Saturday, March 02, 2019
Donald Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
The Republicans can fuss and fume and try to hide the truth, but, when Michael Cohen appeared before Congress the first time and lied, he was provided a script by Trump personally to facilitate those lies.
Who is the real liar?
How do I know Trump is a liar and would direct his personal attorney to lie? It is a rare day in the USA that the president doesn't lie to the American people.
Who is the real liar?
How do I know Trump is a liar and would direct his personal attorney to lie? It is a rare day in the USA that the president doesn't lie to the American people.
Friday, March 01, 2019
The concern for Flint, Michigan has no boundaries and has moved people across the spectrum of life to act to change the way life happens there.
What happened in Flint was wrong and it is never to happen again. It should not have happened this time, but, it did and everyone in the USA should pause in that reality and be alarmed.
Yo-Yo Ma and Bach makes the sound of the cello reach ranges from "the corporeal to cosmic."
March 1, 2019
By Mark Householder
Flint - Yo-Yo Ma (click here) brought both music and a call for social change to Flint, Michigan, on Thursday.
What happened in Flint was wrong and it is never to happen again. It should not have happened this time, but, it did and everyone in the USA should pause in that reality and be alarmed.
Yo-Yo Ma and Bach makes the sound of the cello reach ranges from "the corporeal to cosmic."
March 1, 2019
By Mark Householder
Flint - Yo-Yo Ma (click here) brought both music and a call for social change to Flint, Michigan, on Thursday.
The famed cellist performed for more than 100 fans inside a gymnasium at Berston Field House during his visit to the city that is still feeling the effects of a lead-contaminated water crisis.
But Ma said he found a city that is about much more than "water problems."
Donald Trump: 'Look at my African-American over here... (click here for news article - thank you)
Here is my African Americans, was Trump racist? Yes. Was his African American a prop? Yes.
Mark Meadows may believe he is not racist. But, in the Wednesday meeting, Mark Meadows and Lynne Patton were props for Trump.
Donald Trump is a racist and has been a long time and I will not allow him to blur the lines between equality of the races. It is immoral to allow such hatred and deception about that hatred.
Mark Meadows may be Chairman Cummings good friend and he may have nephews and nieces that are a minority and he may be sensitive to the issues those wonderful family members face in their lives. But, bringing Lynne Patton with a letter she wrote to the hearing to intimidate a witness and discredit him was absolutely racist in it's content.
When is Mark Meadows going to apologize for his political comments that defamed President Obama as a Kenyan? When is Rep. Meadows going to hold Donald Trump's feet to the fire and demand Trump apologize for YEARS of racist remarks about President Obama? President Obama is an American. He bent over backward to settle the dispute by displaying a full birth certificate to the public and even that wasn't good enough. That is racism and it was conducted by the current occupant of the White House.
I do not doubt Ms. Patton feels the way she does. I do not doubt she wrote a letter in protest of the racist identity assigned to Trump, but, she should also reflect on a much bigger picture than herself.
Racism can be about an individual, but, racism is much bigger than one person. Does Ms. Patton reflect on the number of innocent young black men shot dead in the USA by police when she writes her letters endorsing a president that has been openly racist?
Her willingness to be used for political purposes is very troubling. I do not believe she understands racism, it's impact in today's society or the extent such violent ideas have carried out real problems that are unsolved even today. How does she feel about Trayvon Martin being assassinated only feet away from his father's home? What about the gunning down of Laquan McDonald? She put herself on display in the US House Committee Meeting room while a witness was making his statement and answering questions. What does she think she was doing?
Rep. Mark Meadows was used as a prop and he was willing to water down the reality that the man in the White House is not only a racist, but, a hate monger. Was Rep. Meadows worried about his own election or the standing of a president? What was his purpose in displaying himself and Ms. Patton in servitude to Donald Trump?
The events of Wednesday's meeting were very troubling. I do not believe Michael Cohen was lying. It is not because I want it all to be true, but, the EVIDENCE he provided with the ability to supply more of the same is overwhelming. The entire idea racism can be dismissed to attempt to exonerate Trump from his wrong doing is absurd at best.
Mark Meadows and Ms. Patton practiced politics on Wednesday in order to protect the image of a man that is a criminal and currently in the White House. That meeting room is not a political stage and there are issues of ethics at hand. I sincerely hope this can be understood and respected because every time such political displays are carried out, there need to be ethic infractions that follow.
Mark Meadows may believe he is not racist. But, in the Wednesday meeting, Mark Meadows and Lynne Patton were props for Trump.
Donald Trump is a racist and has been a long time and I will not allow him to blur the lines between equality of the races. It is immoral to allow such hatred and deception about that hatred.
Mark Meadows may be Chairman Cummings good friend and he may have nephews and nieces that are a minority and he may be sensitive to the issues those wonderful family members face in their lives. But, bringing Lynne Patton with a letter she wrote to the hearing to intimidate a witness and discredit him was absolutely racist in it's content.
When is Mark Meadows going to apologize for his political comments that defamed President Obama as a Kenyan? When is Rep. Meadows going to hold Donald Trump's feet to the fire and demand Trump apologize for YEARS of racist remarks about President Obama? President Obama is an American. He bent over backward to settle the dispute by displaying a full birth certificate to the public and even that wasn't good enough. That is racism and it was conducted by the current occupant of the White House.
I do not doubt Ms. Patton feels the way she does. I do not doubt she wrote a letter in protest of the racist identity assigned to Trump, but, she should also reflect on a much bigger picture than herself.
Racism can be about an individual, but, racism is much bigger than one person. Does Ms. Patton reflect on the number of innocent young black men shot dead in the USA by police when she writes her letters endorsing a president that has been openly racist?
Her willingness to be used for political purposes is very troubling. I do not believe she understands racism, it's impact in today's society or the extent such violent ideas have carried out real problems that are unsolved even today. How does she feel about Trayvon Martin being assassinated only feet away from his father's home? What about the gunning down of Laquan McDonald? She put herself on display in the US House Committee Meeting room while a witness was making his statement and answering questions. What does she think she was doing?
Rep. Mark Meadows was used as a prop and he was willing to water down the reality that the man in the White House is not only a racist, but, a hate monger. Was Rep. Meadows worried about his own election or the standing of a president? What was his purpose in displaying himself and Ms. Patton in servitude to Donald Trump?
The events of Wednesday's meeting were very troubling. I do not believe Michael Cohen was lying. It is not because I want it all to be true, but, the EVIDENCE he provided with the ability to supply more of the same is overwhelming. The entire idea racism can be dismissed to attempt to exonerate Trump from his wrong doing is absurd at best.
Mark Meadows and Ms. Patton practiced politics on Wednesday in order to protect the image of a man that is a criminal and currently in the White House. That meeting room is not a political stage and there are issues of ethics at hand. I sincerely hope this can be understood and respected because every time such political displays are carried out, there need to be ethic infractions that follow.
