I think Congress should pass an emergency resolution disallowing the president s pardon power until after this shit is concluded ....u wouldn’t give Al Capone the power to pardon the accountant would you.....and since there is no precedent for what’s going on a case can be argued
I think Congress should pass an emergency resolution disallowing the president s pardon power until after this shit is concluded ....u wouldn’t give Al Capone the power to pardon the accountant would you.....and since there is no precedent for what’s going on a case can be argued
Absolutely bro... but the legislative branch in is tatters smmfh. Minority leader Pelosi has already said there has to be " something else" for them to think about impeachment for trump. The Republicans are dragging their feet in response to the news and it doesn't look like they're going to change their tone any time soon.
The dems are too weak and the Republicans are still only looking out for their own best interests bro so who knows what it'll take for them to limit his powers or impeach
Absolutely bro... but the legislative branch in is tatters smmfh. Minority leader Pelosi has already said there has to be " something else" for them to think about impeachment for trump. The Republicans are dragging their feet in response to the news and it doesn't look like they're going to change their tone any time soon.
The dems are too weak and the Republicans are still only looking out for their own best interests bro so who knows what it'll take for them to limit his powers or impeach
National Enquirer Reportedly Kept a Safe of Trump Secrets, Promoted Birtherism ‘With Cohen’s Involvement’
According to a bombshell new report from the Associated Press, The National Enquirer had a safe that contained “documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump.”
The tabloid also touted the racist “birther” conspiracy theory about President Barack Obama, per AP, at the urging of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
The story comes hours after it was reported that David Pecker, the head of the National Enquirer, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors investigating Cohen’s payments to two women claiming to have had affairs with Trump.
American Media Inc., the publisher of the Enquirer, purchased the affair story of Playboy model Karen McDougal in 2016 for $150,000 and killed it.
Sources told AP that the safe, which contained documents related to a series of hush money payments, “was a great source of power for Pecker.”
The Trump records were stored alongside similar documents pertaining to other celebrities’ catch-and-kill deals, in which exclusive rights to people’s stories were bought with no intention of publishing to keep them out of the news. By keeping celebrities’ embarrassing secrets, the company was able to ingratiate itself with them and ask for favors in return.
AP reported that Pecker removed the contents of the safe after reports began to surface about the catch-and-kill deals, though it is unknown whether they were destroyed.
The Enquirer also reportedly spiked negative stories about Trump, while promoting the racist birther theory about Obama:
Former Enquirer employees who spoke to the AP said that negative stories about Trump were dead on arrival dating back more than a decade when he starred on NBC’s reality show “The Apprentice.”
In 2010, at Cohen’s urging, the National Enquirer began promoting a potential Trump presidential candidacy, referring readers to a pro-Trump website Cohen helped create. With Cohen’s involvement, the publication began questioning President Barack Obama’s birthplace and American citizenship in print, an effort that Trump promoted for several years, former staffers said.
New Report Reveals ‘Conspiracy Memo’ About Obama Aides That Floated Around Trump WH
A new report from The New Yorker reveals some details of a “conspiracy memo” that circulated around the Trump White House last year.
Per Ronan Farrow and Adam Entous, this “Echo Chamber” memo contained some details of supposed meddling by former Obama administration aides:
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 read, 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 report reveals that some of the details in the memo also appear in documents from the private intel agency Black Cube, a name youmay be familiar with if you’ve followed Farrow’s reporting over the past year.
The memo itself apparently opens by saying, “The communications infrastructure that the Obama admin used to sell Obamacare and the Iran Deal to the public (‘Echo Chamber’) has been shifted from the White House into the private sector, and is now being used to undermine President Trump’s foreign policy.”
Hilarious, pathetic and weak to get caught and then to blame your spouse when both of you benefitted.......what's not listed in this story is they racked up more than $10k worth of overdraft fees through the years.
Hunter, a California Republican representing parts of San Diego, told Fox News that his wife, Margaret, had been in charge of family expenses as well as his campaign.
"When I went away to Iraq in 2003, the first time, I gave her power of attorney. She handled my finances throughout my entire military career and that continued on when I got into Congress," Hunter said on "The Story."
"She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that’ll be looked at too, I'm sure, but I didn't do it," he added.
Margaret Hunter had campaign credit and debit cards so she could buy "a wide variety of family groceries, household items and personal gifts," the filing stated.
The couple dined at the finest restaurants, including Spago, Capital Grille and, in San Diego, Mr. A's, federal prosecutors said. Campaign funds covered more than $11,300 for items at Costco and $3,300 for food at burger joint In-N-Out.
Margaret Hunter, center, the wife of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, arrives for an arraignment hearing Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in San Diego. Hunter and his wife were indicted this week on federal charges that they used more than $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses that ranged from groceries to golf trips and lied about it in federal filings, prosecutors said.Denis Poroy / AP
The Hunters pleaded not guilty to the charges on Thursday. During their arraignment Thursday, the couple was separated by three attorneys and did not look at each other.
Duncan Hunter was released on a $15,000 bond, while his wife was released on a $10,000 bond after government prosecutors said they were "living paycheck to paycheck."
Duncan Hunter has argued that the indictment was produced under pressure from Democrats in the Justice Department whose case against him aims to "result in a solidly Republican district being handed to a Democratic candidate," according to a letter from Hunter's attorney, Gregory A. Vega, to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
In his interview with Fox, Hunter, who in 2016 became just the second member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, repeated the claim, calling the charges "pure politics."
But he also admitted that his campaign "did make mistakes."
"There was money spent on things, not by me but by the campaign, and I paid that back before my last election," he said.
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