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Fast Forward Donna Brazile Says Seth Rich Murder Made Her ‘Fear For Her Life’
Donna Brazile, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, writes that she “feared for her life” after the killing of Seth Rich, the murdered DNC staffer, in June 2016. According to excerpts published by the Washington Post, Brazile began shutting the blinds of her office to thwart snipers and installed a security system in…
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Fast Forward Is Jared Kushner In Trouble Over Paradise Papers Scoop On Russia Scandal?
A new investigative scoop says Kremlim-controlled entities sank billions into financial projects set up by Yuri Milner, who also partnered with presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on his family’s real estate ventures. Milner, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is known for picking out money-spinning projects in social media and the future of space travel. But the…
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Fast Forward Bad Jared! Trump Now Blames Kushner For Russia Probe
President Trump is blaming Jared Kushner’s bad advice for leading to the investigations that now threaten his presidency, Vanity Fair reported Wednesday. Trump reportedly complained in a phone call to Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who now runs the pro-Trump Breitbart news website, that Kushner encouraged him to fire National Security Adviser…
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Fast Forward Gary Cohn Keeps Leaving The Room Whenever Anyone Mentions ‘Russia’
National Economic Council director Gary Cohn is so concerned about getting himself tied up in the probe of Russian involvement in the presidential election that he leaves the room whenever the subject of Russia comes up, Vanity Fair reported Wednesday. After an indictment against former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was revealed, “advisers in the West…
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Fast Forward George Papadopoulos Was Ally Of Israeli Settlers Long Before He Became Russia Probe Target
With the Russian investigation proceeding at a rapid pace, George Papadopoulos, an otherwise marginal campaign adviser to Trump, is now the man in the middle of the explosive probe. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about meetings he held with Russian officials to discuss potentially damning information about Hillary Clinton during the campaign….
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Opinion Russia’s election meddling is not even its most dangerous recent achievement
Russia. When Americans hear the word these days, we’re usually thinking about the stealth computer attack on our election system. But as Russian attacks on America go, undermining our democracy and helping install a circus clown as our commander in chief is further down the list than you might think. Of greater immediate consequence is…
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Fast Forward Russian-Jewish Businessmen Sue After Being Named In Spy’s ‘Trump Dossier’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy’s dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Trump’s campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. A report compiled by former MI6 officer…
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News Chabad Feuds With Jewish Leaders Over Cozy Ties To Eastern European Autocrats
In the former Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, established mainstream Jewish groups are increasingly worried that Chabad, the international Hasidic movement, is allying itself with authoritarian governments. In countries from Hungary to Russia, they say, Chabad is at times playing down anti-Semitism in a bid to compete with local Jewish groups and win…
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