With the completion of Michael Cohen's testimony, Congress needs to subpoena Trump's financial records at Deutsche Bank.
In addition to bank fraud by Donald Trump and the Trump Company, that Michael Cohen testified to, there are most probably SEC violations as well. Whether Deutsche Bank was a willing partner is still another matter.
The US Congress has an obligation to the American people and to the financial sector to root out fraud. This is not a MAYBE matter, the investigation with subpoenas must go forward.
February 28, 2019
By Will Parker
At a congressional hearing (click here) in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, former Trump Organization attorney Michael Cohen testified that President Trump purposely inflated the values of his New York real estate holdings in order to obtain a loan from Deutsche Bank.
The requested loan was connected to an attempt to acquire the Buffalo Bills football team and the Forbes media company, Cohen said.
As one example of the value exaggerations, Cohen cited 40 Wall Street, which in exhibits presented to the committee, Trump pegged at $524.7 million in 2011. Cohen said Trump used comparable figures from similar properties, which is typical industry practice, but that ultimately the value “was based upon what [Trump] wanted to value the asset at.”
...In fact, the Trump Organization obtained an official appraisal from Cushman & Wakefield for 40 Wall Street in 2015, in a similar amount ($540 million), which it then used to sell mortgage-backed securities. The Morningstar credit ratings agency, however, assessed the value in a pre-sale report and cut it by more than half, to just $262.3 million, after adjusting for millions in annual rent concessions and leasing fees....
The US Congress has an obligation to the American people and to the financial sector to root out fraud. This is not a MAYBE matter, the investigation with subpoenas must go forward.
By Will Parker
At a congressional hearing (click here) in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, former Trump Organization attorney Michael Cohen testified that President Trump purposely inflated the values of his New York real estate holdings in order to obtain a loan from Deutsche Bank.
The requested loan was connected to an attempt to acquire the Buffalo Bills football team and the Forbes media company, Cohen said.
As one example of the value exaggerations, Cohen cited 40 Wall Street, which in exhibits presented to the committee, Trump pegged at $524.7 million in 2011. Cohen said Trump used comparable figures from similar properties, which is typical industry practice, but that ultimately the value “was based upon what [Trump] wanted to value the asset at.”
...In fact, the Trump Organization obtained an official appraisal from Cushman & Wakefield for 40 Wall Street in 2015, in a similar amount ($540 million), which it then used to sell mortgage-backed securities. The Morningstar credit ratings agency, however, assessed the value in a pre-sale report and cut it by more than half, to just $262.3 million, after adjusting for millions in annual rent concessions and leasing fees....
February 28, 2019
By Nathan Bomey
U.S. pedestrian deaths hit a 28-year high in 2018, (click here) according to new estimates that suggest the nation's SUV boom is becoming increasingly deadly.
The Governors Highway Safety Association estimated that pedestrian deaths across the nation rose 4 percent to 6,227 last year.
That full-year figure — which is based on a statistical analysis of the first six months of the year — would mark the most pedestrian fatalities since 1990.
The GHSA reported that the number of pedestrian deaths involving SUVs increased by 50 percent from 2013 through 2017, while the number of pedestrian deaths caused by passenger cars increased by 30 percent over that same period. That reflects booming sales of SUVs and the fact that pedestrians are much less likely to survive the impact of an SUV.
It's "clearly a factor," GHSA executive director Jonathan Adkins said in an interview. "We're going in the wrong direction."...
By Nathan Bomey
U.S. pedestrian deaths hit a 28-year high in 2018, (click here) according to new estimates that suggest the nation's SUV boom is becoming increasingly deadly.
The Governors Highway Safety Association estimated that pedestrian deaths across the nation rose 4 percent to 6,227 last year.
That full-year figure — which is based on a statistical analysis of the first six months of the year — would mark the most pedestrian fatalities since 1990.
The GHSA reported that the number of pedestrian deaths involving SUVs increased by 50 percent from 2013 through 2017, while the number of pedestrian deaths caused by passenger cars increased by 30 percent over that same period. That reflects booming sales of SUVs and the fact that pedestrians are much less likely to survive the impact of an SUV.
It's "clearly a factor," GHSA executive director Jonathan Adkins said in an interview. "We're going in the wrong direction."...
Elon Musk is so confident about the market for Model 3 he isn't worried about displaying it on any real estate.
Tesla on Thursday (click here) announced the arrival of its $35,000 Model 3, which CEO Elon Musk has been promising since March 2016.
Musk also said Tesla would close "many" of the its 378 retail stores, allowing the electric-car maker to lower the price of the sedan.
"Shifting all sales online, combined with other ongoing cost efficiencies, will enable us to lower all vehicle prices by about 6% on average, allowing us to achieve the $35,000 Model 3 price point earlier than we expected," the company said in a blog post.....
The weight of the "melt water" from the climate crisis is destroying the ice shelves of Antarctica.
February 13, 2019...
...NASA scientists (click here) monitoring the ancient ice sheet — formerly known as the Larsen B Ice Shelf — were startled by the sudden collapse; never had the researchers witnessed so much ice disappear so quickly.
...NASA scientists (click here) monitoring the ancient ice sheet — formerly known as the Larsen B Ice Shelf — were startled by the sudden collapse; never had the researchers witnessed so much ice disappear so quickly.
They did have some warning, though. In the months preceding the collapse, the shelf's surface had become riddled with more than 2,000 meltwater lakes — large pools of melted ice and snow that form on the surfaces of ice shelves during the summer melting season. These seasonal reservoirs can contain more than a million tons of water apiece and, according to a new study published today (Feb. 13) in the journal Nature Communications, may actually be able to bend portions of huge ice shelves so much that they break in half, ushering in their spectacular demise....
February 28, 2019
By Kevin Anderton
In West Antarctica, (click here) an iceberg about twice the size of New York City is about to break away from the main continent. The area is known as the Brunt Ice Shelf, it’s about 492 feet thick, and the part of it that is in danger of breaking off is about 660 square miles. The question is not whether or not the ice shelf will break but whether or not it will be held in place by the land underneath....
By Kevin Anderton
In West Antarctica, (click here) an iceberg about twice the size of New York City is about to break away from the main continent. The area is known as the Brunt Ice Shelf, it’s about 492 feet thick, and the part of it that is in danger of breaking off is about 660 square miles. The question is not whether or not the ice shelf will break but whether or not it will be held in place by the land underneath....
No knows the perils of the Climate Crisis better than Governor Inslee.
Washington State is seeing the effects of severe weather as well as degradation of it's fisheries to an increasingly acidic ocean. The Climate Crisis is so important that it does not have to be attached to any other deal to succeed as a campaign issue. I look forward to Governor Inslee's insight and urgent message to the American people.
March 1, 2019
By Dan Merica
The Report (click here)
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (click here) announced Friday that he is running for President, launching a bid in which he intends to make combating climate change the central rationale for his campaign.
