The ex-girlfriend of the Delta pilot who was arrested on child abuse charges after landing his flight in San Francisco on Saturday has also been charged in the case–with the child victim being her own daughter.

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After landing at San Francisco International on a flight from Minneapolis Saturday night, 34-year-old Rustom Bhagwagar from Florida was dramatically arrested on the plane–while shocked passengers pulled out their cellphones to record–by Contra Costa Sheriff’s detectives aided by Homeland Security agents. He was initially charged with five counts of sexual abuse of a child under 10.

BREAKING: A Delta pilot has been ARRESTED at San Francisco International on charges of Child S-xuaI Abuse Material, per Fox

Witnesses say at least TEN DHS agents bordered the plane as soon as it parked at the gate and took the pilot into custody.

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Delta released a statement stating Bhagwagar was suspended, ““Delta has zero tolerance for unlawful conduct and will fully cooperate with law enforcement. We are appalled by reports of the charges related to the arrest and the individual in question has been suspended pending an investigation.”

Excerpt from report by KTVU-TV on the horrific case:

The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has now charged 45-year-old Jennifer Powell in the case. Powell is the mother of the girl who survived the abuse.

Powell’s ex-boyfriend, 34-year-old Rustom Bhagwagar of Florida, faces 24 felony counts of engaging in sex acts with a child 10 years or under, oral copulation with a child, lewd acts on a child, and aggravated sexual assault on a child, prosecutors said.

According to a probable cause statement, Powell was aware that her daughter was being sexually abused by her then-boyfriend. The court documents said she watched, and even participated in the alleged sex crimes against her daughter.

The abuse started when the girl was six years old and continued until she was 11. That was around the time when Powell and Bhagwagar broke up, according to prosecutors.

..Bhagwagar remains in custody at the Martinez Detention Center under a $15 million bond.

Powell is also being held at Martinez Detention Center, though jail records do not show a bail amount.

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President Trump issued a preliminary response to Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) moments before they announced a decision not to cut interest rates for the fifth time since December. 

The FOMC announced on Wednesday afternoon that it decided to maintain interest rates at the current level, as President Trump puts massive pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut the rates.

This is despite Quarter 2 GDP numbers showing positive economic growth, hundreds of billions of dollars in new business investment, and hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff revenues into the United States.

Notably, Trump announced a deal with Japan recently where they’ve agreed to invest over half a trillion dollars in the United States, of which the US “will receive 90% of the Profits,” Trump said. Reciprocal tariffs of 15% will also be imposed on Japan.

JUST IN: Trump Announces “Massive Deal” with Japan with 15% Reciprocal Tariffs – $550 Billion to be Invested with U.S. Receiving 90% of Profits

Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a cabinet meeting earlier this month that he estimates the United States will take in “well over $300 billion" from tariffs "by the end of the year.”

Days later, new budget data showed that tariff revenues as a share of federal revenue had more than doubled, and tariffs created a surplus as opposed to a $71 billion deficit in June 2024 under Biden. US Customs duty collections for fiscal year 2025 had already topped $100 billion for the first time in history, with several months still to go.

But Jerome Powell and the FOMC say that this is not enough, inflation and unemployment are too high, and "uncertainty about the economic outlook remains elevated."

Two Trump appointees to the Fed's Board of Governors, Governor Christopher Waller and Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman, voted against the action.

President Trump responded on Wednesday during a congressional bill signing ceremony after signing a bill to reform VA home loans and expand mortgage assistance for veterans. He slammed "Too Late" Jerome Powell, saying "he's done a bad job."

"Each point that this gentleman keeps up costs us $365 billion a year," the President said while highlighting the massive income from tariffs and trade deals. "We should be the lowest interest rate, and we're not. We're 38, number 38, because of the Fed."

WATCH:

Reporter: You said that higher interest rates are making it harder for veterans to refinance. With the stronger than expected GDP report out this morning, what do you say to analysts who worry that lowering interest rates would actually lead to inflation?

Trump: Well, if that happens, then we'd just raise them. What you do is you lower them, and let's see if there's inflation. Right now, there's no inflation. Everybody thought there would be. All we have is billions of dollars of cash pouring into our country from other countries that took advantage of us for many, many years. You know, they were taking advantage of-- we were like the stupid people that didn't know what they were doing. They took advantage of us, other countries, friend and foe. And by the way, the friend was oftentimes much worse than the foe when it comes to trade.

