ICE removes Dutch national convicted of narcotics trafficking, providing support to foreign terrorist organization…
March 14, 2019
A Dutch narcotics trafficker and money launderer was returned to his home country March 11 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers. This follows an international investigation which led to his conviction on multiple charges tied to an international drug trafficking scheme.
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In March 2017, Elshout was extradited to the U.S. following his indictment in U.S. District Court-Southern District of New York (SDNY) on drug trafficking, narco-terrorism, and providing material support to a terrorist organization charges. On Feb. 6, 2019, Elshout pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism (cocaine), attempt to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy, and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Additionally, as part of his guilty plea, he stipulated to a judicial removal order (JRO). On the same date, Elshout was sentenced in SDNY to time served, five years of supervised release, and based on the stipulated JRO, ordered removed to the Netherlands. On Feb. 7, 2019, he was transferred to ICE custody for removal.Sasha and Malia Obama’s tennis instructor and the former Yale women’s soccer coach are among those indicted in sprawling college bribery scheme…
March 14, 2019
- Ernst allegedly received bribes totaling more than $2.7million to pass off Georgetown applicants as tennis recruits
- Rudy Meredith, former head coach of Yale University’s soccer team, allegedly accepted $400,000 to help teen get into Yale on soccer scholarship
- William Rick Singer, who founded college consulting business Edge College & Career Network, has been identified as suspected mastermind of the scheme
The untouchables are being slowly rounded up.
Students Sue US Colleges in Admissions Scandal…
March 14, 2019
In one civil lawsuit, Stanford students Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods said they were denied a fair opportunity to win admission to Yale and USC because of alleged racketeering, and said their degrees from Stanford will be devalued.
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Another lawsuit filed by Joshua Toy and his mother said he was denied college admission despite a 4.2 grade point average, and seeks $500 billion of damages from 45 defendants for defrauding and inflicting emotional distress on everyone whose "rights to a fair chance" to enter college was stolen.A second Port Richey mayor is under arrest in 20 days…
March 14, 2019
This time it’s acting mayor Terrence Rowe, 64, who was arrested Wednesday by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents on charges of obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and use of a two-way communication device to facilitate the commission of a crime.
Rowe was the second mayor in this town to be arrested in 20 days. He was vice mayor until the Feb. 21 arrest of Mayor Dale Massad, 68, who is accused of firing at a Pasco sheriff’s SWAT team that was arresting him on allegations that he was practicing medicine without a license in his home.
Five Amalia, New Mexico Compound Defendants Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support in Preparation for Attacks on Federal Officials and Other Offenses…
March 14, 2019
The superseding indictment charges all of the defendants with participating in a conspiracy from October 2017 to August 2018 to provide material support and resources, including currency, training, weapons, and personnel, knowing and intending that they were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out attacks to kill officers and employees of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339A.
President Trump Participates in the Shamrock Bowl Presentation by the Prime Minister of Ireland
March 14, 2019
Tornado reported in Paducah, Kentucky, as severe storms spread across the Ohio, lower Mississippi valleys…
March 14, 2019
Severe thunderstorms are progressing eastward across the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, spreading showers and thunderstorms that have the potential to bring damaging wind gusts and tornadoes.
The severe weather risk extends to the Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland metro areas. Strong gusts, in some cases topping 70 mph, can occur even without any thunder and lightning.
Trump makes fun of Beto O’rourke and his ‘Crazy Hands’…
March 14, 2019
Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty during arraignment for alleged hoax
March 14, 2019
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago a few weeks ago.
Lawyer Tina Glandian entered the plea on behalf of the 36-year-old actor during a hearing in Cook County Circuit Court after Judge Steven Watkins was assigned to oversee the case, including the trial.
Watkins granted Smollett’s request to be allowed to meet with lawyers in New York and California, but said the actor must give the court at least 48 hours’ prior notice. He scheduled the next hearing for April 17.
Court Rules Gun Manufacturer Can Be Sued Over Sandy Hook Shooting…
March 14, 2019
Gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook. Justices issued a 4-3 decision.
It also paves the way for the families to subpoena internal documents on how the gun companies have marketed the AR-15, which has become the weapon of choice for mass shooters.
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Legal experts said the case will come down to how the state Supreme Court will interpret two possible exceptions allowed under the arms act — whether Remington can be held liable for so-called “negligent entrustment” or whether it violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. Negligent entrustment is defined as “supplying of a qualified product by a seller for use by another person when the seller knows, or reasonably should know, the person to whom the product is supplied is likely to, and does, use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others.”
