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Police arrest man outside Kavanaugh's home with weapon, saying wanted to kill justice, reports
The suspect was taken into custody by police after telling officers he wanted to kill the Kavanaugh
A California man carrying at least one weapon near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was arrested early Wednesday morning, according to news reports.
The suspect was taken into custody by police after telling officers he wanted to kill Kavanaugh, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post.
The man is described by the newspaper as in his mid-20s and carrying at least one weapon and burglary tools, the sources told the newspaper.
The incident follows the publication of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the bench's conservative major, which includes Kavanaugh, is ready to rule on a case that would overturns Roe. v. Wade, the 49-year-old decision that guaranteed nationwide the constitutional right to have an abortion.
The man was arrested at about 1:50 a.m., a Supreme Court spokeswoman said in a statement.
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Anon knows this has been posted. I'm posting cuz I think the use of "THE" is interesting. Might just be a typo….there are no "[the]"s in the drops, but it seemed interesting nonetheless.
Don't we sometimes refer to DJT as, "The Donald"?
Isn't that a Fox News Anchorette phrase…blonde I think…can't think of her name…
https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1534580165594034179
JUST IN - Israel rejected a proposal by the Biden administration to hold a high-level summit with the Palestinian Authority - Axios
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NEW: Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star US gymnasts file $1 billion claim against FBI
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star US gymnasts filed a $1 billion claim against the FBI on Wednesday for alleged mishandling of the investigation into sexual abuse by predatory former team doctor Larry Nassar.
Nassar, 58, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty in late 2017 and early 2018 to sexually assaulting athletes while working as a sports medicine doctor at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.
Hundreds of women — including Olympic gold medalists Biles, Raisman and McKayla Maroney — have accused Nassar of sexually abusing them during his more than two-decade career.
Biles, Raisman and Maroney are among the more than 90 women who have filed the federal tort claim against the FBI, the law firm handling the case, Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, said in a statement.
“The majority of claimants consists of over 90 young women and girls who were abused after 2015 ''due to the FBI’s failure to take required steps to protect them,” ''the law firm said.
Maroney said in a statement that “my fellow survivors and I were betrayed by every institution that was supposed to protect us — the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, the FBI.”
“I had some hope that they would keep their word and hold the FBI accountable,” she said. “It is clear that the only path to justice and healing is through the legal process.”
The law firm said ''the FBI received credible complaints in July 2015 of Nassar’s sexual assaults ''and was “then able to immediately end Nassar’s predation.”
“However, the FBI was grossly derelict in their duties by declining to interview gymnasts who were willing to talk about the abuse,” it said.
“As a result, Nassar continued his predatory behavior, sexually assaulting approximately 90 young women and children between July 28, 2015, and September 12, 2016,” it added.
The claim against the FBI comes just days after the Department of Justice announced it was not bringing any charges against two now retired FBI special agents who mishandled the Nassar investigation.
Nassar’s victims reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics last year, one of the largest ever recorded for victims of sex abuse.
USA Gymnastics filed for bankruptcy in 2018 after a tidal wave of allegations against Nassar swamped the organization.
Michigan State University reached a $500 million settlement with hundreds of Nassar’s victims in 2018.
https://insiderpaper.com/simone-biles-aly-raisman-and-other-star-us-gymnasts-file-1-billion-claim-against-fbi/
will get them.
Senate fails to clear Biden nominee with Harris in LA
The Senate on Wednesday voted against President Biden’s nominee for an assistant secretary post for the Labor Department, with Vice President Harris in Los Angeles and unable to cast a tie-breaking vote.
The upper chamber voted 49-51 on Lisa Gomez’s nomination to become assistant secretary for the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), with the vote splitting along party lines in the evenly divided Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) changed his vote to “no” amid Harris’ absence and filed a motion to reconsider to allow him to bring up the nomination for another vote in the future.
According to Bloomberg, Republicans voted against Gomez for the post after GOP members expressed concerns about the agency’s retirement investing proposals, making Harris’ tie-breaking vote vital for confirmation.
Harris is visiting Los Angeles this week to attend the Summit of the Americas. It’s the first time the U.S. has hosted the gathering of leaders from North, Central and South America since the inaugural summit in 1994.