Inslee announced the bid in a video made public on Friday. He is slated to hold a news conference in Seattle at a solar panel installer to expand upon his presidential announcement. He will be surrounded by friends, family and business owners who the campaign says have benefited from his climate policies in the state.
"I'm Jay Inslee and I'm running for president because I am the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority," the governor says in a more-than-a-minute-long video that highlights his decades-long focus on climate change and compares tackling the issue to President John F. Kennedy's focus on going to the moon.
"We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. And we're the last that can do something about it," Inslee adds. "We can do this. Join our movement. This is our moment."...
Washington State has charged a Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate and find remedies for ocean acidification. The dangers are real. The dangers are urgent. The dangers have to be addressed now.
The world’s oceans absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) (click here) from the atmosphere. As the oceans soak up excess carbon emissions, the chemistry of the seawater changes — both locally and globally. This absorption alters the ocean’s natural acid-base balance. This move toward a lower pH value is called ocean acidification.
Washington is particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. Washington’s coastal waters experience seasonal upwelling where waters that are naturally low in oxygen and rich in CO2 rise to the surface. Coastal waters also receive excess nitrogen from human activities that can stimulate algae blooms. As these blooms die and sink, bacteria decompose them, depleting oxygen from the surrounding water. The combined effects of upwelling, nitrogen inputs, and low oxygen zones mean that Washington is likely to see increased impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms earlier than other coastal areas....
March 1, 2019
By Dan Merica
The Report (click here)
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (click here) announced Friday that he is running for President, launching a bid in which he intends to make combating climate change the central rationale for his campaign.
Inslee announced the bid in a video made public on Friday. He is slated to hold a news conference in Seattle at a solar panel installer to expand upon his presidential announcement. He will be surrounded by friends, family and business owners who the campaign says have benefited from his climate policies in the state.
"I'm Jay Inslee and I'm running for president because I am the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority," the governor says in a more-than-a-minute-long video that highlights his decades-long focus on climate change and compares tackling the issue to President John F. Kennedy's focus on going to the moon.
"We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change. And we're the last that can do something about it," Inslee adds. "We can do this. Join our movement. This is our moment."...
Washington State has charged a Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate and find remedies for ocean acidification. The dangers are real. The dangers are urgent. The dangers have to be addressed now.
The world’s oceans absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) (click here) from the atmosphere. As the oceans soak up excess carbon emissions, the chemistry of the seawater changes — both locally and globally. This absorption alters the ocean’s natural acid-base balance. This move toward a lower pH value is called ocean acidification.
Washington is particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification. Washington’s coastal waters experience seasonal upwelling where waters that are naturally low in oxygen and rich in CO2 rise to the surface. Coastal waters also receive excess nitrogen from human activities that can stimulate algae blooms. As these blooms die and sink, bacteria decompose them, depleting oxygen from the surrounding water. The combined effects of upwelling, nitrogen inputs, and low oxygen zones mean that Washington is likely to see increased impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms earlier than other coastal areas....
The security clearance Trump has ordered for his friends and family will last for the rest of their lives. They will have access to high level security clearance for every country they are seeking to build more towers in and they will provide USA information to leaders of countries that are our enemies while receiving grants of money to carry out their projects.
Something needs to be done to be certain the USA national security is not compromised today and into the future by people focused on their own financial security rather than that or the national security of the USA.
Congress needs to review the list of those cleared for USA national security status under Trump, now.
The abuses by this president need to be made public.
March 1, 2019
By David Brennan
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (click here) has warned that President Donald Trump’s family members working in his administration cannot be considered off-limits for federal investigations.
Speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday night, Christie—a former Trump ally—said that Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner were fair game for investigators because of their senior positions within the White House.
Cuomo and Christie were discussing a New York Times report published Thursday which alleged that Trump ordered former Chief of Staff John Kelly to issue Kusher top-secret security clearance, overriding opposition from Kelly and other intelligence officials. Kushner, officially a senior advisor to Trump, was eventually given the clearance in May 2018.
According to the Times, both Kelly and then-White House Counsel Donald McGahn II were so concerned by the order that they wrote contemporaneous internal memos recording the decision. McGahn’s memo included concerns raised about Kushner by the CIA, and noted that the former counsel had recommended Kushner not be granted top-secret clearance....
Something needs to be done to be certain the USA national security is not compromised today and into the future by people focused on their own financial security rather than that or the national security of the USA.
Congress needs to review the list of those cleared for USA national security status under Trump, now.
The abuses by this president need to be made public.
March 1, 2019
By David Brennan
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (click here) has warned that President Donald Trump’s family members working in his administration cannot be considered off-limits for federal investigations.
Speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday night, Christie—a former Trump ally—said that Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner were fair game for investigators because of their senior positions within the White House.
Cuomo and Christie were discussing a New York Times report published Thursday which alleged that Trump ordered former Chief of Staff John Kelly to issue Kusher top-secret security clearance, overriding opposition from Kelly and other intelligence officials. Kushner, officially a senior advisor to Trump, was eventually given the clearance in May 2018.
According to the Times, both Kelly and then-White House Counsel Donald McGahn II were so concerned by the order that they wrote contemporaneous internal memos recording the decision. McGahn’s memo included concerns raised about Kushner by the CIA, and noted that the former counsel had recommended Kushner not be granted top-secret clearance....
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Trump calls out NRA in meeting on gun control
What happened to the Trump that originally took on the NRA?
March 1, 2018
President Trump shocked lawmakers in a bipartisan meeting by calling for comprehensive gun control measures backed by Democrats.
March 1, 2018
President Trump shocked lawmakers in a bipartisan meeting by calling for comprehensive gun control measures backed by Democrats.
There is a case out of Maine that is rather worrisome.
I am NOT trying to effect his guilt or innocence, but, was this man beaten? Some of what the police are accused of is torture. That is a separate investigation and it needs to be carried out by disinterested parties.
There was a time gap between the time he was apprehended and the time he was read his Miranda rights, I don't believe that constitutes proof of the comprehension of his arrest and the charges before him. If he was tortured he would do anything to prevent more of the same.
At this point, it looks as though the State's case is completely compromised as it should be if this man was tortured by the police. I don't' see how the case can go forward without a complete investigation of the accusations of torture.
February 28, 2019
by Megan Gray
John D. Williams is shown being led away after his capture by Maine State Police on April 28 and during his court hearing Thursday on a motion to suppress his confession to killing Somerset County Sheriff's Cpl. Eugene Cole. His attorney argued that Williams had been beaten by the arresting officers and feared further physical violence if he didn’t cooperate with the interrogation, and his drug withdrawal symptoms and weakened state made him vulnerable to coercion by police.
The man accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy (click here) was in withdrawal from drugs during his arrest and police interrogation, a doctor testified Thursday morning.
John D. Williams is charged with murder in the death of Cpl. Eugene Cole in April. Cole, 61, became the first Maine police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in three decades. Williams, 30, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge in June.
