NEW RECORDS: BIDEN UKRAINE CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS Newly declassified emails and intelligence reports suggest a high priority witness for a GOP Senate investigation @ChuckGrassley @SenRonJohnson  into Biden corruption allegations was blocked from entering the US. Two weeks before the 2020 election, State DEPT email reads:  “..to follow up on the Telezhinko (sic) visa, we revoked it earlier this month because he was imminently getting on a plane and needed to move quickly…” - FBI and Intelligence Community “weren’t checking if allegations were true, they were suffocating anti-Biden Ukraine narrative, " says administration official CONTEXT: Visa revocation and reported sanctions on Andrii Telizhenko appear to fit a broader pattern: •IRS agents assigned to Hunter Biden laptop probe, including Burisma, say they were blocked from investigating leads into the “Big Guy” •51 former intelligence official claim laptop had “classic earmarks” of a Russia information operation. Months earlier FBI had authenticated laptop •FBI HQ appears to slow roll other Biden probes •Senators Grassley and Johnson get FBI suspect "offensive briefing" about Russian disinformation, allegedly designed to thwart Hunter Biden probe NOTE: Declassified records also raise prospect of circular reporting.   Here’s how it works: Government officials (or their proxies) plant information with a reporter, who publishes it. The same officials then cite the resulting media story to justify further investigative steps.  Exposing “circular reporting” undermines the credibility of some journalists who built their reputations on Russia collusion scoops New records via @WhiteHouse transparency task force

ILHAN OMAR: HOW PASSPORT FRAUD MAY BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR PROSECUTION Seasoned federal investigators know passport fraud may be another path to criminal charges. 18 U.S.C. § 1542 (False Statement in Application) - Prohibits making any false statement in a passport application, using a passport obtained via false statements, or using a passport with an assumed/false name to hide criminal behavior The 10-year statute of limitations on passport fraud is reset every time the individual renews their passport if the underlying application records, such as a Social Security Number, were obtained through fraud. For example, the suspect lied about the true date and place of their birth to obtain a social security number. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: AMERICAN TERRORIST This legal strategy was used to obtain a holding charge for the American terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki after 9/11. Anwar al-Awlaki was a dual U.S.-Yemeni citizen. The radical cleric, who became a top al Qaeda leader, was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where his parents lived at the time. He later grew up in Yemen. When it was time for college, Awlaki gamed the system. He applied for tuition assistance through the State Department and USAID to finance his studies at Colorado State University. Awlaki was not eligible for financial support as a U.S. citizen, so he used his Yemeni passport (and false claims about his birthplace) to secure roughly $20,000 in scholarship money. It was the beginning of the big grift. When the Joint Terrorism Task Force investigated Awlaki after 9/11 for his relationship and material support of hijackers in San Diego and Virginia, a seasoned federal investigator ran down the scholarship scam. Unfortunately, the statute of limitations had run out on the USAID tuition fraud.  A State Department Diplomatic Security Agent then discovered Awlaki made false statements to secure a J-1 visa (a non-immigrant visa for educational purposes.) Once in the U.S., Awlaki applied for a Social Security Number, falsely claiming he was born in Yemen. Awlaki used the fraudulently obtained Social Security Number to fraudulently obtain a U.S. passport. The 10-year statute of limitations reset every time the American terrorist renewed his passport. USAID record via @browne_pamela