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Democratic presidential contender South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg leveled a charge of sexual harassment against President Trump. The basis of the allegation was Trump's assertion at a campaign rally that "I dream about him." "As a gay man I find this both frightening and annoying," Buttigieg complained. "It violates my constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment. My wife Chasten is extremely disturbed and now refuses to sleep with me. That Trump would do this to me is the lowest of low blows and further marks him as unfit for office. if you missed any of this week's other...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 13, 2019 Federal Inmate Convicted of Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS A 45-year-old international terrorist imprisoned in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has been convicted of additional offenses in the Eastern District of Texas. Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, an Ethiopian national born in Eretria, was found guilty by a jury of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS) and making a false statement to the FBI, following a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. The jury acquitted the defendant...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Thursday, December 12, 2019 Former Army Employee Charged with Bribery, Kickbacks in Connection with Scheme to Steer Contracts A former civilian employee of the U.S. Army was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a scheme to steer Army contracts for work to be performed at Camp Arifjan, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent Jozette Gillespie, Acting Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) Major Procurement Fraud Unit and Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Craig...

Watch this exchange it is truly unbelievable! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHs_A3JT_lg&feature=emb_title 

Washington, DC  ~  Thursday, December 12, 2019 Remarks as Prepared for DeliveryGood morning, and thank you for being here.Today, we are announcing charges against 10 former National Football League players who are accused of defrauding an NFL health care program meant to benefit retired players and their families. These former players have been charged in two separate indictments with conspiracy, wire fraud, and health care fraud, for submitting fraudulent claims to the healthcare plan for expensive medical equipment that was never purchased and never received. The cases have been indicted in Lexington, in the Eastern District of Kentucky. The charges we are announcing...

On December 11, the U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington D.C.  The United States of America was represented by Attorney General William P. Barr and Acting Secretary for Homeland Security Chad Wolf.  The Ministerial – which is held twice a year -- aims to oversee transatlantic cooperation in the area of Justice and Home affairs and address common security threats.The European Union was represented by the Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, as well as by Finnish Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson, Finnish Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior Ilkka Salmi, Croatian...

A 42-year-old Dallas, Texas, man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison following a conviction for multiple terrorism charges.Following a three-and-a-half day trial, Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim, a 42-year-old United States citizen, was convicted in May of one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), one count of attempting to provide material support to an FTO, and six counts of making false statements involving international terrorism to federal authorities.“Rahim spread the violent message of ISIS online,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.  “He also attempted to...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 10, 2019 United States and Croatia Sign Bilateral Agreements Enhancing Law Enforcement Cooperation On Tuesday, United States Attorney General William P. Barr and Croatia’s Minister of Justice Dražen Bošnjaković signed an extradition and mutual legal assistance agreement on behalf of their nations at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Attorney General Barr signed the bilateral U.S.-Croatia extradition and mutual legal assistance instruments, which were negotiated this year by the Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser and the Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs. Croatia...

EPA and Justice Department Announce $245 Million Agreement for Cleanup at the Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund Site The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Justice, the Kalamazoo River Natural Resource Trustee Council, and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced a proposed consent decree that would require NCR Corp. to clean up and fund future response actions at a significant portion of the Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site.  The consent decree also includes payments related to natural resource damages and past cleanup efforts at the site.  The consent decree is...

An updated version of the Justice Department inspector general’s report revealed the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation in October 2016 on an alleged source for the Steele dossier. The FBI opened up a counterintelligence investigation in October 2016 against a Belarusian-American businessman who Christopher Steele said was an unwitting source for his infamous anti-Trump dossier, according to a newly unredacted version of a Justice Department inspector general’s report. The FBI failed to disclose the investigation against the alleged source — called Person 1 in the report — to Justice Department attorney and in applications submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

The Senate confirmed President Trump’s ninth judicial nominee to the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, elevating Patrick Bumatay, an openly gay Filipino man, to the federal bench over objections from his liberal home-state senators. Mr. Bumatay, who has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, cleared the Senate by a 53-40 party-line vote. He did not have support from California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala D. Harris, who said the White House never consulted with them about the nominee. “Patrick Bumatay lacks the knowledge and experience necessary for the 9th Circuit....

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New report says Israeli Mossad helped foil several terror attacks in Denmark, Keshet 12 reported. Nir Dvori, the site's army and security journalist, on Saturday night reported that the ones helping Danish police and intelligence services foil a long list of terror attacks was the Israeli Mossad. The terror attacks were planned out, but were foiled at the last moment by the Mossad, which was aiding its counterparts to end the threat of terror in Europe. In the operation, which was conducted in the past few days, Danish police and intelligence services arrested 21 terror activists in Copenhagen and several...

More than 1.3 million people have signed a petition demanding that Netflix remove a Brazilian comedy special that depicts Jesus Christ as a homosexual. Titled “The First Temptation of Christ” (presumably alluding to the controversial 1988 film “The Last Temptation of Christ”), the satirical special was created by a Brazilian comedy group known as Porta Does Fundos. It premiered on Dec. 3.“Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family. A Christmas special so wrong, it must be from comedians Porta dos Fundos,” reads its description on Netflix.The satirical film has stirred up a good...

Officials said Saturday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a vocally anti-impeachment Democrat, will join the Republican Party in the coming days following a Friday meeting with President Trump — a move that would put a political chill on the Democrats’ expected vote to impeach Trump next week. Two Democratic officials familiar with Van Drew’s discussions in recent days said they believe he has decided to switch parties. The White House meeting was confirmed by a Trump administration official and one of the Democratic officials.

Justice Department Files Antitrust Case and Simultaneous Settlement Requiring Elimination of Anticompetitive College Recruiting Restraints The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today filed a civil lawsuit against the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) alleging that NACAC established and enforced illegal restraints on the ways that colleges compete in the recruiting of students. The Antitrust Division simultaneously filed a proposed consent decree with NACAC.  Under the decree, NACAC is required to remove three anticompetitive rules from its Code of Ethics and Professional Practices (CEPP), which broadly regulates how its college members conduct their admissions process.  In advance of today’s...

On Friday, December 13, 2019, the President signed into law: H.R. 1972, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Missoula, Montana, as the Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building; H.R. 2151, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Pine Plains, New York, as the Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office; H.R. 2325, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the 65th Infantry Regiment Post Office Building; H.R. 2334, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Odessa, Texas,...

With articles of impeachments against President Trump headed for a vote on the House floor next week, Trump and his allies have trained their sights on the Democrats who represent districts that supported Trump in 2016. As public opinion on Trump’s impeachment remains splintered and mostly stagnant, more than half of the 31 Democrats targeted by Trump haven’t said yet how they’ll vote, but Democratic leadership has signaled they expect at most only six to 10 defectors. On Saturday morning Trump tweeted, quoting conservative pundit Jason Meister, who zeroed in on those Democrats during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”...

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit legislation and supporting documents to implement the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement is an important part of my Administration’s efforts to rebalance trade in North America and to modernize our trade relationship with Mexico and Canada. The Agreement will create significant new opportunities for American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses by opening markets in Canada and Mexico and eliminating barriers to United States goods, services, and investment. Approving this Agreement is in our national interest. I look forward to the Congress expeditiously...

We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China. They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more.”“We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China. They have agreed to many structural changes and massive purchases of Agricultural Product, Energy, and Manufactured Goods, plus much more.   ~  President Donald J. Trump NEGOTIATING A HISTORIC AGREEMENT: President Donald J. Trump has reached a historic phase one trade agreement with China. As a result of President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, the United States reached a...