President Trump then released the letter on Monday he received from former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William McSwain.
In the letter McSwain shared the following:
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President Trump then released the letter on Monday he received from former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William McSwain.
In the letter McSwain shared the following:
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Then US VP Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkle
Chancellery in Berlin • February, 2013
Then US VP Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkle
Chancellery in Berlin • February, 2013
There's a saying that a week is a long time in politics. What this means is that politics is, at heart, unpredictable. One thing can happen, and it appears easy to draw quick and definitive conclusions from it, but then, suddenly, another event occurs that suggests the opposite. You think someone or something is done for, then they spring back.
To put it simply, politics isn't a straightforward journey, it can go one way, then another, and seldom are things cast in stone. Never has that been so applicable in describing the unusual trilateral to and fro between the United States, the European Union (or more plainly, Germany), and China.
On the last day of 2020, the EU and China reached an agreement in principle on the comprehensive investment agreement (CAI) - a deal that is loathed by the US. Commentators, including me, pointed towards a growing transatlantic rift between Washington and Europe that was solely Trump's own doing and hailed it as a strategic masterstroke by Beijing.
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Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri
Hariri announced his decision after meeting President Michel Aoun, saying it was clear they could not agree, underscoring the political squabbling that has blocked the formation of a cabinet even as Lebanon sinks deeper into crisis.
Hariri, a former prime minister and Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician, was designated in October to assemble a government following the resignation of Prime Minister Hassan Diab's cabinet in the wake of the Beirut port explosion.
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Ukraine Interior Minister Arsen Avakov
Ukraine Interior Minister Arsen Avakov
"Avakov's resignation with his business connections, with his influence on the security system - the entire police force was built by Avakov - potentially, undoubtedly, weakens the power structure. Despite the fact that it seems that the concentration of the security system in the president's hands will grow, this is a weakening of the power, and this is the laying of a foundation for more serious street and political risks in the future."Additionally, the expert thinks that the former interior minister later himself may act against the current authorities:
"The crisis between Avakov and Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky is only aggravated by this resignation. At the government's moment of weakness, at the moment of a new political crisis we'll see Avakov's game against the president's office."According to the expert, the return of the former minister to big politics is only a question of time.
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Murdered president of Haiti Jovenel Moïse • Colombian President Iván Duque
Murdered president of Haiti Jovenel Moïse • Colombian President Iván Duque
Moïse was killed in his home on July 7 by gunmen - allegedly a squad of foreign mercenaries, including Colombians and Haitian-Americans. The president's wife was seriously injured in the shooting.
New information released by the Colombian police on Thursday said two former soldiers had prior insider knowledge of the mission to assassinate the Haitian president. Police chief General Jorge Luis Vargas said:
"We know that Colombian citizens Germán Rivera and Duberney Capador participated in the planning and organization of what was initially an alleged arrest operation of the president of Haiti and for this, they contacted more people in our country."
Comment: Looking into the background of those involved in the massacre of President Moïse there are apparent connections:
See also:Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman told the Washington Post :© EPA
Colombian officials have said 13 of the 15 nationals suspected in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse served in the country’s military."A review of our training databases indicates that a small number of the Colombian individuals detained as part of this investigation had participated in past US military training and education programs, while serving as active members of the Colombian Military Forces."It is common for Colombian forces and other security personnel in Latin America to undergo US training. Hoffman did not say how many of the men received training or what kind, adding that the Pentagon's review is ongoing.
The country's military has had a close relationship with the US Green Berets, who help train their elite counterparts in guerrilla warfare, the outlet reported. Foreign military training provided by the US is meant to promote "respect for human rights, compliance with the rule of law, and militaries subordinate to democratically elected civilian leadership."
Meanwhile, Colombian President Ivan Duque said:"There was a big group that were taken on a supposed protection mission, but within that group, there's a smaller group, which were those who apparently had detailed knowledge of what was to be a criminal operation."
- Power vacuum created by president's killing rattles Haiti
- Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated - UPDATE
- Haiti's president killed by 'foreign hit squad' of ex-Colombian military & Haitian-Americans, 11 arrested inside 'Taiwan embassy'
- Haiti police say murder suspect is middleman living in Florida
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The clip shows Jen Psaki apparently responding to a question about vaccines during a Wednesday press briefing, stressing the importance of staying on message and praising actress and singer Olivia Rodrigo, who came to the White House to raise awareness on the subject.
But Psaki's message soon takes an odd turn, as she suddenly declares that the vaccines the Biden administration is desperate to convince more Americans to take "can still kill you" - even if you're "under 27." She made the comment after noting there are areas in the country with lower vaccination rates among people under that age - seemingly meaning to say Covid-19 can still kill even young people.
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According to Business Insider, Harris alumni have been buzzing about a Politico report last month that described the Veep's office as "chaotic" with a "tense and at times dour" atmosphere. One source quoted by Politico described it as a place where "people feel treated like s — ."
"So many people recognized themselves in it, or recognized treatment they had seen or treatment they had heard about and dismissed," one former staffer told Business Insider, adding that they had sent a link to the story to their therapist with a note that read: "Rarely in life are we publicly vindicated."
Business Insider's story cited interviews with 12 former Harris staffers about the work environment during her stints as San Francisco's district attorney (an office she held from 2004 to 2011), California's attorney general (2011 to 2017), and a US senator (2017 to 2021).
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On Thursday, London's Guardian newspaper delivered the latest installment in this long-standing 'Russiagate' tradition. Rolling out a series of supposed revelations, intended to shock readers with the scale of the alleged deception behind Trump's win, journalist Luke Harding, who has previous experience in publishing fake stories on this theme, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally authorized a secret spy agency operation to support a 'mentally unstable' Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election."
The rationale for the move was apparently that a Trump White House would be more sympathetic to Russian interests, and would sow chaos in the country. Intelligence and security agencies were supposedly told they should use "all possible force" to put the then-Republican front-runner into office. If the plan existed, it backfired catastrophically, given that relations between Moscow and Washington deteriorated to almost unprecedented lows during the years that followed, with sanctions and political rows becoming a regular occurrence.
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HMS Defender arrives at the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021.
HMS Defender arrives at the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021.
Speaking to the newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Mikhail Popov addressed last month's incident with the British warship HMS 'Defender', when it purposely violated Russia's territorial waters, crossing three kilometers over the sea border.
In Popov's opinion, the move was a "pre-planned provocation that was rightfully thwarted."
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A protest in Budapest, Hungary, against a law that bans LGBT content in schools and children’s TV shows, held on June 2021
A protest in Budapest, Hungary, against a law that bans LGBT content in schools and children’s TV shows, held on June 2021
The issue of EU funds should not be tied to the new Hungarian law that banned LGBT themes from school curriculums and children's TV shows, Hungary's Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyas, told reporters on Thursday.
"Such a connection will ruin the European Union. The Child Protection Act has nothing to do with the [EU] recovery fund," Gulyas said, adding that Hungary will continue to hold talks with Brussels.
Comment: Brussels's arrogance is on display as it demands legislatures override the will of their citizens. Orban is correct. Such high-handedness will contribute to the EU's eventual demise.
- European watchdog threatens Hungary over 'possible rights abuses' following its anti-LGBT propaganda laws
- Hungary declares LGBT+ activists will be barred from schools as EU opens inquiry into law restricting promotion of homosexuality
- Hungary passes law banning LGBT propaganda targeted at children, passes 157-1
- Six Polish towns that declared themselves 'LGBT free zones' in gay rights backlash are denied funding by Brussels
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