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riversedge's JournalBefore it gets deleted, the law firm representing Donald Trump during his "press conference" earlie
Gabe Ortíz ?@TUSK81 2h2 hours ago
Before it gets deleted, the law firm representing Donald Trump during his "press conference" earlier. pic.twitter.com/jhhOIWybJk
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Laura Zera ?@laurazera 55m55 minutes ago
And their site has crashed, or the page has been removed: https://www.morganlewis.com/news/chambers-partners-names-morgan-lewis-as-russia-law-firm-of-the-year … @TUSK81 @hilarydavidson
Actually I clicked on the site and it comes up:
https://www.morganlewis.com/news/chambers-partners-names-morgan-lewis-as-russia-law-firm-of-the-year
It is the optics at this point.
Andy Grewal ?@AndyGrewal 1h1 hour ago
@ZeldaLackner @TUSK81 Trump faces potential conflicts, notwithstanding his bloviations. But working with a global law firm is not a problem.
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joan_mediator ?@joan_mediator 1h1 hour ago
@AndyGrewal @ZeldaLackner @TUSK81 depending on whom they represent, what transactions, etc., in which they're involved, what private wp have
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Zelda Lackner ?@ZeldaLackner 1h1 hour ago
@joan_mediator @AndyGrewal Well, that's the question. Don't need 2 be FSB to have conflict. Firm wins award best in Russia 2016. Optics?
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What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
good article and worth the time to read.
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/sessions-kkk-case/512600/
Defenders of Trump’s choice for attorney general have cited an Alabama lynching case as evidence of his commitment to racial equality. The real story is more complicated.
Beulah Donald, center, wipes tears from her eyes as she enters funeral services for her 19-year-old son Michael in Mobile, Alabama, March 28, 1981. Mark Foley / AP
Adam Serwer Jan 9, 2017 Politics
Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Alabama played a crucial role in ensuring that the lynching of 19-year-old Michael Donald by two members of the Ku Klux Klan was investigated and punished.
That gruesome case has become newly relevant with the nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to run the Department of Justice. Sessions was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District when the Donald case was tried.
In 1986, Session’s nomination for a federal judgeship was rejected after one of his former subordinates, Thomas Figures, alleged that Sessions called him “boy,” made remarks disparaging civil-rights organizations, and made jokes about the KKK, even as his office was investigating the Donald lynching. Civil-rights groups have harshly criticized Sessions’s nomination, arguing that he is hostile to federal anti-discrimination and voting-rights law. Six members of the NAACP, including president Cornell Brooks, were arrested in early January after staging a sit-in at Sessions’s Mobile office.
After Sessions’s nomination was announced, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus whether Sessions’s record suggested he would be hostile to reforming local police agencies accused of racial bias. “Look at this man's life,” Priebus replied, citing the Donald case. “He prosecuted that person … for the murder. He then presided over the execution of this person.”................................
Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Booker about to speak against Sessions (msnbc). turn in...
Donald Trump Wont Divest From His Business Interests, Opening Door To Years Of Ethics Conflicts
Source: Huff post
He will still retain an interest in the company.
01/11/2017 11:57 am ET | Updated 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would place his two sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, in charge of his multibillion-dollar Trump Organization.
“My two sons, Don and Eric, are going to be running the company,” Trump said at a press conference in New York. “They are going to be running in a very professional manner. They’re not going to discuss it with me.”
Sheri Dillon, a financial adviser at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, said at the event that Trump’s sons would have no contact with their father while he serves as president, and the company will appoint an ethics adviser to oversee any possible conflicts. The president-elect and his daughter Ivanka Trump, whose husband will become a senior White House adviser, will resign all positions in the Trump Organization, Dillon said.....................
Dillon added that the Trump Organization will not make any new foreign deals during his administration. The company will still pursue domestic deals....................
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-conflict-of-interest_us_587660f3e4b05b7a465cdf13
In November, Trump angrily denounced those reporting on his financial conflicts of interest.
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Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!
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Homepage of Huff Post--in big bold Red letters:
TRUMP MAKES IT OFFICIAL: YEARS OF CONFLICTS AHEAD
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Trumpster can not get through a chaotic news conference without dissing on Hillary..
twice that I heard.
Something about Russia wanting Hillary elected?? I have to get a transcript--He was rambling and barely answered any questions-dodged
Senate splits 49-49 on amendt based on Trump's entitlements campaign promise
Repugs OK that Trump betrayed his fans--and all of us.