The doctor was the first witness in a multi-day hearing on a motion to suppress all statements Williams made to law enforcement upon his arrest, including a confession to the killing.
Defense attorney Verne Paradie argued in his motion that police obtained those statements illegally. He said Williams had been beaten by the arresting officers and feared further physical violence if he didn’t cooperate with the interrogation, and his withdrawal symptoms and weakened state made him vulnerable to coercion by police.
Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese pushed back on those ideas with her own questions, pointing in particular to a moment when Williams said he understood his Miranda rights and explained them to police....
There was a time gap between the time he was apprehended and the time he was read his Miranda rights, I don't believe that constitutes proof of the comprehension of his arrest and the charges before him. If he was tortured he would do anything to prevent more of the same.
At this point, it looks as though the State's case is completely compromised as it should be if this man was tortured by the police. I don't' see how the case can go forward without a complete investigation of the accusations of torture.
February 28, 2019by Megan Gray
John D. Williams is shown being led away after his capture by Maine State Police on April 28 and during his court hearing Thursday on a motion to suppress his confession to killing Somerset County Sheriff's Cpl. Eugene Cole. His attorney argued that Williams had been beaten by the arresting officers and feared further physical violence if he didn’t cooperate with the interrogation, and his drug withdrawal symptoms and weakened state made him vulnerable to coercion by police.
The man accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy (click here) was in withdrawal from drugs during his arrest and police interrogation, a doctor testified Thursday morning.
John D. Williams is charged with murder in the death of Cpl. Eugene Cole in April. Cole, 61, became the first Maine police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in three decades. Williams, 30, pleaded not guilty to the murder charge in June.
The doctor was the first witness in a multi-day hearing on a motion to suppress all statements Williams made to law enforcement upon his arrest, including a confession to the killing.
Defense attorney Verne Paradie argued in his motion that police obtained those statements illegally. He said Williams had been beaten by the arresting officers and feared further physical violence if he didn’t cooperate with the interrogation, and his withdrawal symptoms and weakened state made him vulnerable to coercion by police.
Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese pushed back on those ideas with her own questions, pointing in particular to a moment when Williams said he understood his Miranda rights and explained them to police....
The country has a problem. It has an entire political party in the Republicans that is bonded to Trump and he is a criminal. His methods are criminal and he doesn't care the amount of damage he does to our country or our people. Not only that but there is an entire segment of the population that has turned off the media for information and receives information only from Trump.
I hope the proper authorities are moving to take into custody the information Michael Cohen taken about that is "off site" in warehouses. The authorities need to get the information before it is destroyed. Have there been any warehouse fires lately?
I have no confidence at all in President Trump. He was tolerable, but, as time has worn on there is less and less about him that is tolerable. He uses racism to his advantage with a segment of the USA population. He breeds hate.
The USA has a profound problem and there is only one political party willing to do anything about it. There needs to be more Republicans separating themselves from Trump and be willing to love their country more than a man.
I hope the proper authorities are moving to take into custody the information Michael Cohen taken about that is "off site" in warehouses. The authorities need to get the information before it is destroyed. Have there been any warehouse fires lately?
I have no confidence at all in President Trump. He was tolerable, but, as time has worn on there is less and less about him that is tolerable. He uses racism to his advantage with a segment of the USA population. He breeds hate.
The USA has a profound problem and there is only one political party willing to do anything about it. There needs to be more Republicans separating themselves from Trump and be willing to love their country more than a man.
It was an alarming day.
The news both abroad and domestic was alarming yesterday and no American should take it lightly.
The talks with North Korea collapsed. They were touted by Trump for a long time as being award winning talks. That failed to be the case.
The USA military needs to reestablish its stance with South Korea and begin military games once more. That reality needs to automatically be part of any agreement between the USA and North Korea. The agreement between North Korea mist reflect a decreasing nuclear profile. In other words, as North Korea denuclearizes THEN the USA military decreases it's a profile in the area IN RELATION TO THE DEGREE OF DENUCLEARIZATION.
I find the abrupt removal of the USA military from South Korea and the compromise of South Korean national security to radical. It is understandable North Korea is demanding the removal of the USA military from the Korean Peninsula, but, to grant these demands without recognized and measurable concessions was an enormous mistake by Trump. What incentive did Kim have to carry out denuclearization after he got everything he wanted without changing a very aggressive profile? There were none.
In the domestic picture of the USA, there were alarming facts revealed in the US House with the testimony of Michael Cohen. He was very well spoken. He was more than willing to talk about the facts regarding his involvement in crimes by the Trump Company and the president as the president himself.
It was heartbreaking to realize Michael Cohen was enjoying a very lucrative career only to be drafted into a company that destroyed his professional status and life as a high earning lawyer. His family has suffered because of his affiliation with the Trump Company and the president.
Yesterday's testimony provided many lessons including the fact a slick public profile can mask the truth about the crime behind that profile. I hope if there are more Michael Cohens in the USA they take an example from this man and begin to reverse their involvement in crime.
The USA federal legislature has a heavy task ahead of it. It cannot leave a criminal in the Executive Branch. The American people should not consent to any criminal leadership in any branch of government. There are always hidden priorities with such people and it effects the path the USA government takes.
It is very worrisome that Trump is a criminal. He has taken enormous steps in regard to the USA treasury, dissolving treaties and reversing alliances with long standing allies. This is simply poor leadership, but, in the case of Trump it is poor leadership in the face of strong favoritism to Russian influence in both his election and his White House.
There is much to be done, but, the federal legislature cannot turn their backs on the facts brought to the country by Michael Cohen.
The talks with North Korea collapsed. They were touted by Trump for a long time as being award winning talks. That failed to be the case.
The USA military needs to reestablish its stance with South Korea and begin military games once more. That reality needs to automatically be part of any agreement between the USA and North Korea. The agreement between North Korea mist reflect a decreasing nuclear profile. In other words, as North Korea denuclearizes THEN the USA military decreases it's a profile in the area IN RELATION TO THE DEGREE OF DENUCLEARIZATION.
I find the abrupt removal of the USA military from South Korea and the compromise of South Korean national security to radical. It is understandable North Korea is demanding the removal of the USA military from the Korean Peninsula, but, to grant these demands without recognized and measurable concessions was an enormous mistake by Trump. What incentive did Kim have to carry out denuclearization after he got everything he wanted without changing a very aggressive profile? There were none.
In the domestic picture of the USA, there were alarming facts revealed in the US House with the testimony of Michael Cohen. He was very well spoken. He was more than willing to talk about the facts regarding his involvement in crimes by the Trump Company and the president as the president himself.
It was heartbreaking to realize Michael Cohen was enjoying a very lucrative career only to be drafted into a company that destroyed his professional status and life as a high earning lawyer. His family has suffered because of his affiliation with the Trump Company and the president.
Yesterday's testimony provided many lessons including the fact a slick public profile can mask the truth about the crime behind that profile. I hope if there are more Michael Cohens in the USA they take an example from this man and begin to reverse their involvement in crime.
