[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #541 - Guilty

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 01:06 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Nee, en ik snap ook niet waarom je mn positie belachelijk probeert te maken.

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Lawyers for alleged Russian agent Maria Butina accused of violating court rules

The lawyer for Maria Butina, an alleged Russian agent who was recently indicted by the Justice Department, is being accused of violating court rules by talking to the press about her case.

In a new letter to attorney Robert Driscoll and entered into federal court in Washington on Thursday, prosecutors say they have “concerns” about his “apparent ongoing violations” of local criminal rules that set limits on what both the government and defense counsel can say publicly.

“Despite this clear prohibition, the government has encountered multiple recent instances of you in the press commenting about the merits and evidence of this case,” prosecutors wrote, citing comments Driscoll made in articles published in July and August in Politico, the Washington Post, and RT.

Butina was arrested in Washington on July 15 and charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by acting as an unregistered Russian agent within the United States. Her work at the direction of a high-level Russian official, believed to be Aleksandr Torshin, began as early as 2015 and continued until at least February 2017.

Prosecutors note that Driscoll’s comments were made despite a warning from the judge, when they alerted U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan at a status hearing last month about comments he had already made to the press.

At the time, Chutkan said she would hold off on issuing a gag order, but told Driscoll: “Do you think it’s in your client’s interest to have her case tried in the press?”

“Your comments in the press since that hearing appear to have been made without any regard to the court’s admonition,” prosecutors said Thursday, adding that they could ask for a gag order if his comments continue.

Prosecutors allege that Butina had attempted to create a “backchannel” of communications between Republicans and Russian officials, by developing relationships with conservatives inside the National Rifle Association, the National Prayer Breakfast, and other religious organizations.

Butina has pleaded not guilty, and is currently being held in an Alexandria, Va., jail — right outside Washington — after federal magistrate judge Deborah Robinson ordered her detained pending trial.

At a press briefing Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow demands the U.S. drop the charges against her.

"We demand that all necessary assistance is provided to Maria Butina and politically motivated charges are dropped," Zakharova reportedly said. "We hope that the global community will pay attention to the U.S. law enforcement agencies’ actions against the Russian citizen that humiliate human dignity."

The Russian Embassy in Washington has also accused the U.S. of mistreating Butina in custody.

“It seems as if Washington is trying to force her to cooperate with the investigation by making her living conditions as difficult as possible,” the embassy tweeted last week.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 02:03 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 01:15:02 Prosecutors in the case against Mariia Butina have sent a letter to her defense attorney saying that he's violating local court rules about making statements about the case—and they may seek relief from the Court if he continues. https://t.co/EHa37c2Ntx reageer retweet

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ColinKahl twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 00:38:03 <THREAD> BOMBSHELL from @adamentous & @RonanFarrow: A memo circulating in the Trump NSC in early 2017 alleging a vast conspiracy of former Obama officials may be linked to efforts by the Israeli firm Black Cube to target me, @brhodes, & our families. https://t.co/EWUzhJwKer 1/ reageer retweet

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In early 2017, some of Donald Trump’s advisers concluded that they faced a sophisticated threat responsible for “coordinated attacks” on the new Administration. They circulated a memo, titled “The Echo Chamber,” which read like a U.S. military-intelligence officer’s analysis of a foreign-insurgent network. Instead of being about enemies in a distant war zone, however, the network described in the memo consisted of former aides to President Barack Obama.

The memo claimed that the “communications infrastructure” that the Obama White House used to “sell Obamacare and the Iran Deal to the public” had been moved to the private sector, now that the former aides were out of government. It called the network the Echo Chamber and accused its members of mounting a coördinated effort “to undermine President Trump’s foreign policy” through organized attacks in the press against Trump and his advisers. “These are the Obama loyalists who are probably among those coordinating the daily/weekly battle rhythm,” the memo said, adding that they likely operated a “virtual war room.” The memo lists Ben Rhodes, a former deputy national-security adviser to President Obama, as “likely the brain behind this operation” and Colin Kahl, Vice-President Joe Biden’s former national-security adviser, as its “likely ops chief.” Rhodes and Kahl both said in interviews that the allegations are false and no such organization exists.