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Presser by Trumper now
Trump's russia interest sparked in the soviet years: Trumps russia deals and links multiply
Financial Times
Trump’s Russian connections
Donald Trump’s ties to Russia are back under the spotlight after the CIA concluded that Moscow had interfered in November’s presidential election to help the Republican candidate win
Donald Trump »
December 13, 2016 by Michael Stott and Catherine Belton
Trump's russia interest sparked in the soviet years
The Republican candidate’s links to Russia are a mix of bling, business and bluster spanning 30 years. This account in five sections traces Trump's fascination for Russia from its beginnings in Soviet times through deals done in the Putin era to Trump's appointment of a slew of Russia-connected advisers during the US presidential campaign. It concludes with outside views on Trump's long-standing Russia ties and the president-elect's own explanations.
Yuri Dubinin
A first contact from Moscow
In 1986 Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin sat next to Donald Trump at a New York lunch and they talked about Trump Tower. “One thing led to another, and now I’m talking about building a large luxury hotel across the street from the Kremlin in partnership with the Soviet government,” the tycoon recalled in his book Trump: The Art of the Deal. Trump flew to Moscow at Dubinin’s invitation to discuss the hotel project with the Soviet tourism agency.
Mikhail Gorbachev
No glasnost at Trump Tower
The hotel never materialised but Trump aides promised something even better: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, would tour Trump Tower during a 1988 visit to New York. Trump said Gorbachev wanted to see the building because “it’s become the hottest building in New York”. But the visit didn’t happen: the Gorbachevs visited other Manhattan landmarks and Trump rushed out of his tower to greet a lookalike of the Soviet leader.
Zurab Tsereteli
Russia’s Columbus seeks the new world
Trump’s Russia connections continued under Gorbachev’s successor, Boris Yeltsin. Trump attempted in 1997 to erect a giant bronze statue of Christopher Columbus donated by the Russian government at his development on the Hudson river. Taller than the Statue of Liberty, the artwork was crafted by Zurab Tsereteli, a close friend of the Moscow mayor. It ended up in Puerto Rico after several US cities refused to accept it.
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Trump’s russia deals and links multiply
As financial headaches cramped Trump’s style in the US, the property tycoon’s organisation stepped up efforts to win Russian business.....................
2 p. summary "was presented as an appendix to the intelligence agencies report on #Russianhacking"
I believe it was Rep Marsha Blackburn (not sure) that was just on msnbc saying strongly that Trump did not know of this summary. The msnbc host shout have asked her if it was a report presented when Trump did not attend!!
Also add: The Intell Report was just presented a week ago.
Trump Received Unsubstantiated Report That Russia Had Damaging Information About Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
By SCOTT SHANE, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
JAN. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — The chiefs of America’s intelligence agencies last week presented President Obama and President-elect Donald J. Trump with a summary of unsubstantiated reports that Russia had collected compromising and salacious personal information about Mr. Trump, two officials with knowledge of the briefing said.
The summary is based on memos generated by political operatives seeking to derail Mr. Trump’s candidacy. Details of the reports began circulating in the fall and were widely known among journalists and politicians in Washington.
The two-page summary, first reported by CNN, was presented as an appendix to the intelligence agencies’ report on Russian hacking efforts during the election, the officials said. The material was not corroborated, and The New York Times has not been able to confirm the claims. But intelligence agencies considered it so potentially explosive that they decided Mr. Obama, Mr. Trump and congressional leaders needed to be told about it and informed that the agencies were actively investigating it.
Intelligence officials were concerned that the information would leak before they informed Mr. Trump of its existence, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly..............................
Trump, the Ukraine and blackmail comments in the explosive report.....
Mikel Jollett ?@Mikel_Jollett 15m15 minutes ago
@davidkerr1970 @realDonaldTrump
The whole point is it explains his behavior towards Putin. He's been supporting Russia bc of blackmail.
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CraigyWhyteFanClub ?@davidkerr1970 14m14 minutes ago
@Mikel_Jollett @realDonaldTrump i hate Trump but wanting friendly relations with Russia isn't treason.
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Mikel Jollett ?@Mikel_Jollett 13m13 minutes ago
@davidkerr1970 @realDonaldTrump Didn't you read it? It expressly says the U.S. will not aid Ukraine in exchange for blackmail not released.
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Mikel Jollett ?@Mikel_Jollett 6m6 minutes ago
@davidkerr1970 @realDonaldTrump THIS is treason.
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Jonathan Maseng ?@JonMaseng 4m4 minutes ago
@Mikel_Jollett @davidkerr1970 @realDonaldTrump He actually went through with it too. His team weakened the Republican platform's position on Ukraine back at the convention.
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