Month: November 2019

Los Angeles (AFP) – The Malaysian financier at the heart of the massive 1MDB graft scandal has struck a settlement to forfeit assets worth $700 million including a Beverly Hills hotel and a private jet, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. Jho Low will relinquish the assets under the largest ever US civil forfeiture, intended…

(Bloomberg) — The biggest recovery ever from an American anti-corruption crackdown is proving lucrative for former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. A major deal struck by the U.S. for fugitive financier Jho Low to give up almost $1 billion in assets allegedly stolen from a Malaysian investment fund comes with a provision to pay his…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decried the publication of nude photos of Rep. Katie Hill, who announced her resignation from Congress this week. Hill was targeted by a revenge porn campaign and admitted to having a relationship with a campaign staffer. She has also been accused of having an affair with her congressional aide, which she denies.…

A Jamaican immigrant businesswoman from Queens and a Latino councilman from the Bronx are among 10 candidates who have filed with the Federal Election Commission to unseat the charismatic star of the freshman Democratic class in Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. And both are running on the same issues: “socialism” and the aborted plan to…

Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati EnquirerOctober 31, 2019 CINCINNATI – A convicted rapist and child molester, released by a Georgia prison in error, was captured Wednesday evening in northern Kentucky, authorities say. Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez was serving a life sentence at Rogers State Prison for two rape charges and a charge of aggravated child molestation, according to Georgia prison records. Georgia…

Youtube/WTHR A 36-year-old woman in Indiana was found dead Wednesday with an 8-foot-long python wrapped around her neck. The house where her body was found contained 140 snakes, 20 of them hers, and was owned by the local county sheriff, according to the Lafayette Journal and Courier. An Indiana State Police spokesman, Kim Riley, told the…

Katie Hill has unloaded with a scathing resignation speech, in which she claimed she is the victim of a gendered “double standard” in society that has punished her for her sexual life even as Donald Trump remains president in spite of bragging “about his sexual predation”. Ms Hill, who was elected to Congress in 2018…

The moderate wing of the Democratic Party is in trouble. With Elizabeth Warren’s polling looking unchanged despite weeks of attacks from other candidates and prominent moderates, and with fellow progressive Bernie Sanders given new life by his most recent debate performance and the flurry of endorsements from “Squad” members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida…

She survived a Shaky Debut. She engineered a Slow and Steady Comeback. She eventually emerged as a Frontrunner. And now, having pulled ahead of her rivals in Iowa, New Hampshire and many national polls, Elizabeth Warren has entered a new phase of her presidential campaign: the Part Where Democrats Start to Get Second Thoughts. It’s proving to be the…

Jon WardSenior Political CorrespondentOctober 31, 2019 Republican Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia challenged House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff to give witness testimony to the Judiciary Committee once he delivers a report summarizing his impeachment investigation. “Come to the Judiciary Committee,” said Collins, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee. “Be the first witness, and take…