Tag: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

SCOTUS Cites Nancy Pelosi’s Own Words to Justify Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

A set of 2021 comments by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ended up undermining President Joe Biden’s efforts to implement a student loan cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or…


Arkansas Man Who Put Feet on Desk in House Speaker Pelosi’s Office Gets 4.5 Years in Prison

An Arkansas man famously photographed with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 54 months in prison on May 24 in Washington. Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 62, of Gravette, Arkansas, was also sentenced to 36 months of supervised release and fined $2,000 by U.S. District…


Jan. 6 Defendant Accused of Stealing Pelosi’s Laptop Receives 3-year Prison Sentence

A woman who was accused of stealing then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop computer and other criminal actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson handed down a sentence on Thursday against Riley Williams, whom a jury had convicted in…


Sheriff McCarthy Is in Town

Kevin McCarthy, the former GOP Minority Leader, has been elected Speaker of the House on the 15th attempt and set a new tone for the 118th Congress, making concessions to obstinate members of his own party. But what will the McCarthy Era accomplish? …


Speaker Pelosi Undecided on Whether the House Will Ban TikTok on Government Devices

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has not yet committed to bringing a Senate-passed bill to the House which seeks to prohibit Chinese-owned video app TikTok on government devices. “We’re checking with the administration—just in terms of language—not in terms of being opposed to the idea,” Pelosi told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters. “I don’t…


EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi Neighbor Says Security Alarm Didn’t Sound at Time of Hammer Attack

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—A neighbor living across the street from the Pelosi home was awake when Paul Pelosi was assaulted but didn’t hear an alarm or anything unusual. “No, not a thing, and you know we were awake at that hour in the morning; my husband was awake. We didn’t even hear sirens,” neighbor Sally McNulty…


Suspect in Pelosi Attack Embraced Left- And Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories, Ex-Lover’s Lawyer Says

David DePape, the suspect in the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, has embraced left-wing and right-wing conspiracy theories, according to the lawyer who has been in touch with DePape’s former girlfriend. The former girlfriend, Oxane “Gypsy” Taub, is herself in a women’s prison for 20 crimes involving a teen boy. Taub’s attorney, Christopher Dobbins, told The Epoch…


EXCLUSIVE: Suspect in Pelosi Attack Embraced Left- and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories, Ex-Girlfriend’s Lawyer Says

David DePape, the suspect in the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, has embraced left-wing and right-wing conspiracy theories, according to the lawyer who has been in touch with DePape’s former girlfriend. The former girlfriend, Oxane “Gypsy” Taub, is herself in a women’s prison for 20 crimes involving a teen boy. Taub’s attorney, Christopher Dobbins, told The Epoch…


Paul Pelosi Attack Will Have ‘Zero’ Impact on Midterms: Pollster

Last week’s violent attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will have “zero impact” on next week’s midterm elections, elections strategist Craig Keshishian told The Epoch Times. “It’s just not on the radar screen of most folks,” said Keshishian, who was educated at Cornell, Princeton, and Yale Law School, and served on…


Thousands of Federal Officials Found Stock Trading in Companies Overseen By Their Agencies

Over 2,600 officials at federal agencies invested in stocks of companies at the same time the firms were lobbying their departments for favorable policies, uncovered an investigation by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). WSJ looked at over 31,000 financial disclosure forms of over 12,000 political staff members, presidential appointees, and career employees—analyzing data of more…