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Rudy Giuliani says he's not afraid of being indicted, labels Joe Biden a 'liar'

Julia Musto
Fox News
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:38 UTC

'How is Biden corrupt? Let me count the ways...'

President Trump's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that he is not afraid of being indicted and that he has absolutely no business interest in Ukraine.

Appearing on "America's News HQ" with host Ed Henry, Giuliani said that the "case has been really simple from the day that Joe Biden confessed to committing bribery in 2018."

"Although, he said precisely what was attributed to President Trump a year and a half later...Basically, they'll prove that he committed bribery," he said during the wide-ranging interview.

Giuliani said that the "reality is you'd have to be a fool" to think Biden "didn't know that his son was under investigation." The founder of the company Hunter Biden worked for is currently under investigation, but there is no evidence he himself is being investigated.

Comment: The whole premise of this Ukraine thing is beyond insane. Trump is accused of using political influence to lean on a foreign government to investigate criminality by the likely 2020 candidate of the opposing side.

So what?? That's not something to be the defensive about, especially as Joe Biden clearly used political influence to lean on that same foreign government to ENRICH himself!

That some Americans have been fooled into seeing only the Trump side's 'wrongdoing', ignoring the actual wrongdoing of the Democrats' side, shows you just how far gone the country is.

France's Defence minister announces ominous European "mission" in Middle East, slams US "disengagement"

Lilia Dergacheva
Sputnik
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:04 UTC

Florence Parly has insisted there is only one way to deal with the US ebb in the Gulf, and this is in no way repeating its "maximum pressure" policy of perpetual sanctions, but for Europe to engage in a separate collective mission.

French Defence Minister Florence Parly took a dig Saturday at "deliberate gradual US disengagement" in the Middle East, accusing it of failing to respond to Gulf provocations blamed on Iran. The Islamic Republic has in turn flatly denied any involvement in the recent attacks.

Comment: The US has merely relocated some troops: U.S. Didn't 'Withdraw' From Syria - It Redeployed, And Now Controls 75% of The Country's Oil

"When the mining of ships went unanswered, the drone got shot. When that in turn went unanswered, major oil facilities were bombed. Where does it stop? Where are the stabilisers?" Parly queried taking the floor at the annual Manama Dialogue on regional security in Bahrain.

She added it had been "on the cards for a while" but had become much more apparent in light of recent events.

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The road toward Greater Eurasia

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:58 UTC

© Asia Times
Kazakhstan's first president has road map for 21st century: global alliance of leaders for nuclear-free world

The Astana Club is one of the most crucial annual meetings in Eurasia, alongside the Boao forum in China and the Valdai discussions in Russia. China, Russia and Kazakhstan are all at the forefront of Eurasia integration. No wonder, then, that the 5^th meeting of the Astana Club had to focus on Greater Eurasia - synonymous, it may be hoped, with a "new architecture of global cooperation."

Astana Club congregates a fascinating mix of Eurasia-wide notables with Europeans and Americans. Virtually all relevant shades of the geopolitical spectrum are represented. Panels are very well structured (I moderated two of them). Discussions are frank and non-denial denials are heavily discouraged. Here is just a taste of what was discussed in Nur-Sultan, under the spectacular shallow dome designed by Norman Foster.

Great stabilizer

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'All the king's men': Likud considers dethroning PM Netanyahu over corruption charges

Tim Korso
Sputnik
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:46 UTC

The political deadlock in Israel took a new twist on 21 November, when the country's Attorney General announced corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three cases. While Netanyahu has dismissed this as a "coup attempt", his rivals from opposition parties have intensified their calls for him to resign.

Two major Israeli broadcasters, Channels 12 and 13, have reported that some members of Benjamin Netanyahu's party Likud are plotting to oust the PM from his post as party leader. Neither of these channels identified either the plotters, or the sources for their reports. Sputnik could not independently verify the information.

According to reports, senior Likud lawmakers have started looking into ways to remove Netanyahu from the party's leadership since the country's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced his indictment on corruption charges, believing that "the Netanyahu era is over".

