Hunter Biden GUILTY, but will he actually get jail time?



It appears Hunter Biden may not be above the law after all.

The president’s son was found guilty by a federal jury on all three federal felony gun charges he faced, which is the first time a president’s immediate family member has been found guilty of a crime during his father's term in office.

Hunter faces up to 25 years in prison and fines up to $750,000.

“I am more grateful today for the love and support I experienced this last week from Melissa, my family, my friends, and my community than I am disappointed by the outcome. Recovery is possible by the grace of God, and I am blessed to experience that gift one day at a time,” Hunter said in a statement following his conviction.

While many are shocked that Hunter was convicted despite the fact that his father is literally the president of the United States, Sara Gonzales notes that it could be a lot worse for him.

“This is not his first rodeo, he has committed many crimes, but this is his first conviction,” Gonzales says, adding, “so maximum sentence is probably not likely.”

The left is overjoyed with the conviction, as it now can be used to claim that Donald Trump’s conviction was not politically motivated.

“Now that this has happened, I think the game plan is clear from the left. ‘Look, we told you no one is above the law, see? Even when it’s the president’s son, nobody is above the law. This is evidence of a justice system that is working,’” Gonzales says, mocking the Democrats.

Legal expert and host of “America on Trial” Josh Hammer doesn’t think the trial could have gone better.

“Federal prosecutors' bread and butter are gun crimes and drug crimes. So, this was a very standard prosecution, and to the prosecution’s credit, they did everything that I would have possibly hoped that they did,” Hammer says.

“He’s obviously not going to get 25 years,” he continues, “but is he going to get any prison time?”

“We have to hope for jail time right now because if the jury finds him guilty, but he just gets a slap on the wrist, back to drug treatment, you know, drug treatment program, whatever — at that point, we’re right back to where we started,” he adds.


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Ken Paxton Goes to War with Media Matters | Ep 901

Ken Paxton Goes to War with Media Matters | Ep 901

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Impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Paxton to be sent to jury deliberations by end of week.

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'Direct appeal'

Texas attorney general launches investigation into SHADY Big Pharma



Many Americans have questioned the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is doing something about it.

Paxton has just launched an investigation into Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson to find out whether or not they engaged in gain-of-function research and misled the public regarding the vaccines.

Paxton believes if these companies misrepresented the efficacy of the vaccines, they could have violated the Deceptive Trade Practices Act in Texas.

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales of "The News & Why It Matters" had Paxton on the show to discuss his investigation.

“We’re going to ask questions about their trials, about what they knew at the time, when they knew it, and see if they told us the truth,” Paxton explains, “or whether they misled the public about the efficacy of their vaccine.”

Gonzales asks Paxton how he plans to prove it, as she thinks “they’re not going to provide documents that maybe they have.”

“Well, the problem with them not providing the documents they have — that potentially turns into criminal action and certainly results in other risks for their company,” Paxton says.

However, that doesn’t mean the company will comply.

“They could decide ‘Hey, we don’t want to disclose information,’” he explains. “You know, usually the cover-up’s worse than the crime.”

While this could be the case, “there will be some civil penalties and it will cost them some money” if they’re honest about what they knew and did not know. If they’re caught in a lie, they could be facing criminal charges.

Paxton continues, explaining that “if they answer the questions and we find that they’ve misled the public — then we’ve got different issues that we either have to settle with them or we have to sue them to recover the damages that they’ve caused.”

Gonzales notes that if that’s the case, there’s a lot of money behind them to recover damages.

She adds that the Moderna CEO made nearly 400 million last year on his stock options and owns a reported 2.8 billion shares in the company.

Albert Borla of Pfizer made a $33 million salary last year “off the backs of the American public,” Gonzales says.


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Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation into SHADY Big Pharma

Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation into SHADY Big Pharma

Texas sheriff won't investigate voter fraud allegations against Democrat candidate leveled in police bodycam video



A Texas sheriff won't investigate voter fraud allegations against a Democrat candidate for county judge that were leveled during a bodycam conversation between a Fort Worth police officer and a homeless man who had been arrested for voter fraud.

What are the details?

