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Executives at CNN informally offered to put its star anchor Chris Cuomo on temporary leave if he wanted to formally advise his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on sexual-harassment allegations, The New York Times reported. Sources told The Times that the executives suggested the move as an option to Chris Cuomo, in recognition of both his high status at CNN and as the brother of the governor. According to The Times, the conversation took place in May, after The Washington Post reported that Chris Cuomo had taken part in strategy calls on how his brother should handle the allegations....

Must have been a turbulent ride. CNN host Chris Cuomo caught a helicopter from the Hamptons back to New York City — just hours after his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was exposed as a serial sexual harasser in a damning official report. A source spotted Chris alone at the East Hampton airport around 6 p.m. Tuesday — and said the CNN anchor was scrolling through news about his older brother as he waited for his ride. “I saw the article from New York Post on his phone when I walked by,” the source said. Photos showed the 50-year-old “Cuomo Prime...

The Orange Fairy Book, Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) https://ia800708.us.archive.org/34/items/orange_fairy_book_1005_librivox/orangefairybook_07_lang.mp3Narrated by Scotswoman, Cate Mackenzie(Right-click to open the audio podcast in a new window, then return here for help to wade through Cate's brogue.) Long ago a king and queen ruled over the islands of the west, and they had one son, whom they loved dearly. The boy grew up to be tall and strong and handsome, and he could run and shoot, and swim and dive better than any lad of his own age in the country. Besides, he knew how to sail about, and sing songs to the harp,...

I wonder if getting caught passed out in your own vomit, in a hotel room with a male prostitute also passed out, with drugs all over the place along with blood and feces on the bed had anything to do with this announcement....Florida dodged a real bullet....

Ghislaine Maxwell may be the last person alive who knows the answers to one of the decade’s great mysteries: how did Jeffrey Epstein amass his fortune and where is it now? For one of the theories is that Maxwell’s father Robert bankrolled him. When Epstein died a year ago, his visible assets added up to an extraordinary £467 million. But that was ‘only the tip of the iceberg’, according to the head of a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund who I first met at Epstein’s mansion in New York. The question this financier could not answer was how Epstein, who he had...

WASHINGTON - Prince Andrew’s lawyers had discussions with a Washington lobbyist with ties to the Trump administration about the possibility of assisting the prince with fallout from his relationship with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers from the London-based firm Blackfords consulted the lobbyist, Robert Stryk, who represents international figures with sensitive legal or diplomatic issues, in recent weeks about Prince Andrew’s situation, according to a person familiar with the circumstances. Mr. Stryk has a history of taking on clients with unsavory reputations. But he expressed discomfort about the possibility of assisting Prince Andrew, and talks about the potential representation...

Prince Andrew will refuse to deal further with the US Department of Justice over its request to question him about paedophile Jeffrey Epstein until he is offered an ‘olive branch’. A war of words broke out last week after the US authorities wrote to the Home Office to ask formally to interview the Duke of York about his relationship with the disgraced American financier. The Duke said he had already offered his help as a witness and accused US prosecutors of breaking confidentially rules and issuing ‘complete lies’. But Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney leading the investigation, claimed that Andrew...

Federal prosecutors in New York have formally requested through the British government to speak with Prince Andrew as part of their ongoing criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's history of sexual abuse, according to a person familiar with the matter. The request made by Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty is similar to a subpoena in this case for Prince Andrew's testimony. **SNIP** Federal investigators have been trying for months to speak with Andrew, a longtime friend of Epstein's who has been accused by one woman of sexual abuse. In a widely panned interview with the BBC in the fall, Andrew denied allegations...

Disturbing footages shows the forceful arrest of a mom by NYPD and MTA officers in front of her toddler for her mask etiquette on the New York subway. Not properly wearing a mask in New York City can get you thrown to the ground, handcuffed, and arrested. It doesn’t even matter if your young child is there to witness it all. That’s the message from a video of one mom’s arrest by a large group of NYPD and MTA officers for her mask etiquette in a New York City subway station this week. Mom Arrested After She And Toddler Wear...

The American woman who claims she was trafficked to Prince Andrew is set to appear in a new Netflix documentary revealing harrowing new details about her life as Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex slave. Virginia Roberts, 36, confirmed the news Friday in a post on Twitter, revealing that she would appear in the series alongside several of Epstein's other alleged victims. 'The Netflix team were wonderful to me & my husband. They're looking to tell the world the truth of what went on behind closed doors,' she wrote. **SNIP** Roberts said that she has seen images from the cameras and that...

