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GrandmaBear
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Hoping this family gets some answers and justice after this many years.
Tresir
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Fire at Portland city councilor’s home does not appear to be targeted, police say
A fire at a Portland city counselor’s home over the weekend does not appear to be a targeted attack, police said on Monday afternoon.
www.kptv.com
Suspicious’ fire at Portland City Councilor’s home being investigated as possible arson
Investigators estimate $125-150,000 in damages
By FOX 12 StaffPublished: Oct. 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM GMT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Authorities are investigating after a fire broke out in a carport at the home of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos early Sunday morning.
Fire officials were called to the scene of the fire on Southeast Caruthers Street, near Southeast 122nd Avenue, around 2:40 a.m. Sunday.
Upon arrival, they found several cars and a carport on fire, and were able to extinguish the blaze.
Investigators estimated the total damage at $125-150,000, with damage to the exterior siding of the home and “complete destruction” of the carport and two cars.
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Fire at the home of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos on the morning of Oct. 26, 2025.(KPTV)
In a statement to FOX 12, Councilor Avalos confirmed that the fire occurred at her home:
“Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I’m grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further. I was able to get out safely with my cat Valentino. I’m being supported by my wonderful friends, neighbors, and loved ones as I navigate what comes next. The incident is under active investigation, including as a possible arson. I’ll share more information as it becomes available.”
A representative for Portland Fire & Rescue said that investigators were looking into all possibilities as to the cause of the fire, including arson.
The Portland Police Bureau called the fire “suspicious” in nature, and asked that anyone with information contact the Tip Line at 503-823-3473 or arsontips@police.portlandoregon.gov.
Avalos was elected to serve District 1, which covers parts of southeast and northeast Portland, this past November - taking office in January.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson released the following statement in response to the incident:
“As public servants, we each stepped forward to serve Portland, and today, we stand united in support of our colleague. We thank Portland Fire & Rescue and the Portland Police Bureau for their quick response and ongoing investigation into a fire incident involving Councilor Avalos. We are working closely with Councilor Avalos to provide her with the resources and security she needs. This remains an active investigation and we will provide updates when we are able.”
This is a developing story and will be updated with any new information.
GrandmaBear
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You should tag @Kimster as I think Portland is within a not too far drive from her, not sure, but I think so.Fire at Portland city councilor’s home does not appear to be targeted, police say
A fire at a Portland city counselor’s home over the weekend does not appear to be a targeted attack, police said on Monday afternoon.
Suspicious’ fire at Portland City Councilor’s home being investigated as possible arson
Investigators estimate $125-150,000 in damages
By FOX 12 Staff
Published: Oct. 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM GMT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Authorities are investigating after a fire broke out in a carport at the home of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos early Sunday morning.
Fire officials were called to the scene of the fire on Southeast Caruthers Street, near Southeast 122nd Avenue, around 2:40 a.m. Sunday.
Upon arrival, they found several cars and a carport on fire, and were able to extinguish the blaze.
Investigators estimated the total damage at $125-150,000, with damage to the exterior siding of the home and “complete destruction” of the carport and two cars.
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Fire at the home of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos on the morning of Oct. 26, 2025.(KPTV)
In a statement to FOX 12, Councilor Avalos confirmed that the fire occurred at her home:
“Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I’m grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further. I was able to get out safely with my cat Valentino. I’m being supported by my wonderful friends, neighbors, and loved ones as I navigate what comes next. The incident is under active investigation, including as a possible arson. I’ll share more information as it becomes available.”
A representative for Portland Fire & Rescue said that investigators were looking into all possibilities as to the cause of the fire, including arson.
The Portland Police Bureau called the fire “suspicious” in nature, and asked that anyone with information contact the Tip Line at 503-823-3473 or arsontips@police.portlandoregon.gov.
Avalos was elected to serve District 1, which covers parts of southeast and northeast Portland, this past November - taking office in January.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson released the following statement in response to the incident:
“As public servants, we each stepped forward to serve Portland, and today, we stand united in support of our colleague. We thank Portland Fire & Rescue and the Portland Police Bureau for their quick response and ongoing investigation into a fire incident involving Councilor Avalos. We are working closely with Councilor Avalos to provide her with the resources and security she needs. This remains an active investigation and we will provide updates when we are able.”
This is a developing story and will be updated with any new information.
