A Florida male who allegedly distributed child pornography worked as school district counselor for special needs children.Miami-Dade police said the investigation into 62-year-old Robert Lee Turner began after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The tip claimed that Turner had distributed two videos containing child sex abuse content, according to police. 'Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the disturbing allegations.' Law enforcement officials tried to serve a warrant at Turner's home, and he allegedly tried to stall them by barricading himself in his bathroom. As a result, they arrested him and charged him with resisting arrest. During the search, police discovered Turner allegedly sent the two child sex abuse videos to about 50 people online. They described the videos in disturbing detail in the charging documents and said Turner allegedly responded to one of the videos by commenting, "yummy." He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on five counts of child pornography/sexual performance by a child and two counts of sexual performance by a child. Turner on Tuesday appeared in court with visible injuries and wearing a safety smock. A judge ordered a $28,000 bond but said Turner would have to wear a GPS monitor and be on house arrest if released. He also was ordered to avoid contact with children and was allowed to use the internet only to consult with his attorney. The district released a statement indicating that Turner was fired without confirming what position he held: “Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the disturbing allegations made against this individual. This type of behavior will not be tolerated. As such, the individual’s employment with the District has been terminated. and he will be precluded from seeking future employment with M-DCPS.”However, Miami-Dade Police Department Det. Andre Martin told WSVN-TV that “Robert Lee Turner is a counselor for Miami-Dade Public Schools. He traveled from school-to-school within the school district and has been in contact with numerous children. What’s even more disturbing is he was a counselor for children with special needs, who tend to be the most vulnerable of our juvenile population.”Meta has taken down Turner's Instagram account. A video news report from WPLG-TV showed Turner at his first court appearance. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Longtime Democrat leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland is now recovering after suffering a "mild" stroke over the weekend.On Sunday night, Hoyer, 85, "experienced a mild ischemic stroke and sought medical treatment," according to a statement from his deputy chief of staff, Margaret Mulkerrin.Hoyer has been a mainstay in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than four decades.As the New York Post noted, Mulkerrin's statement did not clarify to which hospital Hoyer was taken or how long he remained there. However, Mulkerrin did add that Hoyer "has responded well to treatment," "has no lingering symptoms," and that he "expects to resume his normal schedule next week."Mulkerrin's statement also extended thanks to the entire "medical team" on behalf of Hoyer and his family.The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute reported that the vast majority of strokes — fully 87% — are ischemic, meaning they involve blockages that prevent the brain from receiving normal blood flow, WBAL-TV reported.Hoyer has been a mainstay in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than four decades. After spending a few years in the Maryland Senate, Hoyer won a special election in 1981 for the seat representing his state's fifth congressional district.Since then, Hoyer advanced so far in his party's ranks that he eventually became House majority leader from January 2019 until January 2023. An ardent Democrat partisan, Hoyer was also a key figure in the two impeachments of former President Donald Trump, calling the first impeachment investigation "a duty to the country, to the American people, and to the Constitution of the United States."To this day, Hoyer remains in Congress and is still an active member of the House Appropriations Committee.Both legislative chambers are currently on August recess, even though a federal statute requires an August recess only during odd-numbered years.This stroke is not Hoyer's first medical scare, the Post reported. In 2018, while he was still majority leader, he was hospitalized after developing pneumonia. He also contracted COVID-19 in 2022.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

On Tuesday, acting Judge Juan Merchan rejected Donald Trump’s latest bid to compel the judge to recuse himself from the New York criminal case, one of the four indictments lodged against the former president. It is the third time Trump’s legal team has requested Merchan step aside.Trump’s recusal request alleged that the judge has a conflict of interest, citing Merchan’s daughter’s career. Loren Merchan works for a progressive political consulting firm whose clients include Trump’s political adversaries. Trump’s attorneys have claimed that Loren Merchan financially benefited from the New York criminal case overseen by her father. 'New York is trying to steal the Election!'According to Judge Merchan’s latest decision to reject the recusal motion, Trump’s lawyers provided “nothing new for this Court to consider.” Trump’s team argued that Loren Merchan’s ties to Vice President Kamala Harris, particularly now that Harris is running against Trump in the upcoming election, warrants Judge Merchan’s recusal. However, the judge stated that the “alleged relationship” between the presidential candidate and “a member of this Court’s family” is the “same argument” that was already made by the defense in the previous two recusal motions. Merchan stated that he found “no need to repeat the legal analysis” conducted as part of the first motion.“This Court now reiterates for the third time, that which should already be clear — innuendo and mischaracterizations do not a conflict create,” Merchan wrote in his rejection. “Recusal is therefore not necessary, much less required.” “Counsel has merely repeated arguments that have already been denied by this and higher courts,” Merchan continued. “Defense Counsel’s reliance, and apparent citation to his own prior affirmation, rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims, is unavailing.”The House Judiciary Committee recently launched an investigation into Loren Merchan over her father’s potential conflict of interest regarding his daughter’s work.Meanwhile, Trump is still subject to Merchan’s gag order, which prohibits him from publicly discussing court staff or their family members, which includes Loren Merchan.Trump responded to the judge’s refusal to lift the gag order in a post on Truth Social, stating that the restrictions are preventing him from answering reporters’ questions amid his presidential campaign.“Suppression and manipulation of the vote. Voter interference. This is the real Fascist ‘stuff,’ the old Soviet Union! So much to say, and I’m not allowed to say it. Must get U.S. Supreme Court involved. New York is trying to steal the Election!” Trump wrote.In May, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the New York case. Judge Merchan previously agreed with Trump’s motion to postpone sentencing until September after the Supreme Court ruled on the former president’s immunity claim in a separate federal case. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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