Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday issued an open call asking for photos and videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to upload to a new “portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York” following a raid on Canal Street in New York City that netted the arrest of nine illegal aliens with criminal histories.“We’re launching a portal to review federal immigration enforcement in New York after yesterday’s ICE raid on Canal Street,” James wrote on the X platform.
“New Yorkers who were present should submit videos or photos, and we will review and investigate any violations of the law,” she added.
James’s announcement came just two days after Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) revealed that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee plan to launch what he described as a “master ICE tracker” to monitor the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — a move critics have characterized as a potential “hit list.”
“I shared this with the mayor (LA Mayor Karen Bass),” Garcia began. “Over the course of the next couple of weeks, the Oversight Committee will be launching on their website a ‘master ICE tracker.’”
“We will be essentially tracking every single instance that we can verify (location of ICE agents),” he added.
James added in a statement: “Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation. If you witnessed and documented ICE activity yesterday, I urge you to share that footage with my office. We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law. No one should be subject to unlawful questioning, detention, or intimidation.”
She didn’t note that people in the country illegally are not “New Yorkers” in any legal sense.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said during a press conference Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrongly detained four U.S. citizens during the Canal Street raid, holding them for “nearly 24 hours” without charges — an action he claimed was “lawless terror.”
“In other cities where the federal government has escalated immigration enforcement, local authorities have complained that federal agents have bent the law and abused civilians,” The New York Times said.
In San Francisco, which is bracing for an influx of ICE officers, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Wednesday that “state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law.”
That said, the “ability of states to arrest federal officers is murky,” the Times reported. U.C. Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said if “ICE agents are acting legally, the state can’t prosecute them and hold them liable, even if it dislikes what they’re doing,” but if they “act beyond their legal authority, and violate state law in doing so, they can be prosecuted.”
Meanwhile, James was set to appear in a federal courtroom in Virginia on Friday to face allegations of mortgage fraud.
James was indicted earlier this month after prosecutors alleged she lied on a mortgage application to obtain favorable loan terms on a Virginia property she later rented out.
The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury, centers on a single-family home in Norfolk, Virginia, that James co-purchased in August 2020 for roughly $137,000. Most of the purchase was financed with a $109,600 loan that prohibited the home from being used as a rental or investment property, according to prosecutors.
By misrepresenting the property as a second home, James received a lower interest rate and saved “approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan,” prosecutors said in a five-page filing.
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte referred the case to the Department of Justice earlier this year, prompting a criminal probe that led to the indictment.
It was supposed to be just another explosive night on CNN, but what unfolded became the most shocking moment in modern political history. The prime time special, “National Security and Crisis,” had drawn millions of viewers, all eager to witness the confrontation between Hillary Clinton—the once untouchable political titan—and Kash Patel, President Trump’s controversial nominee for FBI Director. No one could have predicted that by the end of the broadcast, the Clinton dynasty would lie in ruins, its secrets spilled out for the world to see.
The tension was palpable as Anderson Cooper introduced the guests. Hillary Clinton entered the studio like a queen returning to her court: her $50,000 Oscar de la Renta suit sparkled under the lights, every diamond in her jewelry collection placed to remind viewers of her power. Her hair and makeup team had worked for hours to perfect her image of invincibility.
She wasted no time, launching into cruel personal attacks against Patel. “Are we really pretending this gas station clerk’s son has any business near the FBI?” she sneered, her voice dripping with contempt. Patel, the son of Indian immigrants, sat quietly, his expression unreadable.
But the mood shifted when Patel reached for a large banker’s box beside his chair. The label, written in bold black marker, read:
“Hillary Clinton – 40 Years of High Crimes.”
He spoke calmly, “You’ve questioned my qualifications and intelligence. That’s fair game in politics. But perhaps we should examine your record.”
With deliberate precision, he opened the box, revealing hundreds of files—each labeled with a different crime. The studio fell silent as Patel began to lay out his evidence.
Patel started with the infamous 33,000 emails Clinton had deleted while under congressional subpoena. “Nothing digital is ever truly destroyed, Secretary Clinton. Not when the NSA has been watching the whole time.” He held up documents showing communications with foreign intelligence operatives, the sale of state secrets, and payments funneled through shell companies. The audience gasped as Patel described wire transfers, donation records, and thank-you letters—each piece of evidence more damning than the last.
