The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Hillary’s deposition: Hillary Clinton testified before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, saying she had “no idea about their criminal activities.” She added, “I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that.” Never mind that Ghislaine Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, or that Epstein visited the White House more than a dozen times while Hillary was first lady, or that Epstein was the first to raise money for the Clinton Foundation and solicited money at his properties for the Clinton initiative. Chairman James Comer said they’re “not accusing Hillary Clinton of wrongdoing,” but they do seek to understand her involvement with Epstein. He noted that Hillary hedged more than a dozen times in the deposition, claiming, “I don’t know, you’ll have to ask my husband.” They’re doing that today.
Anti-police snowball hurler “kid” arrested: Gusmane Coulibaly was one of the “kids throwing snowballs” at New York police officers this week. Coulibaly is 27 years old and was recently arrested for attempted robbery. For the snowballs, he was charged with assault on a police officer before the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office downgraded his charges Thursday night. The remaining charges were downgraded to a second-degree violation and misdemeanor, demonstrating Democrats’ philosophy of ending the rule of law and order. The incident, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani referred to as a snowball fight, was denounced by the NYPD Commissioner and Governor Kathy Hochul. Coulibaly was released under supervision but will appear in court on April 9 for these charges after a March 15 appearance for his robbery charges.
Mamdani-Trump: Part II: The Muslim socialist mayor and the real estate tycoon turned president are an unlikely pairing of New Yorkers, but it seems to be working. Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump had a second meeting in the Oval Office yesterday that, like the first one, seems to have been quite amicable. Mamdani secured a promise from Trump to release Elmina Aghayeva, a Columbia student who had been detained by ICE after her student visa was revoked, and Aghayeva was released shortly after. Mamdani praised the president’s enthusiasm for a housing project intended to build over 12,000 new homes, gifting him a prop newspaper reading “Trump To City: Let’s Build,” referencing an old headline: “Ford To City: Drop Dead.” Trump hit Mamdani obliquely during the State of the Union since he required multiple forms of ID for volunteer snow shovelers even though Democrats oppose voter ID.
Biden DOJ rewarded Willis: A recently released trove of documents in response to a Georgia Open Records request shows that the Biden Justice Department awarded District Attorney Fani Willis a $2 million grant not long after she launched her prosecution of Donald Trump. Importantly, this grant was a “sole source,” meaning it was offered only to Willis’s office and no other entity competed for it. In short, it looks like a quid pro quo, and indeed, the documents note that from 2021 to 2024, the DOJ gave Willis’s Fulton County office over $18 million in funding. The documents also indicate extensive coordination between Willis’s office and Biden’s DOJ regarding her case against Trump and the Democrats’ January 6 investigation. Willis fought against having to release this information.
Dems seek war powers vote on Iran: Congressional Democrats aim to force a vote on President Trump’s war powers regarding Iran. “This legislation would require the president to come to Congress to make the case for using military force against Iran,” the Democrats explained. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine argued, “We should not send our sons and daughters into another war in the Middle East.” While war with Iran is not inevitable, it is clear that Trump is willing to engage the U.S. military to accomplish his objectives in the region, namely that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. Some Republicans are sympathetic to Democrats’ calls for greater transparency from the Trump administration about its overall plans.
Traitor in our midst? The Justice Department has arrested and charged Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. with providing and conspiring to provide defense services to Chinese military pilots. Allegedly, the 65-year-old former USAF fighter pilot had been traveling to China to train combat pilots for the People’s Liberation Army. The State Department does grant licenses that authorize the training of foreign militaries, but Brown did not secure such a license. FBI Counterintelligence and Espionage Division Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky said the former F-35 Lightning II instructor “betrayed his country by training Chinese pilots to fight against those he swore to protect.” Brown was pleased with his new work, according to a message he sent to a co-conspirator, boasting that he had “the chance to fly and instruct fighter pilots again!”
Judge says IRS broke law sharing info with ICE: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Thursday ruled that the IRS violated the law when it shared taxpayer information with ICE. “Accordingly, the IRS violated the IRC approximately 42,695 times by disclosing last known taxpayer addresses to ICE,” Kollar-Kotelly observed. ICE was allowed to obtain this address information from the IRS if it had previously provided addresses for those individuals. The IRS provided address information to individuals who ICE had only provided a Social Security number, but no address. ICE’s purpose in seeking the addresses was to hunt down illegal aliens who had pending deportation orders. The IRS received 1.28 million requests from ICE and rejected 2.6% of them for missing data.
WaPo lost another $100M: For the third consecutive year, The Washington Post has lost colossal amounts of money. Last year, the paper lost over $100 million. The year prior, the Leftmedia outlet also posted a $100 million loss, and in 2023, it posted a $77 million loss. The paper recently laid off 30% of its staff and shuttered a number of its international bureaus. Part of the driver of the layoffs was the paper’s lack of production. As CEO Jeff D'Onofrio and Executive Editor Matt Murray observed, production costs have increased by 16% over the last five years, while the number of articles published has dropped by 42% over the same period. The Jeff Bezos-owned entity may need to take even more drastic measures if the paper is to be saved — measures that include jettisoning its current hard-leftist news coverage and embracing more balanced reporting.
Kansas requires birth sex on driver’s license: The Kansas legislature has overridden Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of SB244, which renders driver’s licenses and birth certificates that were amended to play along with the fetish of gender transitioning null and void. The state has been directed to reissue the documents reflecting the holder’s correct biological sex. The bill also prohibits opposite sex use of single-sex facilities like locker rooms and bathrooms. This is the third time in recent years that Kansas legislators, representing that state’s generally conservative values, have been required to override their leftist governor’s sensibilities. In 2023, Kelly used her veto in an attempt to protect the right of men in dresses to win women’s sporting events, and in 2025, she attempted to ensure that minors would be able to receive gender mutilating care.
Headlines
Federal judge allows White House ballroom to move forward (Fox Business)
DOJ sues five more states, demanding access to voter rolls (Fox News)
White police officers sue Philadelphia, claiming they were passed over for promotions (Not the Bee)
Pro-abortion Notre Dame professor rejects prestigious appointment after pro-life backlash (National Review)
World Economic Forum CEO quits after Epstein ties scrutinized (CNBC)
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