Trump busts up White House infrastructure meeting with Democrats, angered by probes

President Trump canceled a scheduled meeting on infrastructure with Democrats on Wednesday, saying he was upset about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggesting he was engaged in a cover-up during special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. "Instead of walking in happily into a meeting, I walk in to look at people that have just said that I was doing a cover-up. I don't do cover-ups," Trump said, speaking in the Rose Garden about 25 minutes after the scheduled start of the meeting with Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

On April 30, the three leaders agreed to jointly push for a $2 trillion infrastructure package, with the details to be determined later.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-busts-up-white-house-infrastructure-talks-with-democrats-angered-by-russia-probe-attacks

Video of Pelosi accusing POTUS is also on this website.

Michael Cohen exchanged 1,000 texts and calls with Russia-linked firm starting on 2016 Election Day (Note: C before D)

Michael Cohen sent or received 1,000 phone calls and text messages with a New York investment firm with ties to a Russia billionaire over a one-year period starting about the day of the 2016 election. Telephone records show Cohen exchanged 1,000 contacts with the CEO of Columbus Nova between approximately Nov. 8, 2016, and Nov. 6, 2017, but not before, according to search warrants obtained by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Andrew Intrater is the CEO of Columbus Nova, which had a major client in Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who attended President Trump's inauguration as a guest of Intrater. The investment firm paid Cohen hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees but claimed it had nothing to do with the Russian oligarch. According to a transcript released by the House Intelligence Committee this week, Cohen described his relationship with Intrater as "friendly" but said he was unaware of any effort by Intrater or Vekselberg to get any access to the president or administration officials. Vekselberg was questioned by Mueller's team but never accused of wrongdoing.

The 2017 warrants, which sought information associated with a Gmail account, were released with redactions Wednesday by a federal judge in a lawsuit brought on by a media organization seeking court documents. They show Mueller telling a judge that there was probable cause that Cohen, a former personal lawyer to Trump, was committing financial crimes and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Russia.

In March, U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley III ordered the release of search warrant materials from the FBI's raid of Cohen's New York City home, office, and safety deposit box. These documents showed Mueller was seeking search warrants against Cohen for nearly a year before the former Trump lawyer's office was raided by the FBI, and that Mueller could have emails from Cohen dating back to when Cohen first joined Trump's presidential campaign.

Cohen pleaded guilty in November to “knowingly and willfully" making "a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and representation” to the House and Senate Intelligence panels about a Trump Tower meeting in Moscow. He is serving three years in prison for lying to Congress, campaign finance violations, and tax and bank fraud.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-cohen-exchanged-1-000-texts-and-calls-with-russia-linked-firm-starting-on-2016-election-day

Warrant #1

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6022465/7-18-17-Cohen-Search-Warrant.pdf

Warrant #2

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6022466/8-1-17-Cohen-Search-Warrant.pdf

Warrant #3

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6022467/8-7-17-Cohen-Search-Warrant.pdf

Warrant #4

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6022468/11-14-17-Cohen-Search-Warrant-II.pdf

Warrant #5

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6022469/11-14-17-Cohen-Search-Warrant.pdf

All of these are complete with evidence

‘I’m not Islamophobic, I’m Ilhan-phobic!’: Protest against Ilhan Omar draws hundreds in Times Square

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Times Square to demand Rep. Ilhan Omar be removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“I’m not Islamophobic, I’m Ilhan-phobic!” organizer Joe Diamond told the crowd at the Monday rally. The event, put on by a group of Jewish Americans called “Ilhan Must Go,” seeks to get the freshman Minnesota congresswoman removed from her post of the Foreign Affairs for comments they say are anti-Semitic and anti-American. “In her brief political career, Omar has made one vile statement after another attacking American Jews, America’s allies, and America’s troops fighting overseas. She’s trivialized the worst act of terror ever perpetrated on American soil, and has blamed the United States for Venezuela’s criminal collapse,” the group said in a statement before the rally. “Ilhan and her clique are well aware of what we are doing,” Diamond said. “And we’re not done. Everyone left really energized — ready to do whatever must be done next.”

The group originally planned to reveal a Times Square billboard opposing Omar; but lacking funding, they opted for a smaller LED screen on the side of a truck. A counterprotest in support of Omar was held across the street from the main event by the progressive Jewish organization “IfNotNow.”

Omar has a long history of controversial comments on Israel, Jews, and U.S. foreign policy. In 2012, Omar tweeted that “Israel has hypnotized the world.” “May Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,” she said.

After her election in 2018, Omar claimed that the American-Israel Political Action Committee was buying support for Israel from U.S. politicians. After criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, Omar backtracked and said the comments were anti-Semitic. In February, Omar was criticized for playing on the anti-Semitic dual-loyalty trope, saying certain people were pushing for “allegiance” to Israel. She refused to apologize and doubled and said she “should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee.” In March, Omar headlined a fundraising banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations where she referred to 9/11 as “some people did something.” Her comments were slammed by President Trump and other Republicans who said she was downplaying the tragedy of the terrorist attack. In May, Omar conducted an interview where she blamed the U.S. for the situation in Venezuela. “You know, I mean, a lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela. And we’ve sort of set the stage for where we’re arriving today,” she said. Later in the month, Omar defended Palestinians after Hamas terrorists fired rockets on Israel.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/im-not-islamophobic-im-ilhan-phobic-protest-against-ilhan-omar-draws-hundreds-in-times-square