Court Orders Fani Willis to Provide New Information About Her Trump RICO Case and Collusion with Jack Smith

Court Orders Fani Willis to Provide New Information About Her Trump RICO Case and Collusion with Jack Smith

Court Orders Fani Willis to Provide New Information About Her Trump RICO Case and Collusion with Jack Smith
August 25, 2025

A Georgia state court ordered embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to provide more information about her RICO case against Trump and collusion with Jack Smith.

The Fulton County Superior Court last year found Fani Willis in default for refusing to hand over documents in an open records lawsuit.

Fani Willis refused to answer a public records lawsuit seeking records of her communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the January 6 Committee.

Last year, conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch asked the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia to declare a default judgment against Fani Willis after she refused to respond to its lawsuit related to communications she had with Jack Smith and the sham January 6 Committee.

In 2022, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan launched an investigation into whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis coordinated with federal officials during her years-long probe into Trump and his associates.

Chairman Jordan in his letter to Fani Willis requested all documents and communications between or among the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and DOJ and its components, including but not limited to the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, referring or relating to your office’s investigation of President Donald Trump or any of the other eighteen individuals against whom charges were brought in the indictment.

In referring to Jim Jordan’s letter to Fani Willis, Judicial Watch filed a Georgia Open Records Act request seeking records of her communications with Jack Smith.

According to Judicial Watch: The court ordered Willis “to conduct a diligent search of her records for responsive materials within five business days of the entry of this Order. Within that same five day period, Defendant is ORDERED to provide Plaintiff with copies of all responsive records that are not legally exempted or excepted from disclosure.” [Emphasis in original] Willis’ office responded with zero non-public documents.

On Monday, the court ordered Fani Willis to provide new information about her search for records related to her anti-Trump lawfare and collusion with Jack Smith.

Judicial Watch reported:

Judicial Watch announced today that a Georgia state court ordered Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis to provide new information and potentially conduct a new search for Trump-related records because her recent affidavit to the court made no reference to whether any searches of the devices of former Fulton County Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade or those of Chief Investigator Michael L. Hill, who was involved gathering evidence and coordinating investigative efforts, and likely met with the January 6 Committee.

The court order was issued in a Judicial Watch lawsuit filed after Willis falsely denied having any records responsive to Judicial Watch’s earlier Georgia Open Records Act (ORA) request for communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and/or the January 6 Committee (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Fani Willis et al. (No. 24-CV-002805)).

A March 7, 2025 court order directed Willis to turn over 212 pages of records and provide an affidavit detailing how the records were found and the reason for withholding them from the public. The records were belatedly found in response to Judicial Watch’s request and lawsuit. In a February 28 hearing Willis’ lawyers admitted to finding the records after what was believed to be a fifth search of her office.

The court awarded Judicial Watch $21,578 “attorney’s fees and costs.” (Willis’ office made payment to Judicial Watch 10 days after the court-ordered deadline.)

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Former Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino Claims He Was Coerced by DOJ to Testify Against Fellow Proud Boys in Sworn Affidavit

Former Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino Claims He Was Coerced by DOJ to Testify Against Fellow Proud Boys in Sworn Affidavit

Former Proud Boy Jeremy Bertino Claims He Was Coerced by DOJ to Testify Against Fellow Proud Boys in Sworn Affidavit
August 25, 2025

A former Proud Boy whose testimony was used to convict several Proud Boys following the January 6th protest is now recanting his testimony and claiming he was threatened with decades in prison under the Biden Department of Justice.

According to a sworn video affidavit obtained by National File and provided to attorney Nayib Hassan, Jeremy Bertino claims that “federal agents and prosecutors engaged in a sustained campaign of disingenuous negotiation.”  From National File:

Now that Joe Biden is no longer in charge of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, Bertino is coming clean.

Jeremy Bertino, in a sworn affidavit provided to attorney Nayib Hassan, affirmed that his prior statements used to convince the so-called “Seditious Five” were coerced under threat of decades in prison.

Federal agents and prosecutors engaged in a sustained campaign of disingenuous negotiation, characterized by a hide-the-ball style of negotiating in which they concealed the true nature of the final charges the DOJ would bring against Bertino, he says.

By making several much less severe proffers at first, federal prosecutors groomed and cajoled Bertino into a place where he had only two options: testify how they wanted him to, and go free – or tell the truth and face up to 25 years in prison.

The final charges the DOJ would slap on Bertino were not revealed until the prosecutors had sufficiently coached and groomed Bertino in order to elicit a particular testimony desired by the DOJ that would ultimately lead to conviction of Proud Boys for seditious conspiracy, Bertino says.

This act of bringing charges against someone without probable cause and with malice is known as malicious prosecution.

