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35-Year-Old Domestic Terrorist Who Firebombed UC Berkeley and Oakland Federal Building Gets Nearly 20 Years in Prison — Admits He was Inspired by Hamas Attack

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Surveillance footage shows radical leftist arsonist Casey Robert Goonan igniting a UC Berkeley police vehicle with Molotov cocktails in June 2024.

35‐year-old Casey Robert Goonan has been sentenced to 235 months — nearly 19.6 years — in federal prison for a string of firebombing attacks targeting UC Berkeley and the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland. The court formally designated him a “domestic terrorist.”

According to the plea agreement, Goonan admitted that in June 2024 he carried out a series of coordinated arsons and attempted firebombings.

On June 1, Goonan placed a bag containing six Molotov cocktails under the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department patrol car near the UC Berkeley campus, lit it, and fled. The vehicle caught fire.

On June 11, Goonan traveled to the Oakland federal building, carrying three Molotov cocktails, tried (by throwing rocks) to break windows so he could lob devices inside, but was thwarted by security. Instead, he placed the devices in a planter on the side of the building and lit them.

He also admitted to setting additional fires on the UC Berkeley campus on June 13 and June 16, 2024. In his own statements (as part of the plea), Goonan claimed the attacks were motivated by “despair over Gaza” and that he was inspired by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. He went further, calling on others to carry out property attacks on Bay Area campuses in solidarity with Palestine.

In addition to roughly 235 months (nearly 20 years) behind bars, the court ordered 15 years of supervised release and $94,267.51 in restitution (plus a special assessment).

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According to the press release:

Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building in June 2024.  Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White handed down the sentence.

In January 2025, Goonan, 35, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive.

According to a plea agreement filed in open court, in the early morning hours of June 1, 2024, Goonan placed a bag containing six explosive devices commonly known as “Molotov cocktails” underneath the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department (UCPD) patrol car parked near the UC Berkeley campus.  Goonan lit the bag on fire and fled, causing the patrol car to catch on fire.  A video capturing the events on the morning of June 1, 2024, can be viewed here.

Goonan also attempted to firebomb the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on June 11, 2024.  Goonan arrived at the federal building carrying a bag containing three Molotov cocktails.  Goonan threw rocks at the building, hoping to break a window in order to throw lit Molotov cocktails inside. That plan was disrupted by protective services officers.  Upon fleeing from the officers, Goonan placed the Molotov cocktails in a planter on the side of building and lit them on fire.

In addition to these two attacks, Goonan set other fires on the UC Berkeley campus on June 1, June 13, and June 16, 2024.

Goonan acknowledged that these attacks were inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and that he called on others to attack property on Bay Area college campuses in support of Palestine.  Goonan admitted that his conduct was designed to influence and affect the conduct of governments by intimidation and coercion and to retaliate against the governments of the United States and the State of California for their conduct.

“Freedom of expression and peaceful protest are deeply enshrined values in America.  We are all free to think what we want and express those views peacefully, but the use of violence to achieve political aims—or to silence those with whom you may disagree—has no place in our community and our country,” said United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian.  “Anyone who crosses the line between peaceful protest and violence will be met with the full force of the law.”

“Safeguarding our communities from violence remains at the forefront of the FBI’s mission.  While free speech and peaceful protest are protected rights, turning to firebombs and arson crosses into criminal conduct that endangers lives and threatens public safety,” said FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo. “Today’s sentencing makes clear that the FBI and our partners will not tolerate violence, and we will hold accountable anyone who seeks to harm our communities.”

At sentencing, the Court referred to Goonan as a “domestic terrorist” and found that he had committed a felony offense that involved or was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism.

In addition to the prison term, Judge White also ordered the defendant serve 15 years of supervised release after he is released from custody and ordered restitution in the amount of $94,267.51 and a $100 special assessment.  The defendant has been in custody since his initial arrest on state charges on June 17, 2024.

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Rep Greg Steube Discusses Nuking the Filibuster to Fund DHS and Pass the SAVE America Act – (VIDEO)

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News anchors discussing current events on a split-screen broadcast, featuring a woman in a gray blazer and a man in a dark suit.

Rep Greg Steube was on “National Report” on Newsmax to talk about getting rid of the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act and also fund the DHS.

The Democrats have continued voting to keep the government shutdown. The result has been long lines at airport security due to a lack of funding for DHS.

“We saw what happened in Michigan. We saw what happened at Old Dominion. We see what happened in New York City. The Austin bar. Numerous domestic terror attacks by men that seemed to have been influenced by radical Islam,” Newsmax host Lidia Curanaj said.

“In the meantime, you have Democrats, the political theater, shutting down the Department of Homeland Security,” Lidia Curanaj continued.

“Your thoughts on all of this sir?” Curanaj asked.

“Not to mention the lines at TSA all across the country for everyday Americans just trying to travel and visit their families,” Steube said.

“In the great state of Florida, you have the Coast Guard, that those guys and gals aren’t getting paid,” Steube continued.

“The Coast Guard is a very important piece of our national security and our homeland security, and the security of the State of Florida,” Rep Steube said.

