The US Secret Service on Sunday released a statement with more information about the illegal alien who stole DHS Chief Kristi Noem’s purse.

On Saturday it was reported that an illegal alien was arrested for robbing Kristi Noem on Easter.

49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva was located and arrested in DC, according to DC Metro Police.

BREAKING: A law enforcement source in D.C. has confirmed to me the man accused of stealing DHS Sec. Noem’s purse is Mario Bustamante Leiva. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin has said the man is in the U.S. illegally.

A Daily Mail article from 2015 says Bustamante Leiva is Chilean… pic.twitter.com/6c1h6nPTsL

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 27, 2025

Secret Service spox Anthony Guglielmi released an update on the suspect arrested in connection with the robbery.

Guglielmi said the illegal alien is a “serial offender” who has been in this country for years.

“Following a comprehensive investigation, the Secret Service alleges that the defendant is a serial offender. We have also determined that this incident had no protective nexus to Secretary Noem or her role as Secretary of Homeland Security. The investigation revealed alleged criminal activity, including potential device and credit card fraud. Given this, the Secret Service will maintain jurisdiction over the case and intends to present its findings to a federal court in coordination with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia,” Guglielmi said.

Our work on this case continues. A defendant has been taken into custody by @SecretService and @DCPoliceDept. An update from Washington Field Office Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool is below. https://t.co/hmTC6NnmhM pic.twitter.com/eUFNEmEK9X

— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) April 27, 2025

“This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years,” Kristi Noem said on Sunday.

Thank you to @SecretService @ICEgov and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the criminal who stole my bag on Easter Sunday as I shared a meal with my family at a Washington DC restaurant.

This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country…

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) April 27, 2025

The masked illegal snatched Noem’s Gucci bag while she dined at a restaurant with her children and grandchildren in high-crime Washington, DC, on Easter Sunday.

The thief took off with the purse, which included $3,000 in cash, her passport, apartment keys, DHS badge, and other valuables. The bag reportedly contained a $600 Louis Vuitton Clemence Purse.

Last week Secretary Noem spoke out on the incident on the “VINCE Show,” where she said, “It was very professionally done.”

Noem said the robber kicked her purse, dropped a coat over it, and carried it away. She said she thought her grandkids were kicking her feet when the thief snatched her purse.

“It was kind of shocking, actually, because it was sitting right by my feet. I actually felt my purse, he hooked it with his foot and drug it a few steps away and dropped a coat over it and took it,” Kristi Noem said on the “VINCE Show,” according to Fox News.

“I felt it, but I thought it was my grandkids kicking me in the legs. But it was very professionally done, and it tells that this happens all the time to people and that they live in communities where this is a danger and it reaffirms why I am here,” she added. “My job is to make sure that I do everything, every day I can to make our communities safer and President Trump recognizes that families shouldn’t have to live with any kind of violence in their lives.”

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Pamela Geller is reporting that Washington state has become the first state to recognize Islamic Holidays as official State holidays.

Geller quoting The Daily Wire notes, “The state of Washington, which does not officially recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays, became the first state in the nation to recognize the two Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as unpaid state-recognized holidays when Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law this month.”

No other state currently accepts these as official holidays. This is an example of diversity upending the traditions of the founders, who believed in Biblical values and worshipped accordingly.

The move to add these holidays was made by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma). Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) sponsored the companion bill. The Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson was bragging about this latest innovation.  “This bill is historic. Washington is now the first state to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays.”

This is significant in that, as Pamela Geller put it, “You see not such reciprocity in Muslim countries. On the contrary, religious minorities are persecuted, oppressed or slaughtered.”

Yet again, foreign values are infiltrating the West as a result of mass Muslim migration. We have already seen the consequences of this throughout Europe.

One can hope that America will not continue to go down the route of Europe. Mass Muslim migration has consequences. Fortunately, President Trump is doing his part to reverse this.

Mass immigration and open borders have consequences. We must continue to press our politicians and encourage them to support deportations and end chain migration and the visa lottery.

President Trump is ending the failed open border policies of the Dems but local reps and governors must be encouraged to do the same.

Now Islamic holidays will be going alongside Columbus Day. The citizenry must remain vigilant and push back against change to the core values of America.

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President Trump on Sunday called for the person or persons who operated Joe Biden’s autopen to be jailed.

“Hopefully ACTBLUE, the Democrats ILLEGAL SCAM used to raise money, including from not allowed “foreign contributions,” is being looked at by authorities. The Dems only know how to win by CHEATING, something which they do better than any group or party in history. But now, with their terrible policies and candidates, and with people like Crooked Adam Schiff, who demanded a full Pardon from Sleepy Joe, leading the way, it is almost impossible to reach their money goals. The USA is wise to these scoundrels and crooks. Also, why did the Auto Pen give Schiff a Pardon? Biden knew nothing about it. Who operated the Auto Pen? That is the biggest question being asked in D.C. They almost destroyed our Country. They should all be in jail!!!” Trump said on Truth Social.