The five men whose convictions relied on Bertino’s testimony were Enrique Tarrio (22 years), Joe Biggs (17 years), Ethan Nordean (18 years), Zach Rehl (15 years) and Dom Pezzola (10 years).  Enrique Tarrio was not present in D.C. on January 6th.

In a sworn video affidavit, Bertino recalls that masked SWAT agents knocked on his door, snatched his phone, and rushed him into the back of a black pickup truck.  Bertino did not attend the protest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, as he was recovering from a stabbing weeks earlier and still had 150 staples on the wound.

Following the feds serving a warrant for his electronic devices, Bertino retained counsel.  His attorney set up a proffer meeting with the prosecutors, ensuring that whatever he said in the meeting could not be used against him.

According to Bertino’s recent video affidavit, the prosecutors presented the ‘1776 document’ and represented it as being written by Tarrio.  He admits that later he found out Tarrio had no involvement in writing the document that was heavily relied upon to secure the seditious conspiracy convictions.

During the second proffer meeting, Bertino said that his attorney implied that “they want you to play ball or they’re going to try to charge you with something serious.”

Bertino said that the FBI agents had previously implied that he wasn’t going to be charged, however, that tone changed during the following proffer sessions.  According to his video affidavit, the FBI agents began to turn the screws:

“So all along, they were playing it along like ‘we’re not gonna charge you.  We just need you to help us frame the story this way.’  That’s when they put the pressure on and were like, ‘Hey, you’re either gonna play ball or you’re looking at 25 years.’

Using his attorney as a go-between, Bertino was told he can’t “outright lie” but that he was “gonna have to bend his statements” to “help frame this story the way it needs to be framed.”

He alleges that he was coached to use certain words during his testimony, for example, he was coached to use the term “goal” instead of “plan”.

Eventually he was flown to the DC prosecutors office to meet in person.  During the meeting, he claims that “they had everybody there,” specifically naming Jocelyn Valentine and Jason McCullough, and called them “coaching sessions.”

During the sessions, the feds would send feedback such as “this was said, but this is not what we want, so we need to mold him to say it this way.”

Bertino will be joining the Critical Mass podcast with Enrique Tarrio in an exclusive interview Wednesday at 7pm EDT.  Tarrio posted to X:

This episode was extremely difficult for me to record. A brother turned state? Never thought it was possible. But this was necessary to get to the truth to get my Brothers exonerated.

This isn’t the first time a J6 defendant has claimed they were coerced.  The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Ryan Samsel felt he was being coerced to “play nice” and call Ray Epps the “voice of reason”:

Samsel claims that during a preliminary interview with the FBI, the agents seemed to try and coach him into saying that Epps was “the voice of reason.”  Samsel told the Inside J6 Podcast that agents asked him, “this guy was the voice of reason, right?”  Samsel said “I don’t know…I guess.”  He claims they pressed him then on what he said to which Samsel responded “I guess he was the voice of reason…is that what you’re saying?” When they asked him for an official statement, Samsel said he needed a lawyer at that point.

Inside J6 Podcast: Incredible Interview with J6er Ryan Samsel – Media Corruption, Prison Abuse, and His Interactions with Ray Epps on Jan 6

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House Oversight Committee Update on Epstein-Maxwell Investigation: Comer Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Documents – Former US Atty. Alexander Acosta to Be Interviewed

House Oversight Committee Update on Epstein-Maxwell Investigation: Comer Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Documents – Former US Atty. Alexander Acosta to Be Interviewed

House Oversight Committee Update on Epstein-Maxwell Investigation: Comer Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Documents – Former US Atty. Alexander Acosta to Be Interviewed
August 25, 2025

House Oversite Chairman Rep. James Comer is digging the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell criminal saga.

Comer will study the Epstein estate’s docs and interview Alexander Acosta.

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives is also on the move regarding the Jeffrey Epstein Trafficking Ring and Ghislaine Maxwell’s participation in it.

We have reported here on TGP on how the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has started a review of the investigations on both criminal cases.

The Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Maxwell for testimony, but has agreed to wait until the Supreme Court decides on her appeal against the trial and sentencing.

Today (25), Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced updates on the Committee’s review.

I have issued a subpoena to the Epstein estate for documents & communications in its possession, custody, or control in unredacted form.

Alexander Acosta, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, will appear for a transcribed interview on September 19. https://t.co/WIOzdBzdSG

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) August 25, 2025

House Oversight Committee webpage:

“First, Chairman Comer today issued a subpoena to the Epstein estate for documents and communications in its possession, custody, or control in unredacted form.

‘The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials’, wrote Chairman Comer.

‘It is our understanding that the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein is in custody and control of documents that may further the Committee’s investigation and legislative goals. Further, it is our understanding the Estate is ready and willing to provide these documents to the Committee pursuant to a subpoena. To that end, please see the attached subpoena for documents for delivery on or before September 8, 2025’.”

