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By Aruna Viswanatha WSJ May 15, 2018 Former prosecutor Gene Rossi learned to expect lectures and humiliation when he appeared before U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, who regularly ridiculed his arguments. But when Mr. Rossi returned several years ago from chemotherapy, Judge Ellis—after sternly summoning him to the bench—became tearful as he asked how Mr. Rossi was doing. “For all his apparent seriousness and reprimanding and correcting and berating of attorneys, he has a heart of gold,” Mr. Rossi said recently. … Continue Reading…..
Opinion | Trump’s Failure in Jerusalem New York Times May 15, 2018 The day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem is a day the world has longed for, because of what it was supposed to represent: the end of a seemingly endless conflict, a blood-soaked tragedy with justice and cruelty on both sides. Israelis and Palestinians have envisioned a capital in Jerusalem, and for generations the Americans, the honest brokers in seeking peace, withheld recognition of either side’s claims, pending a treaty that through hard compromise would resolve all competing demands. But on Monday President Trump…
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Thomas McInerney won’t be on Fox News after ‘Songbird John’ McCain insult The Washington Times May 14, 2018 Fox News says Thomas McInerney, a retired Air Force general who called Sen. John McCain “Songbird John” for allegedly providing information to the North Vietnamese while he was a prisoner of war will not be invited back. The idea that McCain gave up information during the war was judged false years ago by Politifact. Continue Reading….. See also: “What If Fox News Reported the Whole Truth?”, by Larry Klayman
‘Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Tom Hamburger, Robert Costa, Matt Zapotosky Washington Post May 14, 2018 The grand jury witnesses arrive one by one at the windowless room in the federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in downtown Washington. They are struck first by how commonplace the setting feels — more classroom than courtroom, two witnesses said. One of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s prosecutors stands at a lectern. The jurors, diverse by age and ethnicity, are attentive and take notes. The questioning…
Bernie Sanders: ‘Beyond my comprehension’ that White House won’t apologize for McCain joke By Clare Foran CNN May 13, 2018 Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that it is beyond his “comprehension” that the White House has not apologized in the wake of reports that a staffer mocked Sen. John McCain’s health, saying “he’s dying anyway,” in response to the senator’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel. “It is one thing in the White House for somebody to say something crude and stupid and disrespectful about an American hero, it is another…
Devin Nunes Doesn’t Seem to Care That He Could Get Someone Killed By David Boddiger Splinter May 13, 2018 The behavior of California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes has been suspect nearly from the start of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling and the Trump campaign’s possible involvement. Repeatedly, Nunes has shown that he fully intends to use his position as House Intelligence chairman to disrupt the probe at all costs, which includes lying to the American people and threatening top law enforcement officials. He’s now gone as far as trying to expose a U.S. intelligence asset,…
Ford turned down Michael Cohen’s consulting services. Now Robert Mueller wants to know why. By Edwin Rios Mother Jones May 13, 2018 Shortly after Donald Trump became president, his personal attorney Michael Cohen gave Ford Motor Co. a call to offer his consulting services, “touting his proximity to the president,” the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Unlike AT&T, Novartis, and Columbus Nova, an investment firm tied to a Russian oligarch, the automaker quickly turned down Cohen’s offer. Now, special counsel Robert Mueller wants to know more. The Journal reported that Mueller’s team has requested records, including emails, and…
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