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Chuck Schumer livid over move to exclude Democrats from document viewing

 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was left fuming on Tuesday by what he said was the "outrageous" decision by the Trump administration to exclude Democrats from a meeting this week in which Justice Department officials will reveal classified documents that Republicans have been demanding for months.

“The only thing more outrageous than this meeting occurring at all is the fact that it’s now partisan,” the New York Democrat said. “It is crystal clear that Chairman Nunes’ intent is to interfere with the investigation, and Speaker Ryan is allowing it to happen," referring to Reps. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and speaker of the House, respectively.

 

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that a meeting between law enforcement officials and Republican lawmakers to discuss the release of Russia-probe documents will happen Thursday. Democrats were not invited, Sanders said, because they “have not requested” the information the GOP lawmakers are seeking from the meeting.

 

https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/chuck-schumer-livid-over-move-to-exclude-democrats-from-document-viewing

Anonymous ID: 0665dd May 22, 2018, 3:21 p.m. No.1510035   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Michael Cohen business partner agrees to cooperate with prosecutors in plea deal

 

Evgeny Freidman, a business partner of President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, is complying with the government to aid prosecutors involved in state or federal investigations, a new report Tuesday says.

 

Freidman, the so-called “Taxi King,” is a Russian immigrant and has been an associate of Cohen’s in the taxi industry. On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to a single count of evading $50,00 worth of taxes, agreeing to help prosecutors as part of his plea deal, according to the New York Times.

 

The Times reports that Freidman was disbarred in New York on May 1 and had faced four counts of criminal tax fraud and one grand larceny charge.

 

The report comes after Cohen’s home and office were raided by the FBI in April, where agents seized computers, phones, and other materials of Cohen’s.

 

He is allegedly under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for potentially committing bank fraud and violating campaign finance rules.

 

https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-cohen-business-partner-agrees-to-cooperate-with-prosecutors-in-plea-deal