The attack on a right-wing independent reporter at a Seattle anti-ICE protest has led to the arrest of a man who denies he is affiliated with Antifa but admits to being a left-wing activist.

Jeremy Lawson, 33, made a court appearance on Thursday after being accused of assaulting Cam Higby, who was covering the protests in June.

‘It’s a group of these Antifa guys. … I film them committing crimes, and they don’t like that.’

Higby told KOMO-TV he was left with a concussion and head trauma despite wearing tactical gear that included a helmet. He is still recovering from the alleged beating and says he went to the emergency room that night seeking medical attention.

Higby says he was targeted by left-wing activists because he was documenting their illegal activities.

“It’s a group of these Antifa guys,” he said to KOMO. “I film them committing crimes, and they don’t like that.”

Before his arrest, Lawson admitted to being a left-wing activist but claimed he was not connected to Antifa.

“I have nothing against Higby and wasn’t at the protest that night,” he claimed in a statement to the Center Square. “I am an IWW advocate (Industrial Workers of the World) and a Black Panther supporter and only want to unionize the working poor, create equality in the workplace and take back the means of production. … I’m in no way affiliated with Antifa.”

He also said that he’s lost his job because of the accusations.

Lawson is facing a charge of felony assault in the second degree.

“I hope it sends a message that people will eventually get caught, and I won’t be deterred from going into the field,” Higby said to KOMO.

KOMO included the video of the assault in their news report below. It shows Higby on the ground as he is assaulted, and then he defends himself with the use of pepper spray.

RELATED: Antifa and far-left agitators take over University of Washington building, start fire: Report

Prosecutors argued that Lawson was a safety risk based on messages he posted on social media as well as private texts to Higby that unnerved the victim.

In the exchange via text, a person identifying as Lawson used Higby’s legal name, which isn’t public. He then added that he wouldn’t rest until “justice was served” and made a reference to the neighborhood where Higby lives.

Prosecutor Jonathan Arnold also cited a message on social media where Lawson claimed innocence but added that he supported the assault of Higby.

A judge set his bail at $75,000. Criminal records show that Lawson pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and resisting arrest in a previous case.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Lawson vs cam higby, Assault on cam higby, Cam higby attack, Seattle anti ice assault, Politics 

Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, was fired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office this week — after being a prosecutor in the case against accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and later against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

But that’s not all she’s linked to.

“She also happens to be involved, or was involved, in the same district that was involved in the FBI raids on your home, your newsroom,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales tells James O’Keefe on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

O’Keefe, founder of O’Keefe Media Group, is notorious for his work exposing corruption at some of the highest levels via sting operations that often begin with a simple swipe on a dating app.

And the corporate and government entities O’Keefe targets have made it clear they are not fond of his work.

“What happened with me is they went shopping to eight different magistrate judges in 2020,” O’Keefe tells Gonzales.

“To try to get these secret subpoenas that are reserved for terrorists and traffickers, child traffickers, you know, drug traffickers, serious criminal conspiracies.”

“And they got these magistrate judges to grant them all these secret warrants to spy on me for a year. And then after spying on me, they went to another magistrate judge, Sarah Cave, and SDNY, and they presented probable cause,” he continues, noting that the document explaining why they raided his newsroom has been completely redacted.

“If you think your government is going to be transparent about sex traffickers, but they can’t even be transparent about why they raided a newsroom,” he says. “There’s only one thing that’s not redacted on this document. It’s a footnote that says — an FBI agent is writing this, and he says, ‘I have learned amongst other things that cell phones are capable of sending emails.’”

“So this is a clown show. This is not even serious. This is just absurd. Completely absurd,” he adds.

O’Keefe does have a theory as to why the documents regarding the raid of his home and business were fully redacted.

“In my case, with the redaction you just saw, there probably are confidential FBI informants at Project Veritas,” he tells Gonzales. “I was raided during the Project Veritas time. So the FBI has to protect the names of their sources.”

Despite the action taken against O’Keefe, he hasn’t given up on his mission to expose corruption in those the American people are told to trust — and is expanding it with his new series, “American Swiper.”

Want more from Sara Gonzales?

