Canada’s Carney fires back after Trump takes a swipe at him in Davos speech
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected President Donald Trump‘s assertion that “Canada lives because of the United States.”
“Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in the economy, in security, and in a rich cultural exchange,” Carney said on Thursday while speaking in Plains of Abraham, Québec, during a cabinet retreat.
“But Canada doesn’t ‘live because of the United States’,” he said, referencing Trump’s remark. “Canada thrives because we are Canadian. We are masters in our own house. This is our country. This is our future. The choice is ours.”
In response to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, the White House pointed to Trump’s Truth Social post.
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On Thursday, Trump published an open letter to Carney informing him that Canada’s invitation to join the Board of Peace — a U.S.-led council tasked with managing Gaza’s post-war future — had been rescinded.
“Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The board was inaugurated in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, though Carney had already left, according to The Associated Press.
Tensions between Carney and Trump flared as world leaders met in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum. Both Trump and Carney took swipes at each other in their respective speeches.
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During his address on Tuesday, Carney did not mention Trump by name, but rather he said that “rules-based order is fading,” referencing the U.S.
He admitted that there were benefits to US. leadership on the world stage, but painted the entire concept of a rules-based international order as a falsity that is actively failing. Additionally, in his address, Carney urged middle powers, like Canada, to assert themselves and take the opportunity to “build a new order that embodies our values.”
When delivering his address on Wednesday, Trump did not shy away from taking aim at Carney. He said that Canada “should be grateful” because the country gets “a lot of freebies” from the U.S., though he did not say what he was referring to.
“I watched your prime minister yesterday, he wasn’t so grateful,” Trump said. “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”
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The friction between Trump and Carney underscored a growing rift between the two. In his address to a cabinet retreat, Carney framed it as a moment for Canada to assert its own power and build a future based on its own values.
Fox News Digital reached out to Carney’s office for comment.
Ex-Olympian accused of murder, drug trafficking captured, sources say
Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding has been captured, sources confirmed to Fox News on Friday.
Wedding, 44, was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list in March 2025 and is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking network that “routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States,” according to the FBI.
He is also accused of orchestrating multiple murders and attempted murder as a part of his drug trafficking operation.
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Wedding and 14 other alleged associates were specifically accused of orchestrating the January 2025 murder of a witness who was shot and killed at a restaurant in Colombia. He allegedly placed a bounty on the victim’s head, thinking the victim’s death would lead to the dismissal of charges against him and the drug-trafficking ring he allegedly heads, according to an indictment unsealed in November.
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The FBI has described Wedding as an “extremely violent criminal believed to be responsible for the murder of numerous people abroad.”
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Just last month, FBI officials confirmed that Mexican authorities seized $40 million in motorcycles believed to be owned by Wedding. That news came more than a month after Wedding was hit with additional charges and raised the reward for his capture to $15 million.
He participated in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City after missing out on the 1998 Games. It was the only Olympics he competed in.
5 suspects caught following shooting of Indiana judge and his wife
Police in Indiana announced the arrest of five suspects in the shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife at their home earlier this week.
The Lafayette Police Department said Raylen Ferguson, 38, and Zenada Greer, 61, both of Lexington, Ky., and Thomas Moss, 43, Blake Smith, 32, and Amanda Milsap, 45, all from Lafayette, Ind., were taken into custody following the Jan. 18 attack on Tippecanoe County Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly. Steven Meyer sustained an arm injury, while Kimberly Meyer had a hip injury. Both are now in stable condition, police said.
Ferguson, Moss and Smith were arrested on charges including attempted murder, aggravated battery and intimidation with a deadly weapon, with gang and firearm enhancements. Police also listed Moss and Smith as “habitual offenders.”
Milsap was arrested on bribery and obstruction of justice charges, while Greer was charged with assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice.
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“These arrests are the result of a comprehensive, collaborative effort among multiple agencies,” the Lafayette Police Department said.
Sunday’s incident marked the first recorded act of violence against the judge, according to the Lafayette Police Department. Officials had no records of previous threats against Meyer or 911 calls from the judge’s Mill Pond Lane address, a department spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital.
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Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital showed that the unidentified shooter allegedly knocked on the door of Meyer’s home around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, then fired gunshots through the door. Before firing the gun, the suspect said, “We have your dog,” according to the audio.