“506 Americans dead,” Patel said, his voice trembling with fury. “All so Hillary Clinton could live like a queen while American patriots died like dogs.”
The second file was even thicker. Patel exposed the Clinton Foundation’s finances, revealing that less than 4% of $2.5 billion in donations had gone to actual charitable programs. The rest funded private jets, luxury trips, executive salaries, and personal services. “You weren’t running a charity,” Patel declared. “You were running an auction house where American policy was sold to the highest bidder.”
He recounted heartbreaking stories of villages in India that never received promised clean water, AIDS clinics in Africa that got no medicine, and the $5 million meant for wells diverted to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding planning.
Then came Haiti. Patel revealed that the Clinton Foundation had raised $14 billion for earthquake relief but built only six houses. The rest of the money vanished into administrative costs, gold mining permits, and luxury hotels. “You didn’t just steal charity money,” Patel said, voice heavy. “You stole hope from people who had already lost everything.”
Patel pulled out printouts of emails from the Wikileaks releases, exposing Clinton’s disdain for voters. “Taco bowls,” she called Latino supporters; “super predators” for Black Lives Matter activists; “deplorable inbred hillbillies” for Trump supporters. He revealed the rigged Democratic primary against Bernie Sanders, with voting machines manipulated and debate questions leaked in advance.
“You didn’t just steal an election,” Patel said. “You stole their faith in America.”
The next file shattered Clinton’s last illusion: respect from her own party. Patel played recordings of Obama and Biden expressing their contempt for Hillary, calling her “evil,” “corrupt,” and “cancer to the Democratic Party.” Internal DNC documents described her as “the most hated politician in American history,” with recommendations to sabotage any future campaigns.
Even Bill Clinton’s voice appeared on screen, admitting their marriage was a business arrangement and expressing hope that she would “drop dead” first.
Patel’s final file was personal. He had known some of the Americans who died in Benghazi. He produced classified communications, surveillance footage, and transcripts showing Clinton refusing aid to Ambassador Stevens and others under attack. “You wanted them dead,” Patel accused. “Stevens had evidence of your weapons trafficking. His death meant your secrets stayed buried.”
He played audio of Clinton laughing about the tragedy at a private dinner, admitting to murder and mocking grieving families.
As Patel finished his presentation, Hillary Clinton sat frozen, her carefully crafted image shattered. Her family and inner circle appeared on video, each confirming they had turned state’s evidence. Bill and Chelsea denounced her, promising to testify against her in court.
Messages flooded in: the Clinton Foundation dissolved, assets frozen, charges filed. Pelosi and Biden publicly distanced the party from her. Clinton’s empire was collapsing in real time.
Clinton, overwhelmed, tried to flip the desk but failed. Her suit tore, her wig fell off, exposing thinning gray hair. She collapsed on the floor, sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m nothing,” she whispered. “Just a gas station clerk’s son destroyed me.”
Security carried her away as cameras rolled, broadcasting her breakdown to millions. Outside, celebrations erupted across the country. In Haiti, people danced in the streets. In Benghazi, families wept with relief.
The next morning, federal agents arrived with arrest warrants. Clinton was charged with crimes ranging from treason to charity fraud to murder. Bail was denied. As she was led away in handcuffs, she looked at the cameras one last time, her eyes empty of everything but regret.
“I was supposed to be president,” she whispered. “I was supposed to win.”
A federal agent replied, “Ma’am, you did win something—the award for most corrupt politician in American history.”
Cash Patel was confirmed as FBI Director by a unanimous Senate vote the following week. His first act was to create a task force to rebuild Haiti with recovered Clinton Foundation funds. His second act was to visit his father at the gas station, embracing him and saying, “You taught me that honest work beats dishonest money. Every time.”
Father and son stood together, proof that the American dream still lived, even if it had to destroy American nightmares like Hillary Clinton to survive.
The gas station clerk’s son had won. Truth had won. Justice had won.
And Hillary Clinton would spend the rest of her life in a federal prison cell, wondering how a nobody had destroyed somebody who turned out to be nobody after all.