02 December 19
Legal Storm Clouds Gather Over Rudy Giuliani
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "When the former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani emerged as one of Donald Trump's most bareknuckle defenders during the Russia investigation, attacking his former colleagues in the justice department, people asked: 'What happened to Rudy?'"
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "When the former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani emerged as one of Donald Trump's most bareknuckle defenders during the Russia investigation, attacking his former colleagues in the justice department, people asked: 'What happened to Rudy?'"
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Two Soviet Union-born American associates of Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested last month on campaign finance charges, and Parnas is cooperating with investigators. Alongside the prosecutors in New York, the US justice department in Washington is also investigating Giuliani’s conduct, as is the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Congress is also after Giuliani, who came in for sharp public criticism in the impeachment hearings earlier this month, when Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch described a smear campaign Giuliani had mounted against her, allegedly because as an anti-corruption advocate she stood in the way of Trump’s Ukraine scheme.
“I do not understand Mr Giuliani’s motives for attacking me,” Yovanovitch testified. “What I can say is that Mr Giuliani should have known those claims were suspect, coming as they reportedly did from individuals with questionable motives and with reason to believe that their political and financial ambitions would be stymied by our anti-corruption policy in Ukraine.”
Molly Jong-Fast, The Daily Beast
Jong-Fast writes: "It's not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous. But recently, I did just that when I sat down with Lisa Page the week before Thanksgiving in my hotel room in Washington."
For the nearly two years since her name first made the papers, she’s been publicly silent (she did have a closed-door interview with House members in July 2018). I asked her why she was willing to talk now. “Honestly, his demeaning fake orgasm was really the straw that broke the camel’s back,” she says. The president called out her name as he acted out an orgasm in front of thousands of people at a Minneapolis rally on Oct. 11.
That was the moment Page decided she had to speak up. “I had stayed quiet for years hoping it would fade away, but instead it got worse,” she says. “It had been so hard not to defend myself, to let people who hate me control the narrative. I decided to take my power back.”
She is also about to be back in the news cycle in a big way. On Dec. 9, the Justice Department inspector general report into Trump’s charges that the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign will come out. Leaked press accounts indicate the report will exonerate Page of the allegation that she acted unprofessionally or showed bias against Trump.
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Stereo Williams, The Daily Beast
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Williams writes: "Gabrielle Union's firing from NBC's hit variety show America's Got Talent has raised a flurry of questions and concerns about the show, and the culture at NBC."
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Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post
Mahtani writes: "Tens of thousands of demonstrators marching peacefully in one of several authorized rallies in Hong Kong on Sunday were dispersed with tear gas, ending a rare and cherished period of peace amid half a year of pro-democracy protests in the territory."
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Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post
Mahtani writes: "Tens of thousands of demonstrators marching peacefully in one of several authorized rallies in Hong Kong on Sunday were dispersed with tear gas, ending a rare and cherished period of peace amid half a year of pro-democracy protests in the territory."
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Mammoser writes: "It's not uncommon to see reports this time of year about dangerous toys, toxic chemicals in Christmas decorations, and even poisonous holiday plants being a cause for concern."
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Mammoser writes: "It's not uncommon to see reports this time of year about dangerous toys, toxic chemicals in Christmas decorations, and even poisonous holiday plants being a cause for concern."
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