FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A government and corporate watchdog group filed a complaint Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission against Berkshire Hathaway in connection with the arrest of the group’s chairman at a shareholder meeting for raising issues linking the names of Warren Buffett‚ Bill Gates‚ and Jeffrey Epstein. National Legal and Policy Center Chairman Peter Flaherty spoke at a shareholder meeting in May in support of a resolution requiring Berkshire Hathaway to have two different people hold the jobs of CEO and chairman of the board. Buffett currently holds both positions.  When Flaherty brought up Buffett’s financial support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ he noted that Gates‚ the billionaire founder of Microsoft‚ had traveled with Epstein‚ a convicted sex offender.  At that point‚ Buffett called for Flaherty’s ouster from the meeting‚ and Flaherty was arrested and charged with criminal trespass by police in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ even though his name was on the list of attendees for the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting.  Berkshire Hathaway‚ a multinational conglomerate holding company‚ is based in Omaha. Police detained Flaherty for about three hours. He waited‚ not in a cell‚ but on a bench with others who had been arrested. He paid a bond of $2‚500 to be released. Nebraska prosecutors dropped the charges shortly after the arrest.  “The almost instantaneous silencing of Mr. Flaherty at the very mention of Epstein obviously struck a nerve with the public that transcends political ideology‚ underscoring the widely held belief that the rich and powerful play by a different set of rules than ordinary citizens‚” says the SEC complaint filed by NLPC counsel Paul Kamenar.  “At the same time‚ however‚ Mr. Flaherty suffered great humiliation for publicly being manhandled‚ hauled out of the arena before thousands of Berkshire shareholders and arrested‚” the complaint continued. “His right to fully present his views to the shareholders who still had an opportunity to vote for the [National Legal and Policy Center’s] proposal and their right to hear his presentation were improperly curtailed by Berkshire‚ Mr. Buffett and his agents.” Flaherty said he has been involved in shareholder activism for 19 years‚ and had never before been arrested or had his microphone cut off when making a proposal.  The SEC has the jurisdiction to enforce its rules to prevent publicly traded companies from silencing shareholders‚ Flaherty said.  “The point of the complaint is to ask for relief from the SEC‚” Flaherty told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday. “We are asking for Berkshire Hathaway to cease and desist from doing this in future shareholder meetings‚ to acknowledge their actions constitute a violation of the rules‚ and order that my full remarks be posted on the website.” A Berkshire Hathaway spokesperson did not immediately respond to phone and email inquiries on Tuesday.  SEC-NLPC-BerkshireDownload Epstein is a convicted sex offender whose 2019 death in a New York jail while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges was ruled a suicide. He had close ties to elites in politics‚ business‚ and entertainment.  Buffett‚ the billionaire chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ is well-known for taking political stances on the Left‚ including for higher taxes on the nation’s top earners.  The National Legal and Policy Center was the sponsor of Proposal No. 8 at the May shareholder meeting. The proposal would have “[required] hereafter that two separate people hold the office of the chairman and the office of the CEO.”  At the meeting‚ Flaherty said that under the proposed change‚ Berkshire “would be less identified with Mr. Buffett’s personal political activities” and pointed to Buffett’s support for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ among other factors.  Under the meeting rules‚ shareholders have three minutes to speak for or against a resolution. Gates’ reported association with Epstein has been a subject of controversy.   During the May meeting‚ a Berkshire Hathaway employee interrupted Flaherty shortly after about a minute into his remarks. Then‚ someone cut off his microphone after Flaherty said‚ “We know how much Bill Gates cares about children. He met and traveled with Jeffrey Epstein many times after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes.” Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post EXCLUSIVE: Shareholder Arrested After Remarks About Gates‚ Epstein‚ Files SEC Complaint Against Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Agreement reached on hardline immigration bill that toughens deportation measures and limits access to welfare benefits as well as residency permits and citizenship. France’s National Rally leader Marine Le Pen declared an “ideological victory” as French President Emmanuel Macron compromised with conservatives on a bill that would toughen mass immigration laws. Macron had initially introduced a much more watered-down version of the bill last week‚ but was humiliated after it was rejected in parliament since the French president doesn’t have a majority. But Macron’s centrist party and the conservatives have now agreed on a more hardline immigration bill intended to strengthen France’s ability to deport foreigners. “Under pressure from National Rally voter‚ this bill will harden the conditions surrounding immigration‚” Le Pen told reporters at the National Assembly. Je remercie la gauche qui a permis que cette loi qui prévoyait une nouvelle filière d'immigration massive se termine en une loi qui durcit un peu les conditions d'immigration dans notre pays. Pour une fois que la gauche est utile à quelque chose. pic.twitter.com/0UhIVWFtusURGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &; contribute at DefendJones.com today!— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) December 19‚ 2023 “We can salute ideological progress‚ a ideological victory of the National Rally‚ because it will now be etched in legislation that there is a national priority‚” she said. The bill will make it harder for migrants to obtain residency permits and citizenship‚ bolster deportation measures for migrants deemed undesirable‚ and limit access to welfare benefits. However‚ it also aims to give “irregular” migrant workers access to temporary work visas. From Reuters: The French government had initially said this would be a carrot-and-stick legislation that would make it easier for migrants working in sectors that lack labour to get a residency permit‚ but would also make it easier to expel illegal migrants.In order to gain support from the right‚ however‚ the government agreed to water down the residency permits measures‚ while delaying migrants’ access to welfare benefits – including benefits for children and housing allowances – by several years.The French have long prided themselves on having one of the most generous welfare systems in the world‚ granting payments even to foreign residents‚ helping them pay rent or care for their children with means-tested monthly contributions of up to a few hundred euros.The far right and‚ more recently‚ conservatives‚ have argued these should be reserved for French people only. The deal agreed on Tuesday would delay access to housing benefits for unemployed non-EU migrants by five years.The compromise also introduces migration quotas‚ makes it harder for immigrants’ children to become French‚ and says that dual nationals sentenced for serious crimes against the police could lose French citizenship. Le Pen also added on X that while bill doesn’t go nearly far enough‚ it’s a step in the right direction for Macron’s government. “This little law‚ which deserves neither excess praise nor excess opprobrium‚ can as it stands be voted on by the National Rally‚” she wrote‚ adding‚ “we will have the opportunity to do much more and much more effectively when we come to power.” La seule chose qui m'intéresse‚ c'est l'intérêt de la France et des Français. Cette petite loi‚ qui ne mérite ni un excès d'éloges ni un excès d'opprobre‚ peut en l'état être votée par le Rassemblement National. pic.twitter.com/yEusfaSLio— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) December 19‚ 2023 Unsurprisingly‚ the left-wing parties in France vehemently opposed the bill‚ claiming it violates the rights of the migrants. Macron has not commented on the deal as of this writing. Political pressure to address the migrant crisis in France has reached a fever pitch amid skyrocketing violent migrant crime across the country and overwhelmed social services. Follow Jamie White on X | Truth | Gab | Gettr | Minds

Court argues Trump is barred from serving office because he engaged in an "insurrection" at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6‚ 2021. Alex Jones responds to Colorado Supreme Court removing Trump from the 2024 ballot: Breaking! Democrats Officially Steal 2024 Election.Remove Trump from Colorado Ballot pic.twitter.com/siIB00ry65— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) December 19‚ 2023 The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding office once again‚ citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. As part of Democrat-led court’s ruling‚ Trump will be removed from the state’s 2024 ballot. “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution‚” the court wrote.URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray &; contribute at DefendJones.com today! “Because he is disqualified‚ it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. The court stays its ruling until January 4‚ 2024‚ subject to any further appellate proceedings.” Trump’s legal team is expected to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling comes following a lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in September claiming Trump should be disqualified from the ballot under the 14th amendment for his actions allegedly taken during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6‚ 2021. CREW is headed by Noah Bookbinder‚ who was appointed to the DHS’s Advisory Council in March of 2022 by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace last month agreed with the claim that Trump “engaged in insurrection” but ruled that he still can appear on the Centennial State’s 2024 Republican presidential primary. President Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung released a response blasting the court’s ruling as a “scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden.” “Unsurprisingly‚ the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump‚ supporting a Soros-funded left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice.” 🚨Trump Campaign Statement on the unAmerican Colorado Supreme Court Ruling pic.twitter.com/LSYBhauBNd— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) December 19‚ 2023 “Democrat Party leaders are in a state of paranoia over the growing‚ dominant lead President Trump has amassed in the polls. They have lost faith in the failed Biden presidency and are now doing everything can to stop the American voters from throwing them out of office next November.” “The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits‚” the statement concluded. George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley observed the ruling “ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory” pertaining to the 14th Amendment‚ adding their decision is “dead wrong.” …This ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory. They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of “first impression.” My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view…https://t.co/lGhv9je2a7— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 19‚ 2023 This is blatant election interference and a disenfranchisement of Colorado voters who should make their own determination of who should be the next President of the United States. Read the court’s ruling: Follow Jamie White on X | Truth | Gab | Gettr | Minds