Anonymous ID: f63fd2 Feb. 22, 2020, 12:02 p.m. No.8218590   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8626

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner

 

Over the years, Wexner built a retailing and marketing conglomerate that currently includes Victoria's Secret, Pink (Victoria's Secret), Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel, The White Barn Candle Company, and La Senza. Previous brands that were spun off include: Lane Bryant, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lerner New York, The Limited Too (now Tween Brands, Inc.), Structure 9, Aura Science, The Limited (which has closed its brick-and-mortar stores while retaining its online presence), and Express (which has closed its Canadian stores and hundreds of its US-based stores).

 

Wexner had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who managed his financial assets; the two parted in 2008, when Epstein went to prison, 18 months after having been charged in Florida, in 2006, with "multiple counts of molestation and unlawful sexual activity with a minor." In August 2019, following Epstein's second incarceration, and prior to his death; Wexner addressed the Wexner Foundation by letter, delivering a detailed account of his dealings with Epstein, stating that the former financial advisor had “misappropriated vast sums of money” from Wexner and from his family. Wexner retained services of criminal defense attorney Mary Jo White of Debevoise & Plimpton.

Anonymous ID: f63fd2 Feb. 22, 2020, 12:32 p.m. No.8218809   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8818 >>8820 >>8834 >>8848 >>8859

>>8218801

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/massachusetts-democrat-who-sits-on-ethics-panel-arrested-for-corruption

 

Massachusetts Democrat who sits on ethics panel arrested for corruption

 

Longtime Massachusetts state Rep. David Nangle, who sits on both the ethics and rules committees, has been arrested for corruption.

 

The Democratic lawmaker was arrested by the FBI and IRS on Tuesday and charged with bank fraud, lying to a bank, falsifying tax returns, and wire fraud. He stands accused of using his campaign’s bank account to fund his expensive gambling habit, according to ABC News.

 

The 28-count indictment alleges Nangle “was heavily in debt, had poor credit and had regular cash flow problems as a result of extensive gambling at various casinos in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, among others — placing thousands of bets on internet gambling sites.”

 

As the debt accumulated, even as Nangle earned about $100,000 in recent years, prosecutors said he began to use campaign funds to close out his personal debt instead of for legitimate purposes and used “the Nangle Committee bank account as his own personal checking account to pay for various personal expenses and to withdraw cash.”

 

As a member of the state legislature, Nangle sits on the House Committee on Ethics, the House Committee on Rules, and the Joint Committee on Rules.

 

FBI agent Joseph Bonavolonta said Nangle, who has served as a state lawmaker since 1999, used the funds not just for gambling, but for a variety of illicit purposes.

 

“Time after time, he allegedly used campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, spending thousands of dollars on golf club fees, gas, gift cards, hotels, restaurants, flowers and rental cars for trips to casinos, some of which he had already been reimbursed for by taxpayers,” Bonavolonta said.

 

The indictment also alleges Nangle convinced a part-time state employee to help him file fraudulent taxes, and when the employee declined to submit them, Nangle pushed the send button and said he would “take the blame if anything happens.”

 

Andrew Lelling, U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said the reason Nangle was charged in federal rather than state court was because it is more of a deterrent for others.

 

“I think there’s a real deterrent value in us being active in this area, and we will continue to do that,” Lelling said.

Anonymous ID: f63fd2 Feb. 22, 2020, 12:58 p.m. No.8219045   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grooming-gang-rotherham-review-home-office-findings-a9344896.html

Anonymous ID: f63fd2 Feb. 22, 2020, 1 p.m. No.8219064   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-contest-socialist-tradition-a9352271.html

 

Keir Starmer says ‘radical socialist tradition’ must remain at heart of Labour in pitch to party’s left

 

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to keep the “radical socialist tradition” at heart of Labour in a pitch to the party’s left wing as members prepare to vote for the next leader.

 

The race frontrunner sought to showcase his left-wing credentials in a challenge to his rival Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, who is regarded as Jeremy Corbyn’s heir apparent.

 

In an exclusive article for The Independent, Sir Keir vowed to keep the “energy and the passion” built by Mr Corbyn but to create a more inclusive culture based on “dignity and respect”.

 

Describing the election result as “devastating”, the Holborn and St Pancras MP said Labour could only win again if it was “united”.

 

The three candidates are setting out their stalls in this newspaper before Labour members and supporters begin voting to elect a new leader on Monday.

Anonymous ID: f63fd2 Feb. 22, 2020, 1:22 p.m. No.8219261   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.theepochtimes.com/minors-may-get-sex-changes-without-parental-consent-if-californias-teachers-union-has-its-way_3243361.html