Florida man accused of assaulting police with PVC pipe on Jan. 6 dies while awaiting trial
A Florida man accused of assaulting police with a PVC pipe on Jan. 6 died has died while awaiting trial, according to a filing in federal court Tuesday.
David Kennedy Homol, 55, of Umatilla, Florida, was charged in January with multiple felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police. Following his arrest, Homol was released on personal recognizance under standard conditions.
Homol was next scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge in D.C. on May 21. However, on Tuesday, federal prosecutors filed a motion for abatement of prosecution saying they had received a police report confirming Homol had died on April 18. Prosecutors said Homol’s attorney, Stephen Sulzer, confirmed his death. Sulzer did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment. A cause of death for Homol was not listed.
Homol’s younger half-brother, Dillon Homol, was acquitted of a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding following a bench trial before Magistrate Judge Jia M. Cobb last year but convicted of four other misdemeanor counts for unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol during the riot. U.S. Cobb sentenced him in January to two years of probation.
Homol is not the first Jan. 6 defendant to die while still facing charges related to the riot. In September 2021, another Florida defendant, John Steven Anderson, 61, of St. Augustine, died while awaiting trial on similar counts of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police.
In July of the same year, another defendant, Joseph Cable Barnes, of Texas, died after colliding with a vehicle while riding a motorcycle.
In February 2022, Matthew Lawrence Perna, a 37-year-old man from Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, died of suicide after pleading guilty to four counts connected to the riot. Perna had been scheduled to be sentenced in April of that year.
MTG says far-left extremists, not conservatives, are the ones ‘training in the hills’ after Maxine Waters’ remarks
“Maxine Waters is right,” MTG said in her repost of the story regarding this Portland attack. “They are training in the hills and THEY are her people.”
“What is the FBI and DOJ doing about the Democrat funded terrorist group ramping up operations all over America again?” she added. “Still too focused on J6 election protesters?”
The group “Rachel Corrie’s Ghost Brigade” claimed responsibility for the Portland attack, explaining in a statement that it broke into a police training facility in Portland and set ten fires as an attack against the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). Their statement cited various motivations for their actions, including solidarity with the anti-Israel protesters engaging in political unrest on college campuses across the country.
Moreover, the group’s statement included advice for students engaging in anti-Israel protests on college campuses, urging them to use violence when necessary to achieve their goals.
Judicial Watch Sues California to Force Clean-Up of Voting Rolls
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to compel the defendants to comply with their voter list maintenance obligations under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
The National Voter Registration Act requires states to “conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove” from the official voter rolls “the names of ineligible voters” who have died or changed residence. The law requires registrations to be cancelled when voters fail to respond to address confirmation notices and then fail to vote in the next two general federal elections.
Judicial Watch filed the latest lawsuit after uncovering a broad failure to clean up voter rolls in dozens of California counties.
The complaint details that, in correspondence with Judicial Watch, that California:
Family members charged with delivering 40,000 fentanyl pills to undercover agent
The alleged transactions took place over a five-week period last October and November in San Diego.
The agent learned of the trafficker through investigation and called him to arrange for the first purchase of fentanyl pills. He was told to call a Mexican cellphone number and be at a designated location. Romo, his son and daughter showed up in a white Honda Civic, exchanged 20,000 pills for $8,000 cash and drove back to Mexico, a federal complaint alleges.
The agent next arranged for the purchase of one kilogram of fentanyl powder which allegedly was delivered at a warehouse by Romo, his son and a man later identified as Villegas. The Romos again drove back to Mexico after receiving payment, records show. The agent testified that his “kilo” (2.2 pounds) weighed only 860 grams (1.9 pounds).
The last transaction took place in November and involved another 20,000 fentanyl pills. Romo and his daughter were present that time at a meeting outside a cellphone store, also in San Diego, the complaint alleges.
Maxine Waters pushes Democrats’ new Trump-as-dictator narrative and concern-mongers about civil war
In past months, the Biden campaign and other Democratic outfits advanced the notion that democracy is under threat by a choice of candidate unfavorable to the Democratic Party. Having ostensibly exhausted this “democracy is on the ballot” narrative, Biden boosters now appear keen to paint former President Donald Trump as a dictator in waiting.
California Rep. Maxine Waters (D), long a champion for mob-rule street action, appears more than happy to take this new piece of hyperbole to new extremes.
Over the weekend, the 85-year-old Democrat resumed her apparent election-time role as a conjurer of alternate histories and paranoia, launching into a deranged rant on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” wherein she not only articulated the new narrative but suggested that right-wing Americans aligned with Trump are plotting a civil war and that the Biden Department of Justice should surveil his allies.
Florida Man Kills A Husband And Wife In Their Front Yard Over Basketball Hoop
The suspect, Norman Scott, a 63-year-old aircraft mechanic, stands accused of murdering his neighbors, Taylor and Tara Jones, in a brutal and unprovoked attack, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO).
Taylor Jones, a resident of the area, was engaged in the mundane task of cleaning up his yard when his neighbor, Norman Scott, approached him in an agitated state.
Surveillance footage from Scott’s home revealed that he had summoned Jones over and was seen “aggressively and belligerently” pointing and waving his hand in the victim’s face.
In contrast, the authorities noted that Jones’ gestures were “non-threatening” and primarily directed towards the disputed basketball hoop. Witnesses reported that the argument centered around the location of the hoop and the property boundaries between the two homes.
Moments later, the situation took a tragic turn as Scott reportedly drew a firearm and opened fire on Taylor Jones. The surveillance footage, according to the PBSO, showed Jones backing away with his hands raised, but Scott continued shooting, striking him multiple times.
