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Sidney Powell: “We’re Going to Proceed with an Emergency Appeal – We Expect to Get Relief from Supreme Court”

Attorney Sidney Powell went on with Greg Kelly Monday night on Newsmax TV.

This was after US District Court Judge Timothy Batton through out her voter fraud case in Georgia earlier in the day.

Sidney Powell told Kelly she will proceed to immediately with an emergency appeal and expects to get relief from the Supreme Court.

Newsmax reported:

A federal judge listened to oral arguments Monday, but he had already prejudged the case in granting leftist “interveners'” motions of dismiss, including the Democrat National Committee, according to former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell on Newsmax TV.

“The court wouldn’t pay attention of it,” Powell told Monday’s “Greg Kelly Reports” of her lawsuit calling for the decertification of Georgia’s election results amid evidence of election and voter fraud. “It’s obvious the judge had made up his mind before he hit the bench, and he read from prepared notes when he granted the motion to dismiss…

…U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten ruled the case had no standing to sue, the case belonged in state court, was filed too late, and the relief sought was “extraordinary.”

“We’re going to proceed immediately with an emergency appeal, and we expect to get relief in the Supreme Court,” Powell told host Greg Kelly.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten ruled the case had no standing to sue, the case belonged in state court, was filed too late, and the relief sought was “extraordinary.”

“We’re going to proceed immediately with an emergency appeal, and we expect to get relief in the Supreme Court,” Powell told host Greg Kelly.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/sidney-powell-going-proceed-emergency-appeal-expect-get-relief-supreme-court-video/

George Gascon, L.A.’s Soros-Funded D.A., Sworn in; Ends Cash Bail, Death Penalty

George Gascon, the new George Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney, was sworn in on Monday, and immediately ended the use of cash bail for most crimes, while also barring prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in new cases.

Gascon appeared poised to do for L.A. what he did for San Francisco, a city now synonymous with petty crime, drug abuse, and sidewalk defecation. The out-of-town “progressive” ousted Jackie Lacey, the first African American woman to hold the office, with the support of millions from Soros, California’s left-wing establishment, and Black Lives Matter activists.

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti initially backed Lacey, but then dumped her and backed Gascon after a summer of protests and riots.

The Los Angeles Times reported:

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced sweeping policy changes as he took office Monday, including a plan to end the use of cash bail in the nation’s largest court system and a ban on his prosecutors seeking sentencing enhancements in nearly all cases.

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Gascón also said he expects to bring an end to misdemeanor prosecutions of most first-time, nonviolent offenders.

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During his contentious campaign against the incumbent D.A., Jackie Lacey, Gascón had vowed more big changes, including barring prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in new cases and to end the practice of trying juveniles as adults. He followed through on both of those campaign promises Monday, announcing them among the slew of new policies he is implementing.

The moves have already drawn concerns from the ranks of the 1,200 deputy district attorneys who will now serve under Gascón, some of whom have complained that the new top prosecutor drew up many of these new positions without input from the office he is now set to oversee.

Local Fox affiliate KTTV 11 added:

Prosecutors will no longer request cash bail for any misdemeanor, non-serious or non-violent offense, Gascón announced. Prosecutors will still be able to request bail in very serious offenses articulated in the constitution until Jan 1. By Jan 1, Gascón’s office will detail infrastructure and specifics to end cash bail altogether, instead seeking detention when deemed necessary.

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Additionally, the DA’s office will no longer seek enhancements of any kind (i.e. gang enhancements, three strikes, etc.), saying they undermine rehabilitation, exacerbate racial inequities and unnecessarily crowd jails and prisons. This policy will also be retroactive. The office estimates there could be up 30,000 cases eligible for re-sentencing.