NEW YORK - Britain’s Prince Andrew has declined to cooperate with a U.S. investigation into possible co-conspirators of deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday. “Contrary to Prince Andrew’s very public offer to cooperate with our investigation into Epstein’s co-conspirators, an offer that was conveyed via press release, Prince Andrew has now completely shut the door on voluntary cooperation and our office is considering its options,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said when asked about Epstein at a news conference about an unrelated case. Berman’s spokesman James Margolin declined comment on the options being...

In Memoriam… Eight years ago today we lost Andrew Breitbart. Three weeks before his death he delivered a message that still resonates today.

Regardless of whether or not the U.S Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, as they are expected to do, former prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said that the "jury" will still be out. .

You know you are seriously in the doghouse when the family pooch makes the Christmas greeting but you’re left out. Such is the case for perpetually scandal-plagued Hunter Biden. He and wife Melissa were all-too-obviously missing from the Christmas card posted online by Papa Joe. Accompanying the card was a video that included two of the former VP’s German shepherds, Champ and Major Biden. Hunter, 49, and Melissa, 32, were nowhere in sight. Joe, 77, added insult to injury by writing, “When we say Merry Christmas from the entire Biden family, that means even the dogs” - but, alas, not...

Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein used Prince Andrew as bait in an attempt to lure women to his private island, according to an explosive new allegation from one of his alleged victims. The woman, identified as “Jane Doe 15,” was 15 years old when she says agents for the late, disgraced financier approached her about the possibility of meeting the randy royal on Epstein’s Little St. James island in the Caribbean. **SNIP** “A central element of [Epstein’s] predatory behavior was to present himself as having connections to the world’s most powerful people,” Allred wrote. “In trying to persuade her [to go...

Jeffrey Epstein's alleged 'pimp' Ghislaine Maxwell is in talks with a major US television network for a tell-all interview, it is claimed. The British socialite, accused of procuring young girls for the paedophile financier, wants to defend Prince Andrew after his disastrous Newsnight interview. Maxwell has been in hiding since billionaire Epstein was found dead in his jail cell in August and is under investigation by the FBI. She is expected to say Epstein's former sex slave Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, is lying about having sex with the duke three times as a teenager. **SNIP** A source told The Sun:...

Prince Andrew is still facing the wrath of the British royal family. The 59-year-old was given a “tense” telling off by his father Prince Philip, who told the royal to “take his punishment” because he had endangered “the very fabric of the royal family,” a palace insider told The Telegraph on Thursday. According to the outlet, Andrew was ordered to drive 140 miles to Queen Elizabeth’s country retreat Sandringham for a “showdown” with the Duke of Edinburgh. “It was a tense meeting and Philip told his son he had to take his punishment,” claimed the source. “There was no screaming...

The lawyer for the women has told BBC Panorama he plans to serve subpoenas to force the Duke of York to testify as a witness in all five cases. He says the prince could have important information about sex trafficking. The prince says he did not witness or suspect any suspicious behaviour during visits to Mr Epstein's homes. The lawyer for victims of Epstein, David Boies said: "One of the things that we have tried is to interview Prince Andrew and to try to get what his explanation is. He was a frequent visitor. They ought to submit to an...

A woman who claimed that Prince Andrew groped her breasts with a Spitting Image puppet of himself revealed today she now is ready to go to the FBI about him. Johanna Sjoberg says she is willing to testify under oath against the Duke of York and tell US agents all she knows about the royal's long friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The 39-year-old is the second Epstein victim to claim that Andrew had sexual contact with her while on his knee at the billionaire's New York home when she was 21. Ms Sjoberg has accused the duke of groping her...

Prince Andrew was forced to quit royal duties last night after a dramatic intervention by the Queen and the Prince of Wales. They took decisive action to contain the fall-out from the duke's disastrous TV interview about his friendship with a paedophile billionaire. The interview triggered days of catastrophic headlines and caused a string of businesses and charities to desert him. Following lengthy discussions with Charles, who is touring New Zealand, the Queen summoned Andrew to Buckingham Palace and told him to step down.