As previously reported, The Oversight Project has gathered every document they could find with Biden’s signature – ALL used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 election.

Last month, President Trump declared Joe Biden’s autopen pardons invalid.

Who was in charge of Joe Biden’s autopen?

The Oversight Project pointed out that Neera Tanden was the White House Staff Secretary when Joe Biden autopenned pardons from a golf course in the US Virgin Islands.

Neera Tanden was a frequent mention in the leaked Podesta emails released by WikiLeaks.

Tanden was one of the most vocal Russiagate conspiracy theorists. She not only attacked Republicans while she was working for Hillary Clinton, but also went for the throats of Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters.

Last month the Oversight Project revealed six criminals were pardoned by Biden’s autopen on December 30, 2022 while Joe Biden was vacationing and golfing in St. Croix.

According to The New York Post’s Steve Nelson, a key Biden aide may have exceeded their authority by unilaterally determining what documents to robo-sign.

The New York Post knows the name of the key Biden aide, but they did not disclose their identity in Friday’s bombshell report.

An insider told The New York Post that he feared this key Biden aide: “I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the person said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”

Is Neera Tanden the ‘key aide’ behind Biden’s autopenned pardons? Tanden went to work as a key Biden White House staffer after she was forced to withdraw her nomination as OMB Director.

“You were White House Staff Secretary when Biden autopenned pardons from the golf course in USVI,” the Oversight Project said in response to Neera Tanden’s tweet.

“This you?” they asked.

You were White House Staff Secretary when Biden autopenned pardons from the golf course in USVI.

This you? https://t.co/26z9C6cE7m pic.twitter.com/7btD2RTX0N

— Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) March 17, 2025

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Several active duty military members working as armed security for an illegal alien gang underground nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado were busted during a DEA raid early Sunday morning; several other active duty military members patronizing the club were also detained according to a statement to reporters by DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge John Pullen. All told, over a dozen active duty service members were reportedly detained at the club. Pullen said that some of the military working security were involved in criminal activity at the club.

Screen image from video below showing various federal and local law enforcement agencies involved in the raid.

200+ inside an underground nightclub in CO Springs had their illegal party upended this am.#DEA RMFD, ⁦@ERODenver⁩, ⁦@FBIDenver⁩, ⁦@ATF_Denver⁩, ⁦@HSIDenver⁩, ⁦@CSPDPIO⁩, ⁦@EPCSheriff⁩ & others seized drugs/guns. 100+ illegals arrested. pic.twitter.com/L5FOOyAlX3

— DEARockyMountain (@DEAROCKYMTNDiv) April 27, 2025

Pullen said “significant drug trafficking, prostitution” and “crimes of violence” took place at the club and that guns and drugs were seized during the raid. Out of over 200 hundred people at the club, over 100 illegal aliens were arrested and are being held by ICE.

Pullen said the raid was the result of a months long undercover investigation and that Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and Hells Angels gang members had been observed at the club during the investigation. Pullen could not immediately confirm if any gang members were detained in the raid.

Pullen: “So this is an underground illegal nightclub, okay? And what was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, um, crimes of violence, we seized a number of guns in there. We had active uh duty service members who were uh, running security at the club and involved in some of these crimes. Um, and in fact we had uh, over a hundred illegal aliens inside as well and those over a hundred illegal aliens were taken into custody by ICE.”

Reporter: “Active duty service members helping as security here, can you elaborate on that at all?”

Pullen: “So it’s an ongoing investigation but um, we had over a dozen active duty service members in the, in the club tonight either as patrons or working as armed security.”

Reporter: “How many of those were detained and, and what are they facing right now?”

Pullen: “So, Army CID was one of our partners out here and they’re going to work with us on what the next steps for those active duty service members looks like.”

SKIP

Reporter: “Jonathan, you talked about ‘the investigation is ongoing’, but talk to me about, talk to us about the significance of active duty military being investigated for drug related crimes at this location.”

Pullen: “Yes, it’s obviously concerning to have active duty military involved. Um, we’re working with our partners at Army CID on that piece. Um, obviously where we are here in the Springs there’s a lot of military bases here so it’s not necessarily surprising, um, but we’re going to take that very seriously.”

SKIP

Reporter: “Real quick, can you confirm if those active duty were related to Fort Carson?”

Pullen: “I cannot.”

Transcribed by TGP.

