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Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar, a refugee from Somalia, believes that the United States of America, the nation where her family fled, is becoming one of the worst countries in the world, yet she chooses to stay.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview with Democracy Now, Omar pointed out that U.S. troops were sent to put down protests in Los Angeles during the same week the Trump administration held a massive military parade to celebrate 250 years of the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you imagine that image that is going to be coming out of our country? I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship, and I don\u2019t even remember ever witnessing anything like that,\u201d the representative said, referring to Somalia.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world, to now be turned into one of the, you know, one of the worst countries, where the military are in our streets without any regard for people\u2019s constitutional rights, while our president\u2019s spending millions of dollars propping himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade \u2014 it is really shocking,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be a wake-up call for all Americans to say, \u2018This is not the country we were born in. It\u2019s not the country we believe in. This is not the country our Founding Fathers imagined, and this is not the country that is supported by our Constitution, our ideals, our values,\u2019\u201d the woman, who was not actually born in the United States, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we should all collectively be out in the streets, rejecting what is taking place this week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the person who is in the process of destroying our country should look in the mirror and that\u2019s Trump,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd notice that he is the one that has hatred for the values that we have here in America and everything that we have built. The reality is protest, dissent, is constitutionally protected that is everybody\u2019s First Amendment right in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Minnesota Democrat and Squad member faced immediate backlash on X for her comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wasn\u2019t born here at all,\u201d one X user said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hyperbole here is appalling, made worse by her astounding ingratitude,\u201d Fox News contributor Guy Benson said.<\/p>\n
\u201c[I]f people are seriously offended by a parade for the first time in decades, then go outside and touch some grass,\u201d OutKick contributor David Hookstead said. \u201cWe have the greatest military on the planet, and we shouldn\u2019t ever apologize for it. After all, our men died to try to protect innocent lives in Somalia. I guess that sacrifice just doesn\u2019t matter to Congresswoman Omar.\u201d<\/p>\n
The story that Washington\u2019s power players prayed would never resurface has just detonated like a political earthquake.<\/p>\n
After years of whispers, cover-ups, and finger-pointing, the Department of Justice has finally unsealed its long-awaited\u00a0<\/p>\n
indictment against former FBI Director James Comey<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 and the revelations inside are every bit as explosive as insiders feared.<\/p>\n But as journalists and political operatives scrambled to digest the charges, two mysterious figures buried in the indictment stood out. They were not named directly but referred to in sterile legal code as\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cPERSON 1\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPERSON 3.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n At first glance, those designations might have seemed meaningless \u2014 placeholders in a lengthy court filing. But within hours, new leaks and confirmations turned those two words into political dynamite.<\/p>\n Because\u00a0\u201cPERSON 1\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0has now been confirmed as\u00a0Hillary Clinton<\/strong>, and\u00a0\u201cPERSON 3\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0as Comey\u2019s longtime confidant and sometimes personal attorney,\u00a0Daniel Richman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And with that, the entire story of Comey\u2019s post-2016 behavior \u2014 from his media leaks to his under-oath denials before Congress \u2014 is being rewritten before the public\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n When the indictment first dropped, Washington insiders were glued to one question: who exactly were these unnamed \u201cpersons\u201d connected to the former FBI chief\u2019s alleged crimes?<\/p>\n Now that their identities are known, the puzzle pieces fall into place.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0ABC News investigative reporter Mike Levine<\/strong>, who broke the confirmation late Friday night, the DOJ\u2019s first count against Comey centers on\u00a0<\/p>\n false statements<\/strong>\u00a0made to the\u00a0Senate Judiciary Committee<\/strong>\u00a0in September 2020 \u2014 specifically, his sworn insistence that he never \u201cauthorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports\u201d regarding an investigation connected to Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n The indictment tells a different story.