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Another day, another Russian tie, another guilty plea, more cooperation with Mueller
In response to:
Manafort associate admits paying Trump inauguration $50,000 in Ukrainian cash
The Telegraph Agence France-Presse,The Telegraph 10 hours ago
A Republican consultant linked to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted on Friday he illegally funnelled money from a Ukraine tycoon to Mr Trump's inauguration.
Sam Patten, who worked with Manafort to advise and lobby for Ukraine's pro-Russia Opposition Bloc, was the newest person to be charged out of special counsel Robert Mueller's sprawling Russia collusion investigation.
In a deal with prosecutors Patten, 47, agreed to plead guilty to one charge of failing to register as a foreign agent, a relatively light charge that was conditioned on his cooperation with Mr Mueller and other investigations.
A court filing said he earned more than $1 million between 2015 and 2017 representing the interests of the Opposition Bloc, which Manafort also previously consulted for.
The work was performed by Patten's joint company with a Russian national who is unnamed in the court filing but appears to be Konstantin Kilimnik, a former linguist of Moscow's powerful GRU spy agency. US officials say Mr Kilimnik continues to maintain close ties to Russian intelligence.
The charges said Patten worked with his Russian partner to set up meetings between an unnamed "prominent Ukraine oligarch" and member of the US Congress and their staff "to influence United States policy."
Patten also, in January 2017, arranged for the Ukrainian oligarch to attend Mr Trump's inauguration.
To obtain four tickets, the Ukrainian funneled $50,000 through Patten and another American.
"Patten was aware at the time that the Presidential Inauguration Committee could not accept money from foreign nationals," the charges said.
The Patten case came 10 days after Manafort, a longtime Republican consultant who was chairman of Trump's election campaign in 2016, was convicted of tax and bank fraud as a part of Mr Mueller's investigation.
The Patten court filings indicate that he has been cooperating with Mr Mueller's investigation, and require him to continue to do so before he is sentenced.
Manafort still faces more charges, including obstruction allegations against him and Mr Kilimnik for alleged witness tampering.
Manafort associate admits paying Trump inauguration $50,000 in Ukrainian cash
The Telegraph Agence France-Presse,The Telegraph 10 hours ago
A Republican consultant linked to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted on Friday he illegally funnelled money from a Ukraine tycoon to Mr Trump's inauguration.
Sam Patten, who worked with Manafort to advise and lobby for Ukraine's pro-Russia Opposition Bloc, was the newest person to be charged out of special counsel Robert Mueller's sprawling Russia collusion investigation.
In a deal with prosecutors Patten, 47, agreed to plead guilty to one charge of failing to register as a foreign agent, a relatively light charge that was conditioned on his cooperation with Mr Mueller and other investigations.
A court filing said he earned more than $1 million between 2015 and 2017 representing the interests of the Opposition Bloc, which Manafort also previously consulted for.
The work was performed by Patten's joint company with a Russian national who is unnamed in the court filing but appears to be Konstantin Kilimnik, a former linguist of Moscow's powerful GRU spy agency. US officials say Mr Kilimnik continues to maintain close ties to Russian intelligence.
The charges said Patten worked with his Russian partner to set up meetings between an unnamed "prominent Ukraine oligarch" and member of the US Congress and their staff "to influence United States policy."
Patten also, in January 2017, arranged for the Ukrainian oligarch to attend Mr Trump's inauguration.
To obtain four tickets, the Ukrainian funneled $50,000 through Patten and another American.
"Patten was aware at the time that the Presidential Inauguration Committee could not accept money from foreign nationals," the charges said.
The Patten case came 10 days after Manafort, a longtime Republican consultant who was chairman of Trump's election campaign in 2016, was convicted of tax and bank fraud as a part of Mr Mueller's investigation.
The Patten court filings indicate that he has been cooperating with Mr Mueller's investigation, and require him to continue to do so before he is sentenced.
Manafort still faces more charges, including obstruction allegations against him and Mr Kilimnik for alleged witness tampering.
Trump has more Russian guilty ties, than a tie store in Moscow.
online today!
