A Department of Justice attorney has been caught admitting in an undercover video that the FDA’s campaign against the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment was not only misguided but also an overreach of its authority.

In December 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a stern warning to Americans: “Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people. Animal ivermectin products are very different from those approved for humans. Use of animal ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans is dangerous.”

This statement, which came during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, was not only controversial but also deeply flawed, as the FDA had previously praised the drug in other contexts.

Ivermectin, a drug that had been safely used in humans since 1996, had been vilified by the FDA during the pandemic, despite its earlier successes in treating various diseases and even being administered to African migrants by the agency itself back in 2015.

Yet, in the face of mounting evidence—105 controlled studies showing a 61% lower risk in early COVID-19 treatment—the FDA clung to its erroneous position, interested in promoting its agenda than in protecting public health.

A group of courageous doctors, refusing to be silenced, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FDA, challenging the agencies’ unlawful attempts to block ivermectin’s use in treating COVID-19.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of Texas in Galveston, asserts that the FDA overstepped its authority and interfered unjustifiably with medical practice.

Among the plaintiffs were Drs. Mary Talley Bowden, Paul E. Marik, and Robert L. Apter, who accused the FDA of launching a campaign of misinformation. The doctors pointed out that while the FDA had approved ivermectin for human use long before the pandemic, the agency suddenly began spreading falsehoods about its safety when COVID-19 struck.

This shift in narrative, they argued, was part of a broader strategy to push unproven vaccines while suppressing effective treatments.

During the court proceedings, the FDA’s lawyers shockingly admitted that the agency’s recommendations against Ivermectin were only advice and were not mandatory when they told people to “stop” taking Ivermectin for COVID-19.

Isaac Belfer, a lawyer representing the FDA, said, “The cited statements were not directives,” said Isaac Belfer, one of the lawyers. “They were not mandatory. They were recommendations. They said what parties should do. They said, for example, why you should not take ivermectin to treat COVID-19. They did not say you may not do it, you must not do it. They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe ivermectin.”

“They use informal language, that is true… It’s conversational but not mandatory,” he continued.

The lawsuit resulted in a significant victory for the doctors, with the FDA being forced to remove its social media posts and consumer advisories against the use of ivermectin for COVID-19.

Despite this legal setback, the damage had already been done, with pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions, insurance companies denying coverage, and doctors facing professional repercussions for prescribing the drug.

Dr. Bowden, who was forced to resign her privileges from Houston Methodist Hospital, expressed the broader implications of the case, saying, “One thing this case did is set a precedent. I think it permanently tarnished the reputation of the FDA. I think the public will take the FDA a little less seriously now, and it keeps them from making the same bold, reckless move in the future when it comes to telling patients what they can and cannot do.”

Belfer, caught on undercover camera by Project Veritas, confessed that the FDA’s actions were an overreach.

“So, what the agency has done… [is] unquestionably beyond its authority. Making a recommendation of what drugs to take or not to take, that’s the practice of medicine. And FDA can’t practice medicine,” Belfer told Project Veritas.

“I think going forward they’ll [FDA] probably be a bit more careful. They [the doctors] got an opinion that was good for them. That kind of limited FDA’s authority. It’s not okay to… actually tell people, ‘You should not take this drug,’” he added.

More from Project Veritas:

Drs Apter and Bowden told Project Veritas that suppression of ivermectin led to a prolonged pandemic, and potentially millions in excess COVID deaths.

Apter: “It’s not unreasonable to think that there have been a million unnecessary deaths from COVID in the United States because of the public health agency suppression of effective early treatment with repurposed inexpensive medications.”

Bowden: “If more people had access to early treatment in the form of ivermectin, monoclonal antibodies, hydroxychloroquine… we could have nipped the pandemic in the bud.”

WATCH:

BREAKING: DOJ Lawyer ADMITS FDA War Against Ivermect*n was a Mistake, Abuse of Authority, After Doctors Sue Government and Win

“So, what the FDA has done… [is] unquestionably beyond its authority.”

“Making a recommendation of what drugs to take or not to take, that’s the… pic.twitter.com/dVB9zbrCSh

— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) August 27, 2024

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RFK Jr. will remain on Michigan’s 2024 presidential ballot despite suspending his campaign.

In a Phoenix press conference last Friday, Robert Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed President Trump.

