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Fast Forward Trump Inner Circle Would Really Like To Stop Talking About Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is becoming an outcast within the Trump administration. The Daily Beast reported on Monday that several Trump administration figures have taken pains to avoid talking to and about Cohen since his controversy over a six-figure payment to silence President Trump’s alleged mistress during the 2016 campaign grew into a larger scandal surrounding his…
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Fast Forward Could Eric Greitens’ Growing Scandals Help Democrats Win Senate?
The Missouri Republican Party is in turmoil, again, after Gov. Eric Greitens was slapped with a second felony charge — opening the door for Democrats to hold a key Senate seat. Greitens was charged with illegally obtaining a fundraising list from a veterans charity he founded. He was indicted in February for allegedly taking a…
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Fast Forward Bibi Releases His Inner Trump, Ripping Into Media ‘Witch Hunt’
As a financial scandal threatens the continued reign of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister, is he going full Trump? As the premier attacks the media and rallies his base, some say the answer is yes. Bibi released his inner Trump at a rally last night to shore up his support as possible indictments await…
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Israel News Denying Chauffeur Privileges Abuse, Netanyahu Reveals His Son Keeps Shabbat
(JTA) — A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports that his children get chauffeured on weekends to social events, revealing that his youngest son observes the Shabbat. The denial came following a report earlier this week by the news site The Marker on the publication of a personnel ad by the Prime…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offered To Act Against Paper’s Competition in Exchange for Good Press
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police investigation for suspected corruption, was caught on tape negotiating mutual benefits with an arch-foe, the owner of one of Israel’s largest- selling newspapers, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The report, which Israeli media outlets described as “an earthquake” that could have implications for Netanyahu’s political future, drew no immediate…
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News Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Illegal Cigar Charges
As Israeli police grill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over gifts of cigars and champagne from billionaire friend Arnon Milchan, Netanyahu’s lawyer Yehuda Weinroth blew off the charges. “Any reasonable person knows that there is nothing remotely criminal involved when a close friend gives his friend a gift of cigars,” the attorney told the Times of…
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News Meet Arnon Milchan, the Hollywood Magnate Who Plied Bibi With Cigars and Booze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seen the pressure on him mount, as the police announced questioning him a second time as a suspect for possible graft charges. And as the details spill out, it appears that at the center of the scandal is Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood producer who plied the premier with high-end…
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