Nebraska GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry on Thursday was convicted of lying to the FBI about a foreign contribution to his campaign.

Fortenberry was convicted on three felony counts –  one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements (each count carries five years) by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.

Fortenberry’s lawyers argued at trial that the FBI lured the Congressman into giving two interviews – then indicted him after he couldn’t remember all the details about a conversation he had with an FBI informant about the illicit campaign donation.

“Defense lawyers said the FBI “set up” Fortenberry after a national investigation fizzled into foreign money funneled to members of Congress. They said Fortenberry’s flaw was voluntarily meeting with agents and prosecutors to help their probe and having a faulty memory.” – AP reported.

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Sound familiar?

Mr. Fortenberry, who is currently running for re-election, will be sentenced on June 28.

The Associated Press reported:

U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser.

A federal jury in LA deliberated about two hours before finding the nine-term Republican guilty of one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements. Fortenberry was charged after sitting for two interviews with FBI agents who were investigating the donor, Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent.

Fortenberry, 61, argued at trial that prosecutors knew that the congressman didn’t know about the contribution, but directed an informant to feed him the information in a 10-minute call with the intention of trying to prosecute him.

His attorneys said FBI agents then used false pretenses to interview Fortenberry nearly a year later and indicted him when he failed to recall all of the details from the conversation.

Prosecutors argued Fortenberry lied about what he knew about the illicit donation during an interview at his Lincoln home in March 2019 and a follow-up meeting four months later in Washington about the contribution received at a Los Angeles fundraiser.

A new study conducted by Dutch scientists found tiny plastic particles in human blood for the first time in almost 80% of the people tested, The Guardian reported. The study was funded by the Dutch National Organisation for Health Research and Development and Common Seas and published in Environment International. The Dutch scientists analyzed 22 blood samples from anonymous donors, and 17 out of 22 (77%) came back with “quantifiable” microplastics in their blood. According to the study, the microplastics measured less than 5mm, which were likely to have been inhaled or ingested before being absorbed into the bloodstream. The Post Millenial reported:

Seventeen out of the 22 blood samples donated voluntarily and anonymously came back with some traces of plastic in them. Eleven of them contained PET plastic, which is what is commonly used in drink bottles. Other plastics found in the samples were polystyrene and polyethylene, used for food packaging and plastic bags, respectively.

According to the Guardian, Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxigologist in Amsterdam, stated that these alarming results indicated the need for further, broader and deeper research, saying:

“Our study is the first indication that we have polymer particles in our blood – it’s a breakthrough result. But we have to extend the research and increase the sample sizes, the number of polymers assessed, etc.”

Professor Vethaak also told the press that “It is certainly reasonable to be concerned,” mentioning that the “particles are there and are transported throughout the body.”

“We also know in general that babies and young children are more vulnerable to chemical and particle exposure. That worries me a lot,” he continued, also citing a similar study, in which stool samples from babies showed as much as an order of magnitude higher levels of these plastics than in adults.

Vethaak then mentioned that subsequent studies need to focus on what negative effects these plastics may be having on us:

“The big question is what is happening in our body? Are the particles retained in the body? Are they transported to certain organs, such as getting past the blood-brain barrier?””And are these levels sufficiently high to trigger disease? We urgently need to fund further research so we can find out.”

Oak Lawn, Illinois – An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint after she answered the door when a female appeared at her home pretending to sell candy on Tuesday evening.

The victim, a woman in her 70s, was home alone when she declined to purchase candy from a female suspect and closed her front door.

The teen suspect approached the elderly woman’s home for the second time with a man who was armed with a handgun.

Upon answering the door a second time, three suspects rushed into the home, injured the elderly woman and ransacked her home, ABC News reported.

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The female suspect held the elderly woman at gunpoint as the other two male suspects burgled the home.

The three suspects took off in a getaway vehicle – a white Kia Optima.

Oak Lawn Police are asking the public for help identifying the robbery suspects.

Photo of the getaway car:

ABC News reported:

A woman in her 70s was recovering from injuries Thursday after being forcibly held at gunpoint while suspects ransacked her home.

The home invasion took place Tuesday evening in Oak Lawn, Illinois, when a female suspect pretending to be selling candy approached the residence, police said. The older woman declined to make a purchase and closed the door.

The woman was home alone during the incident. She sustained minor injuries in the robbery, according to police.

Authorities described one suspect as a short man, believed to be in his 30s, with short black hair and a heavyset build. The other man, believed to be in his 40s, is tall with a heavyset build and a round face. The female is tall and has a thin build. A description of the driver was not provided.