I guess I tagged her lol.
Oh yikes! That’s not good. I don’t live close to that area.
GrandmaBear
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THIS is good. She is so nice and personable and humorous even yet so known and experienced.
She helped a serial killer with investigating the death of his daughter. VERY interesting. And has written a book on it that can be pre-ordered right now. Says she is no author and it will be her first and last book lol. Just really a good watch. I'd like to read that book.
She helped a serial killer with investigating the death of his daughter. VERY interesting. And has written a book on it that can be pre-ordered right now. Says she is no author and it will be her first and last book lol. Just really a good watch. I'd like to read that book.
Tresir
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"Swans don't swim in a sewer" is the name of her book. He must have asked the book name four or five times over the course of the interview. She does seem a nice and interesting person though.
GrandmaBear
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I thought it was interesting, so is the name of her book. He asked a lot yeah.
I found it interesting too that she worked with Nancy Grace back in the day Nancy was a prosecutor and she actually went out to crime scenes (Nancy).
I found the crime scene investigation talk interesting too.
Tresir
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5 more Louvre heist suspects being interviewed.
www.bbc.co.uk
Image source,Reuters
Image caption,
Precious crown jewels were taken during the theft earlier this month
ByKathryn Armstrong
Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris' public prosecutor has said.
They were detained on Wednesday night in the Paris region during coordinated raids, according to Laure Beccuau.
One of the suspects is thought to be part of the four-man team that carried out the heist, who were seen on CCTV.
Two of the other alleged thieves have already been arrested and have "partially recognised" their involvement in the brazen theft, while the fourth person has not yet been caught.
It is not clear what role the other newly arrested people allegedly played in the theft but, Beccuau told French radio station RTL on Thursday that they "may eventually inform us about how the incident took place".
Beccuau said the arrests had been made in areas in and around Paris, including the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Phones and other objects found on the suspects during the raid were allowing investigators to study encrypted messages, she added.
Those arrested can be detained for up to four days before being charged or released.
French investigators are not giving many more details away at this stage but Beccuau said that DNA from one of those arrested on Wednesday night could be linked to the crime scene.
"We had him in our sights," she said of the main suspect.
She specified that the latest arrests were not related to statements made by the previously detained suspects but to "other elements of the case".
The authorities have previously said that the gang involved in the heist could be bigger than those who physically stole the jewels.
Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the Louvre - the world's most-visited museum - on 19 October, when four thieves broke into the building in broad daylight. The precious jewels have not been recovered yet.
Image gallerySkip image gallery
Previous imageNext image
Slide 1 of 6, A silver necklace with green jewels stolen during the Louvre heist, The Marie-Louise necklace and a pair of earrings were among the eight items stolen
End of image gallery
The first two people who were arrested over the heist - both men in their thirties with criminal records - are thought to be the pair who used power tools to enter the museum's Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) and steal some of the French crown jewels.
They were taken into custody late last week. Beccuau told a press conference on Wednesday that one of the men was arrested as he tried to board a one-way flight to Algeria, but that the other man had not been planning to leave France, contrary to earlier media reports.
There was no evidence at this stage to suggest the theft was an inside job, she added, confirming no accomplices worked at the museum.
On the day of the heist, the robbers arrived at 09:30, just after the museum opened to visitors, Beccuau said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The suspects arrived with a stolen vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Gallery of Apollo via a balcony close to the River Seine. The men used a disc cutter to crack open display cases housing the jewellery.
Beccuau said the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38, before switching to cars and heading east. Nobody had been threatened during the raid.
France's justice minister said security protocols in the Louvre - one of the world's most famous museums - "failed" in preventing the theft.
It was later revealed by the Louvre's director that the only camera monitoring the Gallery of Apollo was pointing away from a balcony the thieves climbed over to break in.
Since the incident, security measures have been tightened around France's cultural institutions.
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France following the heist. They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, 26m (85ft) below the ground floor of its elegant headquarters in central Paris.
Watch: Two people leave Louvre in lift mounted to vehicle
More on this story
Louvre: Five new suspects arrested over jewellery theft
They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Paris' public prosecutor said.
www.bbc.co.uk
Louvre jewellery theft
Image caption,
Precious crown jewels were taken during the theft earlier this month
ByKathryn Armstrong
- Published
30 October 2025, 07:28 GMT
- Published
Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris' public prosecutor has said.