“I am so grateful for the outpouring of support from friends, the community, court colleagues, and law enforcement,” Judge Meyer said in a statement Wednesday in his first public comments since the shooting. “I want to express my heartfelt thanks to my medical team. I am receiving excellent care and I am improving. Kim is also deeply appreciative for the community support, and she too is healing.”
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“I want the community to know that I have strong faith in our judicial system,” the judge said. “This horrific violence will not shake my belief in the importance of peacefully resolving disputes. I remain confident we have the best judicial system in the world, and I am proud to be a part of it.”
SCOOP: House Republicans revive push to impeach ‘activist’ judges after Johnson’s green light
FIRST ON FOX: House conservatives are reviving various pushes to impeach judges accused of blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda after Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gave his tacit approval earlier this week.
“I just spoke to him on the House floor, and he’s still in support, so we’re going to push to move forward on at least one,” Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital in the early evening on Thursday.
Ogles was among the conservative Trump allies who led the push to impeach judges last year as the administration engaged in legal battles with federal courts across the country over various rulings.
He previously introduced impeachment articles against U.S. District Judge John Bates for blocking a Trump executive order targeting transgender recognition under federal law, as well as District Judge Theodore Chuang after his ruling to stop a crackdown on foreign aid by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Neither of those impeachment resolutions or others targeting several other judges went anywhere at the time, however. House GOP leaders made clear they believed impeachment was an impractical way to deal with what Republicans saw as “activist judges” trying to influence policy rather than interpret law.
Johnson and other leaders instead favored a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to limit district judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions. That bill passed the House along partisan lines last year but was never taken up in the Senate.
But the speaker sounded more enthusiastic about impeachment during his press conference on Wednesday, telling reporters, “I’m for it.”
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He named U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, specifically, who’s been targeted by Republicans after rulings on several key immigration cases involving Trump’s policies, including flying migrants to El Salvador and other countries instead of detaining them in the U.S.
Boasberg more recently raised GOP ire when it was revealed that Boasberg signed off on decisions that allowed for the seizure of some Republican lawmakers’ phone records in former special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost probe.
A resolution to impeach Boasberg led by Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, gained traction among conservatives last year, and the Texas Republican told Fox News Digital he was heartened by Johnson’s comments on Thursday.
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“We’re going to do everything we can to push that forward. I mean the reality is that Boasberg has been acting as an agent of the Democrat Party for quite some time now,” Gill said. “I’m thrilled to see the speaker get on board. I think his leadership will be crucial in getting this passed.”
Gill said it was still early to predict whether it would see a House-wide vote but said his office was in contact with Johnson’s office about the measure, which he said was “moving in the right direction.”
A source familiar with his effort told Fox News Digital that his resolution to impeach Boasberg gained two new House GOP co-sponsors after Johnson’s comments this week.
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Other House Republicans who supported the push last year indicated they would do so again.
“I’d be all for it,” Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital. He said of Boasberg specifically, “I think he’s one of the most forthright judicial activists on the bench and that’s not why he was put on the bench.”
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., said Johnson expressing support could strengthen the push.
“There’s a lot of respect for Speaker Johnson, especially as a constitutional lawyer — he’s someone that a lot of people have a lot of confidence in,” Stutzman told Fox News Digital. “The fact that he’s willing to step out there as a Speaker of the House, it says a lot.”
Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News Digital, “I think there’s more of an appetite and less of a hesitation than there was earlier in the Congress. We had an agenda. We didn’t want to be distracted with potential impeachment, but I think now, as we’re realizing things are not getting better, the people around the nation are expecting us to hold this judge and others like him accountable.”
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But not all Republicans were as enthusiastic.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., who was supportive of the GOP’s judicial impeachment fervor last year, told Fox News Digital Thursday that he was not sure it could survive the committee process needed before a House-wide vote.
House GOP Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore, R-Utah, said “everybody has to be willing to consider impeachment” as a power of Congress but said he did not know the details of the specific initiatives.
“I will reinforce how much I like Issa’s bill. It moves it away from political rhetoric into, ‘Hey, let’s do something substantive here,'” Moore told Fox News Digital. “It’s a pretty innovative solution in a very sound way.”
