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- Fox’s Jessica Tarlov Reads List of Trump’s Worst Attacks Amid Debate Over Wh...
Fox News host Jessica Tarlov read a list of President Donald Trump’s worst attacks on the Democratic Party, arguing that the uptick in American political violence was stoked by rhetoric on both sides of the aisle. The shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner was the central topic on Tuesday’s edition of The Five, after Cole Tomas Allen was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate Trump, along with other counts. Allen, who broke through the dinner’s security perimeter Saturday and opened fire, began posting angry political messages online a few years ago. Co-host Dana Perino argued that those who committed violence, like Allen, were radicalized by “the extreme left” in online spheres. “It is elected leaders, but it’s also very online on the left,” Perino said of the cause of radicalization. “When you look at the shooter’s thinking and his reposts and everything, it’s not so much he’s watching what Josh Shapiro or Hakeem Jeffries are saying or even [JB] Pritzker. It’s more almost on the extreme left.” Tarlov agreed that the internet was “definitely where a lot of the radicalization comes from,” but pushed back on the characterization of political violence as a solely left-wing problem before reading a list of the president’s aggressive remarks towards his rival party. She said: Well, it’s the hours of content that’s being pumped out, and the clicks that pay people’s bills, and these algorithms that are absolutely rotting our brains that continue to feed you more of the incendiary things that you’ve already clicked on once. I noticed it as I am streaming through Twitter. If I even pause for two seconds on a tweet, suddenly I’m fed more stuff that takes me down that particular rabbit hole, and that’s definitely where a lot of the radicalization comes from. I just feel like this is a massive gaslighting scene. I mean, the Hakeem Jeffries comparison, I think, is so unfair. He’s talking about redistricting. He’s not talking about a human being. He’s really not talking about a Republican. You say Democrats went out and called Donald Trump a threat to democracy. Absolutely. The guy still doesn’t accept the 2020 results, and a majority of the party doesn’t as a consequence of the fact that he continued to proliferate that lie. The language– part of being the most important person, certainly in the country, arguably in the world, is that you have great responsibility to set the… [TheTopNews] Read More.48 mins ago - CNN’s Elie Honig Says Comey Indictment Is ‘Fatally Flawed,’ Doesn’t See ...CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig panned the Department of Justice’s indictment of James Comey, saying there is no “realistic” chance of a conviction in the case. Comey, the former FBI director fired by President Donald Trump in 2017, was indicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina on Tuesday over an Instagram post. In May of last year, Comey posted an image of seashells on a beach arranged to say “86 47.” “Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey wrote. Conservatives expressed outrage and claimed that Comey was issuing a call to kill the 47th president. In slang, “86” typically means to refuse service to someone or to throw a person out of an establishment. The former FBI director was charged with making a threat against the president and transmitting a threat across state lines. On Tuesday’s edition of The Lead, Honig explained why he thinks the case is likely to flop. “I think this indictment is deeply flawed,” he said. “I think it’s probably fatally flawed.” Honig went on to say the case will hinge on whether Comey’s use of “86” was really a call for the president to be killed. “And I think if you look at this communication, these seashells, it’s just way too ambiguous,” he continued. “What does ’86’ mean? Yes, there have been instances in pop culture and elsewhere where people have used ’86’ to mean kill. But there have been plenty of other instances – apparently far more instances – where it simply means to remove or to cross off a list. And that ambiguity is going to be a major problem for prosecutors, because, I will tell you, ambiguity is always the enemy of the prosecutors because you have to prove your case, not just by 51% or 75%. You have to prove your case beyond a reasonable doubt. And I don’t see any realistic way prosecutors are gonna be able to do that here.” In September, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Comey for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation in 2020. But in November, a judge tossed the charges after ruling that the U.S. Attorney for the District, who had signed the indictment, was illegally appointed. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN’s Elie Honig Says Comey Indictment Is ‘Fatally Flawed,’ Doesn’t See ‘Realistic’ Chance of Conviction first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- ‘Let’s Go’: James Comey Fires Back at Trump DOJ After New Indictment
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Former FBI director James Comey hit back at President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice on Tuesday after he was charged with threatening the life of the president. Comey’s indictment surrounds his controversial social media post in which he arranged seashells to display the numbers “86 47,” a move the charging document deemed a threat to kill (“86”) the 47th president. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel announced the indictment at a Tuesday press conference, where the FBI chief claimed the case surrounding the months-old post had been investigated for almost a year. Comey fired back in a video message Tuesday, claiming the indictment, his second in less than a year, “won’t be the end of it.” “Well, they’re back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach over a year ago, and this won’t be the end of it,” he said. The former FBI director was defiant in his remarks, claiming he remained innocent while telling the Justice Department, “Let’s go.” “But nothing has changed with me. I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let’s go,” he said. “But it’s really important that all of us remember that this is not who we are as a country, this is not how the Department of Justice is supposed to be.” Comey struck a positive note in closing, urging viewers to “keep the faith” as the road towards change continued. “And the good news is we get closer every day to restoring those values,” he said. “Keep the faith.” The former FBI director was first indicted last September for making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. That case, brought by Trump’s handpicked prosecutor in northern Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, was eventually dismissed after a federal judge found that Halligan was not appointed legally. Comey’s second indictment claimed he “knowingly and willfully” threatened Trump’s life with his seashell post. A court clerk issued an arrest warrant for the former FBI director along with the charges brought in the Eastern District of North Carolina. “On or about May 15, 2025, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the defendant, JAMES BRIEN COMEY JR, did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States, in that he publicly posted a photograph on the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Kash Patel Says FBI Spent Nearly a Year Investigating James Comey’s Instagram ...FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau spent nearly a year investigating a social media post that led to Tuesday’s indictment of one of his predecessors, James Comey. Comey was charged over an Instagram post he made in May 2025, which he later deleted after conservative uproar. The post showed an image of seashells on a beach arranged in a way that read “86 47.” The former FBI director wrote, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” President Donald Trump is the 47th president, while “86” is slang in the service industry and typically means to refuse service to someone or to throw a person out of an establishment. Conservatives insisted the “86” in this case meant “kill.” Comey was indicted on two counts in the Eastern District of North Carolina: making a threat against the president and transmitting a threat across state lines. Amid the furor last year, he said it was “crazy” to think his post was a threat. