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House Democrats, with the help of a small group of Republicans, on Monday successfully blocked an effort led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas in a straight up or down vote.
The final vote tally was 209-201, with eight Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the latter party’s motion to stop that floor vote, and instead refer the impeachment resolution introduced by Greene to the House Homeland Security Committee. Twenty-four members — 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans — did not vote on the measure.
Greene introduced the resolution to impeach Mayorkas on Thursday, which would have forced a vote on impeachment without a hearing or a committee markup. If voted on and passed, it would have sent his impeachment straight to the Senate for trial.
Mayorkas has faced increased calls for his impeachment over the past year concerning his handling of the border crisis.
Under Mayorkas, migrant encounters at the southern border hit an all-time record in September with a massive 260,000 encounters as border officials continue struggling to cope with the large influx, sources told Fox News Digital.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
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Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, took the stand Monday in the trial of David DePape, the man who brutally attacked him with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home last year.
During the proceedings, Pelosi recalled being bludgeoned during the Oct. 28, 2022 attack in the middle of the night.
“The door opened and a very large man came in with a hammer in one hand and some ties in the other and he said, ‘Where’s Nancy’ as I think that woke me up,” he said. “I’m asleep and he bursts in the door and that woke me up.”
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Pelosi, 83, who said he didn’t set the home’s security alarm, was left with a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.
Federal prosecutors say DePape smashed his shoulder going through a glass panel on a door in the back of the Pelosis’ Pacific Heights mansion and confronted a sleeping Paul Pelosi, who was wearing boxer shorts and a pajama top.
“Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?” DePape asked, standing over Paul Pelosi around 2 a.m. holding a hammer and zip ties, according to court records. Nancy Pelosi was in Washington and under the protection of her security detail, which does not extend to family members.
Paul Pelosi called 911 and two police officers showed up and witnessed DePape strike him in the head with a hammer, knocking him unconscious, authorities said. Prosecutors showed jurors police body camera footage of the attack.
DePape, 43, has pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official with intent to retaliate against the official for performance of their duties.
Federal prosecutors brought forward an FBI agent who collected the electronics DePape was carrying, a U.S. Capitol police officer who watches the surveillance cameras at the Pelosis’ home and another who has protected Nancy Pelosi since 2006, and a Bay Area Rapid Transit police sergeant.
DePape’s defense lawyers have said he got caught in conspiracy theories that led him to believe the country was being run by corrupt leaders. Prosecutors said he had been planning to attack the Pelosi home for months.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis told Georgia prosecutors that then-President Trump did not plan to leave the White House “under any circumstances” after losing the 2020 election, according to video obtained and published by ABC News.
The video shows part of an interview Ellis conducted with prosecutors in Georgia investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s election results in 2020. Ellis last month reached a plea agreement in the case.
In the video, Ellis describes a conversation she had with former senior Trump White House official Dan Scavino around Dec. 19, 2020. She tells prosecutors she “emphasized to him I thought the claims and the ability to challenge the election results was essentially over,” and Scavino responded that Trump and his team didn’t care.
“He said, ‘The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. We are just going to stay in power,'” Ellis said. “And I said to him, ‘Well, it doesn’t quite work that way, you realize.’ And he said, ‘We don’t care.'”
The video provides insight into the types of information Ellis and others who are cooperating with prosecutors may be providing into what was happening in Trump’s orbit following the 2020 election, when the former president constantly made false allegations that the results were fraudulent, even as his own campaign’s court challenges were rejected and debunked.
Ellis, who once described herself as part of an “elite strike force team” of attorneys pursuing unfounded claims of election fraud, pleaded guilty last month to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings.
Like the two other former Trump campaign attorneys who took plea deals, Ellis agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants, including the former president.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) charged Ellis, the former president and 17 others in August in a sprawling racketeering indictment that accused all of them of entering an unlawful conspiracy to keep Trump in power following the 2020 election.
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Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) was badgered on an Amtrak ride Monday about his position on calling for a cease-fire in Gaza by a passenger who claimed to be a journalist and who repeatedly ignored the senator’s requests to leave him alone.
In a video posted Monday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Andrew Maté, who works for controversial news site The Grayzone, asked Coons nearly a dozen times why he would not call for a cease-fire, as Coons repeatedly told him to “please stop talking to me.”
Sitting directly across from Coons in what they both indicated was the designated “quiet car” of the Amtrak train, Maté began filming as Coons appeared to be working on his device.
“Senator, I’m sorry to put you on the spot, but why not call for a cease-fire in Gaza?” Maté asked.
Coons appeared surprised at the question and briefly glanced over his shoulder, before asking him, “Who are you?”
Maté introduced himself briefly, and Coons shook his head and began to say, “I’m not” then saying, “This is a quiet car. You’re not supposed to be talking to me.”
“I know it’s a quiet car, and I apologize for abusing [it]. I understand, but children are dying. Children are dying, sir. More than 46, why not call for a cease-fire? They’re being killed with our weapons. U.S. weapons are killing kids in Gaza.”
Coons asked again for him to identify himself. When he did, Coons replied, “Nice to meet you, Aaron. Please stop talking to me.”
“Likewise,” Maté interrupted to say, then adding, “I’m sorry, sir, it’s of dire importance.”