They were detained on Wednesday night in the Paris region during coordinated raids, according to Laure Beccuau.
One of the suspects is thought to be part of the four-man team that carried out the heist, who were seen on CCTV.
Two of the other alleged thieves have already been arrested and have "partially recognised" their involvement in the brazen theft, while the fourth person has not yet been caught.
It is not clear what role the other newly arrested people allegedly played in the theft but, Beccuau told French radio station RTL on Thursday that they "may eventually inform us about how the incident took place".
Beccuau said the arrests had been made in areas in and around Paris, including the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Phones and other objects found on the suspects during the raid were allowing investigators to study encrypted messages, she added.
Those arrested can be detained for up to four days before being charged or released.
French investigators are not giving many more details away at this stage but Beccuau said that DNA from one of those arrested on Wednesday night could be linked to the crime scene.
"We had him in our sights," she said of the main suspect.
She specified that the latest arrests were not related to statements made by the previously detained suspects but to "other elements of the case".
The authorities have previously said that the gang involved in the heist could be bigger than those who physically stole the jewels.
Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the Louvre - the world's most-visited museum - on 19 October, when four thieves broke into the building in broad daylight. The precious jewels have not been recovered yet.
Image gallerySkip image gallery
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
The Marie-Louise necklace and a pair of earrings were among the eight items stolen
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
A tiara worn by the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, was taken
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
A large jewel-encrusted bow which also belonged to the Empress is also among items unaccounted for
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
Thieves took a number of items which were previously worn by Queen Marie-Amelie, who was married to King Louis Philippe I
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
One of a pair of earrings which previously belonged to the 19th century Queen are also missing
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
Marie-Amelie's crown was taken, though another worn by Princess Eugenie was apparently dropped during the thieves' escape
Previous imageNext image
Slide 1 of 6, A silver necklace with green jewels stolen during the Louvre heist, The Marie-Louise necklace and a pair of earrings were among the eight items stolen
End of image gallery
The first two people who were arrested over the heist - both men in their thirties with criminal records - are thought to be the pair who used power tools to enter the museum's Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) and steal some of the French crown jewels.
They were taken into custody late last week. Beccuau told a press conference on Wednesday that one of the men was arrested as he tried to board a one-way flight to Algeria, but that the other man had not been planning to leave France, contrary to earlier media reports.
There was no evidence at this stage to suggest the theft was an inside job, she added, confirming no accomplices worked at the museum.
On the day of the heist, the robbers arrived at 09:30, just after the museum opened to visitors, Beccuau said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The suspects arrived with a stolen vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Gallery of Apollo via a balcony close to the River Seine. The men used a disc cutter to crack open display cases housing the jewellery.
Beccuau said the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38, before switching to cars and heading east. Nobody had been threatened during the raid.
France's justice minister said security protocols in the Louvre - one of the world's most famous museums - "failed" in preventing the theft.
It was later revealed by the Louvre's director that the only camera monitoring the Gallery of Apollo was pointing away from a balcony the thieves climbed over to break in.
Since the incident, security measures have been tightened around France's cultural institutions.
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France following the heist. They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, 26m (85ft) below the ground floor of its elegant headquarters in central Paris.
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RoundPeg
Courage and Faith ~CK
I hope they get them all and also the jewels.5 more Louvre heist suspects being interviewed.
Louvre: Five new suspects arrested over jewellery theft
They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Paris' public prosecutor said.
Louvre jewellery theft
Image source,Reuters
Image caption,
Precious crown jewels were taken during the theft earlier this month
ByKathryn Armstrong
Updated 22 minutes ago
- Published
30 October 2025, 07:28 GMT
Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris' public prosecutor has said.
They were detained on Wednesday night in the Paris region during coordinated raids, according to Laure Beccuau.
One of the suspects is thought to be part of the four-man team that carried out the heist, who were seen on CCTV.
Two of the other alleged thieves have already been arrested and have "partially recognised" their involvement in the brazen theft, while the fourth person has not yet been caught.
It is not clear what role the other newly arrested people allegedly played in the theft but, Beccuau told French radio station RTL on Thursday that they "may eventually inform us about how the incident took place".
Beccuau said the arrests had been made in areas in and around Paris, including the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Phones and other objects found on the suspects during the raid were allowing investigators to study encrypted messages, she added.
