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Former President Barack Obama’s Tweets Made Twitter’s ‘Most Liked’ And 'Most Retweets’ Lists
Former Florida Congresswoman, Corrine Brown Sentenced To 5 Years
Former Congresswoman, Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced to 5 years in prison after taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors who thought their money was going to charity.
NPR reports, Brown was sentenced on Monday, Decem- ber 4, 2017, by a federal judge.
She was voted out of office in 2016 on 18 counts of con- spiracy and fraud.
Judge Timothy Corri- gan, the judge presiding over the case found the entire situ- ation a tragedy.
In 1992 Brown became one of three African-American lawmakers from Florida to be elected to Congress since the Reconstruction era.
She served 12 terms in
Former Congresswoman, Corrine Brown of Jacksonville, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.
which she brought change to her state until losing re-elec- tion last year due to her indict- ment.
Her chief of staff, Elias “Ronnie” Simmons worked with Brown to collect dona- tions for the charity called One Door for Education that pro-
vides money to educate chil- dren in poverty.
According to documents, $800,000 was raised, but only $1,200 went to the charity.
Brown’s sentence of 5 years was significantly reduced from the usual sentence of up to 9 years.
On Tuesday, the social media platform, Twitter, re- vealed the world’s 10 most retweeted and three most “liked” posts of 2017.
Pres. Donald Trump,
who regularly shows off in front of his 44.1 million follow- ers by launching unprovoked attacks on his opponents, failed to feature on either list.
To add insult to injury, Trump’s predecessor in the White House, former Presi- dent Barack Obama scored high in both roundups.
Three of Obama’s tweets made the “most retweeted” list and two appeared in the “most liked” category.
Mr. Obama’s plea for racial equality following white nationalist violence in Char- lottesville, Virginia, in August was both the “most liked” tweet of the year, and the second most retweeted.
Mr. Obama’s Twitter fol- lowers more than double the
This tweet by former presi- dent Obama received 1,712,018 Retweets and 4,592,586 Likes.
number for Trump ― as of Monday, the ex-president had 97.6 million.
Some slight consolation for Trump may be that he was crowned the most tweeted about elected world leader this year. But as various stories have noted, he’s often men- tioned in a negative light.
Longtime congressman John Conyers, Jr. has re- tired as of Tuesday.
Amid a swirl of sexual ha- rassment claims over the past several weeks, the Democrat from Michigan announced Tuesday morning that he will resign from the seat he’s held for more than 50 years, a swift and crushing fall from grace for a civil rights icon and the longest-serving active member of Congress.
Saying he was finalizing his plans for retirement, Conyers
John Conyers, Jr. went on the radio to announce his immediate retirement.
added he would endorse his
son, John Conyers, III, to replace him in Congress.“My legacy can’t be compromised or diminished in any way by what we’re going through now. This too shall pass. ... My legacy will continue through my children,” Conyers told Mildred Gaddis on her De- troit radio show.
As for the accusations against him, Conyers said, “They’re not accurate, they’re not true and they’re something I can’t explain where they came from.”
Pres. Trump’s Finances Being Targeted In Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed President Trump’s bank.
Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Retires Amid Allegations
Pres. Trump’s Decision To Move Embassy To Jerusalem Leads To Outrage And Protests
Palestinians took to the streets on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s expected decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the U. S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the contested city.
People in Gaza City and the city of Rafah burned American and Israeli flags as well as pho- tos of Trump, who alerted world leaders of the decision on Tuesday and is expected to formally announce the news later on Wednesday. Palestin- ian and Islamic groups in re- sponse called for three days of “popular anger” against the president.
In photos posted to social media overnight, protestors in Bethlehem also burned photos of Trump in advance of his speech, a dramatic shift in American foreign policy likely to inflame Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The president had faced a Monday deadline to make the decision and chose to upend a nearly 70-year policy held by America to let the two
The White House made no comment on Palestinian and Jor- danian leaders' claims that President Trump said Dec. 5 he plans to move the U. S. embassy to Jerusalem. Palestinians took to the streets on Wednesday in protest.
factions decide Jerusalem’s status among themselves.
Leaders in Turkey joined a growing chorus of key U. S. al- lies in warning President Donald Trump about the perils of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Is- rael, describing it as a "fatal mistake" that would spark fresh conflict in the Middle East.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tues- day that a reported plan for such recognition, in whole or in part, would be a "red line for Turkey" and could lead to
Ankara cutting diplomatic ties with Israel.
Three other major U. S. al- lies have registered their con- cerns this week about the reported plans of the Trump Administration to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capi- tal.
The resistance from allies is reportedly leading to debate within the White House over how to balance the move with the recognition of Palestinian claims to Jerusalem and may delay an announcement, ac- cording to sources with knowl- edge of the situation.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is going after Don- ald Trump‘s finances.
On Tuesday, the newspaper Handelsblatt re- ported that Deutsche Bank, the largest German lender, had re- ceived a subpoena several weeks ago. The bank has been behind several Trump proj- ects, and Trump reportedly owes around $300 million to the bank related to real estate ventures.
While the bank has not said anything on the inquiry itself, it did tell Bloomberg that it “al- ways cooperates with investi- gating authorities in all countries.”
The bank itself is also under investigation by the Depart- ment of Justice for allegedly not stopping wealthy Russians from money laundering, to the tune of about $10 billion.
Trump had warned Mueller against going against his family’s finances, saying that it would be a “violation” if
Mueller did so, and went on to say he was ‘crossing the line’. The president has insisted that the investigation should remain focused on the alleged
contact with Russian officials. However, Trump’s finances have come in the investigation, including documents showing that Felix Sater told Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen that he should pursue a real estate deal in Moscow. Sater told Cohen that by doing so, he “will get Putin on this program and we will get
Donald elected.”
The investigation into the
Russian influence on the 2016 election and the Trump cam- paign has been heating up, es- pecially since last weekend, when former national security adviser Michael Flynn reached a plea deal and agreed to work with Mueller after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI.
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