“The main priority of the police department is the safety of the community,” police said in a statement. “We will continue to actively pursue those involved in this case and all other acts of violence and crime. We plan on utilizing every resource at our disposal that will assist in the arrest of those involved.”

No arrests have been made at this time. Anyone who can identify the suspects involved in the incident are urged to contact the detective division at the Oak Lawn Police Department.

Hunter Biden’s firm Rosemont Seneca provided capital for the firms behind the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine.  

The Gateway Pundit broke this news earlier this month.

The US State Department admitted there were dangerous US-funded Biolabs in Ukraine during senate testimony earlier this month. Then on Wednesday the Biden regime backtracked and insisted there were no US-funded Biolabs in Ukraine.

Why the sudden confusing messaging from the Biden gang?  Especially when there are documents that prove the US was funding several of the Biolabs they set up in Ukraine to study potentially dangerous pathogens.

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It may be because Hunter Biden’s firm Rosemont Seneca was funding the firms involved in the building of these labs in Ukraine and they felt this was not something they wanted the American people to know.

InfoWars put together an excellent article with connections between Hunter Biden and the firm Metabiota, which was involved in the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine.

The Gateway Pundit identified through the Wayback Machine that Rosemont Seneca provided capital (invested in) Metabiota as noted on the firm’s website back in 2014.

It is listed as “Our Team’s Investments” on the Rosemont Senaca webpage.

We also located a number of documents from the Wayback Machine (meaning they have been since deleted off the Internet) that show the Department of Defense investing in the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine with the help of firm Black & Veatch.

Here is a sample of one of the documents located.  (We’ve located nearly a dozen of these documents.)

Kiev Ivm Fact Sheet Eng2 by Jim Hoft on Scribd

Metabiota publicized its relationship with Black & Veach in 2018:

Today, Metabiota, the pioneer in epidemic risk modeling, announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Black & Veatch (B&V) to support the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) in Iraq under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC). Metabiota has also partnered with B&V on DTRA’s recently awarded Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (CTRIC) III with an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract ceiling of $970M.

Now this…

Russian media on Thursday also accused Hunter Biden of funding the Ukrainian biolabs.  The Russians have connected Hunter and the funding of the Ukrainian biolabs.

Insider Paper reported:

Russia said on Thursday that the Rosemont Seneca investment fund, led by Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, is funding the Pentagon’s military biological programme in Ukraine, The Telegraph reported.

US President Joe Biden must explain his son Hunter’s involvement in the operation of biological laboratories in Ukraine, Russia’s State Duma speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on Thursday on his Telegram channel, TASS reported.

“The incoming materials allow us to trace the scheme of interaction between US government agencies and Ukrainian biological objects. Attention is drawn to the involvement in the financing of these activities of structures close to the current US leadership, in particular the Rosemont Seneca investment fund, which is headed by Hunter Biden,” said Lt General Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological defence forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Pentagon programme is also financially supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the George Soros Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kirillov said.

Kirillov claimed that one of the scientific curators of the Pentagon’s military biological programme in Ukraine was the Los Alamos nuclear centre, which developed the first American atomic bomb.

Democrat Filemon Vela (D-TX)

Texas Democrat Filemon Vela resigned early from Congress.  He won’t even finish the year.

​Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida announced in late February that he will not run for re-election this year. Deutch became the 31st House Democrat to decline to contest their seat in the midterm elections. The far left Democrat said he was leaving politics to become the CEO of the American Jewish Committee.

Yahoo reported:

Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas said Thursday he will soon leave office for a job in the private sector rather than finish what was already his final term in Congress.

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The five-term South Texas congressman confirmed he was taking a job with Akin Gump, a law and lobbying firm. Vela, who was among the first House Democrats to announce he would not seek reelection in 2022, said he has not yet determined the date of his final day in office.

“I’m just ready to move on,” he said.

His plans to resign early was first reported by Punchbowl News.

GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel appears to be taking credit for Republican grassroots activist Scott Presler’s genius idea to organize voter registration drives across the country.

After letting the Democrats and Joe Biden get away with the rigged and stolen 2020 election, and her continued ignorance of the massive evidence of election fraud, Ronna McDaniel is doing whatever it takes to make it look like she is on our team working hard for the Republican base.

The Gateway Pundit reported this past weekend that Scott Presler organized a massive “weekend of action” with volunteers registering voters at the pump in New York state.  Gas Prices continue to hover at all-time record highs under Joe Biden.

Activism in Action: Scott Presler Reinvents Voter Mobilization — Organizes Voter Registration Drive at New York State Gas Stations

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The original plan came from a March 8th Tweet by Scott, where he urged patriots to volunteer with him. The tweet received over 5,000 retweets and 19,000 likes.

