On Monday's "The Right Squad," the panel discussed the investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James and comments made by former President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, during a recent interview.

REPORTER: "Do you know what the chain of command is now?"   

D.C. POLICE CHIEF: “What does that mean?".. 🏁

LATEST: Authorities continue looking for 2 armed suspects who stole at least 3 cars, including a big rig, during a wild police chase across Los Angeles Sunday night. New surveillance video shows their escape.

EXCLUSIVE: Oklahoma emptying jails and prisons of illegal aliens

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3496748/oklahoma-emptying-prisons-illegal-immigrants-budding-ice-partnership/

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The Los Angeles Police Department’s Force Investigation Division is investigating an Officer-Involved Shooting that occurred in Newton Division.

On June 28, 2025, at around 10:50 p.m., Newton Gang Enforcement Detail uniformed officers were in the area of Avalon Boulevard and 42nd Place when they observed the suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Ismael Hernandez, walking in the roadway armed with a handgun. As the officers drove toward Hernandez, he raised the handgun and discharged two rounds and an Officer-Involved Shooting occurred.

Hernandez was struck by gunfire and fell to the pavement. Officers rendered aid to Hernandez until the arrival of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) who transported him to a local hospital, where he remains in stable condition.

A victim, who was involved in a physical altercation with Hernandez, prior to the OIS, was treated at scene by LAFD personnel for a minor injury. Force Investigation Division (FID) investigators determined Hernandez had threatened that victim and fired a handgun in his presence at the onset of the incident.

No officers or other community members were injured during this incident.

A blue steel, Rossi .38 Special revolver was recovered at scene and booked as evidence. The cylinder of the revolver contained five spent cartridge cases.

Karoline Leavitt: "According to brand new numbers released this morning from CBP, illegal crossings have fallen to all-time lows once again."

BREAKING: A federal appeals court allowed Department of Government Efficiency-affiliated teams access to potentially sensitive data on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court that had blocked that access in February.

Details: https://nyti.ms/4mgMdDc

Karoline Leavitt: "Yesterday, POTUS took bold action to finally restore Law and Order right here in our nation's capital... Last night, approximately 850 officers and agents were surged across the city. They made a total of 23 arrests..."

Karoline Leavitt: "If law enforcement officers encounter a criminal in this city, and they are an illegal alien, of course the appropriate measures to detain and deport that individual will be taken — as they should."

Karoline Leavitt: "Not many of you picked up on this, but the United States Park Police has actually done remarkable work in terms of removing homeless encampments from the city. Since POTUS signed this executive order in March, 70 homeless encampments have been removed..."

Karoline Leavitt says D.C. homeless can be taken to a homeless shelter and offered addiction and/or mental health services: "If they refuse, they will be susceptible to fines or to jail time. These are pre-existing laws that are already on the books. They have not been enforced."

Karoline Leavitt: "POTUS has already said he wants to see Adam Schiff held accountable for the countless lies he told the American people in relation to the Russiagate scandal... This Administration is taking accountability very seriously."

Watch: Pacific Coast in the Malibu area, today 8:30 AM. Over 8 months after the fire, zero construction.

Rest in Peace, Police Officer David Rose of the Dekalb County Police Department in Georgia. End of Watch: August 8, 2025.

Officer Rose was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served with the Dekalb County PD for 11 months.

He is survived by his expectant wife and two children.

The FBI sends our prayers and condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues — and we will offer our full support.

Honor our fallen.

FBI Director Kash Patel

🚨Do you know there’s a new illicit drug out there that’s deadlier than fentanyl?

Warn your family and friends about Nitazenes, let’s save lives.

NEW: 8/7/25: A TxDPS Trooper stopped a Honda Accord on US-277 in Maverick Co.

The driver, Robin McClanahan of Austin, TX, denied consent to search. A USBPChiefDRT K-9 alerted to the vehicle, and a search revealed two illegal immigrants from Ecuador & Guatemala concealed in the trunk.

McClanahan & passenger Myndi Mae Jordan of Fort Worth, TX, were arrested & charged with Smuggling of Persons. The illegal immigrants were referred to USBP.

DPS Troopers continue to combat criminal smugglers & disrupt activity along highway corridors as part of

Lt. Chris Olivarez

Media and Democrats try to claim a 35% drop in DC crime 2023-2024 is a trend in DC, when it’s just year over year and it’s more like a one-hit wonder song. DC crime is down only about a third of that, 13.6% and violent crime is down 16.8% since 2019, the year before everything went haywire due to pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Plus there are a lot of problems with the DC data including cooking the books accusations, as we reported last week.

Crime spiked higher in 2020 especially violent crime (particularly homicides) amid mass unemployment from pandemic shutdowns, school closures, defund police, delayed court cases amid court shutdowns, jails reduced populations to stop infections, and routine policing decreased due to infection risks.

Plus the DC Metropolitan Police Dept. has been accused—particularly by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)—of instructing officers and supervisors to downgrade serious offenses, such as aggravated or felony assault, to less-severe charges to make it appear that “violent crime” is decreasing.

MPD Commander Michael Pulliam was placed on administrative leave after accusations surfaced that he altered crime statistics in his district.

And there’s this: The Daily Caller says DC’s official “violent crime” totals exclude other forms of assault, like aggravated or felony assault not involving weapons.

These omissions can significantly understate crime levels, as FBI data (which include a broader range of assaults) shows a much smaller decline in violent crime.

FBI data indicates only a 10% drop in violent crime for 2024, not the 35% claimed by the city, due to MPD’s narrower assault classification.

The California Department of Justice report is being used in a “name-and-shame” effort against GLOCK, Inc., and their popular handguns.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/nssf-antigun-politicians-california-popular-crime-guns

Gifford Fire: Morning Quick Facts
August 12, 2025
Size: 122,065 acres
Containment: 33%
Personnel assigned: 4,808

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/calpf-gifford-fire

Los Padres NF

WATCH JUVENILES IN DC strategizing what crimes to commit—between armed robbery, armed carjacking, and murder—since they're too young to be tried as adults.

“He's saying he'd rather commit murder than armed robbery … armed robbery is what we're doing!”

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