Trump reads back to media their own trial reporting: ‘No smoking gun’
Former President Trump greeted the media Tuesday morning holding a sheet of paper detailing news reports that there’s “no smoking gun” in the unprecedented Manhattan trial.
“NBC ‘Today’ show: ‘The challenge is that there is no smoking gun, no email or tape to prove the president’s intent. They don’t have a way to prove that.’ That’s NBC ‘Today’ show,” Trump said Tuesday morning.
Trump rattled off a series of media reports and expert commentary, including from “fake news CNN,” “Good Morning America” and Fox News, arguing the prosecution team is failing to prove Trump is guilty of falsifying business records with an intent to commit or conceal a second crime.
Illegal migrant accused of snatching young girl had been set loose by Feds
Detectives learned that he arrived in January after crossing into the U.S. via Mexico and turned himself into Border Patrol. Authorities say he was given a court date for some time in 2027 and released into the U.S.
Perez Lopez is alleged to have grabbed an 11-year-old girl and forced her into his van, according to the arrest report, reported by CBS 12. The girl’s mother is said to have spotted them and started banging on the door, before the suspect jumped out of the van and fled, according to sheriff’s deputies.
When deputies arrived at his apartment, Perez Lopez is alleged to have fled into an alleyway before he was eventually caught.
“Here’s a Guatemalan, who came into the country illegally, was stopped by the border people, released, and made his way to South Florida. And now he commits a crime where he held an 11-year-old girl against her will and sexually assaulted her,” Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told the outlet.
Key Biden agency slapped with historic subpoenas over ‘improper’ swing state voter registration push
On Tuesday, the committee subpoenaed SBA Chief of Staff Arthur Plews and his special adviser Tyler Robinson after they are said to have been no shows at scheduled transcribed interviews with the committee and failed to turn over documents related to a program that is allegedly “diverting its resources away from assisting Main Street so it can register Democrat voters” in the key swing state of Michigan.
The committee says this action represents the first time in history that it has subpoenaed the agency.
In March of this year, Biden’s SBA announced a memorandum of understanding with the Michigan Department of State to “promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan” that it called the “first-of-its-kind collaboration” and which will run through Jan. 1, 2036.
The coordination between the SBA and Michigan was sparked by a 2021 executive order from Biden directing federal agencies to promote “access to voting” which raised concerns from some that the administration is using the government agency to register votes in a swing state that many believe will be one of the states the November election hinges upon.
According to the committee, both Plews and Robinson have avoided addressing those concerns voluntarily, which led to Tuesday’s subpoenas.
Los Angeles bus driver fights back after female suspect attacks her over alleged fare dispute
The suspect was boarding a DASH bus, which offers free service, and tried to pay a dollar to the driver, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) told KABC-TV. When the driver declined to take the woman’s money, the suspect began attacking the driver.
Video shows the suspect prying open the door that separates the driver from the rest of the bus before grabbing and punching the driver. The driver is seen resisting and kicking the suspect several times to get her off the bus.
“Get off me!” the driver can be heard shouting.
NY v Trump: Judge denies motion for mistrial amid Stormy Daniels testimony
Defense attorney Todd Blanche, after court’s lunch break, told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels’ testimony Tuesday morning was prejudicial.
Merchan said a mistrial was not warranted, and stated that he was doing everything he could to control the witness — including once objecting to Daniel’s testimony himself.
“I agree that it would have been better if some of these things had been left unsaid,” Merchan said.
Blanche said the prosecution is trying to inflame the jury with Daniels’ testimony, including with evidence that he says does not matter. Blanche said it is prejudicial testimony and evidence, saying Daniels has been trying to sell her story about an alleged consensual sexual encounter since 2016.
Are TikTok posts luring Vietnamese asylum seekers to cross into the U.S.? | Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Paying smugglers tens of thousands of dollars, Vietnamese asylum seekers are crossing from Mexico to the U.S. in unprecedented numbers.
Just 263 Vietnamese crossed into the United States via its border with Mexico between October 2021 and October 2022, but nearly 3,300 made that crossing a year later, according to figures from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP. That number is certain to be surpassed in 2024. From last October to this March, nearly 2,400 have already crossed.
Josh Hawley Confronts Biden Cabinet Head for Corruption and Selling Out America
IDF invades Rafah; EU condemns U.S. Senators standing by Israel versus ICC TV7 Israel News 07.05
1) IDF troops from the 162nd division invaded eastern Rafah and have since secured full operational control over the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
2) After initially announcing the postponement of talks, the Islamist Hamas announces that it accepts an amended outline for a limited hostage release arrangement – effectively pleading for an immediate ceasefire.
3) The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell condemns a group of U.S. Senators for threatening the ICC over the Court’s reported intention to issue arrest warrants against Israeli officials.
Dylan Mulvaney at “Catholic” University?
The trans activist known for partnering with Bud Light is on a speaking tour, visiting universities, including those that claim to be Catholic. St Louis University even refused to have an opposing speaker the following day. Something is amiss here.
Judge tells Stormy Daniels to cut back on details in Trump trial: ‘Irrelevant’
The ‘Outnumbered’ panel discussed their reaction to the latest news emerging from the Manhattan courtroom as Stormy Daniels takes the witness stand in Trump’s criminal trial.
Ex-CIA Agent on Capturing Che Guevara, Who Truly Killed JFK, and Election Predictions
Che Guevara was executed in 1967 in a remote Bolivian village. One of the last people to speak to him alive was CIA officer Felix Rodriguez. Here’s his story.
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