The only way they see that this is possible is in finding a single candidate who'll enjoy the support of party members and, at the same time, be able to gather 61 votes in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to become the new prime minister and form a government. They have 20 days to pull this off because after that the country will have to hold new elections, the third in a year, due to the inability of political forces in the country to agree on a new coalition government.

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Durham probe extends to Pentagon office that contracted FBI spy Stephan Halper

Sara Carter
saraacarter.com
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC

Justice Department prosecutor U.S. Attorney John Durham is questioning personnel connected to the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, which awarded multiple contracts to FBI informant Stephan Halper. Halper, who was informing the bureau on Trump campaign advisors, is a central figure in the FBI's original investigation into President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, SaraACarter.com has learned.

These latest developments reveal the expansive nature of what is now a Justice Department criminal probe into the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign. The revelation also comes on the heels of DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report regarding the bureau's investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, announced to Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday night the lengthy investigative report will be released to the public on Dec., 9.

DOJ Attorney General William Barr, who appointed Durham, is conducting a separate investigation alongside Horowitz's probe. Both investigations are examining how U.S. intelligence agencies began investigating now debunked ties between Russia and Trump campaign personnel in the 2016 presidential election.

Multiple sources confirmed to this news site that Durham has spoken extensively with sources working in the Office of Net Assessment, as well as outside contractors, that were paid through Pentagon office.

Department of Justice officials declined to comment on Durham's probe.

Comment: Nothing in government happens by accident. Reports are missing as per calculated decisions dependent upon the secrecy levels of a particular agenda and the protection of reusable assets.

Trump prods GOP senators to hold full trial if House votes to impeach

Tim Pearce
Washington Examiner
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:50 UTC

The White House supports a full trial for President Trump in the Senate if the House impeaches him.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, and the president's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner met with a group of GOP senators on Thursday morning to discuss impeachment strategy, according to Politico. The White House representatives told the lawmakers that Trump wants a deliberate trial and the chance to mount a defense on the merits of the case.

Trump has chosen to face a full trial despite several members of the GOP suggesting any impeachment articles brought against the president be immediately dismissed in the Senate.

In a separate meeting, Trump invited several Republican senators that are more critical of his administration to have lunch on Thursday. Among the invitees included Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, and eight other GOP lawmakers to discuss impeachment and lobby for a united GOP front in the Senate should the House pass articles of impeachment.

Comment: Go big or get buried? Trump is not about to 'get buried' by this mockery of one-sided justice.

From RT, 22/11/2019: Trump wants Biden to testify

"President Trump wants to have a trial in the Senate because it's clearly the only chamber where he can expect fairness and receive due process under the constitution," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement on Thursday. "We would expect to finally hear from witnesses who actually witnessed, and possibly participated in corruption - like Adam Schiff, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and the so-called whistleblower, to name a few."

The report claims that lawmakers present at the meeting told Trump administration officials that there is no guarantee that Republicans won't break ranks if a Senate vote is held to dismiss the impeachment articles. However, a White House official cited by the outlet said the motive behind Trump's desire to have a full-fledged trial is rather to prove "just how weak [the Democrats' case] is."

Additional from RT, 22/11/2019: 'I want a Senate impeachment trial'

Trump added "the one I want to testify most is Shifty Schiff ... and what I want to know most is, why did he make up my statement?"

Trump has also slammed Schiff for conducting impeachment hearings with second- and third-hand witnesses who have thus far failed to provide concrete evidence that the president arranged a quid-pro-quo deal with Zelensky.

Pompeo: Iranian protesters to send videos, photos of Tehran crackdown for new US sanctions excuse

Laura Kelly
The Hill
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:47 UTC

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is asking Iranian protesters to send the U.S. any photos or videos of violent abuses committed by the Islamic Republic, with a pledge to use the evidence as the basis for new sanctions.

Pompeo made the request on Thursday night on Twitter, in both Farsi and English, following a government crackdown on demonstrations that began last week. He directed protesters to a secure messaging service to send any documentation of abuses.

"I have asked the Iranian protestors to send us their videos, photos, and information documenting the regime's crackdown on protestors," the secretary wrote on Twitter. "The U.S. will expose and sanction the abuses."