On Saturday, Presler tweeted at Ronna McDaniel, suggesting a nationwide voter registration push at the pumps. The tweet was retweeted and shared by Fox News’s Laura Ingraham.

Hours later, RINO Ronna tweeted an article about Arizona GOP voter registration efforts and took credit for the nationwide initiative.

Fox News reported,

The Republican National Committee told Fox News that its voter initiative began on Saturday and involved staff and volunteers registering people to vote at gas stations in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area of Arizona where gas prices have soared to over $4.50 per gallon.

“Under Joe Biden, families are paying more for gas than ever before,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Fox News in a statement. “After killing American energy independence, Biden is turning to our adversaries abroad for America’s energy needs. American families are feeling the pain at the pump, and Biden and the Democrats do not care and are making it worse.”

Ronna is stealing credit for the hard work done by Patriots, Scott Presler, candidates, and local Republican Parties.

Trump-endorsed Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake thanked Scott for the great idea, not Ronna McDaniel.

Lake told The Gateway Pundit,

Kari Lake: Ronna McDaniel is trying to save her career after failing to do the right thing with the 2020 election. She walked away from President Trump after that obviously rigged election. More importantly, she walked away from the voters who knew something went wrong. Now we know, in fact, something did go wrong, and we have evidence to the effect. And now Ronna thinks we forgot because a couple of years have gone by. We haven’t forgotten. The symbol of the Republican Party is the elephant, and elephants have excellent memories. And I’ll tell you what; Trump Republicans have a memory like an elephant. We will not forget who stood beside us, got to the bottom of this corrupt election, and did the right thing. And we will not forget who did the wrong thing and stood on the wrong side of history. So Ronna can register as many voters as she wants, and I hope she does. That’s fantastic. But we’re not going to forget what happened on November 4, the day after that rigged election, and who stood behind and beside the people, and who walked away.

Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward also credited Scott Presler and her team in Arizona for exposing the Democratic agenda.

Ward: I believe Scott Presler started it. Our AZ team, with support from the RNC & AZGOP, took up the banner and are talking to people where they can’t fail to see the effects of bad Democrat policy. Pain at the pumps is universal. We’re exposing who is at fault – the Democrats. And voters are fleeing that failed party and their failed policies and registering as Republicans to Save America.

No matter how had Ronna McDaniel tries, Republicans will never forget her betrayal of President Trump.

The mainstream media is once again attacking Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

The January 6 Committee leaked Ginni Thomas’ text exchanges with Mark Meadows to the Washington Post as her husband remains ill and (presumably hospitalized) with an infection.

The text messages exchanged between Ginni Thomas and Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows are uneventful.

The media however is having a feeding frenzy over Ginni Thomas’ benign text messages that are completely covered by the First Amendment.

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The Washington Post reported:

Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a series of urgent text exchanges in the critical weeks after the vote, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News.

The messages — 29 in all — reveal an extraordinary pipeline between Virginia Thomas, who goes by Ginni, and President Donald Trump’s top aide during a period when Trump and his allies were vowing to go to the Supreme Court in an effort to negate the election results.

In the messages, Thomas and Meadows each assert a belief that the election was stolen and seem to share a solidarity of purpose and faith, though they occasionally express differences on tactics.

“The intense pressures you and our President are now experiencing are more intense than Anything Experienced (but I only felt a fraction of it in 1991),” Thomas wrote to Meadows on Nov. 19, an apparent reference to Justice Thomas’s 1991 confirmation hearings in which lawyer Anita Hill testified that he had made unwanted sexual comments when he was her boss. Thomas strongly denied the accusations.

The first of the 29 messages between Ginni Thomas and Meadows was sent on Nov. 5, two days after the election. She sent him a link to a YouTube video labeled “TRUMP STING w CIA Director Steve Pieczenik, The Biggest Election Story in History, QFS-BLOCKCHAIN.”

Pieczenik, a former State Department official, is a far-right commentator who has falsely claimed that the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a “false-flag” operation to push a gun-control agenda.

The video Thomas shared with Meadows is no longer available on YouTube. But Thomas wrote to Meadows, “I hope this is true; never heard anything like this before, or even a hint of it. Possible???”

“Watermarked ballots in over 12 states have been part of a huge Trump & military white hat sting operation in 12 key battleground states,” she wrote.

This isn’t the first time Pelosi’s unconstitutional Jan. 6 Committee has released private text messages to the public.

In December, Liz Cheney read Mark Meadows’ private text messages with Fox News hosts out loud.