The memo is unsigned and undated, and Trump Administration officials familiar with it offered conflicting accounts of who authored it and whether it originated inside or outside the White House. The officials said that it was circulated within the National Security Council and other parts of the Trump White House in early 2017. They said the memo may have had additional pages. A National Security Council spokesperson declined to comment.

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:33:46 Read this and remember that Jacob Zamel--the founder of Black Cube's rival in Israel, PsyGroup--met with Trump Jr. in Trump Tower on August 3, 2016. The meeting was set up and attended by Erik Prince; George Nader was there, too. What was Zamel selling? A domestic psy-ops campaign. https://t.co/uQXHOg2UVL reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:35:39 2/ Trump Jr.'s response to being offered a massive domestic fake news campaign to help his dad win the election? "Very interested." I think we're going to be hearing much more about that meeting--as what Zamel offered was much less controversial than what *Nader* offered Trump Jr. reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 04:36:18 3/ Did I mention Nader is cooperating with Mueller? reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 22:59 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Dus in een maand tijd zijn we gegaan van

"Het is niet waar", naar
"Als het waar is, is het niet crimineel", naar
"Als het crimineel is, is het niet erg", naar
"Als het erg is, is het resultaat nog veel erger".

Hij gaat lekker Donnie!

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 05:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is lachwekkend. Die HJC is gewoon een parodie geworden. Wat een sneue bende.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 07:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Het is erg belangrijk.Stel dat Cruz en O'Rourke gaan debatteren over windenergie in Texas, dan is het handig als Cruz ineens kan roepen:" But her emails!". Dan is Beto meteen stil.

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Critics fear Trump’s attacks are doing lasting damage to the justice system

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Taken together, critics said, the president’s actions demonstrate his shifting, inconsistent principles when it comes to law enforcement and suggest a dangerous lack of understanding about the criminal justice system that is likely to have repercussions well beyond the White House.

“When people at the top show contempt for law and contempt for the legal process, that’s bound to trickle down,” said Pamela Karlan, a Stanford University law professor.

In recent months, Republicans have increasingly lost confidence in the Justice Department and the FBI. One lawmaker accused of crimes, Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.), has modeled his response on Trump’s, describing Justice as “the Democrats’ arm of law enforcement” this week after he and his wife were charged with spending more than $250,000 in campaign funds on family vacations and other personal expenses.

In the interview with “Fox & Friends,” which was recorded Wednesday and aired in full Thursday morning, Trump decried the long-established practice of “flipping,” in which a person accused of a crime is offered leniency by prosecutors in exchange for becoming a cooperating witness.

The practice is one of the most powerful tools investigators use to dismantle secretive, insular criminal organizations, including gangs, and to uncover other crimes. Advisers said Trump’s remarks were largely out of pique with Cohen.

“For 30, 40 years I’ve been watching flippers,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s Ainsley Earhardt. He added: “It almost ought to be outlawed.”

The remarks drew rebukes from both Democrats and Republicans, including Giuliani.

“When it’s done right, it’s fine,” Giuliani said, noting that prosecutors offer witnesses leniency for their cooperation in criminal probes and that it’s a valuable tool for getting to the truth if they do it properly.

“It’s one of the tools prosecutors use,” he added. “Then it gets tested by a jury. You can’t stop that.”

Alberto R. Gonzales, who was attorney general under President George W. Bush, and Neal Katyal, solicitor general under President Barack Obama, both said it was a necessary tool.

“If President Trump’s views were the law, literally thousands of criminals would be on the street today,” Katyal wrote in an email.

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Bron: WaPo

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 01:30 schreef monkyyy het volgende:

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Ze had ook kunnen zeggen:
This is an incredibly insensitive attempt to use a young person’s death for political purposes and you should be ashamed. It’s too early to talk about immigration and we offer our thoughts and prayers to her and her family.

