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.

RELATED: James Comey subpoenaed in ‘grand conspiracy’ against Trump: Report

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.

RELATED: ‘Staged armed robberies’: 11 Indian nationals catch visa fraud charge amid conspiracy allegations

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.”

RELATED: Police find Florida mom’s 5-year-old twins dead at their home after she jumps off bridge to her death

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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Viktor Orbán lost in Hungary. He may win at the United Nations.

Trump administration officials are urging the former Hungarian prime minister to run for U.N. secretary-general, according to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Sunday. Orbán would run as a joint candidate of the United States, Russia, and China.

‘When the US, Russia, and China all want the same thing at the UN Security Council, they usually get it.’

Russia and China are believed to be backing Orbán as well, according to the Journal. No final decision has been made, and Blaze News was unable to independently confirm the Journal’s reporting in the op-ed.

“As officials from the U.S. and a second country told us, when the U.S., Russia, and China all want the same thing at the U.N. Security Council, they usually get it,” the editorial reads.

The White House, the Kremlin, and Beijing have not confirmed the report to other outlets.

Current Secretary-General António Guterres’ second term ends Dec. 31. No viable contender has emerged as a replacement yet.

RELATED: Orbán emphasizes to Trump that Hungary survives today as Christian ‘island of difference in a liberal ocean’

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An Oct. 16 poll showed that none of the seven declared candidates had unanimous backing from permanent Security Council members the U.S., the U.K. China, Russia, and France, according to the Associated Press.

Each permanent Security Council member has wide-ranging veto powers over U.N. resolutions and actions.

The front-runners — U.N. trade chief Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica; U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi of Argentina; and Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett — each drew two “discourage” votes from veto-wielding powers, according to two diplomats who spoke to the AP. It is unclear which Security Council states oppose their candidacies.

“This institution, after 80 years, has tried to become everything to everyone,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told reporters.

Waltz rejected a DEI approach to choosing a new secretary-general.

“We understand there is a desire for regional rotation,” Waltz said, according to the AP. “Of course, if the best candidate is a woman, we would welcome that — but we really just need the best candidate.”

A nominee needs nine of the Security Council’s 15 votes and no veto. France and the United Kingdom, both holding veto powers, may present roadblocks for an Orbán candidacy.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk mocked the idea on Monday.

“Just a moment ago, he was a candidate for president of the European Commission. This seems to me just as funny as that first rumor,” Tusk said, according to Politico.

The European Union was glad to see Péter Magyar’s Tisza party win Hungary’s recent elections. Magyar, who ran an E.U.-friendly, center-right, and anti-corruption campaign, ended Orbán’s 16-year rule in a landslide victory.

Trump previously called Orbán a “true friend” and endorsed him. Vice President JD Vance also campaigned for him in Hungary.

Since Tisza took power, Hungarian authorities have launched fraud and corruption investigations into former Orbán officials. Two former ministers and the former governor of Hungary’s central bank were detained as part of ongoing inquiries, according to Euronews.

Orbán himself has not been charged with any wrongdoing. If Orbán actually become U.N. secretary-general, he could enjoy diplomatic immunity from any potential investigations or prosecutions.

Orbán’s spokesperson previously dismissed reports about the U.N. deputy secretary-general post as “fake news.”

Orbán’s press office, the White House, and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment from Blaze News.

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An Obama-appointed federal judge ruled on Monday that while Trump’s attorney general and those with the delegated responsibility are “authorized by law” to fire a federal prosecutor, the way in which the daughter of disgraced ex-FBI Director James Comey was fired last year was unlawful.

Maurene Comey served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for nearly a decade and was involved in the prosecutions of Sean “Diddy” Combs, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

‘This decision reaffirms our bedrock system of checks and balances.’

Francey Hakes, the director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, notified Comey on July 16, 2025, that “pursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States,” her employment with the Justice Department had been terminated.

