Washington, D.C., Councilmember Trayon White Sr. was recently arrested for allegedly facilitating a $156,000 bribery scheme. White, a Democrat, has been representing D.C.’s Ward 8 since 2017, and he recently won the Democratic primary in June.White is accused of using his position in office to pressure government employees to extend contracts in exchange for cash payments, the Department of Justice announced Monday.‘What you need me to do, man?’A criminal complaint revealed that White was charged with bribery for allegedly accepting money and other items of value in return for using his position to pressure employees at the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services to extend several contracts valued at $5.2 million.Since June, White has allegedly received four payments totaling $156,000 from the owner of two unnamed companies. According to the complaint, an arrangement between White and the contractor was caught on video. White allegedly accepted $35,000 from the company while it was “working covertly under the auspices of the FBI.”According to the affidavit, video footage captured White asking the contractor, “What you need me to do, man?”“I don’t wanna feel like you gotta gimme something to get something,” White continued before taking an envelope of money from the contractor, according to the filing. “We better than that.”The affidavit claimed that the contractor agreed to give White a 3% cut of the government contracts he helped to extend.A spokesperson for the D.C. city council told NBC News that White was arrested around 2 p.m. on Sunday. He was released from custody the following day after his court appearance. His next court date is slated for September 19. The spokesperson noted that the council was unaware of the investigation ahead of White’s arrest, the news outlet reported.U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves stated, “Because the investigation into the alleged bribery scheme involved contracts that could soon be awarded and other potential official acts that could be taken, our Office took swift steps to address the alleged crimes we were investigating.”A spokesperson for White did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News. White’s attorney declined to comment, the Washington Post reported.Earlier this year, White’s campaign committees were hit with a $40,000 fine from the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance for allegedly failing to provide requested documents to rectify expenditure and contribution discrepancies. A spokesperson for White’s office stated that the councilman appealed the fines, the Post reported.White previously garnered national attention in 2018 when he was accused of spreading an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory when mentioning the Rothschilds in a video he posted on social media.In the video, White said, “Man, it just started snowing out of nowhere this morning, man. Y’all better pay attention to this climate control, man, this climate manipulation. And D.C. keep talking about, ‘We a resilient city.’ And that’s a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man. Be careful.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A 55-year-old male is accused of grabbing a 15-year-old by the neck and throwing him to the floor of an In-and-Out Burger in Loveland, Colorado, earlier this month — and much of the incident was caught on video.Police said officers arrived at the In-and-Out at 1450 Fall River Drive at 1 a.m. Aug. 4 and spoke to a 15-year-old male who said he and two friends were inside the restaurant splashing water on each other when a woman was accidentally splashed.The suspect was facing charges of second-degree felony assault-strangulation and misdemeanor child abuse, police said.Police said "the juvenile male approached her table to apologize when an adult male accompanying the woman suddenly grabbed him, placed both hands around the front and back of his neck, pulled him down to the table and threw him backward onto the floor."The adult male then is heard telling the teen, "Apologize! You don't treat a lady that way! Say sorry."Police said the adult male and female left the restaurant before police arrived, and officers spent the next week interviewing witnesses and reviewing videos showing "different views of the incident." Police said witnesses came forward and identified the male suspect while officers confirmed the suspect’s identity after gathering more information and reviewing local records.Police said they presented the case on Aug. 9 to the Larimer County District Attorney’s Office, and on Aug. 13 a no-bond arrest warrant was issued for Lucas N. Kalisher of Loveland. The suspect was facing charges of second-degree felony assault-strangulation and misdemeanor child abuse, police said. The no-bond designation typically means the suspect cannot be released by paying bail. Kalisher turned himself in to Larimer County Jail the same day the warrant was issued, police said. The Associated Press reported Friday, Aug. 16, that Kalisher's bail was set at $75,000. His name didn't show up in a jail records check Monday; it appears Kalisher has bonded out of custody. His next court date is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23, the AP said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A couple of weeks ago, Glenn Beck had British independent journalist Tommy Robinson on the show. Of course, if you look up Robinson online, he’s not referred to as an independent journalist but rather as an “anti-Islam campaigner” and a “far-right extremist.” Why such nasty descriptors? Because Robinson has committed the unforgivable crime of using his so-called freedom of speech to call out a radical leftist government — specifically on the issue of illegal immigration. When a 17-year-old, who some falsely believed was a Muslim immigrant, stabbed three young girls in the U.K., riots broke out across the nation, and Robinson, due to his outspokenness regarding the U.K.’s crisis at the border, was largely blamed for igniting the conflagration. And now Glenn is apparently in the crosshairs for merely interviewing Robinson, as his interview with Robinson has been censored. — (@) “YouTube has taken away some of our freedoms ... because we dared to have a newsmaker on,” he says. Playing a clip of the interview, Glenn proves that Tommy has actually spoken out against the violence that British officials have pinned on him. When Glenn asked Tommy if he was “calling for the rioting, the burning of buildings, and the bricks through windows,” Robinson responded: “I made a video, and I've cut together all the things I've said: 'Do not be violent. You're a moron if you're burning things. Put the bricks down. You're ruining everything.' I have appealed for calm, peace, and love from the start of this, but the truth doesn't matter because my name is banned from Facebook; my name is banned from Instagram; I'm banned from TikTok. So they can tell the public whatever they want, and they're currently saying that I am the instigator of all this violence.” According to Glenn, the reason the interview has been censored is because “YouTube is taking their marching orders from the European Union.” “We now all have to comply with Europe’s standards,” despite the fact that YouTube is an American company. The message Glenn received from YouTube following the censoring of the video stated: “YouTube doesn’t allow hate speech, and in some cases, content that is potentially controversial or offensive. It may remain up, but with some features disabled.” Not only can you not share the video, read the comments, or make a comment, but the video itself cannot be accessed via the Blaze Media article that addressed the interview. “This is a digital ghetto,” Glenn condemns. “YouTube, telling the truth is not inciting violence. Telling the truth is not controversial, and if it’s offensive, get over it.” To see the rest of his scathing commentary, watch the video above. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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