RFK will stay on the ballot in states where his presence will hurt Kamala, and he will remove himself from ballots in states where his presence hurts Trump.

“In about 10 battleground states, where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name. And I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me,” RFK Jr. said

A spox for Michigan’s Democrat Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, told Axios that RFK Jr. cannot withdraw his name from the ballot.

“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” said Jocelyn Benson’s office.

RFK Jr. is the nominee for the Natural Law Party in the state of Michigan.

“The Natural Law Party held their convention to select electors for [RFK Jr.]. They cannot meet at this point to select new electors since it’s past the primary,” Jocelyn Benson’s spox said.

RFK Jr. voters move overwhelmingly to President Trump which is why Michigan’s Democrat Secretary of State is keeping Kennedy on the ballot in a crucial battleground state.

RFK Jr. voters move overwhelmingly to President Trump! pic.twitter.com/b3oNacppkW

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 23, 2024

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In a fiery post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that he has reached an agreement with the “Radical Left Democrats” for a debate with comrade Kamala Harris.

The event is set to be broadcast live on ABC, a network Trump has frequently criticized, on Tuesday, September 10th, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Harris is demanding a seated format and permission to use a “cheat-sheet” during the live debate—an unprecedented move that Trump’s campaign has swiftly condemned. This, they argue, is yet another example of Harris’s reluctance to face tough questions and her inability to handle the pressure of live debates.

“Enough with the games. We accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate,” said Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller.

“The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules.”

“If Kamala Harris isn’t smart enough to repeat the messaging points her handlers want her to memorize, that’s their problem,” Miller added.

“This seems to be a pattern for the Harris campaign. They won’t allow Harris to do interviews, they won’t allow her to do press conferences, and now they want to give her a cheat-sheet for the debate. My guess is that they’re looking for a way to get out of any debate with President Trump.”

On Tuesday, Trump’s post, dripping with sarcasm and disdain, mocked Harris for trying to change the rules for the upcoming debate.

He wrote:

“I have reached an agreement with the Radical Left Democrats for a Debate with Comrade Kamala Harris. It will be Broadcast Live on ABC FAKE NEWS, by far the nastiest and most unfair newscaster in the business, on Tuesday, September 10th, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Rules will be the same as the last CNN Debate, which seemed to work out well for everyone except, perhaps, Crooked Joe Biden. The Debate will be “stand up,” and Candidates cannot bring notes, or “cheat sheets.”

We have also been given assurance by ABC that this will be a “fair and equitable” Debate, and that neither side will be given the questions in advance (No Donna Brazile!).

Harris would not agree to the FoxNews Debate on September 4th, but that date will be held open in case she changes her mind or, Flip Flops, as she has done on every single one of her long held and cherished policy beliefs. A possible third Debate, which would go to NBC FAKE NEWS, has not been agreed to by the Radical Left. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ramped up efforts to ensure the integrity of the state’s elections, launching a comprehensive investigation into allegations that nonprofit organizations are unlawfully registering noncitizens to vote.

This push aims to preserve the sanctity of the electoral process and prevent any potential illegal influence on local, state, and national elections.

Investigators from the Texas Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit have been conducting undercover operations to identify and crack down on voter registration activities that may involve noncitizens.

This is the same unit that, in June 2021, arrested Monica Mendez in Victoria County on multiple counts of election fraud. Mendez was charged with 7 counts of Illegal Voting, 8 counts of Unlawfully Assisting a Voter Voting by Mail, 8 counts of Unlawful Possession of a Ballot, and 8 counts of Election Fraud.

Early findings from these recent operations have revealed that various nonprofit organizations have been setting up booths outside Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Driver License offices, offering voter registration assistance.

These booths are allegedly targeting non-citizens and illegal aliens who may not be eligible to vote.

In a statement on Wednesday, Attorney General Paxton expressed deep concern over these findings.

“Texans are deeply troubled by the possibility that organizations purporting to assist with voter registration are illegally registering noncitizens to vote in our elections. If eligible citizens can legally register to vote when conducting their business at a DPS office, why would they need a second opportunity to register with a booth outside?”

He added, “My office is investigating every credible report we receive regarding potential criminal activity that could compromise the integrity of our elections. The Biden-Harris Administration has intentionally flooded our country with illegal aliens, and without proper safeguards, foreign nationals can illegally influence elections at the local, state, and national level. It is a crime to vote—or to register to vote—if you are not a United States Citizen. Any wrongdoing will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.”