In September 2025, Comey sued the Trump administration, alleging that her termination was “unlawful and unconstitutional” and “politically motivated” — the result of her connection to James Comey and/or “her perceived political affiliation and beliefs.” According to her complaint, she was removable only for cause under the Civil Service Reform Act.

The government argued that:

Comey was removable at-will under Article II by the attorney general “because plaintiff in her duties as an assistant United States attorney exercised the president’s conclusive and preclusive executive authority”;”Congress has by statute explicitly authorized the attorney general to remove assistant United States attorneys”; andthat statute “contains no restrictions on the attorney general’s removal powers.”

RELATED: DOJ opens investigation into ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski

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U.S. District Court Judge Jesse Furman, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, evidently was not swayed by the government’s arguments. He ruled on Monday that Comey’s “removal was not authorized by any statute; to the contrary, it violated the CSRA.”

While conceding that the attorney general can remove an AUSA, Furman wrote that “the attorney general (and anyone to whom the attorney general delegates that authority) is also limited by law, namely the CSRA, to do so only in a particular manner and only for certain reasons.”

“The Court holds that Comey is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her central claims that she was terminated in violation of the constitutional separation of powers and federal law,” continued the Obama judge.

Furman ordered Comey’s retroactive reinstatement and backpay effective from her termination in July through Dec. 20, 2025, when the ex-prosecutor apparently found a new job.

Comey’s lawyers said in a joint statement, “This hard-earned victory belongs to Ms. Comey, to all civil servants, and to all fighting for the rule of law.”

“As the Court correctly held, to accept the government’s argument about unlimited executive power ‘would be to unsettle the very equilibrium established by this nation’s constitutional system,'” continued the lawyers. “This decision reaffirms our bedrock system of checks and balances: the president is not above the law.”

The White House referred Blaze News to the following statement from the Justice Department’s rapid response account: “The Department disagrees with this decision, which obstructs President Trump’s constitutional authority to fire individuals who wield executive power on his behalf. We intend to appeal the decision in due course.”

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A 15-year-old male will be charged as an adult after a Tallahassee, Florida, mass shooting over the weekend in which 11 were wounded, authorities said.

The shooting took place Saturday outside Bragg Stadium after Florida A&M University’s homecoming football game, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

‘What should have been a weekend of celebration in our community instead became a night of fear and violence for the victims and their families.’

Tallahassee Police on Sunday arrested Anthony Rivers III in connection with the shooting, which the paper said was one of the worst in Tallahassee history.

Rivers, who has faced criminal charges in the past, made his first court appearance Monday, the paper said, adding that State Attorney Jack Campbell said the teen will be charged as an adult and transferred from the Juvenile Assessment Center to the Leon County Detention Facility.

The 15-year-old is facing 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent, police said.

The paper said it names minors when they are charged with violent offenses.

“Our investigation indicates that a physical altercation occurred before shots were fired,” Police Chief Lawrence Revell said, according to the paper. “At this stage of the investigation, none of the victims appear to have been the intended targets.”

Detectives believe the incident stemmed from a dispute between people who knew one another, the Democrat added.

Revell previously said detectives believed there was only one shooter, but police now say additional arrests are possible, the paper noted.

Leon Circuit Judge Andrew Sheeran during a Monday juvenile court hearing ordered Rivers held in “secure detention” while his case is pending, which the judge said is required by statute given the nature of the charges, the paper reported.

Sheeran also granted a motion he said police filed to seal the probable cause affidavit, which includes details of the crime and what led to the suspect’s arrest, the paper said.

RELATED: Teenager fatally shoots 3 children, teacher at Oregon elementary school before parent shoots gunman dead, police say

The paper said at least 12 people were injured, including 11 who were shot. Police said one individual injured an ankle while fleeing the gunfire.

Six of the victims were children, including the youngest victim, who is 11 years old, Revell told the Democrat.

The chief on Monday added to Fox News that five of the 11 who were shot have been released from the hospital, while three of the six still hospitalized were in critical condition, with one listed as very critical.