The USA federal legislature has a heavy task ahead of it. It cannot leave a criminal in the Executive Branch. The American people should not consent to any criminal leadership in any branch of government. There are always hidden priorities with such people and it effects the path the USA government takes.
It is very worrisome that Trump is a criminal. He has taken enormous steps in regard to the USA treasury, dissolving treaties and reversing alliances with long standing allies. This is simply poor leadership, but, in the case of Trump it is poor leadership in the face of strong favoritism to Russian influence in both his election and his White House.
There is much to be done, but, the federal legislature cannot turn their backs on the facts brought to the country by Michael Cohen.
Donald Trump is heating up his veto pen.
Trump is very wrong in his assessment of these bills. They need to be signed into law and they are popular with gun owners. The veto should be viewed as adverse to gun ownership and safety for the American people. A majority of gun owners want better background checks.
The second bill is to extend the period of time given to gun shops to clear a person for ownership. That is a very good idea since Dillon Roof would not have been able to own his guns if he needed to wait a day or two longer for his background check.
There are very big consequences affiliated with the planned vetos of current bills passed with bipartisan votes. Those consequences need to be told to the American people. Vetos are serious issues and to use them for cronies and political votes is simply wrong when Americans are heavily impacted. Vetos impact the advocates and their campaigns to pass laws to help Americans. It simply wrong and proves the president is out of touch with the majority of Americans.
February 26, 2019
Washington — President Donald Trump (click here) is threatening to veto two Democratic bills expanding federal background checks on gun purchases, saying they do not sufficiently protect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights.
The House is expected to vote this week on separate bills requiring background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms and extending the background-check review from three to 10 days.
The bills are the first in a series of steps planned by majority House Democrats to tighten gun laws after eight years of Republican control.
The White House said in a veto message that the bill expanding background checks would impose unreasonable requirements on gun owners. It said the bill could block someone from borrowing a firearm for self-defense or allowing a neighbor to take care of a gun while traveling....
The second bill is to extend the period of time given to gun shops to clear a person for ownership. That is a very good idea since Dillon Roof would not have been able to own his guns if he needed to wait a day or two longer for his background check.
There are very big consequences affiliated with the planned vetos of current bills passed with bipartisan votes. Those consequences need to be told to the American people. Vetos are serious issues and to use them for cronies and political votes is simply wrong when Americans are heavily impacted. Vetos impact the advocates and their campaigns to pass laws to help Americans. It simply wrong and proves the president is out of touch with the majority of Americans.
February 26, 2019
Washington — President Donald Trump (click here) is threatening to veto two Democratic bills expanding federal background checks on gun purchases, saying they do not sufficiently protect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights.
The House is expected to vote this week on separate bills requiring background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms and extending the background-check review from three to 10 days.
The bills are the first in a series of steps planned by majority House Democrats to tighten gun laws after eight years of Republican control.
The White House said in a veto message that the bill expanding background checks would impose unreasonable requirements on gun owners. It said the bill could block someone from borrowing a firearm for self-defense or allowing a neighbor to take care of a gun while traveling....
FedEx is proving the IMF was correct in warnings about a slowing global economy.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, there has been a slowing to the USA economy. Many blame the government shutdown, but, the greatest impact didn't occur in 2018. The first paycheck was missed by the government employees in 2019. The USA government shutdown definitely affected the USA economy, but, to extrapolate that into the global slowdown is not likely.
Timeline to tariffs (click here)
November 13, 2018
By Dan Murphy
Growth is slowing in a number of the world’s big economies (click here), and the International Monetary Fund is warning that investor sentiment could make a “sudden reversal” for the worse.
“Although still supportive of growth, global financial conditions have started to tighten,” the fund said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook report for Middle East and Central Asia, released Tuesday.
The report is published annually and gives a broad overview of recent economic developments and of prospects and policy issues for the medium term....
FedEx is one of the companies that launched and grew with the expansion of global markets. It makes complete sense that FedEx would be feeling the CONTRACTION of the global market place. Now, 3.5 growth is still significant, but, if the slowing continues it will have a larger impact. I think this slowing is on track due to the USA tariffs.
February 25, 2019
By Max Garland
FedEx’s view on the economy (click here) isn’t getting any better with its next earnings report less than a month away, according to a recent company report.
The Memphis logistics giant expects global and U.S. economic growth to slow this year and next, per a FedEx analysis as of Feb. 1.
Global gross domestic product growth will dip to 2.9 percent in 2019 and to 2.8 percent in 2020, according to the analysis in FedEx’s roadshow report for investors. FedEx forecast global GDP growth to be 3.1 percent last year.
“Global economic growth is slowing as growth eases in the Eurozone, China, and other large economies,” FedEx said in the report. “Given the importance of access to global supply chains to U.S. competitiveness and jobs, it is important to have a policy environment that encourages free trade. Higher tariffs represent a downside risk to the economic outlook, especially as global trade growth slows.”
FedEx is one of many expecting the global economy to slow. In January, the International Monetary Fund said GDP growth would drop from 3.7 percent in 2018 to 3.5 percent in 2019....
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Timeline to tariffs (click here)
November 13, 2018
By Dan Murphy
Growth is slowing in a number of the world’s big economies (click here), and the International Monetary Fund is warning that investor sentiment could make a “sudden reversal” for the worse.
“Although still supportive of growth, global financial conditions have started to tighten,” the fund said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook report for Middle East and Central Asia, released Tuesday.
The report is published annually and gives a broad overview of recent economic developments and of prospects and policy issues for the medium term....
FedEx is one of the companies that launched and grew with the expansion of global markets. It makes complete sense that FedEx would be feeling the CONTRACTION of the global market place. Now, 3.5 growth is still significant, but, if the slowing continues it will have a larger impact. I think this slowing is on track due to the USA tariffs.
February 25, 2019
By Max Garland
FedEx’s view on the economy (click here) isn’t getting any better with its next earnings report less than a month away, according to a recent company report.
The Memphis logistics giant expects global and U.S. economic growth to slow this year and next, per a FedEx analysis as of Feb. 1.
Global gross domestic product growth will dip to 2.9 percent in 2019 and to 2.8 percent in 2020, according to the analysis in FedEx’s roadshow report for investors. FedEx forecast global GDP growth to be 3.1 percent last year.
“Global economic growth is slowing as growth eases in the Eurozone, China, and other large economies,” FedEx said in the report. “Given the importance of access to global supply chains to U.S. competitiveness and jobs, it is important to have a policy environment that encourages free trade. Higher tariffs represent a downside risk to the economic outlook, especially as global trade growth slows.”
FedEx is one of many expecting the global economy to slow. In January, the International Monetary Fund said GDP growth would drop from 3.7 percent in 2018 to 3.5 percent in 2019....
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Thank you, Speaker Pelosi.