Pet Peeves... well sure, I've got a few...
Answering a landline... the phone rings and you pick up the handset but the coiled cord is so wound up that bringing the handset to your ear pulls the base up from the desk!
It cannot be so hard that when you answer the phone you hang up by putting it back into the cradle the same way you picked it up.
Unless there are office gremlins going around in the middle of the night twisting cords, I have no explanation for this phenomena.
The desk I inherited was once used by many until I took control. Go somewhere else to answer a call. I wipe it with alcohol a few times a day. I usually get to the office by 10 and some are there by 8. It's not hard to see if the phone has been used. I have to detach the cord and hold it out to unravel the coiled cord so it stays flat.
This:
When it should be this:
It cannot be so hard that when you answer the phone you hang up by putting it back into the cradle the same way you picked it up.
Unless there are office gremlins going around in the middle of the night twisting cords, I have no explanation for this phenomena.
The desk I inherited was once used by many until I took control. Go somewhere else to answer a call. I wipe it with alcohol a few times a day. I usually get to the office by 10 and some are there by 8. It's not hard to see if the phone has been used. I have to detach the cord and hold it out to unravel the coiled cord so it stays flat.
This:
When it should be this:
Elderly New Jersey woman on oxygen dies after power company cuts electric
From the NY Times;
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In response to: New Jersey Woman on Oxygen Dies After Electric Company Shuts Off Her Power
Linda Daniels died on Thursday after power was shut off at her home in Newark and the electric-powered oxygen tank she used to breathe stopped working.Creditvia Desiree Washington
By Matthew Haag
July 9, 2018
New Jersey officials said on Monday they were investigating why a utility company shut off power last week at the Newark home of a woman in hospice care who then died after her electric-powered oxygen tank stopped operating.
Family members of the woman, Linda Daniels, said she gasped for air for hours on Thursday until she died of congestive heart failure. The company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, had cut off power to her home that morning because of overdue bills.
The family said they pleaded with the company to restore electricity, telling customer service representatives that Ms. Daniels, 68, depended on oxygen equipment in order to breathe. Power was eventually returned to the home on Friday.
“She was scared, and she was holding our hands tightly,” said Desiree Washington, Ms. Daniels’s daughter. “She was horrified. We were all horrified.”
The case has caught the attention of regulatory officials in New Jersey, where utilities are prohibited from shutting off power to people with medical emergencies. The company said Monday that it was not aware that Ms. Daniels had a medical condition, though her relatives said it had been notified.
The state’s Board of Public Utilities said it had opened an investigation.
“BPU is investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Linda Daniels last week at her home in Newark,” a spokesman said. “As part of our investigation, we are in the process of gathering all appropriate information in order to determine how this could have occurred.”
Ms. Washington said her mother’s home lost power around 10 a.m. on Thursday. When she arrived later that morning, the heat was suffocating. The high temperature on Thursday in Newark was 91 degrees.
Family members repeatedly called the utility company, she said.
“We kept calling, and they said to stop calling,” Ms. Washington said. “What kind of customer service is that?”
The family also called 911 to have paramedics bring a portable oxygen tank so Ms. Daniels could breathe. Even with the aid of the portable tank, Ms. Daniels’s health continued to decline and she died shortly before
4:00 pm.
John Sharpe James, a Newark City Council member who represents the area where Ms. Daniels lived, said he was concerned about what had transpired and had asked the utility company for an explanation.
He said he planned to meet with the family on Tuesday.
“I will give them time, but ultimately it’s a very sad day and it’s an unfortunate incident,” Mr. James said. “We want to ensure it doesn’t happen again, and we cannot have our senior population in jeopardy like that.”
Officials at Public Service Electric and Gas Company said Monday that they had started an internal investigation into the case. But so far, they have uncovered no indication of a medical condition on Ms. Daniels’s account, which was past due $1,500 as of last week.
“This account was severely in arrears, and we made at least 26 attempts to notify the customer since January 2018, including two visits to the residence prior to the disconnection,” the company said in a statement.