Mystery hum rattles American city as residents report sleepless nights and rising fear
A persistent, low-frequency hum has invaded the city of West Haven, Connecticut, according to many residents, leaving some shaken by an occurrence they’re calling everything from mysterious to excruciating.
For some time, residents of this city on the coast of Long Island Sound have believed the source of the hum to be local industry, and they’re demanding a resolution. After circulating a petition and obtaining over 140 signatures, a group convinced the city council to spend $16,000 to hire a third-party acoustic firm.
“For years, our community has been plagued by a constant or intermittent humming noise and low-frequency vibrations affecting multiple areas of town,” the petition notes. “This disturbing phenomenon occurs at all hours, disrupting our ability to sleep, concentrate and enjoy life to its fullest.
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“Many residents have reported increased levels of stress, anxiety and physical discomfort due to this incessant noise and vibration.”
There have been “numerous complaints” made about it over time, it adds, yet “the source of this noise remains unresolved. … We are deeply concerned about the long-term health consequences this persistent noise pollution imposes on us.”
Mental health issues linked to low-frequency hums are common, experts say. But not all residents hear the noise.
John Carrano, West Haven’s commissioner of human resources, told Fox News Digital the sound is at its highest level near his home, yet his own children do not hear the hum.
“My house is the loudest of all the different locations in the area,” he said. “I would test in the morning and test in the evening. If I saw an elevated decibel reading, I would go up to the industrial zone and test the property line.”
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In a city of almost 56,000 citizens, the difference of opinion and ideas about the issue is apparently common.
“This is a quality-of-life issue, no doubt,” said Mayor Dorinda Borer, according to NBC Connecticut. “We don’t want people to be impacted. We don’t want [people’s] health to be impacted.”
The acoustic firm hired for the task will use 10 microphones to continuously listen for the hum over the course of seven days.
Government officials need to choose a week with low wind and no precipitation, Carrano said.
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“People feel the hum differently,” he continued. “Some don’t even hear it. Others hear it, and they’re not bothered by it. Then there’s another group that finds it very disturbing when they hear it.”
“It’s gotten to the point where it just gets in your chest.”
One person said she felt like she was going “cuckoo” when she heard the sound and her family didn’t, the New Haven Register reported.
“I’ve been hearing this noise for over four years or whatever, and I thought it was just me going a little cuckoo,” resident Rosemary Brooks said at a recent council meeting. “But it’s gotten to the point where it just gets in your chest.”
Bennett Brooks, president of Brooks Acoustics Corporation, a company based in Connecticut and Florida, told Fox News Digital, “It’s a problem that should be rectified. Lower frequencies are much harder to block than the higher frequency of sound.
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“It can be very annoying. It’s as if it shakes the dishes and windows in your kitchen.”
Connecticut has many noise ordinances, but there are few “applicable government regulations that address low-frequency noise,” he said.
Similar hums have been reported around the world, according to numerous sources, including in Taos, New Mexico; Auckland, New Zealand; and Windsor, Ontario.
The hums are often, but not always, traced to factories or power plants.
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A high-pressure gas pipeline or mechanical device can sometimes be to blame, reports suggest. But some, like the one in Taos, have puzzled researchers for decades.
The mayor of West Haven is reluctant to make a quick decision about what’s going on in Connecticut.
“My pets tend to pace and stare.”
“We have to cross our T’s and dot our I’s before we go to [any specific] company and cite them,” the mayor told the Register.
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Kimberly Nunes, who lives in the affected neighborhood and authored the petition, said the sound has taken a toll on everyone in her household, FOX 61 reported.
“It’s affecting my mental health, my sleep, my well-being,” Nunes said. “As well as my children’s. I’ve noticed that my pets tend to pace and stare.”
Once-nightly pill could be game-changer for millions with sleep apnea
Sleep apnea sufferers may soon have a new path to a good night’s sleep.
A Massachusetts biotech startup is preparing to file for FDA approval of a once-nightly pill that could become the first medication approved to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Approximately 30 million U.S. adults suffer from the serious sleep disorder, in which breathing stops and starts throughout the evening, according to experts.
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What to know about sleep apnea
They are two types of the disorder: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea. With OSA, the most common type, breathing stops due to a physical blockage of the airway, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Central sleep apnea occurs when the brain cannot send the normal signals to breathe, sometimes due to health disorders.
