Cohen's lawyer says Trump told Cohen to commit a crime

An attorney for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer who pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, said Trump directed Cohen to commit a crime.

"Today he stood up and testified under oath that Donald Trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election," Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis said in a statement.

https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1L62A0?

shills out in force…..somethin big comin

Second Brexit referendum would lead to civil disobedience, Labour front-bencher warns

A second referendum on Brexit could lead to civil disobedience and undermine the foundations of democracy, a member of Jeremy Corbyn's front-bench team has warned.

Barry Gardiner, shadow International Trade Secretary, warned that a second referendum on Brexit would be "very, very damaging" and said the referendum result must be respected.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/08/21/second-brexit-referendum-would-lead-civil-disobedience-labour/

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Owners of Pennsylvania Based Internet Floral Company Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud

A Pennsylvania couple that owned and operated an internet floral business were sentenced to prison today for failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for filing fraudulent personal and corporate tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Andrew Bassaner (aka Andrew Bunchuk) was sentenced to 42 months in prison, and his wife and business partner, Vicki Bunchuk, was sentenced to six months in prison. The defendants were convicted in February 2018 following a jury trial.

According to the evidence introduced at trial, Andrew Bassaner and Vicki Bunchuk owned and operated Florist Concierge Inc. (FCI). For tax years 2010 through 2012, Bunchuk, aided and assisted by Bassaner, filed fraudulent corporate and personal income tax returns with the IRS. They diverted funds from FCI, which they falsely deducted as business expenses on FCI’s corporate returns and did not report as income on their personal returns. The expenses included over $200,000 in personal expenditures such as luxury cars, the down payment on a multimillion-dollar house, tickets to sporting events, and home repairs.

In addition, Bassaner and Bunchuk filed fraudulent employment tax returns for FCI that falsely classified its employees as independent contractors. Based on this fraudulent classification, Bassaner and Bunchuk claimed not to owe employment taxes on the wages paid to those individuals.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney McSwain thanked special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Ignall and Trial Attorneys Christopher O’Donnell and Jack Morgan of the Tax Division, who prosecuted the case.

Additional information about the Tax Division’s enforcement efforts can be found on the division’s website.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owners-pennsylvania-based-internet-floral-company-sentenced-prison-tax-fraud

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Omarosa pushed N-word story to distract from Aretha Franklin's declining health, April Ryan says

White House correspondent April Ryan claimed Tuesday that ousted West Wing aide Omarosa Manigault Newsman purposely pushed a story in early August that President Trump used the N-word because she wanted to get revenge on Aretha Franklin for an old fight by distracting the public from the singer's declining health.

"She did it because Aretha Franklin didn't want her at her birthday party," Ryan told the Hollywood Reporter. "That's how vindictive Omarosa is."

Franklin died at age 76 on Thursday from advanced pancreatic cancer.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/omarosa-pushed-n-word-story-to-distract-from-aretha-franklins-declining-health-april-ryan-says?

Strong quake rocks Venezuela; buildings evacuated in capital

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook Venezuela's northeastern coast on Tuesday, spooking residents in the capital who evacuated buildings and briefly interrupting a pro-government rally in favor of a series of controversial economic reforms.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.3 and said it had a depth of 76 miles. Its epicenter was 12 miles northwest of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.

https://www.circa.com/story/2018/08/21/world/strong-quake-rocks-venezuela-buildings-evacuated-in-capital?

Guy Parisi, politically connected Westchester lawyer, indicted on federal fraud charges

https://lohud.com/amp/1050844002?

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Rothys own the Zika. Who owns West Nile?

Health Officials: Record Number Of Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus On Long Island

A record number of mosquitoes are testing positive for the virus, including more than two dozen samples in one week alone in Suffolk County, CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported Tuesday.

MORE: West Nile Virus Returns To Suffolk County

Dr. Scott Campbell and his team at the Suffolk County Health Department sort and identify mosquitoes at their lab here after trapping thousands at some 50 sites. The samples have been sent for testing in Albany and results from the second week of August showed a scary spike — 29 mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus. All were females with a white marking.

“They are temperature dependent, so the hotter the environment, the faster the mosquitoes develop,” Dr. Campbell said.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/08/21/west-nile-virus-warning-suffolk-county-long-island-mosquitoes/amp/?

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and they went to Jr. Hi to get them

California woman indicted in $750,000 wire fraud

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A California woman has been indicted on charges of defrauding an Avalon title company of more than $750,000, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced Tuesday.

Ling Zhou, 52, of Cupertino, California, has been indicted on charges of money laundering, theft and impersonation. An investigation by the Prosecutor's Office and Avalon police found Zhou was involved in defrauding the Seaboard Title Company using an electronic money transfer during the closing on a property sale. Zhou was initially charged Feb. 23.

If she is found guilty of all counts, Zhou could face as many as 40 years in state prison The money-laundering charges carry a 10- to 20-year sentence, while the theft and impersonation charges each carry a five- to 10-year sentence.

https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/california-woman-indicted-in-wire-fraud/article_a63f0646-500e-51eb-ad2a-7d1fe983e852.amp.html?

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boiling frogs, shill. Drip, drip….Chinese water torture.

Microsoft adds campaign-security tools as Big Tech battles Russian cyberattacks

The new measures from the Redmond, Wash.-based company include notification of attacks across organizational and personal e-mail systems, security training and previews of the latest protective measures through its AccountGuard initiative, available at no extra cost to political organizations using its subscription-based Office 365.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/microsoft-adds-campaign-security-tools-as-big-tech-battles-russian-cyberattacks?