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The Irish Sun
11-07-2025
- The Irish Sun
Shamed coach George Gibney in wheelchair for court extradition case to agree Ireland return over 79 sex abuse charges
FORMER Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney appeared before an American court in a wheelchair today where he agreed to be extradited back to Ireland to face historical sexual abuse charges. Advertisement But Judge Irick said 'things have changed' and confirmed he had accepted Mr Gibney's signed affidavit which had been lodged overnight. The judge went through each line of the document with Mr Gibney, who was wheeled into After confirming under oath his name, Mr Gibney responded: "Yes", when asked by the judge: 'Do you admit you are the individual whom charges are pending against?' Advertisement READ MORE IN IRISH NEWS He also told Judge Irick that he did not have any His When asked by the judge if he understood that he could challenge the request to have him extradited and face the charges, Gibney replied: 'Oh, I will.' His attorney clarified to her client that while he could challenge the case against him in Ireland, he could not do so in the US, to which Gibney confirmed that he understood. Advertisement Most read in Irish News On Thursday night, Mr In the affidavit he asked the court 'to expedite my return, in custody, to Ireland'. WAIVER OF RIGHTS The document reads: 'I admit that I am the individual against whom charges are pending in Ireland and for whom process is outstanding there. 'I fully understand that in the absence of a waiver of my rights, I cannot be compelled to return to Ireland unless and until a court in the United States issues a ruling certifying my extradition and the Secretary of State of the United States issues a warrant of surrender.' Advertisement Mr Gibney went on to state that he has reviewed the complaint against him and that he fully understands his right to a hearing 'at which my counsel and I could challenge the extradition request presented by the Government of Ireland'. 'WAIVE MY RIGHTS' But added: 'I hereby waive my rights under the extradition treaty and the applicable sections of Title 18 of the United States Code, and agree to be transported in custody, as soon as possible, to Ireland, and to remain in custody of the United States Marshal pending the arrival of duly authorised representatives from Ireland.' Once details of his flights and his court appearance in Ireland have been arranged, he will be brought back to Ireland by the Two officers from the unit will travel to the US to bring him back to the Advertisement Before moving to America in 1995, Gibney was charged with 27 He took a 1 George Gibney faces 78 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape against four girls Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kristi Noem pressed Pete Hegseth to have the military arrest civilians
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tried to get a jump start on using the military to arrest protesters in Los Angeles, according to a newly unearthed letter. The letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle — got out in front of the White House in seeking to have the Pentagon order the U.S. Marines deployed in the city to arrest protesters who are opposed to the Trump administration's anti-immigrant raids. (CBS News has also confirmed the contents of the letter.) According to the Chronicle: A letter sent Sunday from Noem to Hegseth, obtained by the Chronicle, requested that the Pentagon give 'Direction to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them.' Even the Los Angeles Police Department, echoing statements by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, has expressed its view that the military isn't necessary to handle the demonstrations. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said he was confident the LAPD could handle the protests on its own, and that any failure to notify the department of the troop deployment would cause issues. 'The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles absent clear coordination presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city,' he said, adding: 'The Los Angeles Police Department, alongside our mutual aid partners, have decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstrations, and we remain confident in our ability to do so professionally and effectively.' The Chronicle reported that the administration provided two separate responses to news of the leaked letter: The first defended Noem's attempt to sic the military on civilians, and then the administration sent a second it said should replace the first. The second statement said, 'This letter was sent days ago, prior to the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of Defense meeting with the President. The posture of our brave troops has not changed. This is a whole-of-government approach to restore law and order. We are grateful to our military members and law enforcement who have acted with patriotism in the face of assault, taunts, and violence.' For the record, although the Trump administration has sought to portray violence and destruction at the protests as widespread, these demonstrations — like many others — appear largely peaceful, with only isolated incidents of destroyed property. But Noem's letter speaks to a growing thirst within the Trump administration to blur the line between the U.S. military and local law enforcement in ways that are alarming and potentially threaten civil liberties. Even now, the question of the military's rules of engagement for encounters with civilians seems hazy. The major general leading Trump's deployment of more than 2,000 National Guard troops and several hundred Marines told Reuters that service members are not authorized to conduct arrests, but he did suggest troops will be able to 'detain' people 'temporarily' — just as Noem requested. A layman might struggle to see the difference between the two. Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, offered up the most succinct response in a social media thread that lays out the threat posed by an administration that's deploying the military against its own citizens. 'The line between military and civilian government is one of the most critical protections for democracy,' she wrote. 'An army turned inward can quickly become an instrument of tyranny. That's why domestic deployment should be an absolute last resort.' This article was originally published on
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
ICE Barbie Asked Hegseth to Give Bombshell Order to Troops in L.A.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to instruct soldiers deployed to Los Angeles to help arrest rioters, even though the military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. In a leaked letter, Noem asked Hegseth on Sunday to have the Pentagon give 'direction to [Department of Defense] forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them,' the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Title 18 is the main code dealing with federal crimes and criminal procedure. 'This letter was sent days ago, prior to the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of Defense meeting with the President,' Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Beast. 'The posture of our brave troops has not changed. This is a whole-of-government approach to restore law and order. We are grateful to our military members and law enforcement who have acted with patriotism in the face of assault, taunts, and violence.' President Donald Trump has taken the extraordinary step of deploying 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles despite opposition from local officials. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has accused the president of intentionally 'sowing chaos' and sued to end the National Guard deployments, which he says are illegally militarizing Los Angeles. Legal experts told the Chronicle that Noem's letter is a 'grave escalation' that could be a sign the Trump administration is planning to invoke one of the most extreme emergency powers available to a sitting president. The Daily Beast has also reached out to the Department of Defense for comment. A federal law known as the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits using federal troops for domestic policing, except when expressly authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. The main exception to the rule is the Insurrection Act, a compilation of statutes that allows the U.S. president to use the military to quash an armed rebellion or other insurrection, according to Lawfare. The letter could be viewed either as preparation to invoke the Insurrection Act or as part of an effort to frighten people into staying home from the protests, national security law expert Stephen Dycus told the Chronicle. The Department of Homeland Security declined to say what legal authority would allow the military to arrest the rioters, or whether the president planned to invoke the Insurrection Act. The Insurrection Act was last used in 1992 to suppress the riots that broke out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of three white police officers who had severely beaten Rodney King, an unarmed Black man. Those circumstances were far different, though. Dozens of people had been killed in the riots, and both the mayor of Los Angeles and the governor of California had asked then-President George H.W. Bush to mobilize the National Guard. As of Tuesday, local officials said they had the situation in Los Angeles under control and that only minor injuries had been reported. The demonstrations were limited to a handful of relatively small areas, with most of the sprawling city operating normally. During a press conference on Sunday, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said the demonstrations had turned violent over the weekend, with rioters setting off fireworks at officers and throwing pieces of concrete at police. Video also shows the police using tear gas, flash-bangs, and non-lethal bullets to disperse crowds downtown. According to McDonnell, though, the National Guard was called in prematurely, and the people peacefully protesting the ICE raids during the day weren't the same ones rioting at night. Trump has nevertheless hinted he might invoke the Insurrection Act, Axios reported. 'The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators. They're insurrectionists,' he told reporters Monday. The president has also deployed about half as many troops to L.A. as he has sent to the entire southern border, reporter Steve Benyon pointed out in a post on the social media platform Bluesky. As of late May, about 9,115 active-duty troops had been sent to the border to assist with the president's mass deportation efforts, The Hill reported, compared to the 4,700 now headed to Los Angeles. Without the Insurrection Act, their mission is limited to protecting federal property and personnel. The letter that Noem sent to Hegseth also asked for 'drone surveillance support' as well as 'logistical support and the transportation of munitions' from Fort Benning in Georgia and another site in Wyoming, the Chronicle reported. The letter didn't specify what the weapons were for or why they were requested from those specific locations.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Noem Asked for Troops to Be Authorized to Arrest ‘Lawbreakers': Report