Tehran has imposed a media and communications blackout on its residents in response to mass protests that started last week following a sharp increase in gas prices and fuel rationing. The protests quickly spread to more than 100 parts of the country, with reports of violence and property destruction. The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions on telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi.

Comment: The US-fomented Iranian uprising is a self-serving ploy to further destabilize Iran from the inside out - a playbook policy for ex-CIA director Pompeo to faux-justify retaliation by the US and Israel. The protesters are throw-aways, an exploitable means to an end.

Hillary Clinton: We don't need a trial, just impeach the guy already

RT
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:28 UTC

If all the legalities of finding grounds for impeachment are making your head hurt, Hillary Clinton has got you covered. Trump "has committed impeachable crimes," she says, and needs to be booted already - no trial required.

The ongoing impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump is just the first step in a drawn-out process. After gathering information and grilling witnesses, the House Intelligence Committee will send a report to the House Judiciary Committee, which will then draft articles of impeachment accordingly. The house will then vote on these articles and Trump can only then be removed from office after a trial and a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate.

But due process is all a bit bothersome for Hillary Clinton, who reckons there's no need for an investigation to determine whether Trump committed the "high crimes and misdemeanors" necessary to trigger impeachment.

"The question is not whether Trump has committed impeachable crimes. He has," she tweeted on Friday. "The question is whether Republicans in Congress will affirm that an American president is not above the law." In other words, Trump is guilty, and the GOP needs to quit resisting and to play ball.

Bolivia's Senate annuls ousted president Evo Morales' election victory

RT
Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:49 UTC

Bolivia's Senate has passed legislation canceling Evo Morales' victory in the October presidential election, which was followed by a coup that forced him to flee the country. The bill also opens the door for new elections.

The bill on new elections was passed unanimously, the Senate confirmed on its Twitter page. The legislation will now need to get the approval of the lower chamber of the national parliament before self-proclaimed interim president Jeanine Anez signs it into law.

The bill effectively annuls the result of October's election which saw Morales eventually winning by a wide margin and sparked massive protests. It also allows for a new vote to be held without setting a specific date. It also bars any candidates who earlier served two terms from seeking re-election, thus preventing the ousted president, who has since fled to Mexico, from joining a new ballot.

The Bolivian Congress will also have to form a new seven-member electoral court after the previous one was disbanded amid vote-manipulating allegations.

Russian FM: White Helmets involved in human organ trafficking in Syria

FRN
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC

According to eyewitnesses’ testimony, White Helmets were involved in evacuating people whom they promised medical assistance. After that, their relatives received bodies with some vital organs missing. This became evident when the bodies were examined and weighted, Grigoryev added.

The White Helmets non-governmental organization, which gained notoriety for dismissing falsified information about events in Syria, has also been involved in the forcible removal of organs from Syrians living in militant-controlled zones, according to Russian experts who interviewed locals.

Director of the Russian Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoryev made the statement while presenting a survey headlined "White Helmets: terrorist abettors and sources of disinformation" at the Russian Foreign Ministry, TASS reported.

The foreword to the survey was written by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"They [White Helmets] were a key element in this illegal scheme of organ removal. We learned about those incidents from the people whom we interviewed. This information came as an unpleasant surprise to us," Grigoryev, who is a co-author of the survey, said.

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Puppet Masters

Rudy Giuliani says he's not afraid of being indicted, labels Joe Biden a 'liar'

France's Defence minister announces ominous European "mission" in Middle East, slams US "disengagement"

The road toward Greater Eurasia

'All the king's men': Likud considers dethroning PM Netanyahu over corruption charges

Durham probe extends to Pentagon office that contracted FBI spy Stephan Halper

Trump prods GOP senators to hold full trial if House votes to impeach

Pompeo: Iranian protesters to send videos, photos of Tehran crackdown for new US sanctions excuse

Hillary Clinton: We don't need a trial, just impeach the guy already

Bolivia's Senate annuls ousted president Evo Morales' election victory

Russian FM: White Helmets involved in human organ trafficking in Syria

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