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Deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein once rented a New York City mansion from the federal government, old news reports have revealed.
Epstein rented a former Iranian government building for $15,000 a month, building beginning in February 1992,
The building had been taken over by the U.S. State Department.
The mansion is located at 34 East 69th Street, one of Manhattan’s most expensive neighborhoods.
Epstein later bought a nearby mansion from Les Wexner in what all consider to be an odd transaction.
Tyler Carditis, CEO of Blaze Media, said: “Bizarre that the State Department rented out a five-story Upper East Side mansion to Jeffrey Epstein from 1992 to 1996.
“Does the State Department rent out property to private citizens often? Seems weird.”
The timeline shows Epstein first rented the apartment from the George H.W. Bush administration and continued renting it throughout Bill Clinton’s first term.
According to Buzzfeed, the deal turned and the feds sued Epstein for subleasing the property:
“Things went sour when the government sued Epstein in the Southern District of New York, alleging that he had at one point failed to pay the rent on time and had violated the lease by moving out in early 1996 and subletting the place without the State Department’s permission.
“His subtenant was Ivan Fisher, a New York City criminal defense lawyer who had famously defended members of the French Connection and Pizza Connection drug rings.
“The government also sued Fisher.
“A New York Daily News article from the time, headlined ‘Lawyer Pays Not A Cent For Palatial East Side Digs,’ said Fisher had stopped paying rent after learning that the State Department had terminated Epstein’s lease as a result of the conflict over Fisher’s subtenancy, and was thus living in the home for free.”
“I’m the perfect tenant,” Fisher told the Daily News.
The paper described the home’s opulence: “carved oak doors, a white marble foyer, three kitchens, three bedrooms, a library with floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a steam room, 19th-century chandeliers, brass sconces, and a white marble central staircase.”
“I pray to God I can stay,” Fisher told the Daily News.
Epstein is described in the story as a “Palm Beach, Fla., financial advisor.”
https://slaynews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-rented-new-york-city-mansion-from-federal-g0vernment-from-1992-1996-and-sued-him-for-subletting-it/
What had been a pretty docile race until about 2 weeks ago has finally heated up over the past week with the endorsement of Tudor Dixon by former President Trump.
Seems that Donald Trump’s endorsement of Dixon comes just days after Democrats started teeing off on her in possible preparation for her winning the nomination. The rational mind would stop and wonder why in the hell would the Democrats be running ads against someone who is not yet won the nod to face off against Gretch.
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2022/08/01/gretchen-whitmer-targets-trump-choice-for-governor-before-tuesdays-primary-n605093
Jaime Herrera Beutler faces a Trump-backed primary challenger after she voted to impeach him over Jan 6.
She says she's "never been in this position" and is used to winning elections by focusing on local issues.
She hopes her "independent" approach will "continue to be the thing that's most important to voters."
Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, who voted to impeach President Donald Trump following the January 6 assault on the Capitol, will facing challengers from the right flank of her party in a primary next week.
She says it's a relatively new experience for her.
On her right, Herrera Beutler faces Trump-endorsed challenger Joe Kent, who attended a rally in Washington, DC in support of the January 6 rioters, as well as conservative candidate Heidi St. John. On her left, she faces Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
Herrera Beutler was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for incitement of an insurrection in the waning days of his presidency.
"The President of the United States incited a riot aiming to halt the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next," she said in a statement at the time, calling the rioters "terrorists" while criticizing Trump for his "pathetic denouncement of the violence that also served as a wink and a nod to those who perpetrated it."
Herrera Beutler's now one of the remaining four who face primary voters this month.
Of the other six, just one — Rep. David Valadao of California — has survived a primary. Rep. Tom Rice became the first of the group to lose his primary to a Trump-backed challenger in June, while the other four, including Rep. Adam Kinzinger, have opted to retire.
Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Peter Meijer of Michigan, and Dan Newhouse of Washington also face voters this month.
https://www.businessinsider.nl/pro-impeachment-house-republican-facing-trump-endorsed-challenger-says-shes-never-been-in-this-position-because-usually-elections-take-care-of-themselves/