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Gag order issued in case against Manafort, Gates

Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn
Politico
Wed, 08 Nov 2017 19:53 UTC
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© Alex Wong/Getty ImagesFormer Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (left) arrives at a federal courthouse with his attorney Kevin Downing on Nov. 2.
The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates has issued a gag order limiting comments to the media and the public by lawyers, defendants and witnesses in the case.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson's directive released Wednesday doesn't ban such statements outright, but prohibits any remarks that "pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case."

At a hearing last week, Jackson urged lawyers to make their arguments in court and "not on the courthouse steps." She also appeared to criticize a statement one of Manafort's lawyers made outside court calling the charges against his client "ridiculous."

"This is a criminal trial, and it's not a public relations campaign," the judge warned.

Jackson offered both defendants and the government a chance to weigh in about the order before she issued it. No one did.

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Snakes in Suits

America's Finest: Senator charged with DUI and lying to police whines to officer during arrest - "I'm going to change the law on this"


Sputnik
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:22 UTC
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On Saturday, GOP South Carolina State Senator Paul Campbell was arrested and charged for driving under the influence of alcohol and providing false information to police. Dashcam footage from the incident was released Wednesday by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

"This is not fun. This kinda sucks," Campbell is heard saying in the video while sitting in the police cruiser. "I'm going to change the law on this... I'm not DUI. I wasn't driving the car anyway."

The 71-year-old politician claimed that his wife, Vicki Campbell, was driving the vehicle when the unfortunate series of events unfolded.

​"This may cost me my job," the GOP figure mumbled to the arresting officer, before complaining about being handcuffed. "You know that, I guess."
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Better Earth

Palestinian ambassador to UK slams 'severe deterioration' in relations following Priti Patel scandal


RT
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:20 UTC
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© Rob Pinney / Global Look PressSecretary of State for International Development Priti Patel
Palestine's ambassador to the UK condemned the "severe deterioration in British-Palestinian relations," in comments to RT. The envoy was reacting to the resignation of Priti Patel after the minister was exposed for holding secret talks with Israeli officials.

On the Patel revelations, Manuel Hassassian, who heads Palestine's mission in the UK, stated that the "The Conservative Friends of Israel and other powerful lobby groups which work for the interests of Israel in this country usually conduct business behind closed doors," adding that "this unwinding scandal shows their increasing boldness in their interference in British political life."

Questioning the reason behind the meetings, Hassassian queried that "maybe, the Israeli lobby groups believed that Priti Patel was a strong contender to succeed the prime minister and they were investing heavily in their new champion at Number 10."

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Bullseye

Academic Kevin Barrett: Daesh is essentially a Deep State operation used to justify interventions and to be deployed against enemies of the West


Sputnik
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:02 UTC
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Daesh could have been created by the US deep state, Dr. Kevin Barrett, doctor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, co-founder of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for Truth has told Radio Sputnik, adding that the alleged evacuation of Daesh commanders by US aircraft in Mayadin and NATO-made arms deliveries to terrorists seem plausible.

Sputnik: What do you make of these reports about Daesh commanders being evacuated by US helicopters? How trustworthy did it sound to you?

Dr. Kevin Barrett: Well, unfortunately it's all too plausible. We have a lot of information going back to before the creation of Daesh, that this whole operation is in part sponsored by elements of the US and Western "deep state." We have the DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency - memo looking forward to the rise of a so-called Salafist principality in Iraq and Syria. That was before Daesh existed and then by magic it suddenly brought forth the realization of that prophecy from the DIA memo. We have reports that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a self-proclaimed caliph of Daesh, spent not just one year but close to five years in US custody essentially having the run of the camps such as Camp Bucca where he was housed and essentially creating Daesh there. Then we have all sorts of reports of Daesh being armed and funded by US-linked people, we have the oil pipeline going through a Kurdish territory to Turkey and to sell oil through Israel. So, really, Daesh is essentially a Western deep state operation and they are used in two ways: One, to justify Western intervention and, two, they can be deployed against the enemies de jure of the West and this is, of course, the government of [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad. So, there is no surprise here that these very valuable assets would be evacuated and sent to do more mischief somewhere else.
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America's Finest: Blind drunk FBI Counterterrorism Supervisor had gun and Rolex stolen by 'exotic dancer'


NY Times
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 19:00 UTC
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An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials.

In July, Robert Manson, a unit chief in the F.B.I.'s international terrorism section, had his Glock .40-caliber handgun, a $6,000 Rolex watch and $60 in cash stolen from his room at the Westin hotel in Charlotte, N.C., according to a police report.

Comment: It really is heartening to know that a person tasked with "overseeing all terrorism investigations in the Midwest and the Carolinas" is of such a high caliber. And people wonder why everyone with half a neuron firing doesn't believe a word the FBI said about the Las Vegas shooting.

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Alleged Clinton campaign strategist: Hillary PERSONALLY approved decision to pay for Trump dossier, called it her "secret weapon"

Edward Klein
Breitbart
Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:54 UTC
Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton personally authorized her campaign chairman, John Podesta, to launch the controversial Donald Trump-Russian dossier project, according to a senior Clinton campaign strategist who worked for Hillary in both her 2008 and 2016 presidential bids.

