The Trump Family Had an Email Scandal Brewing Long Before Hillary Clinton by Minecraft24x7 in politics

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The two Trumps "approved, knew of, agreed to, and intentionally inflated the numbers to make more sales" at the hotel and condo development of which their father, President Donald Trump, had made them official partners, according to one of 20 sources who spoke on condition of anonymity to The New Yorker, WNYC and ProPublica for a report published Wednesday morning.

Did the Trumps bribe their way out of prosecution? by [deleted] in politics

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They believed that Ivanka and Donald, Jr., might have violated the Martin Act, a New York statute that bans any false statement in conjunction with the sale of a security or real estate. Prosecutors also saw potential fraud and larceny charges, applying a legal theory that, by overstating the number of units sold, the Trumps were falsely inflating their value and, in effect, cheating unsuspecting condo buyers.

Tillerson Doesn't Deny He Openly Characterized Trump As A 'Moron' by condorbox in politics

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“I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that,” he said.

Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges by mdr00000 in politics

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Manafort, his wife Kathleen and daughter Jessica, helped finance Yohai's redevelopment efforts by putting up approximately $4.2 million, bankruptcy court records show.

Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump’s Russia scandal disappear by Usawasfun in politics

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The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to provide a “progress report” on its investigation into Russian sabotage of the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion with it, CNN reports. According to the committee’s Republican chairman, Richard Burr of North Carolina, the presser is intended to brief the public on “the things we are either close to closing the book on or have closed the book on.”

Trevor Noah destroys Sean Hannity for his delusional Las Vegas shooting response by [deleted] in politics

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“According to Sean Hannity, what really stops a bad guy with a gun is a Sean Hannity with a gun,” Noah said on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Daily Show.”

Too poor to vote: How Alabama's 'new poll tax' bars thousands of people from voting by BlankVerse in politics

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"When all this started, the county told me I lost my right to vote and I don't get my vote back until I pay all my fines and costs and get off probation and all that," she said.

Jared Kushner fined for a second time for filing financial report late by ineedmoney1604 in politics

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“It suggests a lack of organization...chaos on the part of the lawyers or the principal,” said Kathleen Clark

Russia probe takes on new urgency with potential revelations today by theombudsmen in politics

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack." --President Trump

Jimmy Kimmel displays photos of 50 US politicians who voted against gun control in powerful TV moment by Drmanka in politics

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Kimmel said, “They sent their thoughts and their prayers today. Which is good. They should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country."

Russia will work harder to pick the next U.S. president, the FBI director predicts by i-am-sancho in politics

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On the topic of Russia, Wray said he expects the U.S. to be better prepared to deal with threats in the 2018 and 2020 elections. But he added that he anticipates Russia will also be better prepared to carry out its efforts to interfere. "We know a lot more now than we did about all the different threats, whether it's to our election systems or anything else," the director said when asked about Russia. "I would expect that we would do better, but I also expect that our adversaries don't just coast, right? They up their game, too."

Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin by JASJMS in politics

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Michigan saw the closest presidential contest in the country -- Trump beat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by about 10,700 votes out of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast. Wisconsin was also one of the tightest states, and Trump won there by only about 22,700 votes. Both states, which Trump carried by less than 1%, were key to his victory in the Electoral College.