So,if that happens, what you do is you raise your rates and you do what you have to do to stop inflation, but we're keeping the rates high, and it's hurting people from buying houses. So, we don't want that. If, for any reason, that happened, in a year or two, if there's some signs of inflation coming back-- right now there's not. We have a great thing going. I think we're going to have the richest economy you've ever seen. We have money coming in that we've never even thought about at numbers that nobody's ever seen before. We have a deal with Japan, where they're going to pay us $550 billion; we have a deal with Europe, where they're doing $750 billion plus $400 billion, plus $300 billion; and many other countries. It's likewise, you know, relatively those are two big ones, but likewise. So, we have a lot of money coming in, and we have no inflation, and we're very strong, and we should be lowering the rates.

You know, each point that this gentleman keeps up costs us $365 billion a year. Think of that, one point, $365 billion. If you bring it down a point, we save 365. We should be the lowest interest rate, and we're not. We're 38, number 38, because of the Fed. It's all because of the Fed. He's done a bad job. Now, he's got a meeting today, but I call [Powell] "Too Late." He's always too late, even if he does it today, probably wont. I hear they're going to do it in September, not today. For whatever reason, nobody knows, but Europe, as you know, cut their rates 11 times in the last short period of time.

But the good news is we're doing better than anybody anywhere in the world. Nobody's doing anything even close to us, even with the higher rates. The higher rates do affect housing though because people can't go out and get a loan or refinance their house, and it would be nice to have them be able to do that. That would be just another check of a box that would be very important.

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On this episode of Stinchfield, the tables have finally turned. The very people who orchestrated the biggest political hoax in American history—the Russia collusion lie—are now in full-blown panic mode. From Peter Strzok scrubbing tweets, to key players lawyering up, the rats are fleeing the ship they tried to sink President Trump with.

We dig into the new wave of fear spreading through the deep state swamp as mounting evidence and public pressure expose the truth they fought so hard to bury. Why is Lisa Page suddenly silent? Why is Peter Strzok deleting his digital trail? And why are so many former intelligence operatives who pushed the false Russia narrative suddenly hiring high-powered defense attorneys?

We’ll break it all down—who’s hiding, who’s lawyering up, and who might be next to flip. Plus, we revisit key documents and timelines proving that this hoax wasn’t just about taking down Trump—it was about protecting Obama, Hillary, and the entire corrupt intelligence apparatus.

Justice is coming, and Stinchfield is leading the charge to make sure these traitors are held accountable. Don’t miss this important breakdown of the desperate unraveling of the Russia collusion conspirators.

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An illegal alien from Mexico has been arrested for murdering a 15-year-old boy who attempted to stop the foreign national from raping his mother.

Gildardo Amandor-Martinez, 36, has been arrested for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s son, Luis Lopez, when the teen tried to defend his mom on July 20.

Lopez’ younger sister was also assaulted with the firearm by Amandor-Martinez.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a press release, “On July 20, Amandor-Martinez arrived at an apartment shared with his girlfriend, Aleida Lopez, early in the morning and attempted to rape her. After she fended him off, Amandor-Martinez assaulted her by biting her left hand, right armpit, and injured her arm. Her 15-year-old son, Luis Lopez, tried to intervene and was shot by Amandor-Martinez three times and murdered. The criminal illegal alien then assaulted Lopez’s daughter with a firearm.”

The press release stated that Lopez was described as a “sweet student” by Rowan County Senior High School, and he would have been a sophomore in the fall.

Amandor-Martinez attempted to enter the country three times under the Biden administration in 2021. DHS says he “successfully entered the country on his third try at an unknown date and location and without inspection by an immigration officer.”

“15-year-old Luis Lopez died trying to save his mother from this criminal illegal alien who was attempting to rape her. Gildardo Amandor-Martinez is a rapist and cold-blooded killer who should have never been in this country,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

McLaughlin announced that an ICE detainer has been placed on the killer.

“The Biden administration’s open-border policies allowed this monster to walk American streets and commit these evil crimes, including murder, assault, and attempted rape, against a mother and her children. ICE has placed an arrest detainer to ensure Amandor-Martinez will not be released onto America’s streets and allowed to terrorize American families again.”

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 214 illegal aliens in the Houston area over the past six months, all charged or convicted of sex offenses involving minors. This number surpasses arrests made by the Houston field office for similar offenses throughout the entire 2024 fiscal year. The surge in arrests is attributed to a whole-of-government approach led by the Trump administration, involving multiagency targeting teams with federal, state, and local law enforcement, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service.

Notable cases include Jesus Gutierrez Mireles, a 67-year-old Mexican national convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and Manuel Antonio Castro-Juarez, a 37-year-old Salvadoran convicted of sexual assault of a minor, both previously deported multiple times. ICE’s Houston field office, covering 57 counties in Southeast Texas, has deported 141 of these offenders, with ongoing efforts to remove the rest. The operation reflects the Trump initiative to target and remove violent criminal aliens, enhancing public safety in the United States.

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