Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has called for a presidential pardon of a soldier who helped plan the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and used his insider information to make $400,000 on an online betting site.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has called for a presidential pardon of a soldier who helped plan the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and used his insider information to make $400,000 on an online betting site. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) called for the pardon of active duty soldier Gannon Ken van Dyke following the announcement of his arrest this week. Van Dyke had profited around $400,000 from betting on the fall of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, using insider knowledge he gained while he was part of the planning for Operation Absolute Resolve. DETAIL: Rep. Luna argues Van Dyke should be pardoned because politicians in Congress are profiting from insider…Open
Pirro's office had investigated the renovation of the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., which has been plagued by delays and cost overruns.
The Department of Justice said it will drop a criminal probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday, a sharp pivot in an unprecedented investigation into the nation's top central banker. Why it matters: It opens the path for President Trump's pick to lead the Fed to be confirmed to the post after a standoff with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who blocked confirmation until the investigation was closed. What they're saying: "I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry," the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, wrote on X . - "This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – in the billions of…
The lawyer tasked with defending Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limit in front of the U.S. Supreme Court did so in the face of “overwhelming advice” not to demand the overturn of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Mollie Hemingway’s new book Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution details. […]