Workers would not have shut off power if they were notified of her medical condition, the company said, adding, “We are carefully reviewing everything that happened around this terrible incident.”
Relatives of Ms. Daniels said that both her family and hospice nurses had informed Public Service Electric and Gas Company long before Thursday about her medical condition.
Linda Daniels died on Thursday after power was shut off at her home in Newark and the electric-powered oxygen tank she used to breathe stopped working.Creditvia Desiree Washington
By Matthew Haag
July 9, 2018
New Jersey officials said on Monday they were investigating why a utility company shut off power last week at the Newark home of a woman in hospice care who then died after her electric-powered oxygen tank stopped operating.
Family members of the woman, Linda Daniels, said she gasped for air for hours on Thursday until she died of congestive heart failure. The company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, had cut off power to her home that morning because of overdue bills.
The family said they pleaded with the company to restore electricity, telling customer service representatives that Ms. Daniels, 68, depended on oxygen equipment in order to breathe. Power was eventually returned to the home on Friday.
“She was scared, and she was holding our hands tightly,” said Desiree Washington, Ms. Daniels’s daughter. “She was horrified. We were all horrified.”
The case has caught the attention of regulatory officials in New Jersey, where utilities are prohibited from shutting off power to people with medical emergencies. The company said Monday that it was not aware that Ms. Daniels had a medical condition, though her relatives said it had been notified.
The state’s Board of Public Utilities said it had opened an investigation.
“BPU is investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Linda Daniels last week at her home in Newark,” a spokesman said. “As part of our investigation, we are in the process of gathering all appropriate information in order to determine how this could have occurred.”
Ms. Washington said her mother’s home lost power around 10 a.m. on Thursday. When she arrived later that morning, the heat was suffocating. The high temperature on Thursday in Newark was 91 degrees.
Family members repeatedly called the utility company, she said.
“We kept calling, and they said to stop calling,” Ms. Washington said. “What kind of customer service is that?”
The family also called 911 to have paramedics bring a portable oxygen tank so Ms. Daniels could breathe. Even with the aid of the portable tank, Ms. Daniels’s health continued to decline and she died shortly before
4:00 pm.
John Sharpe James, a Newark City Council member who represents the area where Ms. Daniels lived, said he was concerned about what had transpired and had asked the utility company for an explanation.
He said he planned to meet with the family on Tuesday.
“I will give them time, but ultimately it’s a very sad day and it’s an unfortunate incident,” Mr. James said. “We want to ensure it doesn’t happen again, and we cannot have our senior population in jeopardy like that.”
Officials at Public Service Electric and Gas Company said Monday that they had started an internal investigation into the case. But so far, they have uncovered no indication of a medical condition on Ms. Daniels’s account, which was past due $1,500 as of last week.
“This account was severely in arrears, and we made at least 26 attempts to notify the customer since January 2018, including two visits to the residence prior to the disconnection,” the company said in a statement.
Workers would not have shut off power if they were notified of her medical condition, the company said, adding, “We are carefully reviewing everything that happened around this terrible incident.”
Relatives of Ms. Daniels said that both her family and hospice nurses had informed Public Service Electric and Gas Company long before Thursday about her medical condition.
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Third Roger Stone ex-aide subpoenaed by Mueller today.
This is the third former Roger Stone aide subpoenaed by Mueller.
He is likely onto the trail of something that smells very bad.
In the NY Times earlier today;
Here's the link;
He is likely onto the trail of something that smells very bad.
In the NY Times earlier today;
In response to:
Ex-Aide to Roger Stone Is Subpoenaed in Russian Investigation
By Maggie Haberman
June 28, 2018
A former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,”
was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia investigation and to hand over documents,
and his lawyer moved on Thursday to quash it in court.
The aide, Andrew Miller, has not been mentioned before publicly in the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
Mr. Miller, a registered Libertarian, worked briefly for Mr. Stone around the time of the Republican National Convention in 2016,
helping to arrange media interviews and conducting other tasks, according to a person close to Mr. Stone.
Mr. Miller was also an aide on the campaign for New York governor in 2010 of Kristin M. Davis, a former madam,
whose main adviser was Mr. Stone.