Half of the victims were male, the other half female, the paper said.

More from the Democrat:

Gunfire erupted shortly before 8 p.m. Oct. 24, at Perry and Manatee streets, an area usually packed with food trucks and vendors during FAMU home football games. It was packed with students, alumni, families, and Rattlers fans.

“What should have been a weekend of celebration in our community instead became a night of fear and violence for the victims and their families,” Revell said. “While this arrest marks a significant step forward, our work is far from over. We remain committed to holding those responsible accountable and getting answers for every family impacted by this tragedy.”

TPD said its officers and investigators worked “around the clock” to identify the alleged shooter.

“In the moments immediately following the shooting, our officers rushed toward danger to render aid to victims even before the scene was fully secured,” Revell said. “I could not be prouder of the men and women of this department.”

Police said a “significant influx” of information poured in from the community, the paper reported, adding that police before the arrest asked the public for any cellphone video or tips from witnesses.

The police “need our community’s help. No detail is too small, and no piece of information should go unreported,” Revell said, according to the paper. “If you know something, please share it with our detectives. Your information could be the key to holding those responsible accountable.”

Police established a dedicated tip hotline (850-891-4610) and activated an evidence submission website (tallahasseepd.evidence.com/axon/community-request/public/perrystreetincident), the paper said.

Tipsters also can remain anonymous by calling Crime Solvers at 850-574-TIPS with tips and other information, the Democrat noted.

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Robert Reich is urging Democrats to “defund” Elon Musk and absorb his companies if Democrats gain control of the government.

At the same time, the former member of the Bill Clinton administration said Musk is bribing his way into politics.

‘Musk represents the power of oligarchy in America over democracy.’

Reich, who served as President Clinton’s secretary of labor from 1993 to 1997, recently explained his desire to see progressives eliminate Musk’s government contracts while also taking ownership of his corporations entirely.

On his podcast “The Coffee Klatch,” Reich called Musk an “emblem” for why there needs to be a wealth tax on billionaires; he described it as a “one-time 5% tax” across the country.

Reich quickly followed this policy recommendation with another suggestion: “We’ve got to defund Musk.”

“He’s dependent on government contracts. He is dependent on us. We taxpayers are subsidizing Elon Musk,” Reich stated, before revealing some of his gripes with the billionaire.

Reich’s chief complaint was that Musk is “deciding by himself” whether or not the Ukrainian government should have access to his internet service, Starlink.

“How can one man make that kind of decision for all of us, for Ukraine, and we are subsidizing him?” Reich said.

Cutting to the chase, Reich repeated, “Defund Musk. I mean this,” before adding that Democrats should start “laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink and SpaceX.”

“Nationalize it,” he reiterated. “It should be a public corporation. We should not ever have that kind of power in one person’s hands, one private person’s hands.”

RELATED: Elon Musk just granted huge new perks to X subscribers — just don’t give Grok your credit card

After a clip of the podcast began circulating on X, Musk replied that “stealing companies is a serious crime.”

“Prison for Reich,” the X owner added.

The billionaire seemingly matched his rhetoric to that of the former government official, who called Musk “Exhibit A in terms of the billionaire takeover of America.”

“This is the oligarchic problem,” Reich went on. “Musk represents the power of oligarchy in America over democracy.”

Reich then cited Musk’s support for Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as example of him trying to “bribe his way into politics” like a baron from the late-1800s Gilded Age.

At the same time, pal Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse joined Reich in criticizing Musk for saying he would target anyone who picked a fight with him.

Lofthouse is the executive director for Inequality Media, Reich’s “nonpartisan media and civic action organization“.

RELATED: Athletes are warning fans about the release of GTA VI — prepare for their performance to suffer

Following the calls for Musk’s businesses to be taken over by the government, Lofthouse said Democrats were not trying to fight him, but rather were simply holding him accountable.

