Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said he was being charged by the Justice Department for the third time.

Comey is accused of violating the Espionage Act by leaking national defense information to a journalist in Oct. 2016.

‘I’m still lucky to have an amazing family and an incredible group of lawyers that will stand up in court and fight the latest and whatever comes after this.’

“Well, they’re back. Again. It would almost be funny if it weren’t such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice. One that we cannot become numb to,” Comey said in a video on social media.

“Nothing’s changed with me. I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid of these people, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary,” he added. “And I’m still lucky to have an amazing family and an incredible group of lawyers that will stand up in court and fight the latest and whatever comes after this.”

He is being charged with two counts, one related to releasing the information to an unauthorized person and another for conspiring to do so.

“The Department filed a waiverless criminal information to toll the statute of limitations as it relates to allegations concerning former FBI Director Comey,” a spokesperson for the DOJ said.

“Filing a criminal information to toll the statute of limitations is a widely recognized practice in federal court and has been approved by multiple Circuit Courts of Appeals,” the spokesperson added.

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A previous charge against Comey of lying to Congress was dismissed, while a second charge related to an alleged threat to assassinate the president via a message formed by seashells is pending.

He has denied threatening the president and said he didn’t even know what the shells meant when he posted his photograph on social media.

“The next couple years are gonna be hard for all of us,” he concluded in his video. “It’s really important that we stand straight and keep the faith in America.”

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Patricia Krentcil, the reality TV personality who became infamous for her dark, splotchy spray tan, is back in the spotlight with a startling claim: ICE agents allegedly stopped her outside a restaurant, questioned her citizenship, and nearly handcuffed her because of her skin color.

“Going back to the ICE issue, I was at a restaurant out with my girlfriends, and I walked out with my friends,” Krentcil said on the “Light. Tan. Up.” podcast.

“As we’re walking out, the ICE people stopped me, and they asked me, am I an American citizen? And I’m like, ‘Yes.’ You know, like, it blew my mind. And because I was so tan, they were about to handcuff me and take me away, God knows where,” she continued.

Krentcil claimed that though she was “scared,” she “held [her] own” and “got out of the situation.”

“They’re very racist about color and nationalities and stuff like that, that I was in almost a pickle myself. And it was terrifying. And Trump supports all this nonsense,” Krentcil added.

“I constantly am told by the left that American citizens are getting hauled off and deported. And it sounds to me like they cleared it up rather quickly, if that even happened, which I think … I’m going to need some receipts,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments.

“Who sprayed her like that? Where did she get that spray tan done? How often does she have to get it done to look like that? Why is this not blackface?” she continues.

“She goes around looking like this on purpose. This was not like an accident,” she adds.

Gonzales explains Krentcil is “actually a Republican” who “tried running for Senate once,” before playing her campaign ad.

“Hi, I’m Patricia. I’m a single working mom with five beautiful kids, and I love my family just like you. You might remember me being that tan mom from New Jersey, but that was a decade ago. Crazy tans, table-flipping, Snooki — it was an interesting time,” Krentcil said.

“But like the world we live in, I’ve changed greatly. I lost my husband last year to cancer. And I know what it’s like to deal with insurance companies. I was in a medically induced coma for two weeks, so I know what it’s like to deal with doctors and nurses and how very overwhelming health care can be,” she added.

Gonzales points out that in the ad, Krentcil shows a photo of her with Dr. Miami, a plastic surgeon, when she says she knows what it’s like to “deal with doctors.”

“Knowing what it is like to be in a hospital as a patient does not qualify you to run the country,” Gonzales comments.

In another campaign ad, Krentcil said, “I was made a mockery of by the media for looking different.”

“I also believe that drag queens can be amazing role models for kids. … Is that so crazy?” she continued.

“Yes,” Gonzales says, “everything that you just said there is crazy.”