Those arrested can be detained for up to four days before being charged or released.
French investigators are not giving many more details away at this stage but Beccuau said that DNA from one of those arrested on Wednesday night could be linked to the crime scene.
"We had him in our sights," she said of the main suspect.
She specified that the latest arrests were not related to statements made by the previously detained suspects but to "other elements of the case".
The authorities have previously said that the gang involved in the heist could be bigger than those who physically stole the jewels.
Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the Louvre - the world's most-visited museum - on 19 October, when four thieves broke into the building in broad daylight. The precious jewels have not been recovered yet.
Image gallerySkip image gallery
1 of 6
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
The Marie-Louise necklace and a pair of earrings were among the eight items stolen
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
A tiara worn by the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, was taken
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
A large jewel-encrusted bow which also belonged to the Empress is also among items unaccounted for
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
Thieves took a number of items which were previously worn by Queen Marie-Amelie, who was married to King Louis Philippe I
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
One of a pair of earrings which previously belonged to the 19th century Queen are also missing
Image source,Louvre Museum
Image caption,
Marie-Amelie's crown was taken, though another worn by Princess Eugenie was apparently dropped during the thieves' escape
Previous imageNext image
Slide 1 of 6, A silver necklace with green jewels stolen during the Louvre heist, The Marie-Louise necklace and a pair of earrings were among the eight items stolen
End of image gallery
The first two people who were arrested over the heist - both men in their thirties with criminal records - are thought to be the pair who used power tools to enter the museum's Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) and steal some of the French crown jewels.
They were taken into custody late last week. Beccuau told a press conference on Wednesday that one of the men was arrested as he tried to board a one-way flight to Algeria, but that the other man had not been planning to leave France, contrary to earlier media reports.
There was no evidence at this stage to suggest the theft was an inside job, she added, confirming no accomplices worked at the museum.
On the day of the heist, the robbers arrived at 09:30, just after the museum opened to visitors, Beccuau said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The suspects arrived with a stolen vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Gallery of Apollo via a balcony close to the River Seine. The men used a disc cutter to crack open display cases housing the jewellery.
Beccuau said the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38, before switching to cars and heading east. Nobody had been threatened during the raid.
France's justice minister said security protocols in the Louvre - one of the world's most famous museums - "failed" in preventing the theft.
It was later revealed by the Louvre's director that the only camera monitoring the Gallery of Apollo was pointing away from a balcony the thieves climbed over to break in.
Since the incident, security measures have been tightened around France's cultural institutions.
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France following the heist. They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, 26m (85ft) below the ground floor of its elegant headquarters in central Paris.
00:32Media caption,
Watch: Two people leave Louvre in lift mounted to vehicle
Related topics
- Louvre moves jewels to ultra-secure Bank of France vault after heist
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Tresir
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Note, there is a link on the last line of this letter that takes you to the 6 page letter to AG Bondi.
Chairman Jordan Refers John Brennan to DOJ for Criminal Prosecution
October 21, 2025Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) referred former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution after Brennan knowingly made false statements during his transcribed interview before the Committee in 2023. While testifying, Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact that were contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA including:
- Falsely denying that the CIA relied on the discredited Steele dossier in drafting the post-2016 election Intelligence Community Assessment; and
- Falsely testifying when he told the Committee that the CIA opposed including the Steele dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA).
- A CIA officer drafted the annex containing a summary of the dossier;
- Brennan made the ultimate decision, along with then-FBI Director James Comey, to include information from the dossier in the ICA; and
- Brennan overruled senior CIA officers who objected to the inclusion of the dossier material.
"We write to refer significant evidence that former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan knowingly made false statements during his transcribed interview before the Committee on the Judiciary on May 11, 2023. While testifying, Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA.
"Under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, a witness commits a crime if he 'knowingly and willfully . . . makes any materially false . . . statement or representation' with respect to 'any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee . . . of the Congress[.]' Congress cannot perform its oversight function if witnesses who appear before its committees do not provide truthful testimony. Making false statements before Congress is a crime that undermines the integrity of the Committee's constitutional duty to conduct oversight.
"The points below support an investigation into whether Brennan made false statements at his transcribed interview:
1. Brennan falsely denied that the CIA relied on the discredited Steele dossier in drafting the post-election Intelligence Community Assessment.