A lawyer, Paul Kamenar, said he filed a motion on Thursday on behalf of a client who was subpoenaed to be questioned
in front of the grand jury, though he did not identify Mr. Miller.
Mr. Kamenar said the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative nonprofit organization, was paying for his services.
His motion argued that Mr. Mueller’s appointment “was unconstitutional,” he said. Peter Flaherty, the chairman of the policy center,
said, “The founders feared exactly what we see in Mueller: a runaway federal official.
We hope to see Mueller’s operation disbanded, once and for all.”
Though that argument has gained prominence in conservative circles, two federal judges have rejected it,
including this week in the financial fraud case against Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman.
The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who appointed Mr. Mueller, has also repeatedly said
he has seen nothing untoward in Mr. Mueller’s conduct.
Mr. Miller’s scheduled grand jury appearance was postponed after the motion was filed.
Mr. Stone has become a focal point for Mr. Mueller’s investigators in the inquiry into possible collusion
between the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference.
During the 2016 campaign, Mr. Stone publicly foreshadowed the released by WikiLeaks of information
damaging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
He has since said that he was informed by an intermediary about the plans of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange,
and has denied allegations that he helped collude with foreign powers.
Ex-Aide to Roger Stone Is Subpoenaed in Russian Investigation
By Maggie Haberman
June 28, 2018
A former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,”
was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia investigation and to hand over documents,
and his lawyer moved on Thursday to quash it in court.
The aide, Andrew Miller, has not been mentioned before publicly in the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
Mr. Miller, a registered Libertarian, worked briefly for Mr. Stone around the time of the Republican National Convention in 2016,
helping to arrange media interviews and conducting other tasks, according to a person close to Mr. Stone.
Mr. Miller was also an aide on the campaign for New York governor in 2010 of Kristin M. Davis, a former madam,
whose main adviser was Mr. Stone.
A lawyer, Paul Kamenar, said he filed a motion on Thursday on behalf of a client who was subpoenaed to be questioned
in front of the grand jury, though he did not identify Mr. Miller.
Mr. Kamenar said the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative nonprofit organization, was paying for his services.
His motion argued that Mr. Mueller’s appointment “was unconstitutional,” he said. Peter Flaherty, the chairman of the policy center,
said, “The founders feared exactly what we see in Mueller: a runaway federal official.
We hope to see Mueller’s operation disbanded, once and for all.”
Though that argument has gained prominence in conservative circles, two federal judges have rejected it,
including this week in the financial fraud case against Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman.
The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who appointed Mr. Mueller, has also repeatedly said
he has seen nothing untoward in Mr. Mueller’s conduct.
Mr. Miller’s scheduled grand jury appearance was postponed after the motion was filed.
Mr. Stone has become a focal point for Mr. Mueller’s investigators in the inquiry into possible collusion
between the Trump campaign and Russia’s election interference.
During the 2016 campaign, Mr. Stone publicly foreshadowed the released by WikiLeaks of information
damaging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
He has since said that he was informed by an intermediary about the plans of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange,
and has denied allegations that he helped collude with foreign powers.
Here's the link;
The turning point
It will be a tough call.
Was it the jailing of refugee children, or the acceptance of a murdering dictator's word,
over the US Intelligence agencies ?
The majority of the American public has had more than enough of #45.
Their low approval rating has shown that for quite some while.
Robert Mueller likely has more than an enough evidence by now.
But, have the Republicans in Congress finally recognized, that 45's removal is what is best for the country.
Indeed, that #45 is a danger to this country ?
Was it the jailing of refugee children, or the acceptance of a murdering dictator's word,
over the US Intelligence agencies ?
The majority of the American public has had more than enough of #45.
Their low approval rating has shown that for quite some while.
Robert Mueller likely has more than an enough evidence by now.
But, have the Republicans in Congress finally recognized, that 45's removal is what is best for the country.
Indeed, that #45 is a danger to this country ?
