https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1381307564000960517
https://www.foxnews.com/us/harvey-weinstein-secretly-indicted-on-rape-charges-by-grand-jury-in-los-angeles
Harvey Weinstein secretly indicted on rape charges by grand jury in Los Angeles
Harvey Weinstein was secretly indicted on rape charges by a grand jury in Los Angeles a couple weeks ago, Fox News has learned. The move by LA District Attorney George Gascón should facilitate the extradition of the Hollywood producer from New York so that he can be tried.
The indictment is virtually identical to the criminal complaint, which had been filed in January 2020 by former DA Jackie Lacey. The disgraced movie mogul, who is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York for rape and sexual assault, faces 11 counts in California,including rape and sexual battery involving five incidents that allegedly took place between 2004 and 2013. If convicted, he faces up to 140 years behind bars.
The indictment, which is still under seal, and arrest warrant for Weinstein are expected to be publicly revealed Monday afternoon at his extradition hearing in Erie County, New York. The producer is serving his time at the maximum-security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo. The LA case has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the DA’s office does not want to wait any longer.
According to legal experts, by getting an indictment, LA prosecutors can streamline the proceedings and are able to go straight to trial, rather than doing it under a criminal complaint that would then require a preliminary hearing. "This process will eliminate the need for a preliminary hearing which is kind of a minitrial like we saw in the OJ case: there was the trial before the trial," criminal defense attorney Troy Slaten explained, adding that in the LA County, the use of grand jury is limited to very few cases. With this move and under the law that allows the borrowed custody, the California state can get custody of the New York’s inmate and must commence trial within 120 days.
The Los Angeles DA’s office has not responded to Fox News' inquiries on the secret indictment so far. Weinstein’s attorney in the LA case and an attorney for two of the five accusers, Gloria Allred, have both declined to comment.
"These are stale, unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, uncredible allegations that arose during the hysteria of the #MeToo movement and we're confident that Mr. Weinstein will be acquitted because there's no credible evidence against him. He's innocent," defense lawyer Mark Werksman stated regarding the charges.
On Monday, his attorneys are expected to ask for a delay of the extradition, citing his "poor" health conditions, which would put him at higher risk under the current pandemic. But the chances of a postponement are slim as their next shot would be with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is currently battling sexual harassment allegations. Weinstein could be extradited to LA within 30 days of tomorrow’s hearing.
Allred is hopeful that his transfer will be finally done so that he can also have his day in court in the West Coast. "It appears to me that Mr. Weinstein does not wish to be removed to Los Angeles to face charges, but justice delayed is justice denied," she added.
A longtime women's rights attorney, Allred represents Mimi Haleyi, one of the women whose sex assault accusations Weinstein was found guilty of in New York. In the LA case, Allred is defending one unnamed woman and Lauren Young, who has come forward publicly as she was a witness in the New York criminal trial over a year ago. Young, a model and actress, testified then that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel in February 2013 after being trapped inside a bathroom with him. He allegedly groped her while masturbating before she was able to flee.
LA prosecutors allege that Weinstein raped an Italian model at another Beverly Hills hotel on Feb. 18, 2013, just a day before the attack against Young. The alleged assaults of the other three women all took place at Beverly Hills hotels.
Regardless of how the California case ends, the former producer would still have to return to New York to serve the rest of his 23-year sentence, which is currently on appeal.
Be aware
This International Agreement Could Lead To Pandemics Worse Than COVID-19
Imagine if China had refused to share Covid-19's genetic sequences with other countries. Vaccine development would have been delayed indefinitely. Monitoring the virus would have been next to impossible.
Thankfully, that didn't happen. Chinese scientists shared the full SARS-CoV-2 sequence on Jan. 10, 2020, thus kickstarting the development of multiple vaccines created in record time.
But such a nightmarish alternative scenario is not farfetched. China could have referred to an international agreement known as the Nagoya Protocol to indefinitely withhold this vital data, even as the death toll soared around the globe.
Preventing nations from abusing the Nagoya Protocol will require another binding international agreement – one that specifically obliges countries to share pathogens in a timely manner, which would undoubtedly benefit society as a whole. Any commonsense approach to the Nagoya Protocol would exempt pathogens like SARS-CoV-2.
Thankfully, the member states of the World Health Organization have a chance to enact such reforms through the International Health Regulations, a legally binding international instrument currently under revision, or through the recently proposed international treaty on pandemics.
The Nagoya Protocol, which was adopted back in 2010 to effectively clarify the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), gives nations the rights to their "genetic resources" – meaning everything from plants and animals to fungi and even bacteria, depending on how the country implements the protocol locally.
We could witness a situation where if country B wants access to a rare herb that grows only in country A, country B needs the informed consent of country A. Moreover, the protocol requires that a mutual agreement be reached to ensure that country A receives its fair share of any benefits derived from the herb's use. Absent that, the Nagoya Protocol allows country A to deny access to the herb.
https://www.ibtimes.com/international-agreement-could-lead-pandemics-worse-covid-19-3178648
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#88 crowdbake
>>44892, >>44893, >>44901, >>44920, >>44926, >>44927 pf reports
>>44881 UK retailers join pubs and clubs in rejecting Covid-status certificates-guardian
>>44882, >>44883 Grenell group seeks to reshape California politics beyond recall: Californians want 'permanent change'-foxnews
>>44885 Peer-reviewed: “We find that students made little/no progress while learning from home”-soc media and pnas.org
>>44886, >>44887 Quick overview of the BIG evidence drop from yesterday - Michigan Case for Voter Fraud-several related vids about voting fraud
>>44888 World Doctors Alliance: "Chinese biological laboratory in Wuhan is owned by Glaxosmithkline, which (accidentally) owns Pfizer!...."
