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On May 10, four bodies were discovered inside a lakeside Nebraska home by the Dawson County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Authorities believe that Jeremy Koch, 42, killed his wife, Bailey Koch, and their two sons, Hudson, 18, and Asher, 16, before taking his own life in what is being treated as an apparent murder-suicide.<\/p>\n
Allegedly, Jeremy was battling depression since 2009 and had attempted to commit suicide several times over the years. Bailey even started a\u00a0<\/p>\n
His mental health declined in March, when Bailey awoke to him standing over her bed with a knife, saying, \u201cSomething is wrong.\u201d She was able to talk him to access a round of electroconvulsive therapy, which sadly didn\u2019t help him much.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn\u2019t work. Jeremy became a shell of himself,\u201d Bailey\u00a0wrote\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no pride left. Mental illness is taking my husband from me, and I\u2019m begging you to open your eyes and see the reality that is this society\u2019s mental health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur boys are doing well living their lives, and for that, we are thankful,\u201d Bailey\u00a0wrote. \u201cPlease just pray Jeremy is able to somehow be with us on Saturday for our oldest son\u2019s high school graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities determined that Bailey and her sons were stabbed with a knife.<\/p>\n
Bailey Koch was a special education teacher at Holdrege Public Schools, who issued a statement shortly after the tragedy took place, writing, \u201cOur hearts are with everyone impacted by a tragic event that has deeply affected us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an open\u00a0letter\u00a0posted on the social media, Bailey\u2019s father, Lane Kugler, who found the dead bodies of his daughter, grandsons and son-in-law, expressed his anger over the tragedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeremy had been fighting mental illness for many, many years,\u201d Kugler wrote. \u201cHis depression had turned into psychosis. It was not Jeremy who committed this horrific act. It was a sick mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Attorney General Pam Bondi went on the offensive Tuesday as Senate Democrats grilled her about the Jeffrey Epstein case and other matters.<\/p>\n
Facing months of criticism over her July 6 memo recommending against further public disclosures in the Epstein prosecution, she turned the tables on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Dick Durbin.<\/p>\n
When Whitehouse asked, \u201cHow many of those Treasury Suspicious Activity Reports did you or Director Patel investigate?\u201d, Bondi struck back: \u201cSenator, I\u2019m not sure if you\u2019re concerned because you took money, I believe, did you, from Reid Hoffman, not only once, but twice in 2018 and 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whitehouse pressed again, asking whether the FBI had found photos of President Trump with young women among Epstein\u2019s materials. Bondi fired back: \u201cSenator Whitehouse, you sit here and make salacious remarks trying to slander President Trump when you\u2019re the one who was taking money from one of Epstein\u2019s closest confidants, and the senator sitting right next to you, Durbin, tried to block the flight logs from being released.\u201d<\/p>\n
Durbin questioned Bondi next: \u201cWhy was the July 7 memo unsigned?\u201d Bondi replied: \u201cWhy did you fight to not disclose the flight logs, Senator Durbin?\u201d Durbin countered: \u201cI did not refuse. One of the senators here wished to produce those logs, and I asked her to put it in writing, and she never did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bondi then confronted Durbin over crime in his own state: \u201cI wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump. If you\u2019re not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.\u201d The line drew widespread attention across the chamber and beyond.<\/p>\n
Durbin accused Bondi of transforming the Department of Justice into an instrument of Trump\u2019s will. In his opening statement, he said, \u201cIn eight short months, you have fundamentally transformed the Justice Department, left an enormous stain in American history. It will take decades to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bondi defended her stewardship, saying the DOJ was returning to its core mission of fighting real crime and insisted, \u201cWe\u2019re ending the weaponization of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the hearing, Bondi pushed back against Democratic attacks. When asked about withholding Epstein files, she revived her point about donations from Reid Hoffman, claiming Democrats were themselves aligned with Epstein associates.<\/p>\n
She also criticized Democratic senators for failing to act previously. When questioned about Merrick Garland\u2019s performance as Attorney General, Bondi retorted, \u201cDid you ask Garland any of this over the last four years when he sat before you?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, Durbin challenged Bondi on executive overreach. Bondi did not back down: \u201cYou voted to shut down the government. Our law enforcement officers are not being paid,\u201d she said, before pivoting, \u201cThey\u2019re on their way to Chicago. If you\u2019re not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.\u201d<\/p>\n
In that same exchange, she repeated, \u201cI wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bondi also traded barbs with Sen. Blumenthal, calling him \u201csomeone who lied about being in the military just to be a senator.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sen. Marsha Blackburn intervened when Durbin claimed no written request was made for the flight logs. \u201cYou know that I submitted that in writing,\u201d she said, \u201cand you continue to misrepresent that, and I am not going to let that record stand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other sharp moments included Bondi accusing Whitehouse of hypocrisy for pushing allegations about Trump while being linked to Epstein associates herself. She said, \u201cYou sit here and make salacious remarks when you\u2019re the one who was taking money from Reid Hoffman.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Whitehouse repeated his question, Bondi declined to answer further, instead focusing on attacking his credibility.<\/p>\n
Durbin pressed Bondi about her handling of DOJ leadership changes, her firing of career officials, and her justification for actions involving Chicago and Newark.<\/p>\n
In response, she invoked crime statistics, arguing that federal intervention was necessary in failing cities.<\/p>\n
Republicans on the committee supported Bondi\u2019s posture, applauding her aggressive defense of Trump\u2019s agenda and asserting that these confrontations were long overdue.<\/p>\n
Observers noted her readiness to fire back with prepared attack lines. Her tactics, though harsh, underscored the partisan nature of the hearing.<\/p>\n
By the end of the hearing, it was clear Bondi did not intend to be a passive witness. She took the fight directly to her opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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