Epstein Secrets

committee funded by mega-donor Greg Lindberg, and specifically mentioned in Lindberg's federal bribery indictment, forfeited more than $475,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice shortly after the indictment was filed, new campaign finance records show." According to WRAL- TV, "N.C. Growth and Prosperity is a PAC that Lindber

panies." DO) Pressing States To Support T-Mobile/Sprint Merger. The Wall Street Journal (7/25, FitzGerald, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the Justice Department is urging state officials to back a planned settlement that would allow T-Mobile and Sprint to combine by selling assets to Dish Network. The talks

hen the two spoke by phone on Wednesday, Pompeo assured Ghani that the US "remains committed to a conditions-based drawdown of troops, according to the State Department." Asked on Fox News Special Report (7/25, 1.53M) if he got any pushback after the President said he could wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Eart

and Border Protection Custody Act', possible consideration of 'H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act', and consideration of 'H.R. 3352 - Department of State Authorization Act of 201% as amended, 'H.R. 434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act', 'H.R. 759 - Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Cou

dget (7/25, Lawler, 437K), CNET News (7/25, Reichert, Morse, 1.99M), StateScoop (7/25), Mother Jones (7/25, Vicens, 881K), the New York Post (7/25, Fredericks, 4.57M), Bloomberg (7/25, 4.73M), and The Verge (7/25, Hollister, 2.05M). McConnell Blacks House Democrats' Election-Security Legislation. CNN (7/2

third letter "requesting documents about the Obama and Trump administration's overtures toward Ukraine." In a previous letter Wyden "claimed...that the State Department sent thousands of pages of documents to Republican chairmen for their investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter while i

e to curb controversial policing policies. The proposed spending bill for the 2021 fiscal year, which begins in October, would add $972.5 million to the Justice Department's coffers. Of those funds, $596.7 million would go toward police practice overhauls. The remaining funds would be used to boost the FBI's investigati

to reduce violent gun crimes." DO3: Probe Of FBI's Handling Of Nassar Case Is Ongoing. The Orange County (CA) Register (7/7, Reid, 546K) reports, "The U.S. Department of Justice is continuing to investigate the Federal Bureau of Investigation's handling of sexual abuse allegations against former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnast

to department's inspector general." According to the OCR, "Michael E. Horowitz, the inspector, in a letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) stated that the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General's 22-month investigation 'of the allegations concerning the FBI's handling of the Nassar investigation is ongoing, and we

s, 2.98M) cites "a senior administration official" as confirming the news, as do the Washington Examiner (7/7, Smith, 448K), the New York Post (7/7, Fredericks, 4.57M) and a number of other media outlets. CNN (7/7, Cohen, Murray, Atwood, Salama, 83.16M) says on its website, "A State Department official als

and former ambassador to the Vatican." The Times adds "gay rights groups have expressed fears it will narrow the government's support for advocacy." The State Department "has already taken subtle steps to distance itself from gay and transgender issues." The Times also reports that Pompeo "said that human rights advo

s at Urbana-Champaign," and "the jury is now in the penalty phase of the trial. `This was not an ordinary crime,' James Nelson, a prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice's capital case division, told the jury. `It was cold, cruel and calculated.' Christensen's attorneys "have asked the jury to spare his life, saying he

It'll crush the dreams of the poorest Americans and disproportionately harm minority communities. I will not stand for it." The New York Post (7/8, Fredericks, 4.57M) too says he "ripped Democrats for what he called wildly expensive schemes for the environment, such as the so-called Green New Deal," and R

already put forth federal resources to make sure that we can restore law and order." Meadows added that Trump is "making sure that we have not only the Department of Justice but the Department of Homeland Security and others to make sure that our communities are safe. It is time that Joe Biden eventually condemns all of

Fitton writes on Breitbart (7/6, 673K) that his organization has filed a FOIA lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia "against the State Department over requests by [Obama Administration UN Ambassador Samantha) Power to unmask the identities of U.S. citizens whose names appear in intelligence re

lowed a weekend in which the President launched a divisive defense of America's heritage, which he claims is under attack." The New York Post (7/6, Fredericks, 4.57M) says the tweet "came minutes after White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters she was unaware of Trump's position on the issue

NBC (7/9, Mangan, Breuninger, 3.62M) reports a lawyer for Sullivan "argued in a lengthy court filing that the appeals panel's order to quickly grant the Department of Justice's request to drop its prosecution of Flynn threatens to turn ordinary judicial process upside down."' The Washington Post (7/9, Marimow, Hsu, 14.2M) r

SA Today (7/9, Phillips, 10.31M) reports that, "if the kill appeals court agrees to rehear the case, it would resurrect the prospect of challenging the Justice Department's controversial decision to drop the case against Flynn, a defendant who twice pleaded guilty." And it would "give Sullivan another shot at convincing

must surrender to a federal prison in Jesup, Ga." The court gave him until Friday to respond to the department's directive. The New York Post (7/9, Fredericks, 4.57M) recounts, meanwhile, that Stone told Fox news "he was 'praying' that President Trump would offer him clemency." Said Stone, "I think I'll be

's removal from the facility's suicide prevention program, including the prison's chief psychologist." The Times says Barr "has asked the F.B.I. and the Justice Department's Inspector General to launch inquiries into what was happening at the prison in the days and hours leading up to Mr. Epstein's death," and 'to invest

and "while taking them to court might be an uphill battle, experts ultimately predict the government would be successful: The New York Post (8/12, Fredericks, 4.57M) reports Barr "had a warning for anyone involved in the supposedly wealthy financier's alleged crimes.° The Washington Examiner (8112, Dunlea

lvaney "to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before" the phone call. OMB officials "relayed Trump's order to the State Department and the Pentagon during an interagency meeting in mid-July, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal delib

ion, 7.57M) reports Trump remained noncommittal about releasing the transcript, saying it could set a bad precedent. The New York Post (9/23, Hicks, Fredericks, 4.57M) reports Trump 'wavered on whether he would release" the transcript. Kaitlan Collins said on CNN (9/23, 3:02 p.m. ET, Baldwin, 1M) that Trump