"On January 6, 2017, the CIA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency published a declassified version of an Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) titled Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections. The ICA stated, among other things, that Russia 'developed a clear preference' for President Trump and 'aspired to help' him win the election. This conclusion—now known to be false—was based in part on the Steele dossier, which 'was referenced in the ICA main body text, and further detailed in a two-page ICA annex.' The Steele dossier was a series of reports containing baseless accusations concerning President Trump's ties to Russia compiled and delivered to the FBI in 2016 by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. Subsequent investigations confirmed that the Clinton campaign and the DNC paid Steele via the law firm Perkins Coie and opposition research firm Fusion GPS to provide derogatory information about Trump's purported ties to Russia, which resulted in the discredited dossier. In July 2025, the Trump Administration declassified numerous documents showing that the ICA's main findings were false and that the Obama Administration knowingly fabricated the findings for the purpose of undermining the Trump Administration.
"The newly declassified evidence also confirms that Brennan falsely testified to the Committee. During a transcribed interview on May 11, 2023, Brennan stated that 'the CIA was not involved at all with the [Steele] dossier.'
"A report drafted by HPSCI in 2017, and recently declassified, shows Brennan’s testimony to be false. According to the report, the ICA included supporting evidence for the ICA's false claim that Russia 'aspired' to help President Trump win the election. The report directed the reader to review 'Annex A' for 'additional reporting from an FBI Source on Russian influence efforts.' Annex A, which was only included in the highest classified version of the ICA, was a two-page summary of the Steele dossier along with 'some analysis that struggled to imply that some dossier findings might have been corroborated by intelligence.' The CIA officer who served as the lead author of the ICA told HPSCI that he drafted Annex A 'in coordination with [the] FBI.'
"Ultimately, according to documents declassified by the Trump Administration, the decision to incorporate information from the Steele dossier in the ICA 'was jointly made by the Directors of CIA and FBI[.]' A senior FBI analyst confirmed this fact, telling HPSCI that, after debating for several days whether to include information from the dossier, 'upper levels [at FBI and CIA] decided to put it in.'
"Brennan's assertion that the CIA was not 'involved at all' with the Steele dossier cannot be reconciled with the facts. As the newly declassified documents show, a CIA officer drafted the annex containing a summary of the dossier; Brennan made the ultimate decision, along with then-FBI Director James Comey, to include information from the dossier in the ICA; and, as discussed further below, Brennan overruled senior CIA officers who objected to the inclusion of the dossier material.
2. Mr. Brennan. Brennan falsely testified when he told the Committee that the CIA opposed including the Steele dossier in the ICA.
"Brennan testified that 'the CIA was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion of the Steele dossier in the Intelligence Community Assessment.'
"This claim is contradicted by multiple sources that reveal Brennan's support for including the dossier in the ICA. According to a CIA memorandum declassified by the Trump Administration, when two CIA mission center leaders confronted Brennan with 'specific flaws' in the dossier, Brennan disregarded their concerns, 'appear[ing] more swayed by the [d]ossier's general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.' Brennan later 'formalized his position in writing, stating that "my bottomline is that I believe that the information warrants inclusion in the report."' Similarly, the HPSCI report notes that when senior CIA officers demanded that Brennan remove the Steele dossier from the ICA, Brennan 'refused to remove it.' When the officers presented evidence of the dossier’s 'many flaws,' Brennan responded, 'Yes, but doesn’t it ring true?' Ultimately, Brennan had to order [the dossier] included over the objections of [CIA] professonals.'
"As the newly declassified documents demonstrate, Brennan eagerly wanted to include information from the Steele dossier in the ICA, a fact Brennan himself documented in writing. This directly contradicts Brennan’s testimony that 'the CIA was very much opposed to having any reference or inclusion of the Steele dossier in the [ICA]' because as the Director of the CIA, Brennan spoke for the Agency.
3. Brennan also provided false testimony during a HPSCI hearing in 2017.
"On May 23, 2017, Brennan testified before HPSCI at an open hearing titled 'Russian Active Measures During the 2016 Election Campaign.' During the hearing, Brennan falsely asserted that the Steele dossier 'was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done.' Although this statement was made beyond the five-year statute of limitations, it indicates a pattern of Brennan's willingness to lie to Congress about the Steele dossier.