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said because Democrat candidate Deborah Peoples is at the center of the allegations, and Sheriff Bill Waybourn already endorsed her Republican opponent Tim O’Hare — as well as other GOP candidates — Waybourn said it would be “inappropriate” for the sheriff’s office to investigate the matter, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported, citing a Monday evening press release.

Instead the sheriff’s office will pass the information to the state attorney general’s office, the Star-Telegram said, adding that representatives for Waybourn didn’t immediately respond to the paper's request for comment.

Conservative news website Gateway Pundit said it obtained the bodycam video dated Jan. 3, 2020 through open records requests. The outlet then included the video as part of a story earlier this month claiming Peoples engaged in ballot harvesting. In the video, the homeless man — Charles Jackson — tells the officer that Peoples paid him to help with that task, the Star-Telegram reported.

Here's a transcript of part of the conversation from the bodycam video in question:

JACKSON: "Each time I get someone to sign they gave me $200."
OFFICER: "To sign the absentee ballot?"
JACKSON: "Yeah, but that wasn't easy though ... those people were 65 and older you know ..."
OFFICER: "How many people you get to sign?"
JACKSON: "One day I got like $1,200 ... in like four hours ..."
OFFICER: "Did you fill out anything, or you have them fill it out?"
JACKSON: "No ... I filled it out while I was talking to them, and then ... let them sign it."
OFFICER: "So you voted everyone for them?"
JACKSON: "Yeah, yeah pretty much. You know, once you vote one just vote all Democrats ... and they wasn't intending to do that. Kind of leading 'em like ..."
OFFICER: "... Were you telling 'em you were doing that?"
JACKSON: "No, I was told to tell them what I told them."
OFFICER: "What would you tell them ... I mean, how would you get them to sign?"

Jackson then explains to the officer that he was told to tell his targets he was checking to see if their information in the system was correct, according to the video.

JACKSON: They said, 'Yeah,' and I said, 'Well, sign if it's correct.' Once it's signed, they voted ..."
OFFICER: “Dang. So was that paper ballot or on the computer?”
JACKSON: “Both ... I had a tablet, and I had paper as well.”

Jackson then tells the officer he earned between $900 and $1,200 a week for about six months through his activities, according to the video.

Now what?

The Tarrant County GOP addressed the controversy Sept. 16:

\u201cTarrant County Republican Chairman @rbarnesGOP statement regarding voter fraud and the connection to Deborah Peoples.\n\n#Tarrant #TarrantCounty #TarrantGOP #GOP #VoteRepublican\u201d
— Tarrant County Republican Party (@Tarrant County Republican Party) 1663331430

"In the video the individual explained to a police officer that Ms. Peoples directed him to target the elderly, steal their votes, and harvest those votes for specific candidates in the 2016 election," the statement from the Tarrant County GOP reads.

How did Peoples, other Democrats respond?

Peoples said last week Republicans were “disrespecting voters by leaning on false information from an outlet famous for spreading lies to serve an extreme agenda," the Star-Telegram reported.

Tarrant County Democratic chair Allison Campolo said "voters are ready for candidates who run professional campaigns and don’t resort to these gossip tactics while spreading wild, unsupported claims. We are glad to see the Sheriff’s office agrees. ..." the paper noted.

Campolo added to the Star-Telegram that Democrats welcome investigations into the “patently false” claims.

“We know what the sheriff’s investigation will find, which is that no fraud occurred, and Tarrant Republicans used an extremely right-wing source of misinformation to spread this lie,” Campolo noted, according to the paper. “When the sheriff’s office is prepared to formally expose this lie for what it is, we are ready to share their findings.”

Representatives from the attorney general’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, the Star-Telegram said, adding that Peoples didn’t immediately respond to a phone call and text for comment.

Texas AG blasts possible LGBTQ 'indoctrination' at school district's Pride Week. 'Queer Eye' showings, 'nail painting' parties allegedly offered at HS.



Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted "Pride Week" activities at the Austin Independent School District in a letter posted to Twitter, saying they constitute "human sexuality instruction" allowable only with parents' consent. He also accused the district of participating in LGBTQ "indoctrination."

Allegedly among the "Pride Week" activities are "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties at a district high school.

What are the details?