Expanding background checks high a high approval rate by the American people, including gun owners. Those that can lawfully own a gun recognize the loopholes in the current law and want those loopholes closed. This is the first time in nearly two decades a gun law has been passed in the USA legislature. It is a result of hard work and reaching across the aisle.
The elections of 2018, placing Democrats in the majority in the US House, was won due to expectations of increasing gun control and guaranteeing health insurance without regard to pre-conditions. Yesterday was a great day in the US House which occurred with committees recessed for the vote.
This bill was possible because gun control groups never gave up, including with the help of Michael Bloomberg.
February 27, 2019
By Brakkton Booker
The House passed (click here) what advocates call the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades on Wednesday when it approved the first of two bills aimed at broadening the federal background check system for firearms purchases.
The vote on the first bill, dubbed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed largely along party lines 240 to 190 with Democrats who control the House cheering as they carried the legislation across the finish line.
A second bill, expected to be taken up Thursday, would extend the period federal authorities have to complete a background check before a gun sale can go through. Under current law, if a check isn't finalized in three business days, the transaction can automatically proceed.
House Democrats hope the swift passage of the companion bills will put pressure on the Senate to act. The National Rifle Association opposes the legislation, and it faces major headwinds in the Republican-controlled Senate. In the unlikely event the Senate approves the measure, the White House has already signaled the President would veto the bill, should it reach his desk....
The elections of 2018, placing Democrats in the majority in the US House, was won due to expectations of increasing gun control and guaranteeing health insurance without regard to pre-conditions. Yesterday was a great day in the US House which occurred with committees recessed for the vote.
This bill was possible because gun control groups never gave up, including with the help of Michael Bloomberg.
February 27, 2019
By Brakkton Booker
The House passed (click here) what advocates call the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades on Wednesday when it approved the first of two bills aimed at broadening the federal background check system for firearms purchases.
The vote on the first bill, dubbed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed largely along party lines 240 to 190 with Democrats who control the House cheering as they carried the legislation across the finish line.
A second bill, expected to be taken up Thursday, would extend the period federal authorities have to complete a background check before a gun sale can go through. Under current law, if a check isn't finalized in three business days, the transaction can automatically proceed.
House Democrats hope the swift passage of the companion bills will put pressure on the Senate to act. The National Rifle Association opposes the legislation, and it faces major headwinds in the Republican-controlled Senate. In the unlikely event the Senate approves the measure, the White House has already signaled the President would veto the bill, should it reach his desk....
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
My internet connection was interrupted during the final segment of questioning. I will most likely spend time at the library tomorrow for uninterrupted listening to the final time segment.
That said, I have seen segments on the evening news and Rep. Wasserman - Schultz asked how she can coroborate Mr. Cohen’s testimony so I have some suggestions.
I would make a complete list of the information I was looking for such as, “Please send me all the known dates and times of postings of Guccifer 2.0 in relation to the election of 2016,” and “Send any supporting evidence to the fact Guccifer 2.0 was involved in the hacking of the DNC headquarters and that of the Clinton Campaign, as well as the dates and times connected to communications with Wikileaks.” Then Representative, I would address that list to relevant agencies directly such as the FBI, CIA and European intelligence agencies and perhaps Interpol. Caution with Interpol as about six months or so ago or more a Russian operative was attempting to take over leadership of the agency.
I would not send requests through the Homeland Security Secretary as that is a conflict of interest and possible obstruction of justice. So, enlist people and agencies that can be honest and trustworthy. The requests must be specific to focus the desired information for efficiency and expediency of the request. A simple statement such as, “Please send any coroborating evidence to the Michael Cohen testimony before Congress,” is very broad in it’s scope and requires interpretation and expertise that will submit the request to a lengthy process and quite possibly make it untenable to answer.
I think the US House has enough talented people that can narrow down what is needed and pin point the important information. Allow the LIST to be satisfied as the information is accumulated without any particular order, date or time it is delivered to your desk. A partial fulfillment of the list will begin to build clarity and quite possibly as more information rolls in will complete the picture far sooner than waiting for a completed task.
That is probably clear as mud, but, just dive in and ask a staffer to follow up regularly and bring it to your attention regularly. Good luck.
Do I mistrust the Secretary of Homeland Security? Are there children in detention camps without a clear path for their future? The answer to both is, yes.
That said, I have seen segments on the evening news and Rep. Wasserman - Schultz asked how she can coroborate Mr. Cohen’s testimony so I have some suggestions.
I would make a complete list of the information I was looking for such as, “Please send me all the known dates and times of postings of Guccifer 2.0 in relation to the election of 2016,” and “Send any supporting evidence to the fact Guccifer 2.0 was involved in the hacking of the DNC headquarters and that of the Clinton Campaign, as well as the dates and times connected to communications with Wikileaks.” Then Representative, I would address that list to relevant agencies directly such as the FBI, CIA and European intelligence agencies and perhaps Interpol. Caution with Interpol as about six months or so ago or more a Russian operative was attempting to take over leadership of the agency.
I would not send requests through the Homeland Security Secretary as that is a conflict of interest and possible obstruction of justice. So, enlist people and agencies that can be honest and trustworthy. The requests must be specific to focus the desired information for efficiency and expediency of the request. A simple statement such as, “Please send any coroborating evidence to the Michael Cohen testimony before Congress,” is very broad in it’s scope and requires interpretation and expertise that will submit the request to a lengthy process and quite possibly make it untenable to answer.
I think the US House has enough talented people that can narrow down what is needed and pin point the important information. Allow the LIST to be satisfied as the information is accumulated without any particular order, date or time it is delivered to your desk. A partial fulfillment of the list will begin to build clarity and quite possibly as more information rolls in will complete the picture far sooner than waiting for a completed task.
That is probably clear as mud, but, just dive in and ask a staffer to follow up regularly and bring it to your attention regularly. Good luck.
Do I mistrust the Secretary of Homeland Security? Are there children in detention camps without a clear path for their future? The answer to both is, yes.
I like Michael Cohen. I believe he is doing his level best to apologize to Congress and the American people. His statements where he enters into the assessment of a brief encounter between Trump and Trump, Jr. is interesting, but, has to be corroborated.
I don't think Michael Cohen is a bad man, but, he allowed himself to be dragged into a corrupt real estate company for the monies it brought. I also wonder if Michael Cohen felt intimidated in any way to continue his employment with Trump.
There is a difference between the ideas of corruption and entitlement by Trump and the actions of Michael Cohen. Cohen took the heat for Trump and he made a lot of money doing so, but, those monies would not be available to him if Trump didn't first exact his actions.
Michael Cohen needs no one's help in defending himself.
Why isn't the FBI handling this? Are there American entities involved with this? Every financial institution in the USA needs to investigate any potential of harboring these monies and report it to the FBI. There are significant laws regarding the reporting of large movements of money to detect terrorists. No USA institution should be in violation of those laws.
16 February 2012
By Rupert Neate
A high court judge (click here) has issued an arrest warrant for a Kazakh billionaire accused of committing one of the world's biggest ever frauds.
Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is alleged to have embezzled $5bn (£3.2bn), was found guilty of lying to the court about the scale of his vast fortune, including a £17m mansion on The Bishops Avenue, known as London's "billionaires' row". Mr Justice Teare sentenced Ablyazov to 22 months in jail for "serious" and "brazen" contempt of court in trying to hide more than £34m of assets from creditors, who claim he siphoned off billions of pounds from the Kazakh bank he used to run, BTA.
Ablyazov fled to Britain in 2009 after the bank he chaired defaulted on £8bn of debt owed to majority-state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barclays and others. The judge said Ablyazov has been accused of "fraud on an epic scale" and of using the bank "as if it were his own private source of funds"....
Mr. Hice us chasing rainbows. Signatures are signatures. Checks are checks. Mr. Cohen has already stated much of what the US House is looking for can be found with the Southern District of New York US Attorney's office.
The Republicans strongly appear to be under the influence of Trump no different than Mr. Cohen was at one time.
Lanny Davis is a wealthy man who can easily provide Pro Bono services to Michael Cohen. It is generous of him and he intends to have Michael Cohen to be honest and bring about the truth to the American people. I am concerned that if Michael Cohen had another attorney the truth would still be buried.
Lanny Davis is known to have a friendship with the Clintons as former members of the federal authority of the USA. I think I feel better about Lanny Davis' friendships than I do about Trump's in Asia.
There are many people that feel responsible for the failed election of Hillary Clinton. The longer this continues the more Americans are realizing the Clinton loss in 2016 was an assault against the country. If Lanny Davis is dedicated to revealing the truth, then I am not surprised. He is as an American as anyone else and he has a right to seek to protect this democracy.
Mark Meadows is barking up the wrong tree because Michael Cohen has already discussed this with his council. This is the third day of testimony and there have been legal dynamics continuing throughout.
Higgins is a piece of work. The prosecuting authorities don't necessarily need Cohen's boxes when it comes to bank information and otherwise. Michael Cohen already stated what evidence he had can be found at the SDNY. There are no secrets stated today that isn't already known. Oops, there it is. Higgins is defending the president.
July 6, 2019
New Orleans -- A Louisiana congressman (click here) is apologizing for the "unintended pain" caused by a video of his visit to a gas chamber at a Nazi concentration camp.
Rep. Clay Higgins said in an email Wednesday that he was retracting the video, recorded at the Auschwitz camp in Poland that is now part of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum....
The guy opposes bipartisanship.
September 14, 2018
By Drew Broach
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Port Barre, (click here) has been a solid supporter of GOP President Donald Trump, and has raised and spent more money in his re-election campaign than anyone else in the race. But he's also facing more opponents than any Louisiana incumbent, and is the only one challenged by a member of his own party....
September 29, 2016
By Walter Pierce
[Editor's Note: (click here) The IND reached out to former Opelousas Police Chief Perry Gallow, who says Higgins' comments on both of the incidents below are misleading. "I am disappointed," Gallow says. "I really thought that Clay had turned the page. He preaches a lot about redemption, but his claims are, for the most part, inaccurate." More to come from that interview later this week.]
On May 31, 2007, Perry Gallow, then the police chief in Opelousas, wrote a letter to the mayor and city council informing them that on “May 18, 2007, Police Officer Clay Higgins rendered all equipment/property in his possession to Assistant Chief Smith/Opelousas Police Department, thereby resigning his position as Police Officer. A recommendation of disciplinary action, suspension without pay, regarding Mr. Higgins was approved at the Special Council Meeting of May 15, 2007. Due to his abrupt resignation, disciplinary action cannot be imposed.”
In addition to the letter to the mayor and council informing them of Officer Higgins’ resignation, Gallow attached a series of police department documents from his office including minutes of the Opelousas Police Department’s Discipline Review Board concerning the March 14, 2007, incident. Included among several accounts of police misconduct lodged against several officers within those minutes — their names are redacted — was the accusation against Patrol Officer First Class Clay Higgins: “Pfc. Clay Higgins used unnecessary force on a subject during the execution of a warrant and later gave false statements during an internal investigation. Although he later recanted his story and admitted to striking a suspect in handcuffs and later releasing him ...
That is precious. Michael Cohen needed to record Donald Trump to defend himself to David Pecker. Why do I get the feeling Trump told Pecker that he had given the monies to Cohen and Cohen needs to be forthcoming. Amazing. Trump is a thief. He entered into financial arrangements to pay off his protections against disclosure of an affair with a Playboy model and then welched on it.
Okay, Michael Cohen has a right to accept a book and movie deal within the defines of the law. He does not have to provide donations to any charity and there is every indication that once Michael Cohen leaves prison he will be his own charity. He has a Pro Bono lawyer, what else needs to be known?
There is nothing new about that.
December 12, 2018
By Ryan Lucas
A federal judge (click here) sentenced Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Wednesday following Cohen's guilty pleas to a number of political and finance crimes.
Those three years would be followed by three years of supervised release, and Cohen also is subject to forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000....
The government is receiving plenty of money from Mr. Cohen to defray the cost of the prosection. He is going to need money and plenty of it.
Additionally, Michael Cohen lost his legal license.
I forgot, the Republicans use these hearings as fodder for political commercials. Rep. Greg Steuben reminded me of that fact.
Rep. Chip Roy is from the 12th District of Texas. That is a district of San Antonio and north. Mr. Roy needs to speak to his peers that represent the Texas border because the people along the Texas border do not want a wall. He is complaining about wasting time on the testimony of Michael Cohen. I don't find it a waste of time to collect unlawful activity of a freely elected president. I might add, I am not completely sure Trump was freely elected by an electorate free of influence by an enemy of the USA.
Americans should be concerned about the priorities of Chip Roy. The reality that he disdains NATO only brings more concern about his criticism of Michael Cohen.
January 28, 2019
By Bill Lambrecht
...When the House voted 357-22 last week (click here) to prevent President Donald Trump from withdrawing from NATO, as the president has threatened to do, Roy was in the distinct minority supporting Trump.
In an even more lopsided tally, Roy was one of just seven House members, all Republicans, voting against legislation to ensure that some 800,000 federal workers affected by the government shutdown get back pay. After Senate passage and a 411-7 House vote, Trump signed the measure into law....
It is completely obvious to me there are relationships between communist leaders and Mr. Trump. THAT reality together with the information currently accumulated by SDNY and the Special Council which taints the 2016 election to favor Trump is most worrisome. Yet. The Republicans don't find it at all concerning.
It would seem the Democrats are the only ones willing to worry about the USA Constitution and the sovereign nature of the USA and it's elections.
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I don't think Michael Cohen is a bad man, but, he allowed himself to be dragged into a corrupt real estate company for the monies it brought. I also wonder if Michael Cohen felt intimidated in any way to continue his employment with Trump.
There is a difference between the ideas of corruption and entitlement by Trump and the actions of Michael Cohen. Cohen took the heat for Trump and he made a lot of money doing so, but, those monies would not be available to him if Trump didn't first exact his actions.