"As discussed above, the HPSCI report and the CIA memorandum confirm not only that the Steele dossier was used as a basis for the ICA, but that Brennan insisted on its inclusion. This stands in stark contrast with Brennan's testimony to HPSCI that the dossier was not used in drafting the ICA. Brennan's testimony is also contradicted by the ICA itself, which references the dossier in the main body of the assessment and summarizes material from the dossier in an annex.
"In sum, Brennan's testimony before the Committee on May 11, 2023, was a brazen attempt to knowingly and willfully testify falsely and fictitiously to material facts. We therefore make this referral for the Department to examine whether any of Brennan’s testimony warrants a charge for the violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001."
Read the letter to AG Bondi here.
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7-Year-Old Boy's Body Was Discovered in Freezer — Now Parents and Grandmother Face Charges
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the boy while conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Oct. 28
7-Year-Old Boy's Body Was Discovered in Freezer — Now Parents and Grandmother Face Charges
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- Three people were arrested after the body of a 7-year-old boy was found in a freezer in Lynwood, Calif.
- The boy's mother is reportedly being held on suspicion of murder, while his father and grandmother are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder
- The boy's body was found by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Oct. 28
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the boy's body while conducting a welfare check at a home in Lynwood, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 28, according to reports from KTLA, KNBC and KABC.
KABC reported that the deputies were called after someone reported a dead child at the home. The outlet further reported that the home was in an apartment building.
Deputies responded and subsequently arrested the boy's mother, father and grandmother following the shocking discovery, per the outlets.
Destiny Harrison, 25, the boy's mother, is being held on suspicion of murder, the outlets reported, citing the sheriff's department.
The father, 25-year-old Daniel Monzon, and the grandmother, Ana Zarceno-Carcamo, 46, are reportedly both being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Jail records indicate that all three are being held on $2 million bail. It is not immediately clear if they have been formally charged.
Authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the victim and have not revealed a cause of death.
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According to the outlets, three other children aged 9 months old, 13 years old and 16 years old, were also found in the home. KNBC reported that they were all taken into protective custody.[/COLOR]
Tresir
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That's awful. Those poor kids.7-Year-Old Boy's Body Was Discovered in Freezer — Now Parents and Grandmother Face Charges
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the boy while conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Oct. 28people.com
7-Year-Old Boy's Body Was Discovered in Freezer — Now Parents and Grandmother Face Charges
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the boy while conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Oct. 28
Three people were taken into custody after the body of a 7-year-old boy was discovered in the freezer of a Los Angeles County home.
- Three people were arrested after the body of a 7-year-old boy was found in a freezer in Lynwood, Calif.
- The boy's mother is reportedly being held on suspicion of murder, while his father and grandmother are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder
- The boy's body was found by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Oct. 28
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies found the boy's body while conducting a welfare check at a home in Lynwood, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 28, according to reports from KTLA, KNBC and KABC.
KABC reported that the deputies were called after someone reported a dead child at the home. The outlet further reported that the home was in an apartment building.
Deputies responded and subsequently arrested the boy's mother, father and grandmother following the shocking discovery, per the outlets.
Destiny Harrison, 25, the boy's mother, is being held on suspicion of murder, the outlets reported, citing the sheriff's department.
The father, 25-year-old Daniel Monzon, and the grandmother, Ana Zarceno-Carcamo, 46, are reportedly both being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Jail records indicate that all three are being held on $2 million bail. It is not immediately clear if they have been formally charged.
Authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the victim and have not revealed a cause of death.
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According to the outlets, three other children aged 9 months old, 13 years old and 16 years old, were also found in the home. KNBC reported that they were all taken into protective custody.[/COLOR]
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Unusual. Columbian President inciting violence on US soil. Then he leaves the country.
The United States announced it would cancel the visa of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Friday, after he publicly called on its soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump, further straining relations between Washington and Bogota.
Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and drug trafficking issues, repeated his call for an armed force to “free Palestine” while addressing a group of pro-Palestine supporters outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday.
“It (the global force) has to be bigger than that of the United States. That’s why from here, from New York, I ask all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity,” Petro is heard saying in a video posted to social media.
“Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity,” he added.
Afterwards, the US State Department said in a post on X: “Earlier today, Colombian president (Gustavo Petro) stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence.
“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”
In response, Petro said the United States’ decision “breaks all the norms of immunity on which the functioning of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based.”
