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Trump Overheard Saying 'Get Me
The House Intelligence Committee Will
Out Of Here' As He Suddenly
Investigate Trump’s Company’s Plan
Walks Off Stage At G20 Summit
To Give Putin A $50 Million Penthouse
Donald Trump was recorded off camera saying "get me out of here" to an aide at the end of the G20 summit in Argentina, as he walked off stage even as other world leaders gathered for a photo. The U. S. president was also scheduled to pose for the final photos, as the meeting in Buenos Aires came to an end after a whirlwind two days.
But footage shows Presi- dent Trump shaking hands with Mauricio Macri, the Argentinean president, be- fore rapidly walking off stage.
Mr. Macri, who stretched out a hand after him, appeared confused by the U. S. leader's behaviour and was left alone in front of the photographers.
An aide then rushed across the stage after President
A plan by Pres. Donald Trump’s company to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 mil- lion penthouse will be in the crosshairs of the House Intel- ligence Committee when De- mocrats take control of it in the new year, several mem- bers said. The plan, hatched during the 2016 election and involving the proposed but never realized Trump Tower Moscow, was reported Thursday by BuzzFeed News.
“If true, this story further underscores the need to fin- ish the Committee’s counter- intelligence investigation to determine what, if any, finan- cial leverage the Russians may hold over President Trump and the Trump Or- ganization, and what Trump may have hoped to gain by any financial offer to Putin,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement to Buzz- Feed News Thursday evening.
The committee, which spent more than a year on an investigation into Russian
Rep. Adam Schiff (center) speaks to reporters alongside other Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.
election interference, already questioned Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, about the real estate development proj- ect. On Thursday Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the project in order to protect Trump and his campaign.
“The Committee looks for- ward to inviting Mr. Cohen back to help answer these and many other outstanding questions,” Schiff said.
The details of the Trump Tower Moscow deal were first revealed by BuzzFeed News in May.
The committee has also questioned Felix Sater, a business associate of Cohen’s and Trump’s, who told BuzzFeed News that it was his idea to give Putin the penthouse.
It is not clear whether Trump knew of the plan, but Cohen said in court docu- ments that he regularly briefed Trump on the ulti- mately unsuccessful attempt to build the tower. The Trump Organization did not comment on the report about the penthouse, nor did Michael Cohen or a repre- sentative of the Kremlin.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
Trump who, off camera, can be heard saying "Get me out of here."
Despite the president's wishes he did eventually re- turn to the stage, to pose for group photos with the other world leaders.
Former President George H. W. Bush Dies At Age 94
Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday that Michael Cohen’s most recent plea deal indicates to him that special counsel Robert Mueller wanted to “lock in” President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney as a key witness in his probe.
“It tells me that he wanted to lock in Michael Cohen,” Schiff told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.” The California Democrat is in line to chair the House Intelligence Com- mittee when Democrats offi- cially seize the chamber in January.
Cohen on Thursday ad- mitted to a criminal charge of making false statements to Congress related to his role in efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. He had pleaded guilty in August to eight other felony counts brought by federal prosecu- tors in New York, including tax evasion, financial fraud and campaign finance charges.
“There was no reason for that plea, for that additional count. It’s not going to mate- rially affect his sentence,” Schiff said.
“But it does have the ben- efit of making sure that noth- ing changes down the road, that there’s no pardon that
HOUSTON — George H. W. Bush played many prominent public roles in nearly a century of life, from when he was a 20-year-old World War II hero to the 41st president of the United States. In between came turns as a congressman, the director of the CIA, an am- bassador to the United Na- tions and China, and a two-term vice president.
Yet colleagues and friends say the great-grandfather was humble, modest and un- failingly polite.
Bush, who died late Fri- day at his Houston home at age 94, would see his popu- larity as president soar after he assembled a U. S.-led mil- itary coalition that liberated the oil-rich nation of Kuwait from its invading neighbor Iraq in 1991 during the Gulf War. But just a year later, a deepening economic crisis at home would drive him from office when he lost his bid for re-election.
Still, the Republican would reinvent himself yet
George H.W. Bush played many prominent public roles in nearly a century of life, from when he was a 20-year-old World War II hero to the 41st president of the United States. He died Friday at age 94.
again by becoming an elder statesman admired by mem- bers of both major political parties. Bush, who died just eight months after the death of his wife of seven decades, Barbara, also saw his son George W. Bush twice elected as the nation’s 43rd president.
“George H. W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for,” the younger Bush said
in a statement Friday. “The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41′s life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condo- lences of our friends and fel- low citizens.”
Air Force One was being sent to Texas to transport Bush’s casket to Washing- ton, where his body will lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda after an arrival ceremony Monday. The public is invited and can pay their respects from Monday evening through Wednesday morn- ing. The family is still arrang- ing funeral services, but the White House said President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend.
The son of a senator, Bush was the man with golden re- sume who rose through the political ranks, which also in- cluded becoming the Repub- lican Party chairman before serving as vice president under the hugely popular Ronald Reagan.
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causes this witness to go south,” he added. “I think the likelihood of that was very re- mote, but nonetheless, as a prosecutor, you don’t like to take chances.”
Schiff characterized the “broad significance” of Cohen’s plea last week as Mueller securing testimony from a witness “who confirms that, in the same way Michael Flynn was com- promised, that the president and his business are compro- mised."
Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to one felony count of lying to the FBI about conver- sations he had with Russia’s ambassador. He is set to be sentenced later this month.
Schiff: Mueller Wanted To 'Lock In' Cohen With New Plea
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