To enjoy more of Sara’s no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Sharing, Upload, Camera phone, Video, Free, Video phone, Youtube.com, Sara gonzales unfiltered, Sara gonzales, The blaze, Blazetv, Blaze news, Blaze podcasts, Blaze podcast network, Blaze media, Blaze online, Blaze originals, James o keefe, O keefe media group, Government corruption exposed 

Complaints about raucous parties at a Northern Maryland short-term rental led to an indictment of a Cameroonian immigrant for allegedly sending funds to support a separatist military group in his homeland trying to create a new nation named “Ambazonia.”

Residents of a neighborhood in Damascus griped to WBFF-TV about the constant parties at a for-profit rental where they witnessed people allegedly going to the bathroom in the open and shooting off fireworks.

WBFF spoke to the owner at the time, who dismissed the complaints in July 2024.

“If my neighbors have a concern, they should have written to me,” said Eric Tataw at the time.

In May, Tataw was indicted on charges related to funds, personnel, and weapons that he allegedly sent to the “Amba Boys” to support a campaign of violence against civilians in the effort to establish Ambazonia. Tataw, who has a large social media presence, allegedly sent at least $100,000 to the group, some of which was reportedly spent on acquiring AK-47s.

The militants are known for committing acts of mutilation called “Garriing” against civilians, and Tataw reportedly referred to himself as the “Garri Master,” or master of mutilation, according to prosecutors.

RELATED: Radical Islamists in Mali Recruit, Pay for Child Soldiers

WBFF reported that Tataw was also being held without bond for accusations that he raped a young woman and held her against her will.

Human Rights Watch praised the arrest of Tataw, as well as the arrest of another accused militant.

“While arrests like those of Tataw … may be steps in the right direction, justice is still painfully slow. Other alleged perpetrators of grave abuse, including government forces, should be brought to account for the serious crimes committed against civilians in Cameroon,” the group said in a statement.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Camaroon separatists, Eric tataw, Ambazonia, Garri master, Politics 

Shortly after Donald Trump shocked the world by winning the 2016 election, the media and deep state actors began work to subvert his win. The public-facing campaign began when BuzzFeed published an unvetted dossier compiled by a former British spy at the behest of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

To recap, the Clinton campaign funneled money to the Democratic National Committee, which hired a law firm to then hire an opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, which hired former British spy Christopher Steele to compose the since-debunked briefing.

‘The integrity of our democratic republic demands that every person involved be investigated and brought to justice to prevent this from ever happening again.’

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is now alleging that the campaign-funded document formed the basis of a “treasonous conspiracy by officials at the highest levels of the Obama White House to subvert the will of the American people and try to usurp the President from fulfilling his mandate.”

“Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016,” Gabbard wrote on X Friday, “intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President [Donald Trump], subverting the will of the American people and undermining our democratic republic.”

The documents show around the beginning of December 2016, the U.S. intelligence community compiled an assessment for then-President Obama concluding, “Russia ‘did not impact recent U.S. election results’ by conducting cyber attacks on infrastructure.”

She added, “Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled ‘based on new guidance.’ This key intelligence assessment was never published.”

The documents point to Obama ordering FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to direct their agencies to “create a new intelligence assessment that detailed Russian election meddling, even though it would contradict multiple intelligence assessments released over the previous several months.”

The day after the reported meeting, leaks appeared in the Washington Post and NBC News. The DNI report details “whistleblower emails” it says prove Clapper and Brennan used the Steele dossier as the basis to put forward a false narrative.

RELATED: The Russian collusion hoax began, continued, and ended with Hillary Clinton

Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images

“This betrayal concerns every American,” Gabbard wrote. “The integrity of our democratic republic demands that every person involved be investigated and brought to justice to prevent this from ever happening again.”

The DNI referred the newly revealed documents to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution.

Public reaction was swift. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said on X that the revelations show that “it was all a giant HOAX.” He then called on the Department of Justice to “investigate and prosecute.”

“This is surreal,” Gen. Mike Flynn, former national security adviser in Trump’s first term, said on X. “Here in America, the Director of National Intelligence @DNIGabbard is now stating emphatically that a former President of the United States @BarackObama attempted a coup against the @POTUS @realDonaldTrump.”

The full trove of documents released Friday can be found here.