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Op donderdag 23 augustus 2018 04:21 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 23-08-2018 om 01:10:41 Three hours ago this case was put forward as the centerpiece of the GOP midterm strategy... on illegal immigration. Damn you, facts! Why must you get in the way of a political party exploiting a family's grief for political gain (even after family members begged them *not* to)? https://t.co/9BlkXfVQrJ reageer retweet

Man charged with killing Iowa college student was in U.S. legally, lawyer says

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 09:27 schreef IkStampOpTacos het volgende:

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Toevallig dat haar dood gepushed werd, niet echt.

https://www.independent.c(...)tm_source=reddit.com

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 06:06 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Oh wacht, we hadden het over het diep zinken van de GOP....

http://thehill.com/blogs/(...)nt-could-help-gop-in

Newt Gingrich is blij met twee vermoorde studenten Iowa, want dat kan de Republikeinen helpen bij de verkiezingen.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 09:43 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Dit gaat vast weer zo'n Seth Rich dingetje worden, waarbij de familie Fox en co smeekt om op te houden met het misbruiken van de dood van hun dochter en het verspreiden van samenzweringen, zonder dat er gevolg aan gegeven wordt.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 10:12 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Misschien heeft de dader ooit wel als stagiair bij de Clinton Foundation gewerkt, dat zou helemaal fijn zijn.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 12:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 12:17:34 “Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” Jeff, this is GREAT, what everyone wants, so look into all of the corruption on the “other side” including deleted Emails, Comey lies & leaks, Mueller conflicts, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr...... reageer retweet

eh? Wut?

Dus omdat Sessions zegt dat Trump zich niet met zijn zaken moet bemoeien zegt Trump dat dat een goed idee is en bemoeit zich vervolgens met de zaken van Sessions' ministerie.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ik heb vernomen dat de genoemde dame iets met emails deed.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 13:10:13 Ex-NSA contractor to spend 63 months in jail over “classified” information. Gee, this is “small potatoes” compared to what Hillary Clinton did! So unfair Jeff, Double Standard. reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:29 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Zou hij door hebben welke informatie Reality Winner gelekt heeft? Het was iets met Rusland ...

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:31 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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De eerste keer dat ik over die kwestie las vroeg ik me af welke reality show ze gewonnen had.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:33 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Heh ja, ik had echt moeite met het parsen van nieuwsberichten totdat ik besefte dat dit haar naam was.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:34 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Het is maar goed dat Harry Mens zijn dochter niet Slimste heeft genoemd.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 13:44 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Zou Trump soms geen telefoonnummer van Sessions hebben? Dat hij daarom dit allemaal in het openbaar doet?

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President Donald Trump reportedly offered to buy Italian sovereign bonds during a White House meeting last month with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

According to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Trump offered to help finance Italy's 2019 public borrowing, when the Rome treasury is scheduled to issue about 400 billion euros ($462 billion) worth of debt.

Italy recorded a government debt equivalent to more than 130 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, but has been able to keep repayments down thanks to the interest lowering effect of the European Central Bank's asset purchase program.

But that program is set to end in December and political instability in Italy, along with the country's wavering commitment to the European Union, have seen Italian borrowing costs spike to levels not seen since 2014.

The news report added that while Rome is increasingly desperate to replace the private investors who are fleeing Italian bonds, it is unclear how the U.S. could step in to guarantee the debt.

And on the question of why the U.S. administration would act as an anchor buyer of Italian bonds, the paper quoted Christopher Wood, analyst of the financial letter "Greed and Fear," who suggested Trump may be keen to sow division within the EU.

"Trump could not have made it more clear that he supports the cause of those in Italy who want to leave the euro," Wood said.

For more on Trump's reported offer to buy Italian public debt, click here.

At the time of publication, White House press staff had not responded to a CNBC request for comment.

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It’s not the first time a segment on Fox News gets the president tweeting. But it’s the first time Trump claims South African farmers are being mass-murdered.

This myth was fueled by white supremacists for years before it surfaced in a presidential tweet.

More than two decades after the end of apartheid, South African farmland owners remain a predominantly white group. Fringe groups in South Africa and the United States say these white farmers are targeted and killed at disproportionately high rates. There’s no evidence for this claim, experts say, but it feeds the white-supremacist agenda by stoking racial resentment and division.

Trump made two claims about South Africa in his tweet: that the government is seizing land from white farmers and that a “large scale killing of farmers” is underway.

The president’s first claim about land seizures has some merit but is mostly false. Trump’s second claim, that South African farmers are being killed on a “large scale,” is a fiction not supported by data.