<\/p>\n \u201cThat statement was false,\u201d it reads. \u201cBecause, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding [the] FBI investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n That single line may become one of the most damning sentences in Comey\u2019s career.<\/p>\n Not only does it accuse the former FBI director of\u00a0lying under oath<\/strong>, but it also establishes that his \u201canonymous source\u201d was\u00a0<\/p>\n Daniel Richman<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the same man Comey once described as \u201ca friend\u201d who merely helped him \u201cshare\u201d information with the media after his firing by President Trump.<\/p>\n But prosecutors say that wasn\u2019t a casual leak. It was deliberate \u2014 and part of a long-running effort by Comey to control public narratives surrounding Hillary Clinton and the FBI\u2019s actions in the tumultuous final months of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n A Hidden Channel to the Press<\/p>\n The revelations go deeper than anyone expected.<\/p>\n Levine\u2019s follow-up reporting cited internal FBI documents showing that Comey didn\u2019t just\u00a0tolerate<\/strong>\u00a0Richman\u2019s media connections \u2014 he\u00a0<\/p>\n empowered<\/strong>\u00a0them.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile Comey instructed the FBI to hire Richman as a Special Government Employee \u2014 with Top Secret clearance \u2014 to work on \u2018Going Dark\u2019 matters, Comey also used Richman as a liaison to the media,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n That phrasing \u2014 \u201cliaison to the media\u201d \u2014 jumps off the page.<\/p>\n In plain language, it means the man tasked with protecting the nation\u2019s most sensitive secrets allegedly built his own secret back channel to shape press coverage, defend his reputation, and possibly shield political allies.<\/p>\n The FBI\u2019s 2021 internal report spelled it out:<\/p>\n \u201cRichman contacted journalists to correct stories critical of Comey, the FBI, and to shape future press coverage. Richman did this both when he was an SGE and after he resigned from the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n This paints a deeply uncomfortable picture for both men.<\/p>\n Comey, once held up as a symbol of bureaucratic integrity, now stands accused of manipulating the media through an insider \u2014 someone with clearance, connections, and access to privileged FBI information.<\/p>\n And that insider \u2014 Richman \u2014 wasn\u2019t just a friend. He was\u00a0the \u201canonymous source\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in stories about Hillary Clinton\u2019s FBI investigation, the one Comey swore didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n The Leak Trail<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t the first time Comey\u2019s relationship with Richman raised red flags.<\/p>\n In 2017, after Comey\u2019s dismissal by President Trump, Richman became the messenger for one of the most infamous leaks in modern political history. It was Richman who\u00a0<\/p>\n hand-delivered Comey\u2019s personal memos<\/strong>\u00a0to The New York Times \u2014 memos detailing private conversations with Trump that ultimately helped trigger the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.<\/p>\n At the time, Comey defended the move, calling it a moral decision. \u201cI thought it was important for the public to see the contents,\u201d he told Congress.<\/p>\n But now, prosecutors allege that wasn\u2019t the only time Comey used his friend to leak \u2014 and that the earlier leaks were not about \u201cTrump,\u201d but about\u00a0Hillary Clinton.<\/strong><\/p>\n In short, the new indictment reframes Comey not as a one-time whistleblower, but as a repeat political manipulator who\u00a0weaponized information<\/strong>\u00a0from inside the FBI to protect some and target others.<\/p>\n In fairness, Daniel Richman has long denied any wrongdoing. During the FBI\u2019s 2021 internal probe, Richman told investigators that Comey\u00a0\u201cnever asked him to talk to the media.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n But the paper trail tells another story.<\/p>\n Even in redacted form, the FBI documents show that Richman\u00a0did<\/strong>\u00a0speak with reporters about\u00a0\u201csensitive information.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0And he did so while holding \u2014 and after resigning from \u2014 a position with\u00a0Top Secret clearance.<\/strong><\/p>\n That revelation raises fresh questions about why someone with such clearance would be permitted to act as an off-the-record intermediary to journalists \u2014 and whether the information he leaked might have violated federal law.<\/p>\n The DOJ\u2019s indictment doesn\u2019t go that far \u2014 yet. But its tone makes clear that prosecutors believe Comey\u00a0knowingly authorized<\/strong>\u00a0Richman\u2019s actions and then\u00a0lied about it under oath<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For years, the name James Comey has hovered like a ghost over American politics \u2014 haunting both parties, symbolizing both defiance and distrust.