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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the Trump election interference case, donated to county prosecutor Fani Willis, financial disclosures show. The judge donated $150 to Willis in June 2020, while working for the Justice Department. “The donation itself is more or less a token amount and was made prior to his becoming a judge,” legal analyst Philip Holloway told the Daily Caller. “But failure to disclose to the defendants a political donation to the prosecutor can be seen as a present appearance of a conflict of interest. Judges are required to avoid even the appearance...

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the case against former President Donald Trump, made a small donation of $150 to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ campaign prior to his appointment.McAfee, who was sworn in on Feb. 1, 2023 after being appointed by Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, made his donation in June 2020 while still working as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to financial disclosures. He will soon have to decide whether Willis should be disqualified over allegations that she financially benefited from appointing her romantic partner, Nathan Wade,...

He’s in Camp Clinton. State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs donated more than $800,000 to charities aligned with Bill and Hillary Clinton since 2009, a Post review of tax forms shows. The cash is a curious expenditure from Jacobs’ charity, the TLC Starfish Foundation, which boasts on its website that it “partners with charities to provide underserved children the opportunity to participate in a variety of summer camps.” The cash was variously disbursed over the years to the Clinton Global Initiative and the William Clinton Foundation — despite neither organization being involved in summer camps.

A pro-New York City Mayor Eric Adams group donated $10,000 to Republican gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin on the eve of Election Day. Striving for a Better New York, a political action committee (PAC) closely aligned with Adams and headed by a close ally, Rev. Alfred Cockfield II, donated $10,000 to Zeldin on the eve of election niThe PAC’s treasurer Carmen Sterling posted the wired transfer on the Board of Election’s website Monday night, as the campaign committees must report any new donation within 24 hours in the final two weeks of the election.ght, according to reports.

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Many think our government is for sale. However, by taking a look at the facts below provided by the Open Secrets, it is easy to understand where they are coming from. Looking back at Friday the 12th, the House voted on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the controversial bill that gives power to the executive branch to negotiate treaties. TPA limit’s Congress’ ability to better a trade deal by subjecting members of Congress to 90 days of reviewing the trade agreement, prohibiting any amendments on the implementing legislation, and giving them an up or down vote. TPA passed with a mere...

Hillary Clinton continued to justify her high-dollar speaking fees on Friday, telling ABC News’ Ann Compton that all of the money she’s made from colleges over the past year and a half has been donated to her family’s foundation. “All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation,” Clinton said when asked about the criticism she and her husband have faced recently for their wealth. Hillary Clinton reportedly makes roughly $200,000 for each speaking engagement. And recent...

In conservative James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas’s third major National Public Radio (NPR) sting tape release, Betsy Liley, the taxpayer-funded radio network’s director of institutional giving is heard saying controversial left-wing billionaire George Soros has donated to the organization before last October’s $1.8 million gift. Liley is currently on administrative leave, but her bosses, Ron Schiller, the president of NPR’s nonprofit foundation, and NPR CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation) were both fired. Liley brought up Soros and his nonprofit organization, the Open Society Institute, while discussing what kind of on-air publicity the Muslim Education Action Center (MEAC) Trust would want in...

A liver transplant recipient was given a public intoxication warning Monday afternoon after he registered a 0.39 percent blood-alcohol level, according to La Crosse police reports. The 34-year-old man was found on a curb at Springbrook Way and Cliffside Drive about 3 p.m., reports stated. He could not stand or walk unassisted when a family member took him home, police noted. He was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center for detoxification.

Since thoroughly looking at Elena Kagan’s record of writings and speeches, and noticing that she seems to have intentionally avoided expressing an opinion on virtually anything, I’ve suspected that her personal ideology is much farther to the left than her record reflects. Her college thesis on socialism is certainly suggestive of this, although I tend to agree with those who discount this as college-era exploration. (I studied Marxism at Cambridge.) Her service in the Clinton and Obama administrations, and life-long voting record, clearly establish her as a Democrat. But aside from Clinton and Obama, what sort of Democrats does she...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Jasim Jaffar, participated in an event Dec. 30 to distribute soccer equipment donated by the Colorado Rush Soccer Club of Littleton, Colo. The equipment's distribution to about 100 grateful young Iraqis took place in Zawar Park in Baghdad. Mr. Phil Reeker, Counselor for Public Affairs, represented the United States Embassy in Baghdad, and Col. Guy Beougher represented Multi-National Force - Iraq. According to Minister Jaffar, the soccer equipment has thus far been distributed to the Iraqi Legal Union in Baghdad, as well as to youths in the neighborhoods of Al Umal,...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2007 – Many deployed servicemembers have received a morale boost thanks to computers donated by a Michigan-based organization. “We are a group of volunteers (who) rebuild laptop computers and supply them to deployed units for (morale, welfare and recreation), education and entertainment,” said James R. Payne, a Vietnam veteran who’s president of JDS Computer Donations. The group accepts laptops, which it refurbishes and donates to nonprofit groups, public schools, and most recently, to deployed servicemembers. Nearly 500 of the refurbished machines already have been sent overseas to help servicemembers keep in touch with their loved ones...