“The fact that the Palestinian Authority was not allowed entry and that my visa was revoked for asking the US and Israeli armies not to support a genocide, which is a crime against all humanity, demonstrates that the US government no longer complies with international law,” he posted on X.
Petro had been in New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly, where he also took aim directly at Trump, saying he was “complicit in genocide” in Gaza, where US ally Israel has recently escalated an assault on Gaza City.
Last week an independent United Nations inquiry concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, an accusation Israel’s government has strongly denied.
CNN has reached out to the US State Department for more information.
Colombia’s Caracol Radio reported that Petro had already boarded a flight to leave the US when the State Department announced it would revoke his visa.
During his address at the UN, Petro also called for “criminal proceedings” over the deadly US strikes on suspected drug traffickers in international waters around South America.
Colombia’s president has had a rocky relationship with the White House this year. Just over a week into Trump’s second term, Petro blocked the landing of two US military flights of deported migrants, accusing the US of treating Colombian migrants like criminals. Colombia later agreed to accept the deportees and deployed its own planes to assist in their return.
The Andean country had previously been Washington’s most reliable ally in South America on national security and defense.
The United States announced it would cancel the visa of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Friday, after he publicly called on its soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump, further straining relations between Washington and Bogota.
Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and drug trafficking issues, repeated his call for an armed force to “free Palestine” while addressing a group of pro-Palestine supporters outside the United Nations headquarters on Friday.
“It (the global force) has to be bigger than that of the United States. That’s why from here, from New York, I ask all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity,” Petro is heard saying in a video posted to social media.
“Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity,” he added.
Afterwards, the US State Department said in a post on X: “Earlier today, Colombian president (Gustavo Petro) stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence.
“We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”
In response, Petro said the United States’ decision “breaks all the norms of immunity on which the functioning of the United Nations and its General Assembly is based.”
“The fact that the Palestinian Authority was not allowed entry and that my visa was revoked for asking the US and Israeli armies not to support a genocide, which is a crime against all humanity, demonstrates that the US government no longer complies with international law,” he posted on X.
Petro had been in New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly, where he also took aim directly at Trump, saying he was “complicit in genocide” in Gaza, where US ally Israel has recently escalated an assault on Gaza City.
Last week an independent United Nations inquiry concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, an accusation Israel’s government has strongly denied.
CNN has reached out to the US State Department for more information.
Colombia’s Caracol Radio reported that Petro had already boarded a flight to leave the US when the State Department announced it would revoke his visa.
During his address at the UN, Petro also called for “criminal proceedings” over the deadly US strikes on suspected drug traffickers in international waters around South America.
Colombia’s president has had a rocky relationship with the White House this year. Just over a week into Trump’s second term, Petro blocked the landing of two US military flights of deported migrants, accusing the US of treating Colombian migrants like criminals. Colombia later agreed to accept the deportees and deployed its own planes to assist in their return.
The Andean country had previously been Washington’s most reliable ally in South America on national security and defense.
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Here's another case of a father being charged when his son got swept away in a river. They charged him with murder first.
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Father charged with manslaughter after toddler swept away in floodwater
Brandon Aguilera-Padilla is due in court on Monday on charges that he killed his son, who was swept away in a flood.
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That one I understand a little better than the other one but for manslaughter. He was definitely undercharged with murder. He voluntarily drove on a flooded road.Here's another case of a father being charged when his son got swept away in a river. They charged him with murder first.
Father charged with manslaughter after toddler swept away in floodwater
Brandon Aguilera-Padilla is due in court on Monday on charges that he killed his son, who was swept away in a flood.
Ah, okay. As long as it makes sense, I’ll go with it.
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Throw away the KEY please.
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She Was Allegedly Made to Apologize to Her Rapist. Now She's Suing Police: 'Dear Dad, I'm Sorry for My Actions'
Taylor Cadle is suing the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida on allegations that they made her apologize to her adoptive father, who raped her for years.
She Was Allegedly Made to Apologize to Her Rapist. Now She's Suing Police: 'Dear Dad, I'm Sorry for My Actions'
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Warning: This story contains graphic details of childhood sexual abuse
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- Taylor Cadle was raped by her adoptive father Henry Cadle for years, between the ages of 9 and 13, per court records and a lawsuit reviewed by PEOPLE
- Taylor alleges she was made to write letters to police as well as to her father, apologizing for making the claims
- Henry was eventually convicted after Taylor showed police photographic evidence of his sexual abuse
Taylor Cadle, 22, alleged in a lawsuit that Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel, including Sheriff Grady Judd and investigator Melissa Turnage, accused her of lying to investigators, forcing her to write apology notes to her adoptive father who had been raping her for years. According to suit, Taylor was the victim.