“The intermittent stopping of breathing leads to brief awakenings in people who suffer from OSA,” sleep expert Paul Muchowski, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Defined Sleep in San Francisco, told Fox News Digital. “These awakenings disrupt the normal architecture of sleep, ultimately leading to a decrease in deep, restorative sleep.”
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People with the condition often wake up feeling unrefreshed and fatigued, leading to effects like irritability, lack of concentration, decreased cognition and memory, and headaches, according to the expert.
“It also increases risk for heart trouble, strokes and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,” he added.
Sleep apnea is diagnosed by a sleep study, where sensors are placed on the body to monitor the activity of the heart, lungs and brain to assess the quality of sleep, according to Cleveland Clinic.
“Surprisingly, many folks who have sleep apnea are unaware they have it,” Muchowski noted.
Standard treatments for sleep apnea
The standard first-line treatment for OSA is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, which uses a mask to deliver pressurized air that keeps the airway open during sleep.
Many people find CPAP machines too cumbersome to use consistently, and as a result may not seek treatment even after being diagnosed with sleep apnea, according to Muchowski.
“Surprisingly, many folks who have sleep apnea are unaware they have it.”
In 2024, the FDA approved the popular weight-loss drug Zepbound for the treatment of moderate-to-severe OSA, but only for adults who are obese even with a low-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
This drug does not target the underlying cause of OSA, but simply lowers weight in people, which can sometimes lead to a decrease in the sleep disorder, Muchowski noted.
If conservative treatments fail, more invasive options — such as surgery to remove enlarged tonsils — may be considered, experts say.
An experimental pill
Apnimed, a pharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that focuses on treating sleep apnea, has developed a medication known as AD109, designed as an alternative for patients who cannot tolerate CPAP machines.
There is currently no FDA-approved oral medication specifically indicated for obstructive sleep apnea, the company noted.
“A pill for sleep apnea has always been the long sought-after holy grail for sleep researchers around the world,” said Muchowski, who was not involved in the drug research.
In those living with mild, moderate and severe OSA, AD109 helps to keep the airway more open during sleep by targeting the underlying dysfunction between the brain and throat muscles, a representative for Apnimed told Fox News Digital.
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The once-daily pill combines two drugs: aroxybutynin, which controls muscle signals, and atomoxetine, which increases levels of norepinephrine. (Norepinephrine is a hormone and neurotransmitter that helps regulate alertness, attention, heart rate, blood pressure and the “fight-or-flight” response, according to Cleveland Clinic.)
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“Together, they are designed to work synergistically to help stabilize the upper airway during sleep, improving breathing and oxygenation overnight,” the company added.
In phase 3 clinical trials, participants who received the drug had a significant reduction in the average number of hourly breathing interruptions compared with those who had a placebo.
In one phase 3 studyparticipants achieved a 55.6% mean reduction in nightly sleep apnea events and also significantly improved oxygenation after 26 weeksA second phase 3 study showed similar outcomes.
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The most frequently reported side effects were dry mouth and insomnia, but no serious adverse events related to AD109 were reported, according to the company.
“Additional safety details will be included in future peer-reviewed publications,” they added.
“It could potentially help tens of millions of people worldwide to sleep better and avoid all of the negative consequences of OSA.”
The research supporting AD109 as a potential treatment for OSA looks “very solid,” according to Muchowski.
“If this potential treatment is approved by the FDA to treat OSA, it could potentially help tens of millions of people worldwide to sleep better and avoid all of the negative consequences of OSA,” he added.
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Apnimed plans to submit a new drug application to the FDA in the first half of 2026. While timelines can vary, a standard review typically takes around 10 months, which means the pill could be on the market in early 2027.
“Our focus right now is on completing that process rigorously and responsibly,” the company said.
Foreign national accused of terrorizing Americans, claiming community control: report
A Venezuelan national accused of threatening Arizona residents at gunpoint while claiming control over part of a Maricopa County community is facing multiple felony charges, including terrorism, authorities said.
Arizona Department of Public Safety investigators allege Javier Enrique Erazo-Zuniga, 27, claimed control over part of Maricopa and threatened residents with deadly weapons in an effort to extort money, according to reporting by InMaricopa and statements from state authorities.
DPS spokesperson Bart Graves told InMaricopa detectives began investigating Erazo-Zuniga in December after receiving information that he was “claiming Hidden Valley in Maricopa as his territory and demanding money from victims.”