This is a developing story.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Politics, James comey, Brennan, James clapper, Barack obama, Donald trump, Tulsi gabbard, Russia collusion, Russia hoax, Hillary clinton, Fusiongps 

A journalist is facing ridicule from online critics after he admitted that the anger of Trump supporters led to him taking “trauma leave” after the attempted assassination of the president in Butler, Pennsylvania.

CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane told Chuck Todd that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had to miss work because of what he experienced on July 13, 2024.

‘You saw it in the eyes. The reaction of the people. They were coming for us.’

“For those of us there, it was such a horror, because you saw an emerging America,” said MacFarlane.

“And it wasn’t the shooting, Chuck. I got diagnosed with PTSD within 48 hours. I got put on trauma leave, not because, I think, of the shooting, but because — you saw it in the eyes, the reaction of the people. They were coming for us!” he continued.

“If he didn’t jump out with his fist, they were going to come kill us!” he added, referring to the president.

“I know,” Todd responded.

RELATED: Reporter who was ‘body-slammed’ says he was ‘flabbergasted’ by GOP congressman-elect’s statement

Video of MacFarlane’s comments were posted on social media, where they quickly went viral.

Many ridiculed MacFarlane for focusing on his own trauma rather than the tragedy of the innocent bystander who was killed or the attempt on the president’s life.

“He’s the real hero!” joked Greg Gutfeld about MacFarlane on his late night show.

“He is,” responded panelist Joe DeVito. “And I hope he got some other good medical advice from his gynecologist!”

A government accountability report released by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Saturday suggested that a campaign staffer compromised the president’s safety in Butler when he or she made the Secret Service deviate from its security plan for the sake of optics.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Cbs scott macfarlane, Trump supporters butler pa, Trump assassination attempt, Trumpers vs media, Politics 

A “horrific incident” on Friday morning at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles, California, resulted in the deaths of several deputies.

Sources told ABC News that the victims were Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employees killed in a blast while handling explosives. The news outlet described the Los Angeles facility as a Special Enforcement Bureau compound that also houses the bomb squad.

‘There’s a lot more that we don’t know than what we do know.’

Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that at least three are dead.

Bondi wrote in a post on X, “Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more.”

The sheriff’s department held a press conference in the early afternoon to shed some light on the incident, confirming that “three sworn members” who were on arson explosives detail were killed in a blast around 7:30 a.m.

Sheriff Robert Luna noted that the victims had served their community for 19, 22, and 33 years, respectively. He did not share their identities, stating that their families are still being notified.

“I’ve heard over and over the word ‘elite’ being used. I think sometimes that term gets overused. But if you’re familiar with our Special Enforcement Bureau, they’re the best of the best. And the individuals who work our arson explosives detail, they have years of training,” he said. “These aren’t people who don’t do this very often. They are fantastic experts, and unfortunately, I lost three of them today.”

RELATED: Homeless man makes ‘horrific’ discovery near dumpster at Los Angeles parking lot, police say

Photo by Omar Zaghloul/Anadolu via Getty Images

Luna reported that there were no other injuries.

“There’s a lot more that we don’t know than what we do know,” Luna declared.

He explained that approximately 30 minutes before the press conference, the scene was rendered safe for investigators to enter.

“Our intent is to look at this from the very beginning and figure out what is it exactly that caused this tragic event,” Luna said.

RELATED: Police find more incendiary devices at Tesla dealership amid wave of attacks

Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

He stated that “homicide detectives are on scene” to investigate the “post-blast portion of this incident.”

Luna described the area as a “very active crime scene.”

In response to a request for clarity on Luna’s statement about the Special Enforcement Bureau being treated as a crime scene, the sheriff’s office informed Blaze News, “It’s because of the loss of life. That’s why he termed it that.”

Law enforcement agents have not yet determined the cause of the explosion but noted that it was an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the community.

— (@)

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​News, Los angeles, La, Los angeles california, Los angeles county sheriff’s department, Lasd, Explosion, Politics 

BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler doesn’t expect a “whodunit” Epstein list full of elite criminals gift wrapped and dropped on her doorstep, but she does expect some answers — which is why she’s compiled a list outlining how she believes the American people can get them.