Michael Cohen needs no one's help in defending himself.
Why isn't the FBI handling this? Are there American entities involved with this? Every financial institution in the USA needs to investigate any potential of harboring these monies and report it to the FBI. There are significant laws regarding the reporting of large movements of money to detect terrorists. No USA institution should be in violation of those laws.
16 February 2012
By Rupert Neate
A high court judge (click here) has issued an arrest warrant for a Kazakh billionaire accused of committing one of the world's biggest ever frauds.
Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is alleged to have embezzled $5bn (£3.2bn), was found guilty of lying to the court about the scale of his vast fortune, including a £17m mansion on The Bishops Avenue, known as London's "billionaires' row". Mr Justice Teare sentenced Ablyazov to 22 months in jail for "serious" and "brazen" contempt of court in trying to hide more than £34m of assets from creditors, who claim he siphoned off billions of pounds from the Kazakh bank he used to run, BTA.
Ablyazov fled to Britain in 2009 after the bank he chaired defaulted on £8bn of debt owed to majority-state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barclays and others. The judge said Ablyazov has been accused of "fraud on an epic scale" and of using the bank "as if it were his own private source of funds"....
Mr. Hice us chasing rainbows. Signatures are signatures. Checks are checks. Mr. Cohen has already stated much of what the US House is looking for can be found with the Southern District of New York US Attorney's office.
The Republicans strongly appear to be under the influence of Trump no different than Mr. Cohen was at one time.
Lanny Davis is a wealthy man who can easily provide Pro Bono services to Michael Cohen. It is generous of him and he intends to have Michael Cohen to be honest and bring about the truth to the American people. I am concerned that if Michael Cohen had another attorney the truth would still be buried.
Lanny Davis is known to have a friendship with the Clintons as former members of the federal authority of the USA. I think I feel better about Lanny Davis' friendships than I do about Trump's in Asia.
There are many people that feel responsible for the failed election of Hillary Clinton. The longer this continues the more Americans are realizing the Clinton loss in 2016 was an assault against the country. If Lanny Davis is dedicated to revealing the truth, then I am not surprised. He is as an American as anyone else and he has a right to seek to protect this democracy.
Mark Meadows is barking up the wrong tree because Michael Cohen has already discussed this with his council. This is the third day of testimony and there have been legal dynamics continuing throughout.
Higgins is a piece of work. The prosecuting authorities don't necessarily need Cohen's boxes when it comes to bank information and otherwise. Michael Cohen already stated what evidence he had can be found at the SDNY. There are no secrets stated today that isn't already known. Oops, there it is. Higgins is defending the president.
July 6, 2019
New Orleans -- A Louisiana congressman (click here) is apologizing for the "unintended pain" caused by a video of his visit to a gas chamber at a Nazi concentration camp.
Rep. Clay Higgins said in an email Wednesday that he was retracting the video, recorded at the Auschwitz camp in Poland that is now part of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum....
The guy opposes bipartisanship.
September 14, 2018
By Drew Broach
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Port Barre, (click here) has been a solid supporter of GOP President Donald Trump, and has raised and spent more money in his re-election campaign than anyone else in the race. But he's also facing more opponents than any Louisiana incumbent, and is the only one challenged by a member of his own party....
September 29, 2016
By Walter Pierce
[Editor's Note: (click here) The IND reached out to former Opelousas Police Chief Perry Gallow, who says Higgins' comments on both of the incidents below are misleading. "I am disappointed," Gallow says. "I really thought that Clay had turned the page. He preaches a lot about redemption, but his claims are, for the most part, inaccurate." More to come from that interview later this week.]
On May 31, 2007, Perry Gallow, then the police chief in Opelousas, wrote a letter to the mayor and city council informing them that on “May 18, 2007, Police Officer Clay Higgins rendered all equipment/property in his possession to Assistant Chief Smith/Opelousas Police Department, thereby resigning his position as Police Officer. A recommendation of disciplinary action, suspension without pay, regarding Mr. Higgins was approved at the Special Council Meeting of May 15, 2007. Due to his abrupt resignation, disciplinary action cannot be imposed.”
In addition to the letter to the mayor and council informing them of Officer Higgins’ resignation, Gallow attached a series of police department documents from his office including minutes of the Opelousas Police Department’s Discipline Review Board concerning the March 14, 2007, incident. Included among several accounts of police misconduct lodged against several officers within those minutes — their names are redacted — was the accusation against Patrol Officer First Class Clay Higgins: “Pfc. Clay Higgins used unnecessary force on a subject during the execution of a warrant and later gave false statements during an internal investigation. Although he later recanted his story and admitted to striking a suspect in handcuffs and later releasing him ...
That is precious. Michael Cohen needed to record Donald Trump to defend himself to David Pecker. Why do I get the feeling Trump told Pecker that he had given the monies to Cohen and Cohen needs to be forthcoming. Amazing. Trump is a thief. He entered into financial arrangements to pay off his protections against disclosure of an affair with a Playboy model and then welched on it.
There is nothing new about that.
December 12, 2018
By Ryan Lucas
A federal judge (click here) sentenced Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Wednesday following Cohen's guilty pleas to a number of political and finance crimes.
Those three years would be followed by three years of supervised release, and Cohen also is subject to forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000....
The government is receiving plenty of money from Mr. Cohen to defray the cost of the prosection. He is going to need money and plenty of it.
Additionally, Michael Cohen lost his legal license.
I forgot, the Republicans use these hearings as fodder for political commercials. Rep. Greg Steuben reminded me of that fact.
Rep. Chip Roy is from the 12th District of Texas. That is a district of San Antonio and north. Mr. Roy needs to speak to his peers that represent the Texas border because the people along the Texas border do not want a wall. He is complaining about wasting time on the testimony of Michael Cohen. I don't find it a waste of time to collect unlawful activity of a freely elected president. I might add, I am not completely sure Trump was freely elected by an electorate free of influence by an enemy of the USA.
Americans should be concerned about the priorities of Chip Roy. The reality that he disdains NATO only brings more concern about his criticism of Michael Cohen.
January 28, 2019
By Bill Lambrecht
...When the House voted 357-22 last week (click here) to prevent President Donald Trump from withdrawing from NATO, as the president has threatened to do, Roy was in the distinct minority supporting Trump.
In an even more lopsided tally, Roy was one of just seven House members, all Republicans, voting against legislation to ensure that some 800,000 federal workers affected by the government shutdown get back pay. After Senate passage and a 411-7 House vote, Trump signed the measure into law....
It is completely obvious to me there are relationships between communist leaders and Mr. Trump. THAT reality together with the information currently accumulated by SDNY and the Special Council which taints the 2016 election to favor Trump is most worrisome. Yet. The Republicans don't find it at all concerning.
It would seem the Democrats are the only ones willing to worry about the USA Constitution and the sovereign nature of the USA and it's elections.
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