“You’ve got FEMA that’s not being funded. Thank God we are not in hurricane season right now, but you saw there were some tornadoes that hit in parts of our country that doesn’t have money and those people aren’t being paid,” Rep Steube continued.

“Again, you have the Democrats using the appropriations process to shut down provisions of the government,” Steube explained.

“I have called on leader Thune in the Senate since October to nuke the filibuster and fund the federal government. Nuke the filibuster, and pass the SAVE Act,” Rep Steube said of their unwillingness to do so.

Rep Steube criticized the Democrats for their role, but also said Republican leadership in the Senate is to blame since they were unwilling to get rid of the filibuster.

“The American people elected a Republican House, a Republican Senate and Donald Trump in the White House, and they are very frustrated by the fact that Thune has to go to Chuck Schumer to pass a bill to fund the basic elements of the federal government. The Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, and everyday Americans are feeling it right now when they go to the airports,” Rep Steube said.

“They can blame the Democrats for this, but shame on us for not just nuking the filibuster and funding the federal government,” Steube explained.

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18-Year-Old Illegal Alien Student Charged with Assault and Battery After Groping Over a Dozen Girls “In Between Their Legs” at High School in Virginia

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Parents are outraged after an 18-year-old illegal alien groped over a dozen girls “in between their legs” at a high school in Fairfax County, Virginia.

The alien, identified as Israel Flores Ortiz, is turning 19 soon and is only in the 11th grade.

Why have authorities allowed a 19-year-old man – who is in this country illegally – to sexually assault minor teen girls in the hallways at school for several months??

“There’s a group of about 12 individuals that have reported this assault,” one mother told 7News.

“It was all perpetrated by a single individual who is a stranger to the girls. He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs,” she said.

“It was not just a butt smack or a butt grab. It was a groping of a private area. It had been occurring for several months,” she added.

Excerpt from WJLA:

An adult Fairfax High School student has been charged with nine counts of assault and battery amid accusations that he was groping girls in the halls during school.

7News Reporter Nick Minock was the first to break this story and spoke exclusively with the victims’ parents.

Israel Flores Ortiz is almost 19 years old, and he’s in the 11th grade at Fairfax High School.

On Friday, Judge Dipti Pidikiti-Smith denied Ortiz’s request to be released from jail, even after Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office agreed to Ortiz’s bail request. The judge said the proposed bail request didn’t properly protect the public.

About a dozen girls have come forward to report that Ortiz put his hands in between their legs, grabbed their private parts in the front, and moved his hands to their butts while in the school’s hallways.

ICE told WJLA reporter Nick Minock that Israel Flores Ortiz illegally entered the US in 2024 on Joe Biden’s open border invitation.

Flores Ortiz was charged with nine counts of assault and battery – a misdemeanor!

Parents are outraged that Flores Ortiz was not charged with sexual assault.

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Lawyer Says She Is Still Seeking a Trump Pardon, as the Epstein’s Accomplice Serves Her 20-Year Sex-Trafficking Sentence

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Sentenced to 20 years in prison, Maxwell is seeking a presidential pardon.

Gmax is still looking for a pardon.

While all around the world the ‘Epstein files’ are causing ripples that affected the life of the rich and powerful, causing from reputational harm to criminal prosecutions, one woman continues to serve her sentence and dream of a pardon.

Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of sex-trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

But after she collaborated with the DOJ by giving two days of testimony, she was transferred from the hard FCI Tallahassee in Florida to a ‘Club-Fed’ Camp Bryan in Texas.

But she wants more.

She has been trying to overturn her conviction and sentence by filing various appeals, and she is also still seeking a pardon from President Donald J. Trump, according to her lawyer.

Image collage featuring a woman at a door, a couple sharing a kiss, and a woman playfully lifting her shirt.Maxwell is portrayed in countless documents, emails and photos from the ‘Epstein files’.

READ: Jeffrey Epstein’s Partner in Crime Ghislaine Maxwell Revealed in Photos Released by the Department of Justice

Politico reported:

“The remarks from Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, came during an on-stage conversation at an American Bar Association conference with Barry Pollack, the attorney for another high-profile defendant, deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

During a discussion about their media strategy in which Markus derided reporting about Maxwell’s prison transfer to what some outlets have described as a ‘country club’-like prison facility, Pollack suggested one goal in talking to reporters might be to alter the public perception of a defendant in hopes of leniency from the president.

‘I can imagine, for example, maybe you’re hoping — not in that case, but in a case — to get a presidential pardon or commutation’, Pollack said, at which point Markus interjected with a smirk to say, ‘that case, too’.”

Interior of a private jet featuring two people seated, showcasing luxury travel and a spacious cabin environment.Epstein and Maxwell in one of his planes.

“Pollack continued: ‘and maybe if the public hates your client, thinks that you’ve already gotten a sweetheart deal, it may be politically more difficult for the president to do that. But maybe if you set the record straight a little bit, it’s a little easier’.”

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Legal Filing Claims 25 Jeffrey Epstein Accomplices Reached ‘Secret Settlements’ With Victims After Abuse Allegations

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