“It’s not a fight. It is accountability. I mean, it is, holding him accountable is what people are talking about. And so he’s getting ahead of it, threatening, threatening, threatening, threatening — with his money, with his power, with his reach.”

Lofthouse pointed to Musk’s estimated $38 billion in government contracts and his ending of USAID as just some of the “many things” Democrats need to “fix” if they regain power.

It is important to note that according to government records, Lockheed Martin received more than $70 billion in government contracts in 2023 under President Joe Biden. RTX was the second-biggest government contractor at $31.3 billion.

Lockheed Martin received over $52 billion under Biden in 2024, as well.

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Between rising political unrest in the U.S. and the riots and protests across France, along with every other tragic, enraging, or fear-inducing headline, stories about hope and resilience are often lost.

But on a recent episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” the Blaze Media co-founder shared a story he says proves that our ultimate hope has never been politics but Jesus.

“God’s working in ways that we might go, ‘Well, that doesn’t help politically.’ I don’t think God’s in politics,” says Glenn.

“He’s into changing people’s hearts and that’s what changes culture and that’s what changes politics.”

He then shares the story of Ahmed Joktan — a Saudi-born medical doctor who converted from Islam to Christianity and is now an evangelist focused on reaching Muslims.

“He grew up in a house where God had rules. His father knew all of them because his father was a mufti, an Islamic legal scholar,” says Glenn. “So you know when somebody needed to be heard on Sharia law — Do we cut his hand off? Do we not cut his hand off? Do we stone her or not? — his father was the guy who made the decisions.”

By the age of 13, Glenn shares, Ahmed had “memorized the entire Quran — every word.”

After starting medical school in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed struggled because his earlier education hadn’t taught English, so he couldn’t read his textbooks. His father sent him to Auckland, New Zealand, for a short, intensive language course.

While there, a miracle happened.

“One night while he’s there, he had a dream. And in the dream, the doors to his balcony in his room swung open. Light poured into the room — more light, he said, than the room could hold. … In walks a figure of a man, and he hears a voice, ‘Come to me,”’ Glenn recounts.

He explains that in the dream, the light-surrounded man showed Ahmed “a building with white pillars in front of it.”

“And the voice said, ‘Go to the house of white pillars, and there you shall find the truth,”’ says Glenn.

Ahmed, he says, was so terrified he told his classroom about the dream. His teacher, who was a Christian, proposed that he might have encountered Jesus — a proposition the Muslim Ahmed was not open to.

“He leaves class. He’s walking the streets of Auckland, and he finds it. … He sees the building from his dream,” says Glenn.

The building was Auckland Baptist Tabernacle — a historic church founded through the missionary work of Thomas Spurgeon, son of world-renowned preacher Charles Spurgeon.

Inside, Ahmed met the pastor, Brian Johnson.

“They talked about sin. They talked about life. They talked about salvation. They talked about who Jesus is. The pastor even started with the places in the Quran that called Jesus the Word of God because he knew Ahmed was already grounded in that,” says Glenn.

“Well, Ahmed didn’t want to read the Bible. He resisted it. But eventually he read one verse, and it was John 14:6: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.’ The truth — the same word the voice in the dream had used,” he continues.

Ahmed converted to Christianity, but his joy was immediately met with fear. He had to return to Saudi Arabia, where Islam is the official religion, and any public practice of any non-Muslim religion is illegal.

“He smuggles an Arabic New Testament into Saudi Arabia that’s tucked in between all of his English textbooks,” says Glenn.

But it wasn’t long before his family caught him reading his Bible.

“The brothers come in, and they beat him within an inch of his life. Then dad comes home. … He picks up an AK-47, points it at his own son, and says, ‘I will kill you unless you burn that book,”’ Glenn recounts.

Ahmed burned the book to stay alive, but the Word of God had already been burned into his heart.

Disowned by his family, Ahmed returned to New Zealand to begin a new life as a Christian.

To hear about his ministry, Mecca to Christ, watch the video above.

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