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Mar 13 2019
News
Paul Manafort apologizes at second sentencing: ‘I am sorry for what I have done’
Once a globe-trotting political operative who helped elect President Trump and three of his Republican predecessors, Paul Manafort returned to federal court Wednesday as a felon apologizing for his criminal conduct and awaiting word on how much more prison time he could receive in the hard fall from his power-broker days.
Manafort, 69, apologized to “all those negatively affected by my
Washington PostJun 04 2015
News
Using Violence and Persuasion, ISIS Makes Political Gains
Days after seizing the Syrian desert city of Palmyra, Islamic State militants blew up the notorious Tadmur Prison there, long used by the Syrian government to detain and torture political prisoners.
New York Times (News)Aug 14 2020
News
Trump: ‘A lot of people’ think Edward Snowden ‘not being treated fairly’
President Trump polled his aides on Thursday about whether he should let anti-surveillance whistleblower and leaker Edward Snowden return to the US from Russia without going to prison, saying he was open to it.
“There are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that,” Trump told The Post in an exclusive interview in the Oval Office, before
New York Post (News)Dec 11 2020
News
Trump's last word on executions
The Trump administration is shattering a gruesome record on its way out, executing more federal prisoners in a matter of months — including two this week — than over the past several decades combined.
Why it matters: President-elect Biden opposes the death penalty and has said he wants to end its use. New U.S. presidents can undo many of their predecessors' actions, but executions are
AxiosJul 19 2020
News
Aclu Files First Amendment Challenge Against Michael Cohen’s Retaliatory Imprisonment
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and law firm Perry Guha LLP today filed a habeas petition on behalf of Michael Cohen seeking his immediate release to home confinement. The petition argues that the federal government’s incarceration of Michael Cohen in retaliation for his plans to publish a book critical of the president prior to the November election violates the First Amendment
ACLUJul 13 2020
News
Roger Stone
“President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone… The move came just days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia.” (AP News)
The right is divided over the commutation.
The
The Flip SideMay 13 2021
Opinion
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict's cycle of absurdity
Amid threats for more than a decade that Israel would destroy Hamas and rebuild Israel’s deterrence, in reality, the policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governments have been to keep a weakened Hamas in power. The primary reason for this policy is to ensure that in the eyes of the Israeli public there is no Palestinian partner for peace. Israel says that Palestinian Authority
Guest Writer - CenterDec 16 2018
News
The Russia Investigations: A Case Still Unproven
This week in the Russia investigations: Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison ... Maria Butina pleaded guilty ... but the finish line looks no closer
NPR (Online News)Oct 15 2021
Analysis
He Calls Himself the ‘American Sheriff.’ Whose Law Is He Following?
The first thing to know about Mark Lamb, the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, is that he just plain looks like a sheriff. It could be the Justin cowboy hat he wears pulled low over his eyes and his penchant for Western shirts and a tactical vest in lieu of a uniform. It could be his demeanor, at once confident and aw-shucks. It could be his size — he’s 6’3”, 240 pounds, or so he
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