Grant Smith Ellis
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Disabled. A journalist at heart and in practice. Voted @NE_CANN Best News and Information Source. Views = own.
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![BREAKING #KarenReadTrial NEWS; "Excuse me, this is funny, Ms. [#KarenRead]?" Judge Beverley Cannone, to the accused killer. As jurors are out deliberating, a meltdown for the defense related to a routine jury slip form. After #AlanJackson lost his argument, Karen lost her cool!](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1805966636018532723/ext_tw_video_thumb/1805966300822274049/pu/img/Lfa5sh81TUReL7VB.jpg)
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I have never, in my life, seen anything like what just went down in Dedham District Court. I am disgusted Rob Thomson's prayer card from his son Eddie's funeral was taken away by Judge and entered into evidence because it was put on a whiteboard next to Rob. I'm furious.
Grant Smith Ellis66,329 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
Full comments from Rob Thomson (Rob) after today's wild series of events during his trial at Dedham District Court; "I just want to thank everyone. You have filled my heart, because I felt silenced and I have been crying out into a void for years even since my son was taken from us."
Grant Smith Ellis78,845 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
Full Comments from Attorney Tim Bradl (Timothy J. Bradl, P.C.) after today's proceedings in the Rob Thomson (Rob) trial. Judge banned live audio, video and still photos, Judge took away Rob's prayer card for his son, Eddie, and Mr. Bradl got some of Rob's charges dismiss. We're back Monday. God bless you, Rob, and God bless Eddie.
Grant Smith Ellis22,617 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
I got a quick interview with the one and only Rosemary Scapicchio as she left Norfolk Superior Court following today's Shawn Johnson hearing. Proctorgate discovery has caused a delay in the trial, and we'll see Michael Proctor at 3PM ET on September 14th at Norfolk Superior!
Grant Smith Ellis22,097 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
NEW🚨🚨 There is a video in the Jeffrey Epstein files that seem to show a figure with oblong and glowing eyes being subjected to some kind of rapid acceleration testing in a two-seat pod alongside another figure. The footage is censored but one face moves below the bar for a few frames. There is also one point where the entity in the right seat (when looking at the footage head on) has appendages that don't appear to be hands (they seem to be closer to claws or something of that nature). Source = EFTA01683320.mp4 The full video file is 2 hours 44 minutes and 11 seconds long, but it appears that footage of the experiment is visible for only the first two minutes or so of footage. I am requesting some help looking at this video footage and, in turn, I have upscaled it to 4k and provided it in three speeds below (1x, .5 and .25x). I am almost certain that this is a non-human entity but, as a reporter and an academic, I am not going to make that conclusion without further input from independent video analysts (and after proper scientific methods are applied to this footage).
Grant Smith Ellis631,219 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
ICYMI: An unknown man entered my private home and made his way to my home office door during Monday's livestream. This happened as I was looking into $31,518,409 in missing stock transactions from a shadow non-profit operated by Jeffrey Epstein until his death in 2019. I eventually found that Epstein sold stocks after he was jailed in 2019, and moved $31,518,409 of stock 2018 without reporting any of the required transactions on the firm's federal 990 tax form that year (despite doing so every other year). I refused to be intimidated during the livestream, demanded the man leave, and continued my investigation until I found the discrepancy in a 2018 tax return filed by Epstein's Gratitude America, LTD non-profit that confirmed the unaccounted-for 2018 stock trades totaling $31,518,409. The unaccounted for stock transactions in 2018 transactions are as follows; Bought; $9,651,059 $1,730,674 $20,136,676 Sold; $9,741,132 $1,604,011 $20,103,887 Total stock moved through Epstein's non-profit in 2018 without any supporting documentation = $31,518,409 Stock transactions after Epstein was jailed on July 6th, 2019: 7/10/2019 (3 sales of stock) -Cardlytics, Inc (2 sales of stock, both originally purchased 7/2/2019) - Microsoft Corp. (1 sale of stock, originally purchased 9/4/2018) - this single trade netted someone $258,911 (just in gains on the stock) after Epstein was jailed. 