A member of Congress who attended the closed-door briefing where the assessment was made called the prediction “sobering.”
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In a closed-door meeting with pro-Israel activists earlier this week, Cruz said he expected Russia and China to support his efforts.
Ihor Kolomoisky, a recurring figure in the Trump impeachment drama, allegedly schemed to steal billions with a South Florida businessman who donated to a Florida congresswoman.
In a closed-door briefing to members of Congress on government surveillance, a senior Justice Department official was asked a surprising question.
Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got “unauthorized access” to its list of customers.
Trump’s new spy chief has said he once advised the Oscar-winning actor. But a Clooney rep says that’s not true.
“Republicans went nuts” when an intelligence official told Congress that Russia was siding with Trump in the election—again. Then Trump tapped a political ally as his top spy.
“He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson declared.
Stone’s pals offered flattering assessments of Trump’s pardons, welcoming the move and praising the president who “uses his clemency powers judiciously and thoughtfully.”
“Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially,” one sanctions expert said. “That’s the most likely scenario.”