President Trump is declassifying FBI documents showing the Trump/Russia collusion story was unleashed just ahead of the 2016 election to blunt the fallout from Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. Just the News
The Justice Department leveled terrorism charges against 14 of the highest-ranking leaders of the international MS-13 criminal gang. Justice Department
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Iran for providing support and sanctuary to Al Qaeda, comparing the country to Afghanistan before 9/11. Daily Signal
North Korea unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile it called the “world’s most powerful weapon”. UPI A State Department report said China is building the greatest expansion of any nuclear arsenal since the Cold War, tripling its production of ballistic missiles. Washington Times
Norway said 13 deaths may have resulted from side effects of the COVID vaccine. Epoch TimesDaily Sabah
The Truth March 26, 2020
Soft-on-crime policies invariably lead to a spike in crime. This dynamic is especially important now that a number of radical soft-on-crime prosecutors have been elected around the country. Here are some of the stories in the news, recently:
Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted that a new bail reform law has caused crime rates to go up in New York City since the first of the year. The heavily criticized law prevents judges from setting bail in most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony cases. New York Post
Defendants let out under New York City’s no-bail law include a hate crime suspect who attacked a fourth woman after being released following an arrest for attacking 3 Jewish women. Another defendant, an alleged bank robber, apparently robbed a fifth bank after being let out for robbing 4 banks. No gun was used, so he was released under the new law. He reportedly said: “I can’t believe they let me out. What were they thinking?” Indeed. BizPac Review
The homicide rates in several cities have gone up under progressive social reform DAs. Philadelphia’s is the highest in over a decade and violent crime there is up 5 percent overall. Epoch Times
A radical soft-on-crime prosecutor in St. Louis refused to charge a suspect who confessed to shooting a 7-year-old boy. The prosecutor claimed she could not determine who was responsible for the child’s death despite the confession. This prosecutor took campaign funds from the soft-on-crime movement and had two dozen attorneys quit the prosecutor’s office after she was elected. Gateway Pundit
A few years ago, California reduced the penalties for shoplifting. Subsequently, the number of “mass grab and dash” thefts steadily increased. These organized thefts involve large numbers of people entering a store at the same time, taking what they want, and fleeing. Hot Air
Despite what some believe, 60 percent of inmates are in state prisons for violent crimes or weapons offenses, including murder, rape, assault, robbery, and burglary. This is four times the number convicted only of drug offenses. Manhattan Institute
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