{"id":2635911,"date":"2026-07-27T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/natalee-holloway-murderers-deadly-twist-trumps-doj-releases-docs-on-fbi-decisions-that-may-have-cost-a-life-under-eric-holder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:35:05","slug":"natalee-holloway-murderers-deadly-twist-trumps-doj-releases-docs-on-fbi-decisions-that-may-have-cost-a-life-under-eric-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/natalee-holloway-murderers-deadly-twist-trumps-doj-releases-docs-on-fbi-decisions-that-may-have-cost-a-life-under-eric-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalee Holloway Murderer&#8217;s Deadly Twist: Trump&#8217;s DOJ Releases Docs on FBI Decisions That May Have Cost a Life Under Eric Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnatalee-holloway-murderers-deadly-twist-trumps-doj-releases-docs-on-fbi-decisions-that-may-have-cost-a-life-under-eric-holder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2635911&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article reports that newly obtained documents and video footage suggest the Obama administration&#8217;s FBI possibly missed an possibility to arrest convicted murderer Joran van der Sloot just days before he committed a second murder. Journalist Greta Van Susteren plans to publish these FBI files,which reveal that the FBI may have bungled the sting operation and kept it secret from the public. The documents show that an FBI intermediary paid Van der Sloot $25,000 out of a total $250,000 in exchange for facts about Natalee Holloway\u2019s remains, but the information was false. Critics argue the FBI should have detained Van der Sloot immediately. Van der Sloot was later convicted for the murder of Stephany Flores ram\u00edrez in Peru and pleaded guilty to extortion and wire fraud, claiming he was responsible for Holloway\u2019s death, though evidence suggests or else.susteren questions the accuracy of Van der Sloot\u2019s confession, indicating that he may have lied. The case of Natalee Holloway remains unresolved, wiht her body never recovered, and Van der Sloot\u2019s involvement in her disappearance never formally confirmed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Documents obtained by journalist and Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren reportedly show that the Obama administration had an opportunity to arrest convicted murderer Joran van der Sloot during a sting operation, only days before he committed a second murder.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning journalist intends to publish FBI documents she obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, as well as with the help of former Attorney General Pam Bondi, that show the FBI \u201cbungled\u201d the sting and then \u201ckept it quiet\u201d from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Susteren also intends to release video footage of the sting itself.<\/p>\n<p>She made the announcement on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgreta%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02ytptWc3SUce4C6GsZevSDJ4Fcyu1GPLhR5VMBbjDDuFSd6V4crLBTgft9FeXuMn7l&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"705\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Released to her courtesy of President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Justice, the new documents and video reportedly show that the Obama FBI \u201cbungled\u201d a sting operation by failing to arrest Van der Sloot in 2010 for the murder of Natalee Holloway.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty days before Van der Sloot murdered Stephany Flores Ram\u00edrez on May 30, 2010, an intermediary working for the FBI paid van der Sloot an initial $25,000 out of $250,000 ($10,000 in cash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archive\/usao\/aln\/News\/June%202010\/JUNE%2030,%202010%20JORAN%20INDICTED.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$15,000 wired<\/a>) in exchange for information about Holloway\u2019s remains, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2010\/06\/fbi_gave_confessed_killed_van.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>. The information turned out to be false.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama DOJ, then under the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder, subsequently waited until June 3, 2010 before charging Van der Sloot with extortion and wire fraud. By then, Ram\u00edrez was dead.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long maintained that the Obama FBI should have immediately arrested Van der Sloot when they had the chance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet clear what Susteren\u2019s documents and video will show. She noted in her post that \u201csome\u201d of the FBI documents are \u201chandwritten\u201d and make mention of Holder \u201cwarning them not to screw it up.\u201d Screw what up? Reportedly the \u201ccover up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post published to the social media platform X, Susteren stressed that it\u2019d taken her years to retrieve the documents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It took YEARS to pry the evidence (FOIA etc) out of the FBI\u2026I would have loved to have finished this project years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BI7nkLezGD\">https:\/\/t.co\/BI7nkLezGD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greta Van Susteren (@greta) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greta\/status\/2081359604617715969?\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Holloway was an 18-year-old Alabama high school graduate who went missing on May 30, 2005, while on a post-graduation trip in Aruba. She was last seen early that morning leaving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-death-toll-dominican-club-roof-collapse-rises-225-4-die-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popular nightclub<\/a> in the company of Van der Sloot, then 17, and two other young men, brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.<\/p>\n<p>Aruban authorities conducted an extensive investigation and detained Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers based on the suspicion that they were involved in Holloway\u2019s murder. However, they were released because investigators lacked enough evidence to bring formal charges.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2007, Aruban prosecutors closed the close against the three without filing any cases. Holloway\u2019s body has never been found. At her father\u2019s request, an Alabama court issued a legal declaration of her death in early 2012, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/12\/justice\/alabama-natalee-holloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Sloot was eventually convicted of Ram\u00edrez\u2019s murder in Peru in 2012 and sentenced to 28 years in Peruvian prison. In 2023, he received 18 additional years for trafficking drugs while incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-joran-van-der-sloot-confesses-killing-natalee-holloway-receives-prison-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> in relation to the extortion and wire-fraud charges filed by the Obama administration years earlier. As part of the deal, he purported to tell the authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/natalee-holloways-mother-breaks-silence-van-der-sloots-bombshell-confession-becomes-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what really happened<\/a> with Holloway \u2014 that he\u2019d\u00a0bludgeoned her with a cinder block on an Aruba beach and disposed of her body in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Susteren recently alleged that this admission from Van der Sloot was a lie:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This, among several other facts, shows Joran van der Sloot lied to the Federal Judge \u2013 no \u201chuge cinder block\u201d was ever found on the beach\u2026and if this had happened this way (it did not), the cinder block would have been full of blood\u2026that beach we searched right after Natalee\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJtigkTFpm\">pic.twitter.com\/eJtigkTFpm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greta Van Susteren (@greta) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greta\/status\/2081428377932591308?\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the admission, Van der Sloot was never charged in or convicted of Holloway\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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