KABOOM !!!....ski
Yesterday a huge bombshell was dropped on Dirty Don Trump's repeated claims of "NO COLLUSION !"
You may also recall that Trump claims that he has no knowledge of the meeting between his son and Russian Natalia Veselnitskaya in Trump Tower until much after the fact.
Well, yesterday it was announced that Michael Cohen, Trump's former "fixer" attorney is willing to testify,
that Trump DID know the meeting was to take place before the meeting and that there were several witnesses to this.
In other news there is evidence that the woman that his son met with in an "attempt to get dirt on Hillary"
is closely linked to the Russian government.
Often times it's not the crime itself, that does the criminal in, but rather the cover-up.
For your entertainment, here's a blast from the past;
You may also recall that Trump claims that he has no knowledge of the meeting between his son and Russian Natalia Veselnitskaya in Trump Tower until much after the fact.
Well, yesterday it was announced that Michael Cohen, Trump's former "fixer" attorney is willing to testify,
that Trump DID know the meeting was to take place before the meeting and that there were several witnesses to this.
In other news there is evidence that the woman that his son met with in an "attempt to get dirt on Hillary"
is closely linked to the Russian government.
Often times it's not the crime itself, that does the criminal in, but rather the cover-up.
For your entertainment, here's a blast from the past;
The Trial of Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort starts this Tuesday
Mueller has submitted a list of 35 witnesses for the FIRST Manafort trial alone,
including Manafort's business partner Gates, who has already plead guilty.
In the words of Tweety Bird, "Dey don't know who dey messin' with.
Will Manafort eventually plea bargain & offer to flip on Trump ?
Trump's 'fixer' lawyer has already flipped against Trump. So has Gates. So has Papadopolous.
This is only the first trial in an impending string of them with more witnesses in each subsequent one.
Can you imagine how many witnesses Mueller will have lined up against Trump when the impeachment
finally occurs ?
including Manafort's business partner Gates, who has already plead guilty.
In the words of Tweety Bird, "Dey don't know who dey messin' with.
Will Manafort eventually plea bargain & offer to flip on Trump ?
Trump's 'fixer' lawyer has already flipped against Trump. So has Gates. So has Papadopolous.
This is only the first trial in an impending string of them with more witnesses in each subsequent one.
Can you imagine how many witnesses Mueller will have lined up against Trump when the impeachment
finally occurs ?
Same person; different profile on different dating sites
I had spotted what appeared to me to be an absolutely beautiful, clean, well dressed young woman on a dating site several years ago. Within a day, she asked me to leave the site and to move over to Yahoo Messenger. Almost from the beginning, something didn't seem right. I embarked on a nearly 24/7 intense, obsessive-compulsive search for answers to things that came up during different conversations that made no sense, contradicted themselves, were illogical, untrue and flat out lies. I soon discovered she was a known scammer (but not until I sent her money in Ghana). Over the next few months, I kept noticing her 'picture' on various dating sites, replete with different profile data. When I confronted her, she explained that she had 'modeled' some after 'college' (it was probably 'Trump university' because her spelling and grammar were atrocious), and that tons of her photos had been stolen. She always had some cockin-bull excuse each time I mentioned it. Despite this, I believe I had fallen in love with this individual. I found her main website in her real name, discovered her on a number of scammer websites that track known internet and romance scammers, and when I contacted her about this, she mysteriously, without notice took down her facebook page. Despite this, I continued to do something I may end up regretting for the rest of my life, and if ANYONE in America should have known better, it should have been me. See, I am former law enforcement with a degree in Criminology and Social Psychology. I had also attended two different graduate schools in an effort to get an advanced degree in law enforcement. However, the kicker is, I have been a practicing attorney for over 20 years, and have worked closely with the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, The U.S. Federal Police, The U.S. Treasury Department, The Defense Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Border Patrol. How do I turn this woman in and not screw my future because I suspect she's been running an illegal black market electronics re-shipping and re-selling business purchasing electronics in the U.S. using stolen credit cards and seeking my help sending them to Ghana for resale, ostensibly by her "sick" mother. For one of the only times in my life, I feel cornered and stumped.
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