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Patel echoed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who said the bureau spent 11 months on the case. The director said the length of the probe is not unusual, as such cases “take time”: As the U.S. Attorney indicated, James Comey will be afforded every matter of due process under the United States Constitution. And as the attorney general indicated, this has been a case that’s been investigated over the past nine, 10, 11 months. These cases take time. Our investigators work methodically. They are career agents, career prosecutors who work these matters. They call the balls and strikes in the field as they see fit, pursuant to the facts of the case and the law. They took that information and made a presentment to a grand jury, a jury of their peers in the district in which the alleged crime took place. And that grand jury spoke. And that grand jury returned a two-count indictment against James Comey, James Comey allegedly threatened the life of the president of the United States. This is the second time Comey has been indicted. In September, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted Comey for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation in 2020. Two months later, a judge tossed the charges after ruling that the U.S. Attorney for the District, who had signed the indictment, was illegally appointed.… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- RTDNA, Former Officials Sue to Force FCC Ruling on News Distortion
Critics of attempts by the Federal Communications Commission to threaten broadcasters by investigating them for violating news distortion policies have gone to court to force the regulator to take a formal stand on the issue and respond to a petition to repeal those policies. Tuesday, a group of former FCC chairs, commissioners and senior-level staff, joined by the Radio Television Digital News Association, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The filing asks the court to compel the FCC to respond to a November petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy. The petition was in response to several controversial investigations by the FCC into allegations of “biased” news coverage of President Donald Trump by ABC, CBS and NBC and comments by FCC Chair Brendan Carr that the regulator has the power to punish broadcasters and potentially even remove broadcast licenses from stations violating public interest and news distortion rules. In response to the November petition, Carr indicated on X that he does not plan to repeal the news distortion policy. Carr has repeatedly argued that the public interest rules for obtaining broadcast licenses give the FCC authority to investigate stations airing biased newscasts and programming. Several affiliate stations are currently being investigated, but the agency has yet to take any formal action. “FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s refusal to present the petition to the Commission for a vote is not only a procedural failure, but also an active threat to the First Amendment,” said Conor Gaffney, counsel at Protect Democracy. If the writ is granted, the FCC would be required to take a formal position on whether to repeal or uphold the news distortion policy. Critics argue that Carr has used the policy to “chill” free speech in the press by threatening to yank broadcast licenses. “The free press is called the fourth estate for a reason — it exists to hold powerful leaders in the legislature, judiciary and executive branch to account,” said Tara Puckey, president and CEO of RTDNA. Besides the RTDNA, other petitioners include: former FCC member Rachelle B. Chong; former PBS president Ervin S. Duggan; former FCC chairs Mark S. Fowler, Alfred C. Sikes and Thomas E. Wheeler; former FCC general counsel Christopher J. Wright; Kathryn C. Brown, chief of staff to former FCC Chairman William Kennard; and Jerald N. Fritz, a former chief of staff to Fowler and longtime… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - ‘Come Again?’ Kash Patel And Tim Walz Battle Over Credit For Anti-Fraud Raid...
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) FBI Director Kash Patel duked it out with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Tuesday over who deserves credit for recent raids in the state aimed at combating government fraud. “If you commit fraud in Minnesota you’re going to get caught — and that’s exactly what we saw today. We catch criminals when state and federal agencies share information. Joint investigations work, and securing justice depends on it,” Walz announced in a post on social media on X, adding: Today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it. That’s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to put behind bars. Now let’s work on a joint investigation into the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good — instead of cherry picking when we seek justice and when we turn a blind eye. Patel shared Walz’s post and added, “Come again? This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship.” Earlier in the day, the FBI said it raided 22 Minnesota businesses as part of an effort to combat the alleged multi-billion dollar fraud scheme in the state, which has become a regular talking point of both President Donald Trump and the GOP. While late last year the fraud scandal in Minnesota was grabbing headlines, many in the MAGA movement blamed both the Somali population in the state and the local Democrats. At the time, Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall pointed out to her colleagues that the fraud scandal in Minnesota had actually been going on for years, and the Biden DOJ had made dozens of arrests and secured key convictions in the years prior. “Google it actually, local Minnesota news outlets have been reporting on this for years. Speaking of years, during the Biden administration, there were 59 people convicted so far. The ringleader is not Somalian. She’s a white woman named Aimee Bock. She was found guilty on all seven counts that were brought against her. So there are people that are already in prison. And remember, some of these are not DHS or federal-related facilities. Some of these facilities were closed down for other reasons,… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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