“Aaron, please stop. Please stop. Aaron, you’re bothering me and everyone else around,” Coons said, as Aaron continued to pester him about calling for a cease-fire.
The back-and-forth continued, with Coons repeatedly asking Maté to stop and Maté refusing to do so.
“Please stop. I’m asking you to stop. This is not an appropriate place for you to interview me. You’re bothering everyone else around us,” Coons said, adding, “I’m not going to call for a cease-fire. I strongly support humanitarian pauses. I’ve urged the Israeli government to target their campaign against Hamas, but you need to stop. “
“Please stop or I’m going to have you thrown off this train. Please stop doing this. You’ve asked me 10 times. You’re getting as professional, measured and appropriate an answer out of me as you can. This is not professional journalism. Please get up and leave now.”
Maté still was not satisfied with that response and continued pressing Coons.
When Coons slammed Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Maté took issue with parts of his argument as well. Maté asked again about a cease-fire, prompting Coons to eventually get up.
Calls for a cease-fire have been rising in the United States, with demonstrations taking place throughout the country. Threats to lawmakers have also been on the rise in the last couple years.
The Grayzone has been criticized for publishing pro-Russia news and also downplaying the human rights violations of the Chinese government on the Uyghur people.
Coons’s office has not immediately replied to an inquiry from The Hill.
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The White House dismissed a reporter asking Monday whether President Biden was “embarrassed” about San Francisco’s need for a “total makeover” ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s, along with other world leaders, planned visit there for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week.
The exchange came during the White House press briefing when National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attempted to avoid the question about the liberal city’s effort to remove homeless encampments for the summit before flat out refusing to respond.
“The president is incredibly proud of the record that the United States will bring as hosts to this summit. And I went through some of it today: the strongest economic record of any developed country, the lowest unemployment over a sustained period in half a century, far-reaching investments in innovation in ships, re-building America’s infrastructure,” Sullivan said, making no mention of the removal of the homeless.
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The reporter pressed Sullivan, noting that even Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom admitted it was “true” that the cleanup was because of the upcoming APEC summit.
“Does President Biden agree it’s more important to impress the leader of China than the American people that live in San Francisco and pay taxes every day?” the reporter asked.
“First, I completely reject the premise of your question, but, secondly, I don’t know what the context of what Governor Newsom said, so I won’t respond to it,” Sullivan responded.
Local Fox affiliate KTVU reported that the efforts to clean the city have created “noticeable” cleanliness to the streets but also far fewer homeless encampments on major thoroughfares.
Additionally, emails obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle show that the city’s superintendent of Street Environmental Services Christopher McDaniels was “concerned about historical encampments that are close to priority areas.”
Those areas include seven intersections in two neighborhoods that have long been the “epicenter” of the homeless crisis, according to the Chronicle. Another official, San Francisco Deputy Director of Operations DiJaida Durden, said that the city needed to “stay on top of the growing encampments,” then asked, “Do we have a plan?”
The Chronicle noted that the areas Durden flagged have ended up “tent-free” just days ahead of the APEC summit.
The much-anticipated face-to-face between Biden and Xi will be the first since the two leaders met in Indonesia in November 2022.
Fox News’ Peter Aiken contributed to this report.
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A Dekalb County, Georgia man faces federal charges after allegedly threatening to murder Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and her staff last week.
The Department of Justice said 34-year-old Sean Patrick Cirillo made his initial appearance in federal court on Monday, on charges related to transmitting interstate threats against Greene and her staff.
“Cirillo’s alleged threats to harm the Congresswoman and her staff are intended to sow fear in our public servants,” U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia said. “Any individual who threatens or seeks to intimidate government officials should expect to be swiftly charged and vigorously prosecuted.”
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During Monday’s court appearance, evidence was presented that accused Cirillo of calling Greene’s office in Washington, D.C. twice on Nov. 8 and threatening to commit violent acts against her, her staff and their families.
“Yeah, I got a bead on her. Like a sniper rifle,” Cirillo allegedly said during one of the calls. “A sniper rifle. And I’m gonna kill her next week. I’m gonna murder her. I’m gonna shoot her in the [expletive] head, okay?”
Cirillo is accused of continuing to make threats during the call.
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“Tell the FBI, okay? I’m gonna kill this [expletive]. Tell her,” he said. “I’ll kill you too if you want.”
Cirillo then allegedly shouted, “You don’t think you’re gonna get payback? You’re gonna die! Your family is gonna die! [Expletive!] You don’t think it’s gonna happen when you’re out of power?”
Greene’s office did not immediately respond to inquiries regarding the allegations.
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The Atlanta field office of the FBI is currently investigating the case.
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“Unlawful threats against our elected officials are an assault against our democracy,” Special Agent in Charge Keri Farley of the FBI Atlanta Field Office said. “No one should fear violence because of who they are or what they believe. The FBI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to seek justice in these cases.”
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Photos showing the mysterious cocaine discovered inside the White House over the summer have been released after being obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request from the Secret Service by the Daily Mail.
The baggie of cocaine was initially discovered on July 2 in a storage locker near the entrance to the White House’s West Wing, before later being confirmed as the drug by the Secret Service on July 5.
The discovery prompted the Secret Service to launch an investigation, which was later closed after the agency said it was “not able” to identify a suspect.
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