First on her list is getting Ghislaine Maxwell, who procured underage girls for Epstein, to testify before Congress.

“Worst-case scenario, she either tells lies or produces nothing. She just wants attention. Best-case scenario, she actually gives you leads to answer some of these questions that we don’t have answers to,” Wheeler explains on “The Liz Wheeler Show.”

Wheeler believes that another step the congressional hearings should take is inviting the forensic pathologists, who publicly stated that the wounds on Jeffrey Epstein’s body following his death were incongruent with the medical examiner’s findings, to testify as well.

“We were told he committed suicide. We were told it was suicide by hanging,” Wheeler says, citing one forensic pathologist’s belief that it was “homicide by strangulation.”

“Congress should invite them to testify, and they should question them, and then they should subpoena the medical examiner and the Bureau of Prisons, and they should say, ‘Okay, your findings have been contested,’” she explains.

Former Trump cabinet member and U.S. attorney Alex Acosta, whose original non-prosecution agreement in the Epstein trial stirred up widespread controversy, is another interesting character who Wheeler believes should testify in front of Congress.

Acosta’s emails mysteriously vanished after he alleged that he was told to steer clear of Epstein because he was an intelligence asset.

“For the love of all that is good, if this man said that, he must have had a basis for why he said that. Please edify us,” she says, noting that if Trump and Elon were to make up, Elon and his “DOGE bros” could “do a forensic analysis and find out what actually happened to Alex Acosta’s emails.”

“Let’s find out what happened to Alex Acosta’s emails because something tells me it’s not a migration issue,” she says.

William Burns is another mysterious player with ties to Epstein, and Wheeler believes he should be called before Congress as well.

“William Burns was the under secretary of state who, while he was the under secretary of state, met with Jeffrey Epstein three different times in three different locations, and very shortly thereafter became the CIA director,” she says. “His official narrative was, ‘Oh, he was just consulting with Jeffrey Epstein about, you know, transitioning to the civilian sector.’”

“No, something doesn’t ring true there. And if something doesn’t ring true, that person who said the thing that doesn’t ring true should be hauled in front of Congress and questioned about it,” she adds.

The executive branch also can play a role in getting the truth out to Americans. Wheeler says these include Pam Bondi “releasing these documents and keeping her mouth shut on Fox News.”

“There is also something that can be done by or with the judicial branch,” Wheeler explains, noting that Alan Dershowitz has claimed that he has seen the Epstein client list but cannot reveal it publicly because of nondisclosure orders.

“He said that there are several judges who have in their power the ability, I believe, to release him from those nondisclosure orders,” she says, before getting to her last point.

“So that brings us, of course, to this final thing that needs to happen in the process of accountability, and that final thing is a special prosecutor,” Wheeler concluded.

Much like Charlie Kirk’s proposal earlier this week, Wheeler’s suggestions are concrete, positive examples of actions the Department of Justice under Pam Bondi can take to restore the trust of the American people.

Want more from Liz Wheeler?

To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

​Sharing, Upload, Camera phone, Video, Free, Video phone, Youtube.com, The liz wheeler show, Liz wheeler, The blaze, Blazetv, Blaze news, Blaze podcasts, Blaze podcast network, Blaze media, Blaze online, Blaze originals, Jeffrey epstein, Pam bondi, Ghislaine maxwell, Alex acosta, Epstein files, The trump administration, Jeffrey epstein death 

An unnamed Missouri teen had been visiting friends in South Florida and was set Monday to return home to Kansas City on a Spirit Airlines flight out of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

‘I don’t believe he acted criminally. He was acting as an immature 16-year-old in my opinion.’

Flight 1332 was scheduled to depart at 2:37 p.m. Monday, according to flight tracker Flightradar24. However, the flight would not depart until more than five hours later — at 7:44 p.m. — due to an alleged disturbance in the cabin that ignited concern among passengers and crew members.

Authorities claim that a teen passenger made a false bomb threat.

The Miami Herald reported that the 16-year-old suspect said, “I have a bomb in my pocket.”

Spirit Airlines told WTVJ-TV that the commercial airliner taxied to a remote location, and passengers were safely deplaned. Law enforcement inspected the aircraft and cleared the plane after not finding any explosive devices.

