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Just the News: The Conspiracy Chronicles: Political Conspiracies REVEALED!

Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin shares his insights on the FBI’s recent grand conspiracy probe, the implications of venue changes for prosecutions, and the challenges of holding powerful figures accountable.   Then, Jason Foster, the founder of the Empower Oversight Whistleblower Center and former chief investigative counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, discusses the classified annex

Daily Caller News Foundation: Trump DOJ Promised Transparency. Conservative Orgs Think It’s Falling Short

Transparency groups are growing frustrated that the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is maintaining positions in some cases previously held by the Biden administration. Organizations like the Oversight Project, Empower Oversight and Judicial Watch are waiting for movement on dozens of pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases, expressing disappointment that the DOJ is not

Just the News: Human trafficking hotline contractor under scrutiny over ‘revolving door’ allegations

The Polaris Project, which oversees the hotline that whistleblowers say regularly fails to refer tips to law enforcement for investigation, has longstanding ties to the Department of Health and Human Services office that oversees its grant, raising concerns about whether the nonprofit is facing proper scrutiny for its contract.Polaris, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers

National Review: Watchdog Group Presses HHS on Potential Conflicts of Interest with Human Trafficking Hotline

A watchdog organization is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services for information related to a potential conflict of interest in its management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Empower Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) public records request Wednesday with HHS for records related to the Polaris Project, the nonprofit being paid to

Daily Caller: ‘Be Unhappy’: Shut Out Of One Job, Ed Martin Urges Americans To Keep Pushing Trump Admin To Release Docs

Americans should continue to be “unhappy” with the pace of disclosures from the Department of Justice (DOJ), incoming head of the Weaponization Working Group Ed Martin told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Martin said during an interview Thursday that there are “a lot of impediments” to getting information out but confirmed he is working with

Just the News: Whistleblowers say human trafficking hotline operator failed to report tips to law enforcement

The Polaris Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers the National Human Trafficking Hotline, regularly fails to refer tips to law enforcement for investigation, whistleblowers told the Senate Judiciary Committee, confirming an earlier complaint from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general. The Polaris Project in 2023 received $4,831,020 in government grants, according to the charity’s IRS filings. 

National Review: Nonprofit Running National Human Trafficking Hotline Fails to Flag Tips to Law Enforcement, Whistleblower Alleges

A whistleblower has come forward to confirm allegations brought by over 40 attorneys general that the nonprofit Polaris Project, contracted by the federal government to run the National Human Trafficking Hotline, routinely fails to pass along pertinent trafficking tips to law enforcement. Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), wrote a letter Monday laying out the whistleblower

Just the News: Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against IRS whistleblowers, who say suit was ‘attempt to intimidate’

Hunter Biden has agreed to drop his federal lawsuit against IRS whistle-blowers who publicly argued federal investigations against then-President Joe Biden’s son were being mishandled by their agency and by the Justice Department. “Intimidation and retaliation were never going to work,” IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley and IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler, who publicly raised concerns