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Former UAW President Charged With Conspiring to Embezzle Union Funds
Federal prosecutors have charged former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones with conspiracy to embezzle union funds, making him the highest-ranking ex-union official to be ensnared in the Justice Department’s years long corruption probe.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-uaw-president-charged-with-conspiring-to-embezzle-union-funds-11583418880?mod=e2twp
Self-described ‘butt lover’ dismissed as juror on trial of CIA leaker Josh Schulte
One of accused CIA leaker Josh Schulte’s jurors was dismissed Thursday — a self-described “butt lover” who makes fashion accessories for derrières and was canned for admitting she looked at a press report about the federal case last week.
Sylwia Wiesenberg, a Manhattan resident who designs beauty masks for people’s rear ends, said she was disappointed by her dismissal — but pleased she wouldn’t have to continue sitting on a chair in the jury room and in open in court.
“Sitting in that chair for five weeks was like punishment for my a–,” Wisenberg said before leaving Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
The West Village resident said she’s the founder of Bawdy Beauty, a brand that offers masks, “butt facials” and exfoliation for kiesters.
“It’s like a face mask, but for your butt,” Wiesenberg said. Wiesenberg said the Schutle jury is divided, with people like her who believe the former CIA programmer to be not guilty of the worst leak in the spy agency’s history. She admitted Schulte was a “naughty boy” for allegedly using tools to give himself access to a restricted CIA network. But she did not believe there’s proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Schulte then stole the agency’s spying tools and leaked them to Wikileaks. see also Accused CIA leaker is guilty of being a 'pain in the ass' — but not treason, lawyer says “Right now, if I had a gun at my head, I’d say no,” she said of Schulte. Federal prosecutors have portrayed Schulte as a vindictive and disgruntled employee who put US security at risk by leaking classified information the CIA used for spying on foreign adversaries. “These leaks were devastating to national security. The CIA’s cyber tools were gone in an instant. Intelligence gathering operations around the world stopped immediately,” US Attorney Matthew Laroche said in his closing arguments on Monday. “Josh Schulte is no patriot. Far from it. He’s vengeful and he’s full of rage,” he added. Schulte’s defense attorney argued prosecutors were on a “mission” to secure a conviction against Schulte and scapegoated him in an effort to get to the bottom of an embarrassing leak. Deliberations will continue with 11 jurors, because alternates were not in court Thursday and the judge did not want to cause further delay by summoning them.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/05/self-described-butt-lover-dismissed-as-juror-on-trial-of-cia-leaker-josh-schulte/