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Brian Kolfage, the guy who raised millions to build a wall, pleads guilty to fraud charges

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I don’t know about you, but I clearly remember former President Trump claiming that he was going to build a wall and Mexico was going to pay for it. Right? Well, I’m not sure what happened, but in 2018, Brian Kolfage took it upon himself to raise money for the wall via a “We Build the Wall” Go Fund Me page. And he did raise money—more than $ 25 million, in fact. The problem was that not much wall got built, and now Kolfage is pleading guilty to fraud charges…

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Trump Pleads For SCOTUS To Halt The Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Criminal’ Investigation

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<p>The Jan. 6 Committee cautioned the Supreme Court in a Thursday <a href=”https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-932/206949/20211230141540590_Trump%20v.%20Thompson%20brief%20in%20opposition%20FINAL%20PDFA.pdf”>filing</a> that allowing former President Trump to block access to White House records would amount to the court extending monarchical power to a former executive. </p> Talking Points Memo

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Biden pleads for wider vaccination amid omicron threat, warns unvaccinated of a deadly winter

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President Biden told unvaccinated Americans on Thursday they face a winter of “severe illness and death” as he pleaded with Americans to use COVID-19 shots, including boosters, as a bulwark against the omicron variant. Mr. Biden argued Europe is having a harder time with the new variant and Americans should … The Washington Times stories: White House

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