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jason73

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Why is it even news that trump fucked alot of chicks.everyone knows this
 

KWingJitsu

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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, has withdrawn lawsuits against BuzzFeed and Fusion GPS over the publishing of a controversial dossier compiled by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele.

Cohen filed the lawsuits earlier this year — one in federal court against the private investigative firm and the other in state court against the popular media website.

Late Wednesday night, Cohen’s attorney filed to dismiss both.

"The decision to voluntarily discontinue these cases was a difficult one," Cohen's attorney, David Schwartz, said in a statement to ABC News on Thursday.

Schwartz said Cohen still believes BuzzFeed and Fusion GPS defamed him “but given the events that have unfolded, and the time, attention, and resources needed to prosecute these matters, we have dismissed the matters, despite their merits.”

Both Fusion GPS and Buzzfeed welcomed the decision.

“We welcome, though are not surprised, that Michael Cohen opted to withdraw this meritless complaint rather than face a discovery process that would have forced him to defend his reputation and address the allegations of the Steele dossier under penalty of perjury,” a spokesperson for Fusion GPS told ABC News, adding, “With his decision, it appears that Mr. Cohen can now focus on his many other legal travails.”

BuzzFeed said the lawsuit had never been about the "merits" of publishing the dossier.

“The lawsuits against BuzzFeed over the Steele dossier have never been about the merits of our decision to publish it,” a BuzzFeed’s spokesperson wrote in a statement Thursday morning on Twitter. “Today’s news suggests that Donald Trump’s personal lawyer no longer thinks an attack on the free press is worth his time.”

Cohen claimed in both lawsuits that the so-called Steele dossier’s unconfirmed allegations of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russian agents contained “false and defamatory” assertions that resulted in “harm to his personal and professional reputation, current business interests, and the impairment of business opportunities.”

Steele gave his dossier to Fusion GPS and it was later published in its entirety by BuzzFeed.

In his statement Thursday morning, the Buzzfeed spokesperson repeated the company’s claim that the dossier’s “interest to the public is, and always has been, obvious.”

According to Cohen’s initial complaint, Fusion GPS, co-founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson, “recklessly placed [the dossier] beyond their control and allowed it to fall into the hands of media devoted to breaking news on the hottest subject of the day: the Trump candidacy.”

One specific claim in the dossier that Cohen has vehemently denied is an anecdote about Cohen having traveled to Prague in 2016 to meet a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week, McClatchy reported that the special counsel Robert Mueller had evidence indicating that Cohen did, in fact, travel to Prague.

ABC News has not independently verified McClatchy’s reporting. Cohen reacted to McClatchy’s report on Twitter, calling it a “bad story” and again insisting that he’s never been to Prague.

The sudden withdrawal of these suits comes amid ramped up legal pressure surrounding Cohen.

Last week, Cohen’s home and office were raided by federal investigators seeking to obtain documents connected with certain work on behalf of Trump and in Cohen's own business dealings.

Cohen is also under the scope of a lawsuit in California involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed a lawsuit against Trump in March arguing that a “hush” agreement she signed is invalid because Trump never signed it. Cohen arranged the $130,000 payment to Daniels from his own funds in order to keep her from going public with the story of an alleged one-night stand with Donald Trump. Records of that arrangement were scooped up in last week's raids, according to people briefed on the case.

Strategically, Cohen’s decision to drop these suits may reflect a growing concern that a civil lawsuit could expose him to discovery – a process that would require him to share files and correspondence that he may not want BuzzFeed or anyone else to see. With it now clear that the FBI is looming, that may be even less appealing to Cohen and his lawyers.

Dropping the suits may also alleviate the mounting financial cost of Cohen’s aforementioned legal exploits.
 

Belobog

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Perspective | Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes.

"In May 1984, an official from the Trump Organization called to tell me how rich Donald J. Trump was. I was reporting for the Forbes 400, the magazine’s annual ranking of America’s richest people, for the third year. In the previous edition, we’d valued Trump’s holdings at $200 million, only one-fifth of what he claimed to own in our interviews. This time, his aide urged me on the phone, I needed to understand just how loaded Trump really was.