On August 20, Paxton’s office conducted raids on the homes of several prominent Democrats in South Texas as part of this ongoing election integrity investigation.

The targets included Manuel Medina, chair of the Tejano Democrats, several members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a state House candidate, and a local mayor, according to NBC News.

The news outlet reported:

A copy of a wide-ranging search warrant left with one of the people targeted, LULAC volunteer Lidia Martinez, 87, of San Antonio, offered a window into the investigation’s interests. The warrant ordered the seizure of all electronic devices at her home, allowed for the opening of documents that were business-, organization- or election-related, and authorized swabbing for DNA. According to the warrant, the purpose of the search was to look for evidence of violations of the Texas election laws regarding vote harvesting and identity fraud.

Medina’s home was also “forcibly entered” in the early morning of Aug. 20. According to a filing from his attorney, officers woke up Medina, his wife and two young daughters, and “rummaged through the residence” for seven hours, the attorney said, searching through the living spaces, closets, kitchen, bathrooms, garage and the family’s bedrooms. Officers seized 65 cellphones and 41 computers and storage devices, the filing said.

Two Democratic consultants who weren’t knowledgeable about Medina’s business or the investigation said someone running an election phone banking or canvassing operation can have multiple phones and computers for volunteers and staff.

Medina’s attorney was granted his request for an injunction to block the attorney general or any other state officials from reviewing the documents or disseminating them. A hearing on the search and seizures was set for Sept. 12.

On Monday, LULAC leaders, state legislators, Latino activists, and supporters gathered to protest outside the San Antonio office of Attorney General Paxton.

LULAC has since requested that the Justice Department investigate Paxton’s office for potential Voting Rights Act violations, accusing the office of conducting illegal searches under the guise of voter fraud investigations, according to CBS News.

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Democrat operative Jocelyn Benson, who also happens to be Michigan’s top election official, is arguably the most dishonest and corrupt Secretary of State in the state’s history.

For the eighth time in her short 6-year stint as Michigan’s top election official, the Soros-backed secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, has suffered another embarrassing defeat in the courts for attempting to skirt the law.

Benson, who appears to be singularly focused on implementing rules that only benefit Democrats, has been repeatedly challenged in court by individuals and groups who accuse her of using her position to make it easier for Democrats to cheat or bypass election laws.

On Saturday, Benson was dealt yet another blow by the courts when a Michigan Court of Claims Judge ordered that Jocelyn Benson did not have the right to remove the outspoken and popular Democrat Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah from Michigan’s 2024 presidential ballot. Judge Redford cited the 12,000 eligible signatures that were turned in by West’s campaign, which fulfilled his requirement to earn a spot on the ballot in Michigan.

The radical former MI Democrat Party Attorney Mark Brewer, who frequently joins lawsuits that assist Benson in her efforts to thwart the rule of law, was behind the challenge of West’s eligibility. On Sunday, Brewer filed an appeal to Judge Redford’s ruling with the Michigan Court of Appeals. As usual, there is no shortage of citizens ready to join lawsuits to help the Democrat Party push candidates not chosen by the DNC off the ballot or to challenge common sense, pro-election-integrity initiatives put forth by Republicans. In this case, Attorney Mark Brewer is representing MI voter Rosa Holliday in the dispute over West’s eligibility on the ballot.

The dispute began when, on August 16, Jocelyn Benson’s second in command, Michigan’s Director of Elections Jonathan Brater, announced that West, a former Harvard professor and self-proclaimed “non-Marxist Socialist,” was disqualified from the ballot. Brater was recently replaced as the chair of the dirty electronic voter registration organization ERIC, which the Gateway Pundit has reported on in detail.

Many states discontinued their association with ERIC after our reporting.

BOMBSHELL: Whistleblower Reveals MI Petition Ringleader Who Allegedly Gathered Fraudulent Ballot Signatures For 5 GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Being Kicked Off Ballot ALSO Worked For 2 Current DEM Members of Congress

Michigan continues to rely on the group to "clean up" their voter rolls, while fighting multiple lawsuits initiated by individuals and organizations like the RNC, who are demanding they remove hundreds of thousands of ineligible voters from the MI voter rolls.