DOJ reached agreement with Clinton lawyers to block FBI access to Clinton Foundation emails, Strzok says…
March 14, 2019
he Justice Department "negotiated" an agreement with Hillary Clinton's legal team that ensured the FBI did not have access to emails on her private servers relating to the Clinton Foundation, former FBI special agent Peter Strzok testified during a closed-door appearance before the House Judiciary Committee last summer, according to a newly released transcript.
Toyota to invest $3B more in U.S. manufacturing operations…
March 14, 2019
The automaker deepened its commitment to American factories with plans to invest $13 billion in the period from 2017 to 2022, up from a previous plan of $10 billion.
On Thursday, the company specified plans to invest $749 million and hire 568 new workers at existing operations in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Mueller focus shifts to Rick Gates…
March 14, 2019
Gates, Paul Manafort’s ex-business partner and President Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, has been quietly cooperating with federal prosecutors for over a year on Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
He’s also a cooperating witness to other undisclosed federal probes.
A certain air of mystery has long surrounded exactly what Gates is telling his interlocutors, with periodic court filings offering up only nebulous details about his interactions with federal prosecutors.
DARPA Is Building a $10 Million, Open Source, Secure Voting System…
March 14, 2019
The system will be fully open source and designed with newly developed secure hardware to make the system not only impervious to certain kinds of hacking, but also allow voters to verify that their votes were recorded accurately.
Top Execs Flee Facebook: Chief Product Officer, WhatsApp CEO Both Quit; Stock Tumbles…
March 14, 2019
The storm clouds gathering above Facebook are getting darker by the hour. Less than one day after Facebook suffered an unprecedented outage that lasted for hours and impacted all of the company's media properties (which was blamed on a "server configuration outage"), and just hours after the NYT reported that Facebook is under criminal investigation over its data deals, and that a New York grand jury has subpoenaed records from at least two smartphones manufacturers which gained access to personal data of hundreds of millions of users, moments ago Facebook announced that two top execs had unexpectedly quit the company.
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It was unclear if the departing execs left for a specific reason - i.e., the increasing political scrutiny over the world's most powerful and influential publisher of news - or if they simply wanted to "spend time with their family."Lisa Page bombshell: FBI couldn’t prove Trump-Russia collusion before Mueller appointment
March 14, 2019
...Page acknowledged a momentous fact: After nine months of using some of the most awesome surveillance powers afforded to U.S. intelligence, the FBI still had not made a case connecting Trump or his campaign to Russia’s election meddling.
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It might take a few seconds for the enormity of Page’s statements to sink in. After all, she isn’t just any FBI lawyer. She was a lead on the Russia case when it started in summer 2016, and she helped it transition to Mueller through summer 2017.Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: b35117 No.5681490 Mar 14 2019 14:02:17 (EST)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/406881-lisa-page-bombshell-fbi-couldnt-prove-trump-russia-collusion-before-mueller
Remember this important FACT.
IF THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF RUSSIA COLLUSION, WHAT GROUNDS DID DAG [ROD ROSENSTEIN] HAVE TO APPOINT [MUELLER]?
[RR] OFFERED TO WEAR A WIRE TO ENTRAP THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN ATTEMPT TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT?
QPapaD getting ready to drop a bombshell?
March 14, 2019
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: b35117 No.5681131 Mar 14 2019 13:52:22 (EST)
Anonymous ID: 379cf8 No.5681048
Mar 14 2019 13:48:53 (EST)
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>>5681048
Another piece to the puzzle.
AUTISTS SAVING THE WORLD.
QSenate Passes Resolution to Block Trump’s Border Emergency…
March 14, 2019
Several Senate Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues on Thursday in voting to block President Trump’s border emergency declaration -- a move expected to prompt the president's first-ever veto.
The measure passed 59-41 as roughly a dozen Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the resolution, despite White House efforts to keep the GOP united on the issue of border security. Those GOP members who backed the resolution cited concerns about the expansion of presidential powers.
...Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, told reporters ahead of the vote. “This is a constitutional question, it’s a question of the balance of power that is core to our constitution”... Other Republicans who voted to oppose the declaration included Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Mike Lee, R-Utah; Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rand Paul, R-Ky.
VETO!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
Fleccas Talks tries to to Convince College Kids That TRUMP ISN’T THAT BAD at CSULB…
March 14, 2019
Undocumented Immigrant with Criminal History Arrested in Connection to Woman’s Death in San Jose…
March 14, 2019
Immigration officials tried to deport Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza—who had a long criminal record—NINE times before he was arrested Monday in connection with the brutal murder of a 59-year-old woman in South San Jose.
This is a national emergency. https://t.co/jydtzLpHYS
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 14, 2019