Summary: https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-looking-to-remove-al-qaeda-linked-group-from-terror-list-remove-10m-bounty-off-leader
Keywords: https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-looking-to-remove-al-qaeda-linked-group-from-terror-list-remove-10m-bounty-off-leader

President Joe Biden is reportedly looking to remove one of the Islamic terrorist groups that overthrew the Syrian government last week from the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list.

Biden is looking at removing Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which came from Al-Qaeda and is still close to the terror group, from the list after they overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Multiple current and former Biden administration officials told NBC News that Biden was looking to help the terrorist group "soon" by removing the designation, which would allow the group a way to get help from foreign governments.

Biden would also remove the $10 million bounty off the head of the terrorist group's leader, Abu Muhammad Jawlani.

Former CENTCOM commander retired General Frank McKenzie said during an interview over the weekend that Jawlani "has a significant track record" of terrorism, and the notion that terrorists can change was ridiculous.

"Certainly he could advance new ideas coming in," he said. "It's been my experience, though, that typically they don't."

McKenzie warned that the collapse of the Syrian government -- while bad news for Assad, Russia, Iran, and Lebanese Hezbollah -- did not signal good news for the Syrian people.

"I'm not sure it's ultimately going to be good news for the people of Syria," he said. "You know, we could have an Islamic State arise there, which will have profound negative implications across the region. That is possible.
There are other possibilities as well, and I think in the next 48, 72, 96 hours, this will begin to become clearer to us."

The last time that the Biden administration removed an Islamic terrorist
group from the terrorist list was during the initial days of his now-failed presidency when he removed the Houthis in Yemen from the list.

Just a couple of years later, the Houthis have engaged in widespread
terrorism in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula, attacking merchant and naval vessels with missiles and drones.

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Summary: https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-unfroze-billions-of-dollars-for-iranian-terrorist-regime-after-election
Keywords: https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-unfroze-billions-of-dollars-for-iranian-terrorist-regime-after-election

President Joe Biden reportedly waived sanctions following the Democrats’ election losses last month that gave the Islamic Republic of Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — access to billions of dollars of frozen assets.

The Free Beacon obtained a copy of the non-public order transmitted to Congress from the State Department that claimed it was “in the national security interest of the United States” to allow Iran to access the $10 billion that had been frozen.

The report said:

The Biden State Department tweaked the waiver last year to allow
Tehran to convert the funds from Iraqi dinars to euros, then hold
those euros in bank accounts based in Oman. Access to a widely traded
currency like the euro enables Iran to more easily spend the cash
in international markets. Under the first Trump administration, Iran
had to keep the cash in an escrow account in Baghdad, making it
more difficult to access.

The Biden administration claims that the money is not going to be used for terrorism because the funds can only be used for humanitarian purposes.

However, money is fungible, meaning it can be easily moved around, hidden,
and used for different purposes.

Many have raised concerns about the administration waiving sanctions against the regime after it has funded the majority of terrorism in the Middle East for years, which came to a head last year when Hamas launched an
unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on October 7.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in May, said in an interview last year that Iran would spend the money however it wanted to.

“What is your expectation of its [the money’s] use?” asked NBC News host Lester Holt. “We’re told that it’s for humanitarian purposes — food and medicine. Do you believe you have the right to use that money in any way that you see fit?”

“This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it,” Raisi answered. “How to spend our money of course, it is under the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Holt responded by asked, “So if I hear you clearly that it will be used for more than humanitarian purposes in your view?”

“Humanitarian means whatever the Iranian people need, so this money will be budgeted for those needs,” Raisi said. “And the needs of the Iranian people will be decided and determined by the Iranian government.”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says they’ll use the $6 billion
from the Biden Admin “wherever we need it … as determined by the
Iranian government” pic.twitter.com/KMLUfk2xhl

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 12, 2023

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Summary: https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office
Keywords: https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-races-to-sell-off-border-wall-parts-before-trump-takes-office

The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump's effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned.

Videos obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent show unused sections of the wall being hauled away on the back
of flatbed trucks from a section of the border just south of Tucson, a
hotspot for illegal crossings during the Biden administration. The agent estimates that up to half a mile per day of unused border wall is being
moved.

"They are taking it from three stations: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points," the border patrol agent, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told The Daily Wire. "The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas."

Trump made clear during his campaign that he intends to finish construction
of the border wall, making use of the materials that have remained untouched at the border since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. If the material brought to the border during his first term is sold off, it will
significantly delay any progress on one of Trump's flagship campaign promises at the border.

WATCH: Trucks Take Massive Amount Of Unused Border Wall Off The Border To Sit In Government Auction Site

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to
auction off unused border wall materials.

Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a
government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting
to be sold. pic.twitter.com/ogaQMBHw7R

-- Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) December 12, 2024

The government contractor, DP Trucking LLC, is transporting the pieces of the wall north on Interstate 19 to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona, where it is being auctioned through GovPlanet, a surplus government equipment auction marketplace.

"They just started taking all the wall that was not used, which is still totally good and usable, and they started taking it northbound," the agent said. "They're pulling it all off the border."

Harold Lambeth, the owner of the trucking company, confirmed to The Daily
Wire in a phone call that his company is transporting the unused border wall sections north away from the construction sites. He said he is unable to disclose further information about the work.

Video of the GovPlanet auction site where the material is being taken shows seemingly endless piles of unused border wall material. Another video, taken from one of the construction sites on the border, shows DP Trucking LLC
trucks passing through with the same style of unused border wall stacked up the back of their flatbeds.

The auction website shows that sales occurred as recently as December 4 for precisely the types of materials being pulled off the border. GovPlanet has online auctions set for Dec. 11 and Dec. 18 for more of the border wall material, which is listed on the company's website as "32.91' X 7.91' Steel Bollard Wall Sections w/Grout."

The bidding for each section of wall panels is set to begin at only $5.00, according to the website.

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Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), whose congressional district borders the Pinal Airpark where the material is being sold, said the Biden administration is "purposefully hamstringing" Trump before he takes office.

"The Biden Administration is well aware they shouldn't have reversed the construction of the border wall. If it's true, they're purposefully hamstringing an incoming president, it wouldn't be shocking," Crane told The Daily Wire. "Why would they want to see President Trump succeed with policies they aggressively sabotaged?"

The long-time border patrol agent has seen political fights play out over the border before, and believes that the Biden administration is trying to stymie Trump's ability to quickly secure the border as soon as he returns to office.

"When Trump comes back, and he wants to start the border wall all over again, the whole entire funding fight is gonna happen again," the agent said.
"That's their play. He's gonna have to fight for this -- again."

The Customs and Border Protection Agency referred The Daily Wire to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the latter had jurisdiction over the
materials until they are erected. From there, The Daily Wire was referred to the Defense Logistics Agency, where an official said the standing policy is
to refer all media requests on this to the public affairs team at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A member of the public affairs team declined to respond to inquiries.

Trump is expected to use an executive order to unlock funds to restart construction of the border wall that was halted under Biden, with
anticipation that it could be one of his day-one actions.

Crane, the Arizona congressman, says the last-minute fire sale by the Biden administration is "a direct affront to the will of the people."

"The American people gave President Trump a mandate in November, which included the fulfillment of his plans to secure the border," Crane said. "Any last-ditch attempt to obstruct this mandate by the Biden Administration would be a direct affront to the will of the people."

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of
border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump's effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned.

But when Trump does petty shit like this, Dems lose their minds.

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