Kim Kardashian — who has worked with President Donald Trump on prison reform — praised Gascon on Twitter:

Soros has spent millions backing left-wing prosecutors across the country, reshaping criminal justice as left-wing activists — many also backed by Soros — march in the streets demanding “defund the police.” Crime is up in major cities nationwide.

https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/12/07/george-gascon-l-a-s-soros-funded-d-a-sworn-in-ends-cash-bail-death-penalty/

Virginia County Rebels Against Gov. Northam's Lockdown Restrictions - Declares Itself "First Amendment Sanctuary"

Campbell County, Virginia has rejected Democratic Governor Ralph Northam's coronavirus restrictions - declaring itself a "First Amendment sanctuary" in a resolution which makes it the first locality in the state to openly resist Northam's orders.

The County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the measure last week in response to Northam's pre-Thanksgiving limits on public gatherings to 25 people or fewer, as well as an extension on the state's mask mandate to include children over the age of five. Restaurants are also prohibited from selling alcohol after 10 p.m.

Campbell County's resolution requests that the sheriff's department refuse to assist any official - state or federal - in "attempting to enforce the unconstitutional order of the Governor."

The rebellious decision echoes a 2019 measure in which the county (which voted 71% for Trump in the 2020 election) declared itself a "Second Amendment sanctuary" as one of several counties and cities which passed similar measures rejecting new gun-control laws in the commonwealth, according to WAVY.

A group known as the Virginia Constitutional Conservatives has played a vital role in the latest push to reject statewide guidelines, drafting a template resolution online that proposes bold provisions for constitutional officers to follow.

The template calls for local law enforcement to arrest “any State Police officer, State Health Agent, or Federal Agent” who attempts to enforce the governor’s order and for commonwealth’s attorneys “not prosecute the unconstitutional mandates prohibiting the people’s right to peaceably assemble.” Failure to follow these clauses “will result in the immediate removal of County funding.” -WAVY

The resolution approved by Campbell County's board excludes language threatening budgets of sheriff's departments and local prosecutors.

Matt Cline, a supervisor who represents the County's Concord district, called Northam's order yet another example of government overreach.

"The governor’s order restricts the First Amendment and this resolution is in support of the rights of the citizens. Local businesses are struggling, these are real problems, not a political issue," Cline said last Wednesday. "It isn’t right or left, these are real problems, just as covid is real."

"It’s important to note what’s not in this resolution as well," he added. "It doesn’t say be cavalier, or that covid is a hoax. And it doesn’t say don’t wear a mask. It’s the responsibility of the individual." Campbell, located near Lynchburg, has had an average of 16 new COVID-19 cases per day in the last week out of its population of 55,000 according to the state's health department.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/virginia-county-rebels-against-gov-northams-lockdown-restrictions-declares-itself-first

Orange County Sheriff: We’re Not Enforcing ‘Unfair’ and Unconstitutional COVID Rules

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Orange County, CA Sheriff Don Barnes said that his office will not enforce California’s newest coronavirus restrictions because the restrictions aren’t fair to law enforcement or county residents and don’t pass constitutional muster. Barnes also argued that it’s contradictory to restrict the ability of law enforcement to do its job, but then demand they “arrest lawful residents of the county who are just trying to make ends meet, and are doing so by following the rules.”

Barnes said, “It’s been a long year for everybody. We know that. It’s been very impactful upon all of the businesses and residents of Orange County and California. But I just don’t think that it’s something that falls in line with a law enforcement priority. We have many other responsibilities that we’re dealing with, many responsibilities really aren’t ours that we’re dealing with, homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorder. And to lay on this one more additional expectation, I think is not only fair — or unfair to law enforcement, to the residents of Orange County, but it’s just unfair overall. I don’t think it stands the constitutional test.”

He added, “Every one of the businesses that are operating have met the expectations of the state. … It’s like the goalposts keep moving ten yards back, week by week.”