Investigators allege Erazo-Zuniga was tied to a series of violent incidents involving residents who were targeted at their homes. In one 2024 incident, authorities say he put a victim in a headlock and held a knife to the person’s neck, leaving a cut. Last month, investigators allege he waited at the end of another victim’s driveway and held the victim at gunpoint.
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During a search of Erazo-Zuniga’s bedroom, detectives recovered a firearm believed to have been used in the December gunpoint incident, Graves said.
Erazo-Zuniga was booked into the Pinal County Jail, where jail records show he remains in custody on a $250,000 secured bond. He was later indicted by a Pinal County grand jury.
Court records obtained by the outlet show the grand jury charged Erazo-Zuniga with aggravated assault involving a firearm, two counts of forgery and two counts of misconduct involving weapons, including possession of handguns while prohibited. Prosecutors allege the aggravated assault charge qualifies as a dangerous felony because it involved the use or threatened exhibition of a firearm.
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DPS has also stated that Erazo-Zuniga is charged with assisting a criminal street gang and terrorism, though those allegations were outlined by the agency rather than detailed in the indictment documents released by the Pinal County Superior Court. Authorities have said additional charges could be forthcoming, potentially at the federal level.
According to a minute entry filed in superior court, Erazo-Zuniga is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.
Graves said investigators believe there may be multiple additional victims, but that some have been afraid to come forward.
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“We encourage them to contact our tip line,” Graves said. DPS asked anyone with information related to the case to call 602-644-5805.
Authorities have not confirmed whether the investigation could expand beyond Maricopa.
The case comes amid heightened national law enforcement scrutiny of Venezuelan criminal groups following a series of high-profile investigations in Colorado in 2024 and 2025.
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Federal prosecutors there indicted Venezuelan nationals accused of participating in organized robberies, kidnappings, extortion schemes and firearms offenses tied to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua. While some early claims of gang “takeovers” were later disputed or clarified, authorities have confirmed multiple violent cases involving coordinated criminal activity and armed suspects.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Investigations, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and the FBI for additional information.
Five takeaways from former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Capitol Hill testimony
Former special counsel Jack Smith testified during a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, where he faced searing criticism from Republicans and praise from Democrats over his two prosecutions of President Donald Trump.
The hearing gave Smith, a career prosecutor of nearly three decades, a rare chance to speak publicly about his work. He defended his indictments against Trump related to the 2020 election and classified documents as by-the-book and apolitical.
“If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so, regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat,” Smith said.
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Republicans made clear they felt the cases, brought while Trump was a leading presidential candidate, were driven by politics and designed to interfere with the 2024 election.
“It was always about politics,” Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said in his opening statement.
1. Smith collected ‘months’ worth of phone data on the Republican speaker of the House
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, grilled Smith over the controversial subpoenas of phone records belonging to several Republicans. Gill zeroed in on a subpoena that sought about three months of data belonging to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023.
“Sixteen days after becoming the highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, you subpoenaed his toll records,” Gill said, asking if Smith felt that could have violated the Constitution.
“I do not,” Smith replied.
“You were collecting months’ worth of phone data on the Republican speaker of the House, the leader of the opposition, right after he got sworn in as speaker. … That sounds like a flagrant violation of the speech or debate clause,” GIll said.
Smith has repeatedly defended the subpoenas as proper, noting that his team sought a narrow set of data as part of his 2020 election probe and that the phone records did not contain contents of messages or calls.
“If Donald Trump had chosen to call a number of Democratic senators, we would have gotten toll records for Democratic senators,” Smith said in a closed-door deposition last month.
2. Issa accuses Smith of ‘spying’
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., accused Smith of “spying” on the lawmakers whose records were subpoenaed. Those targeted by Smith’s team included McCarthy, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and several others.
Smith also obtained court-authorized gag orders that temporarily blocked phone carriers from notifying the lawmakers of the subpoenas, meaning they had no immediate recourse to challenge them.
It is common practice for prosecutors to seek gag orders, but Issa demanded to know why Smith did not inform the D.C. federal court that the subpoenas pertained to members of Congress, who have added layers of immunity under the Constitution.