Video excerpt posted by KMGH-TV:

WATCH: DEA Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen describes the federal operation this morning at an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs. Some active duty military, as well as gang members and many people in the U.S. illegally, were among those detained. pic.twitter.com/21PrvrBU7m

— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) April 27, 2025

Video of complete briefing posted by KMGH:

UPDATE: Fox News reported on the status of the service members (excerpt):

About a dozen U.S. active-duty service members were also found at the club, special DEA Rocky Mountain agent Jonathan Pullen told multiple outlets. The service members were inside the club as patrons or working as armed security.

“I think that everybody that goes into a nightclub at 3 o’clock in the morning knows what they’re getting into,” Pullen said to Denver 7. “The active duty servicemembers who were there will be dealt with by Army CID [Criminal Investigation Division]. They were on scene with us, and they are partners in this investigation.”

DEA Rocky Mountain confirmed to Fox News that those active duty service members found at the club have so far been detained and are not under arrest at this time.

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Wisconsin State Assemblyman Ryan Clancy came out in defense of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan’s shielding of an illegal alien and apparent domestic abuser from ICE agents, saying she “obstructed fascism” by helping the alien evade detection and misleading agents.

Her arrest was “not something that anybody anticipated,” he said, calling her arrest and ICE’s presence in the courtroom to apprehend a criminal alien “an attack on the judicial system.”

He added, “Judge Dugan is doing what all of us will be called to do in the days and weeks and months to come, and it’s standing up for people in our community that are being targeted by the Trump regime.”

Clancy made these comments during an episode of CNN’s “OutFront” show on Friday.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Milwaukee County judge was arrested by the FBI for obstructing an ICE arrest last week.

According to the FBI, Judge Dugan obstructed an immigration arrest operation last week. Dugan became angry when she found out that ICE agents were waiting outside of her courtroom last week to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal alien involved in a domestic abuse case she was overseeing. She allegedly directed Flores-Ruiz to exit the courthouse through a private jury door to evade arrest.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Judge Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested at her courthouse.”

The DOJ announced Judge Dugan was charged with felony charges of “obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency of the United States, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and concealing a person to prevent arrest, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.”

This arrest follows the arrest of another Democrat Judge in New Mexico on charges related to allegedly harboring an illegal alien with suspected ties to Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan gang known for trafficking, extortion, and violence.

The Democrats are up in arms over Dugan’s arrest, with some judges planning to rebel. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) also sent out a memo dated April 18 that lays out explicit steps for state workers to follow and obstruct ICE when agents arrive at government buildings.

Protecting illegal aliens and violent criminals at all costs is the hill they want to die on.

In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, pro-illegal immigration self-described “radical” legislator signaled that others should violate the law to stand up “for people in our community that are being targeted by the Trump regime.”

WATCH:

Clancy: Judge Dugan was in her right in doing what she did. She didn’t obstruct justice. She obstructed fascism in this case.

Burnett: Because you’re saying obstructing justice would be if this had been a court order signed by a judge, which it was not. So you know…

Clancy: Right, and even in that case, it does not make sense. We should not have ICE agents in a protected space like a courtroom any more than you’d want ICE agents going into an operating room or a classroom. Those have historically been protected spaces that are off limits to ICE, and with good reason. You want people feeling safe and secure in a courthouse, either to come to their own trials or to testify against others, and this is really just an attack on the judicial system, which is historically a check and balance on unobstructed executive power. That’s what we’re seeing from the Trump administration.

Burnett: Now, you worked with Judge Dugan, as I mentioned, for four years. Is her behavior as it’s reported, and you know, Whitney was laying it out, what we know, in helping this immigrant, consistent with the judge and the person that you know?

Clancy: Absolutely, she’s a prominent, respected member of the Milwaukee legal community. She is not part of any radical community, and I should know, because I am. She’s been a respected judge and a lawyer for many years without apparent controversy. Targeting her makes no sense, and I think it really is designed to have a chilling effect on state and local officials and anybody who would push back on the Trump regime.

Burnett: So she was released on bond after her initial appearance today. You know, you heard, you know, her legal representative, saying they’re going to fight vigorously. They believe she’ll be exonerated. But do you think, from knowing her, you know, when you talk about the chilling effect of this, or what the impact will be, you know, is she willing to— how far is she willing to go? I mean, if it means serving time in jail, if it ever gets to that sort of thing, is that something you think she’d be willing to do?

Clancy: I mean, I’m not going to speculate as to whether or not she’s willing to serve time in jail. It is absolutely ludicrous that these charges were brought to begin with. Somebody had just asked me this morning, you know, what can we do to support judge Dugan? And I said, Well, obviously, you know, there aren’t going to be charges brought because she hasn’t done anything wrong. And several hours later, she was in handcuffs. So, this is not something that anybody anticipated. I think, you know, nobody is trying to be a hero here, but Judge Dugan is doing what all of us will be called to do in the days and weeks and months to come, and it’s standing up for people in our community that are being targeted by the Trump regime.

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