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Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
Fox News viewers were not impressed that Los Angeles unveiled “President Barack Obama Boulevard” over the weekend, so many lit up social media with a slew of racist slurs against the former presi- dent. One of thousands of sup- porters of the former President stated, "They are hypocrites! It's Ok for President Trump to obstruct justice, but they want to get bent out of shape over a street."
As previously reported, at a ceremony by LA officials, on Saturday, a 3.5 mile stretch of Rodeo Boulevard was named “Obama Boulevard.” The event also included a concert, but it was not attended by the man
President Barack Obama Boulevard Sign Unveiling.
himself.
Herb Wesson, the City
Council president, noted that the location was geographically
significant as it was near the site of one of the former presi- dent’s campaign rallies in 2007.
WASHINGTON — Presi- dent Trump asserted exec- utive privilege on Wednesday in an effort to shield hidden portions of Robert S. Mueller, III’s unredacted report and the evidence he collected from Congress.
The assertion, Trump’s first use of the secrecy pow- ers as president, came as the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Wednes- day morning to recommend the House of Representatives hold Attorney General William P. Barr in con- tempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for the same ma- terial.
“This is to advise you that the president has asserted ex- ecutive privilege over the en- tirety of the subpoenaed materials,” a Justice Depart- ment official, Stephen E. Boyd, wrote Wednesday morning, referencing not only the Mueller report but the underlying evidence that House Democrats are seek- ing.
Barr released a redacted version of the special coun- sel’s 448-page report volun-
tarily last month. But De- mocrats say that is not good enough, and they have ac- cused the attorney general of stonewalling a legitimate re- quest for material they need to carry out an investigation into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by Trump.
The House Judiciary Com- mittee prepared to vote Wednesday morning to hold Barr in contempt, despite a threat issued late Tuesday night from the Justice De- partment that it would ask the president to invoke exec- utive privilege over the mate- rials the Democrats are demanding.
Committee Democrats did not take kindly to the depart- ment’s threat.
“In the coming days, I ex- pect that Congress will have no choice but to confront the behavior of this lawless ad- ministration,” Representa- tive Jerrold Nadler of New York, the committee’s chair- man, said late Tuesday. “The committee will also take a hard look at the officials who are enabling this cover-up.”
WILLIAM BARR
Fox News Viewers React With Hate Filled Comments Over ‘President Barack Obama Boulevard’
Crump, NAACP, NNPA To Demonstrate After Police Brutality Incident In Florida
The Broward County Chap- ter of the NAACP will lead a march and rally to demand the termination and criminal pros- ecution of two Florida sheriff deputies who were caught on video punching a 15-year-old African American student and repeatedly slamming the child’s head against concrete pavement.
The weekend rally – a peaceful demonstration – will include the teen’s attorney, famed civil rights lawyer Ben- jamin Crump, National Newspaper Publishers Associ- ation (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry and Broward County NAACP lead- ers.
“We cannot become desen- sitized to the brutality visited upon our young black men and women,” said Chavis, who’s also a civil rights activist who worked under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“In addition to reporting news, the NNPA, a trade asso- ciation representing the 215
A cell phone video captured Broward County Sheriff’s deputies pepper-spraying, tackling and punching a group of teens last week outside a McDonald’s near the school.
African American newspapers and media companies around the country, is also a voice for civil rights,” Chavis said.
Further, as the trusted source for news and informa- tion in the African American community, the NNPA should be at the forefront in informing its readers about all that affects them, Henry said.
“It’s important for us to re- member where we came from and this is galvanizing and communicating on a level where we are all involved and
this is such an important issue,” said Henry. “We need to realize that this concerns us, and we should not wait for the white media to tell us about our community and when something happens, they should be coming to us for that information,” he said.
Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, a student at J.P. Taravella High School, was accused of aggra- vated assault against an officer, but the charge made “no sense,” prosecutors said.
Mnuchin Rejects Democrats’ Request For Trump’s Tax Returns, Likely Moving The Fight To Court
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday for- mally rejected Democrats’ re- quest for President Trump’s tax returns, setting up a likely court battle.
“I am informing you now that the Department may not lawfully fulfill the Commit- tee’s request,” Mnuchin said in a one-page letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), adding that the request “lacks a legitimate legislative pur- pose.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Mnuchin said he made the decision while relying on the advice of the Department of Justice (DOJ). He said DOJ plans to publish its legal opinion as soon as possible.
Neal said in a statement that he "will consult with counsel and determine the appropriate response.”
Some lawmakers and ex- perts have said they expect Neal to issue a subpoena for the documents. Democrats may also vote to hold Trump administration offi- cials in contempt.
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