The Daily Herold: 10/23/26 - FBI Shadow Government Charges, Alaska Senate Fight & Struggle Sessions
Jon Herold breaks down the DOJ charging two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Flores and Bradley Benavidez, with lying to Congress about the Foreign Influence Task Force's role in the Hunter Biden investigations, including Flores' message that she was 'basically running a shadow government' across the FBI. Jon explains why lying-to-Congress cases in front of a DC jury feel like low-hanging fruit next to the bigger crimes, and what happened to Durham and the Florida grand jury. He also covers the DOJ suit to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if Senator Dan Sullivan narrowly…
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