Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Mariachi Band Serenades Aaron Schlossberg With ‘La Cucaracha’ Outside Home
They came. They strummed. They taught Aaron Schlossberg a lesson. A mariachi band led scores of protesters in a chorus of ‘La Cucaracha (The Cockroach) Friday evening outside the Manhattan home of the lawyer who disgraced himself by ranting at Spanish-speaking people in a deli two days earlier. Mariachi band continues #AaronSchlossberg #hablamosespanol @NYDailyNews pic.twitter.com/Rze7V9Fjhm…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Sat In Putin’s Chair. Here Are 4 Other Places She Shouldn’t Have Put Her Tuchus.
During a 2006 visit to Russia, Ivanka Trump sat at Vladimir Putin’s desk and spun in his chair. Felix Sater, a real estate developer, recalls in Buzzfeed the time when President Trump “asked him to chaperone” Donald Jr. and Ivanka in Russia. At the time, Sater was with a development company called Bayrock Group, which…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Weighs In On Great #Laurel vs. #Yanny Debate
The White House staff joined in on the debate over the Laurel or Yanny video that swept the internet this week. Ivanka Trump kicked off the clip, which was posted by the White House’s official Twitter account Wednesday. Looking both amused and slightly confused as she listened to the video on a smartphone, she declared…
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Fast Forward Aaron Schlossberg Condemned By Fellow Lawyers — Slammed By 25,000 On Petition
Although he is now been booted out of his office space, Aaron Schlossberg made it to court — to the condemnation of colleagues. There is also a petition calling for his disbarment circulating. The Manhattan lawyer caught yelling racist comments at Spanish-speaking restaurant workers in a viral video was treated harshly by fellow attorneys at…
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Fast Forward Aaron Schlossberg Gets Boot From Office
Racist lawyer Aaron Schlossberg was kicked out of his Madison Avenue work space, the New York Post reported. Schlossberg had been using a business center in 275 Madison Ave. as an office address for his private law firm, but he was removed following the video that went viral Wednesday, in which he as captured berating…
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Fast Forward Aaron Schlossberg Calls Stranger An ‘Ugly F—king Foreigner’ In New Video
Aaron Schlossberg’s racist outburst against Spanish-speaking people in a deli wasn’t his first ugly moment caught on video. In a video from 2016, he was captured calling a man on the street “an ugly f—king foreigner” after barging into him. You have to see this. My friend @MoreWillie was randomly assaulted on a New York…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Offered Qatar Investments Access To Trump. The Offer Was Declined.
Correction, May 17, 2:20 p.m.: The story was edited to reflect that Cohen solicited Qatar Investments, a division of Qatar Investment Authority, and not the government itself. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, solicited a payment of at least $1 million from Qatar Investment Authority in late 2016, in exchange for access to and advice…
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Fast Forward No, Aaron Schlossberg Will Probably Not Be Disbarred For Rant
Despite a massive backlash from his viral racist rant, Aaron Schlossberg likely won’t be disbarred for the outburst. Lawyers facing complaints for incidents like the one involving Schlossberg, who went off on people speaking Spanish in a deli, generally result in reprimands, experts said. “Mr. Schlossberg could be disciplined for this conduct but it will…
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