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Jul 5 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: Several TX counties will hold a press conference in Brackettville, TX later today where they plan to declare an “invasion” at the border. I’m told they plan to reference Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees states federal protection from invasion.
The press conference will be led by Kinney County, which has seen its local resources overwhelmed during this border crisis. I’m told these counties hope TX Governor Greg Abbott will follow suit with a declaration of invasion at the state level. Presser at 3pm TX time. @FoxNews
.@FoxNews ARTICLE: foxnews.com/politics/multi…
TX Congressman @chiproytx will also be at today’s press conference/invasion declaration. @FoxNews

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Jun 27
NEW: A massive fentanyl bust in Tulare, CA, where the Tulare Co. Sheriff's Office & CHP recovered 150,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop. 150 bags w/ 1,000 pills each, worth $750,000 total. 25-year-old Jose Zendejas & 19-year-old Benito Madrigal arrested & charged. @FoxNews
Tulare County jail records show that Zendejas and Madrigal are no longer in custody as of this morning. I reached to the DEA's LA office to ask if they are involved or if the Feds potentially picked the men up. A DEA spokeswoman told me she doesn't believe so. @FoxNews
I called the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office this morning to ask why these alleged fentanyl traffickers were no longer in custody & if they had bailed out, etc. They told me they would check, but I never got a call back. If & when they do return my call, I will update. @FoxNews
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Jun 16
THREAD: Per LA DA sources, prosecutors under former DA Jackie Lacey initially sought 32 months in prison for felon Justin Flores’ gun charge, but when DA George Gascon took office, prior strike was dismissed & offer revised to probation as a result of a Gascon directive @FoxNews
Specifically, on 12/7/20, DA George Gascon took office & issued Special Directive 20-08. It states “any prior strikes will not be used for sentencing and shall be dismissed or withdrawn” & “if the charged offense is probation eligible, probation shall be the presumptive offer.”
LA DA sources tell me that in March 2020, Flores was initially offered 32 months (low term of 16 months x 2 for the prior strike).
In January, 2021, after Gascon took office, the offer was revised in accordance w/ Gascon’s SD 20-08 to just 2 years probation & strike dismissed.
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Jun 15
NEW: Per sources, the gang member who fatally shot two El Monte PD officers last night was on probation for felon w/ a firearm after he received a bare minimum sentence in plea deal under LA DA @GeorgeGascon last year, despite having a previous strike on his record. @FoxNews
Law enforcement sources tell me Justin William Flores had a previous strike conviction in 2011 for PC 459, but that he still received the absolute bare minimum sentence for his felon in possession of a gun charges last year in accordance w/ Gascon policies. 2 years probation.
The two fallen officers have now been identified. Sources in the LA DA’s office tell me if this case had been prosecuted without Gascon’s policies in Feb 2021, Flores would have likely been behind bars on a 2.5-3 year minimum sentence.
Instead, he was out on probation last night.
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Jun 14
BREAKING: Per federal source, DHS is preparing to discipline multiple horseback Border Patrol agents who were accused of “whipping” Haitian migrants in Del Rio last summer. I’m told DHS will imminently allege “administrative violations”, agents will be able to respond @FoxNews
Per federal source, this announcement is expected to come down any day now. It’s unclear what “administrative violations” the BP agents will be accused of, but they are not being accused of any criminal conduct. The horseback unit involved is based out of Carrizo Springs, TX.
It has been nearly 9 months since this incident took place. The agents have been taken off their normal duties and have not been allowed to have contact w/ migrants since.
President Biden assured the public at the time that “there will be consequences” for the agents involved.
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Jun 5
THREAD (1/4) A 16 y/o hit & run driver in a stolen car who ran over a mom & child in Venice was sentenced on Friday to 5-7 months in juvie camp. LA DA @GeorgeGascon office tells me this was an “appropriate resolution”, but I’ve learned he has a prior criminal history. @FoxNews
(2/4) Per multiple law enforcement sources, the juvie was on probation, & violating it, at the time of this hit & run, and he had been previously convicted of felony poisoning after he spiked a teen girl’s drink at Palmdale high school in 2019. She was hospitalized. @FoxNews
(3/4) Despite the juvie’s criminal history, sources in the LA DA’s office tell me that in accordance with his policies, Gascon’s admin didn’t charge the juvie w/ assault w/ a deadly weapon or attempted murder for the hit & run, which led to light juvie camp sentence. @FoxNews
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Apr 22
BREAKING: Multiple sources tell me a Texas National Guard soldier has just drowned in the Rio Grande here in Eagle Pass while trying to save migrants in the water. Texas DPS confirms, and tells me a body has been recovered. I’m told a statement will be coming out soon. @FoxNews
UPDATE: Here is a brief video of the scene from one of our photographers. @FoxNews
UPDATE: We are now being told the body recovered is not the soldier, it is possibly a migrant, and efforts are ongoing to find his or her body, as the soldier never resurfaced and the situation is still being handled as a drowning. Statement from TX Military Department: @FoxNews
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