Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Wednesday that he threatened to “kick ass” during a heated confrontation last year, while firmly denying reports that he threatened to punch the now-acting Director of National Intelligence “in the face.”
The unusual exchange emerged during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, where Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) pressed Bessent about reports surrounding a confrontation between the two Trump administration officials during the summer of 2025.
According to Bessent, one key detail in the widely circulated account was inaccurate.
Seijah Drake was born in Boston, MA, where she developed a penchant for writing early on and a passion for politics in college. After college she worked briefly for a conservative media in New York before relocating to the Greater D.C. Area to pursue a career in political marketing. She now resides in the free state of Florida.
Following last month’s news from Microsoft that the Justice Department (DOJ) seized Project Veritas’ emails, Apple and Google disclosed new information, shedding even more light on the alleged spying scandal.
In a new video, James O’Keefe says Apple and Google disclosed that between November 2020 and March 2021, the DOJ issued nine subpoenas to access Project Veritas employees’ Apple and Google accounts. The government went far beyond reading emails — to scrutinizing text messages, private photographs, browsing history and even location data. O’Keefe saliently pointed out that this included the identity of confidential sources, in the case of Project Veritas’ journalists.
Unfortunately, these tactics aren’t new or limited to activist groups, as he explains:
After the DOJ obtained Project Vertias’ emails, attorneys sent a gag order to Microsoft, preventing the company from telling Project Veritas that the government had access to its emails.
Prosecutors investigating the odyssey of Ashley Biden’s lost diary deliberately undermined the judge’s authority. She had appointed a neutral third party to ensure investigators followed her orders and that the government did not violate Project Veritas’ “journalistic privileges.”
Instead of arguing with the judge, federal prosecutors obtained gag orders against Microsoft from magistrates sympathetic to their cause. Of course, we now know that’s not all they did.
As was the case with Microsoft, the Justice Department compelled Apple and Google to keep their subpoenas secret.
Paul Calli, an attorney for Project Veritas, pointed out that the actions from the government were disproportionate, in addition to arguing the DOJ violated the Privacy Protection Act, the First and Fourth Amendments, and Common Law Reporter’s Privilege.
“By no reasonable measure can the wholesale seizure of newsgathering materials, attorney-client privileged communications, and irrelevant personal information be considered a proportional response to an alleged low-grade larceny, much less to a non-crime,” said Calli in Project Veritas’ motion filed in response to the disclosures from Microsoft.
The DOJ’s spying campaign represents the latest example of governmental misconduct in, what appears to be, a politically motivated investigation. President Biden’s Department of Justice has placed its crosshairs squarely on Project Veritas’ newsgathering activities pertaining to apparent allegations against then-candidate, Joe Biden, which were made by his daughter, Ashley Biden, in her diary.
“The government knows the truth: Project Veritas engaged in journalism protected by the First Amendment,” said Project Veritas founder and CEO, James O’Keefe, echoing a line from Veritas’ most recent court filing.
O’Keefe claims that Project Veritas received Ashley Biden’s diary from “tipsters” after she had left it abandoned. Ultimately, Project Veritas decided not to publish it because they couldn’t verify its authenticity.
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C., metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C., metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Wednesday that he threatened to “kick ass” during a heated confrontation last year, while firmly denying reports that he threatened to punch the now-acting Director of National Intelligence “in the face.”
The unusual exchange emerged during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, where Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) pressed Bessent about reports surrounding a confrontation between the two Trump administration officials during the summer of 2025.
According to Bessent, one key detail in the widely circulated account was inaccurate.
While he denied threatening.
Seijah Drake
Seijah Drake was born in Boston, MA, where she developed a penchant for writing early on and a passion for politics in college. After college she worked briefly for a conservative media in New York before relocating to the Greater D.C. Area to pursue a career in political marketing. She now resides in the free state of Florida.
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Following last month’s news from Microsoft that the Justice Department (DOJ) seized Project Veritas’ emails, Apple and Google disclosed new information, shedding even more light on the alleged spying scandal.
In a new video, James O’Keefe says Apple and Google disclosed that between November 2020 and March 2021, the DOJ issued nine subpoenas to access Project Veritas employees’ Apple and Google accounts. The government went far beyond reading emails — to scrutinizing text messages, private photographs, browsing history and even location data. O’Keefe saliently pointed out that this included the identity of confidential sources, in the case of Project Veritas’ journalists.
Unfortunately, these tactics aren’t new or limited to activist groups, as he explains:
After the DOJ obtained Project Vertias’ emails, attorneys sent a gag order to Microsoft, preventing the company from telling Project Veritas that the government had access to its emails.
Prosecutors investigating the odyssey of Ashley Biden’s lost diary deliberately undermined the judge’s authority. She had appointed a neutral third party to ensure investigators followed her orders and that the government did not violate Project Veritas’ “journalistic privileges.”
Instead of arguing with the judge, federal prosecutors obtained gag orders against Microsoft from magistrates sympathetic to their cause. Of course, we now know that’s not all they did.
As was the case with Microsoft, the Justice Department compelled Apple and Google to keep their subpoenas secret.
Per Project Veritas:
O’Keefe claims that Project Veritas received Ashley Biden’s diary from “tipsters” after she had left it abandoned. Ultimately, Project Veritas decided not to publish it because they couldn’t verify its authenticity.
O’Keefe then turned the diary over to the police.
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Patrick Houck
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C., metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
Patrick Houck
Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C., metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters. When not combing through the latest news, you can find him enjoying the company of family and friends or pursuing his love of photography.
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