Better in their words…

JEFF CHILDERS MAY 10, 2026

I get the sense that the administration is trying to do things the correct, legal way, so that things stick. mrossol

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As you know, my second job after lawyering is daily news commenter. My authorial analysis skills were forged during an extended period of extreme media malfeasance, starting with the pandemic and rolling right into Trump 2.0 hysteria. Years of applying legal analysis to what the media isn’t saying has produced several useful skills. One of them is a tingling feeling —notrunning up my leg, never fear— when I can sense something big moving behind the public stage. I can’t shake that sensation now. Let’s connect dots.

Our first item begins in the chíc Detroit suburbs. On Wednesday, Michigan’s Democrat Attorney General, Dana Nessel, charged a politically connected Detroit-area “nonprofit business leader” (whatever that means), Fay Beydoun, with sixteen felonies related to fraud and corruption. The Detroit News reported, “Campaign cash flowed as Fay Beydoun sought grant from state leaders.”

In short, Governor Whitmer appointed Beydoun and Hussein to a state-run board related to “business development.” The pair donated six figures to Democrat campaigns, including $100,000 to Governor Whitmer herself— an astronomical amount far exceeding campaign finance limits. (At the time, Whitmer’s office claimed that the limits could be exceeded for fighting recall elections, but later donated the money to Michigan’s Democrat Party.)

Then Beydoun and Hussein miraculously landed a $20 million (!!) “international business development grant” —for Middle EasternDevelopment— creating their brand-spanking-new nonprofit charity ten daysafter the Michigan legislature approved the funds.

The charity’s headquarters? Beydoun’s house. Then, and I know this will shock you, the state alleged the couple did not use the money for charitable purposes, unless you count high-end home appliances, fire pits, vacant lots, $550,000 annual salaries, and Tunisian “artisanal rugs” as ‘charitable purposes.’ Hey, they needed to redecorate the kitchen. Witnesses described the startup, Global Link, as doing “practically nothing.” Beydoun repeatedly filed fake but glowing progress reports, which the startup’s single employee called “imaginary.”

On Wednesday, AG Nessel filed a remarkable 41-page criminal affidavit. It was basically a tutorial on political graft, a veritable “How to Get Rich” book— getting rich using other people’s money. Out of the many details, I chose one particular allegation as perfectly representative of the bigger NGO-grift problem. As far back as March, 2023, the Detroit News published an exposé story about the fake charity headlined, “How to get $20M from Michigan Legislature without a lobbyist.”

Beydoun forwarded the exposé to a high-profile Democrat operative and lawyer, Hassan Beydoun (same last name, no relation).

Reacting to the exposé, Hassan LOLed and called Fay “a boss who learned how to work the system.” He advised, “My takeaway from these articles is pride in you … It’s about time that our community benefits from the same process that has benefited old and rich white guys for years.” For good measure, he added, “Screw the haters and double down on earning your fair share. It’s our time.”

In another example, the affidavit described Fay Beydoun’s handwritten notes preparing for a meeting with the Governor, in which she wrote there were to be “no negotiations with Republicans.” Shortly afterward, Beydoun’s partner, Sharif Hussein, texted House Speaker Jason Wentworth: “The Global Link project has been cleared by the Governor, and there will be no negotiations on the line item, and it will be understood that the agreement is in place to move forward.”

Now, all those awkward communications are in the public record. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

🔥 If something feels different about this story, that’s because it is different. Maybe unique. Political prosecutions by same-party AGs —especially at the state level— digging into the sausage‑making of a sitting governor’s budget deal, quoting internal texts about “no negotiations,” and exposing an ethnic‑political patronage network around a nine‑figure state budget are extremely rare, especially when the defendant is from the governor’s own broader coalition.

You might even call it a unicorn. Pink, mythical, and extremely inconvenient for the preferred narrative.

So what’s going on? AG Nessel’s affidavit mentioned Governor Whitmer repeatedly (she was involved at many points, and as mentioned, benefited from huge political donations), and carefully avoided casting any blame on Whitmer. If I had to guess —and I am only guessing— it would be that Nessel proactively prosecuted an egregious case that had already been in the Detroit News for three years to keep it out of federal hands.

In other words, they knew it would give Trump’s DOJ an opening if they did nothing, so Beydoun goes under the bus— in a case carefully managed by a friendly AG who can contain the fallout. Let’s keep it inside the family. Still, Whitmer —a leading Democrat 2028 Presidential candidate— isn’t even close to being out of the woods, as another Detroit News headline this week proved:

But set all that aside, and take a look at the next case from just this week.