"Hillary approved Podesta's decision to pay for the dossier by funneling campaign funds through Marc Elias," the strategist said, referring to the lawyer who represented both the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

"The dossier was delivered to the Clinton campaign by [the opposition research firm] Fusion GPS in the summer of 2016, and Hillary read it and was thrilled by its salacious content," the strategist continued.

"She bragged about it so openly that many of the people in her Brooklyn campaign headquarters were aware of the existence of the dossier. Hillary referred to it as her 'secret weapon' that would 'blow Trump out of the water.'"

With Hillary's knowledge and approval, top-ranking people on her campaign staff, including campaign manager Robby Mook, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and press secretary Brian Fallon, leaked the dossier to friendly journalists and members of Congress.

Comment: This would explain how Donna Brazile knew about it prior to the election - but was apparently stonewalled when she asked for info about it. As of yet, however, keep in mind that this account is anonymously sourced. The way things are moving, we should know soon enough if the account is credible.

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US Deep State's anti-RT repression reveals its war against those who dissent

Andrew Korybko
Sputnik
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:48 UTC
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The US' decision to have RT register as a "foreign agent" wasn't surprising in and of itself, but the suddenness of the imposed deadline suggests that Washington doesn't want the broadcaster to comply with these new regulations and that the government is looking for a "legal pretext" to shut the company down.

RT just announced that the Justice Department is demanding that it register as a "foreign agent" by Monday, with editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan slamming the decision as a "cannibalistic deadline".

I wrote about how the US' "Foreign Agents Registration Act" (FARA) is being abused to intimidate Americans in an earlier article for Oriental Review titled "State-Sponsored Intimidation, Or When FARA Goes Too Far", and the general idea is that this piece of pre-World War II-era legislation is being wielded as a weapon against the US' supposedly sacred value of free speech in order to snuff out all dissenting voices that contradict the Mainstream Media narrative and aren't part of the "controlled opposition".
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Black Cat

Killary - Woman with almost no political skill

Robert Gore
Straight Line Logic
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:26 UTC
Hillary Clinton


Psychologically, there's nothing out of the ordinary about Hillary in contemporary America.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky would have been the right author to illuminate the inner world of Hillary Clinton. He had the imaginative power to show the psychological deterioration - the rickety castle of lies she's built to shut out threatening realities and the truth.

For all of Dostoyevsky's skill, it probably would have been beyond him to dramatically render America's degenerate descent. Hillary's supporters believe she's extraordinary; her detractors believe she's a tragic anomaly. They're both wrong. The real tragedy is that in contemporary America, there's nothing exceptional about her other than her criminality, and how exceptional is that? Shutting out reality and the truth are national pastimes. She's not psychologically differentiated in any way from the crowd, and her access to platforms allows her to peddle what it wants to hear.
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Extinguisher

Flashback Do they already know the result? Clinton campaign cancels celebratory fireworks five days before election night


Daily Mail, UK
Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:41 UTC
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'Stronger, together, in jail.'
Hillary Clinton's campaign has called off its planned election night firework display, it emerged Monday, the day before America goes to the polls.

Staffers were going to put on a two-minute show over the Hudson River after the results come in on Tuesday, but the proposal has been canned, TMZ reported on Monday.

The campaign called the Coast Guard last week to tell them the event was off, three days after the New York Post reported it was planning the bash - although the cancellation was secret until Monday.


Comment: That means it was canceled on November 3rd, 2016. Did they know by then that they were going to lose?


It emerged as fresh projections of the electoral college showed she has lost the iron grip pollsters believed she had on the 270 college votes needed for victory.

CNN has moved Ohio, Utah and one district of Maine from toss-up to leaning Republican, and New Hampshire from leaning Democratic to toss-up.

That changes the math significantly for Clinton, putting her projected total at 268 and Trump's at 204 - with the rest of the votes to be fought over.

Comment: Trump Probably Won The Popular Vote: Here's Why

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Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson strikes deal to testify before House Intel Committee - will not plead the Fifth

Chuck Ross
The Daily Caller
Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:44 UTC
Glenn Simpson
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Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson struck a deal on Wednesday to testify voluntarily before the House Intelligence Committee next week to discuss his opposition research firm's involvement in the Steele dossier.

Simpson and his lawyer met with members of the committee for several hours to hammer out a deal for his closed-door testimony.

The Daily Caller was informed that Simpson had indicated prior to Wednesday's meeting that he would plead the Fifth during his deposition, just as his two co-founders, Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan, did during interviews last month. But as part of the deal struck Wednesday, Simpson will not plead the Fifth.

Simpson's move comes amid a tense legal battle over Fusion's bank records. On Friday, Fusion filed papers in federal court in Washington, D.C. asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order preventing its bank from releasing records related to financial transactions it has had with "any law firm, 'media company' or journalist with which it has worked."

Comment: There's probably a lot in those bank records that would be of interest to anyone wishing to know what really went down with the DNC and the whole Russiagate operation. Why would journalists show up in the records if all Steele was doing was briefing them on his fake dossier? Maybe we'll find out.

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