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The former national security adviser would be an important witness in the impeachment inquiry, but his lawyer wants a court to rule on whether he should testify.
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The whistleblower is going down — from Facebook.On Friday, Facebook announced it would take down any posts containing the name conservatives are alleging belongs to the Ukraine whistleblower. Spreading the name “violates our coordinating harm policy,” Facebook said in a statement, so it is “removing any and all mentions of the potential whistleblower’s name.”Under that policy, Facebook prohibits “outing of witness, informant, or activist.” That would include the Ukraine whistleblower, who raised concerns about President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump pushed for an investigation into the Bidens. Right-wing sites have started speculating on the identity of the whistleblower, but Facebook said it would only reconsider its decision if their name was “widely published in the media or used by public figures in debate.”> Facebook says it is removing “any and all mention of the potential whistleblower’s name” from its platform. pic.twitter.com/yezibCohT7> > — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 8, 2019Facebook didn’t say if lawmakers or government officials had requested the takedown, though it has previously been reluctant to purge the site of deceptive posts. The alleged whistleblower’s name still remains all over Twitter, including on the feed of President Trump’s own son.More stories from theweek.com 5 brutal cartoons about Trump’s environmental assault Angela Merkel leads ceremony marking 30th anniversary the fall of the Berlin Wall How the law barely protects whistleblowers
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Her sculptures, which often incorporated tree trunks and animal carcasses, emphasized commonality and connection between humans, animals and the earth.
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Both impeachment witnesses who had their deposition transcripts released Friday mentioned Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney as being involved in coordinating an alleged quid pro quo with Ukraine.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, in his testimony told Congress that at a meeting with Ukrainian officials, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland mentioned Ukraine conducting investigations President Trump wanted was “required in order to get a meeting” between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump, and that “I heard him say that this had been coordinated with White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.”In the impeachment inquiry, House investigators are probing whether Trump improperly withheld aid to Ukraine in order to secure investigations involving former Vice President Joe Biden and his son and the 2016 election, and whether a White House meeting between Trump and Zelensky that Ukraine wanted was conditioned on the opening of these investigations. When asked precisely what investigations Sondland said were needed, Vindman testified, “he was talking about the 2016 elections and an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma,” the gas company where Biden’s son served on the board.Sondland in his testimony said he did not recall discussing a White House visit for Zelensky with Mulvaney, The Washington Post reports.Fiona Hill, President Trump’s former top Russia and Europe adviser, also mentioned Mulvaney in her testimony, saying Sondland said “in front of the Ukrainians” that “he had an agreement with Chief of Staff Mulvaney for a meeting with Ukrainians if they were going to go forward with investigations.”Mulvaney during a press conference last month initially admitted to tying aid to Ukraine to the opening of an investigation related to the 2016 election Trump wanted, saying, “we do that all the time.” He later backtracked and claimed, “there was never any condition on the flow of aid related to the matter of the DNC server.”More stories from theweek.com 5 brutal cartoons about Trump’s environmental assault Angela Merkel leads ceremony marking 30th anniversary the fall of the Berlin Wall How the law barely protects whistleblowers
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A court in Iowa found that a murderer who was revived “is either still alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is actually dead, in which case this appeal is moot.”
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is going wherever impeachment goes.Next week, the House Intelligence Committee will start public impeachment hearings — something Jordan, as House Oversight Committee ranking member, wasn’t supposed to be a part of. But apparently House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) found that to be a problem, so he gave Jordan a spot on Intelligence, he announced Friday.In McCarthy’s eyes, the Intelligence Committee under Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) leadership has “become the impeachment committee.” So Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) is temporarily resigning from the committee and McCarthy is giving his spot to Jordan. Crawford wrote in a tweet that Jordan will “add critical bandwidth and legal expertise” to the committee, because apparently Schiff’s law degree from Harvard University and time as an assistant U.S. attorney wasn’t enough. After impeachment wraps up, Crawford says he’ll be back on the committee.McCarthy’s announcement comes just hours after yet another person involved with Ohio State University’s wrestling program came to Jordan, then a wrestling coach, with allegations of sexual misconduct against university doctor Richard Strauss. Jordan allegedly ignored a referee who told him Strauss had masturbated in front of him, but Jordan denies ever hearing the claim.More stories from theweek.com 5 brutal cartoons about Trump’s environmental assault Angela Merkel leads ceremony marking 30th anniversary the fall of the Berlin Wall How the law barely protects whistleblowers
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The manager beat the cook, who has an intellectual disability, with his fists, pots and pans, and once burned him with hot metal tongs, prosecutors said.
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U.N. rights experts say Egypt’s ex-President Mohammed Morsi endured “brutal” prison conditions that contributed to his death in custody. Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, was from the Islamist, now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
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Louisville’s Ryan McMahon talks about the team’s preparations for their home opener on Sunday against Youngstown State.
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A barrage of Katyusha rockets targeted an Iraqi air base that houses American troops south of the city of Mosul on Friday, officials said. The rocket fire appears to have originated in Mosul and struck the Iraqi army base in Qayyara, about 60 kilomete…
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Louisville coach Chris Macks recaps the Cards win over Miami and looks ahead to Sunday’s home opener against Youngstown State.
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