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The family of a man found dead in Ed Buck’s home two years ago are accusing the prominent Democratic donor of revenge porn and human trafficking in a new court filing, local outlets reported. Relatives of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore — who was found dead of a drug overdose in Buck’s Los Angeles home June 27, 2017 — filed a wrongful death suit against the political activist earlier this year and amended it recently with the new claims. The amended complaint alleges that Buck “regularly solicits sex from black men in exchange for temporary housing and/or monetary compensation,” CBS Los Angeles...

The Office of the Inspector General of the State Department found in its latest investigation that Clinton aides had “created an appearance of undue influence and favoritism” in a number of cases including that of Ambassador Howard Gutman. The investigation is largely a whitewash. There is no mention of the fact that one whistleblower related to the case, Richard Higbie, had his emails deleted by a hacker. Or that the main whistleblower, Aurelia Fedenisn, was harassed at home and had her law firm burgled.It goes almost without saying that Richard Nixon went down for much less than that.There is also...

Obama in the city for Clinton ally’s fundraiser By Emily Smith President Obama is coming to Manhattan Tuesday for yet another fund-raiser, hosted by longtime Hillary Clinton friend and bundler Alan Patricof. While the president is flying in on Air Force One for the intimate “fireside chat” at Patricof’s home in front of just 26 people at the $32,400 per ticket event, private equity and venture capital pioneer Patricof has made it clear the fund-raiser is not to bolster Obama, but to boost the Democratic National Committee ahead of a possible Clinton presidential run.

The Republican National Committee says that the Senate Democrats’ all-nighter on the Senate floor Monday evening until 9 AM Tuesday was not about principle. The RNC claims Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats rented out the Senate floor to the environmental cause of one of their biggest left-wing billionaire donors. RNC spokesman Raffi Williams points to how liberal billionaire Tom Steyer—a major Democratic Party donor—supports environmental causes. “If you thought living in the Ritz-Carlton was expensive, it’s peanuts compared to the $100 million contribution from California billionaire Tom Steyer which is the going rate to rent Harry...

Unnamed sources speaking with Bloomberg News say the hedge-fund manager is considering relocating to Puerto Rico for tax reasons, to benefit from a new law that the wire says lets new residents pay no local or U.S. federal taxes on capital gains. The story goes on to relate, via those unnamed sources, that Paulson & Co.would remain in New York:

The fortune he earned on Wall Street helped Bert Fingerhut's conservation efforts in the American West....but the former banking executive orchestrated a complex scheme that cheated banks and depositors out of more than $12 million........he contributed tens of thousands of dollars to candidates, mostly congressional Democrats.