https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stepien
Bill Stepien (born 1978) is a Republican political operative and former White House political director in the Trump administration. Stepien managed both of Chris Christie's gubernatorial campaigns and served as his Deputy Chief of Staff before being fired in 2014 after Christie said he "lost confidence" in Stepien's judgment.[1]
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Fort Lee lane closure scandal
Further information: Fort Lee lane closure scandal
On January 9, two days after nominating Stepien for the chairmanship of the New Jersey Republican Party, Christie announced that he had "lost my confidence in Bill's judgment," and he asked Stepien to withdraw his name from consideration.[11] The turnaround was a result of Stepien's work on Christie's re-election campaign, where he became embroiled in the criminal closure of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge.
Investigators eventually discovered that Stepien was in a romantic relationship with Bridget Kelly, his replacement as Christie's deputy chief of staff. Their relationship lasted until August 2013, as the plan to close the lanes was being implemented.[12] Though their personal relationship was over, Stepien was kept abreast of the lane closures and the intended fallout. It was the emails between Stepien and those involved in the lane closures that sealed his fate. Christie said, "I was disturbed by the tone and behavior and attitude of callous indifference that was displayed in the emails by my former campaign manager, Bill Stepien."[13]
Two months after losing Christie's confidence, Stepien made a "soft landing" at the data and phone bank giant FLS Connect, which hired him to work on sales and strategy.[14][15] Stepien then received a subpoena to submit documents to the New Jersey Legislature panel investigating in the lane closures. In a 19-page letter sent to Reid Schar, special counsel to the joint Senate and Assembly committee, Stepien's lawyer cited Stepien’s Fifth Amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination, noting that in addition to the legislative probe, a federal criminal inquiry into the lane closures was also underway.[16][17]
Judge Jacobson of the New Jersey Superior Court ruled that Stepien was not required to comply with the legislative subpoenas to produce documents since they were written too broadly, and he was also protected under the Fifth Amendment.[18] In May his lawyer also contended that a report produced on behalf of the Governor's Office misrepresented his client.[19][20]
In the trial in September 2016 about the lanes closures, federal prosecution witness David Wildstein said that Stepien was aware of the lane closures as they were happening.[21][22]
Motherboard reporting that an internal Twitter administration tool that allows employees to take over user accounts facilitated today's massive cyberattack.
If true, that means Twitter employees have the ability to go into YOUR account and post tweets using YOUR voice.
https://twitter.com/AndrewKerrNC/status/1283567974813769728
'Hallyu' tourists spent US$1,007 on average in 2019, BTS most favored: report
https://twitter.com/YonhapNews/status/1283571202619879424
JACKS RESPONSE
Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened.
We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.
Blue heart
to our teammates working hard to make this right.
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1283571658339397632
This is kind of a big deal
In response to Beijing’s broken promises, President @realDonaldTrump
has taken steps to end Hong Kong’s preferential treatment and announced the United States will place a special focus on the admission of Hong Kong residents as refugees. We stand with the Hong Kong people.
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1283575220352233473
Injured bald eagle nicknamed 'Tracks' making progress at Oregon wildlife center
https://twitter.com/ABC7News/status/1283584826336055301
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