Pompeo traveling to Israel

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling to Israel to discuss Iran and China. Pompeo, who departed for the Middle Eastern country on Tuesday, told Israel Hayom he plans to meet with top officials before Israel’s new government is sworn in. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud will remain in his role as part of a deal with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. Pompeo said he will be discussing a wide range of issues while in Israel, including “the continued threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and how we will work together to deter them and to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon.” He also said he would discuss President Trump’s “Vision for Peace,” a plan proposed by the administration earlier this year that was rejected by Palestinians. “It is a pretty detailed and realistic and implementable concept, and I wanted to share with them some of the work that we are continuing to do on that,” the secretary said.

Pompeo's arrival comes as Netanyahu and Gantz eye annexing parts of the West Bank identified as areas belonging to Israel in Trump's peace deal. A vote on the matter is expected after the new government is sworn in. Pompeo pushed back on reports that he will attempt to sway officials to delay the move and said it will be "a decision that the Israelis will make." "We will certainly have conversations with them on their plans, how they are thinking about that … This is one of the topics we will certainly discuss," the secretary said. "This is, in the end, an Israeli decision. We will certainly share our judgments as to how we can best execute the Vision for Peace that the prime minister agreed with, and we will have a good detailed conversation about that." He is also expected to discuss Israel’s relationship with China, which as been the subject of criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and treatment of U.S. journalists working there. “We recognize the deepening economic relationship with China, and that presents opportunities. We want to share with them our views on the risks that come alongside that as well,” Pompeo said. Pompeo said precautions will be taken during the trip in light of the health crisis to “reduce the risks as much as possible.”

“I think we can do this. Our medical teams have been in close contact. We are going to comply with all of our CDC guidelines and all of the requirements inside Israel as well,” Pompeo said. “I am confident that we can have this meeting, it's important for a number of reasons that we do this face to face.”

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'Thank you!': Musk responds after Trump supports decision to defy stay-at-home order

Tesla CEO Elon Musk thanked President Trump on Twitter after Trump sided with him on his decision to reopen his California manufacturing plant in defiance of the state’s mandatory coronavirus shutdown order. “California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW,” the president tweeted Tuesday. “It can be done Fast & Safely!”

Musk announced Monday that his plant would be reopening in Alameda County, California, and let officials know where to find him if they decide to arrest him. “Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules,” Musk tweeted. “I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.” Musk has joined with people across the country who have grown frustrated with strict lockdown measures imposed by states such as California that remain in effect.

Over the weekend, Musk said he plans to sue Alameda County and move his company out of California and relocate to Nevada or Texas. “Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant ‘Interim Health Officer’ of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!” Musk said. “Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the future. Tesla is the last carmaker left in CA,” he added. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that he has great reverence for Musk and believes an agreement can be made to keep the company from leaving. "I have great expectations that we can work through the county issue, this particular county," Newsom said. "We're working on these issues in real time.”

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‘Full throttle’: John Durham’s Russia team is stacked with veteran investigators

U.S. Attorney John Durham’s team of investigators is stacked with veteran prosecutors and former FBI agents carrying out their mission “full throttle” as anticipation builds following recent revelations about Crossfire Hurricane. Durham, selected by Attorney General William Barr last year to carry out an inquiry into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and conduct of U.S. law enforcement and spy agencies, has added additional members to his team, which is “going full throttle” and “looking at everything,” according to sources cited by Fox News. One of the sources said the Justice Department added investigators and “farmed out” part of the investigation “because it is too much for Durham, and he didn’t want to be distracted.” Jeffrey Jensen, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Missouri selected by Barr in February to review the case against retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and whose efforts unearthed a trove of concealed documents, has reportedly been asked to continue helping with Durham’s inquiry following the Justice Department’s move last week to drop the criminal charges against the former Trump national security adviser. Jensen was an FBI special agent from 1989 to 1999 and, after that, became an assistant U.S. attorney for 10 years.

The federal prosecutor who filed the motion to drop the false statement charges against Flynn last week was Timothy Shea, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Shea was tapped for the key prosecutorial role in the nation’s capital earlier this year and is reportedly aiding Durham with elements of the so-called "investigation of the investigators." Shea took over as D.C.’s top prosecutor after serving as counsel to Barr. He also spent years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C. Barr was asked about the Durham inquiry by CBS News's Catherine Herridge last Thursday. “Well, as you know, I'm not gonna predict the outcome,” Barr said. “But I said that we're certainly — there probably will be a report as a byproduct of his work. But we also are seeing if there are people who violated the law and should be brought to justice. And that's what we have our eye on.”

Durham’s team recently added the chief of the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section for the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, according to sources cited by CNN in late April. Scarpelli has spent the last two years leading the office in charge of the fight against murder and the drug trade. Before that, he was the deputy chief of that office, according to his LinkedIn profile. Scarpelli also spent a year as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C., and eight years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County in New Jersey. The New York Times revealed more of Durham’s deep roster in a report late last month. Nora Dannehy, a veteran prosecutor, was brought back to Durham’s Connecticut office in March 2019 and has been helping with the Russia origins investigation. She has the distinction of being the first female U.S. attorney for Connecticut, holding the top spot from 2008 to 2010. During her time as a prosecutor in Connecticut, she helped send a state treasurer and a governor to prison for political corruption. And she has worked on sensitive investigations before, being tapped by then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey in 2006 to investigate whether there was improper political motivation behind the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.

Another longtime assistant U.S. attorney in Connecticut, Neeraj Patel, has also been tapped to assist Durham. Over the course of a decade in that role, Patel has helped put child pornographers, sexual predators, men who made bomb threats, and other violent criminals behind bars. Andrew DeFilippis, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan, is another official roped into Durham’s effort. The longtime prosecutor is known for his high-profile terrorism prosecutions, including securing the conviction of Ahmad Khan Rahimi, whose 2016 Chelsea neighborhood bombing injured 30 people, and going after Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal for recruiting a New York college student to travel to eventually die in Syria fighting for the Islamic State. Durham’s investigative team also includes at least two FBI veterans.

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If this helps, I believe it was during a Q&A Q left us a clue, which was something to the effect of .."look for the hairless face in his administration".