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Just-elected Letitia James, who takes office next month, tells NBC she will probe real estate deals, Trump Tower meeting, emoluments, Trump Foundation and more

NBC News, by Allan Smith — April 30, 2019

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New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James says she plans to launch sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump, his family and “anyone” in his circle who may have violated the law once she settles into her new job next month.

“We will use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well,” James, a Democrat, told NBC News in her first extensive interview since she was elected last month.

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“We want to investigate anyone in his orbit who has, in fact, violated the law,” said James, who was endorsed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

James campaigned on passing a bill to change New York’s double jeopardy laws with an eye on possible pardons coming out of the White House. James told NBC News she wants to be able to pursue state charges against anyone the president were to pardon over federal charges or convictions and whose alleged crimes took place in the state. Under current New York law, she might not be able to do that.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/incoming-new-york-attorney-general-plans-wide-ranging-investigations-trump-n946706

AP, by SCOTT SMITH — April 30, 2019

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has taken to the streets with detained activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers in a military uprising.

“This is the moment of all Venezuelans, those in uniform and those who aren’t,” said Lopez in his first public appearance since being detained in 2014 for leading anti-government protests. “Everyone should come to the streets, in peace.”

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https://www.apnews.com/0153cace08c84c8fbf34f9c6a7bdd4dd

SHARYL ATTKISSON – April 27, 2019

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Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia collusion and interference in the 2016 election has concluded, there are new questions about alleged obstruction.

Were President Trump’s actions obstructive in nature? Or the justified protestations of an innocent man?

The following is an excerpt of an article by John Solomon in The Hill.

Thousands of interviews and hundreds of subpoenas later, special counsel Robert Mueller broke his two-year Wizard of Oz-like silence on Thursday in the form of a 448-page report that formally dropped the curtain on the bad political musical we’ve come to know as the Russian collusion scandal.

Let the record reflect that Mueller wasted little time debunking the feigned electoral love affair between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump that so many Democrats and their allies in the news media sang to life.

With little equivocation, the prosecutor declared that Russia did interfere in the 2016 election, including by hacking presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee documents, but there was no evidence, none, that the president or his campaign — or any American, for that matter — engaged in the conspiracy. 

To The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets that fanned the Russia collusion narrative — and to congressional Democrats such as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) who insisted there was secret evidence to support it — I refer you to this declaration in Mueller’s report:

 
“In sum, the investigation established multiple links between Trump Campaign officials and individuals tied to the Russia government. Those links included Russian offers of assistance to the Campaign. In some instances the Campaign was receptive to the offers, while in other instances the Campaign officials shied away. Ultimately, the investigation did not establish that the Campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian government in its election-interference activities.”

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https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/04/the-lesson-of-mueller-an-innocent-mans-defense-can-look-like-a-guilty-mans-obstruction-opinion/

FrontPage Mag, by Daniel Greenfield — April 25, 2019

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This may be the acid test of the sanctuary city movement. 

States and cities have taken votes on becoming sanctuaries for illegal alien criminals. Some, like California, have even threatened law enforcement if officers cooperate with ICE. One judge in Newton, Massachusets, a sanctuary city, went even further by helping an illegal alien escape.

Now, after a federal grand jury was convened, she’s facing the consequences. 

A state judge is expected to self-surrender to federal authorities later today on charges she helped a Dominican national in the country illegally for a third time and facing drug charges give a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent the slip.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling announced a federal grand jury was indicting Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, 51, of Natick on charges of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting for interfering with a federal investigation.

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“From certain quarters I’ve heard the occasional gasp of dismay or outrage at the notion of holding a judge accountable for violating federal law. But if the law is not applied equally, it cannot credibly be applied to anyone,” Lelling said. “Are judges special? Sure. But not because of the privileges they have enjoyed. They’re special because they’re entrusted with enormous power. They explicitly swear to uphold the law and they are given life tenure under the state constitution.

“The idea of anyone interfering with federal law enforcement is troubling,” he said, “but if a judge did it, then it’s far, far worse.”

Expect Joseph to quickly become a martyr as this becomes a battle over whether federal law on immigration is still valid, or can be suppressed by the pro-illegal alien Left.

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https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273590/sanctuary-city-ma-judge-charged-wobstruction-daniel-greenfield

Nwo Report — April 25, 2019

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The election of Donald J. Trump as our 45th president shocked the Left-wing tech gurus who run the world’s biggest social media platforms, but after a period of mourning they developed a battle plan to prevent a repeat in 2020: Censorship.

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This is a huge problem, given the pervasiveness of social media in our culture, and it’s only going to get worse as we head into the 2020 election and beyond, says Breitbart News’ editor-in-chief Alex Barlow.

During an appearance on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Wednesday, Barlow noted that the tech giants are actively trying to “censor the outlets that might give voices to the voiceless”— which is completely 180 degrees opposite of the original purpose behind social media to begin with.

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https://nworeport.me/2019/04/25/tech-giants-plotting-to-suppress-all-conservative-pro-trump-voices-so-they-can-help-democrats-steal-the-2020-election/

Breitbart, by Allum Bokhari — April 24, 2019

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Conservative YouTuber and second amendment activist Antonia Okafor reports that her entire channel was stripped of advertising revenue by the Google-owned video platform after she uploaded an interview about self-defense with a fellow conservative.

“YouTube went straight to just demonetizing my ENTIRE channel today” wrote Okafor. “Just uploaded an episode where Nina Prevot, a Creole libertarian and I interviewed Amy Robbins about teaching young women to defend themselves.”

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Okafor is the CEO of EmPOWERed, an organization that teaches self-defense and second amendment rights to college-aged women around the country. The organization’s slogan is “gun rights are women’s rights.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/24/financial-blacklisting-youtube-strips-ad-revenue-from-second-amendment-activist-antonia-okafor/