"Liberal school districts are aggressively pushing LGBTQ+ views on Texas kids! All behind parents’ backs! This is immoral and illegal," Paxton added in a follow-up tweet. "I will work with and for parents to hold deceptive sexual propagandists and predators accountable."

Paxton's Tuesday letter noted that the district's activities happening this week are "at best" an "instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent" or "worse" the district is "cynically pushing ... indoctrination of your students that ... subtly cuts parents out of the loop. Either way you're breaking the law."

The attorney general added that he heard reports about "community circles" in which "sensitive topics" are discussed and that "students are encouraged to keep [them] confidential, presumably from parents."

But Austin school officials pushed back, saying in a statement to the Austin American-Statesman that community circles are "confidential" in the sense that they make "students feel trusted and respected for their privacy when sharing in the conversations — it does not mean don't tell your parents."

Interestingly, a Libs of Tik Tok tweet said Doss Elementary's instructions — after "parent and social media backlash" — were updated to reflect that teachers are to inform students they can tell parents about Pride Week activities:

Doss Elementary updated their pride week activity instructions after parent and social media backlash. It now states that students can share information with their parents.pic.twitter.com/JUc3n2BsNl
— Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok) 1647913079

Indeed, the American-Statesman reported that backlash to this year's Pride Week resulted in death threats against Doss Elementary teachers and "prompted the school to move Wednesday's pride parade indoors, with police present." District spokesman Jason Stanford added to the paper that "we were actually worried that this political controversy could possibly threaten the safety of these kids."

Libs of TikTok also posted video to Twitter showing what it said was an indoor Pride Parade at Doss Elementary:

I knew she would delete it so I saved it. The assistant principal posted this video of a pride parade in school to her Twitter account.pic.twitter.com/GrUdr9V4MS
— Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok) 1647887216

In addition, it was claimed that activities such as "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School:

Pride week at Bowie High School here in Austin includes watching Queer Eye and nail painting parties.\n\nAISD has the worst exam scores of all local districts, but go off! Get your nails did!pic.twitter.com/OgmvODxcc5
— Brad Swail (@Brad Swail) 1647986781

The Austin ISD on Thursday did not immediately respond to TheBlaze's request for comment on claims that Doss Elementary's Pride Week instructions were amended to makes sure students are told they can talk to their parents and that "Queer Eye" showings and "nail painting" parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School.

'Political attacks'

In response to Paxton's letter, Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde tweeted the following: "I want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks."

In addition, the American-Statesman reported that Stanford said Paxton is wrong, legally and factually, to equate Pride Week with sex education.

"Pride is about celebrating who people are, particularly members of the LGBT community who are bullied much more than the community at large, who experience suicide at much higher rates, who skip school at twice the rate of straight kids because of worries about their safety," Stanford told the paper.

"In Austin, it's really important to us to let all these kids know that we love them and they're welcome and they're safe," he added to the American-Statesman. "It might surprise the attorney general to find out that this is a pretty normal idea here in Austin, that we love everybody."

And while Paxton's letter advised the Austin ISD to "rectify this situation" and warned that parents could take action against the school district, the paper said Stanford brushed aside the attorney general's cautions.

"This is nothing our lawyers are taking seriously at all because he's so wrong about the law," Stanford told the American-Statesman. "We thank the attorney general for his interest, but we will continue to celebrate Pride."

Trump backs Paxton for re-election as Texas attorney general



Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for re-election in the Lone Star State.

"Attorney General Ken Paxton has been bravely on the front line in the fight for Texas, and America, against the vicious and very dangerous Radical Left Democrats, and the foolish and unsuspecting RINOs that are destroying our Country," Trump said in a statement.

"Ken is strong on Crime, Border Security, the Second Amendment, Election Integrity and, above all, our Constitution. He loves our Military and our Vets. It is going to take a PATRIOT like Ken Paxton to advance America First policies in order to Make America Great Again. Ken has my Complete and Total Endorsement for another term as Attorney General of Texas. He is a true Texan who will keep Texas safe—and will never let you down!" Trump continued.

Paxton tweeted that he was "honored" to get the former president's support.

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, is running against Paxton. Bush currently has a photo of himself and Trump pinned at the top of his Twitter profile.

"I'm running for Attorney General because Texans deserve integrity and honesty from the office of Texas' top law enforcement official. Texans deserve a candidate without a laundry list of existing and potential criminal indictments," Bush tweeted on Monday night.