The official was John Barron — a name we now know as an alter ego of Trump himself. When I recently rediscovered and listened, for first time since that year, to the tapes I made of this and other phone calls, I was amazed that I didn’t see through the ruse: Although Trump altered some cadences and affected a slightly stronger New York accent, it was clearly him. “Barron” told me that Trump had taken possession of the business he ran with his father, Fred. “Most of the assets have been consolidated to Mr. Trump,” he said. “You have down Fred Trump [as half owner] . . . but I think you can really use Donald Trump now.” Trump, through this sockpuppet, was telling me he owned “in excess of 90 percent” of his family’s business. With all the home runs Trump was hitting in real estate, Barron told me, he should be called a billionaire."
 

RaginCajun

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Democratic Party files lawsuit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks conspired to disrupt the 2016 campaign
The Democratic National Committee filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging a far-reaching conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 campaign and tilt the election to Donald Trump.

The complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and help Trump by hacking the computer networks of the Democratic Party and disseminating stolen material found there.

“During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an all-out assault on our democracy, and it found a willing and active partner in Donald Trump’s campaign,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement.
 

Pitbull9

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Why isnt anyone mentioning the Comey memos? Or how The AAG told Trump he isnt a focus in the Mueller investigation? Oh sorry thats right it doesnt fit your guys narrative lol.
 

Pitbull9

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You know what is so sad with the people who disklike Trump? They have become little high school girls waiting and then jumping on rumors no matter how pathetic or useless like the Stormy daniels thing. Of course kwing would post that because he has become one of those little high school girls. Why not focus on the bigger picture but than again I guess that wouldnt be good for you seeing as how they have proven time and time again there is no collusion what so ever.
 

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View: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/04/20/michael-cohen-indictment-stormy-daniels-90-days-marquez-lklv-wolf.cnn


"During a hearing on Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against Michael Cohen and President Trump, Cohen's attorney said his client could be indicted in the next 90 days."

"There were two themes to the hearing. One is that Michael Cohen's situation is grave. Judge Otero — a federal judge for 15 years, who has seen thousands of federal criminal cases — repeatedly commented that it was clear from the search of Cohen's office and subsequent proceedings before Judge Kimba Wood in New York that Cohen faced a strong probability of prosecution. "It's substantially likely some kind of criminal action will be filed," based on the nature of the search, Judge Otero said at one point. Later, based on his experience overseeing warrants, he opined "something big is going to follow.""
 

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Trump told Comey he never slept in Moscow. But he did.

"At a Jan. 27, 2017, private dinner with the president, Comey wrote, Trump was adamant that the claim about hookers in Moscow, made in a dossier compiled by a former British spy Christopher Steele, was a “complete fabrication.” He told Comey he had checked with associates and was reminded “that he didn’t stay overnight in Russia” on the trip, during which he presided over the Miss Universe contest. After flying into Moscow in the morning, he “departed for New York that same night,” Trump told Comey, according to one of the former FBI chief’s memos.

But there is abundant evidence that Trump’s account to the FBI director was false: Social media posts, photographs and the account of at least two associates — including Trump’s former security chief — indicate that Trump arrived in Moscow on Nov. 8, 2013, spent the night at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, and didn’t leave the city until after the Miss Universe was finished late on the evening of Nov. 9.

Indeed, Trump himself had previously boasted of spending more time in Moscow than he admitted to Comey. “I called it my weekend in Moscow,” Trump said during a Sept. 15 radio interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”"


 

KWingJitsu

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Trump told Comey he never slept in Moscow. But he did.

"At a Jan. 27, 2017, private dinner with the president, Comey wrote, Trump was adamant that the claim about hookers in Moscow, made in a dossier compiled by a former British spy Christopher Steele, was a “complete fabrication.” He told Comey he had checked with associates and was reminded “that he didn’t stay overnight in Russia” on the trip, during which he presided over the Miss Universe contest. After flying into Moscow in the morning, he “departed for New York that same night,” Trump told Comey, according to one of the former FBI chief’s memos.

But there is abundant evidence that Trump’s account to the FBI director was false: Social media posts, photographs and the account of at least two associates — including Trump’s former security chief — indicate that Trump arrived in Moscow on Nov. 8, 2013, spent the night at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, and didn’t leave the city until after the Miss Universe was finished late on the evening of Nov. 9.

Indeed, Trump himself had previously boasted of spending more time in Moscow than he admitted to Comey. “I called it my weekend in Moscow,” Trump said during a Sept. 15 radio interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”"


LOL Beat me to it. Was just about to post it here.

And I vaguely remember some Trumptard poster shitting himself all over my posts for calling Trump a habitual liar.
 

Pitbull9

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LOL Beat me to it. Was just about to post it here.