Apparently, Democrat leadership was unwilling to have two radical Democrats competing for votes in the state of Michigan, which would explain why Michigan’s two dirtiest election officials moved to remove Cornel West’s name from the ballot in much the same way that Democrat leadership chose Kamala Harris to be the presidential candidate without a single vote from citizens in the party.

A letter from Brater explained that there were several defects in the affidavit, including unfilled blanks on the form, the notary's public stamp being sent on a separate sheet of paper, and the notary failing to identify what specific notarial act she was engaged in.

This isn’t the first time Democrats used Jonathan Brater to affect the outcome of the election. When Michigan’s most radical ever governor, Gretchen Whitmer, appeared to be in trouble with her re-election bid, even after the FBI-coordinated kidnapping attempt failed to gain enough sympathy for her, Democrats turned to Jonathan Brater to remove Governor Whitmer's top Republican challenger from the ballot over fake signatures that were allegedly found on their petitions.

BOMBSHELL: Whistleblower Reveals MI Petition Ringleader Who Allegedly Gathered Fraudulent Ballot Signatures For 5 GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Being Kicked Off Ballot ALSO Worked For 2 Current DEM Members of Congress

Also on Monday, the Board of State Canvassers voted 3-1 to certify West for the ballot after hearing concerns from Brewer and others that thousands of the signatures West submitted were fraudulent. The board's vote upheld the position of the Bureau of Elections that West filed the required number of valid signatures.

The board did not weigh in on the affidavit issue Monday. The Bureau of Elections and the Department of State still intend to appeal Redford's ruling on the affidavit issue, department spokeswoman Angela Benander said after the board meeting.

Brewer said after the meeting, he would file a separate appeal on the issue of allegedly forged signatures.

One MI Senator stands alone in his public admonition of MI SOS Jocelyn Benson. MI Republican Senator Jim Runestad took to X to share his frustration with the Soros-backed secretary of state, demanding that she be held accountable for her actions. In his video-recorded message, Senator Runestad reveals the frequency with which MI SOS Benson lies and deceives voters into believing she is protecting the vote in Michigan. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

Watch Senator Runestad outline Jocelyn Benson’s abuse of power in this excellent video:

Michigan SOS Benson Overturned once again! Don’t miss this video expose! pic.twitter.com/6UTuL2rSff

— Jim Runestad (@SenJRunestad) August 26, 2024

The Gateway Pundit spoke with Senator Runestad about his video this morning. "You cannot change election law to implement a law that doesn't exist," the frustrated state senator said, citing eight successful lawsuits filed against Benson to date.

“Thank God, there’s some semblance of law left in our courts. She is now been turned overturned, as of yesterday, eight times! There needs to be built in sanctions for violating these laws. She just dances off to the next violation,” Runestad tweeted.

Are voters in Michigan okay with SOS Jocelyn Benson making up her own set of rules to keep Cornel West, a popular Democrat figure off the ballot in Michigan so he doesn't steal votes from the Democrat Parrty leadership's chosen candidate Kamala Harris? And should Michigan residents be on the hook for the multitude of lawsuits filed against SOS Benson in an effort to make Michigan elections fair and free from interference by one party?

Ms. Benson is reportedly planning to enter the 2026 race to replace Michigan's iron-fisted governor, Gretchen Whitmer, after both of their terms in office are set to expire. As was true in 2020, in November 2024, Michigan residents will once again be asked to trust the outcome of the election, knowing full well that three of America's most despicable and radical women in politics, who have no problem with Michigan taxpayers funding multiple lawsuits against them for their evil acts of tyranny and deceit, cannot be trusted to act in the best interests of all citizens in the state, regardless of their political views.

The most frequent question I hear is, "Can elections be saved in Michigan?" I believe it is possible for the courts to force Jocelyn Benson to remove every ineligible voter on the QVF (Qualified Voter Rolls) as identified by so many excellent election integrity groups in Michigan, like:

MI Fair Elections

Check My Vote

Election Integrity Force

Every one of these organizations needs volunteers and funding. It would be a shame if you woke up on the day after the most crucial election in history only to discover that there simply weren't enough people willing to fight for America. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to our great country. If you can't volunteer your time in a critical swing state, donate to groups like the ones above that are truly making a difference.

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