7/11/2019 (4 sales of stock) - Cardlytics, Inc (1 purchased 6/10/2019, 3 purchased 07/02/2019) 7/12/2019 (4 sales of stock) - Cardlytics, Inc (1 purchased 6/23/2019, 1 purchased 7/2/2019) 7/22/2019 (2 sales of stock) - Bank Of America Corp 5.475% S-KK (1 sale of stock, originally purchased 9/28/2019) - Duke Energy Corp 6.75% - A (1 sale of stock, originally purchased 3/25/2019) Further, it seems Epstein may have been involved with insider trading, in 2017, related to the Chinese commie-affiliated firm TenCent (although that was only $1,000,000 and Epstein hid his move about as well as a first year CPA figuring out they can use prediction markets to pump and dump as long as they submit a few fake cover trades before doing so). The company still has roughly $8.175 million in accounts that could potentially be clawed-back and disbursed to survivors of Epstein's child sexual abuse ring. Also, here are some of the charities Epstein was donating money to using the non-profit (the non-profit appears to have used donations, sourced from a $10,000,000 "gift" from Leon Black, as cover for insider trading and money laundering via stock purchases and sales); Bruce Marsha Moskowitz Foundation (Florida) $100,000 in 2016, $50,000 Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation (Washington D.C.) $225,000 in 2016 The Hasty Pudding Institute (New York) $50,000 in 2016 (Confirm this is Harvard's thing with the weird parade) Chron's Colitis Foundation Of American (New York) $10,000 in 2016, $10,000 Verse Video Education (Cambridge Ma) $110,000 in 2016 Women's Global Cancer Initiative $10,000 in 2016 New York Concert Artists Association (New Jersey) $50,000 in 2016 Icahn School Of Medicine Mt. Sinai (New York) $10,000 in 2016 The Hewitt School $15,000 (New York) $15,000 in 2016 Association Mind Education (Rome, New York), $60,000 in 2017 Cancer Research Wellness Institute (California) $75,000 in 2017 Chopra Foundation (California) $50,000 in 2017 Friends Of Elton John (London, UK) $15,000 in 2017 Independent Feature Project (New York) $10,000 in 2017 International Peace (New York) $375,000 in 2017 "IPI was founded in 1970 by US philanthropist Ruth Forbes Young and Indian Major General Indar Jit Rikhye, in close consultation with then-UN Secretary-General U Thant. They recognized that a thoroughly independent institution, free from official constraints, could make a unique contribution to multilateral efforts to prevent and resolve armed conflict around the world." Junior Tennis Champions Center (Maryland) $25,000 in 2017 Kuhn Foundation (California) $150,000 in 2017 MET Orchestra (New York) $50,000 in 2017 MIT (Cambridge, Mass.) $150,000 in 2017 Nautilus Think Tank (New York) $25,000 in 2017 Run by Tom Miller who knew Robert Kennedy (the original RFK) the Film Society Of Lincoln Center (New York) $25,000 in 2017 The International Police And Fire Chaplains Association (Michigan) $50,000 in 2017 The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (New York) $5,000 in 2017 The O'Gorman Garden (New York) $30,000 in 2017 UJA Federation Of New York (New York) $50,000 in 2017 University of Arizona Foundation (Arizona) $50,000 in 2017 Walk MS (New Jersey) $5,000 in 2017
Grant Smith Ellis554,590 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
Four Hour Sandra Birchmore And Matthew Farwell Hearing Sees 28 Motion Rulings Decided By Judge Casper. Farwell is in a lot of trouble, and we have the names of a state cop (and a local cop) who were in Farwell and Sandra's orbit. God bless you all. That was a very long day
Grant Smith Ellis32,468 görüntüleme • 11 gün önce
Here is the arrival of Karen Read and Alan Jackson for today's 2 PM ET Karen Read search warrant hearing. Mr. Jackson greeted me by saying "GSE!" with a big smile. We are now all waiting on the hallway for the nearing to formally begin. Prosecutor Robert Cosgrove just brushed past me.
Grant Smith Ellis154,814 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Well, that was a wild day in court for the John O'Keefe and Karen Read case. Was it my 2:52pm ET post on X, simply summarizing a public court document from the matter, that led Judge Gildea to call 32 lawyers into court? As of now, no one was sanctioned as a result of my reporting (as, obviously, I simply read the impoundment motion and summarized it). Alan Jackson was, however, not allowed to be heard at the end of the hearing in what was a tense moment. Just. Wild. Here's my full dispatch on today's hearing.
Grant Smith Ellis178,624 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
NEW; Here are the comments from Alan Jackson after today's hearing in Plymouth Superior Court. It appears Judge Gildea misunderstood my reporting from June 8th at 2:52PM ET, where I covered Michael Proctor's Impoundment motion that was on the public docket at that time.