And I vaguely remember some Trumptard poster shitting himself all over my posts for calling Trump a habitual liar.
Jesus you dork why don't you stop thinking about Trump for a little bit and go out and live life. Maybe time for you to stop posting in this thread because you and your liberal buddies are looking dumb as hell.

Anyway once again Trump winning on North Korea.

Although they are sneaky fucks.
 

Freeloading Rusty

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Trump challenges Native Americans’ historical standing
The Trump administration says Native Americans might need to get a job if they want to keep their health care — a policy that tribal leaders say will threaten access to care and reverse centuries-old protections.

Tribal leaders want an exemption from new Medicaid work rules being introduced in several states, and they say there are precedents for health care exceptions. Native Americans don’t have to pay penalties for not having health coverage under Obamacare’s individual mandate, for instance.


But the Trump administration contends the tribes are a race rather than separate governments, and exempting them from Medicaid work rules — which have been approved in three states and are being sought by at least 10 others — would be illegal preferential treatment. “HHS believes that such an exemption would raise constitutional and federal civil rights law concerns,” according to a review by administration lawyers.

The Health and Human Services Department confirmed it rebuffed the tribes’ request on the Medicaid rules several times. Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, conveyed the decision in January, and officials communicated it most recently at a meeting with the tribes this month. HHS’ ruling was driven by political appointees in the general counsel and civil rights offices, say three individuals with knowledge of the decision.

Senior HHS officials “have made it clear that HHS is open to considering other suggestions that tribes may have with respect to Medicaid community engagement demonstration projects,” spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said, using the administration’s term for work requirementsthat can also be fulfilled with job training, education and similar activities.

The tribes insist that any claim of “racial preference” is moot because they’re constitutionally protected as separate governments, dating back to treaties hammered out by President George Washington and reaffirmed in recent decades under Republican and Democratic presidents alike, including the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations.

“The United States has a legal responsibility to provide health care to Native Americans,” said Mary Smith, who was acting head of the Indian Health Service during the Obama administration and is a member of the Cherokee Nation. “It’s the largest prepaid health system in the world — they’ve paid through land and massacres — and now you’re going to take away health care and add a work requirement?”

Tribal leaders and public health advocates also worry that Medicaid work rules are just the start; President Donald Trump is eyeing similar changes across the nation’s welfare programs, which many of the nearly 3 million Native Americans rely on.

“It’s very troublesome,” said Caitrin McCarron Shuy of the National Indian Health Board, noting that Native Americans suffer from the nation’s highest drug overdose death rates, among other health concerns. “There’s high unemployment in Indian country, and it's going to create a barrier to accessing necessary Medicaid services.”

Native Americans’ unemployment rate of 12 percent in 2016 was nearly three times the U.S. average, partly because jobs are scarce on reservations. Low federal spending on the Indian Health Service has also left tribes dependent on Medicaid to fill coverage gaps.

“Without supplemental Medicaid resources, the Indian health system will not survive,” W. Ron Allen — a tribal leader who chairs CMS’ Tribal Technical Advisory Group — warned Verma in a Feb. 14 letter.

The Trump administration has allowed three states — Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana — to begin instituting Medicaid work requirements, and at least 10 other states have submitted or are preparing applications. More than 620,000 Native Americans live in those 13 states, according to 2014 Census data. And more states could move in that direction, heightening the impact.

Some states, like Arizona, are asking HHS for permission to exempt Native Americans from their proposed work requirements. But officials at the National Indian Health Board say that may be moot, as federal officials can reject state requests.

Tribal officials say their planning process has been complicated by HHS’ refusal to produce the actual documents detailing why Native Americans can’t be exempted from Medicaid work requirements. “The agency’s official response was that they couldn’t provide that [documentation] because of ongoing, unspecified litigation,” said Devin Delrow of the National Indian Health Board. HHS did not respond to a question about why those documents have not been made available.

While the tribes say they hope to avoid a legal fight, their go-to law firm — Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker LLP — in February submitted a 33-page memo to the Trump administration, sternly warning officials that the health agency was violating its responsibilities.

“CMS has a duty to ensure that [Native Americans] are not subjected to state-imposed work requirements that would present a barrier to their participation in the Medicaid program,” the memo concludes. “CMS not only has ample legal authority to make such accommodations, it has a duty to require them.”

Meanwhile, tribal leaders say the Trump administration has signaled it may be seeking to renegotiate other aspects of the government’s relationship with Native Americans’ health care, pointing to a series of interactions they say break from tradition.

