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2018-12-01T09:44:54-05:00

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The Injustice of the Jeffrey Epstein Trial

Last updated on: December 1, 2018 at 9:44 am By Susan Wright

So on Friday I tackled the latest from the Miami Herald on the story of Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire hedge fund manager and child sex trafficker, who got off with a slap on the wrist – 13 months in a county jail, with 6-days-a-week, 12 hours per day work release – thanks to a complicit prosecutor. The horror for the rest of us is that the lead prosecutor for Miami, at that time, Alexander Acosta, is now the Secretary of... Read more

2018-12-01T09:35:34-05:00

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The Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Are Naming Names, in Their Search for Justice

Last updated on: December 1, 2018 at 9:35 am By Susan Wright

The Miami Herald is continuing its amazing coverage of multimillionaire hedge fund manager, Jeffrey Epstein, and the disgusting deal made with then-future Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. I covered this 2007 deal, in all its gory details earlier in the week, and if you haven’t read it yet, you can (and should) do so, here. The gist of the deal was that Epstein, who investigators determined was trafficking very young girls (16 years old and under), and was also using... Read more

2018-11-29T18:54:19-05:00

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Trump Organization Planned to Sweeten the Trump Tower Moscow Deal for Putin

Last updated on: November 29, 2018 at 6:54 pm By Susan Wright

So earlier today, we discussed the bombshell news that former attorney and “fixer” to Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, had reached a plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Cohen appeared in a federal court today and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress in 2017 about his contacts with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen flipped on his old boss very publicly, and has been anxious to work with investigators. After the initial reports of Cohen’s plea deal hit... Read more

2018-11-29T10:23:28-05:00

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Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Lying to Congress in Russia Probe

Last updated on: November 29, 2018 at 10:23 am By Susan Wright

We knew this one was coming, didn’t we? Former Trump attorney and “fixer,” Michael Cohen has finally struck a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. According to reports, Cohen will appear in a federal court in Manhattan on Thursday, to plead guilty to lying to Congress about his contact with Russians during the 2016 campaign season. Somewhere, Christopher Steele is sitting back and saying to himself, “Booyah.” The misstatements reportedly stem from testimony he gave in 2017. The plea from... Read more

2018-11-29T09:12:36-05:00

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Seth Rich Conspiracy Theorists KNEW They Were Lying

Last updated on: November 29, 2018 at 9:12 am By Susan Wright

There is so much happening right now, in the crazed world of Donald Trump and the myriad creeps and clingers that surrounded his presidential campaign. In fact, this whole age of Trumpism has been fraught with turmoil and sick conspiracy theories. One of the more prominent conspiracy theories was the murder of the young Democratic National Committee staffer, Seth Rich. Rich was, according to Washington, D.C. police, the victim of a botched robbery. For the devoted Trumpians, however, that was... Read more

2018-11-28T15:22:58-05:00

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Serial Pervert, Jeffrey Epstein, and the Sweetheart Deal That Should Disgust You

Last updated on: November 28, 2018 at 3:22 pm By Susan Wright

So this bit of “crime and justice” news was floated by the Miami Herald today, and I think it’s important enough to talk about. Let’s start with the name, Jeffrey Epstein. You’ve probably heard it before. Epstein is the wealthy philanderer accused of improper activities with underaged girls. And by “improper,” we’re talking sex trafficking of minor girls. FBI and court records show that he would host “sex parties” on his private jets, and at his homes in Manhattan, the... Read more

2018-11-28T11:01:22-05:00

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Is Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe Spiraling Towards a Conclusion?

Last updated on: November 28, 2018 at 11:01 am By Susan Wright

It’s a perfectly solid question, given all we’ve seen go down over the past couple of weeks. Some who are eagerly watching the slow-motion rollout of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe are recommending you buy into popcorn stocks, because this one could be a nail biter. In recent days, what we’ve seen from special counsel is new charges of lying to federal authorities included in a court filing, in regards to the man considered to be key to the... Read more

2018-11-27T17:34:48-05:00

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Trump in New Book: I am Greater Than Reagan

Last updated on: November 27, 2018 at 5:34 pm By Susan Wright

I don’t know how much of this is just typical Trump puffery, since he knew he was speaking with a friendly audience, or if the man is truly this deluded. In a new book by Trump loyalists, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, President Trump is allowed to let his malignant narcissism have full reign. For principled conservatives, this is madness, but the MAGA base will eat it up. The president told the authors of “Trump’s Enemies: How the Deep State... Read more

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2018-11-27T11:03:04-05:00

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WOW: Paul Manafort Held Meetings With WikiLeaks Founder Assange Before DNC Email Dump

Last updated on: November 27, 2018 at 11:03 am By Susan Wright

Oh, Mr. Manafort – You’ve been a naughty monkey, haven’t you? So on Monday, former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, saw special counsel Robert Mueller’s office charge him with lying to federal investigators after he’d signed a plea agreement, thereby violating that agreement’s terms. On Tuesday, The Guardian posts a hot story, alleging that mere months before WikiLeaks, the secret-sharing website, posted hacked DNC emails, Manafort paid a visit to the Ecuadorean embassy’s most famous houseguest, Julian Assange. OH –... Read more

2018-11-27T08:42:15-05:00

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The Arms Deal That Wasn’t: Jared Kushner Inflated Numbers on Saudi Deal

Last updated on: November 27, 2018 at 8:42 am By Susan Wright

So let me get this straight… The crown prince of Saudi Arabia orders the brutal, bloodthirsty murder of a journalist and American resident, Jamal Khashoggi, and our president blows it off because of an arms deal between our nations? WAIT… It gets better. He blows it off because of an arms deal, but it’s apparently a deal that is nowhere near as big as the Trump administration made it out to be, and they’re not even locked into the amount... Read more

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