Far-Right ‘Tommy Robinson’ Cleared In Terror Case And Immediately Thanks Elon Musk
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The anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed billionaire Musk had funded his defense.
LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson was cleared on Tuesday of committing an offence under counterterrorism laws by refusing to give police his phone PIN, thanking billionaire Elon Musk who he said funded his defence.
Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain’s most high-profile anti-migration campaigners.
He was stopped by police in July 2024 as he drove through border security at the Channel Tunnel train terminal in southeast England.
Prosecutors told London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court at a trial last month an officer had become suspicious because of his demeanour, he was driving a high-value vehicle, a friend’s silver Bentley, and was heading to Benidorm in southern Spain having only bought a ticket on the day.
He and colleagues seized Robinson’s phone and asked him to provide the passcode to unlock it. But he refused, saying he was a journalist and it contained privileged material.
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For almost two months, Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session.
Responding to a friend's question about who else was “down there,” the child sex trafficker said, among others, “Trump.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to swear in Grijalva during the government shutdown, despite doing so previously for two House Republicans.
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Harry Enten said the “ginormous error” could go “down in political infamy.”
The "Last Word" host excoriated the president over his contradictory comments on social media over the weekend.
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The Fox News host delivered a lengthy monologue about the supposed dangers of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
In one message, Epstein said one of his apparent victims "spent hours at my house" with Trump.