Barnes further stated, “When you look at this year for law enforcement, after Minneapolis, the California legislature made it its mission to defund the police, to change the rules, to come out with new legislation that would restrict the way we can do our job. So, on one hand, you’re saying, we want you to stop doing things that would result in actions against the community, and on the other hand, we’re saying, but not this time, the rules are different. Go out and arrest people. And I’m not sure that we ever want to be in a position where law enforcement [operates] with that mission in mind to go out and arrest lawful residents of the county who are just trying to make ends meet, and are doing so by following the rules.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/12/07/orange-county-sheriff-were-not-enforcing-unfair-and-unconstitutional-covid-rules/

INDICTED: CEO Paid Former Coach $1.5 Million In Bribes To Get His Sons Accepted To Harvard, Feds Say

BOSTON – The former fencing coach at Harvard College and a Maryland businessman were indicted by a federal grand jury today in Boston with conspiring to secure the admission of the businessman’s two sons to Harvard in exchange for bribes totaling more than $1.5 million.

Peter Brand, 67, of Cambridge, Mass., and Jie “Jack” Zhao, 61, of Potomac, Md., were indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery. Brand and Zhao were also each charged with one count of federal programs bribery. Brand and Zhao were arrested and charged by criminal complaint on Nov. 16, 2020.

According to the charging documents, Brand, the former head coach of men’s and women’s fencing at Harvard, conspired with Zhao, the chief executive of a telecommunications company, to facilitate the admission of Zhao’s sons to Harvard by recruiting them to join the men’s fencing team in exchange for money.

It is alleged that in or about May 2012, Brand told a co-conspirator, “Jack doesn’t need to take me anywhere and his boys don’t have to be great fencers. All I need is a good incentive to recruit them[.] You can tell him that[.]” In February 2013, as part of the alleged scheme, Zhao made a purported donation of $1 million to a fencing charity founded by a co-conspirator. Zhao’s older son was admitted to Harvard as a fencing recruit in December 2013, and matriculated in the fall of 2014. Shortly thereafter, the charity passed $100,000 on to the Peter Brand Foundation, a charitable entity established by Brand and his spouse. Thereafter, Zhao began making payments to, or for the benefit of, Brand.

In total, Zhao made over $1.5 million in payments to Brand, or for Brand’s personal benefit, even as Brand recruited Zhao’s younger son to the Harvard fencing team. Zhao allegedly paid for Brand’s car, made college tuition payments for Brand’s son, paid the mortgage on Brand’s Needham residence, and later purchased the residence for well above its market value, thus allowing Brand to purchase a more expensive residence in Cambridge that Zhao then paid to renovate. Zhao’s younger son matriculated to Harvard in 2017. Brand allegedly did not disclose the payments to Harvard when recruiting Zhao’s sons.

https://breaking911.com/indicted-ceo-paid-former-coach-1-5-million-in-bribes-to-get-his-sons-accepted-to-harvard-feds-say/

"Don't Need Congress - Just Flick Of Pen": Schumer Demands Day 1 Biden $50K Student Debt Cancelation

"You don’t need Congress - All you need is the flick of a pen," Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded of President-Elect Joe Biden during a Monday press conference outside his Midtown Manhattan office, continuing to pile on the pressure for a controversial immediate student debt forgiveness of $50,000 for each and every borrower (with the exception of course for all who've previously dutifully paid off their debt).

Schumer is urging Biden to act on the very first day he takes office after January 20. "We have come to the conclusion that President Biden can undo this debt, can forgive $50,000 of debt the first day he becomes president," he said.

But given that analysts speaking from the perspective of both sides of the aisle are unanimous in saying there's no way the Schumer-Warren plan would ever get past Congress, Schumer is pushing for an "overnight" solution to what would be the inevitable impasse crucially without legislation.

Biden has previously vowed to forgive up to $10,000 in student debt for all (with an additional slashing of all debt for public university and Black college attendees whose families are below a certain income level); however, progressives are angered that it's 'simply not enough' especially amid the coronavirus pandemic, they argue.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dont-need-congress-just-flick-pen-schumer-demands-biden-cancel-50k-student-debt-all-day-1