Former US Attorney and Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta – Wiki Commons

“Second, Chairman Comer announced Alexander Acosta, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, will appear voluntarily for a transcribed interview on September 19, 2025.”

Acosta was the US Atty. who negotiated the ‘sweetheart plea deal’ with Epstein’s lawyers, the Florida back in the 90’s, and was later quoted in the press as saying that he had been told to lay off him, ‘because he belonged to Intelligence’.

“Third, Chairman Comer announced the Committee will accept formal written declarations from former Attorneys General Alberto Gonzelez, Eric Holder, and Jeff Sessions under penalty of prosecution for false statements stating they possess no information about the Epstein or Maxwell cases. They were previously subpoenaed for depositions pursuant to a motion adopted at an Oversight Subcommittee.”

Read more:

House Oversight Chairman James Comer Postpones Deposition With Ghislaine Maxwell

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‘Satanic’ Rapper Lil Nas X ARRESTED — Charged with Four Felonies Including Attacking Cops with Injury After Roaming Streets Naked

‘Satanic’ Rapper Lil Nas X ARRESTED — Charged with Four Felonies Including Attacking Cops with Injury After Roaming Streets Naked

‘Satanic’ Rapper Lil Nas X ARRESTED — Charged with Four Felonies Including Attacking Cops with Injury After Roaming Streets Naked
August 25, 2025

Satanic rapper Lil Nas X, real name Montero Lamar Hill, has finally been hit with the consequences of his degenerate lifestyle.

The 26-year-old performer, infamous for mocking Christians, promoting satanic imagery, and pushing the radical LGBTQ agenda down America’s throat, was arrested last week after a shocking public meltdown in Los Angeles.

Now, he’s facing four serious felony charges that could land him behind bars for years.

According to reports from TMZ, the 26-year-old rapper was nabbed last week after being caught wandering the streets of Los Angeles completely naked, high as a kite on who-knows-what drugs.

According to Page Six, the rapper exhibited erratic behavior, including talking to bystanders, posing for the camera, quoting lyrics (reportedly from Nicki Minaj’s verse in Kanye West’s “Monster”), and placing a traffic cone on his head.

When officers arrived to respond to calls of a naked man wandering near West Hollywood, Lil Nas X allegedly turned violent, prompting a use of force and resulting in his arrest.

He was initially booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery or obstruction, but his charges were later upgraded to four felonies, three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer.

WATCH:

Due to concerns of a possible drug overdose, paramedics transported him first to a hospital before he was transferred to Valley Jail in Van Nuys.

According to The Sun, Nas remained in custody without bail over the weekend and stood before a judge Monday morning.

Lil Nas X has built his career on blasphemy, repeatedly using Christian imagery to shock and demean believers.

Remember his 2021 music video for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” where he infamously gave Satan a lap dance in hell.

Last year, the rapper posted an image of himself on the cross with the caption, “MY NEW SINGLE IS DEDICATED TO THE MAN WHO HAD THE GREATEST COMEBACK OF ALL TIME! J CHRIST.”

Underneath his initial post, he continued to post a video of himself on the cross that transformed into an angelic type of armor.

He later posted a video of himself mocking Holy Communion.

Read more:

Rapper Lil Nas X Mocks Jesus in Latest Promo Videos And Photos

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Texas House GOP Caucus Votes Against Punishing AWOL Democrats Who Broke Quorum to Block Redistricting Efforts

Texas House GOP Caucus Votes Against Punishing AWOL Democrats Who Broke Quorum to Block Redistricting Efforts

Texas House GOP Caucus Votes Against Punishing AWOL Democrats Who Broke Quorum to Block Redistricting Efforts
August 25, 2025

The Texas House GOP Caucus on Monday voted against punishing AWOL Democrats who broke quorum to block redistricting efforts for two weeks.

Texas Democrats fled to Illinois a few weeks ago to block the Republicans from voting on a new congressional redistricting map.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office if they didn’t return to the Capitol.

The Texas House finally voted last on the new Congressional map after the Democrats stonewalled them for more than two weeks.

After threatening the AWOL Democrats with removal from office and or jail, the Texas GOP Caucus voted against a motion to censure the derelict lawmakers.

The censure would have resulted in loss of chairmanship and vice-chairmanships, loss of credit for seniority for the 89th Session and Pro rata reduction in office budgets for each day the member was absent without leave.

GOP State Rep. Brian Harrison blasted the weak Republicans.

“Texas Republican “leadership” is weak, compromised…and FECKLESS,” Brian Harrison said.

Brian Harrison continued:

Btw… the same House ”GOP” Caucus that voted NOT to even censure the Democrats….

Voted to CENSURE ME last year for supporting Trump-endorsed conservative candidates!

The Texas government is run by two groups:

1) Democrats

2) Democrats cosplaying as Republicans

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