Anonymous ID: 912a29 May 6, 2020, 4:46 a.m. No.9049095   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9126

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection, court announces

 

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized with an infection caused by a gallstone, the court announced Tuesday, adding that she's expected to remain in the hospital for a "day or two."

 

Ginsburg, 87, underwent non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday.

 

The justice had undergone outpatient tests at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., Monday following oral arguments with the court, which confirmed that she had a gallstone blocking her cystic duct, resulting in an infection.

 

"The justice is resting comfortably and plans to participate in the oral argument teleconference tomorrow morning remotely from the hospital," the Supreme Court said in a statement.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-hospitalized-with-infection-court-announces

Anonymous ID: 912a29 May 6, 2020, 5:30 a.m. No.9049253   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9273 >>9277 >>9527 >>9558 >>9619

Obama lashes out at the Biden investigation

 

Obama's office bashed Senate Biden-Ukraine probe, linked it to 'Russian disinformation campaign,' letter shows

 

The office of former President Barack Obama in March privately bashed Senate Republicans’ investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine, a probe it deemed as lending credence to a “Russian disinformation campaign,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News.

 

The letter, addressed to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which manages presidential records, was written in response to a request on Nov. 21, 2019, by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson for Obama administration records on Ukraine-related meetings.

 

The letter referred to their request as improper use of the NARA’s release terms and a supposed effort “to shift the blame for Russian interference in the 2016 election to Ukraine.”

 

It goes on to cite testimony from former National Security aide Fiona Hill who derided the idea of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election as a “fictional narrative that is being perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services.”

 

Under the Presidential Records Act, incumbent and former presidents may claim executive privilege over record requests. However, the NARA is permitted to provide special access to both Houses of Congress ahead of the documents’ scheduled release date.

 

The letter states that the office of former President Obama has “produced 12,880 pages of presidential records in response to special access requests from the White House and Congress.”

 

“This use of the special access process serves no legitimate purpose, and does not outweigh or justify infringing confidentiality interests that all presidents have sought to protect,” the letter says.

 

The office says it permitted Grassley and Johnson’s request “in the interest of countering the misinformation campaign underlying this request.”

 

The letter's release comes after Grassley and Johnson, who chair the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, respectively, sent a letter to the secretary of state last month demanding more information on the Obama administration’s dealings in Ukraine.

 

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-biden-ukraine-probe-russian-disinformation-campaign