People magazine reported that Spirit Airlines lost approximately $50,000 in connection with the incident.

RELATED: ‘My laptop is a bomb’: Florida man’s alleged mid-flight bomb threat forces emergency landing — now the FBI is involved

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies took the teen into custody.

The teenager faces charges of criminal mischief over $1,000 and false report of a bomb or explosive, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Herald noted that a woman who said she’s the teen’s mother indicated that her son was sitting on the plane as it was set to depart when he made the statement — and a woman in the aisle next to his seat reported it.

But the teen’s mother added to the Herald that her son is a “good kid” and that the remark was a “slang joke” about his masculinity and not a bomb threat.

The teen’s father asked a judge for leniency during a Tuesday hearing in juvenile court.

“I would just like to ask for grace in this matter,” Phillip Schmidt said, according to WTVJ. “I don’t believe he acted criminally. He was acting as an immature 16-year-old in my opinion.”

However, the judge was not swayed by this argument and ordered the teen to undergo a psychological evaluation and remain in custody at a juvenile facility.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Spirit airlines, Bomb threat, Fort lauderdale airport, Teen arrested, False bomb report, Air travel, Air travel emergency, Crime, Florida, Broward sheriff, Juvenile court 

The American hype train is real, according to Anduril founder and billionaire Palmer Luckey.

Appearing at the Reindustrialize Summit, Luckey seemingly proved the power of positivity makes nearly anything possible, and not in a cringey, motivational speaker sort of way, either. Rather, it is in the create robots, video games, and military warfighter technology kind of way.

In fact, Luckey found a way to corroborate his belief at the summit and showed it off in such a manner that was far more interesting than the movie “Real Steel.”

‘Hype is what allows you to get investment in these problems.’

With a Hawaiian shirt, khaki shorts, and an unsightly wig, Luckey delivered a 20-minute speech on the conference stage by remotely controlling a robot using virtual reality.

While the bot seemed a bit primitive by today’s expectations, basic movements were controlled by the billionaire from afar using just VR goggles.

“I finally pulled off my long-standing goal of speaking at a conference via VR telerobotics!” Luckey wrote on X. “Thousands of miles of travel saved, and no chance of Luigi.”

While the robot’s ability to shake a hand was suspect, Luckey’s message was not as static. The entrepreneur emphasized his goal of making a “Star Trek” future and said a lot of the ability to make that happen comes from “hype.”

RELATED: Palmer Luckey-led crypto bank promises startups a capital hoard safe from scheming feds

A lot of hype is “bad if you really let it break your thinking,” Luckey told author Ashlee Vance on stage.

While the billionaire explained that over-hyping a project and forgetting prime directives can result in “really playing yourself,” he clarified, “hype is what allows you to get investment in these problems.”

“Investors don’t want to hear, ‘It’s going to be a 20-year slog, and it’s probably not going to work out for us, it’s probably our other companies that are going to win,'” Luckey continued.

To that end, the Anduril boss said the “enormous power” of optimism can help drive innovation forward and produce real results. The example he provided was exactly the technology Luckey was showing off.

“I think the hype around virtual reality and augmented reality in the early 20-teens led to tens of billions of dollars in research and development. It would not have happened if people had been … a little less on the hype train.”

Luckey has indeed ventured into AR military equipment with this mindset and recently revealed his first project would be a military helmet called Eagle Eye, which gives Army soldiers access to advanced augmented reality systems that make them “superhuman.”

Luckey added at the conference, that while some will downplay the hype, he finds it hard to “get too upset” about hype happening “in a space like American manufacturing.”

RELATED: ‘Insane radical leftists’ are gone: Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey reunite for US military project

– YouTube

As for Luckey’s robotic stand-in, look no further than the Phantom robot from company Foundation.

Founder Sankaet Pathak said on X in early 2025 that his company has no issue with being at the forefront of the weaponization of robotics.

“Unlike most humanoid robot companies in the U.S., which have committed to non-weaponization, we believe it’s essential for our robots to master these tasks to support human expansion,” Pathak said, per MikeKalil.com.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

​Return, Anduril, Palantir, Tech, Vr, Industry, Augmented reality