🔥 Last week, the DOJ indicted Dr. David Morens, one of Anthony Fauci’s besties. The New York Times reported the story below the headline, “Former Fauci Adviser Indicted on Covid-Related Charges.” Morens was the midwit who emailed, in writing, about his ability to make emails disappear. Moron.

This week, Children’s Health Defense ran a story on its website titled, “Virologist Linked to Fauci Under FBI Investigation for Smuggling Dangerous Pathogens Into U.S.” It, in turn, cited a Substack —the Disinformation Chronicles— which published an “exclusive” on the story, which so far is only referenced in independent media.

Normally, I’d hold off until corporate media admitted the story. Though I cannot confirm it, the Substack’s report was loaded with very specific, falsifiable details, such as NIH placing Dr. Vincent “Hermann” Munster on leave and removing his name from the NIH website’s staff directory. According to the report, Dr. Munster is under FBI investigation for attempting to smuggle a scheduled virus —African monkeypox samples— through customs without the required notices and paperwork.

Dr. Munster studies bat viruses. His bio page is loaded with pictures of scientists posing with bats. He was also close to Fauci and EcoHealth Alliance. Now he’s probably attracted the attention of the FBI’s gimlet eye.

When you combine the known —Dr. Morens’ criminal indictment— with this credible independent report, and then add other reports that UNC’s Ralph Baric has been debarred by the NIH, you begin to see a possible anti-Fauci pattern emerging. If all this is accurate, the entire EcoHealth-Wuhan-NIH-collaboration triumvirate is now under federal scrutiny within about 12 months of Trump returning to office.

🔥 Social media concerns this week focused on the statute of limitations running out tomorrow on charging Fauci with perjury. For instance, Rand Paul, May 5th:

I’ll say two things about that legal premise. First, we’ll find out tomorrow whether DOJ charges Fauci with perjury despite his pardon. Second, if the pardon is going to be tested anyway, charges with longer SOLs —e.g., bioterrorism, conspiracy— remain on the table.

But more importantly, Fauci is retired and 85 years old. His reign of terror is over. Jailing him would be satisfying, for sure, and would probably be the right thing to do, but would have no practical effect. On the other hand, going after his extended criminal network of government and government-adjacent scientists is much more practical.

The pardon protected Fauci. It did not protect his org chart.

The indictment of Dr. Morens suggests a Fauci-network roundup may be quietly underway, and even more so if we assume this week’s independent reports about Dr. Munster and Dr. Baric are true. So that is deeply fascinating.

But this week delivered another one.

🔥 The third criminal science story (also ignored by corporate media) appeared two days ago in Atlanta News First, headlined, “Former CDC scientist accused of stealing $1M in grant money extradited back to US.” This one was confirmed on the website of the Office of Inspector General. It puts a bow on the first two stories, sitting squarely at the intersection of scientific fraud avenue and grant graft lane.

Danish researcher Poul Thorsen was arraigned Friday in Atlanta on federal corruption charges after being extradited from Europe for stealing $1 million in taxpayer money while working at the CDC. Prosecutors say Thorsen used forged CDC signatures to divert a $1 million grant earmarked for “autism and public health research” into his personal bank accounts. (He wasn’t really that smart.)

He was indicted in 2011, but the career scientist fled home to Denmark to avoid prosecution.

Get this— Poul Thorsen co-authored a 2003 Danish Study in the New England Journal of Medicine that became the single most-cited paper “disproving” the MMR-autism link. For 20 years, the establishment used Dr. Thorsen’s research to silence vaccine-injury parents. The lead author of the foundational ‘vaccine-safety’ paper turns out to be a federal grant forger.

Dr. Thorsen reportedly used the stolen grant money to buy a home in Atlanta, a Harley-Davidson, a luxury Audi, and for some reason, a Honda. He had hiding out in Denmark for over ten years before being arrested in Germany last June. The scientist now faces two counts of wire fraud and nine counts of money laundering and is being held without bail as a flight risk. The ‘vaccine-safety expert’ has no trial date yet.

The grant money was supposed to flow through a Danish public university. But Dr. Thorsen just wrote his own bank account number on the forms instead of the university’s. A local Fox5 report on the story mused, “it remains unclear how the falsified invoices went undetected by Aarhus University and the Danish government for four years.”

