(AP) A minister arrested Thursday in an Internet sex sting has resigned his position at a Dallas-area megachurch. 52-year-old Joe Barron stepped down after being charged with online solicitation of a minor.
This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast May 19, 2008.
The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday published an editorial written by Michael Bekesha of the right-wing organization Judicial Watch that declares former President Donald Trump innocent of any crimes based on precedent established during litigation surrounding the Presidential Records Act.
The editorial caught the attention of conservative legal expert Ed Whelan, who wrote on Twitter that Bekesha had written a "bizarro world account" of the Presidential Records Act.
To start, Whelan argues that Bekesha "makes wild wrong turn in his very first sentence" by incorrectly arguing that the criminal charges being brought against Trump are predicated on the Presidential Records Act, when nothing of the sort is true.
Added to this, Whelan notes that "classified docs Trump retained were agency records outside scope of PRA," which he said specifically excludes such documents as being classified as presidential records.
DON'T MISS: Watch: GOP lawmaker quickly changes the subject when confronted by specifics of Trump indictment
And even if the initial premise of Bekesha's column is correct, Whelan writes, he would still be completely wrong about the substance of the PRA.
"Insofar as classified materials that Trump retained fall under PRA, they are obviously not 'personal records,'" he writes. "Nothing in PRA remotely suggests that former president may take and retain classified materials. PRA sharply limits possessory rights of former presidents."
Trump and his allies have cited the Presidential Records Act as exonerating the president from charges of illegally retaining top-secret government documents even though the act plainly states that "the United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records" and makes no exceptions that involve potentially stashing nuclear secrets in a luxury bathroom.
A 28-year-old woman posed as a 17-year-old and attended a Louisiana high school during the 2022-2023 school year, Nola.com reported.
Martha Jessenia Gutierrez Serrano and her mother were arrested Tuesday and booked for injuring public records after administrators with the St. Charles Parish School System received a tip that a female student may have actually been in her mid-20s.
Investigators found that Serrano's mother, 46-year-old Marta Elizabeth Serrano Alvarado, used a fake passport and birth certificate to enroll her daughter at the school.
"St. Charles Parish Public Schools notified the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office that fraudulent documents were used to enroll an over-aged female student at Hahnville High School during the 2022-2023 school year," the school system said in a statement.
"The school system will enhance processes to determine the authenticity of enrollment documents for current and future students as well as modify policy and procedures as warranted."
For years now, national security experts have warned about the difficulty in securing former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida from potential foreign infiltration.
This concern only grew when it was revealed that the former president allegedly stashed many classified government documents at the resort, including top-secret papers related to nuclear weapons capabilities.
Now Forbes reports that foreign agents may have had an easy way into the resort, as it has found that Mar-a-Lago sought to employ 380 foreign workers from the years 2017 until 2022.
"Mar-a-Lago relies on foreign nationals to work as servers, cooks and housekeepers," the publication writes. "In 2016, the club sought 65 foreign workers. The figure has increased every year since, with the exception of 2020, when the club shut down in the early days of the pandemic and furloughed more than 150 employees. Last winter, Mar-a-Lago sought out 91 foreign workers, according to records filed with the Department of Labor."
The report goes on to note that there did not seem to be very extensive screening requirements for foreign workers hired to work at the resort.
"For example, the qualifications to be a housekeeper during the 2021 to 2022 season included three months of verifiable housekeeping experience and a drug and background check," writes Forbes. "The position also required the ability to communicate in English, maintain flexible hours and move 25 pounds. It paid $11.70 an hour."
Copyright © 2023 Raw Story Media, Inc. PO Box 21050, Washington, D.C. 20009 | Masthead | Privacy Policy | Manage Preferences
For corrections contact corrections@rawstory.com, for support contact support@rawstory.com.
