Epstein Secrets

y was their friend, possibly their only friend. They could work this claim of retroac- tive executive privilege, no matter how loopy, all the way to the Supreme Court. For this plan to work, the president would have to get rid of his inept lawyers. Oh, and he would also have to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy at

investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. The Southern District had long been worrisome to Trump. After his election, he had an unseemly meeting with Preet Bharara, the federal pros- ecutor there, a move whose optics were alarming to all of his advisers, including Don McGahn and the incoming attorney general, J

foreshadowed the one Trump would shortly have with Comey, during which he sought a pledge of loyalty in return for job secu- rity.) His meeting with Bharara was unsatisfactory: Bharara was unwill- ing to humor him—or, shortly, even to return his calls. In March 2017, Trump fired him. Now, said Kushner,

reports that Joe Biden, in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that has not yet aired, said he "won't rule out studying the addition of members to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a commission he plans to name to look at court reforms if he's elected." Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-22/bi

n-up to his insider trading conviction." According to Reuters, "The Manhattan federal court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a declaration that Bharara, former FBI agent David Chaves and other agents and prosecutors violated his Fifth Amendment right to a fair trial by leaking information about the

t-bharara-claiming- misconduct-in-insider-trading-case-idUSL1N2HD1T7> (10/22) reports, "Professional gambler Billy Walters sued former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and others on Thursday, alleging that leaks to the media were part of a conspiracy to violate his due process rights in the run-up to his insider tr

nomination. Democrats "refused to show up in protest of the GOP's rush to install [President] Trump's nominee. ... Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election." The Democrats "displayed posters at their desks of Americans they say have benefited from the Affordab

) reports that Joe Biden, in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that has not yet aired, said he "won't rule out studying the addition of members to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a commission he plans to name to look at court reforms if he's elected." Bloomberg (10/22, Benjaminson, 4.73M) reports Biden "says he wou

s having gone out of his way to separate himself from the president on multiple occasions." The FBI declined to comment. Professional Gambler Sues Bharara, DO) Claiming Misconduct In Insider Trading Case. Reuters (10/22) reports, "Professional gambler Billy Walters sued former U.S. Attorney Preet Bha

2) reports that Joe Biden, in an interview with CBS"160 Minutes" that has not yet aired, said he "won't rule out studying the addition of members to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a commission he plans to name to look at court reforms if he's elected "Jilnnmberg (10/22, Benjaminson, 4.73M) reports Biden "says he wo

eks To Designate CCP As Criminal Organization. OTHER FBI NEWS • Sources: Trump Weighing Firing Of Wray After Election. • Professional Gambler Sues Bharara, DO) Claiming Misconduct In Insider Trading Case. OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS • Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Barrett Nomination As Democrats Boyco

at the Seventh Circuit puts few limits on conspiracy charges. Black noted that if a split does materialize, it could make an attractive question for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on, given the court's interest in statutory interpretation and harmonizing criminal law in the circuits. The Hoskins case, with all the

rr and his DOJ (like previous DOJ officials) knew MCC was structured on "irregularities." So did U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, and his predecessor, Preet Bharara. So did the judges of the Southern District of New York. The federal prison system is replete with "irregularities." The real scandal is that the h

at the Seventh Circuit puts few limits on conspiracy charges. Black noted that if a split does materialize, it could make an attractive question for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on, given the court's interest in statutory interpretation and harmonizing criminal law in the circuits. The Hoskins case, with all the

rr and his DOJ (like previous DOJ officials) knew MCC was structured on "irregularities." So did U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, and his predecessor, Preet Bharara. So did the judges of the Southern District of New York. The federal prison system is replete with "irregularities." The real scandal is that the h

wman decision is surprising in that it reverses the convictions while making very little, if any, new law. In short, the decision simply re-examines the Supreme Court's 1983 landmark decision in S.E.C. v. Dirks. Newman instructs that Dirks has been the law for over thirty years, and sets a high bar for prosecutors

r indictments with prejudice. The decision has been the talk of the legal community and Wall Street, as it represents a rare loss for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in his signature insider trading crackdown - indeed it appears to represent just his second and third losses after the Rengan Rajaratnam trial. This