Grant Smith Ellis162,008 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨; There is one juror who is holding out against 11 jurors who are in favor of not guilty (straight up) in the Lindsay Clancy case. Oh my word. This is incredible. Reddington wants the juror removed (judge denied). Jury was given "reasonable doubt" instruction and sent back to deliberate further.
Grant Smith Ellis24,049 görüntüleme • 9 gün önce
BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨: An unknown force within the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office has edited a video in the public records production released just moments ago related to the John O'Keefe and Karen Read case. The edit was done to obfuscate footage of the Mystery Man, who carries something away from the taillight area of Karen's Lexus in the footage, and the proof is plain as day! The newly-released Sallyport video contains upwards of 12 jump cuts at the precise moment when the Mystery Man appears behind Karen's Lexus in the aforementioned Canton Police Department Sallyport. The new video also contains the exact same yellow-blur box that was visible in the original video provided to Karen's legal team during discovery in the John O'Keefe trials. As such, that means this video has been edited twice (the first time when it was provided to Karen's team and the second time when this public records request was filled late Friday afternoon), and, further, that both series of edits were specifically designed to obfuscate the identity of the Mystery Man in question. The Mystery Man is seen standing near former State Trooper Michael Proctor --who is currently in the news due to his disgusting and bigoted text messages with former Canton Police Officer Sean Goode being made public-- in the area of Karen's taillight at 5:38PM ET (this taillight would show up, just minutes later circa 5:45PM ET, broken and scattered on the lawn of a home in Canton, Massachusetts, where John O'Keefe's body was discovered earlier that morning). Of note, in some of the newly released Proctorgate messages, Proctor discusses "planting cocaine" on suspects. Read more background on the Proctor/Goode files here - Karen Read, for her part, was acquitted on criminal charges related to John's death after two trials and, now, Karen has filed a civil lawsuit against the State Police and the Town Of Canton related to, what Karen alleges, was a bad-faith investigation of John's death that intentionally focused on Karen to the exclusion of all other suspects. In turn, the Mystery Man, and his identity, may end up playing a key role in that ongoing civil case. To this day, John O'Keefe's death remains unsolved. For context: Previously, on February 17, 2026, I reported; I believe I have found conclusive proof that the Canton Police Department Sallyport video from 5:38pm ET on 1/29/2022 involving Karen Read's Lexus was edited and, furthermore, an unknown man carried something away from the area of Karen's car near her right rear taillight. Read that report here - I then reported, that same day, the following: Here is the cleaned up footage from the Canton PD Sallyport at 5:38pm ET on 1/29/2022. It is clear that this video was manipulated with a yellow blur box to obfuscate the identity and movements of a mystery man standing with Michael Proctor near Karen Read's right rear taillight. Read that report here - Find more follow up reporting here - CC: The Trial Channel , Kyle Sharkey, Emily See, Didi, @MarburyvVeryMad. David Yannetti. Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP
Grant Smith Ellis210,400 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Here is my towel dispatch from today's Karen Read vs HAM federal hearing. Chief Judge Casper called HAM "the house defendants" multiple times, anti-slapp motions were heard, as were 12 b 6 motions to dismiss. What an interesting day. I am, and remain, a towel.
Grant Smith Ellis108,032 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Someone requested the footage I captured while walking #KarenReadTrial witnesses and the family of #JohnOKeefe into court on 2/26/24 as they were booed by #KarenRead's pep-rally cheer squad. This was an important day, for those who understand the full context in a number of different ways, so I am re-sharing the clips here. Use with attribution permitted. #JusticeForJohnOKeefe #JusticeForJJ #DontFreeKarenRead #ConvictKarenRead #GodDecidesWhoShouldBeSorryForTheirSins #StopTryingToReadBetweenTheLinesOfMyHashTags
Grant Smith Ellis1,003,911 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Here's a comparison of the two controversial calls in the BC Vs Cinci game today. The first play was ruled an incompletion. The second play was ruled a catch, tuck and fumble. The first play was reviewed. The second play was not. There is no difference between the two plays.
