Staff Reports
On New Year’s Day 2025 a rented Tesla Cybertruck detonated outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, injuring several bystanders and killing the driver, who apparently shot himself before the blast. Authorities quickly identified the driver as Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty Army Special Forces soldier, and the scene set off alarm bells across the country about motive and method.
What should have been a straightforward local investigation has been turned into a federal mystery: local police confirm a manifesto was recovered, yet the so-called Department of War — yes, the feds — declared that manifesto classified and pulled the probe under the federal umbrella. That abrupt transfer reeks of a cover-up and raises the obvious question every American deserves answered: what, exactly, are they hiding from the public?
The media’s habit of treating federal secrecy like an untouchable altar must end. Reporters and elected officials have now reported that the manifesto purportedly details clandestine operations and alleged war crimes, yet federal officials refuse to release the documents or explain the basis for classification. When a military veteran allegedly leaves a manifesto implicating the government, we do not get silence; we get transparency.
Details emerging from the investigation are chilling and inconsistent: police say Livelsberger rented the Cybertruck via a car-sharing service, packed it with fireworks and gas canisters, and drove it to the hotel in a premeditated attack — yet federal authorities stopped short of labeling it terrorism. The mixed messages from agencies only deepen public suspicion that political optics, not facts, are guiding the narrative.
Experts quoted in local reporting have raised the hard truth conservatives have been saying for years: the government over-classifies information to avoid accountability, and classification becomes a convenient tool to bury uncomfortable facts. If the manifesto contains wrongdoing by officials or operations that went sideways, the answer cannot be to seal it forever under the excuse of national security without independent oversight. Americans deserve to know if their institutions are failing those who serve.
Congressional oversight must act immediately to demand the unredacted manifesto and all related evidence be reviewed under proper safeguards — not hidden away in some opaque federal archive. This is about more than one horrific incident in Las Vegas; it’s about defending the principle that no government office is above scrutiny, and that veterans’ claims are handled with honesty rather than a reflexive cover-up.
Patriots who love this country should be furious that a violent act near a high-profile target was met with secrecy instead of transparency. We can honor the victims, protect the innocent, and still demand the truth — because protecting liberty means insisting the people retain the right to know what their government is doing in their name.