The adoptive father, Henry Cadle, has since been convicted of sexual battery of a child between the ages of 12 and 18, committed by a custodian, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
In the lawsuit filed in a Florida district court on Oct. 10, Taylor claims Henry sexually abused her between the ages of 9 and 13, after she had been transferred from foster care into the custody of Henry and his wife in 2012.
She claims she initially did not report him for fear that she would be placed back in foster care.
The investigation began in July 2016, when a church member in whom Taylor confided reported the claims to officials at the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit contains sordid and graphic details of the allegations, including things Henry would say to Taylor during the abuse and things he made her do.
In an interview between Henry and law enforcement following the accusations, the lawsuit alleges, Turnage told him: "Basically, Taylor [Plaintiff], I guess, has made up these allegations, okay? That you have been sexually abusing her.”
Henry declined to take a polygraph test for the investigation, allegedly boasting to law enforcement that he "had sex with a lot of people in the shower with my eyes closed," the lawsuit claims.
In a police report, Turnage claimed there was no evidence Henry abused Taylor and accused Taylor of lying during a criminal investigation.
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Letters by Taylor Cadle.
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Taylor alleges she was pressured by Henry's wife into pleading guilty to the charge, and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the police as part of her probation.
The lawsuit includes two handwritten letters, one addressed to Henry and another one addressed to an unnamed "officer."
"im sorry for what i did," read part of the note addressed to "Dad," adding, "I didnt stop and think of my consequences."
In another letter addressed to the officer, Taylor wrote: "I know what I did wasnt therefore i face my consequences," adding, "This will never happen again."
Taylor was returned to Henry's custody and secretly recorded his abuse of her the following month. She showed officers the photographic evidence, per the lawsuit, which resulted in his arrest and conviction, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95)]The Polk County Sheriff's Office told PEOPLE in a statement that the lawsuit is a publicity stunt and that "our deputies did an extensive investigation and made deliberate and rational decisions based upon the information and evidence we had at the time." The office declined to comment further.
Taylor is asking for "compensatory damages and special damages, punitive damages, cost disbursements, pre- and post-judgment interest and attorney's fees" in her lawsuit.
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
Funeral home recovers 300+ piles of human remains outside Las Vegas; investigation deepens
The federal investigation into who dumped more than 300 piles of human remains in the desert outside Las Vegas continues as a funeral home stepped up Wednesday to recover them.The investigative team with Nexstar’s KLAS first reported the discovery of more than 100 piles of cremated remains in August. The person who found the ashes later contacted KLAS and said he stumbled on the piles on July 28 in a desert area outside of Searchlight. Searchlight is a rural community about an hour south of the Las Vegas valley off U.S. 95.
In August, a Bureau of Land Management official confirmed the piles were human cremains and that the department was actively investigating. “Cremains,” the word the official provided, is a word for human cremated remains.
On Wednesday, representatives from Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries removed approximately 315 piles from the desert. A second area containing more piles was found near the dump site in the 8 News Now Investigators’ original report.
What are generally referred to as “ashes” are pulverized bone, which are left over after a person is cremated.
“I think most of us just felt like, ‘What a shame,’” said Celena DiLullo, the president of Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries.
Each pile represents a person who lived in the Southern Nevada community. The piles are likely the work of a commercial funeral home business, several sources confirm to KLAS’ 8 News Now Investigators.
DiLullo and other Palm employees moved each pile into a bag and into an individual urn during the recovery effort on Wednesday.
There is no law in Nevada barring a person from scattering ashes on public land. State law requires funeral operators to preserve the “dignity” of any remains in their care. BLM policy allows for a person to scatter cremated remains; however, the policy limits “commercial distribution of cremated remains.” A mass dumping site, like this one, likely violates federal law.
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A third teenager is indicted for the killing of a congressional intern in Washington
A third teenager has been arrested and charged for the killing of a congressional intern in the nation’s capital, a crime that President Donald Trump cited when he announced a law enforcement surge in Washington.
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