Greek police said on Tuesday that an 89-year-old man has been taken into custody for a mass shooting in Athens that injured five people.
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The Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in Scott v. McDougle, a case initially brought before Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. that could determine whether Old Dominion ultimately adopts a gerrymandered map that would all but guarantee that 10 out of the state's 11 congressional seats go to Democrats in the upcoming midterm election.
On April 21, Virginia voters passed the redistricting referendum, but the next day, Hurley blocked certification of the result, ruffling the feathers of Democrats who eagerly want to see the result certified.
Hurley ruled in January that the constitutional amendment that ended up on the April 21 ballot was unlawful. He then declared on April 22 in a related case about the constitutional amendment — Koski v. Republican National Committee — that:
The judge granted the Republican plaintiffs in the Koski case a permanent injunction against certification, noting that they "will be irreparably harmed absent permanent injunctive relief because of the numerous violations of the constitutional amendment process and because Congressmen [Ben] Cline and [Morgan] Griffith would be irreparably harmed by their districts changing at this juncture."
On April 24, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) filed a motion for an emergency stay of Hurley's order in the Koski case.
The Virginia Supreme Court delivered Jones and other Democrats bad news on Tuesday, denying them their coveted emergency stay.
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Former Republican Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli said in response to the court's rejection of the Democratic motion that "in the 'tea leaves' category, this is as positive a 'tea leaf' as one might imagine" with regard to the Scott case.
Cuccinelli said that if the Virginia Supreme Court "thought they would let the referendum stand, then logically they would have lifted the injunction on counting & certifying the votes."
Virginia Del. Wren Williams (R) wrote, "The same Supreme Court that allowed the referendum to go forward in March, so voters could be heard, has now declined to override a final judgment finding the constitutional amendment process defective. Strong signal that process matters in Virginia."
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Over the years, I have called repeatedly for the severest penalties for leakers who have jeopardized our national security and endangered US soldiers lives during the course of this war. I wondered why charges were not being brought. Such charges should still be brought, but in the meantime, Bongino has sketched out a method that others...
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the indictment of a former top aide to Anthony Fauci, who headed up the government's pandemic response.
Seventy-eight-year-old David Morens allegedly violated records protocols in order to hide pandemic information from Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a DOJ press release.
'The conspiracy was Tony Fauci and his assistants doing Xi Jinping’s dirty work and lying about COVID’s origins.'
Morens was a senior adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 2006 through 2022.
He allegedly agreed with a co-conspirator "in writing to intentionally hide from public view their communications by corresponding using Morens’s personal Gmail account, rather than his official NIH email account."
Morens allegedly received wine in exchange for his "shenanigans" and was allegedly offered other gifts, including meals at Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, New York, and Washington, D.C.
In one alleged email to Fauci, Morens appeared to admit to his efforts to hide the communications.
"I can either send stuff to Tony on his private gmail, or hand it to him at work or at his house. He is too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble," the email allegedly read.
Fauci has denied any knowledge about the emails and claimed Morens was not his top adviser.
"These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic," read a statement from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
"As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19," he added. "Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas."
Morens is charged with conspiracy against the United States, according to the DOJ, as well as destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting.
"In March of 2020, I made clear the virus almost certainly came from the Wuhan lab," said former Trump State Secretary Mike Pompeo. "A massive campaign to undermine what we knew was undertaken. To call this an abuse of public trust is an understatement."
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) thanked the feds for holding "fraudsters" accountable.
"Pointing out that COVID leaked from a lab in Communist China was never a conspiracy, it was common sense," he said in a post on social media. "The conspiracy was Tony Fauci and his assistants doing Xi Jinping’s dirty work and lying about COVID’s origins."
If convicted, Morens could face up to 20 years in prison for each count of destruction of records and possibly more for the other counts.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested illegal aliens convicted of crimes like murder, child sexual abuse, and drug dealing.
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