Nobody said Thorsen must have paid off someone in Denmark. They were just saying.

🔥 Next— what about all the Congressional resignations in the last three weeks? First, you’ll surely recall Representative Swalwell, who was also the Democrats’ leading candidate for California Governor. The Guardian, April 15th:

Seven days later, like it was any old Tuesday, CNBC blandly reported, “Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns, third House member to quit this month.”

Three-term Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) (if that’s her real name), abruptly resigned while campaigning for her fourth term. The hyphenated Congresswoman faces a pending criminal case in Miami District Court on charges of stealing $5 million in covid disaster relief funds allegedly for her family’s “health-care business,” at least some of which was then laundered into her 2022 congressional campaign.

Two days ago, it happened again. Local ABC affiliate WCVB-5 Boston reported, “Massachusetts lawmaker indicted on new fraud, tax charges.”

Cape Cod Democrat State Representative Christopher Flanagan, 37, of Dennis, Massachusetts, was indicted on eight counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of falsification of records and three counts of filing false tax returns. He used around $40,000 of a trade association’s money for personal purchases including: an air conditioner, paying off his credit cards, funding his political campaigns, making mortgage payments, ‘menswear,’ and —I am not making this up— a psychic, who obviously did not see this coming.

🔥 As I reported this week, the FBI raided a top Virginia state senator who was also the leading architect of Virginia’s failed $70 million gerrymandering operation. She’s been called “Virginia’s most powerful Democrat.” The New York Times ran a jolting story this week:

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the Lucas raid was part of an “ongoing criminal investigation.”

CLIP: CBS News asks AG Blanche about case against Senator Lucas (0:30).

The feds also raided Senator Lucas’s marijuana dispensary, which is located near her official offices. Just saying. We don’t know yet whether she was high when she came up with the redistricting plan.

What emerged since my original report a few days ago is that Senator Lucas was also a co-sponsor of the state’s cannabis dispensary law. After passing it, she opened up her own pot shop and cashed in. So.

In February, Republicans complained that her proposed Virginia political map was unfair to the state’s GOP voters. Senator Lucas responded, “You all started it, and we f—ing finished it.” She was wrong. Apparently, it’s not finished yet.

🔥 So, taken altogether, what do we have here? We might consider this week’s stories in light of the Administration’s brand-new Fraud Task Forceand the Medicare investigations canceling grants right and left. Fox News, April 15th:

Then stir in the indictment of Obama’s former FBI Director James Comey, the 2020 election investigations in Fulton County and in Arizona, the indictment of lawfare giant Southern Poverty Law Center, the investigations into ActBlue, the ongoing grand jury in Florida considering RussiaGate, and whatever Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is up to.

Could we be looking at the leading edge of an invisible tsunami, not yet reaching the mountain peaks (Obama, Hillary Clinton), but washing out all the unknown accomplices and confederates who made it all happen; a massive collar of corrupt government actors, donors, scientists, Somalians, and so on?

Last month, a 30-year DOJ veteran wrote in the Progressive Policy Institute that the current activity was “revenge prosecutions against political enemies unparalleled in U.S. history.” The combination of scale, directness, and simultaneous targeting of multiple institutional categories —law enforcement leadership, state attorneys general, sitting legislators, federal scientists, nonprofit organizations, and political fundraising infrastructure— is historically unprecedented.

As a daily news researcher, I see flashing alarms and gauges pegged out everywhere I look. I may have omitted a major part of the Democrat Polycrisis in my essay this week— the tidal wave of prosecutions mostly against sitting Democrat officials (though, to be fair, not only Democrats).

Notice the pattern: every one of these defendants put it in writing. Beydoun’s notes. Morens’ emails. Hussein’s texts. Lucas’s microphone. They didn’t bother covering tracks because they didn’t believe there’d ever be trackers. The culture of fraud is so pervasive they assumed they’d never be caught. It’s their kryptonite. They were correct until they weren’t. Their arrogance is what’s making their prosecutions possible.

Is all this “unparalleled activity” the visible portion of the great accountability movement that the Q-Anon folks have promised since at least 2018? It might not be executions and military trials, but something is happening. It’s not just Chris Matthews’ leg tingling this time.

The whole country is tingling.

Let me know what you think in the comments.

Enjoy a blessed Sunday and a joyful and rewarding Mother’s Day! Thank you, once again, for all your continuing loyal support for the C&C mission. We’ll reconvene tomorrow morning for more essential news and caffeinated commentary. Till then.

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