<\/p>\n To Democrats, Comey was once the man who helped derail Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 campaign by publicly announcing a renewed email investigation just days before Election Day. To Republicans, he became the FBI director who turned the bureau into a political tool to undermine Donald Trump.<\/p>\n Now, this indictment \u2014 and the unmasking of PERSON 1 and PERSON 3 \u2014 ties both legacies together.<\/p>\n Comey\u2019s actions, prosecutors allege, were not the product of loyalty to law or principle but a carefully managed campaign of\u00a0media manipulation<\/strong>, designed to protect the image of the FBI and shield certain individuals from scrutiny.<\/p>\n And in the process, they say, he broke the very laws he was sworn to uphold.<\/p>\n The specific legal language in the indictment carries enormous weight.<\/p>\n By stating that Comey \u201cwillfully and knowingly\u201d lied under oath, the DOJ is signaling that this was\u00a0not an accidental misstatement<\/strong>\u00a0or a lapse in memory. It was deliberate.<\/p>\n That phrasing mirrors other historic perjury and obstruction cases \u2014 including those that took down public figures from Richard Nixon\u2019s aides to Bill Clinton\u2019s associates during the 1990s.<\/p>\n The legal stakes are serious. If convicted, Comey could face\u00a0up to five years in federal prison per count<\/strong>, along with fines and the permanent loss of his security clearance and professional credentials.<\/p>\n But the political stakes may be even higher.<\/p>\n That Hillary Clinton \u2014 the 2016 Democratic nominee and longtime political heavyweight \u2014 has now been confirmed as\u00a0\u201cPERSON 1\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in the Comey indictment adds a shocking twist.<\/p>\n For years, Clinton has sought to distance herself from Comey\u2019s actions, often blaming his October 2016 letter to Congress for damaging her campaign at the worst possible moment.<\/p>\n Now, the DOJ is formally acknowledging that Comey\u2019s alleged lies to Congress revolved around\u00a0his handling of media leaks connected to her FBI investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n That revelation reopens old wounds \u2014 not just for the Democratic Party but for millions of Americans who never felt they got the full truth about the Clinton email saga.<\/p>\n Within minutes of the ABC report confirming the identities of PERSON 1 and PERSON 3, social media exploded.<\/p>\n Conservatives hailed the news as \u201cvindication,\u201d calling the indictment a long-overdue reckoning for a man they believe turned the FBI into a political weapon.<\/p>\n \u201cFinally. The truth is coming out,\u201d one viral post read. \u201cComey lied. Clinton benefited. The media helped.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, most major networks \u2014 CNN, MSNBC, even The Washington Post \u2014 responded cautiously, opting for terse headlines without commentary. That silence spoke volumes.<\/p>\n Even among Comey\u2019s former allies, few were willing to publicly defend him.<\/p>\n As one former DOJ official told Politico anonymously, \u201cIf what\u2019s in that indictment holds up, it\u2019s devastating. You can\u2019t lie to Congress, and you can\u2019t authorize leaks through back channels. This isn\u2019t going away.\u201d<\/p>\n The irony, of course, is that both Hillary Clinton and James Comey were once central players in the same political drama.<\/p>\n Comey\u2019s original investigation into Clinton\u2019s private email server dominated the 2016 campaign. His later firing by Trump became the catalyst for the Russia probe that consumed Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n Now, almost a decade later, those same two figures \u2014 Clinton and Comey \u2014 are back in the headlines together, their names linked again under the cold, black ink of a criminal indictment.<\/p>\n The entire saga has come full circle.<\/p>\n What happens next will depend on the courts \u2014 but the ripple effects are already being felt across Washington.<\/p>\n Multiple congressional Republicans have called for\u00a0a full public release of all FBI communications<\/strong>\u00a0between Comey and Richman, including encrypted messages and phone logs. Others are demanding a review of every classified document Richman accessed during his time as a \u201cSpecial Government Employee.\u201d<\/p>\n Even some Democrats have privately acknowledged that the optics are \u201cterrible.\u201d One House staffer told reporters, \u201cIf it\u2019s true that Comey used his security-cleared friend as a media cutout while denying it to Congress, that\u2019s indefensible. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n James Comey once said that sunlight was \u201cthe best disinfectant.\u201d He used that phrase often \u2014 in speeches, in interviews, and in testimony \u2014 to justify the FBI\u2019s transparency during controversial investigations.<\/p>\n Now, that same sunlight is turning on him.<\/p>\n And with Hillary Clinton confirmed as PERSON 1 and Daniel Richman exposed as PERSON 3, the story he thought he\u2019d buried has come roaring back from the shadows.<\/p>\n The man who once stood before Congress as a self-proclaimed defender of truth and transparency is now accused of concealing both.<\/p>\n And this time, there\u2019s no one left to leak for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Minnesota Democrat Rep. 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