Lt. Col. Mark Burnett, task force surgeon, 1st “Red Lion” Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, who hails from Aiea, Hawaii, counts donated medical books on Camp Taji. Burnett has received thousands of books as part of a project designed to give the most recently published and up to date medical books and professional journals to Iraqi doctors. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — As he reflected on his 15 months in theater and prepared to leave, Lt Col. Mark Burnett, task force surgeon for the 1st “Red Lion” Battalion,...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Democratic presidential hopeful Gov. Bill Richardson received $35,000 in contributions to his 2002 and 2006 gubernatorial campaigns from key figures in a public corruption scandal in New Mexico, including some who have pleaded guilty to federal charges, records show. When told by The Associated Press of the contributions, a Richardson campaign official said Monday the money would be given to charity. "We're totaling it up, and any money from any of these individuals, the governor will donate to charities," said Amanda Cooper, Richardson's deputy campaign manager. Federal prosecutors announced the indictments and plea agreements last week....

6/27/2006 - ALI BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Firefighters here have received nearly $10,000 in donated equipment that will improve the Airmen's comfort and protection, thanks to the help of several nonprofit organizations, families and friends. Firefighters received the ballistic liner suspension system, an upgrade to the Kevlar helmet. "Most of today's Kevlar helmets were designed to protect soldiers from gunfire and flying debris," said Tech. Sgt. Paul Jacques, 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, who served as the point of contact for the donation. "These upgrades make a good helmet significantly better." Additional benefits include making the helmet more comfortable and...

Iraqi Soldiers Deliver Donated School Supplies The soldiers brought needed school supplies — and smiles — to the children in this small town near the Iranian border in eastern Diyala Province. By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Wojciechowski 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MANDALI, Iraq, June 1, 2006 — Iraqi girls jumped to their feet and chanted a welcome greeting to Iraqi army soldiers as they arrived with boxes of school supplies donated by a non-profit organization from Westchester County, N.Y. Iraqi army soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division smiled as they handed out pencil cases...

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2006 — Teachers and students of the Alabed Middle School in the Palestine neighborhood of Mosul gratefully accepted donated school supplies from the local Iraqi police Feb. 15. The Iraqi police, along with coalition forces, participated in the Operation Iraqi Children effort, bringing much needed school supplies to the children. "This is one of the largest supply operations that has been put together to support school children." U.S. Army Maj. Roy A. Outcelt Maj. Fallah, police station chief, Southeast 6, and his police officers took time out from their daily routines to present the supplies to...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – The U.S. military is shutting down its last MASH, the mobile hospital made famous by the long-running TV show about martini-sipping, wisecracking Army doctors. This month, the Army will donate the last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to Pakistan where it has been caring for survivors of last year's massive earthquake, Rear Admiral Michael LeFever said Saturday at an air base outside the capital Islamabad. “This is the last MASH unit in the United States Army,” said LeFever. “We are excited that this MASH will live on in Pakistan.” The 84-bed, $4.5-million MASH unit includes a surgical suite...

U.S. and Iraqi officials proudly display soccer jerseys donated by an English soccer club to the teams of Hamrin, a city in northeast Iraq, Jan. 26, 2006. They were delivered by U.S. soldiers assigned to C Company, 1-68 Armor. U.S. Army Capt. Angel Brito (far left) stands beside Hamrin Mayor Khaled Ibrahem Khalaf el-Jarbary. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lee Elder U.S. Troops Deliver Donated Soccer Jerseys U.S. soldiers presented the British-donated soccer jerseys -- enough for five soccer teams -- to Iraqi soccer players in Harmin. By U.S. Army Spc. Lee Elder133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment HAMRIN, Iraq,...

An earlier visit to the school prompted Polish soldiers assigned to Multinational Division Central-South to organize a visit to bring school supplies, clothing and shoes for the children. By Multinational Force-Iraq AD DIWANIYAH, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2005 — The Multinational Division Central-South Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center donated supplies for kindergarten students in Afak, Iraq, 30 kilometers east of Ad Diwaniyah, Dec. 19. Some of the supplies included mattresses, tables and chairs. Toys were also donated, including bicycles, children's tents, toy cars, puzzles, wooden blocks, sport toys and stuffed animals In addition, clothing and more than 100 pairs of shoes were...