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Mother-of-seven justice Amy Coney Barrett targeted in chilling swatting scare as police rush to home over 'gunfire'
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Police were warned to approach the Supreme Court justice's home with the understanding that this could be a false alarm, according to independent D.C. journalist Andrew Leyden.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son, Philip Alito, has been working as a political appointee attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the General Counsel since the early months of President Donald Trump's second administration, raising serious conflict of interest concerns.According to reports by NOTUS, Philip Alito's presence was treated as something close to a government secret. "If people were introducing themselves by first and last name, he'd just say 'Phil,' not Phil Alito," said one former official. "He's a pretty soft-spoken guy."Four former government officials also claimed he maintains no public resume or LinkedIn profile. As an attorney-adviser in the general counsel's front office, he was briefed on important Treasury matters and provided legal feedback at the highest levels. The Treasury Department's general counsel's office handles legal matters related to taxation, economic policy, and law enforcement, including potential cases challenging Trump's anti-weaponization fund that could reach the Supreme Court. A tariff lawsuit naming the Treasury as defendant was argued before the justices in November, with Philip Alito's employment never disclosed in court documents. Justice Alito did not recuse himself from the case, nor did he respond to a request for comments by NOTUS.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, is accused of theft and making false statements. The trove of gold and cash went missing from his CIA storage space — but it was found in his Virginia home.
Police late Wednesday night responded to a call for 'suspicious noise' thought to be gunshots at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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Glenn Beck is sounding the alarm over Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing proposal, warning that he's laying the groundwork for expanded government control over private property.The new “Block by Block” housing plan includes taking aggressive legal action against landlords — and even transferring their properties to the tenants themselves.“Through our new citywide campaign, Fix the City, we will focus on the worst landlords in New York City. When necessary, we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers,” Mamdani said in a speech announcing his plan.“And for buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards. Stewards that include community land trusts, nonprofits, or even the tenants themselves,” he continued.“Give it to the people,” Glenn comments. “At least they’re saying this out loud.”“For years, Americans have been told, ‘Nobody wants socialism. Nobody wants communism. Stop overreacting.’ But the masks are finally off. The socialist mayor of New York City openly now talking about taking private property from owners and transferring it to the state’s preferred groups,” he says, shocked.“That is the language of every socialist movement when it arrives there, when they finally take off the mask. That’s every socialist movement because socialism always runs into the same problem,” he explains, “Eventually, you run out of other people’s money.”And Glenn has a warning for the crowd cheering on Mamdani’s communist speech.“Here’s the part Americans need to understand before it’s too late,” Glenn begins.“Communism never comes wearing a hammer and a sickle. It never comes with jack boots. It arrives with compassion. It arrives with friendly faces. It arrives saying, ‘We just want affordable housing. We just want fairness. We just want safety. We just want equity,’” he continues.“Until one day, the government decides your property serves the collective better than it serves you,” he says, pointing out that while the government claims it’d only be targeting the “negligent landlords,” this claim is “how every seizure starts.”“Every expansion of government power begins with a hated group. They never start with the popular people. They start with the rich or the landlords or the oligarchs, the enemies of the people,” he explains.However, that hated group then starts to grow bigger.“That definition grows a little more broad, always, “Glenn says, “because once government gains the power to seize property for political or social goals, the argument to seize your property never ends. The category just grows wider and wider and wider.”Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.
Online reports indicate that a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was the victim of a swatting incident on Wednesday evening.A recording posted by a self-identified Washington, D.C., photographer purportedly documents a police dispatcher ordering a police response to the home of a "high-priority resident of the county."'The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years.'The dispatcher informs the officer that personnel have been unable to call the complainant back, indicating that it may be a swatting incident."Units responding to suspicious noise. Be advised, we have not been able to get an answer on call back to the complainant's phone number. Unknown if it's going to be a swatting situation," she says."Just made contact with security that's on scene," a male officer says. "They should be outside in an Explorer. He said he hasn't heard anything. We're just going to meet up with him first, just to go over anything."The photographer reported that the victim of the swatting incident was Justice Amy Coney Barrett.Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded to the report but did not appear to confirm it."Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed — in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice," he wrote. "The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years."The Fairfax County Police Department confirmed to Blaze News in an email on Thursday that officers had responded to a swatting incident at the home of a SCOTUS justice but did not identify the justice by name:Yesterday evening at approximately 9:02 p.m., officers responded to a swatting call at the residence of U.S. Supreme Court justice in Fairfax County.The call was received through the department’s non-emergency line. Officers immediately coordinated with Supreme Court Police personnel assigned to the residence and quickly determined that the report was fictitious. No additional police resources were utilized.The SCOTUS public information officer did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Barrett was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump in 2020 during his first term in office.RELATED: Man who tried to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as transgender, new docs show After the president won his second election, members nominated to his Cabinet reported being the victims of swatting incidents in Nov. 2024."The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are working with our law enforcement partners," read a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time.This is a developing story. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
