‘A federal judge has found a witness in contempt for refusing to testify before the grand jury hearing evidence in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.’
Month: August 2018
US capital ramps up security ahead of white nationalist rally
‘Sunday is likely to be tense. It marks the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville demonstration in which white supremacists and other far-right groups, angry over efforts to remove statues of Confederate leaders, clashed violently with counterprotesters.
One woman was killed and 19 injured when a 20-year-old man drove a car into a group of the counterprotesters.
President Donald Trump, in a low point of his presidency, blamed “both sides” for the bloodshed, a reaction that triggered astonishment among many and was widely seen as escalating tensions.’
Trump Will Fold if Mueller Calls His Bluff. Giuliani Is the Tell.
Trump Will Fold if Mueller Calls His Bluff. Giuliani Is the Tell.
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‘Even more conspicuously, Giuliani appears to insist that certain subject matter areas, including obstruction of justice, must be off-limits to Mueller’s interrogation. Giuliani has complained that any such questions would be a “perjury trap.” Here’s a little free legal advice to Giuliani and the president: the best way to avoid a perjury trap is to not commit perjury. Many apt comparisons have been made by others: Giuliani’s argument is like calling a bank a “bank robbery trap,” or a DUI checkpoint is a “DUI trap.” Indeed, it is unsettling to see the president of the United State take any position other than “Ask me whatever you want and I’ll answer because I want the truth to come out”—never mind a position of “I can’t possibly answer questions from you because that would cause me to commit perjury.”’
U.S. Officials Scrambled Behind the Scenes to Shield NATO Deal From Trump
‘Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s ambassadors to complete it before the forum even began.
The rushed machinations to get the policy done, as demanded by John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, have not been previously reported. Described by European diplomats and American officials, the efforts are a sign of the lengths to which the president’s top advisers will go to protect a key and longstanding international alliance from Mr. Trump’s unpredictable antipathy.’
BREAKING
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BREAKING: The special master has released the materials seized in the Michael Cohen raids, which can now be used by prosecutors. This brings prosecutors much closer to what they can do next, in their formal prosecution of Cohen.
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Ohio county finds hundreds of uncounted votes in already too-close-to-call special election
‘Ohio race narrows as election officials find hundreds of uncounted votes in district previously won by Trump’
2018 Michigan Unofficial Primary Election Results – 08/07/2018
2018 Michigan Unofficial Primary Election Results – 08/07/2018
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2/3 of voters did not vote again this Primary. You are the one’s who can turn this nation around. Don’t worry about Trump supporters, they’ve all either jumped ship or joined the cult. Worry about non-voters. They are the key.
‘2,196,944 voters cast ballots in Michigan’s Primary Election (unofficial).
This was the most for any MI Primary since at least 1978. The turnout percentage was 29.74 percent of registered voters.’
Judge halts mother-daughter deportation, threatens to hold Sessions in contempt
‘NEW: Federal judge halts apparent deportation in progress & threatened to hold Attorney General Sessions in contempt after learning that the Trump admin tried to remove a woman & her daughter while a court hearing appealing their deportations was underway.’
Trump officials pushing Hope Hicks to join 2020 campaign: report
‘Assuming Hope Hicks would be paid to return to the Trump campaign, this is Trump and other Trump campaign officials who are under investigation *offering money* to a young woman who is currently a prospective witness against them in a federal criminal investigation. Process that.
So Trump meets with Hicks both on Air Force One and during two limo rides in Ohio; she has a private conversation with a man she’ll be asked to testify against in a federal case and impeachment hearings; we now learn she has a job offer. Does America realize this isn’t normal?’ – Seth Abramson
Revealed: detail of exclusive Russian deal offered to Arron Banks in Brexit run-up
BREAKING: The full details of Russia’s gold deal offer to Arron Banks ahead of the EU referendum are revealed in a leaked document which mentions exclusive “opportunities not available to others” and support from a Kremlin bank.
A seven-slide presentation, seen for the first time, shows how Banks – the main donor behind Leave.EU – was offered the chance of making potentially enormous profits in a deal featuring a Russian gold company.
The offer was made through Alexander Yakovenko, Russia’s ambassador in London.