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Held by a white hand….
Trump huddles with top officials on election security
President Trump on Friday met with members of the National Security Council about threats to U.S. elections, an issue that has attracted significant attention since Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump convened the meeting to “receive updates on the whole-of-government approach his Administration is implementing to safeguard our Nation’s elections,” according to a statement from the White House issued Friday evening.
A host of cabinet officials attended the meeting, including Secretary of State Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, as well as John Bolton, Trump’s national security adviser.
“The President has made it clear that his Administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections from any nation state or other malicious actors,” the White House said.
At Friday’s meeting, the officials discussed threats to U.S. elections from “malign foreign actors, as well as efforts to help states secure their voting systems from cyber sabotage and federal efforts to “investigate, prosecute, and hold accountable those who illegally attempt to interfere in our political and electoral processes.” The statement made no specific mention of Russia.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/399285-trump-national-security-officials-huddle-on-election-security
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What's Chucky up to?
Chuck Schumer asks George W. Bush to release Kavanaugh's White House records
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sent a letter to former President George W. Bush on Friday calling on him to authorize the release of records stemming from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time working in the White House.
Schumer’s request of Bush is the latest escalation in the dispute between Senate Republicans and Democrats over the disclosure of documents related to Kavanaugh’s time working for Bush, and specifically those pertaining to his time as staff secretary.
“You have been an advocate of transparency regarding your presidential records, and you have previously taken steps to make portions of your library’s collection of White House documents more available to the public,” Schumer wrote to Bush. “I believe that making Judge Kavanaugh’s complete record is consistent with your commitment to transparency and is strongly in the public interest.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/chuck-schumer-asks-george-w-bush-to-release-brett-kavanaughs-white-house-records
Ninth Circuit Lets Trump Supporters Hurt in San Jose Riot Sue Police
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that a lawsuit by supporters of Donald Trump against San Jose police officers who allegedly failed to protect them from an anti-Trump riot in June 2016 could proceed, defeating the city’s appeal.
The three-judge panel upheld the lower court’s decision that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity from suit because they “violated clearly established rights” — assuming, for the moment, that the plaintiff’s factual claims against them were true.
The lawsuit stems from a riot that took place outside the San Jose Convention Center on June 2, 2016 during and after a speech by then-candidate Trump, just days before the California primary. As Breitbart News reported from San Jose at the time, anti-Trump protesters outside the venue chanted profane slogans and tore up an American flag. Later, as Trump supporters left the rally, the mob chased them, beat them, and attacked them in their cars. One woman was pelted with eggs in full view of the national media.
That woman, Rachel Casey, is one of the plaintiffs, who are represented by attorney (and Republican national committeewoman for California) Harmeet Dhillon. Dhillon is also representing engineer James Damore’s in his discrimination suit against Google, and she is suing UC Berkeley for free speech issues, on behalf of Berkeley College Republicans and Young America’s Foundation.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo — a Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter — blamed Trump for provoking the violence. The local police chief commended the police for showing restraint, even as the mob assaulted people who were simply trying to leave.
The plaintiffs claim that San Jose police failed to arrest the violent anti-Trump demonstrators and allowed Trump supporters to be attacked. Worse, they say, the officers directed them straight toward the waiting mob, even though they were aware of the violence.
The case will now be sent back down to the district court, where Judge Lucy H. Koh, a Barack Obama appointee, presides.
https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/07/27/ninth-circuit-lets-trump-supporters-hurt-in-san-jose-riot-sue-police/
'Elite Mexican Border State Cops Go Missing After Being Linked to Cartels
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Mexican authorities are searching for two border state police officers assigned to an elite cartel hunting squad now missing after being linked to organized crime.
Law enforcement sources consulted by Breitbart Texas revealed that two members of the special police unit, Fuerza Coahuila, became the target of an investigation after the discovery of phone messages between them and organized crime members. The two police officers were assigned to Piedras Negras, immediately south of Eagle Pass, Texas–but are now believed to be on the run.
After authorities discovered the various compromising phone messages, supervisors ordered the two officers to go to the agency headquarters in Saltillo for an internal affairs investigation. As the officers were traveling, their supervisors lost all contact and listed them as being on the run.
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/07/27/elite-mexican-border-state-cops-go-missing-after-being-linked-to-cartels/