Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar accused the Biden Department of Justice of attempting to entrap and bribe him by setting up a false company and account during his indictment for allegedly taking nearly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank, according to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an interview clip shared on X between 3:45 PM and 4:15 PM UTC on December 7. Cuellar stated, "Yes, they did…They set up a false company, false account, they took out money...and they said this money was to bribe me," adding that the Biden administration "tried to entrap me and tried to bribe me." He told Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) of his request for an investigation into the prosecutors and their supervisors, as quoted in the X post by @BulwarkOnline during the 29-minute reporting window. In related political developments during the same period, incoming Border Czar Tom Homan stated there is "a large illegal community" in Minneapolis and affirmed that U.S. citizens have "nothing to fear" as operations target "criminal aliens," according to posts by @RapidResponse47 quoting Homan. A New York Times investigation published December 7 detailed how Biden advisers warned of "chaos" at the border but top aides took no action on recommendations, contributing to the immigration crisis during his presidency, as shared by @peterbakernyt on X in the reporting window. Separately, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized Tucker Carlson's live interview with Qatar's Prime Minister in Doha, where Carlson announced plans to "buy a place" there, accusing the discussion of driving a wedge between the U.S. and Israel, per Cruz's X post. @NeilPatelTDC described Qatar as a "bloodthirsty, terror-supporting slave state" from the event.
