Category: Courts
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Op-Ed – Luthmann Responds to Brian Laline
Brian Laline didn’t write an editorial. He wrote a confession. In his Trump-deranged screed about NY-11, the Staten Island Advance’s longtime Democrat gatekeeper exposed exactly how deep the rot goes.…
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The Fix Was In Tonawanda
A former district attorney accused of child sexual abuse. A small-town judge with deep professional ties to that same DA. And an accuser rotting in jail—without bail, without a hearing,…
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Silenced By Design: How the Biden DOE Axed Nuclear Official Frank Rose
Seventeen days. That’s all it took to end a 30-year national security career. Now the woman whose allegations detonated Frank Rose’s life wants immunity—after deleting evidence and dodging sworn testimony.…
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Publish or I Die: Accuser vs. Former DA in Erie County Maze
A man sits in a concrete box with no heat and no water, telling a journalist to publish—or he will die. Ryan Flynn has begun a full hunger and water…
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NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON…WANNA BET?
“None Dare Call It Treason…Wanna Bet?” is a full-throttle indictment of Washington’s unaccountable class, arguing that years of elite immunity, weaponized law enforcement, and election interference amount to something darker…
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Believe The Child – Unless It’s Your Cousin
For years, former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn preached a rigid moral rule: believe the child. Evidence was secondary. Denials were irrelevant. That doctrine destroyed careers and justified prosecutions…
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Kamillah Hanks Christmas Cracker Meltdown
Christmas Day on Staten Island turned ugly fast. While families gathered, Kevin Barry Love, husband of NYC Council Member Kamillah Hanks, detonated a political suicide note on Facebook. In a…
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Pension Raider Radovan Vítek
Radovan Vítek is virtually unknown to most Americans. But to U.S. teachers, firefighters, and pension beneficiaries, his name is tied to staggering losses. European regulators and U.S. lawsuits allege that…
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Fear By Subscription: Staten Island DA Targets Journalist
A Staten Island district attorney subscribed to a journalist’s newsletter, read it for months, then called the police and claimed fear for his life. That is not satire. It is…
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The Deal Was Immunity: The Oakland Bribery Case, Part 1
Federal prosecutors say the Oakland bribery case exposes City Hall corruption. The evidence tells a different story. The entire indictment leans on one man: Mario Juarez, a witness facing massive…
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Framed and Forgotten By McMahon
Victor Abraham lost 345 days to a justice system that chose speed over truth. At 19, he was jailed on rigged eyewitness IDs, buried evidence, and a prosecution that refused…
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McMahon Ethics Panel Hits Delete
Six months after Staten Island District Attorney Michael E. McMahon claimed to “fear for his life” over a mass email he voluntarily received, journalist Richard Luthmann remains flagged in NYPD…
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Frankly Furious Councilman Morano – VIDEO
The cameras were rolling, the coffee was strong, and the gloves were off. When Staten Island Councilman Frank Morano joined journalists Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe on The Unknown Podcast,…
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SCUMBAG SAMARITANO STRIKES AGAIN
Jason “Jay” Samaritano is back where he belongs: under arrest. The self-styled “family court advocate” was busted again in New Jersey, adding another charge to a criminal history that already…
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The Bully Hunter Fraud: Mr. James McGibney’s Pay-To-Erase Extortion Machine
James McGibney sold himself as the internet’s moral avenger—a Marine-turned-cyber–crime fighter who slayed digital predators with a keyboard and a TV crew. But behind the polished “Dr. McGibney” brand sits…
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Frankenseat Showdown Splits Staten Island
The NY-11 redistricting lawsuit has exploded into a political loyalty test for Staten Island. Borough President Vito Fossella is leading the charge against Democrat operative Marc Elias’s “Frankenseat” map, which…
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Coal Kings and Fall Guys: The Real Story Behind Oakland’s Bribery Case
Oakland’s political earthquake didn’t start with a bribe. It started with coal. Federal prosecutors claim Mayor Sheng Thao and recycling titan David Duong joined a $170,000 bribery scheme, but the…
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Democrat Lawfare Seeks NY-11 Frankenseat
New York’s last Republican stronghold is under attack. Marc Elias, the Democrats’ lawfare kingpin, has launched a “Frankenstein” redistricting coup to hack Staten Island’s NY-11 into partisan pieces and bury…
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Malliotakis Map Massacre: Hochul’s War Puts NYC GOP on the Brink
Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared “this is a war” over redistricting, and the first target is New York City’s last Republican stronghold: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s NY-11 seat. With Marc…
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Stench of Staten ICARD Shakedown
Journalist Richard Luthmann fired a legal broadside at NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and NYC Corporation Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant—cc’ing Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani—demanding the “withdrawal and expungement” of a July 2025 felony…