Grant Smith Ellis15,110 görüntüleme • 7 gün önce
BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨: Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara has been granted an extortionary short order of notice hearing, that will take place this Friday, July 31st, at 10AM on the first floor of Norfolk Superior Court, in an effort to retain her position (after she alleges she was forced out for trying to cooperate with the FBI about the coverup of Sandra Birchmore's murder which, in turn, involves "multiple current and former" members of the Stoughton Police Department). Chief McNamara will, in turn, be able to make oral arguments to the Hon. Rosemary Connolly that, under the four-factor TRO test in Massachusetts, McNamara should be put back in her job, via court order, pending the final disposition of McNamara's current civil lawsuit (file Monday) against the town of Stoughton. Read Judge's order , granting that hearing on short notice, here (Judge's order is an endorsement on the motion and, also, the hearing in on the MassCourt's docket --2682CV00852-- for Friday) - McNamara, alleges her new lawsuit, was constructively dismissed, under false pretext, by the Stoughton Town manager because McNamara was a woman and, also, because McNamara would not stay silent about a 2024 IA investigation into the coverup of Sandra's death. Further, as I reported on Monday, McNamara alleges, in June of 2026, she told the Stoughton Town Manager that the FBI's trial prep, leading up to Matthew Farwell's October, 2026, trial for Sandra's murder (and the murder of Sandra's unborn 8-10 week old baby boy) would require McNamara to expand investigations into the aforementioned "current and former" members of the Stoughton PD. On Monday, I reported the following; Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara, in a new lawsuit filed today, confirmed that --as a result of ongoing FBI investigations in June of 2026 regarding Sandra Birchmore-- there may be new misconduct investigations of "current and former" Stoughton police officers. Brian Tully's State Police unit, including John Fanning and Yuri Bukhenik, cleared then-Stoughton cop Matthew Farwell for responsibility for Sandra's death in 2021 (despite a litany of evidence linking Farwell to the crime, and to a years-long grooming/abuse ring targeting Sandra involving the Stoughton Police Explorer's Program). Both Bukhenik and Fanning, of note, used to work in Stoughton as police officers before moving on to work for Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey's State Police Detective Unit (as did Farwell's brother, William Farwell). Fanning, for his part, personally wrote the state police report clearing Farwell for a role in Sandra's death (and the death of Sandra's unborn 8-10 week old baby boy). In turn, at the time (in 2021), Fanning reported to his Sergeant (Bukhenik) and, also, Bukhenik's boss, Detective-Lieutenant Brian Tully. Read that new lawsuit here: Earlier in June of 2026, for more context and background, I reported; In a new motion from Matthew Farwell via the Sandra Birchmore federal docket, it has been revealed that law enforcement officers were the subject of ongoing federal investigations as recently as April of 2026. This has potential major implications regarding the state police and their initial coverup of Sandra's murder. That state police unit, detailed to the Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey, included Brian Tully, John Fanning, Yuri Bukhenik, Michael Proctor and Nick Guarino. Shockingly, Fanning (who wrote the initial MSP report clearing Farwell for Sandra's murder, years before the federal government indicted Farwell) used to work as a cop in Stoughton. Stoughton was the town where the town where Farwell groomed Sandra, via the Police Explorer's program, in 2014. Farwell, alleges the federal government, murdered Sandra, and her unborn 8-10 week old baby boy, on February 1st, 2021, circa 9:27PM ET. Then, somehow, the Canton Police Department (including Kevin Albert) discovered information, between February 4-6th of 2021, that Farwell was the man captured on video at Sandra's apartment at the time of her murder, that Farwell had admitted to others that he had abused Sandra since she was a child and, further, that Farwell had stated that he was going to take care of the problem himself if Sandra insisted on carrying her unborn baby boy to term. Farwell, at the time, was under the impression he was the father of Sandra's unborn baby boy...although subsequent DNA testing determined Farwell was not the father. This new information related to the ongoing federal investigation was revealed by Farwell in a filing asking for a bill of particular ahead of Farwell's august, 2026, trial at Boston Moakley Federal courthouse. Of note, as the Proctorgate scandal unfolds (regarding abhorrent messages sent by Michael Proctor and his friends - including one where Sean Goode called Sandra Birchmore a slur for mentally disabled people soon after her murder), one of the people potentially involved in Proctor's group chat was a man named "Larry" Kennedy. This man is potentially the husband of Meg Kennedy (who was Sandra Birchmore's guidance counselor). Shockingly, Meg Kennedy's close friend is Karen Read trial witness (and someone who "did not know Michael Proctor before 2023," per her trial testimony) Jen