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Tension Between Trump’s Lawyers And Mueller’s Team May Lead To Subpoena; Questions Leaked
White Supremacist That Beat Black Man During Charlottesville Rally Convicted
The very tense relations between President Trump and the special counsel in the Russia investigation may lead to the President of The United States being subpoe- naed.
According to the Washing- ton Post, Robert Mueller has told the president's lawyers that Mr. Trump might be subpoenaed if he doesn't agree to answer in- vestigators' questions.
The Russia investigation will not end without Mueller questioning the president -- at least that's what the special counsel is signaling according to re- ports.
In January, President Trump told reporters he was interested in talking with Mueller under oath, but be- hind the scenes, the presi- dent's lawyers have been carefully negotiating the terms of those possible talks, reports CBS News.
In one meeting with Mueller, according to the Washington Post, the lawyers insisted the president had no obligation to talk. Mueller responded that he could "issue a subpoena for the president to appear be- fore a grand jury." The episode highlights the esca- lating showdown between the White House and the special counsel.
Trump on Wednesday de- cried the investigations into
President Trump and Robert Mueller.
his 2016 campaign as a “hoax” and specifically called the obstruction of justice in- quiry a “a setup,” insisting via Twitter that the real news of his administration is progress in negotiations with North Korea and efforts towards re- setting U.S. trade policy.
“There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Ob- struction of Justice (that is a setup & trap),” the president wrote online. “What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt!”
Allegations of obstruction of justice stem mainly from an accusation by former FBI Director James Comey that Trump asked him during a private meeting to let go of an investigation into former na- tional security adviser Michael Flynn.
The four dozen questions
Mr. Mueller would like Pres. Trump to answer were published by the New York Times.
They cover topics Mueller is already known to be investigating: Trump’s reasons for firing FBI direc- tor James Comey; why he publicly attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and what he knew about Don Jr.’s meeting with Russians in Trump Tower. However, the question that is surpris- ing according to reports is: “What knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort, to Russia about potential assistance to the campaign?” So far there have been no public reports about Trump’s former campaign manager asking Russia for help.
Republicans are also tak- ing aim at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – who oversees Mueller's inves- tigation.
Cops Called On Former Obama Staffer Moving Into His New Apartment In NYC
DeAndre Harris was badly beaten in Charlottesville, VA during a White Supremacist Rally.
An Arkansas man has been convicted of malicious wound- ing for beating a black man during a white nationalist rally last year in Charlottesville, Va.
Jacob Scott Goodwin,
23, will be sentenced in Au- gust. The jury is recommend- ing 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, according to re- ports.
On Aug. 12, 2017, the day of the Unite the Right rally, Goodwin was one of several white men who attacked De-
Andre Harris, 20, surround- ing him, kicking him and hit- ting him with poles as he lay curled on the ground in a park- ing garage. Harris was left with multiple injuries.
Goodwin was wearing a helmet and goggles and carry- ing a shield. Photos and videos from that day show he was also wearing white nationalist and white supremacist symbols: the logo of a neo-Nazi group, as well as a numerical code for Heil Hitler.
President Donald Trump
still hasn’t appointed a science adviser — but he did offer the job to Bill Gates, who said it was “not a good use of my time.”
At a meeting between the president and Microsoft founder last month, Gates suggested to Trump that he actually appoint someone to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At this point, Gates told STAT, Trump asked Gates if he him- self wanted the job. Gates did not.
Gates isn’t a scientist him- self, but he is sort of... science- adjacent? His Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds proj-
BILL GATES
ects working on issues such as climate change and infec- tious disease.
Pres. Trump has taken longer to fill the science adviser position than any other mod- ern president.
Bill Gates Tells Trump Being Science Adviser Was ‘Not A Good Use Of His Time’
Seattle To Overturn 500 Marijuana Convictions
After Washington state made its recreational use legal in 2012, on Friday (Apr. 27) Seattle lawmakers reported that a motion has been filed to overturn the city’s more than 500 marijuana possession con- victions.
According to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, the city hopes to erase up to 30 years of criminalization by dropping all charges against the 542 people that were convicted of misde- meanor marijuana during this span of time, The Root reports. This is the city’s attempt to rec- tify the wrongs caused by the infamous “War on Drugs” as this policy has recently re- ceived heavy criticism for the effects it had on people of color.
Seattle’s inspiration came after Philadelphia District At- torney, Larry Krasner, ush- ered in a new policy that dropped more than 50 crimi- nal marijuana charges against his city’s residents. Krasner explained that this will allow the Philadelphia Police De- partment the space to reallo- cate resources and “solve homicides.”
“The war on drugs in large part became a war on people who needed opportunity and treatment,” Durkan said. “While we cannot reverse all the harm that was done, we must do our part to give Seattle residents — including immi- grants and refugees — a clean slate.”
A former Obama adminis- tration staffer says he was questioned by New York City police over the weekend after being falsely labeled a burglar while trying to move into his new apartment.
Darren Martin, 29, a former associate director at the federal Office of Legisla- tive Affairs, said on Tuesday that “profiling could have real consequences” after his run- in with police on the Upper West Side late Friday.
Darren, who now serves as special assistant to the commissioner for the New York City Department of So- cial Services, said he was car- rying his belongings into his new apartment when police arrived.
“[Three] officers hop out,
Former Obama administration staffer, Darren Martin has cre- ated #MOvingwhileBlack after his neighbor called the police claiming he was breaking in.
demand I let them in the building, and proceed to question me,” Martin tweeted under the hashtag #MovingWhileBlack.
After explaining that he was moving in, he said, the officers proceeded to “rush in and corner me” while other
officers went up to “‘investi- gate’—unlawfully entering my apartment, pulling my friend out of the shower, and questioning him.”
Martin said he later learned a neighbor had called 911 claiming he was “trying to break in.”
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