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants members of the U.S. military to have the authority to arrest protesters in Los Angeles. According to a letter obtained by The San Francisco Chronicle, Noem wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday requesting that he authorize 'DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them.' Noem's request came on the eve of Hegseth's announcement that the military would be mobilizing as many as 700 active duty U.S. Marines for deployment to the Los Angeles area, to potentially be used to tamp down anti-ICE protests. President Donald Trump inflamed the protests over the weekend by federalizing and deploying thousands of National Guard members to the city, while casting it as a war zone overrun by marauding criminals. Local authorities have affirmed that instances of violence and vandalism against property are not reflective of the overall tone of the protests as a whole. Noem wrote to Hegseth: 'We need … support to our law enforcement officers and agents across Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Federal Protective Services (FPS), as they defend against invasive, violent, insurrectionist mobs that seek to protect invaders and military aged males belonging to identified foreign terrorist organizations, and who seek to prevent the deportation of criminal aliens.' California Attorney General Rob Bonta wrote in the state's lawsuit against the Trump administration that 'the Posse Comitatus Act has expressly prohibited the use of the active duty armed forces and federalized national guard for civilian law enforcement,' and decried alleged plans to have Marines and National Guard troops 'accompany federal immigration enforcement officers on raids throughout Los Angeles,' and 'physically interact with or detain civilians.' The protests taking place in Los Angeles, which are now spreading throughout the country, are not in defense of immigrant criminality that is regularly sensationalized by Noem and the Trump administration. They are a reaction to the brutal, inhumane tactics the federal government has been implementing to target immigrant communities. In recent weeks, ICE has surprised migrants at immigration hearings, thrown teenagers on their way to volleyball practice in detention, ripped infants out of their mothers arms while conducting an arrest, and begun carrying out large scale round ups that — by the admission of Trump's 'immigration czar' Tom Homan — ensnare migrants with no criminal record. 'I feel like we are a case study for what happens when the federal government moves in and takes over power from the state government and from the local entities,' Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told ABC7 on Tuesday. Bass added that she had 'tried to explain to [Homan] that the last thing our city needs is the National Guard. 'If we needed the help, we would ask for the help. There's nothing unusual about doing that, but why did they need to take power away from the governor?' 'If the raids hadn't happened, we would not be looking at the violence in the street right now,' Bass added, noting that the ICE raids were creating a sense of fear in L.A.'s substantial immigrant community. Now the Trump administration seems to be actively attempting to inflame tensions even further by not only threatening to send active duty members of the military into the fray — but potentially giving them the power to act as law enforcement against civilians. Such a move hasn't been made by a president since 1992, when former President George H.W. Bush invoked the Insurrection Act during the Los Angeles riots that broke out after four officers charged in the beating of Rodney King were acquitted. 'U.S. Marines serve a valuable purpose for this country — defending democracy. They are not political pawns. The Secretary of Defense is illegally deploying them onto American streets so Trump can have a talking point at his parade this weekend,' California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote Sunday on social media. 'This is a red line, and they are crossing it,' he added. More from Rolling Stone Trump Finally Gets the Police State He's Been Craving for Years These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They're Taking on Trump Gavin Newsom Slams Trump's 'Weakness' After Arrest Threat Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
Newsweek
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Kristi Noem Urged Pete Hegseth and US Military to Arrest LA Rioters
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy the military in Los Angeles to arrest "lawbreakers" in the riots. In the Sunday letter, first obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, Noem asked Hegseth to direct the military forces to "either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them." She also requested the Defense Department send military drones and weapons to assist law enforcement during the riots which broke out after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out multiple raids across L.A. This is is breaking news. More updates to follow.