McCabe. Read that report here - Then, on July 21st of 2026, I reported; Matthew Farwell has LOST his motion for a bill of particulars ahead of his August, 2026, federal trial for the death of Sandra Birchmore (and her unborn 8-10 week-old baby boy)...a case initially covered up by the Norfolk DA and Brian Tully/John Fanning's MSP unit. Quoting Chief Judge Casper; "Given the Court’s ruling about the sufficiency of the superseding indictment, the production of discovery and the supplemental disclosures, the Court concludes that a bill of particulars is not warranted where Farwell has been put on notice of the nature of the charges against him, will not be caught by unfair surprise at trial, or hampered in his defense or protection from double jeopardy." Link (via Kyle Sharkey): Previously, on July 9, 2026, I reported: NEW: Here is the latest document filed by the federal government in the Sandra Birchmore/Matthew Farwell case ahead of Farwell's August, 2026, trial. Sandra WAS NOT in contact with federal LEO before she was killed, but she may have attempted to make such contact if Farwell did not take Sandra's life (and the life of her unborn baby). Quoting from page 3 of the new motion from the office of U.S. Attorney for The District Of Massachusetts, Leah Foley; "Third, even if Farwell were entitled to more information about the evidence, his requests are improper because they are based on a misinterpretation of the elements of Section 1512(a)(1)(C). From the text and his emphasis on the word “federal,” the premise for Request Nos. 2 through 4 appears to be that the government must prove that Farwell killed Birchmore intending to prevent a communication to a specific federal law enforcement officer. That is not the law. Section 1512(g)(2) eliminated any mens rea requirement regarding the federal status of the putative recipient of a communication that the killing prevented. See 18 U.S.C. § 1512(g)(2). And in Fowler, the Court held that Section 1512(a)(1)(C) “covers a defendant who kills with intent to prevent communication with law enforcement generally (i.e., with any and all law enforcement officers).” Fowler, 563 U.S. at 673. Here, the Court should deny the motion because Farwell seeks evidence regarding something the government does not have to prove. Finally, while the Superseding Indictment and the tens of thousands of pages of discovery have apprised the defendant of the nature of the charges and mitigate any genuine risk of surprise at trial, the government will supplement its disclosures with the following representations regarding Request Nos. 1 and 5: Request No. 1. Matthew Farwell sought to prevent communications by Sandra Birchmore, the person who contacted the Stoughton Police Department on January 20, 2021 (Superseding Indictment, ¶ 7), and any similarly situated persons to whom Birchmore made disclosures about the conduct underlying Farwell’s identified federal crimes (Superseding Indictment, ¶¶ 4–5, 11). Request No. 5. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), including its agents and task force officers, are the federal law enforcement officers to whom at least one relevant communication would have been made." Link to filing - Farwell's trial is scheduled to begin on October 5th of 2026 at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. Towel News will have wall-to-wall coverage of the entire trial from the courtroom (although no cameras will be permitted).
Grant Smith Ellis70,314 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Wow. Someone is attempting to censor my journalism on X (using bad faith spammed reports) about a massive new revelation regarding John O'Keefe texting Brian Higgins about "sending these 3 wh***s home...4 hour minimum." I have escalated this to X and I'm now tagging Nikita Bier (and Elon Musk). The reporting that is being censored by those bad-faith reports is as follows (and I hope the accounts attempting to engage in that censorship can be tracked down and removed from this wonderful platform); JUST IN 🚨🚨🚨 "I'm sending these 3 wh***s home. 4 hour minimum." - Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe to ATF Agent Brian Higgins on December 18, 2021. I have just uncovered text messages making it clear that John O'Keefe and Brian Higgins were involved with hiring prostitutes in the months before John's death on January 29, 2022. Upon doing so, as I was reviewing the text messages on live stream and found that specific line, I threw a water bottle at the wall and lost my last semblance of faith in the now-collapsing edifice America once called a justice system. We will rebuild, but first we must reflect. Of note: the source file containing these messages is incredibly difficult to read but, after about an hour, I was able to put together the big secret (and I am horrified). Also, Higgins --out of no where-- told John that a Boston Cop had been "hit by a truck" earlier in that same text message conversation. I also found text where John and Higgins were talking about "bars over charging for drinks" before John outright mentioned buying prostitutes. Source regarding "wh***s" page 9 out of 12, text message 10 - Source regarding Higgins mentioning a Boston Cop who was hit by a truck (page 7-8 out of 12, text messages 15, 14 and 13) -
Grant Smith Ellis267,698 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce