[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #604 Stone Cold Crazy

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De New York Military Academy heeft de schoolresultaten van oud-leerling Donald Trump in 2011 verborgen nadat oud-studenten en machtige vrienden van de huidige Amerikaanse president hadden aangedrongen de documenten aan hen over te maken. Dat schrijft The Washington Post. De directeur en de hoofdopzichter van de militaire academie waar Trump eind jaren 50 en begin jaren 60 vijf jaar studeerde, vertellen aan de Amerikaanse krant dat ze in 2011 onder druk werden gezet door voormalige studenten en zakenrelaties van Trump. Dat gebeurde amper enkele dagen nadat Trump president Obama had uitgedaagd zijn schoolresultaten “bekend te maken” en te ontkennen dat hij een “verschrikkelijk slechte student” was geweest.

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The Washington Post brengt het verhaal naar buiten na de getuigenis van Trumps ex-advocaat Michael Cohen vorige week. Die zei in zijn lange verklaring voor het Huis van Afgevaardigden dat hij van Trump de opdracht kreeg zijn vroegere scholen te bedreigen nooit zijn studieresultaten te openbaren.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 06-03-2019 om 22:45:05 After the FBI raids, Michael Cohen was contacted by two New York attorneys who claimed to be close with Rudy Giuliani, ABC News reports. The contact was described as "an effort to keep him in the tent." Investigators are looking into this contact. https://t.co/etKLTyBXMz reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 06-03-2019 om 23:10:27 NBC News confirms CNN report: Michael Cohen gave lawmakers documents that show edits to the false written statements he made to Congress in 2017 about talks on a proposed Trump Tower in Moscow, a source familiar with the matter said.https://t.co/kyvEgBTuIV reageer retweet

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 06-03-2019 om 23:49:00 Schiff says Michael Cohen "provided important testimony and materials relevant to the core of our probe" today during his testimony before House Intel https://t.co/xDEBW258NX reageer retweet

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A second federal judge has issued a court order to block the Trump administration's plans to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of California found that the administration's decision to add the question violated administrative law.

The judge also ruled that it was unconstitutional because it prevents the government from carrying out its mandate to count every person living in the U.S. every 10 years.

"In short, the inclusion of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census threatens the very foundation of our democratic system — and does so based on a self-defeating rationale," Seeborg wrote in a 126-page opinion released Wednesday.

Plans to add the question have already been halted by an earlier ruling in New York by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hold a hearing about the New York ruling on April 23. This latest ruling will likely be appealed to the high court.

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mattdpearce twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 01:24:46 Wow. Big scoop by @nbcsandiego: The Trump administration created a "secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports." https://t.co/n1l4uDt300 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 02:00:00 NBC: Customs and Border Protection compiled a list of 59 mostly American reporters, attorneys and activists for border agents to stop for questioning when crossing the border at San Diego-area checkpoints. Agents questioned or arrested at least 21 of them.https://t.co/0azxM46mIh reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 02:27 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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mattdpearce twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 01:24:46 Wow. Big scoop by @:nbcsandiego: The Trump administration created a "secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports." https://t.co/n1l4uDt300 reageer retweet

Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database

The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 02:00:00 NBC: Customs and Border Protection compiled a list of 59 mostly American reporters, attorneys and activists for border agents to stop for questioning when crossing the border at San Diego-area checkpoints. Agents questioned or arrested at least 21 of them.https://t.co/0azxM46mIh reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 09:09 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Bloomberg kan in de OP ook naar de out kolom.

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Democrats Plan to Condemn ‘All Hate’ After Backlash Over Planned Ilhan Omar Rebuke

Democrats originally moved to formally admonish the freshman lawmaker for her perceived anti-Semitic comments, but many lawmakers now want all forms of hate to be included.

https://www.thedailybeast(...)ed-ilhan-omar-rebuke

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 10:22 schreef Vader_Aardbei het volgende:
Toch grappig. Toen Trump na Charlottesville het geweld ''aan alle zijdes'' veroordeelde, werd hem verweten racisten de hand boven het hoofd te houden.

Nu, in 2019, doen Pelosi en de Democraten precies hetzelfde. Ze veroordelen niet alleen de antisemitische haat (van hun eigen Congresvrouw) maar ''alle haat''. ''On all sides''.[..]

Ja wat God verhoedde dat je die Ilhan Omar even zou opdragen voortaan haar grote mond te houden over Joden die de wereld hypnotiseren.

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 10:27 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:
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Als jij het verschil maar niet wil kennen tussen kritiek op Israel en Jodenhaat, kun je misschien beter gewoon wegblijven.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:30:00 Reminder: Paul Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced today on tax and bank-fraud charges that could see him spend much of the rest of his life in prison. reageer retweet

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KenDilanianNBC twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:37:23 Today's Virginia hearing is the first of two judgment days for Manafort. Whatever sentence he gets today, the DC judge will decide next week how long he actually spends in prison, because she will decide whether her sentence runs at the same time as the Virginia one or after. https://t.co/qKAvXAvqKz reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:24:45 It was not a campaign contribution, and there were no violations of the campaign finance laws by me. Fake News! reageer retweet

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Officials and staffers in the U.S. embassy in Riyadh said they were not read in on the details of Jared Kushner’s trip to Saudi Arabia or the meetings he held with members of the country’s royal court last week, according to three sources with knowledge of the trip. And that’s causing concern not only in the embassy but also among members of Congress.

On his trip to the Middle East, Kushner stopped in Riyadh. While there, he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman to discuss U.S.-Saudi cooperation, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and economic investment in the region, according to the White House.

But no one from the embassy in Riyadh was in the meetings, according to those same sources. The State Department did have a senior official in attendance, but he was not part of the State Department team in Saudi. He is a senior member of the department focused on Iran, according to a source with direct knowledge of the official’s presence in Riyadh.

“The Royal Court was handling the entire schedule,” one congressional source told The Daily Beast, adding that officials in the U.S. embassy in Riyadh had insight into where Kushner was when in Saudi Arabia. “But that is normal for his past trips.”

Kushner, who has developed a personal relationship with the crown prince, embarked on several trips to Saudi Arabia over the last several years. On one occasion, he traveled overseas without announcing his trip publicly. He often travels to the region with Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.

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tedlieu twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 16:23:43 Dear @realDonaldTrump: In case you missed it, Michael Cohen IS GOING TO PRISON for the illegal hush money campaign payments. If you wrote those checks, that means you are what prosecutors would call a CO-CONSPIRATOR. That's not fake news, it's the law. https://t.co/kokD6qnfWP reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 15:57 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:24:45 It was not a campaign contribution, and there were no violations of the campaign finance laws by me. Fake News! reageer retweet

Vorig jaar wist hij nog van niks.

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Tara_Mckelvey twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:31:53 Konstantin Kilimnik won’t be in the courtroom where Paul Manafort will be sentenced, but his presence will be felt. As @brett_forrest explains, Manafort lied about his ties to Kilimnik, a transgression that might be discussed before the sentencing today. https://t.co/rwWHl7zTOg reageer retweet

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Special counsel Robert Mueller has accused Konstantin Kilimnik of having “ties to Russian intelligence,” while a federal judge has described this allegation as an “undisputed core” of Mr. Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors have been investigating whether Mr. Kilimnik, a Russian citizen and onetime colleague of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, was a conduit for information between the Trump presidential campaign and the Kremlin, court documents have shown.

On Thursday, Mr. Kilimnik’s name may come up in court when Mr. Manafort appears for sentencing in Virginia for tax and bank fraud convictions related to his business activities. That is because a plea deal Mr. Manafort reached to give him potential leniency in exchange for cooperating with Mr. Mueller was derailed in part by a judge’s finding that he lied to prosecutors about conversations he had with Mr. Kilimnik.

Still, even after Mr. Manafort is sentenced, it is likely to remain a mystery whether Mr. Kilimnik—who had a multifaceted career in Ukraine and Moscow—played any role in Russian meddling.

Mr. Kilimnik, who lives in Moscow out of reach of U.S. prosecutors, doesn’t face any charges of involvement in Russia’s interference in the U.S. elections. Rather, he was indicted last year by a grand jury empaneled by Mr. Mueller on charges of witness tampering related to an unregistered Manafort lobbying effort in Ukraine in 2012.

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 10:27 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:
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Als jij het verschil maar niet wil kennen tussen kritiek op Israel en Jodenhaat, kun je misschien beter gewoon wegblijven.

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 16:34 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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I AM INNOCENT!!EINZ!1!

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 17:30:01 Inbox: Today, Rep. Adam Schiff introduced the Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act, legislation to prevent this President or any other from abusing the pardon power for their own personal benefit or to obstruct justice. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 16:34 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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I AM INNOCENT!!EINZ!1!

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 18:45 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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NBCPolitics twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 18:33:38 JUST IN: Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will not run for president in 2020:"I will do everything I can to elect a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate in 2020. The best place for me to make that fight is in the United States Senate." reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 18:45 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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NBCPolitics twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 18:33:38 JUST IN: Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will not run for president in 2020:"I will do everything I can to elect a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate in 2020. The best place for me to make that fight is in the United States Senate." reageer retweet

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Cohen Sues Trump Organization, Saying He Was Denied $1.9 Million After Cooperating With Prosecutors
Michael D. Cohen, the former personal lawyer and one-time fixer for President Trump, has filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump Organization of breaking a contract and refusing to pay about $1.9 million in legal fees after Mr. Cohen began cooperating with federal prosecutors.

The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court, said that the Trump Organization had agreed to pay Mr. Cohen any attorney’s fees or related costs connected to his work with the Trump Organization but had failed to live up to that promise. (New York Times).

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 19:03 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
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Mja, ik hoop op Klobuchar als iemand van wie ik denk dat die een goede kans maakt om een grote groep twijfelaars over de streep te trekken - in ieder geval in de staten rondom the Great Lakes.

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DonaldJTrumpJr twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 15:08:24 So when he was shut down in his quest for a pardon, he figured he could save his ass by telling weasel Adam Schiff whatever he wanted to hear? I hope someone looks into this purjury... and investigates the leaks. #fullofschiff reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 19:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:
purjury..

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 19:57 schreef Bluesdude het volgende:
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Kun je purjury schrijven? Ik dacht dat het perjury moet zijn

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Acosta twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 20:03:20 In Oval Office wirh Czech PM, I asked Trump about whether there have been any pardon offers for Michael Cohen. He did not answer. He did say he is disappointed in the situation in North Korea. Said we should know more in about a year. We were then hustled out. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 20:55 schreef AnneX het volgende:
...”‘Not my fault’: Trump struggles to defend his record amid setbacks on immigration, trade, North Korea - ...”The Washington Post

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Op donderdag 7 maart 2019 20:55 schreef AnneX het volgende:
...”‘Not my fault’: Trump struggles to defend his record amid setbacks on immigration, trade, North Korea - ...”The Washington Post

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rgoodlaw twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 21:12:38 Yet another example of why Mehdi Hasan is simply among the very best in the business of interviewers.This time painfully reveals who Erik Prince is. Forces Prince to make explicit his implicit prejudices, what Prince thinks of the American judicial system, and more. https://t.co/C07Cu5Ck1r reageer retweet

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mehdirhasan twitterde op woensdag 06-03-2019 om 21:16:14 I asked Blackwater founder Erik Prince about calling Iraqis "barbarians" and about the murder & manslaughter that happened on his watch in Iraq. You should really listen to his replies. (Watch the whole @AJHeadtoHead with him this Friday on @AJEnglish)https://t.co/7f4unXn1zz reageer retweet

Blackwater's Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head

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joshscampbell twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:02:46 The judge says Manafort gets no credit for accepting responsibility for his crimes. Court is now taking a brief recess before final arguments and the announcement of the sentence. —@kpolantz reports reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:11:10 NEVER FORGET: Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort's daughter texted a close friend in April 2016 saying that "Dad [Manafort] and Trump are literally living in the same building and mom says they go up and down all day long hanging and plotting together." https://t.co/LBhgMlq9RA reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:13:55 NEVER FORGET: Per NBC (1/2018), "Trump is telling friends and aides in private that things are going great—for him. Some reasons: He's decided that a key witness in the Russia probe, Manafort, isn't going to 'flip' and sell him out, friends and aides say." https://t.co/I0Q7QpmPkA reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:15:50 NEVER FORGET: Not only has Trump known Manafort for decades; not only did they live in the same building from the mid-2000s on; not only was Manafort a Trump adviser from March 2016 through Election Day; he stayed in touch with the White House *into 2017*. https://t.co/k8NFT0hsCJ reageer retweet

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U.S. judge overrules defense leniency request in Manafort sentencing
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - The U.S. judge in the Virginia trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Thursday overruled a defense request that could have led to some leniency in his sentencing for bank and tax fraud.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, who could effectively deliver a life sentence to Manafort, 69, said the veteran Republican political consultant should not receive credit for accepting responsibility for his crimes.

Further, before recessing Manafort’s sentencing hearing for 15 minutes, he sided with the government in saying the sentencing guidelines were properly calculated. Prosecutors have said they would call for 19-1/2 to 24 years in prison.

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ShimonPro twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:42:56 Manafort is still a rich man, prosecutor Uzo Asonye noted in a discussion with the judge about possible fines and restitution Manafort could pay. He said Manafort still has at least $4 million in assets and properties. reageer retweet

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ShimonPro twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:43:29 Manafort also never provided extensive financial information to the Virginia federal court so probation officers could calculate his full worth, Asonye said. reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:42:23 The House has voted 407-23 to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other bigotry.23 Republicans voted against the resolution.Republican Rep. Steve King voted "present".https://t.co/voU0RyucM6 reageer retweet

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ShimonPro twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:53:34 Prosecutors say Manafort never gave meaningful help. That the reason he met with the Mueller team for 50 hours was because he lied. reageer retweet

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ShimonPro twitterde op donderdag 07-03-2019 om 23:54:23 The lawyers have now reached the meat of Paul Manafort's sentencing hearing after working out several legal questions with the judge. reageer retweet

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ShimonPro twitterde op vrijdag 08-03-2019 om 00:02:04 Paul Manafort will speak to the judge before sentencing, his attorney told the court. reageer retweet