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Trump Justice officials demanded charges for Hillary, Biden for classified docs scandals. They’re silent on SignalGate
When Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden faced intense scrutiny for their handling of classified material, top officials now serving in Trump’s Justice Department and FBI demanded criminal probes and severe penalties.
Yet today, those same figures – including Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, and DC interim US Attorney Ed Martin – have all declined to publicly criticize senior Trump officials who used Signal to share military attack plans in a chat that inadvertently included a journalist.
The Trump administration has denied any classified information was discussed in the text messages released by The Atlantic about plans to bomb rebels in Yemen, but CNN reported that information shared in the chat was highly classified at the time it was sent.
Bondi, now the country’s highest ranking law enforcement official, vigorously defended the officials who participated in the Signal chat, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and suggested it was unlikely their actions would be investigated criminally. But previously, Bondi argued that both Clinton and her aide Huma Abedin needed to face charges after emails that contained classified information were found on the computer of her ex-husband, former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner.
“This has everything to do with the security of our country,” Bondi said in January 2018 on Fox News. “When you have the top-secret security clearance that Huma Abedin had – you know when you send those emails that you are violating the law, and there is no objective law enforcement officer in this country that would not charge her based on that. Alright? No one.”
Bondi repeatedly framed the Clinton email investigation as a clear-cut legal issue in her appearances on Fox News reviewed by CNN’s KFile, saying that “we live in a nation of laws” and that Clinton “jeopardized our national security.”
On Thursday, Bondi defended the officials in the Signal chat, saying the chat included “sensitive information, not classified.”
“What we should be talking about is it was a very successful mission,” she told reporters. “If you want to talk about classified information, talk about what was at Hillary Clinton’s home, the classified documents in Joe Biden’s garage.”
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said Bondi’s public comments last week “speak for themselves.”
Similarly, Patel has previously called for harsh prison sentences for leaking classified information.
“A leak of classified information — that’s a federal offense punishable by, I think, over a decade in prison, off the top of my head,” Patel said in 2021 when discussing leaks to the media during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “It’s a pretty serious matter. But no one’s been prosecuted for a leak of classified information.”
In another interview in September 2024, Patel criticized the decision by special counsel Robert Hur not to charge Biden for allegedly mishandling classified documents.
“They let the guy off the hook,” he said of Biden, who was investigated over classified documents found at his private residence in Delaware. “They just said it doesn’t matter … you’ve made up a new legal standard that applies to exonerate him and to not even charge him.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-justice-officials-demanded-charges-100036566.html
Virginia Giuffre ‘breached restraining order before car crash
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, appeared in court over allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order 10 days before she was involved in a car crash, it has been revealed.
The 41-year-old, who also accused the Duke of York of sexually assaulting her as a teenager, appeared at Joondalup magistrates’ court in northern Perth on March 14, where she did not enter a plea.
She is due back in court on April 9 after an alleged incident in Ocean Reef, near Perth, Western Australia Courts said.
Ms Giuffre is currently in hospital, where she said that she was dying from kidney renal failure after being hit by a school bus travelling at nearly 70mph. She has posted a picture of her bruised face on social media.
Local police said there had been a collision between a car and a bus in the farming locality of Neergabby on March 24, but there were “no injuries reported as a result of the crash”. They said that the car sustained $2,000 AUD (£968) worth of damage.
It has not been officially confirmed that this is the crash Ms Giuffre claims she was involved in.
The alleged breach of the family violence restraining order happened on Feb 2. The mother-of-three is reported to have separated from her husband.
On Instagram, Ms Giuffre said she had days to live, adding that she was “ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time”.
A previous Instagram post by Ms Giuffre on March 22 included the caption: “My beautiful babies have no clue how much I love them and they’re being poisoned with lies. I miss them so very much. I have been through hell & back in my 41 years but this is incredibly hurting me worse than anything else. Hurt me, abuse me but don’t take my babies.”
Sky Roberts, Ms Giuffre’s father, told The Telegraph on Monday that his daughter was depressed and wanted to be reunited with her children. “She’s not doing good. She’s depressed because she misses her kids,” the Florida-based retired engineer added.
On Tuesday, a statement from the family after the car crash said: “Virginia thanks everyone for the outpouring of love and support. She is overwhelmed with gratitude. Today she remains in serious condition while receiving medical care.
“On March 24, in rural Western Australia, a school bus hit the car in which she was riding. The police were called but said that there was no one available to come to the scene.
“They asked if anyone was injured and suggested that if they were, they should make their way to the hospital.”
The statement continued: “The school bus driver had a bus full of distraught children and left the scene to get them back, saying he would file a police report, which he did later. Virginia was banged up and bruised and returned home.
“Virginia’s condition worsened and she was admitted to the hospital.
“Concerning her Instagram post, Virginia thought that she had posted on her private Facebook page. Virginia and her family thank everyone for their concern.”
Ms Giuffre spent decades speaking out about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2021, she filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew accusing him of raping her when she was 17 after Epstein and his long-time accomplice and lover Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to London.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking in 2021. A year later, Ms Giuffre agreed to an out-of-court settlement with Prince Andrew, understood to be worth millions of pounds. The joint statement contained no admission of liability.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/virginia-giuffre-breached-restraining-order-102324580.html
KEK
Stop living in the past.
Seriously though, Liberation Day 25
Can't help but see LdYhead [LdR]
Chinese Sycees, 1901 and 1903
The collections of The Rothschild Archive Londoncontain over two million pieces of paper, volumes, files, photographs, artefacts and art works. Archivist's Choice is a series a short articles each highlighting a treasure from the Archive collection, or celebrating an anniversary or special event. Browse through our library of Archivist's Choice articles to discover some of the fascinating stories behind our collections.
Rothschild and China
The first firm evidence of trading links between N M Rothschild & Sons and China dates from 1838, In the earliest surviving letters from Rothschilds' agents in Canton (now Guangzhou). Chinese silks feature considerably, alongside tin, tea, cochineal and quicksilver, as the stock in trade of an increasingly bustling corner of the globe. Following the Anglo-Chinese Treaties of 1842 and 1858, which ended the Opium Wars, N M Rothschild & Sons moved to expand the Chinese links. Much of the correspondence with their agents in Shanghai focused on silver, the medium of commercial payment in China.
Sycees (a type of silver bullion) took the form of ingots called ‘shoes’, so-called because they were supposed to resemble the Chinese female foot. They were used throughout China in varying weights and sizes. Each ingot was stamped with the name of the smelter, date of casting and an indication of the weight and fineness. Trading and shipping of specie and bullion had, from the first, been a central pillar of the business of N M Rothschild and the firm was quick to organise a substantial trade to China.
https://www.rothschildarchive.org/collections/archivists_choice/treasure_of_the_month_may_2014#:~:text=Rothschild%20and%20China&text=Chinese%20silks%20feature%20considerably%2C%20alongside,and%20displayed%20in%20the%20Bank.
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Can't get it to expand.
Being silenced again.
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