Epstein Secrets

The AP (8/4, Smith) reports that om testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, the US's special representative to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "said...that the Trump Administration will continue recognizing lawmaker Juan Guaido as the nation's interim president even if President Nicolas M

ation's interim president even if President Nicolas Maduro's government ousts the opposition from control of congress - its last major stronghold." Abrams told the panel, "He will not change the legal status for many countries around the world - and especially for us. ... In our view the constitutional

ecret Service After Mothers Held At Gunpoint. The Washington Post (8/4, Mettler, 14.2M) reports Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) "sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service on Tuesday demanding information about an incident that played out last week near the Mall, where two mothers say uniformed

n if the White House refuses to hire them, they said, perhaps a determined Cabinet secretary can bring them on. Along with Jeffrey, they pointed to Elliott Abrams, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush administrations who did not sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and

p-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election. Trump foiled then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezuela. Mary Kissel and Bri

— measures that would make it harder for many to seek refuge in the U.S. Nick Miroff reports: "The proposed change from the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security would disqualify asylum applicants found guilty of serious offenses such as driving while into'dcated and domestic battery, as well as lesser viola

this gesture and for continuing to engage in the productive dialogue on the American detainees." Likewise, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams "called the move a 'positive step that we are glad to see." He said in a statement, "Of course, we hope others follow." Japan's Ruling Party Propo

learned of its actions. Meanwhile, Reuters (7/31, Hosenball) reports all seven Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday "wrote to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details on its agents conducting intelligence monitoring of ongoing anti-racism protests in Portland." Cuccinelli Relaxed Oversight Of

this gesture and for continuing to engage in the productive dialogue on the American detainees." Likewise, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams "called the move a 'positive step that we are glad to see." He said in a statement, "Of course, we hope others follow." Japan's Ruling Party Propo

learned of its actions. Meanwhile, Reuters (7/31, Hosenball) reports all seven Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday "wrote to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details on its agents conducting intelligence monitoring of ongoing anti-racism protests in Portland." Cuccinelli Relaxed Oversight Of