Trump shares post saying John Durham indictments could come 'this week'

President Trump shared a report that said indictments could be coming this week in U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation. Part of a flurry of retweets late Monday evening, Trump's verified Twitter account, which has 77.8 million followers, shared a post from Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett's personal website with the headline: "More Russia Spygate Indictments Coming ‘This Week.’"

A post, authored by "staff" and shared by Jarrett's verified Twitter account, focused on a recent interview conducted by Fox Business host Lou Dobbs in which investigative reporter John Solomon said "some criminal investigative activity" indicated there "could be a handful of indictments and much more information" this week. Solomon, who recently founded a new outlet, JustTheNews.com, became mired in controversy last year when his reporting on Ukraine for the Hill got swept up into the impeachment investigation and became subject to a review that found he "failed" to identify "important details about key Ukrainian sources."

Attorney General William Barr picked Durham, the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to conduct a review of possible misconduct by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials during the Russia investigation and is said to be increasingly focused on former CIA Director John Brennan. Democrats have criticized Durham's review, which reportedly was upgraded into a criminal investigation last year, as a politically motivated scheme to undermine the work of special counsel Robert Mueller and attack Trump's perceived enemies. Republican allies of the president have championed Durham's investigation and called for top officials, including former FBI Director James Comey, to face accountability for an alleged effort to undermine the president. There have not yet been any confirmed reports or official statements about indictments in the investigation.

Trump retweeted other posts shared by Jarrett, who recently said Barr "tipped his hand" about potential indictments in Durham's inquiry during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, including one that said new evidence shows the Russia investigation was a "witch hunt." During the interview with Ingraham earlier this month, Barr argued Trump had "every right" to be upset with the Russia inquiry and talked about "a whole pattern of events while he was president to sabotage the presidency … or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency.” “My own view is that the evidence shows that we’re not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness," the attorney general said. "There is something far more troubling here, and we’re going to get to the bottom of it. And if people broke the law, and we can establish that with the evidence, they will be prosecuted." Trump called FBI leadership involved in the Russia investigation "human scum" during a coronavirus task force briefing over the weekend.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-shares-post-saying-john-durham-indictments-could-come-this-week

https://twitter.com/GreggJarrett/status/1252332148578816000

https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1251279983605092352

Carl Bernstein: Jared Kushner convinced Trump 'to stop being delusional' about coronavirus

Veteran investigative journalist Carl Bernstein said President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, played a key role in convincing the commander in chief to take more serious steps in combating the coronavirus. The Watergate sleuth told CNN colleague Chris Cuomo on Friday that Kushner, who is leading a coronavirus task force, helped sway the president in March to get serious about the pandemic, along with Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, as the number of cases and deaths shot up. Citing people in the White House, Bernstein said he was told Kushner "had to convince" Trump "to stop being delusional and in denial." Bernstein also said Kushner stressed to Trump the importance of ramping up testing before encouraging the reopening of the country, advice that the president apparently failed to heed.

Last week, Trump told states led by Democratic governors to "liberate" themselves from strict social distancing measures and reopen their economies. This happened as he unveiled a plan to encourage governors in states that have not been hit very hard by the coronavirus to start reopening by May 1. Bernstein said Trump's tweets encouraging states to ''"liberate" themselves amounted to "insurrection" and served as a play '''"to his base, as well as to cover up his own malfeasance and misfeasance throughout this terrible episode in our history."'

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernstein-sources-say-kushner-convinced-trump-to-stop-being-delusional-about-coronavirus

https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime/status/1251335467452239877

>>8870829

Coronavirus-spreader Chris Cuomo got a lecture for breaking quarantine, and he's upset about it

“Rules for thee, but not for me” may as well be the Cuomo family motto. CNN’s Chris Cuomo, who announced on March 31 that he has the coronavirus, broke quarantine on Easter Sunday to visit an undeveloped property in East Hampton, New York, a full 30-minute drive from his home in Southampton, New York. Note that his case of the disease was fully confirmed at that point. He was not just taking a risk in the event that he might catch or spread the coronavirus. He knowingly carried the virus to another town — an act that is not just selfish but also hypocritical, considering Cuomo is the guy who spends his evenings on CNN complaining that the White House’s pandemic response efforts are insufficient.

Maureen Callahan writes in the New York Post: "As lowly New Yorkers continue to heed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s orders to stay indoors, at great personal and economic cost, his sick brother decided there was no better time than Easter Sunday to check out undeveloped property he bought in East Hampton. "Again: undeveloped property. All unnecessary construction is halted. There was literally no reason for Chris Cuomo to be there."

Cuomo himself admits to breaking quarantine. He claims he was accosted on April 12 by a bicyclist who demanded to know why the CNN anchor was out and about even though he knew he has the coronavirus. The way Cuomo tells the tale, it sounds as if he somehow had a leg to stand on and it was this nosy bicyclist who was in the wrong. “I don’t want some jackass, loser, fat-tire biker being able to pull over and get in my space and talk bullshit to me,” Cuomo said in a SiriusXM interview. “I don’t want to hear it.” The anchor continued, complaining that the confrontation reminded him that being famous means he does not have the freedom to tell people like that bicyclist to “go to hell.” (Historically speaking, however, telling strangers to “go to hell” has not been a problem for Cuomo.) “That matters to me more than making millions of dollars a year,” he said, “I want to be able to tell you to go to hell, to shut your mouth. … I don’t get that doing what I do for a living. Me being able to tell you to 'shut your mouth, or I will' — do you the way you guys do each other.”

Remember: Cuomo's SiriusXM tirade came after a cyclist rightly demanded to know why a celebrity virus-carrier was not sheltering in place. Talk about temper tantrums! The cyclist, for his part, tells a different version of events, one where Cuomo was not so restrained and meek as he claims to have been. “I said to him,” the cyclist recounted for the New York Post, “‘Your brother is the coronavirus czar, and you’re not even following his rules — unnecessary travel.” The man said that Cuomo responded by saying, “Who the hell are you? I can do what I want!”

Given the CNN anchor’s remarks following the confrontation (“jackass,” “loser,” “fat-tire biker,” etc.), I am inclined to believe the cyclist's version of the story. Then again, given Cuomo's integrity and fact-based journalistic style — I am definitely inclined to believe the cyclist. So yes, the CNN anchor believes he is above the rules that his own brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is demanding that everyone else follow. Cuomo the Lesser’s behavior is extra galling considering that he uses his nightly CNN program to pretend like he is FDR doing a fireside chat while also railing against the White House’s coronavirus relief efforts. “On Easter Sunday, you know what?” Cuomo asked on April 8 while yelling at a selectively edited video of President Trump. “I will be sick, and I will be sick for some time to come. … I demand the truth for my situation. I demand the truth for you, as well. Again, too many of us have parents, loved ones, and kids in the balance.”

Four days later, Cuomo drove 30 minutes from his home to inspect an undeveloped property. Four days after that, Cuomo announced that his wife had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. It is fine if Cuomo wants to attack the White House’s pandemic response. There is plenty to criticize. But the CNN anchor should get his own house in order first.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/coronavirus-spreader-chris-cuomo-got-a-lecture-for-breaking-quarantine-and-hes-upset-about-it

>>8870962

He is a Fredo..shouldn't be long now..