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On July 13, 2023, a “robbery crew” entered the Bucktown Food & Liquor in Chicago and robbed five people of their wallets. One robber accidentally opened fire and began the unraveling of a massive immigration fraud scheme.

The “fake” robbery was one of hundreds at restaurants, liquor stores, gas stations, and coffee shops orchestrated by 29-year-old Parth Nayi of Woodridge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

Officials were able to identify more than 100 people, most of Latin and South American origin, who had obtained the fake robbery service from Nayi.

The DOJ said that Nayi was paid between $5,000 and $30,000 for each fake robbery by migrants hoping to fraudulently obtain a U visa, which is available to those who are victims of certain crimes and participate with law enforcement.

He would hire the fake robbers and coach the fake victims on how to report the incidents to police and then apply for the visa in order to obtain legal status, according to the press release. Recipients of the U visa could obtain special status and, in time, even permanent resident status.

Officials were able to identify more than 100 people, most of Latin and South American origin, who had obtained the fake robbery service from Nayi, according to CWB Chicago. However, the DOJ believes that “thousands of individuals who posed as victims” were involved in the scheme.

In the July 2023 robbery, one of the fake robbers shot a 26-year-old clerk in the abdomen. He survived his injuries, CWB Chicago reported.

Five others besides Nayi were convicted in connection with the investigation.

Nayi pleaded guilty to only one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud.

Despite perhaps being involved in hundreds of immigration fraud incidents, on Thursday, Nayi was sentenced to only two years in federal prison and a fine of $50,000.

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The abuse of the U visa system was decried by immigration attorney Xavier Borjas to WBBM-TV in May 2024.

“It’s very disheartening, because there are so many people that unfortunately do qualify [for U visas] and have been victims of these crimes that you want to ensure hopefully get some sort of … relief,” he said.

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A Libertarian candidate for the North Carolina state Senate was arrested after he said online that he wanted to committed suicide.

Jonathan D. Miller suggested he wanted to get into a gun battle with police in posts beginning on Sunday evening.

‘The whole police department is chasing me with guns drawn. This should be fun.’

“I have decided I no longer wish to live and I will be killing myself tonight,” he wrote. “I know this will upset some of you, but I can no longer continue this suffering. I hate my life and every moment is painful. Tonight I end that pain. Do not contact me. I do not want to talk.”

“The whole police department is chasing me with guns drawn. This should be fun,” he posted on Monday.

“I f**ked up and talked to the negotiator on the phone long enough for them to box me in. They have dogs so I’m probably done for,” his last post on Monday reads.

Hours later at about 3 p.m., the Cary Police Dept. indicated that he had been peacefully taken into custody.

They had performed a welfare check at his home on Glen Echo Lane at 8:26 a.m. after receiving numerous calls from concerned citizens who had read Miller’s posts.

“He had a firearm and was ordered not to touch it, and he took off running,” Cary Police Chief Terry Sult said during a media briefing.

That resulted in an hours-long standoff at his apartment complex, Sult said.

“He was in a dark place,” he added. “Felt like he was on his last leg.”

Miller also called in to WRAL-TV during the standoff.

“Last night I was pretty depressed and suicidal, and I sort of put a suicide note on X, and it has gone quite viral,” Miller said on one of the calls. “Actually, millions of people have seen it. I usually get about 50 views on my post, but this one has gone super viral on me. I spent all night crying and angry and upset and depressed and all the emotions. And this morning I was tired, but I had things I needed to do. And I didn’t kill myself.”

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He then explained why he was running from the police.

“Because I don’t want them to take me into custody and then lock me up in a hospital,” Miller said.

“If I go to the hospital, I’ll spend approximately 15 to 30 seconds every day with a doctor, and that’ll be my time to talk it out,” he added. “He’ll write me a [prescription] for a drug that doesn’t help, and in a few days I’ll be right back where I’m at now.”

He also chided the police for not catching him.

“They have been chasing me since this morning,” Miller said. “They’re not very good at it. They really probably should get some more training on tracking somebody down.”

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