“I have never seen a thin person drinking a Diet Coke.”
— Donald J. Trump
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WHAT THE HECK?
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I like for my Daily Recaps to serve as a means of providing answers rather than leaving the reader with more questions than with which they came. Unfortunately, questions are all I have for this story.
The remote New Mexico compound that also served as a school-shooter training ground has been partially destroyed, burying in rubble the underground tunnel at the location where the remains of a young boy were found.
Yes, as in the crime scene where a toddler’s remains were found, along with a whole bunch of stuff related to jihad against our country. One would think we’d want to keep it intact for a little while at least.
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I was able to find an answer — somewhat.
The site destruction came about after a court order was released allowing for the seizure of a stolen trailer, which was part of the compound in Amalia. Additionally, that trailer has been torn apart, and ammo and bullets sit in piles around the lot. Property owner Jason Bader confirmed the court order allowing the seizure of a stolen trailer that made up part of the compound.
Since the legacy media won’t do it for anything, let’s take a quick moment to jog our memories on the alleged facts regarding this story. Earlier this month, 11 starving children ranging in age from 1 to 15 were rescued from the compound, which has now been identified as an alleged training ground for young school shooters thanks to the information provided by the children themselves. Kids have been known to tell tall tales, but they usually don’t involve training for jihad. The odds are overwhelmingly high that these kids are telling the truth. And oh yeah, the physical evidence at the scene corroborates their claims, ASSUMING THE EVIDENCE IS STILL INTACT.
Siraj Wahhaj, 39, the father of Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj―the 3-year old toddler that was found dead on the property―was arrested along with four other adults after a note about starving children finally managed to reach authorities, providing just cause to raid the property. As usual, the FBI had been aware of the compound and the shady aura emanating from it, but were impotent — or worse, willfully negligent — to do anything about it.
Prosecutors believe the young boy died during a 7th century Islamic ritual ceremony to cast out demons. The child reportedly suffered from seizures and could not walk due to severe medical issues.
All five adults are each facing 11 counts of felony child abuse for the filthy conditions in which the 11 children were found. The compound reportedly had no electricity, water, or plumbing.
The rescued children were swiftly taken into protective custody, thank God.
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But then, to inject salt into an already horrific wound, far-left activist District Judge Sarah Backus decided to grant bail to three defendants arrested in the compound raid, arguing that prosecutors failed to present any evidence about the children’s health or welfare. She said prosecutors decided to focus on the weaponry at the compound instead.
MAYBE THE WEAPONRY ALONE IS JUSTIFICATION TO KEEP THESE GUYS LOCKED UP, YOU DROOLING IDIOT. DO YOU REALLY NEED CONCRETE PROOF THAT THEY WERE HUNGRY, TOO??
God please save our country from this backwards ideology.
Backus set the defendants’ bail at $20,000 each. Lucas Morton, Subhannah Wahhaj and Hujrah Wahhaj are awaiting a possible release. Siraj Wahhaj will remain in jail pending a warrant for his arrest in Georgia for the abduction and murder of his son. At least they got that one right, I suppose.
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But now, with the partial destruction of the compound, who knows whether Judge Backus will ever get that evidence she apparently seeks. Did the authorities really comb through that entire compound already to the point that bulldozers may be unleashed without harm to the investigation?
There are spent shells all over the place, writings, body armor…..pretty much everything you’d expect to see in a compound designed to train child jihadists. That physical evidence is important. Those ammo shells, for instance, may provide a means of tracking who assisted them in their mission. Or they may not provide much insight at all. They might just be traced back to the local Walmart.
THAT’S WHAT INVESTIGATIONS ARE FOR — TO LEARN ALL THE FACTS.
Bottom line: The Taos County Sheriff’s Department needs to answer some questions, the chief among them being, “Was that compound an active crime scene or was it not?” If so, who the hell authorized a bulldozer in the heart of a fresh crime scene?
If it wasn’t an active crime scene, can the detectives working the case — federal, state and county — vouch for the fact that all physical evidence had been properly gathered from the scene before the authorization was granted?
There’s either some amazing police work happening here or just the opposite. There really isn’t a middle ground.
The TCSD needs to address these questions immediately.
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THE STREAK ENDS
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I did all I could to keep the Daily Recap an Omarosa-free zone. Unfortunately, she’s created sufficient ruckus in the headlines to finally rear her ugly head in this, the most sacred of news spaces.