Politico reported that Paxton "faces a criminal indictment on fraud charges and a separate FBI corruption investigation."

Paxton is also being challenged in the GOP primary by former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman.

While half a year has elapsed since former President Trump departed from office, he remains a widely popular figure on the political right and has continued to weigh in on various political issues and candidates.

In a straw poll earlier this month at a CPAC event in Texas, Trump scored a whopping 70 percent when people were asked about who they would support for a Republican presidential primary, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in a distant second place with 21 percent.

#BREAKING: Former President Trump wins the #CPAC straw poll for 2024 GOP presidential nominee, with Gov. Ron DeSant… https://t.co/ZT6o6UqfqY
— Forbes (@Forbes) 1626035006.0

Texas AG blasts 'mob rule,' police chief after angry driver is only person charged when Black Lives Matter militants 'illegally shut down traffic'



Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted "mob rule" and Plano's police chief after an angry driver caught on video confronting Black Lives Matter militants for blocking traffic was the only person charged in Saturday's incident.

What are the details?

After Paxton caught wind of the viral showdown, he issued a statement Monday decrying "a group of radical-left armed agitators and a police chief unwilling to enforce the law."

The Texas AG said that after "a group of militant BLM protesters illegally shut down traffic underneath a major highway," an "Antifa-like character pulled what appears to be a gun and pointed it at the man" who had exited his car "to demand the mob clear the way."

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Paxton added that "rather than disperse the crowd or arrest the lawbreakers, the lone police officer told" the driver who confronted the group to "go away."

More from the AG's statement:

I instructed one of my top deputies to contact the Plano Police Chief to get more details. What he heard paints an even worse picture than the video alone depicts.

First the Chief told my deputy that while the weapon wasn't a pistol, it was, in fact, a "pepper ball gun." In a separate conversation, the Chief claimed it was a "taser." In a recent Facebook post, the department is now saying it was [an] "electronic control device." Whatever it was, the police declined to pursue the leftist who brandished the weapon, and no charges are being pressed against him.

Second, the Chief was anxious to excuse the rioters. "You have to understand the situation," urged the Chief. "We have to negotiate with these people. Do you expect us to mass arrest these protesters? You know that's not going to happen." Most law enforcement officers are ready and willing to uphold law and order. We need them to do that. But too many are held back by politically motivated leaders, crippled by the woke agitators, now aiders and abettors to liberal lunacy.

Here's a clip of the incident. Content warning: Language:

BLM Protestors block road in Plano, TX, get confronted by angry driver youtu.be

Paxton added in his statement that "only one person from this whole incident is being charged with a crime: The one man who told the protesters to go away. Why? For 'assault with contact' because he slapped a person's hand out of his face. No one else is being charged with anything. None of the law-breaking traffic-blockers, not the guy who pulled a weapon — no one!"

The AG ended his statement by saying he'll "never allow our beautiful Texas cities or neighborhoods to become Portland or Seattle or San Francisco because of the unchecked left. I call upon my friends and allies across the state to crack down on this lawlessness immediately. No excuses!"

What did police have to say?

Plano police told WFAA-TV that the object in the protester's hand is an electronic control device, which the station wrote is "commonly known as a Taser."

Police Chief Ed Drain added to WFAA that the device was "purchased without a permit or license, and the person who pointed the device did not commit a criminal offense by doing so."

In the video, the angry motorist appears to attempt to slap a phone out of the hand of one of the protesters. Police said in its statement that "a female reported that she was assaulted by a male who confronted the protestors. Due to the position of the crowd, the officer did not witness the assault. The officer de-escalated the situation by removing the male ... from the crowd ... After speaking with the victim and the suspect, and reviewing video footage of the incident, detectives filed an Assault-by-Contact charge with the Municipal Court against the male suspect," the station reported.

Plano police told WFAA the names of the victim and suspect are not being released over concerns for their safety, and that assault by contact is a class C misdemeanor.

In addition, police told the station that the protesters were asked to disperse after the confrontation and complied. Officers also told them that obstructing traffic is illegal, WFAA reported. Chief Drain added to the station that traffic was held up for for seven minutes.