We have no clue how this myth about farmers being killed ended up on the president’s Twitter feed. It didn’t come up on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the Fox News show Trump referenced in his tweet. But it has been swishing in the alt-right and white-nationalist ether for years. The Fox News segment may have jogged Trump’s memory about something he came across previously.

The Facts

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 12:07 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 12:04:45 Our Economy is setting records on virtually every front - Probably the best our country has ever done. Tremendous value created since the Election. The World is respecting us again! Companies are moving back to the U.S.A. reageer retweet

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One year after President Donald Trump announced a new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan, the United States appears to be no closer to stabilizing the country and quelling the Taliban insurgency, according to analysts and a report issued by U.S. Defense Department.

The strategy has included a greater focus on defending population centers while ceding much of the remote countryside to the insurgents. It has also involved an interdiction campaign against the Taliban, with airstrikes on their narcotics labs and other revenue sources. The goal has been to pressure the Taliban to the negotiating table.

Pentagon officials say the measures are working.

“We have an unprecedented opportunity, a window of opportunity for peace right now,” said Gen. John Nicholson, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, briefing reporters at the Pentagon this week via video from Kabul.

He cited a brief cease-fire between the Afghan government and the Taliban over a Muslim holiday in June, followed by secret U.S.-Taliban peace talks in Qatar in July.

But the situation on the ground tells a different story. The Taliban maintain their grip on much of the country, and the civilian death toll has reached a record high, according to a recent report by the Pentagon’s inspector general. Also, the Islamic State in Khorasan, the Afghan arm of the Islamic State, continues to carry out high-profile attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 12:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 12:28:37 ....FISA abuse, Christopher Steele & his phony and corrupt Dossier, the Clinton Foundation, illegal surveillance of Trump Campaign, Russian collusion by Dems - and so much more. Open up the papers & documents without redaction? Come on Jeff, you can do it, the country is waiting! reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 16:41 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Oh boy.....Geen pardon mogelijk........

A person familiar with the matter says New York’s attorney general is looking to open a criminal investigation into whether Michael Cohen also violated state tax law

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 24-08-2018 om 16:51:07 Allen Weisselberg, Trump Organization CFO, granted immunity by prosecutors in Michael Cohen investigation - Dow Jones https://t.co/Og9S8kv36j reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 16:58 schreef Montov het volgende:
Die Weisselberg zal ook wel diep in het criminele moeras zitten. Is die immunity alleen voor deze medewerking of is het breder?

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Allen Weisselberg, President Trump’s longtime financial gatekeeper, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors for providing information about Michael Cohen in the criminal investigation into hush-money payments for two women during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

Mr. Weisselberg was called to testify before a federal grand jury in the investigation earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal previously reported, citing people familiar with the investigation.

The decision by prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office to grant immunity to Mr. Weisselberg escalates the pressure on Mr. Trump, whom Mr. Weisselberg has served for decades as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Trump Organization. After Mr. Trump was elected, he handed control of his financial assets and business interests to his two adult sons and Mr. Weisselberg.

Mr. Weisselberg didn’t respond to a request for comment. A lawyer for Mr. Trump, who on Thursday said so-called flipping “almost ought to be illegal,” declined to comment.

Mr. Cohen on Tuesday pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges and told a federal judge that Mr. Trump had directed him during the 2016 campaign to buy the silence of two women who alleged affairs with Mr. Trump, a move that implicated the president in a federal crime. That was the first time Mr. Cohen admitted to coordinating with the president on the hush-money deals, which Mr. Trump denied.

Federal prosecutors also granted immunity to another longtime Trump ally: David Pecker, the chief executive of the company that publishes the National Enquirer, which in August 2016 purchased the rights to a former Playboy Playmate’s story of an affair with Mr. Trump. In exchange for immunity, Mr. Pecker met with prosecutors and shared details about payments Mr. Cohen arranged, including Mr. Trump’s knowledge of the deals, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Journal couldn’t determine whether Mr. Weisselberg told prosecutors that Mr. Trump had knowledge of the payments.

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Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2018 17:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ik denk dat Trump nu gillend gek wordt. Of hij krijgt een hartaanval.