“Why did Congress, a separate branch that you, under the Constitution, have to respect — why is it that no one should be informed — including the judges?” Issa pressed. “As you went in to spy on these people, did you mention that you were spying on, [that you were] seeking records so you could find out about when conversations occurred between the U.S. speaker of the House and the president?”
Smith has said he followed the DOJ’s policy at the time, which did not require him to give such notice to the court. That policy has since changed.
3. Former D.C. police officer gets escorted out of hearing after fiery clash
Former Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone was briefly escorted out of the hearing after a tense exchange with Ivan Raiklin, a one-time Army reservist and right-wing operative.
Raiklin called out to Fanone and introduced himself amid a packed hearing room, prompting Fanone to turn around and say, “Go f— yourself. … Don’t pretend like we’re not mortal enemies.”
The confrontation, which occurred during a hearing recess, escalated to a near-physical altercation, as Fanone repeatedly lobbed obscenities at Raiklin, and Raiklin told Fanone to “control his Tourette syndrome.”
A fellow former officer restrained Fanone, and a police officer guided him out of the hearing room while Democrats applauded him. Fanone was violently assaulted during the Jan. 6 attack, according to video footage and court papers, and has since been outspoken against those who breached the Capitol and attacked officers.
4. Smith predicts DOJ will try to indict him
Trump posted on social media during the hearing that Smith was “being DECIMATED” by Republican lawmakers and was a “deranged animal.”
“Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done,” Trump wrote.
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In response to a question about Trump’s post from Rep. Rebecca Balint, D-Vt., Smith said he expected the DOJ would attempt to charge him.
“I believe they will do everything in their power to do that, because they have been ordered to by the president,” Smith said.
Trump later wrote on social media: “Based on his testimony today, there is no question that Deranged Jack Smith should be prosecuted for his actions. … At a minimum, he committed large scale perjury!”
5. Smith reveals his one regret about his work
Smith was asked if the intense scrutiny and public threats against him have made him wish he did not prosecute Trump.
“I don’t regret it,” Smith said.
However, when Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., pressed Smith on the matter, Smith vouched for his staff, who all left or were fired when Trump took office.
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“If I have any regret, it would be not expressing enough appreciation for my staff, who worked so hard on these investigations,” Smith said, adding they “sacrificed endlessly and endured way too much just doing their jobs.”
What experts say Americans should buy ahead of massive winter storm impacting millions
Americans are being urged to prepare as a massive winter storm is expected to stretch more than 2,000 miles across the U.S. this weekend, potentially affecting more than 235 million people in over 40 states.
The storm is forecast to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain beginning Friday and lasting through Monday, raising concerns about widespread power outages, dangerous travel conditions and prolonged disruptions, according to National Weather Service Director Ken Graham.
“Prepare now,” Graham told FOX Weather Thursday. “If you think about power outages, you think about the cold, you need to be prepared to have what you need for a week.”
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The National Weather Service recommends stocking up on essential supplies ahead of a winter storm, including:
- Flashlights with extra batteries
- Extra food and water, including nonperishable items such as granola bars, nuts and dried fruit
- A battery-powered NOAA Weather Radio or portable radio
- Extra prescription medications and first-aid supplies
- Baby necessities such as diapers and formula
- Heating fuel
- An emergency heat source, such as a properly ventilated space heater
- A working fire extinguisher and smoke alarms
- Extra pet food
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Officials are also reminding the public to never run generators indoors or in enclosed spaces and to ensure carbon monoxide detectors are working properly.
“When the power goes out, a lot of people have generators. I just beg everybody, please use them correctly,” Graham said. “We lose a lot of people due to improper use of generators. … Keep them far away from the house. They’re fine to use, but use them properly because it could be dangerous if you don’t.”
The National Weather Service also recommends people keep a winter survival kit in a vehicle.
That kit should include a phone and charger, blankets, flashlights, a first-aid kit, nonperishable food, extra clothing, cat litter or sand for traction, a shovel, ice scraper and brush, waterproof matches, a basic tool kit and paper maps.
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Farmers and pet owners are also encouraged to move animals indoors or to sheltered areas, stockpile extra feed and ensure access to water.
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“More than half the population of the country is going to experience winter weather,” Graham said. “The sheer size of this — stretching from New Mexico all the way to New England — it’s going to be a big impact for a whole lot of people.”
For more information about how to prepare for a winter storm, visit the National Weather Service’s website.