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/1🚨EXPLOSIVE LITIGATION DOCS: We sued DOD and uncovered a secret Obama memo on presidential records which shows that Jack Smith is the one subverting the law. 

The directive, which legally binds DOJ, vests POTUS with sole authority to determine which records are his.  

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/2 This secretive memo established by the Obama Administration — and used through the Trump and Biden Administrations — confirms the government may have already had originals of the alleged classified documents involved in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s sham prosecution against President Trump through the Presidential Information Technology Community (PITC).
/3 Some background…

In October 2014, Russian hackers breached the Executive Office of the President (EOP)’s network.

In response, President Obama created, via executive action, PITC. Image
/4 PITC includes representatives of the DOD and Homeland Security, among others.

PITC effectively establishes that the President controls all the information he receives through the PITC network. 

We launched an investigation…
/5 AFL Vice President @DanielZEpstein’s op-ed breaks down PITC in further detail below…
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/6 On April 4, 2024, we sued the DOD to compel the immediate release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the secretive Presidential Information Technology Committee (PITC) created by former President Barack Obama.
/7 The PITC executive order was public, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Today, AFL releases a never-before-public memo from the White House confirming the DOD has been “operating and maintaining the information resources and information systems provided to the President, Vice President, and Executive Office of the President (EOP).”Image
/8🚨This memo reveals that the White House secretly created and apparently maintains an information technology community that enforced Obama’s executive order to ensure that presidents could store their records on DOD servers without losing control.
/9 What it means is that the federal government has preserved and retained all EOP records on its servers, and therefore, consistent with Obama’s order, it likely possesses a substantial amount, if not all, of President Trump’s classified documents.
/10 Under section 2.01 of the memo, the White House Communications Agency provides core services related to unclassified records.

Under section 2.06 of the memo, the National Security Council provides classified services.
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/11 Section 2.04 of the memo concedes that all “records created, stored, used, or transmitted by, on, or through the information resources and information systems provided to the President” were stored at DOD. Thus, the White House Communications Agency and NSC at the White House simply provide services regarding records housed at DOD.Image
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/12 Any Congressional committee with subpoena power can now seek to determine whether the documents that Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained and claimed Trump unlawfully retained after his presidency are actually in Biden’s active possession through PITC.
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/13 This revelation cuts a knife through the entire indictment as it proves that many, if not all, of the documents President Trump is accused of unlawfully retaining were and are currently still retained by the Executive Branch and stored on DOD servers.
/14 Further, because of the PITC memo’s aggressive posture that all records the President receives are subject to his control, President Trump had a clear basis for believing he had the authority to possess copies of records stored at the DOD. It would, therefore, be impossible for Trump to have retained records "without authorization" and "willfully" and "knowingly," as the Jack Smith indictment suggests.
/15 This, of course, sets aside the point that the President of the United States has absolute discretion under the Presidential Records Act to determine which records are his, as we have long asserted:
/16 Lastly, the secret document uncovered by AFL raises the question of why armed agents ever raided President Trump’s personal residence. The Special Counsel should have first determined what relevant records existed on the DOD systems. The failure to do so, as the Biden administration clearly knew and enforced PITC, smacks of politicization and dangerous government overreach.
/17 Moreover, PITC explains how the President controls all the records:

"This memorandum is intended to maintain the President's exclusive control of the information resources and information systems provided to the President, Vice President, and EOP." 
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
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/18 These explosive findings demand immediate action. aflegal.org/explosive-secr…

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/1🚨✨🏰 VICTORY: Disney has eliminated multiple DEI programs AFL specifically targeted.

Here’s exactly what Disney changed.🧵👇 Image
/2 Last week, Disney announced it planned to eliminate numerous DEI programs, including:

➡️ Its DEI website called “Reimagine Tomorrow”

➡️ Incorporating DEI into executives’ compensation

➡️ Mandatory warnings before classic Disney cartoons

AFL called out EACH of these initiatives in complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and letters sent to Disney’s Board of Directors.
/3 DISNEY DEI CHANGES — “REIMAGINE TOMORROW”

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Disney’s recently filed Annual Report for 2024 removed all references to “Reimagine Tomorrow” that were included in its 2023 Annual Report and cited in AFL’s 2024 complaint and letter.

Disney also appears to have abandoned other discriminatory “[e]mployee development programs and fellowships for underrepresented talent.”Image
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/1🚨BREAKING — AFL has sent a letter to Apple’s CEO and Board of Directors demanding that the company end its illegal DEI programs, warning that its plan to reject a shareholder proposal to eliminate DEI poses significant legal, reputational, and financial risks. Image
/2 AFL’s letter, sent ahead of Apple’s upcoming annual shareholder meeting, calls for an immediate end to the company’s DEI programs and highlights the material risks these initiatives pose to investors and shareholders.
/3 Apple shareholders have proposed a resolution (Proposal Number 6) requesting that the company abolish its DEI “program, policies, department and goals.” Image
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Feb 16
/1🚨BREAKING — FEDERAL JUDGE McCONNELL MUST RECUSE HIMSELF IMMEDIATELY.

AFL has uncovered a major potential conflict of interest for Judge John McConnell, Chief Judge of the federal district court of Rhode Island, who halted President Trump’s temporary spending freeze.

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/2 AFL has uncovered evidence suggesting that Judge McConnell appears to be currently serving on the Board of Directors for the non-profit NGO Crossroads Rhode Island, where he was previously the Chair of the Board and is still currently listed as the Chair-Emeritus. Image
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/3 In fact, Judge McConnell has appeared as a Director on Crossroads’ IRS Form 990 every year since he took the federal bench in 2013. Image
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Feb 14
/1🚨BREAKING — New law enforcement documents reveal that Colorado officials knew the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua posed a real and present danger — but withheld the truth from the public for over a year, shielding criminal illegal aliens and endangering U.S. citizens. Image
/2 AFL has obtained Aurora Police Department records revealing that officials knew about Tren de Aragua’s presence and violent crimes but failed to disclose it to the public for more than a year — until the gang took over an apartment complex, making the threat undeniable. Image
/3 The documents show that the nonprofit “Organization Papagayo” placed Venezuelan illegal aliens in the Aurora apartments that Tren de Aragua later took over, terrorizing residents with shootings, stabbings, and extortion. Image
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/1 🔔 TRANS IN TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA 🔔

AFL just SUED the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and its tour partners for retaliating against a female employee who reported sexual harassment by a biological man “identifying” as a woman.

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/2 AFL, in partnership with @IWF and Murphy Ball Stratton LLP, filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court against:

🏢 Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO)

🏢 Night Castle Management

🏢 Wild Child Touring

🏢 Production Resource Group LLC (PRG)

🏢 Showpay LLC
@IWF /3 AFL’s lawsuit alleges TSO and the affiliated entities violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Texas labor laws. Image
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/1🚨BREAKING — New NARA emails further confirm that the classified documents case against President Trump was a sham prosecution that involved the Biden White House from the start — long before NARA’s official referral of classified documents to DOJ for investigation. Image
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/2 In 2023, AFL explained how a “special access request” from the Biden White House led to the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago.
/3 In both NARA’s response to AFL and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s superseding indictment against President Trump, the Biden Administration’s official position was that NARA referred the matter to DOJ for investigation in February 2022 after it received classified documents from MAL.Image
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