The event is seen as a major priority for Biden, who is also attending the gathering, where he is expected to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Harris is also expected to play a significant role in the gathering, where she is set to deliver remarks and potentially address immigration.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner did NOT believe the election was stolen and abandoned Trump in the final days of White House: Book claims ex-President's son-in-law also took Masterclass by novelist James Patterson in how to write after the vote
Kushner was often described as a moderating influence in the Trump White House
Neither Kushner and Ivanka Trump 'believed then or later that the election had been stolen'
Jared and Ivanka bought a $32 million mansion in Miami and made plans to leave DC
He took a class with Patterson and started work on his memoirs
Kushner was in the Middle East on January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol
Authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser explore Kushner's role in book, The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 13:25 EDT, 8 June 2022 | UPDATED: 13:27 EDT, 8 June 2022
Jared Kushner's interest in Florida real estate and Middle East peace in the last days of 2020 coincided with his own doubts about his father-in-law's insistent claims that he won the election, a new book reveals.
Kushner was an influential advisor inside the Trump White House, with he and his wife Ivanka Trump both often cast as using their unpaid roles as as calming influences.
But Kushner was notably absent during critical periods in the last days of the Trump White House that included the president's effort to overturn the election – and he was overseas when a mob stormed the Capitol following Trump's appearance at a 'Stop the Steal' rally.
On Nov. 5, 2020, within 24 hours of Trump first publicly proclaiming on election Kushner turned to Ivanka and told her, 'We’re moving to Miami, according to the book, The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021, by New York Times reporter Peter Baker and New Yorker reporter Susan Glasser.
According to the book, Kushner came up with a two-to-one formula for packaging bad news that had to be delivered to Trump in meetings or calls. He would balance out the bad news with at least two pieces of good news, sources told the authors.
But when it came to denying Trump's election defeat, Kushner opted to decamp out of Washington altogether rather than sugar coating the bad news that came in a series of court rulings and certifications by state legislatures.
He considered lawyer Rudy Giuliani's involvement in the overturn effort a 'red flag,' according to the book. 'But instead of fighting Mr. Giuliani for Mr. Trump’s attention, Mr. Kushner opted out entirely, deciding it was time to focus on his own future, one that would no longer involve the White House,' the authors write.
They ended up buying a $32 million mansion in Miami within weeks of Kushner's pronouncement.
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The Washington power couple, who rented pricey real estate in D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood near former President Barack Obama, weren't buying Trump and his allies' claims of election fraud.
'No matter how vociferously Mr. Trump claimed otherwise, neither Mr. Kushner nor Ivanka Trump believed then or later that the election had been stolen,' according to the book, which cites people close to them.
The senior advisor didn't stop work entirely, although he did find time to pen a 40,000 word draft of a memoir during a two-week period after the election.
To assist in the effort he took an online class with novelist James Patterson, who co-wrote a thriller with former President Bill Clinton.
Marc Short, who was serving as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, tried to enlist Kushner in the effort to walk back Trump, who was demanding Pence not accept votes certified by states.
'Look, can you help us with this?' Short reportedly asked him.
'Look, when Rudy got involved, I stopped being involved,' he responded, saying Pence was a 'big boy.'
'I’m too busy working on Middle East peace right now, Marc,' he added.
That included final touches on what became known as the Abraham Accords, the effort to resume travel and commercial ties between Arab nations and Israel.
He also worked to smooth a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into a Kushner business deal that emerged after he left the White House, when the real estate investor was able to obtain a $2 billion investment from a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund.
Kushner's Affinity Partners secured the $2 billion investment six months after he left the White House.
According to the authors, Jared and Ivanka's decision to move 'opened a vacuum' that other figures, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and 'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell, exploited, with historic consequences.
It left those pushing the overturn effort without a 'counterweight.'
During those critical weeks, he also provided assurances to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who would denounce Trump after the riot.
'We’ll get through it, bear with us,' he told Josh Homes, a former aid key figure in McConnell's orbit.
'We’ve got a couple of challenges that have some merit, we’ll see how they go, but there’s a pretty good chance we come up short,' he predicted, predicting the effort would end after Dec. 24 when the Electoral College met.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10897387/Ivanka-Jared-Kushner-did-NOT-believe-election-stolen-abandoned-Trump-final-days.html