The latest book-selling gimmick is that Omarosa has as many as 200 audiotapes that she recorded during her brief, drama-filled tenure at the White House. She’s obviously been planning this for a while, as she is releasing them as a slow drip into the news cycle about every other day, which should keep her new book on the bestsellers list for weeks or months to come.
It’s going to be one hell of an annoying time over these next few months.
According to the Associated Press, a source “with direct knowledge of the records” says that Omarosa also has a “stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation” that support the claims she makes in the book.
In a PBS interview earlier in the week, Omarosa said, “I have a significant amount, in fact, a treasure trove, of multimedia backup for everything that’s not only in “Unhinged,” but everything that I assert about Donald Trump.”
The report did not give an indication of what might be included on the videos, nor which of the accounts in her book they may support. I will save you the suspense though. They’re relatively innocuous recordings of staffers being taken out of context in order for Omarosa to serve red meat to the #Resist movement and sell books.
So far, she’s released tapes of General Kelly firing her; a conversation in which presidential daughter-in-law Lara Trump appears to offer her a lucrative campaign job in exchange for keeping silent about what she saw at the White House; and a phone call from 2016 that appeared to bolster her unconfirmed claim that a tape exists of PDT using the “n-word.” In reality, Omarosa set them up by insinuating that the tape had already been found and then recorded them discussing how to deal with the matter. It’s all underhanded nonsense.
CAN SHE BE ARRESTED FOR THIS?
But to answer the question regarding prosecution, no, I doubt it will happen. Unless Omarosa discloses classified information at some point they’ll have a tough time putting together a case for prosecution.
The strongest case the Trump administration seems to have deals with the nondisclosure agreement Omarosa signed upon taking the job. And not just your standard NDA that accompanies security clearances; one specific to working in the Trump administration. Even that is wrought with peril, however, since there are serious legal and constitutional questions surrounding the forced silence of a public employee. Omarosa, as farcical as it may be, was technically a public servant. It’s going to be hard to legally enforce an NDA.
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BIG PICTURE:
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The basic math regarding the Omarosa situation hasn’t changed. She’s on a mission to sell as many books as she can as she rides off into the sunset of irrelevance. The recordings are mostly taken out of context and aimed at creating false narratives, most of which have been debunked already (though the media is doing its best to give them life any way possible).
She likely won’t be prosecuted for it, but she won’t be getting anyone in the Trump administration prosecuted, either.
I am sad to say, though, that she may have a small effect on our numbers. Not because of anything on those tapes, but because she was hired in the first place. Someone like Omarosa has no earthly business in the White House.
Mr. President, forgive my bluntness here, but I don’t care how many “great things” someone says about you. I understand that you value loyalty but anyone with two brain cells knew that Omarose wasn’t trustworthy. There are some folks in the middle who don’t buy into the anti-Trump narrative being pushed by the media, but there is no way to spin a hire like this. It makes you look incompetent. You can’t go around bragging about hiring “the best people” while hiring people like Omarosa. It just doesn’t work.
I love you to death, Mr. President, but this whole thing is a #BigFatMess that was wholly preventable.
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KING BOB ATTACKS HIS STAR WITNESS
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Or who should be his star witness, anyway.
King Bob Mueller has recommended that former Trump campaign staffer George Papadopoulos be sentenced up to six months in prison and face a fine of $9,500, stating in a court filing yesterday that those penalties “are warranted and appropriate” for Papadopoulos’s conduct in lying to federal investigators.
Mueller wrote in the filing that Papadopoulos chose to lie to federal investigators during a voluntary interview and that he “was expressly warned that it is a crime to lie to federal investigators.”
“The defendant knew the questions he was asked by the FBI were important, and he knew his answers were false at the time he gave them. His lies negatively affected the FBI’s Russia investigation, and prevented the FBI from effectively identifying and confronting witnesses in a timely fashion,” the court document states.
Papadopoulos reached a plea agreement with King Bob’s team last year and is set to be sentenced next month. However, Papadopoulos’s wife, Simona Mangiante, is urging him to break off the deal and stop cooperating with Mueller.
Something tells me Papadopoulos will be treated differently, though.
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The document states that FBI agents had to repeatedly press Papadopoulos on the issue, providing specific quotes from the line of questioning.
Trey Vaught, I am doing my best to keep my BP down & stay active. Basic logic on my mother board, child abusers & animal abusers, including pedophiles, should be taken out and shot through the head. That includes Roman Catholic Priest’s. These deplorable humans are damaged beyond repair.
You have written awesome recaps, papers that I can keep for my grandson to learn the history & state of our Country. Please know, that I am in the creases of TTC.