“This doesn’t seem to be isolated to the work requirements,” said McCarron Shuy of the National Indian Health Board.

The Trump administration also targeted the Indian Health Service for significant cuts in last year’s budget, though Congress ignored those cuts in its omnibus funding package last month, H.R. 1625 (115). The White House budget this year proposed eliminating popular initiatives like the decades-old community health representative program — even though tribal health officials say it is essential.

Tribal officials noted that both HHS Secretary Alex Azar and Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan skipped HHS’ annual budget consultation with tribal leaders in Washington, D.C., last month. The secretary’s attendance is customary; then-HHS Secretary Tom Price joined last year. However, Azar canceled at the last minute. His scheduled replacement, Hargan, fell ill, so Associate Deputy Secretary Laura Caliguri participated in his place. That aggravated tribal leaders who were already concerned about the Trump administration’s policies.

Another point of contention for the tribes is that HHS’ civil rights office — while rejecting Native Americans’ Medicaid request on grounds that they’re seeking an illegal preference — simultaneously announced new protections sought by conservative religious groups.

HHS further stressed that the administration remains committed to Native Americans’ health.

“Secretary Azar, HHS, and the Trump administration have taken aggressive action and will continue to do so to improve the health and well-being for all American Indians and Alaska Natives,” according Oakley, of HHS.

But tribal leaders and public health experts say the administration’s record hasn’t matched its rhetoric. “Work requirements will be devastating,” said Smith, the former Indian Health Service acting director. “I don’t know how you would implement it. There are not jobs to be had on the reservation.”
 

Dead Again

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You know what is so sad with the people who disklike Trump? They have become little high school girls waiting and then jumping on rumors no matter how pathetic or useless like the Stormy daniels thing. Of course kwing would post that because he has become one of those little high school girls. Why not focus on the bigger picture but than again I guess that wouldnt be good for you seeing as how they have proven time and time again there is no collusion what so ever.
In fairness, everyone does this for the opposing party, always looking to tear them down. There really isn't any reason to think the treatment the other side gave to Obama wouldn't be returned to Trump. Especially when it is so easy.
 

Pitbull9

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In fairness, everyone does this for the opposing party, always looking to tear them down. There really isn't any reason to think the treatment the other side gave to Obama wouldn't be returned to Trump. Especially when it is so easy.
Not really. If you're someone like me who bases things on what they do in office and not party. Trump may be a piece of shit human being but he is doing a very good job. Obama may have been a great guy but he did a very poor job and I voted for him the first time.
 

Belobog

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O'Brien asked Trump about the painting: "Was it an original?" Trump said it was. O'Brien disagreed, and Trump protested: Yes, it was an original.

"Donald, it's not," O'Brien said. "I grew up in Chicago, that Renoir is called Two Sisters on the Terrace and it's hanging on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago. That's not an original."

Trump apparently did not agree but O'Brien dropped the subject and continued the interview, thinking it would not be discussed again. However, boarding the jet again to return to New York City, O'Brien says Trump pointed to the painting again. As though the previous conversation had never happened, he reportedly said: "You know, that's original Renoir." O'Brien chose not to respond.

Years later, when Trump became President of the United States of America, O'Brien says he spotted it hanging in the background during one of his first interviews as president-elect.

O'Brien said that the story was emblematic of how Trump "believes his own lies in a way that lasts for decades."

"Its foundation is that he's the final arbiter of what is true and what isn't," he continued, "and it's one of the reasons that he's so dangerous."


 

KWingJitsu

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O'Brien asked Trump about the painting: "Was it an original?" Trump said it was. O'Brien disagreed, and Trump protested: Yes, it was an original.

"Donald, it's not," O'Brien said. "I grew up in Chicago, that Renoir is called Two Sisters on the Terrace and it's hanging on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago. That's not an original."

Trump apparently did not agree but O'Brien dropped the subject and continued the interview, thinking it would not be discussed again. However, boarding the jet again to return to New York City, O'Brien says Trump pointed to the painting again. As though the previous conversation had never happened, he reportedly said: "You know, that's original Renoir." O'Brien chose not to respond.

Years later, when Trump became President of the United States of America, O'Brien says he spotted it hanging in the background during one of his first interviews as president-elect.

O'Brien said that the story was emblematic of how Trump "believes his own lies in a way that lasts for decades."

"Its foundation is that he's the final arbiter of what is true and what isn't," he continued, "and it's one of the reasons that he's so dangerous."


Mental illness...... is a helluva drug.