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A private jet linked to a Houston law firm renowned for aggressive opposition to ICE and substantial funding to defeat Republicans in Texas primaries plunged upside down and burst into flames during takeoff from Bangor International Airport on Sunday evening, claiming multiple lives amid a brutal winter storm.
The Bombardier Challenger 600, registered to a corporation sharing the same Houston address as Arnold & Itkin Trial Lawyers, crashed shortly after departure around 7:45 p.m. local time.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported seven fatalities and one crew member seriously injured.
Bangor officials, citing the flight manifest, stated six people were aboard and all are presumed dead.
The aircraft had arrived from Houston earlier in the day.
Maine plane crash latest update
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On January 25, a Bombardier Challenger 650 private jet carrying eight people crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport in Maine around 7:45 p.m. local time.
The plane was registered to an LLC in Houston and linked to a local law… pic.twitter.com/bytQrqIrVf
Arnold & Itkin partners Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin co-founded Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC, which received a $10 million initial contribution from the firm and has spent heavily in Republican primaries, often aligned with interests challenging tort reform and backed by Soros-linked funding.
The firm boasts on its website about securing what Kurt Arnold described as the "largest settlement for an undocumented worker in United States history."
Together with another firm, Abraham Watkins, Arnold & Itkin donated $300,000 to First Tuesday PAC to support Democrat candidates in Texas elections.
A private jet belonging to prominent anti-ICE / anti-Trump lawyers crashed in Maine.
— AF Post (@AFpost) January 26, 2026
Eight passengers are dead.
The lawyers have combined to spend tens of millions of dollars fighting Republicans in Texas.
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Air traffic control audio captured the chaos: "Aircraft upside down. We have a passenger aircraft upside down," transmitted about 45 seconds after takeoff.
First responders reached the scene in under a minute, but the jet inverted and caught fire in heavy snow and poor visibility.
Victims' identities remain unreleased pending confirmation.
The National Transportation Safety Board leads the investigation into the cause.
Tragic ironies abound when elite anti-enforcement crusaders, who pour fortunes into dismantling borders while jet-setting in luxury, meet a frozen reckoning on an icy runway.
Open borders zeal meets closed skies. The bill for weaponizing law against American sovereignty sometimes arrives without warning.
