Thanks to José Niño for having me on his podcast. We had a rowdy time recapping the sordid history of the FBI and so many crimes almost everybody has forgotten. The FBI has been subverting the Constitution and scoffing at federal law for more than a hundred years. You can listen to the 35 minute […]
St. Bartholomew Day’s Massacre 450 Year Anniversary
On this day in 1572, French Catholics slaughtered 30,000 Protestants in the streets of Paris. The French King and the Pope helped organize the carnage of the biggest religious massacre in Europe in the 1500s. Roughly half the Bovards living in Paris were killed in the bloodbath. Three surviving Bovards fled past drunken guards at […]
New York Post: Ruby Ridge Helps Explain FBI’s Gestapo Image
New York Post, August 24, 2022 Ruby Ridge, 30 years ago, helps explain the FBI’s ‘Gestapo’ image By James Bovard In the wake of the massive raid at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, politicians and pundits are hectoring Americans to blindly trust the FBI. “The men and women of the FBI,” Attorney General Merrick Garland proclaimed, […]
New York Post: “Aviator Joe” Latest Media Farce
New York Post, August 18, 2022 Pundits Cheer ‘Aviator Joe’ Biden while ignoring the real issues of his presidency By James Bovard Two months ago Thursday, President Joe Biden fell off his bicycle, spurring plenty of rude derision online. But he is wearing sunglasses now, which somehow symbolizes the resurrection of his presidency. Not just […]
New York Post: No Sainthood for Obama or National Archives in Trump FBI Uproar
Almost all the media coverage of the FBI Trump raid has ignored the perpetual failure of the Presidential Records Act to reveal presidents’ records. https://t.co/iwQnnN3KSo — James Bovard (@JimBovard) August 15, 2022 New York Post, August 15, 2022 There’s no sainthood for Obama, National Archives in Trump FBI raid uproar By James Bovard Accusations are […]
My First Bash on Presidential Records Act (2004)
Yesterday’s New York Post piece on the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home discussed why the Presidential Records Act was a sham. I have been hitting this theme for almost 20 years. Here’s my first piece on the topic – an excerpt from my 2004 book The Bush Betrayal (St. Martin’s Press). This article was […]
New York Post: FBI Trump Raid Exposes Washington’s Secrecy Shams
New York Post, August 9, 2022 FBI Trump raid exposes Washington’s secrecy shams By James Bovard FBI agents raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home Monday reportedly looking for boxes of classified material that Trump allegedly removed from the White House when his presidency ended in January 2021. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the raid showed […]