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $200,000 as well as "additional financial penalties" that Platkin has already confirmed he intends to seek.
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Fani Willis forced to testify in divorce proceedings of top prosecutor in the Trump case — her alleged lover
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' bad month is set to get a whole lot worse. The Black Panther's daughter has been subpoenaed to testify in her alleged lover's divorce case.
Willis was accused in a Monday court filing of having "an improper, clandestine personal relationship" with Nathan Wade, a married man whom she ultimately appointed top prosecutor in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case.
The motion, filed on behalf of Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official who is a co-defendant in Trump's case, accused the Democratic DA of various potentially criminal improprieties and stressed the need for both Willis and Wade to be disqualified from further prosecuting the case.
This would hardly be Willis' first disqualification in recent years, having also been barred in 2022 from investigating Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor, Burt Jones.
The Wall Street Journal reported that just prior to the filing of the damning motion, Willis was also subpoenaed to testify in the Cobb County divorce case for Wade, which the Washington Post indicated has turned sour.
According to a court filing reviewed by the Journal, a process server turned up at Willis' Atlanta office Monday morning with a subpoena filed by the lawyer of Wade's estranged wife, Joycelyn Wade. The process server reportedly left the subpoena with Willis' executive assistant.
The Journal indicated that Willis' office had yet to file a response as of Tuesday afternoon and that neither Nathan Wade nor his estranged wife had responded to requests for comment.
Willis hired Wade in November 2021 without the approval of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners as required by law, according to the Monday motion filed on behalf of Roman.
Willis said in a 2022 interview that she chose Wade because she needed "somebody I can go off on, and they can, like, wipe off their wounds and we can get back to work," reported the New York Times.
Nathan Wade apparently filed for divorce one day after starting the contract position.
Wade, leading the case against Trump in Georgia, was formerly a prosecutor in Cobb County, where he never prosecuted a felony case, according to the motion to disqualify. Newsweek noted that Wade ran three times to become a judge in Cobb County Superior Court between 2012 and 2016 and failed in all three instances. It appears he settled for prosecuting misdemeanors and traffic citations in Marietta, Georgia, from 2011 to 2021.
The motion claims that "sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney have confirmed they had an ongoing, personal relationship during the pendency of the special prosecutor's divorce proceedings." The Monday motion further alleges that "according to these sources, the personal relationship between [Willis] and [Wade] began before this prosecution was initiated and before the district attorney appointed the special prosecutor."
Willis and Wade are alleged to have gone on multiple luxurious vacations together at the married man's expense. The motion suggests this arrangement was especially problematic as Wade allegedly used Fulton County funds received by his law firm to pay for these trips — to Napa Valley and Florida as well as to the Caribbean. To complicate matters further, Willis authorizes Wade's compensation.
Wade has reportedly been paid over $650,000 in legal fees since January 2022.
"Wade is being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to prosecute this case on her behalf," said the motion. "In turn, Wade is taking Willis on, and paying for vacations across the world with money he is being paid by the Fulton County taxpayers and authorized solely by Willis."
The motion further 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.'"
While the Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted there is no definitive proof in the Roman motion of the affair besides the assertions by unnamed sources, Roman's lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, indicated she found something of interest when reviewing the case file in Wade's ongoing divorce proceedings.
Merchant made copies of documents from the divorce case said to contain proof that Wade and Willis traveled together but noted she must wait for a judge to unseal the case before sharing the information.
The Journal indicated that as of Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, overseeing Roman's case, had yet to schedule a hearing on Roman's motion.
Andrea Hastings, a lawyer for Wade's estranged wife, indicated the subpoena requests that Willis testify at a deposition on Jan. 23, reported the Times.
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Trump RICO case vs. case DOJ SHOULD make against Bidens
There is no one the left wants behind bars more than Donald Trump.
The former president has just been served his fourth criminal indictment by Georgia — but it’s a little different from the others.
It attempts to use racketeering laws to make a RICO case against Trump and many of his allies, in a way that mirrors how the government went after mob families.
Glenn Beck believes it’s “nonsense.”
Glenn explains that some of what the indictment cites are grievances like Trump soliciting a phone number from a Pennsylvania legislator as well as encouraging supporters to watch One America News Network as well as Newsmax.
“I think you get it,” Glenn mocks.
Meanwhile, the Biden crime family is apparently getting away with much more.
Records obtained through subcommittee subpoenas reveal that the Bidens, their family members, and associates have received over $20 million in payments from foreign entities.
While Biden was serving as vice president, a Biden family associate welcomed over $3 million from Romania. On March 1, 2017, less than two months after Biden left public office, a Chinese energy company wired $3 million to the same account.
Glenn Beck is certain there’s much more to worry about regarding what the Bidens have been up to than there is with what Donald Trump has been up to.
“So, wait, you’re getting us on booking a room? You’re getting us for texting a state legislator saying I need the numbers? Really? Okay, all right, I think the five million dollars from China, the eight million total to the family and associates — I think that’s a little bigger,” Glenn says.
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Why Democrats’ Get-Trump Crusade Will End In Disappointment, Not Delight
Depression will set in when Trump, even if convicted of something, lives free for the rest of his life while his appeals against the bogus convictions succeed one at a time.'Architect of ruin': High school dean who shot student he recruited to deal drugs sentenced to over 18 years for racketeering
A former high school dean convicted of shooting a student he recruited to deal drugs has been sentenced to serve 18 years in prison on racketeering charges, Fox News Digital reported.
Shaun Harrison, a self-styled preacher also called "Rev," was sentenced to 218 months in prison after pleading guilty to a racketeering conspiracy in 2022.
"Harrison was the architect of ruin for an entire generation of promising young lives – exclusively targeting and grooming vulnerable, at-risk youth," said United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins in a statement Thursday.
"The level of betrayal and dishonesty exhibited here is astonishing. Harrison was in a position of trust, but was actually a dangerous predator. As the academic dean at a Boston Public high school he lured and manipulated teenagers into a criminal enterprise that specialized in street terrorism," Rollins also said.
While in prison for attempting to murder a student he had recruited to sell marijuana, Harrison continued to associate with Latin Kings, a violent criminal enterprise with thousands of members. The gang supported Harrison while he was incarcerated, refusing to implicate others and putting money into his jail accounts.
Boston Public Schools hired Harrison in 2015 as an academic dean at English High School, a role that involved working with at-risk students. Officials say he used his position to recruit those same at-risk students into the gang. Harrison had students distribute drugs he provided, with Harrison collecting the proceeds.
When Harrison thought one of the students dealing drugs for him had stolen money from him and might inform the police, Harrison shot him in the back of the head. The shooting was caught on camera.
The student survived, but still lives with partial face paralysis, neuropathy in his neck and face, permanent hearing loss, and other significant injuries.
"Shaun Harrison led a double life – using his position as a high school dean to engage in violence and recruit at-risk youth into a violent criminal enterprise. Today’s sentence ensures he will stay in prison and off our city streets for a significant period of time," said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division.
"The convergence of gangs, guns, and drugs are a serious threat to our communities which the FBI and our law enforcement partners are working hard every day to address."
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