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Barr: DOJ has 500 investigations into rioters and destruction of statues
Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had "scores of indictments" filed against people who committed violence during a wave of protests across the country.
During Thursday's episode of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast, Verdict, which is co-hosted by conservative commentator Michael Knowles, Barr said his agency was using 35 joint terrorist task forces across the country to investigate criminal activity, which has taken place since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man.
"When the real violence started around May 25, 26, and so forth, we started using our joint terrorist task forces around the country. And there are 35 of them around the country," Barr said.
"And now they are starting to go full bore, cranking out investigations, indictments against the people who are involved in this violence. So we've had scores of indictments already for such things as arson, destruction of federal property, things like that. And we have, right now, about 500 investigations underway," he added.
Barr told Cruz and Knowles that groups of "provocateurs and agitators" appeared to be well-coordinated and often call upon anarchist groups to carry out violent criminal activity.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-doj-has-500-investigations-into-rioters-and-destruction-of-statues
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Attorney General William Barr
In an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, Attorney General William Barr denied that the Justice Department is continually upholding the interest of the president, dismissed concerns about the firing of federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman and said he does not believe an election conducted mainly by mail can be secure.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/25/883273933/transcript-nprs-full-interview-with-attorney-general-william-barr
Kremlin Warns US Embassy In Moscow Over Breaking Russian Law By Flying LGBTQ Rainbow Flag
The Kremlin has issued a warning to the US embassy in Moscow that its flying of a ‘rainbow flag’ which promotes gay propaganda is illegal in the Russian Federation.
Violating legislation that prohibits the promotion of homosexuality among minors is unacceptable, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday commenting on the US Embassy in Moscow flying a rainbow flag, reported Russian state news agency TASS>
“We don’t see the building of the US Embassy from the Kremlin. But our Foreign Ministry definitely does,” Peskov said answering a question on whether the Kremlin had noticed the breach of Russian laws. “In any case, the propaganda of untraditional sexual minorities [among youngsters] is prohibited by law in our country,” Peskov stressed.
https://tsarizm.com/news/eastern-europe/2020/06/26/kremlin-warns-us-embassy-in-moscow-over-breaking-russian-law-by-flying-lgbtq-rainbow-flag/
US Court Sentences Russian National Burkov to 4.5 Years on Cybercrime-Related Charges
ALEXANDRIA (Sputnik) - A US court on Friday sentenced Russian national Alexei Burkov to four-and-a-half years in prison after the defendant pleaded guilty to cybercrime-related charges.
"Your total sentence is 108 months, you will be giving a credit for serving already roughly 4.5 years", Judge T. S. Ellis III said.
Burkov was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and will have to pay a restitution of $7,000. The court also required Burkov to forfeit assets amounting to over $1 million.
"I require that you be designated to serve your service in the facility close to Eastern district", Judge Ellis said. "You may have the right to appeal your sentence."
https://sputniknews.com/world/202006261079729643-us-court-sentences-russian-national-burkov-to-45-years-on-cybercrime-related-charges/
The dumbing down of America …Strikes again
Bay Area college professor used U-shaped bike lock in beating, police say
Alleged Antifa bike lock attacker Eric Clanton held in Berkeley jail
BERKELEY — A former Diablo Valley College professor was arrested Wednesday in connection with the use of a bike lock in the beating of three people during a rally for President Donald Trump last month, police said Thursday.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/24/berkeley-college-professor-arrested-as-assault-suspect/
Former bank chairman pursued to London over plundered $850m Kuwaiti state funds
Fahad Al Rajaan has been living in a luxury apartment in London after flight from Kuwait
A Kuwaiti businessman sentenced to life in prison for plundering his country’s state pension fund has been living in exile in a luxury London apartment as accountants scramble to unravel his complex finances, The National can reveal.
Fahad Al Rajaan – who headed the fund for three decades – fled to the UK after a whistle-blower triggered a continuing 12-year investigation into alleged kick-backs and money laundering on a vast scale.
The golf-loving Mr Al Rajaan, 71, based in London since 2014, is accused of stealing more than $840m in unauthorised commissions through a network of intermediaries and hiding the proceeds in offshore accounts and a global property empire, according to court papers filed in the UK.
He was arrested by police in London in 2017 at the request of Kuwait but he was released and is understood not to be facing a current threat of extradition. Mr Rajaan said he has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour in his absence.
The former bank chairman and public servant has been living an “extraordinarily lavish lifestyle” having spent at least $210 million over the last 30 years, a judge said this month.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/former-bank-chairman-pursued-to-london-over-plundered-850m-kuwaiti-state-funds-1.1039740
Libyan Army launches operation to secure strategic oil fields
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has begun the process of securing and protecting the Hilal oil region, where the military units will begin
Speaking to Sputnik Arabic, Ibrahim Al-Faidi, the official of the media office of the Libyan Oil Facilities Guard, said in a special statement that “on the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and in implementation of his orders, after an expanded meeting was held at the headquarters of the Guard of Petroleum Facilities in the city of Breqa on June 23, 2020, to discuss the plan to secure the oil fields and ports located in the Crescent Petroleum. Today, Thursday, the military units in mobile patrols from the Guard of Oil Facilities and the Special Forces moved towards the Crescent Petroleum Fields.”
According to the statement, “the ports are under the air cover of Libyan Air Force fighters.”
The media office official for the Guard of Oil Installations continued,“ Military patrols are now carrying out their mandated duties within the framework of establishing security in oil fields and installations to secure and protect them from any expected attacks by armed militias. ”
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/libyan-army-launches-operation-to-secure-strategic-oil-fields/
“We will Be Making Decisions in the Next Few Weeks about Actions on That” – Bill Barr on Antitrust Investigation of All Major Internet Platforms (VIDEO)
Attorney General Bill Barr joined Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles on The Verdict on Thursday.
During the interview Barr told the Texas Senator that the DOJ had “scores of indictments” filed against the far left criminals who committed violence during the recent far left riots across the country.
Bill Barr was also asked about the continued censorship of conservative voices online.
The Trump AG responded, “We have antitrust investigation of all the major internet platforms…I expect to be making decisions in the next few weeks about actions on that…”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/will-making-decisions-next-weeks-actions-bill-barr-antitrust-investigation-major-internet-platforms-video/
Establishing a National Bank
One of the most important of Alexander Hamilton's many contributions to the emerging American economy was his successful advocacy for the creation of a national bank. But the Bank of the United States, like many of Hamilton's other projects, would generate controversy.
Financial Footing for a New Nation
Hamilton had long believed in the need for banks to provide credit and stimulate the economy. As early as 1780, he wrote a letter describing central banks in Europe and wondered, "And why cannot we have an American bank?" Hamilton helped found the Bank of New York in 1784. Soon after he became the nation's first Treasury Secretary, he was already proposing a national equivalent. On December 15, 1790, Hamilton submitted a report to Congress making the case. He proposed a Bank of the United States with a $10 million capital (then five times more than all other American banks combined) and the ability to issue paper money. It would be based in Philadelphia and chartered for 20 years. The federal government would have a minority stake in the Bank, but its board of directors would be private individuals, thus ensuring a mix of public oversight and private enterprise.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/establishing-national-bank/