>>44889 Seed sovereignty activists hit back-soc. media
>>44894 South Korean Premier in Iran for Talks Over Frozen Oil Funds-bnnB'berg
>>44896 Dept. of Defense Law War manual .pdf
>>44898 Boris Johnson's Father Stanley Johnsons "literary works"
>>44899 Donald Trump attacks Mitch McConnell at fundraiser in Palm Beach this weekend-meetthepress via soc. media
>>44900 Iran atomic agency says nuclear facility hit by 'terrorist' act-afpnews
>>44902 Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Aims to End Single-Family Zoning-nationalreview.com
>>44903, >>44905 New Scavino twat plus Drop #1117
>>44906 United States threatens "consequences" if Russia acts "aggressively" towards Ukraine-disclosetv
>>44907 Swiss watchdog asked Credit Suisse on Greensill risks-reuters
>>44930 Nagoya Protocol : Be aware
>>44929 Harvey Weinstein secretly indicted on rape charges by grand jury in Los Angeles
>>44928 Pompeo: Full armor of God time
>>44925 China’s blacklisted supercomputer organisations: who are they and what do they do?
>>44922 Stingray, the fake cell phone tower cops and carriers use to track your every move
>>44921 North Korea completes building new 3,000-ton submarine
#88
czech em
lemme know
#BREAKING: Israel appears to confirm it carried out cyberattack on Iran nuclear facility - https://breaking911.com/breaking-israel-appears-to-confirm-it-carried-out-cyberattack-on-iran-nuclear-facility/
https://mobile.twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1381374496884543488
It came up bakin on qr some time ago, don't remember when but I questioned the article, then later removed when in fact it was deleted from site
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/547609-100-executives-discuss-how-to-combat-voting
100 business executives discuss how to combat new voting rules: report
By Mychael Schnell - 04/11/21 06:46 PM EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/11/companies-voting-bills-states/
A group of more than 100 business community leaders joined a Zoom call on Saturday to explore what steps they could take to push back against legislation being considered in state legislatures across the country that would tighten voting laws, The Washington Post reported.
Leaders from Delta, American, United, Starbucks, Target, LinkedIn, Levi Strauss and Boston Consulting Group were present on the Zoom call, the Post reported. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank was also reportedly included in the conversation.
Two of the avenues discussed were stopping donations to politicians who support the legislation and postponing investments in states that approve the measures, four people who were on the call told the Post, including one of the organizers Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor.
The goal of the call was to bring together companies that have issued their own statements following the signing of Georgia’s voting bill, the Post reported, citing Sonnenfeld.
The participants didn't settle on any final steps.
The meeting was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The meeting comes as backlash grows against Georgia's recently passed voting law and the GOP battles with companies who have expressed opposition.
Since Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed the bill, companies including Coca-Cola and Delta have have spoken out against the legislation.
Earlier this month, Major League Baseball announced that it was pulling the league’s All-Star Game from Atlanta in protest of the legislation. The July game will now be played in Denver, MLB announced this week.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) said last week that it was "quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue."
#88 crowdbake
>>44892, >>44893, >>44901, >>44920, >>44926, >>44927, >>44941 pf reports
>>44881 UK retailers join pubs and clubs in rejecting Covid-status certificates-guardian
>>44882, >>44883 Grenell group seeks to reshape California politics beyond recall: Californians want 'permanent change'-foxnews
>>44885 Peer-reviewed: “We find that students made little/no progress while learning from home”-soc media and pnas.org
>>44886, >>44887 Quick overview of the BIG evidence drop from yesterday - Michigan Case for Voter Fraud-several related vids about voting fraud
>>44888 World Doctors Alliance: "Chinese biological laboratory in Wuhan is owned by Glaxosmithkline, which (accidentally) owns Pfizer!...."
>>44889 Seed sovereignty activists hit back-soc. media
>>44894 South Korean Premier in Iran for Talks Over Frozen Oil Funds-bnnB'berg
>>44896 Dept. of Defense Law War manual .pdf
>>44898 Boris Johnson's Father Stanley Johnsons "literary works"
>>44899 Donald Trump attacks Mitch McConnell at fundraiser in Palm Beach this weekend-meetthepress via soc. media
>>44900 Iran atomic agency says nuclear facility hit by 'terrorist' act-afpnews
>>44902 Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Aims to End Single-Family Zoning-nationalreview.com
>>44903, >>44905 New Scavino twat plus Drop #1117
>>44906 United States threatens "consequences" if Russia acts "aggressively" towards Ukraine-disclosetv
>>44907 Swiss watchdog asked Credit Suisse on Greensill risks-reuters
>>44930 Nagoya Protocol : Be aware
>>44929 Harvey Weinstein secretly indicted on rape charges by grand jury in Los Angeles
>>44928 Pompeo: Full armor of God time
>>44925 China’s blacklisted supercomputer organisations: who are they and what do they do?
>>44922 Stingray, the fake cell phone tower cops and carriers use to track your every move
>>44921 North Korea completes building new 3,000-ton submarine
>>44932 Texas Governor Dismisses Biden’s Gun Control Measures as ‘Show’
>>44943 100 business executives discuss how to combat new voting rules
>>44933 Israel appears to confirm it carried out cyberattack on Iran nuclear facility - https://breaking911.com/breaking-israel-appears-to-confirm-it-carried-out-cyberattack-on-iran-nuclear-facility/
#88
People are going to demand that stuff and counties are going to tighten up as well, that would leave one per state that is iffy and the fed rules will abide, Atlanta can cry all day cause i can assure you those in Valdosta, Augusta and Waynesboro couldn't give two shits bout 'lanta, Its gonna habben, slow turn, peeps are gonna hold judges accountable, mabbe not in SF
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